The Jianjiang sailed into Fujian, and the Lingjiang sailed directly to Zhoushan.

After Zheng Zhilong's death, Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian occupied Yongning Weizhongzuo and Jinmen, and controlled Anhai and Zhangzhou estuary.

Zheng Cai and Lu Jianguo united, and the two sides had a pleasant honeymoon period. The Ming army counterattacked in Fujian and once recovered more than half of the territory. Defending the northeastern flank of Guangdong Province, Yongli only had to defend Nanling, not Fujian. King Lu and the Fujian army and civilians strongly supported the Liangguang battlefield.

Until the Tatar Jingnan general Chen Tai, Manchurian Zhenghuangqi, Meilezhang, Jingdong, Alai, Li Shutai, Ji Xiha, Zu Zeyuan and other nearly 10,000 soldiers arrived in Fujian one after another.

On the one hand, the widespread uprisings along the coasts of Fujian and Zhejiang were of course the cause of national wars such as the shaving order, and on the other hand, the civil and military generals appointed by the Tatars took advantage of the local plunder, and the officers and soldiers of the Green Battalion and the Eight Banners burned and looted, and the people were forced to defend themselves.

The Tatars were invaders, and the Ming army was also a raccoon dog.

In order to prepare military salaries, various units of the Ming army frequently went ashore to collect grain, plundered the countryside, and left no chickens and dogs. Regardless of men and women, old and weak, regardless of friend or foe, even the families of the anti-Tartar warriors were killed, strong men were arrested, women were raped on a large scale, hundreds of millions of dollars were offered along the door, and prostitution was rampant, and thousands of women were victimized.

Just as Qian Sule, a scholar at Lu Jianguo University, said bitterly. "The blood of the small people is not enough for one of the feudal towns to suck, and the soldiers and horses of the feudal towns are not enough to protect the small people."

Naturally, the army that burned, killed and plundered and was unable to protect the people was not supported.

The Tatars possessed far more resources than the Ming army. In view of the phenomenon of the Ming army fighting for grain, Chen Jin, the governor of Tatar, Fujian and Zhejiang, successively went up and down, and under his influence, Beijing exerted Huairou rule in Zhejiang and Fujian to a certain extent.

The gentry and people of Fujian and Zhejiang were extremely disappointed with the Ming army, and after a few appeasement orders, most of the remaining righteous army was disbanded and went home.

There was no need to fight, the Tatars quickly broke the Ming army, and a year later, the whole province of Fujian changed hands again

Lu Jianguo was the most energetic regime in the Southern Ming Dynasty, but he was also part of a dying dynasty. Zheng Cai overestimated his strength, and he couldn't carry the heavy burden of the Ming Dynasty.

The honeymoon period between King Lu, Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian brothers ended, and internal strife broke out frequently, Zheng Cai killed Xiong Rulin, a university scholar, and the contradiction became irreconcilable. Fujian has no room for foothold, King Lu and Zheng Cai divided their troops, led the army north to Shacheng at the junction of Fujian and Zhejiang, Zhou Rui and Zhou Hezhi brothers occupied Wenzhou Sanpan, and Zhang Mingzhen reoccupied the old site Jian Jumping Station.

Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian continued to operate Jinxia two places.

There are many geographical and cultural factors in the formation of the economic and trade center, and these factors have not disappeared due to the death of Zheng Zhilong.

Xiamen and Kinmen still hold the window of China's maritime trade. Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian brothers inherited Zheng Zhilong's position, separated in Jinxia and Xiamen, opened sea trade to raise soldiers, and their biggest customers were still Dutch.

Merchant ships from Batavia, Geranza or Nagasaki visited Xiamen Island from time to time, and the Zheng Cai brothers would also send merchant ships into the Taijiang Inland Sea. In his report to Batavia, Geranza said that although the war was still ongoing, the trade route from Zhangzhou, Anhai, Xiamen, and Kinmen to Taiwan was quite smooth. Zheng Cai's reputation among the Dutch is not bad, Zheng Cai sent people to Penghu to collect taxes, and after the Dutch warned Zheng Cai not to make an example, they also gently let it go and did not impose punitive measures.

The area of Xiamen Island on Kinmen Island is too small, there is almost no arable land, and it relies entirely on external grain purchases. Fujian has suffered successive disasters, fighting thousands of dollars of rice, and starvation is everywhere. Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian's brothers have tens of thousands of family members of officers and soldiers who need to be fed, and food has always been his biggest problem.

Mid-Autumn Festival in the fourth year of Yongli, September 10, 1650.

Zheng Cai, the founder of the country, as usual, led 200 warships to the sea to collect food, and waited for Zheng Lian to guard Jin and Xia.

Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Hongkui's warships approached Xiamen Island.

Zheng Chenggong's ship is a two-masted, 8-zhang long No. 2 fortune ship. The Mazu flag and the military flag flutter in the wind on the foremast and the mainmast.

The man with the surname of the country stepped onto the bow of the ship and pulled out the binoculars.

The city in the left is a typical southern military city, the plane is ring-shaped, the circumference is 425 zhang, the height is even the female wall 1 zhang 9 feet, and the rammed earth is built with granite strips and stones.

Zheng Cai has frequent business dealings with the Dutch, and his equipment is not bad. Xiamen Island has more than 10 Hongyi cannons, thousands of Francophone machines and arquebuses. Not to mention the weak Zheng Chenggong, even the Tatars were unable to capture this strong coastal defense fortress.

Zheng Chenggong put down the binoculars, "Shi Lang." ”

"Yes."

"Success or failure is here, nearly 10,000 people in this domain, it all depends on you."

"Don't worry."

Shi Lang clenched his fists and left the flagship.

Zheng Chenggong raised troops on Nanao Island, with only a few thousand poorly equipped soldiers, and fought against the Tatars once and lost once. After Shi Lang led the army to vote, the military strength improved a little. Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Hongkui joined forces to attack Hao Shangjiu, but suffered a crushing defeat under the joint attack of Hao Zhen and Zhangzhou Green Battalion. If the territory is not expanded as soon as possible, Zheng Fan's lack of food and wages will disappear again.

Sailing with Shi Lang to Zhongzuo, there were also several small boats carrying 1,000 stone of rice.

The grain was captured by Zheng Fan in Chaozhou, and Shi Lang used rice as a stepping stone to land on Xiamen Island in the name of being close to his relatives.

Zheng Lian welcomed Shi Lang's arrival very much, Xiamen is really short of food, and 1,000 stone rice is not without a small supplement.

The two were shaking hands and talking happily, Shi Lang suddenly pulled out a dagger, stabbed Zheng Lian to death several times, and then lit fireworks.

200 Zheng Fan warships approached, and Zheng Chenggong landed on Xiamen Island.

There was a clang, and the knives and guns were thrown to the ground.

Under the threat of Zheng Lian's head and the righteous name of Zheng Fan's son, the defenders did not resist and were disarmed by soldiers with the surname of the country.

Zheng Chenggong quickly controlled Zheng Cai and the families of the officers and soldiers who went on the expedition, which was his best bargaining chip.

From Nan'ao Island to Xiamen Island, Zheng Chenggong has achieved leapfrog development.

When the Jianjiang notification ship arrived at Jinxia, the sea was already full of Zheng Chenggong's warships. Zheng Cai's fleet was originally twice the size of Zheng Chenggong, and now most of the warships are bearing the flag of the national surname.

The captain of the Jianjiang did not dare to approach, rescued seven warships loyal to Zheng Cai, and turned around.

Five days later, the Jianjiang found Zheng Cai's fleet near Quanzhou Mansion.

Zheng Caibu, who escaped from Xiamen Island, introduced Zhang Yunfei to Shen Yue, the captain of the Jianjiang, to Zheng Cai.

Zhang Yunfei was particularly cruel to the people's torture, and the people near Xiamen Island were very angry. Zheng Chenggong was also acting like a person to collect the hearts of the people, and wanted to kill Zhang Yunfei, but Zhang Yunfei had no choice but to escape.

Zheng Cai's face was full of sadness.

The family members were all on Xiamen Island, and most of the officers and soldiers had no intention of fighting with the prince, and the generals Chen Cheng, Lan Yan, Wu Hao and others led their troops south to defect to Zheng Chenggong. This will include Zhang Yunfei and his escaped subordinates, and there are only more than 60 ships left in the whole army, and more than 3,000 soldiers and sailors. If the problem of the foothold is not solved as soon as possible, it will be the remaining human ship, and Zheng Cai will not be able to keep it.

Zheng Cai even sent people north to ask for help from Lu Jianguo, this is really a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and the possibility of Lu Jianguo's support is almost non-existent.

Zheng Cai is almost at the end of his rope. At such times, the letter of the order is nothing less than a timely rain.

"Your lord asked me to go south to Guangzhou?"

"Yes, Your Excellency, we are assembling a fleet on Xiangshan Island, and your participation will be of great help to us."

Zheng Cai smiled bitterly, "Captain Shen, you have also seen my current situation. ”

Shen Yue: "Victory or defeat is only a temporary matter, Your Excellency Duke, you can still make a comeback with us." ”

As a technical officer, Shen Yue is not good at the job of a negotiation lobbyist. Federal officers are generally young, and they are inexperienced and caught up on stage and trained in practice.

"A piece of soil in the South Seas, hey, your lord asked me to go with me a few years ago, but unfortunately I refused."

Zheng Cai was a little melancholy.

Three conditions are required for Nanyang immigrants, a place to settle in Borneo, a window to the mainland, and a boat. Shou ordered Zheng Cai to have a piece of land, Zheng Cai still has some ships, and he can get replenishment by spending money in Nanyang, but after losing Jinxia, he has no window to the mainland.

Zhang Yunfei said boldly, "Jianguogong, we might as well try Luzi Port." ”

Luzai Port is under the control of Taiwan's Potbelly Kingdom, close to Taichung Province. The Potbelly Kingdom is getting closer and closer to the Dutch, and the Federal Taipei Province is not very easy to meddle in now.

There are very few good harbors on the Taiwan Island side of the strait, and the conditions of Luzai Port are average, but for Zheng Cai, he has no choice.

Zheng Cai quickly made a decision.

"Come, send a ship to Geranza, and tell the Dutch that I want to take the port of Deer Boy and stop the ship."

"Send another ship to the Zhongzuo Institute to plead with Mrs. Huang, I am willing to give up Jinxia and only ask Damu to release my wife and children."

Zheng Cai quickly wrote down three letters.

The Dutch know what is at stake. For the sake of many years of cooperation, the Dutch were allowed to occupy Luzai Harbor and gain a foothold, and after gaining a foothold, they would never expand further, and in the future, Zheng Caineng would provide the Dutch with another option for the trade between the Dutch and the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang, in addition to Zheng Chenggong, who controlled Jinxia.

For Mrs. Huang, Zheng Chenggong's grandmother, Zheng Cai swears by a gambling curse. Zheng Cai admitted the reality and never took revenge on Zheng Chenggong, only hoping that the remaining officers and soldiers could be reunited with their families.

If the family problem is not resolved, most of the thousands of officers and men in the fleet will abandon Zheng Cai and leave, and it will be impossible to go to the South Seas with him.

To the Governor of Taipei, Zheng Cai asked Maiden to forgive the Luzai Port incident, and asked him to mediate with Zheng Chenggong and beat the side drum.

Zheng Cai said to Shen Yue: "Captain Shen, please go to Taipei and send my letter to Governor Mei." ”

"Willing to help."

Shen Yue has nothing to do.

Zheng Cai informed the whole army that he had received federal support, and the originally low morale was suddenly boosted. As long as there is a way to go, most of the people who are still around Zheng Cai are reluctant to take refuge in Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Cai landed on the outskirts of Quanzhou, he did not dare to attack the city, broke more than ten seaside villages, plundered more than 3,000 men and women and more than 10 sea ships, and then sailed directly to Taiwan.

The Potbelly Kingdom is now weakened, and Zheng Cai's soldiers almost rushed into Lukang with the determination to destroy the ship, burning, looting, and capturing the population. The tribes of the Potbelly Kingdom were forced to migrate further south.

The defenders of Taichung, Shanghainese Wang Yunlun's troops immediately ordered troops to go south to provide support to Zheng Cai.

Mrs. Huang and the influence of the Taipei Prefecture played a role, and Zheng Chenggong obtained most of the men and ships under Zheng Cai's command, and had no intention of killing them all, and released the captives who were still on Xiamen Island.

After everything settled down, it was the first day of the 11th month of the fourth year of the Yongli calendar.

Zheng Cai handed over Luzai Port to Zhang Yunfei, gathered 60 ships, and went south according to the agreement.

……

On the same day, Zhoushan.

Zhoushan Island is too small.

The fleets of King Lu, Zhang Mingzhen, and Ruan Jin came to Dinghai on Zhoushan Island last year to camp in the middle and left of the center, and the Ming army overcrowded the small archipelago.

Huang Binqing's force is not as good as King Lu's, and he is powerless to resist. Huang Binqing, Shen Tingyang and others are the only Ming army in the southeast sea that does not fight for grain, Zhoushan Island is larger, there is some arable land, Huang Binqing can solve some of the grain by himself, and Shen Tingyang has supplies from Huadong. Then I can buy some food with the silver, and I can make do with it.

After Zhang Mingzhen and Ruan Jin went to the island, they obviously didn't have enough to eat.

The two armies of Zhang and Huang competed for fishing taxes on fishing grounds, and friction continued.

At the suggestion of Leng Yinghan, a senior businessman in the Shengsi Islands of the Federation, Huang Binqing simply gave up the island of Zhoushan and led those who were willing to leave to move to Putuo, Zhujiajian and other islands, avoiding an imminent civil war.

Zhang Mingzhen and Ruan Jin frequently landed in Wentaiyong to collect grain, tired men and women, demanded money for ransom, and wantonly committed adultery. The banditization of the army caused the Ming army's public opinion base in Zhejiang to collapse rapidly.

The Tatars flared up the banner, the Ming army on the island continued to defect, the Continental army and civilians gave the Tatars food and ships, the Tatars in southern Jiangsu, Ningbo and Wenzhou continued to grow in maritime strength, and the situation in eastern Zhejiang was close to collapse.

Shen Tingyang convened a meeting of officers on Daishan Island.

Huang Binqing, Xiushan Island Wang Chaoxian, Dachang Tushan Island Wang Zhiren, Xiaochang Tushan Island Liu Kongzhao, Daqushan Island He Junyao all came, and King Lu also sent Zhang Huangyan.

"Let's talk about it."