Order doesn't know that Thomas and Philip are looking for him everywhere. The Nanhai was hit by Zhongchuang, and with the help of night cover, it broke away from the battlefield by relying on the only two sails left on the mainmast and the backmast jisder sail, and stumbled close to Sanmen Island in Huizhou.

Orderly urgently needs to find a hidden bay to repair the battleship, and Sanmen Island is a good choice. The island has a bay opening to the west, which can shelter from the southerly or northerly winds of force 7.

Sanmen Island may have been a foothold for pirates passing through Huizhou, but now it is an almost uninhabited island. The vessel was now inadequately steered, and in order to avoid running aground, the Nanhai lowered its four longboats at dawn and was towed into the bay by a paddle boat. Collecting the sails and anchoring, Lin Chuyong led 30 soldiers to land and search the island to eliminate potential dangers. Sanmen Island is not big, with an area of less than 5 square kilometers, and the commanding height of the island is located in the south of the island, about 250 meters above sea level, and the weather is very good.

Sanmen Island is very close to Huizhou Prefecture, and Shou Xiang has a good relationship with many Ming troops, but Huizhou is an exception. Nanming cut many cantons. The two prefectures of Chaozhou and Huizhou have their own governors, and the current military gate is Wang Yao. The new official, Shou Order, has no dealings with him. Li Shilian, the chief soldier stationed in Huizhou, had several encounters on Chongming Island, and Shou Xian hated this guy with bad military discipline very much. Therefore, although Sanmen Island is very close to the mainland, Shou Xiang has no idea of asking the Ming army for help.

Half a day later, Lin returned the first reconnaissance report.

There are several vacant dwellings on the island, which are supposed to be temporary shelters for fishermen. The central location of the island has resources of interest to all seafarers. Sanmen Island used to be a volcanic island, and the island is full of strangely shaped volcanic rocks. Over the years, the original crater has become a beautiful freshwater lake, and the water is sweet and clear. The staff of the fleet immediately recorded in this book that Sanmen Island is very rich in fresh water resources.

Humans have not left much trace on this island, and the surrounding scenery is natural and pure, more pure than most islands in China.

The most beautiful thing on the island is the sea, the water is crystal clear and the visibility is 5-8 meters. Some sailors jumped off deck and soaked in the cool waters. Colorful fish swim around, soothing the worries and fatigue of battle.

What is needed after a hard fight is rest.

The officers and men took turns to go ashore and wash away the dust and smoke of gunpowder and the blood stains on their bodies in fresh water.

Although the island is deserted, there are some wild sheep and wild boars. It is supposed to be a natural breeding population abandoned on the island by ships passing and coming.

The rejuvenated soldiers pulled nets on the island, searched the past, and hunted more than 10 livestock. Fishermen rowed small boats through the hidden waters of the bay, and a large grouper was caught, adding another delicious dish to dinner.

Set up a cauldron on the shore and throw in chunks of pork and lamb. The battleship did not have much elaborate handling of the food, and the simmering of salt, pepper, pepper and pepper and the wild vegetables found on the island was also a great delicacy for the soldiers. It's much better than salted meat and salted fish.

The officers of the bridge were gathered around a rock, and now that they were not completely out of the dangerous sea, the drinks could not be served openly, and each person was limited to one drink.

Harris and Gardner were still discussing the day's battle.

The soldier handed over half a leg of mutton, and Shou Xiang accepted it with a smile. With a few grains of pepper on the meat, Orderly looks out of place, and pepper is the most traded condiment in the world. Unlike maluku cloves and nutmeg, which were largely monopolized by the Dutch, pepper was not a luxury and was traded ten times as much as spices.

The earliest pepper export center was India, after the Chinese immigrants came to the East Indies in large numbers to bring advanced farming technology, the area of pepper cultivation in Southeast Asia expanded rapidly, and Sumatra and other places are very suitable for pepper cultivation. After the Europeans entered Asia, the production of pepper increased by leaps and bounds. Since Indian pepper costs 1.5 times more than Southeast Asian pepper, Southeast Asian pepper quickly removed Indian varieties from the market, and now even India has to import pepper from the wind.

According to estimates by the Federal Ministry of Trade, the entire Southeast Asian pepper production is about 6,000 tonnes per year, excluding the small producing areas scattered in various regions. The pepper travels from Sumatra, Java and South Borneo to Europe, India and China. The profits were shared between India, China, Malay, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the Dutch. The Dutch monopoly efforts on pepper were unrealistic, the yield was simply too great for anyone to eat alone.

Although much cheaper than Maluku spices, they are more than abundant, so pepper is the most important cash crop in the region. In terms of importance, it tops the list of exported goods.

China doesn't have a strong demand for spices, but they need pepper just as much. In the past, Chinese merchants cooperated and competed with the Dutch in places like Sumatra and Mazen for pepper there. The pepper that Shou Xiang eats now also comes through this channel.

If we can solve the problem of self-production of pepper, even if it is only sent to China, the profits will bring a lot of benefits to the strained federal finances.

Looking at the two naval officers who were discussing the rise in front of him, Shou Xian felt a little emotional, he always needed to care about more than war. Tossed the bones aside, Orderly made up his mind. In northwestern Borneo, Sarawak's strategy plan needs to begin.

The next day, in addition to the guard forces retained on the shore, the others were engaged in ship repairs.

The damage to the side of the ship is easy to repair, and it is good to simply make up the gap under such conditions. Spread crushed hemp and wool on one side of the lower wing sail. The sails are then pressed against the hull, and fine flax and wool seep into the planks and expand when exposed to the water, filling the seams of the ship.

The Nanhai was equipped with spare materials, and the sailors hoisted the wooden poles, fastened them to the base of the foremast, secured them with iron hoops, and rearranged the support cables.

After a few days of repairs, the Nanhai barely restored the foremast, mainmast and main, and wretched mulsers. The first mast is also hung with a support sail, which can be regarded as restoring the basic function of the ship. It is naturally impossible to adjust the wind, and you can only make a smooth downwind turn. This can only be done in the bay where the ship is temporarily berthed, and further roll hull repairs must be carried out in Keelung Port.

Under the tug of the dinghy, the Nanhai slowly sailed out of Sanmen Island and sailed downwind to Taipei.

……

July 16, August 27, 1646.

Jinhua Mansion has reached the last moment, since the siege of June 20, Jianzhou attacked the city with heavy artillery, and the Jinhua Ming army also returned fire with heavy artillery. The Ming army guarded the city for more than 20 days, until Boluo learned that the west wall of Jinhua Mansion was newly built, and the Shenwei general artillery transferred from Hangzhou was concentrated here, and it was bombarded down for several days, and the city wall collapsed.

Zhu Dadian of the Jinhua Governor's Pavilion Department may be the most military minister in the Southern Ming Dynasty. At this moment, he was standing side by side with Jiang Ruolai, the chief general of the defenders and the chief soldier of Jinhua, the governor of the right capital.

Jianzhou rushed to the gap like a tide, and Jiang Ruolai sighed, "Cabinet, I can't hold it." ”

Zhu Dadian: "After a hard stay for nearly a month, the Jinhua military and civilians have done their best. Longjiang, the old man will never surrender to the Tatars. ”

After Bolo surrounded Jinhua, he sent people to persuade him to surrender. Zhu Dadian entertained Xu Huai, the envoy of Jianzhou, with the ancient Chinese ceremonial festival, and set up a big ding to cook for him.

"If you come, you will definitely follow the cabinet."

Zhu Dadian: "Well, it's useless for you and me to stay here, why don't you go back and deal with family affairs?" ”

"Cabinet Department, please go first, I'll cover for you."

……

Jiang Ruolai is famous for his cavalry archery and is a rare brave general in the southeastern Ming army. Last year, when he went from Jinhua to King Qinwang in Nanjing to participate in Wu Zhikui's oath of the southeast general army, the Ming army's defense line was still on the Huai River. The Ganlu Temple in Beigushan was defeated and the Yangtze River was lost, and Jiang Ruolai led 600 families to retreat to Suzhou and join forces with Wu Zhikui. The battle of Suzhou was defeated again, and Jiang Ruolai successfully broke through and retreated to Jiading. The Ming army was defeated again, and Jiang Ruolai once crossed the sea and withdrew to eastern Zhejiang from the sea.

Personal force is so insignificant in the war situation at the end of the dynasty, and today Jianzhou finally broke through Jinhua, and it is impossible to defend the country, and it has become a luxury to protect the family. The Jinhua Ming army rarely surrendered, and fierce street battles broke out in the city.

Jiang Ruolai stained his blood-stained robe and sat in the palace hall, and there was already a shout of killing around the General Soldier's Mansion.

His wife, concubines, and daughters all gathered here, and Jiang Ruolai said in a low tone, "The matter is irreparable." I have received the grace of the country as a husband, and the country has died and died, what a regret is it to die! But you will all be captives. ”

His wife, Wang, said loudly: "The minister is dead, and the wife is dead, of course." The general need not worry about us. ”

The concubines said the same.

The third son, Jiang Zu, knelt down and kowtowed to his father, "The father is a loyal minister, and the son will never be an unfilial son." ”

The two daughters and daughter-in-law cried and said, "We walked together, and the whole family also took care of us on the way." ”

Jiang Ruolai burst into tears.

The soldiers piled up firewood and poured fire oil. Madame smiled poignantly at Jiang Ruolai, and the torch in her hand fell to the ground.

Jiang Ruolai closed his eyes and couldn't bear to look at them again.

The flames that soared into the sky ignited, and the Jianzhou soldiers who surrounded the General Military Mansion stopped, many of whom were subordinate to Fang Guoan not long ago.

Jiang Ruolai picked up the long knife and walked out of the mansion in the raging fire. At this time, he was also accompanied by his nephew Jiang Zhen and the guerrilla officer Yuan Ding. The Jianzhou soldiers took a few steps back, and the three of them looked at each other and smiled, and rushed into the enemy formation.

Half an hour later, more than 40 corpses lay on the ground. Yuan Ding and Jiang Zhen had already fallen, and Jiang Ruolai leaned his back against the wall and looked at the Jianzhou soldiers who were surrounding him. He was covered in wounds, and his tired right hand could no longer hold a long knife. The corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and Jiang Ruolai slashed at himself.

……

Zhu Dadian, the governor of Jinhua, may be the most knowledgeable Wenchen in the Ming Dynasty now.

His four sons were fighting with the soldiers of Jianzhou, and his daughters-in-law and daughters committed suicide by throwing themselves into a well in the last moment.

Deputy Chief Soldier Wu Bangrui and He Wu stood tall and strong, wearing iron cotton armor.

Zhu Dadian said: "The two generals still have the strength to fight, so you can break through." ”

Wu Bangrui shook his head and said, "Bang Rui was blessed by the country, and he was lucky to die in Jinhua with Ming Gong. ”

He Wu smiled, "Cabinet, General Wu and I have both been martyred. The martial will has been decided, and I am willing to die from the public. ”

Wu Bangrui: "Cabinet, there is still a lot of gunpowder in the city, and you can't keep the enemy." If it is burned, it is the place where my generation dies. ”

Zhu Dadian smiled, he stretched out his right hand, and a long fire rope was exposed, "Bang Rui and the old man mean the same thing." ”

The arsenal was the last position of the Ming army.

The commander of the defending army, from the deputy commander-in-chief down, a total of 9 staff officers and guerrillas, sat in the arsenal. Zhu Dadian looked at it, and there were more than 20 entourages and personal soldiers.

Zhu Dadian waved his hand, "You don't have to stay here, go out and surrender, Jianzhou will not embarrass the soldiers." ”

The soldiers glanced at each other, clasped their fists and said, "I am willing to die with the cabinet." ”

Wu Bangrui said: "Cabinet Department, light the fire." ”

Zhu Dadian laughed, said no more, and lit the fire rope in his hand.

With a huge explosion, black smoke rose in the city, and the Jianzhou soldiers who were close to were affected by the shock and fell to the ground one after another. The Jianzhou soldiers were shocked and did not dare to act for a long time.

A war horse galloped through the street, and the soldier who gave the order shouted all the way.

"Jinhua is not obedient to the destiny of heaven, Lord Belle has an order, slaughter the city."

Jianzhou Bing's face returned to a sinister smile.

……

When night fell, the whole city of Jinhua was filled with the sound of crying.

Jiang Ruolai's second son Du Cha experienced Jiang Chuan, lurking in a house not far from the collapse of the city wall. Around him were the last 30 or so members of the Jiang family.

"Second son, the Tartars entered the city and plundered them. I watched for a long time, and there were no soldiers guarding the place where the wall had collapsed. ”

As the first area conquered by the Jianzhou soldiers of Jinhua Prefecture, this place was also the first to be cleared, and now it has become the weakest place in the city.

Jiang Chuan tightened the bandage on the wound on his left arm, gritted his teeth and said, "Brothers, rush out with me." If the siege is successful, I will avenge today's blood vengeance. ”

Now those who are still around him are the most loyal subordinates of the Jiang family. Everyone was lightly armed, and the heavy iron cotton armor had been removed, leaving only a layer of chain mail inside.

Under the leadership of Jiang Chuan, more than 20 last Ming troops cut down the Jianzhou sentinels and disappeared into the vast night outside Jinhua Mansion before reinforcements from the city could arrive.

On the south city wall of Jinhua Mansion, Zhou Jian, the left pioneer of Zhu Dadian's department, tightened the strap on his body, and said softly to Zhu Dadian's four-year-old son who was carrying it: "Young master, don't be afraid, see how your Uncle Zhou kills the Tartars." ”

There were few people on the city wall, so Zhou Jian cut down seven or eight drunken guards all the way, took off the rope around his waist, found a complete battlement to tie up, and turned down.

The moat has been filled in by the besieging Jianzhou soldiers, but it saves the trouble of wading.

Until he was out of danger, the child, who had been silent before, asked, "Uncle Zhou, where are we going?" ”

"At sea."

……

Quzhou was once a happy land, the guard general Yongfeng Bo Zhang Pengyi had good military discipline, and many exiled Jiangnan gentry and Ming Dynasty clans lived here. Later scholars compared Quzhou during this period to Chongqing during the Anti-Japanese War.

Quzhou is the gateway to Fujian, and Xianxia Pass is behind it.

July 26, 1646 A.D.

The peaceful life ended, and Bolo's army entered the palace. Zhang Pengyi's third brother Zhang Jixiong fought and died in Chun'an County, Yanzhou. Zhang Pengyi lost an arm.

The Jinhua massacre shocked the military and civilians of Quzhou. The Ming army held for a few days, and the deputy commander-in-chief Qin Yingke opened the door to dedicate the city. Zhang Pengyi and many of the Ming gentry and courtiers who lived in Quzhou were captured.

Knowing that Zhang Pengyi was from Dongjiang Town, Bolovin persuaded him to surrender.

Although Zhang Pengyi is a native of Zhuji, his father has been the capital of Liaodong since then, and he is very familiar with the history of Jianzhou.

Bolo was furious and ripped out Zhang Pengyi's tongue, and the sound was still endless. The Jianzhou soldiers nailed Zhang Pengyi to the city gate with both hands and feet and cut open his belly.

Zhang Pengyi's death was very tragic, and his wife Dai and more than 20 people from his family went to the country together.

Zhang Pengyi's nephew, Zhang Jixiong's son, Zhang Guojing, broke out of the siege.

The world is in the middle of nowhere, and I don't know where to go.

Zhang Guojing remembered that Zhang Pengfei, the second uncle who was raising military salaries on Daishan Island, could only go to sea.

……

Wenzhou Mansion.

Xungui Liu Kongzhao and Yang Wencong, the governor of Zhejiang, have been fighting for many years, and at this moment they retreated to Wenzhou together, but they were almost speechless when they looked at each other.

The defeat was like a mountain, and Liu Yang and the others did not have the ability to turn the tide.

When they arrived at a fork in the road, Liu Kongzhao said slowly: "Brother Longyou, I have a boat, so I won't walk with you." ”

Yang Wencong smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Fuyang, take care all the way." ”

"Take care."

The country is ruined, and at this time, there is still a dispute between the nobles and the civil ministers, and the views of the party portal. As a descendant of Liu Bowen, Liu Kongzhao has a bad record in the past, but he is the founder of the Ming Dynasty, and he is the only one who has not surrendered among the nobles who should have retired with the country.

Yang Wencong is on the mission of rescuing Quzhou and covering Xianxia Pass. But Boluo is in Quzhou, and he and Liu Kongzhao are not able to fight with the main force of Jianzhou at all, and now they can only try to see if they can keep the Xianxia Pass behind Quzhou.

The official road from Chuzhou directly to Xianxia Pass has been cut off. Yang Wencong and Tian Yang, the eldest son Yang Dingqing, and Sun Lin, the superintendent of the army, led 4,000 troops to the south of Wenzhou and Funing Prefecture, and then went to the northwest through Jianning Mansion to reinforce the northwest. This is a big circle, Yang Wencong forced the march all the way, holding a glimmer of hope.

Xianxia Pass was originally Zheng Hongkui's defense area, but the defenders of Zheng Fan withdrew to Zhangquan under Zheng Zhilong's order. The only remaining supervisor Huang Mingjun's courage was very weak.

Yang Wencong hurried desperately, and when he arrived at Depu City, Xianxia Pass had been lost. In desperation, Yang Wencong had no choice but to retreat to Chong'an County. When the soldiers arrived at Zhangshu Village, the slave cavalry was approaching, and Yang Wencong sighed, "Don't go." ”

Tian Yang: "Let's fight here." ”

With weak infantry on one side and selected cavalry on the other, the outcome of the battle was foregone from the start.

Yang Wencong's father and son were defeated and martyred, and the concubines Qin Huaiji, Fang Zhisheng and Zhu Yuye killed themselves.

Sun Lin and Ge Ruifang also went to the country together.

At this moment, three blood-colored flowers bloomed in the most beautiful chapter of his life.

Tian Yang was exhausted and descended. He was the only person in Ma Shiying's Guizhou Chongchen group to surrender, but he was never captured.

……

Nanzhili, Songjiang Prefecture.

The strength of Li Chengdong, the general army of Wusong, should have been 7,000 people, including 5,000 soldiers and 2,000 sailors.

Jiang Ning sent an order and ordered him to lead 4,100 troops from his headquarters south to reinforce the Dingnan general Bolo.

Although the Jianzhou Expedition to the South went smoothly, it could be fought several times and suffered great losses. In particular, the green battalions in the towns have lost nearly a third of their casualties.

Bolo also had Fujian and Guangdong in front of him, and he recruited Li Chengdong, the first strong army of the green battalion, to Jiangning.

Li Chengdong ordered troops, scattered the deputy commanders Du Yonghe, Zhang Daoying, Yang Dafu, and Liang Desheng stationed in the entire Songjiang Prefecture, and the generals Zhang Yue, adopted sons Li Yuanyin and Li Jianjie, all came to Wusong City.

Li Chengdong: "In the new dynasty system, we can't bring our families when we send troops, and women and children have to stay in Songjiang. ”

Du Yonghe: "In the general town, we only have 300 cavalry left, and the number is too small. ”

Li Chengdong waved his hand, "The southern soldiers are fragile, 300 cavalry is enough." ”

Zhang Yue: "Who are these Yan Keyi and Hao Shangjiu?" ”

Li Chengdong looked down at the briefing, "They were all the river defense troops who followed Ling Jiong at the beginning, and they were sent to Beijing after the defeat. Jiang Ning sent it in order to strengthen our troops. ”

Li Yuanyin pouted, "There is also Luo Chengyao, who used to be Zuo Liangyu's person." ”

Li Chengdong: "This is just the first batch, and there will be more troops to join us later." ”

Du Yonghe: "The new dynasty has finally reused the town. ”

Li Chengdong said with a smile, "Go back and tell your brothers that you will be promoted and make a fortune today." We're on our way three days later! ”

Li Chengdong made a lot of money in Songjiang last year, but he didn't keep it for long.

Jiang Ning forced him to capture Chongming within a time limit. Li Chengdong scoured all counties in Songjiang Prefecture and the Jinshan Weiguan Treasury, and only scraped together 6,400 taels, but in desperation, he had to pay more than 14,000 taels out of his own pocket, scraped together more than 20,000 new sand ships, 50 new sand ships, and repaired 150 old ships. took advantage of a heavy fog to cross the river, successfully landed in Chongming, and annihilated the defenders Jing Ben Chebu.

Li Chengdong is gearing up, and a new goal is just around the corner.

……

The Emperor of Longwu is not in Fujing, and since last year, he has been driving his own expedition, and his line has been changing.

August 15, 1646 A.D., September 23, Mid-Autumn Festival. The captives rode and drank the Min River, cutting off the road for the emperor of the second regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty to retreat eastward to the sea. It happened so suddenly, and everyone in Fujian was unprepared except for Zheng Fan.

A few months ago, Zheng Chenggong was recalled to Zhangquan by his father from the Shanguan front.

The Son of Heaven disagreed at first, but later learned that Chengcheng's mother, Tagawa, had just returned from Japan, and human ethics could no longer be stopped. had to go home and recruit troops in the name of letting this prince of Zheng Fan leave the front line.

After Zheng Chenggong returned home, he quickly figured out what the family was discussing and why his father invited him home. Filled with righteous indignation, despite the opposition of his father and uncle, he led his army north to Fujing. On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he took his soldiers and horses to fight along the Min River, hoping to meet the breakthrough of the Son of Heaven.

At a place only 2 days away from Yanping Mansion, Zheng Chenggong encountered the Jianzhou cavalry blocking the road, and the ship could not go. He also met the minister who broke through from Yanping, and learned that the Son of Heaven had left Xingzai to go to Ganzhou 4 days ago, so he had to return to Fuzhou City.

This is the first actual battle in the life of the upcoming prince.

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It took me about a month to sort out what this chapter was about.