Yu Xiaotian is busy, three months can be said to have passed in the blink of an eye, and these three months are not a long time for him, but they allow him to do a lot of things.

First of all, in these three months, news finally came from the south, and the battle of Penghu, which lasted more than a year, finally came to an end in the autumn of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, that is, in August.

Yu Xiaotian sent people to collect detailed information, since the Spring Festival in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Nan Juyi mobilized heavy troops from Fujian and a large number of naval warships to send troops to Penghu, and started a big battle with the Dutch in the Penghu area.

Although the official and military sides always occupied an absolute advantage in the number of troops and ships, the attack on Penghu was never smooth, and the battle was always in a stalemate.

Until July, Nan Juyi really couldn't stand this stalemate of the war, and once again mobilized more than 3,000 soldiers from Fujian, and gathered a large number of artillery and guns to support the Penghu operation.

The Ming army finally gained a little advantage, and fought until the Dutch built the Hongmao City in Penghu, but the victory of the Ming army was only the end of this, and in the face of the Hongmao City, which was not too strong, the Ming army could not take advantage of it.

The Dutch, with their friendly artillery and muskets, kept the Hongmao City and constantly resisted, making it difficult for the Ming army to advance under the Hongmao City.

In August, Nanjuyi once again increased his troops in Penghu, so that the Ming army advanced by land and water, and launched an attack on the Dutch on three fronts at the same time, and the Dutch confirmed that there was no point in continuing this battle.

Before this, the Dutch had always had a fluke mentality, believing that if the Ming army could not defeat Penghu, they would retreat, acquiescing to the fait accompli that they controlled Penghu.

But when the battle reached August, they felt that they had thought wrong, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty and the imperial court showed extraordinary determination, put on a posture of not giving up, and repeatedly increased their troops to storm Penghu, and the Dutch finally realized that it was impossible for them to steal Penghu as a treaty port between them and the Ming.

At this time, in fact, the government side is also difficult to ride a tiger, more than 10,000 officers and soldiers have been hanging on the sea for a long time, and the supply is not easy for the Ming Dynasty, they can not raise more food and ammunition to meet the needs of the officers and soldiers, but the Dutch Hongmao City can not be captured for a long time, so that they are also quite helpless, the two sides are nominally the Ming side occupies the advantage, but in essence the two sides are still in a state of stalemate.

It's just that the situation on the Dutch side is worse, because the nearest supply point of the Dutch is thousands of miles away in Batavia, and the Dutch East India Company can provide even more limited support to Penghu, and because their maritime supremacy is now being challenged by the newly rising maritime overlord Britain, they are even more unable to draw more troops and ships from their homeland to fight against the Ming in the east.

As a result, the Dutch in Penghu were seriously lacking in troops, and the Ming Dynasty continued to increase the number of naval warships to blockade Penghu in an attempt to cut off their supplies.

Although the Dutch, with their limited ships, were still stubbornly breaking through the blockade of the Daming Sailors and sending some supplies to Penghu, these supplies were only a drop in the bucket for consumption.

More importantly, they could not be replenished with sufficient personnel, and the wounded in the Red Hair City could not be effectively treated, nor could they be sent back to Batavia in time, making their combat attrition very serious.

When the battle reached such an extent, it had become a torment for both sides, and at this time, both sides remembered Li Dan and others.

Li Dan and others have actually been paying attention to the outcome of this battle, because Li Dan has a grudge with the Spaniards, so he hopes to hook up with the Dutch, fight against the Spaniards, and get a stable partner at the same time.

Therefore, as soon as the Dutch stole Penghu, they took the initiative to run to the door, colluded with the Dutch, and gave advice to the Dutch, and at the same time helped the Dutch to intercept the ships of Chinese maritime merchants going to Manila to trade with the Spaniards in the Taiwan Strait, and forced Chinese merchants to trade with the Dutch.

However, the attitude of the Ming government and the imperial court also made them find that the occupation of Penghu by the Dutch was actually not a good choice.

In fact, this reason is very simple, that is, Penghu has been included in the territory of the mainland regime since a long time ago, as early as in the Song Dynasty, there was a garrison here, and in the Yuan Dynasty, the Penghu Inspection Division was set up here, and the Ming Dynasty also regarded this as the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

For the Ming Dynasty emperors and officials, it was intolerable for the Dutch to steal here, because if they urgently needed to tolerate the Dutch staying in Penghu, it would be tantamount to acquiescing that Penghu was no longer the territory of the Ming Dynasty, which was tantamount to losing territory! No one dares to bear this responsibility, and once it spreads, the spit of the whole world will probably drown them.

So no one from top to bottom dares to say that Penghu doesn't want it, so be it, let the Dutch occupy it and pull it down! So since no one dares to bear it, the only way is to take it back through war.

Now both sides have fallen into a situation where they cannot advance or retreat, and the Dutch continue to entrench here, which has no practical significance, so when they saw that both sides were riding tigers, they thought of a middleman like Li Dan, so Li Dan and others pointed out a "clear road" to the Dutch

That is to let the Dutch take a step back and go to the Taiwanese member, and completely abandon the place of Penghu, the reason is very simple, that is, until now, the Ming official has not officially included the Taiwanese island into the territory, and the Taiwanese so far, there is not even an official name, that is, some people call it Liuqiu, some people call it Taiwan and Taiwanese, and some people call it a chicken coop.

The island of Taiwan is currently an enclave at all, and for hundreds of years, no one has really controlled it, but it has become a paradise for some pirates, and it has also become a place for some immigrants to relocate.

As early as a few decades ago, it was occupied and operated by the famous pirate Lin Feng, but later because Lin Feng resisted the Spanish invasion in Manila, he led all his men to Luzon, and finally abandoned the island of Taiwan.

And here is not far from Daming, at least closer than Manila from Daming, although the geographical location is not as good as Penghu, but it will not attract the attention of the Ming government here, in addition, the area of Taiwan Island is also very large, and the natural resources are relatively rich.

So Li Dan and others gave the Dutch an idea, asking them to move to the Dayuan area of Taiyuan Island and rebuild a foothold there.

On the other hand, they also secretly contacted the Ming government, and were willing to help Nanjuyi and them, the Ming officials, to persuade the Dutch to abandon Penghu, so that they no longer had to ride tigers and end the battle of Penghu as soon as possible.

So both the Ming government and the Dutch finally accepted this suggestion, and at the end of August, the Dutch finally announced that they would abandon Penghu and evacuate here.

In exchange, the condition was that the Ming official army did not intercept it and let it leave Penghu smoothly, and finally this long-lasting war could be regarded as a complete end.

And for both of them, this matter is a happy thing, Nan Juyi and other official officials of the Ming Dynasty can finally give a decent account to the imperial court, and they can declare a great victory, saying that they fought hard to expel the red-haired people from Penghu, and the promotion of the officials who should be promoted, and the wealth of the people who should be rich, can even become the national heroes of the Chinese in history through the ages.

For the Dutch, it has also ended the nightmare of nearly half a year, and they can finally take a breather and continue their work in a different place, no longer have to worry about being scared every day, afraid of being blocked in the city and eventually slaughtered, their main purpose in coming to the East is to make a fortune, but they don't want to lose their little lives, and giving up Penghu is not a bad thing for them.

However, the real situation is that although the Ming side won a victory in name, it was essentially equivalent to a defeat, and did not really defeat the Dutch, but finally compromised with the Dutch, and let the Dutch run to the island of Taiwan, which is separated by a water from the mainland, and rebuilt their castle, laying the foundation for the future.

And this kind of aftermath is obvious, Yu Xiaotian will face it in the future, so far, history is still moving forward with a huge inertia on the original trajectory, and has not departed from the original trajectory, and in this trajectory, there is a huge variable, that is, Yu Xiaotian and the Seawolf Group created by him.

It is no exaggeration to call the sea wolf a group now, because in the development of the sea wolf in the past year or so, in addition to having a fairly strong maritime armed force, it is also developing rapidly in other aspects.

Yu Xiaotian inherited the legacy of the original Shark Gang and began to develop in several aspects at the same time.

First of all, he made great efforts to expand on Nanri Island, and in more than a year, he cultivated nearly 3,000 acres of land on the original barren Nanri Island, planting upland rice, sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn, as well as a small amount of rice, and the three crops of sweet potato, potatoes and corn have just been introduced to the territory of the Ming Dynasty from the Spaniards or the Portuguese in recent years, and have gradually been accepted by the Ming people, and gradually began to expand and plant.

Among them, the most widely introduced is probably sweet potato, this thing is easy to plant, not too to choose the soil, the yield is relatively large, can be used as a very effective staple food or supplementary food to eat, Yu Xiaotian to the world's first bite of rice, is the porridge made of shredded sweet potatoes and brown rice, it can be seen that this kind of thing has been very popular in the late Ming Dynasty, especially in the south.

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