In one fell swoop, the Marines occupied the Mizuri Society and the Half Line Society near the coastline.

"Brothers, work harder to completely exterminate the Potbelly Kingdom, and spend the night in the Potbelly Club tonight." Now that he has killed the Potbelly King, Zheng Xing simply doesn't do anything, he wants to completely end the entire Potbelly Kingdom.

"Yes, Master."

The 11th Marine Brigade divided its troops to occupy the Shuili Society and the Banxian Society, while the 12th Marine Brigade went to attack the Da Belly Society.

The Potbelly Society is just an ordinary village, because the Potbelly King lives in this village on weekdays, and a huge house with twelve rooms was built in the village, which is the mansion where the Potbelly King sleeps, and in each house lives a woman who belongs to the Potbelly King.

After Jin Hui entered the Big Belly Society, under the guidance of the Han people, he first shot the guards near the mansion and officially occupied the mansion, which is now temporarily ownerless.

After Jin Hui entered the house, he felt that this so-called mansion was larger in area, and it was still the kind of earthen thatched house common to the natives.

Because each room is inhabited by a woman who does not need to work, the house is very clean, and if it is developed as a tourist resource, I believe that many people will rush to come in and stay for a night.

Jin Hui didn't have time to covet the "harem" of the potbelly king, so he commanded his soldiers to occupy the entire village while inquiring about what other villages belonged to the potbelly kingdom nearby.

That night, Zheng Xing temporarily lived in the "harem" of the potbelly king.

The villagers of the captured Potbelly Kingdom were temporarily imprisoned in several vacant houses, and their relatives brought dinner, if his relatives did not bring dinner, or if there were no relatives at all, he would have to starve that night.

After dawn, Wu Caimao's unit of the 11th Marine Brigade began to expand to the periphery, and occupied 12 villages, including Shalushe, Long'anshe, and Shengang Society, and the road for the marines to the north was completely opened.

The Ming army was divided into two groups, with Wu Caimao and Jin Hui each leading their own marine brigades, and under the guidance and assistance of the Han people, they made the villagers loyal to the Ming Dynasty village by village.

Villagers who agreed to pledge allegiance to the Ming Dynasty had to kneel on the ground and swear an oath to the heavens, and if they did not agree to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, they would be wiped out by the flintlock pistols of the Ming army.

Since the potbelly king is dead, the people who make troubles no longer exist, and the villagers are basically willing to follow [『dǐng[『diǎn【『小【『say,.2≡3.▲os_(); Loyal to the Ming Dynasty, they are very realistic, as long as they kneel on their own land for a moment, they can get the forgiveness of the Ming army.

The next is to register the population, the big belly kingdom has no writing yet, and the names are also very strange, Zheng Xing gave them the surnames He, Lu, Shi, Zhang, Kong, Cao, Yan, and Hua eight surnames, all changed back to the names of the Han people, and the staff officers in the army registered and made a register.

Zheng Xing left Wu Caimao's 11th Marine Brigade to establish a provisional military government on the land of the former Da Belly Kingdom, and all 18 villages implemented a joint security system, with every five households as a basic unit, one person fled, the whole family was executed, one family fled, and five families sat together.

The main responsibility of the village chief is to contact the villagers, convey the policies of the Ming Dynasty, and also have the obligation to supervise the villagers and respond to the reasonable demands of the villagers, but major matters must be decided by the Ming army.

There were villages nearby, and it was inconvenient for the army to camp, so Zheng Xing decided to build a city here.

The castle is located in the Big Belly Society.

The terrain here is open, the mountains and rivers are backdropped, the population is relatively concentrated, more than 20 miles from the coastline, and the naval guns are out of reach, which can resist the threat from the sea.

When Zheng Xing demarcated the address of the castle, he enclosed the "harem" of the original potbelly king, and these houses will be used as military camps for soldiers in the future.

As for the name of the castle, of course, it can't be called Potbelly Society or Potbelly City, Zheng thought for a while, and thought of the word "Changhua" for no reason, and the name of the castle is called Changhua.

It turned out that the captured villagers had to participate in the construction of the city punitively, and among the captured villagers at that time, there were also women and children, and it was not efficient to let them build the castle, so Zheng Xing let their men or the head of the family participate in the construction of the city, one by one.

After a delay of seven or eight days on the territory of the Big Belly Kingdom, Zheng Xingcai took the 12th Marine Brigade of Jinhui and continued to go north.

Zheng Zhilong's fleet had been anchored in the open sea, waiting for Zheng Xing, and after receiving the message that Zheng Xing had finished dealing with the Big Belly Kingdom, he ordered the fleet to anchor and divide into two routes with Zheng Xing by sea and land, and at the same time march to the north.

On the way north, Zheng Xing will also meet some natives and sporadic Spanish merchants, for the natives, as long as they do not resist, Zheng Xing generally ignores them, let alone hurt them, and Spain is the target of the Ming army to northern Taiwan this time, they are not so lucky, Zheng Xing after asking the necessary information, whether it is a military or civilian, all of them are shot, it should be regarded as a practice for the soldiers to kill the guts.

On the south bank of the lower reaches of the Tamsui River, Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Xing met again to discuss attacking the city of Santo Domingo, which was occupied by the Spaniards.

"Commander, the city of Santo Domingo is guarding the mouth of the Tamsui River, and with the support of shore defense artillery, the fleet simply cannot get close." Zheng Xing looked at the castle built by the Spaniards on the other side from afar, and his heart was restless.

"Yes, the location of the city of Santo Domingo is too good, with the river and the sea in its back, and the fleet can't get close to it yet." Zheng Zhilong also understood that it was not impossible to get close, and if it was attacked, although the number of artillery of the South China Sea Fleet would have an absolute advantage, the range of shore artillery might be farther than that of naval guns, and the caliber would be larger.

"It is also not possible to transport the soldiers of the Marine Corps across the river by transport boats, it is still within the range of Spanish artillery, and the transport ships simply do not have the ability to return fire." Zheng Xing couldn't wait to give birth to two wings and fly over the Tamsui River.

"Zheng Xing, don't worry, I have a way to cross the river." Zheng Zhilong twisted his beard lightly, he wanted to test Zheng Xing.

"Commander has a way?" Zheng Xing's face was happy, he thought for a while, but he didn't think of any good way.

"Use your brain." Zheng Zhilong pointed to his head.

"Several wrecked ships in Spain are still at the confluence of the port and the river, and if there is a real war, they may not still be turtles." Zheng Xing wanted to break his head, but there was still no way but to attack.

Zheng Zhilong was reluctant to attack, it was a last resort, "What if it is dark Chen Cang?" ”

"Commander means ......"

"There will be no more than two hundred soldiers in the city of Santo Domingo, including the port, and no more than three hundred soldiers with temporarily armed merchants, and if I use the fleet to open up and make a strong attack, will they be led to the port?" Seeing that Zheng Xing still didn't expect it, Zheng Zhilong had no choice but to enlighten step by step.

"To the port?" Zheng Xing suddenly realized, "What does the commander mean, the Spanish soldiers were led to the port, and we took the opportunity to cross the river?" ”

"That's basically what it means." Zheng Zhilong cast a look of approval at Zheng Xing, "Once the Spanish soldiers are concentrated in the port, plus they have to defend the city, there will basically be a few stragglers left outside the city, or even not a single one, you go east for a while, cross the river from the middle of the Tamsui River, there should be no defenders there." ”

"Commander, I see," Zheng Xing looked extremely excited, "we set up tents on the south bank and set up a false camp to interfere with the judgment of the Spaniards, while we took the opportunity to march eastward in search of a place to cross the river. ”

"Give you two hours to cross the river tonight or tomorrow morning, before dark, be sure to find the place to cross the river, tomorrow morning, I will attack from the sea, and you will take the opportunity to cross the river."

"Yes, Commander."

Zheng Xing returned to the Marine Corps and immediately organized his soldiers to march eastward, and found a relatively gentle ferry about thirty miles from the mouth of the river.

This is a river bay, the water flow is very slow, close to stationary, and there are trees blocking it, so it is easy to hide.

Zheng Xing asked the soldiers to cut down trees and prepare to build a pontoon bridge, and the trees were there, as long as the soldiers had the strength to cut them down.

It took the soldiers more than an hour to build two improvised pontoon bridges.

Without artillery and other baggage, the soldiers crossed the river quickly, and in less than an hour they all crossed the Tamsui River and set up camp on the north bank, when it was just dark.

Before dawn the next day, Zheng Xing sent five groups of soldiers, disguised as local natives and Han Chinese, to the direction of the port to investigate the situation of the fleet.

Just after the hour, a group of soldiers reported: "The division, the commander's fleet, has opened fire on the harbor, and the Spanish shore artillery has also begun to return fire, and the artillery fire is quite intensive. ”

"Okay, since the commander is covering us, it's up to us." Zheng Xing was not as excited as he imagined, he just asked this group of soldiers to go back and report again.

"Division, the commander has already begun to attack the port, shall we set off now?" Brigade Commander Jin Hui couldn't hold back a little.

"The war was just beginning, and it made the Spaniards nervous for a while before their attention turned to the port." Zheng Xing is not in a hurry now, and he is still slowly tasting the Taiwanese tea in his hand.

"Oh." Only then did Jin Hui realize that he was too anxious.

"Golden Brigade, when you attack later, you will first take two regiments of soldiers to surround the city of Santo Domingo, and you must not let the Spanish soldiers in the city leave the city, lest our army fall into the belly and suffer the enemy." Zheng Xing unfolded a marching map and assigned the route of the march to Jinhui.

"Don't worry, if the Spaniards come out of the city, you will screw my head off and use it as a urinal." Jin Hui made a promise to Zheng Xing, while silently noting down the route of the march.

"You don't have artillery, don't storm the city for the time being, don't cause unnecessary casualties, the Spaniards will definitely not be able to run, unless they have a pair of wings like eagles." Zheng Xing showed a rare smile, "The soldiers of the Marine Corps are very precious, and if there are casualties, they really can't be replenished for a while." ”

"Yes, Master." Hearing that he couldn't attack the city, Jin would be a little disappointed, his voice suddenly dropped an octave, and he looked lazy, but Zheng Xing's order, he couldn't help but obey, "Master, that Santo Domingo city ......"

"Don't worry, the city of Santo Domingo is still yours," Zheng Xing couldn't understand Jin Hui's thoughts, "wait until you take the port, unload a few cannons from the transport ship, and then attack the city with artillery—when it's time to siege the city, don't cry and shout about going around outside the city, so that the Spaniards will see our jokes at the head of the city." ”

"Rest assured, as long as there is artillery, the subordinates promise to pacify the city of Santo Domingo within half a day!" Jin Hui suddenly realized that the port had not yet sent troops, "Shizao plans to attack the port in person?" ”