The army took a warship, starting from Quanzhou, not to take a straight line to reach Taiwan, need to detour, from Fujian to Taiwan route, basically fixed, there are two routes to choose from, one is from Quanzhou, directly to Keelung in Taiwan, this line distance is the shortest, but Keelung in the northernmost part of Taiwan, from the main station of the Dutch army in the south of Taiwan, there is still a certain distance, although the Dutch colonists also occupy the two ports of Keelung and Tamsui in the north, but the ruling foundation here is relatively weak, The main force is still distributed in the Penghu Islands, Chiayi, Tainan and Kaohsiung in the south, and the army directly reaches Keelung, and it is impossible to annihilate the main army of the Dutch colonists in one fell swoop.

The second is to sail from Quanzhou to Xiamen Island, which belongs to Zhangzhou Prefecture, start from Xiamen Island, capture Kinmen Island and Penghu Islands, and after landing, attack Chiayi, Tainan and Kaohsiung, giving the Dutch colonists a devastating blow, and then the army is divided into two routes, all the way by sea, to Keelung and Tamsui, all the way by land, along the way to recover the Taiwan station, and finally the two armies meet in Keelung, completely exterminate the army of the Dutch colonists, and fully recover Taiwan.

Sun Chuanting's decision was to take the second route.

This is also because of the information held by Sun Chuanting, Qu Qingze and others, some businessmen who escaped from Fujian and entrenched themselves on Kinmen Island, forming a small force, which is still a certain distance from Quanzhou, and after Sun Chuanting led the Jiangning Battalion Sailor to Quanzhou, Xiong Zijian's all arrangements were based on the Jiangning Battalion, and there was no encirclement and suppression of the forces entrenched on Kinmen Island for the time being.

Since Taiwan is to be recovered, of course, it is also necessary to fully recover all the islands in the Taiwan Strait, and there must not be a trace of hidden dangers.

Quanzhou is not very far from Zhangzhou.

The formation of warships sailed on the sea for three days and arrived near Kinmen Island.

Although it is said that the merchants who are entrenched in Kinmen Island. Including their guards, they vaguely knew some news, but they thought that on the sea, it would be easy to escape, because their ships were nimble and saw that the situation was unfavorable. They can flee quickly, and when the army leaves, they return to Kinmen Island, continue to work as pirates, continue to find ways to tear gaps, engage in sea smuggling, and earn a lot of silver.

Unfortunately, this time, there was a fatal error in their judgment.

The size of the Jiangning Battalion Navy Division has reached more than 300 ships. Among them, nearly half of the medium-sized and small ships are maneuverable and flexible, and this time, Su Tiancheng made up his mind that he must pacify the island of Taiwan, so Sun Chuanting, Xiong Zijian and others attached great importance to it and listed detailed plans. Large warships were on the periphery, medium warships and partly small warships were in the middle. The rest of the small warships were at the front, so surrounded by three layers, and the merchants stationed on Kinmen Island had no other way out than to surrender obediently.

The battle began on the 21st of February.

For Su Tiancheng and the Jiangning Battalion Water Division, this is not a battle. The merchants, who were entrenched on Kinmen Island, saw that the situation was not right, and quickly gave up resistance and surrendered obediently.

Liu Tiehan and Wang Dazhi led the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion to land on Kinmen Island. Before the fight was completely launched, the merchants on the island began to disarm, and the two did not encounter any decent resistance, they were still a little depressed, and they were also very strange, anyway, the fight was still necessary, and the two sides did not fight each other, how to deal with it and surrendered so quickly.

Liu Tiehan took a few businessmen and soon came to Su Tiancheng.

Several businessmen had bloodless faces and knelt in front of Su Tiancheng, their bodies trembling.

Su Tiancheng glanced at them coldly, these so-called businessmen, the rich one, completely relied on smuggling to make a fortune, during the Jiajing period, such businessmen were very powerful, and even colluded with the Japanese to engage in smuggling and looting activities, they were once severely hit by Qi Jiguang, and after decades, I didn't expect it to appear again.

Su Tiancheng will not be polite to these people.

Wang Dazhi had already come to report in advance, these merchants knew that the army that levied them was the Jiangning battalion, so they automatically gave up resistance, the reputation of the Jiangning battalion was too great, they knew that there was no chance, and the huge fleet, heavily surrounded, also made them have no chance to escape, even if they forcibly escaped, it was the fate of being exterminated in the end.

"Since you have surrendered, you should know the rules of the road, the Jiangning camp does not kill the surrenderers, your lives can be saved, but you must hand over all the property, give you an hour's time, hand over all the property, after an hour, the soldiers will search on the island, if you find gold, silver and jewelry, you don't think you can save your life."

An hour later, mountains of gold and silver, countless grains, cloths, tea, salt and other goods were placed on the flat ground of the island, and even Su Tiancheng felt surprised.

The surroundings were under strict martial law, and no one was allowed to approach except for a few officers and soldiers from the pro-barracks.

The cargo was soon counted and moved to the ship.

Liu Tiehan led the soldiers of the scout battalion and began to search on the island.

Kinmen Island is very barren, although the area of the island is not small, but in most places, there are almost no people, there were once fishermen living on the island, but after these merchants occupied Kinmen Island, they drove away all the fishermen and households, for the fishermen hiding on the island, after they were found, they were all killed, resulting in all the fishermen on the island escaping, some fishermen were adrift in the sea, and the living conditions were very miserable.

The search didn't last long, scouts were already familiar with all the environments, and they were specially trained to search for a target in any situation.

One after another, some gold and silver jewels were found.

Looking at the gold, silver and jewelry that were searched, Su Tiancheng's face changed, he had a bad impression of these businessmen, these businessmen, like the former leaders of the rogue, have a fixed understanding, and there is no possibility of transformation, and these people are familiar with the situation in Fujian, and they have bribed officials from all over Fujian, including Zheng Zhilong, and they have all obtained their benefits.

Su Tiancheng's biggest concern is that he will never hand over this wealth to the imperial court, and this wealth will definitely be transported to Taiwan as funds for Taiwan's development. It's a pity that these businessmen are clear, once they have the opportunity, these businessmen speak indiscriminately, and it reaches the imperial court and Zhu Youzhen's ears, which is trouble.

Therefore, finding opportunities and reasons to kill these businessmen is the best choice.

Su Tiancheng waved his hand, with no expression on his face.

Liu Tiehan and Wang Dazhi quickly understood, and ordered the soldiers to take these merchants out of the army.

In the midst of the merchant's loud pleas for mercy, the steel knives were raised, and the leaders were cut off one by one, and streams of blood spurted into the air.

Su Tiancheng didn't have any expression on his face.

Gold, silver and goods were delivered to the ship in the fastest possible time.

Kinmen Island left 500 people, all of these people are the former Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui's subordinates, they are stationed on Kinmen Island, temporarily maintain order here, let some fishermen who were forced to leave Kinmen Island come back, restore the previous scene, as for the construction of Kinmen Island, Su Tiancheng has not yet considered, Kinmen Island is too close to Xiamen Island, or left to the imperial court to directly govern, their own focus, or in Taiwan and the Penghu Islands.

It took three days for Ji Lu to capture Kinmen Island, but in one day, all the problems were solved, and the forces entrenched on Kinmen Island were wiped out cleanly, and those guards who followed the merchants to plunder on Kinmen Island all became coolies at this time and began to do farm work on the island, and some of the backbones, after being exposed, were mercilessly killed, and the remaining 600 people were strictly guarded, and did not dare to make the slightest change.

Zheng Chenggong led some of the warships to search around Kinmen Island to see if there were any fish caught in the net, and the results were gratifying, and there was no remnant of strength around.

On 23 February, the army left Kinmen Island and advanced in the direction of the Penghu Islands.

The battle on Kinmen Island cannot be regarded as a real battle, but the harvest of the Jiangning battalion is very large, and the huge wealth is the greatest gain, and the construction of Taiwan requires a large amount of funds, and even more needs grain, cloth, salt, tea, and other daily necessities; after all, Taiwan's production capacity is insufficient, and it will take at least two years or more to change this situation, and within two years, the focus of Taiwan's construction will still depend on the blood transfusion mechanism, and assistance from the hinterland will be needed.

Su Tiancheng knew very well that it was not enough to have the support of gold, silver, and jewelry, and that if Taiwan wanted to develop, it must have an extraordinary production capacity, be able to grow a large amount of grain, and be self-sufficient; only under such circumstances can we talk about rapid economic development; otherwise, if Taiwan's foundation is not solid, it will not be able to withstand twists and turns, and if it encounters some changes, the situation will be very bad.

Su Tiancheng's main energy cannot be put in Taiwan for the time being, otherwise his approach will be different, and he will send a large number of materials to Taiwan, but not now, because the strength of the Houjin Tartars is still very strong, and the main task of him and the Jiangning battalion is still to first exterminate the Houjin Tartars, completely destroy the Houjin regime, and then it is possible to focus on Taiwan for a long time.

On the way to the fleet, Su Tiancheng has been thinking about these problems, and only when the internal stability is stable can he be said to conquer and dominate the world, otherwise everything is empty talk, Zhu Youzhen's understanding, I'm afraid it won't reach that height, and if the Houjin Tartar is exterminated, Zhu Youzhen will be satisfied, and the rest of the things can only be done by himself, and he just took advantage of this opportunity to stay away from the imperial court and avoid the biggest internal strife in the Ming Dynasty. (To be continued......)