East China Sea.

Liu Jun and Zheng Zhilong mobilized more than 300 large and small ships, loaded more than 30,000 soldiers, and formed a powerful combined fleet, all the way south.

The fleet sailed towards Taiwan, targeting chicken coops in northern Taiwan.

Taiwan, which China once called Ryukyu, was officially called by the name Taiwan by the middle of the Ming Dynasty. In Western countries, Taiwan is known as Formosa.

This name was not given to the Dutch and Spaniards, who now occupy the north and south of Taiwan respectively, but to the Portuguese. The first European colonizers to come to the East were the Portuguese, and in the twenty-fourth year of Jiajing, the Portuguese, who were driving ships around the coast of China in search of opportunities to reap benefits, saw Taiwan when they first passed through the Taiwan Strait.

It happened to be a rainy day, and a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky. Under the rainbow, there is the beautiful beauty of the island of Taiwan, and the Portuguese excitedly chant: Formosa, Formosa. The word means beautiful island, and since then, Formosa has become the foreign name of Taiwan. It was from this time that the Portuguese began to praise Taiwan to Westerners, attracting many adventurers and robbers.

The first to discover Taiwan in the West was the Portuguese, this Western country is not strong today, but it was the earliest maritime colonizers, they even when Zheng He went to the West, they have established colonies in Guinea, Congo, Angola and other regions on the east coast of Africa, at the same time as Vasco da Gama arrived in India, the Portuguese established a stronghold in Mozambique and Somalia on the east coast of Africa, thus controlling the sea route connecting the Red Sea and southern Asia.

After a series of sea trials, the Portuguese fleet in the early 16th century, finally launched a military expansion to the East, the Ming Dynasty Zhengde four years, the Portuguese fleet defeated the Turkish-Indian combined fleet in the Battle of the Indian port of Diu, and then established their eastern colonial headquarters in Goa, India, the Ming Dynasty Zhengde six years of summer, the Portuguese with heavy troops brazenly launched an attack on the Malay Kingdom. After a month of destroying the Malay kingdom, he established a local stronghold, and completely controlled the Malacca route.

The Portuguese then continued their voyage eastward to Daming.

However, Portugal was only a small European country after all, and they came to China, found the vastness of the Ming Dynasty, and did not want to acquire colonies, but hoped to obtain a territory in India, like Japan, in which they enjoyed monopoly trade privileges.

However, later the Battle of Tuen Mun and the Battle of Xinhui between the Portuguese and the Ming Dynasty. They were all defeated by China, and the more than 1,000 Portuguese soldiers in the second attack not only fled back to more than 40 people, but even the commander-in-chief was captured alive.

After the Portuguese hit a wall on the coast of China, they also thought about gaining a foothold in Taiwan. But later, the powerful Chinese maritime merchants began to establish a foothold in Taiwan, and the Portuguese could only stare dryly, not daring to go to Taiwan to grab territory again.

Later, the Portuguese deceived Macao in Guangdong and had a trading base. I was honest for a while in the middle. Later, however, many Guangdong officials were corrupt officials, and they opened their mouths to "filial piety" to the Portuguese, which made the Portuguese miserable. They then started the idea of Taiwan again and led troops to Taiwan several times. went to attack the "Qin criminals" and "pirates" of the Ming Dynasty, trying to seize Taiwan, but the pirates of the Ming Dynasty were very strong, and the Portuguese failed to attack several times.

After returning to Macau. Taking advantage of the growing trouble of the pirates in Taiwan, the Portuguese began to take the opportunity to build a fortress in Macao to entrench the army. Later, the Chinese pirates in Taiwan faded out. The Portuguese wanted to fight Taiwan again, but in the thirtieth year of Wanli, the Ming army sent troops in Taiwan after defeating the Japanese who had fled to Taiwan, which once again crushed the ambitions of the Portuguese. From then on, the Portuguese were relieved to "lease Macau".

After the Portuguese, the Spaniards finally followed to the East.

Compared with Portugal, a small country, Spain was the empire on which the sun never sets, the world's most powerful maritime empire, and even Portugal, which was later annexed by Spain. In the eighth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, King Philip II of Spain used the excuse that he was half Portuguese and insisted on serving as the king of Portugal.

At that time, the royal families of European countries often married, and the traditional European heir system led to the fact that some kings often had the right to inherit the throne. The Hundred Years' War between Britain and France was also fought for a hundred years because of this inheritance.

The King of Spain had the right to inherit the throne of Portugal, and under the hard fist, the weak Portugal was finally conquered by Spain, and the two countries became one country.

At that time, Spain, known as the empire on which the sun never sets, had the most extensive colonies in the world, and on the European continent, it could fight whoever it wanted, and even arrogantly put forward the slogan of unifying Europe. Before annexing Portugal, the Spaniards first went to war with the French and forced them to submit, and then, in the name of the Christian allies in Europe, launched a war against the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which was then bent on expanding into the Mediterranean valley, and severely damaged the powerful Turkish fleet.

At the same time, the Spaniards occupied colonies all over the world, and their sphere of influence spread throughout South America, North America, and Africa.

Spain, with its invincible armada, was the real empire on which the sun never set at that time, compared to Britain, which was just on the rise.

After reaching the East, Spain began to attack the Philippine Islands and invade Luzon.

Luzon Island in the Philippine archipelago is a treasure land, it was a very prosperous country at that time, and China has been friendly for a long time, it is located in the South China Sea trade route, north of the South China Sea, south of Malacca route, belongs to the prime location.

Such a treasure land, as soon as the Spaniards came, they naturally wanted to grab it.

As a result, Luzon desperately resisted, and the Spaniards attacked countless times, only to be repulsed several times. After a long time, the Spaniards discovered that it was not Luzon that was strong, but that the Luzon king had the support of many Chinese.

At that time, there were many Chinese maritime merchants in Luzon, and there were many local Chinese maritime forces, and many famous Chinese pirates at that time had taken root here for many years, and they did not allow the Spaniards to touch this golden treasure land. The Spaniards were not so much defeated at the hands of Luzon as they were at the hands of Chinese maritime merchants.

With the support of Chinese maritime merchants, the Spanish march to the East was held back in Luzon for ten years. It was not until the fifth year of the Ming Dynasty that the Spanish captured Manila, the capital of Luzon, and the king of Luzon was killed in battle, and since then, the Philippine Island, with Luzon as the core, has become the pocket of the Spaniards.

The Spaniards established themselves in Manila as their base in the East. Contacts with China have also begun.

After ten years of warfare, the Spaniards finally captured Luzon, although they killed the king of Luzon and destroyed the Luzon state, but the Chinese maritime merchants were still not convinced.

At that time, the most fierce Chinese maritime merchant who fought with the Spaniards was Lin Feng, a great pirate based in Taiwan. Lin Feng was strong at that time, using Taiwan as his base camp and fighting back and forth with the Spaniards for several years. The Spaniards had the upper hand, so he ran back to Taiwan and regrouped his troops. After resting, I will call back.

However, at the most critical time of this battle, the Longqing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty switched off, lifted the sea ban, and vigorously recruited maritime merchants. Chinese maritime merchants are too lazy to care. After all, he couldn't stand in China before, so he cared so much about the foothold of Luzon, and now that the domestic environment has changed, who is still fighting with the red hair in this foreign country.

When a large number of Chinese maritime merchants returned to China. The Spaniards also launched a large-scale attack, and eventually, the state of Luzon was destroyed. In the end, only Lin Feng was left who refused to return to China. Still based in Taiwan, he fought against the Spanish red hairs for many years, and Lin Feng finally broke the boat. took all the men and horses in the Taiwan base camp to Luzon, where he built a city and became king, and fought to the death with Spain, but unfortunately in the end, Lin Feng was weak and left in defeat.

After the Spaniards defeated Lin Feng, they gradually consolidated their rule in Luzon, and Manila became their base camp and fortified fortress.

Conquering Luzon and defeating Lin Feng, the Spaniards were ambitious to conquer China next.

The then governor of Manila, La Vezales, drew up a map of China's coast and presented it to King Philip II of Spain. In his report to the king, he claimed that with only four to six thousand troops, he could conquer China.

Ravisares wasn't joking, but serious. After reporting to the king, in the fourteenth year of Wanli, he convened the Manila Conference, which gathered all the elites of Spain's military, political and religious circles in Asia, and they drew up a memorandum containing eleven articles and ninety-seven articles, which was then jointly signed by fifty-one nobles, and then sent back to Mader, Spain, for approval by King Philip II.

This solemn congress and solemn memorandum have only one theme, and that is the conquest of China.

They planned to draw in the Portuguese younger brothers, use the Japanese churches to recruit Japanese mercenaries, and even chose a road map for the attack, to land from the four regions of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangnan, and Shandong in China, blockade the Chinese coast on all fronts, and make up their minds and make great efforts to lengthen the front to fight a big battle and conquer China in one fell swoop.

They even specifically stated in their memorandum that after the landing, all units should fight in concert and discipline, and they should not commit adultery and plunder, as in the Americas and Africa, and they should not burn and kill at will. Later, they explained that this was done to prevent the decline of the Chinese population, because the Chinese population is wealth.

They even planned for the post-war period, such as setting up church schools in China, replacing Confucianism with Catholicism and replacing Chinese with Spanish, and encouraging Spaniards to marry more Chinese women and become officials in China if they had children.

The Spaniards in Manila at the time had completely made China their plate a dish.

Before they even bought the food, they were already thinking about how to eat it.

However, this plan did not come and was implemented, and in the sixth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the Battle of Calais broke out between Spain and the British, and the invincible armada, which gathered the strength of Spain, was defeated by the British, who were far inferior to them

Immediately afterwards, the bourgeois revolution broke out in the richest region of Spain, and a rebellion war was launched, which lasted for more than ten years, and it was only in the ninth year of Wanli that an armistice was signed.

Inside Spain, a Dutch republic was established, and the strength of this separated Dutch republic expanded rapidly, and soon their navy became the strongest in Europe, and even far left Spain behind, winning the title of sea coachman, and the Dutch also followed in the footsteps of Portugal and Spain, leading the fleet to the east.

Although the Spanish backyard was on fire, after the capture of Manila, the plan to conquer China was not supported, but they still advanced to the coast of China and kept trying. They sent envoys to China many times, asking for trade and the establishment of trading stations, but they were all rejected by the Ming Dynasty. Soft ones don't work. They wanted to be tough again, led the fleet to Macao, and after the proposal to set up a stronghold was refused, they landed directly and began to build a stronghold, which angered the Ming Dynasty and sent troops to beat the Spaniards by land and water, and finally had to flee in embarrassment.

Later, the Spaniards, who couldn't get along on the southeast coast, finally ran to Taiwan, and when they went, their former own people, now the enemy, had chosen them to go to Taiwan. He also deceived a piece of territory in Tainan and established a stronghold fortress.

Although the Dutch came late to the East, they were more cunning than the Spaniards and the Portuguese. At first, after the Dutch arrived on the coast of China, they also wanted to gain a foothold on the coast, and at first they also took a fancy to Macao, which was occupied by the Portuguese, but the lure could not be lured, and it was impossible to attack by force. Later, they wanted to fight Penghu again, but the Ming Dynasty sent troops to besiege and fought for more than half a year. Beat the Dutch to surrender and leave.

After leaving Penghu, the Dutch encountered a storm and reached southern Taiwan. The Dutch, who were unwilling to return to their homeland, landed and met the indigenous alpine people. The Dutch sent a man of eloquence ashore. Borrow a place from the alpine people to dry their goods. They took a lot of goods and gave them to the mountain people, saying that they only needed a place the size of a cowhide to dry the goods.

The mountaineers departed with the consent of their belongings, and a few days later they found that the Dutch had established a camp on the shore. The mountain people went to the Dutch and said they were not keeping their word. The Dutch replied that they had kept their promise.

It turned out that the Dutch were quite cunning, they cut a piece of cowhide into thin strips. A cowhide rope was formed, and a place was enclosed with a cowhide rope to build a camp base.

At last the Dutch took some more goods, and half-coaxed and half-deceived them to get rid of them.

Later, in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, the Dutch repeated the trick, and for the price of only fifteen pieces of cloth, they deceived another mountain tribesman into a piece of land and established a stronghold.

The Dutch deceived two pieces of land one after the other, and later built the cities of Gelanjia and Chikan. That place is the famous Taijiang Bay in Taiwan, and the bay is surrounded by indigenous alpine aborigines. The plain between the two castles, which was suitable for immigrants to cultivate, was the most fertile land in Tainan, and was brought under the rule of the Dutch in the form of two castles as horns for each other.

From then on, the Dutch began to build garrisons and trade stations in Tainan.

And the Spaniards, having finally lost their foothold on the southeast coast of China, also went to Taiwan, and Tainan was occupied by the Dutch, so they reached Taipei. In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the Spaniards attacked Taiwan, first landed at the chicken coop and established a stronghold, and three years later occupied the Huwei area and officially established a foothold in the northern part of Taiwan.

After occupying Taipei, the Spaniards began to regard themselves as colonists in northern Taiwan, changing the names of various parts of Taiwan. For example, they landed on Jilong Mountain, they changed their name to Santiago, Heping Island in Keelung Bay, there was the first city tower they built, he changed the name to El Salvador City, and built another St. Domingo City in Tamsui, and then began to engage in slavery education, built Catholic churches, forced the local people to believe in religion, and began to collect taxes in northern Taiwan, and even drove the local aborigines into the mountains to collect sulfur for them, and repeatedly went to the Gaoshan villages to attack and clean, burn, kill, loot, and burn the villages.

While the Spanish and Dutch occupied both sides of Taiwan in the north and the south, another force also landed in Tainan. That is Zheng Yiguan, Yan Siqi and others, these were all Chinese maritime merchants in Japan at that time, and later because they wanted to launch a mutiny in Japan, they fled Japan and went to Tainan.

After Yan Siqi and others arrived in Tainan, they began to recruit displaced people from their hometown in Fujian, and used this as a base to rob the sea.

At that time, the Dutch were neighbors with Zheng Yiguan and others, but their strength was not as good as theirs, and they had to pay taxes to Yan Siqi and others. After Yan Siqi died, Zheng Yiguan took over the leader and established Eighteen Zhi, and then Zheng Yiguan changed his name to Zheng Zhilong. After the death of the sea merchant Li Dan, Zheng Zhilong inherited Li Dan's fleet and men, and his strength gradually increased.

After that, he stopped fighting with the Ming Dynasty and accepted Zhao'an, and finally Zheng Zhilong accepted Zhao'an. After accepting Zhao'an, Zheng Zhilong moved all the forces that had grown to tens of thousands in Taiwan to Fujian, leaving only some Tuntian Hanmin in Taiwan.

After several battles, Zheng Zhilong finally defeated and eliminated those former brothers, and swept away other alien forces in the southeast sea, and finally became the king of the Fujian Sea.

And the Dutch in Tainan, who had paid taxes to Yan Siqi back then, also because in the war between Zheng Zhilong and his brothers, mistakenly stood on the side of Liu Xiang, the loser, and also suffered a fiasco in Liuluowan, and this year, the unwilling Dutch led the fleet to make a comeback, and was defeated by Zheng Zhilong's men again.

"Why did you abandon Taiwan, why did you abandon those tens of thousands of immigrants? Let them be enslaved and exploited by the Dutch? Liu Jun asked three questions in a row, which made Zheng Zhilong, who had explained to Liu Jun the situation of Taiwan's Yiren for most of the day, extremely embarrassed, and didn't know how to answer.

Liu Jun sighed, "But we're back again, whether it's the Dutch or the Spaniards, don't want to be powerful on our land anymore!" ”

Zheng Zhilong looked at the undulating sea and asked, "Which one shall we fight?" ”

"Let's fight!" (To be continued......)

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