Beder was right, in the defense of Taiwan, they lost more than 1,600 people, not counting the number of reinforcements killed by Vanderlaan and others.

Finally with a long sigh, he staggered onto the boat with the help of Bedel.

He led more than 2,000 Dutch men aboard the Looth Dunant, Downburgh, Anchorwin, Merton, Tybert, Naarden, Egret and Ronan, ending 38 years of Dutch rule in Taiwan.

Standing on the deck, his hand pressed on the railing, looking at Taiwan, which was impossible to go again, he shed tears......

Looking at Taiwan from afar, he burst into tears, and all he heard in his ears was the cheers of the Chinese: "Great!" Exorcise the captives! The red-haired ghost has been beaten away! Banzai! Long live His Royal Highness King Qi! Long live the national surname! ”

As soon as he returned to Batavia, he was immediately put on trial for surrendering. After being placed under house arrest in the Banda Islands, in 1674 his family bribed Prince William with 25,000 guilders, and Prince William pardoned him, who had returned to the Netherlands and lived in Amsterdam in the future, and published a book to defend himself.

At this point, the Taiwan incident is over, and Zhang Biwu has to return to the mainland first, and he and Zheng Chenggong have reached an agreement.

Zheng Chenggong was led by Zhang Biwu to fight against the Qing Dynasty together. And Zheng Chenggong's subordinates were still led by Zheng Chenggong, and everyone advanced and retreated together.

Zheng Chenggong was also responsible for opening up overseas trade, thus providing money for the anti-Qing Dynasty. Zhang Biwu rewarded Zheng Tai, who was in charge of the financial power, and hoped that Zheng Tai would make persistent efforts to contribute to the cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty.

Zhang Biwu was about to go back, and he heard the unfortunate news. Fujian had already suffered a counterattack from the enemy. A lot of places are lost. Even Nanzhili's side has lost a lot of places.

No, the emergency document said that if you don't return to the army, Fujian and other countries will be lost, and Nanjing will also be unprotected.

even said a big news - Emperor Yongli issued an order to eliminate Zhang Biwu! said that Zhang Biwu should be deprived of all titles and that he should be completely eliminated.

Yongli once again entangled Li Dingguo's men and horses, and ordered Li Guo to lead the army to help, even if it was not to send troops to go out together. Money and food must also be given.

When Zhang Biwu heard this, the whole person was stupid, how could this be? Will Yongli do this? Previously, Zhang Biwu thought that Yongli would cause trouble, but what he didn't expect was that Yongli could command all of Li Dingguo's men and horses, and also attack him! If it weren't for Lu Xiang's promotion, a large number of territories would have been lost.

Zhang Biwu asked how the situation was, and replied that Yongli first asked Li Guo to lead the men and horses to attack, because he reached an agreement with Lu Xiangsheng and others, but on the surface, he was attacking, but in fact, he was acting together! No one will attack anyone first. It's all about getting through in peace.

Yongli had expected it early on, but he didn't expect it to be so obvious. He was even angrier. After a while, he had used his money to recruit some soldiers, thinking that he was very strong!

So Yongli began the so-called imperial expedition, he didn't have much political ability, but Lu Xiangsheng and others didn't want to bear the name of the victim, they used to want to send envoys to Taiwan, but the road was too far, and it was too late.

Lu Xiangsheng and others ceded the territory, and Yongli, who sent troops from Huguang, occupied most of the territory of Henan and directly bordered the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Lu Xiangsheng, Xuan Jianhao, Li Yan and others could only continue to send envoys to Yongli to ask for guilt, and hoped that Yongli would focus on the overall situation of resisting the Qing Dynasty, and they would always be Yongli's courtiers.

Li Guo promised Yongli before, as long as he sent troops against the Qing Dynasty, he was willing to lead troops to fight against the Manchu Qing Dynasty!

Therefore, Li Guo's Dashun army also rushed to join Yongli's army, they were together, Yongli originally wanted to continue the crusade against Zhang Biwu, but he saw that it was close to Beijing.

He only wanted to break through Beijing as soon as possible in order to return the old capital, and besides, Lu Xiangsheng and the others had relieved one million taels of silver to ask for their guilt.

Shi Kefa, Qu Shiyun, He Tengjiao, etc. all thought that although Zhang Biwu was not loyal to the Ming Dynasty, it was also a force to resist the Qing Dynasty, and now they were punished, which was enough, and immediately sent troops to Beijing in order to recover Beijing, which is the most critical and best thing.

Yongli also recognized, he temporarily gave up the attack on Zhang Biwu, and he wanted to do his best to restore the old capital.

Not to mention, the road of Yongli is quite smooth, because Dolgon and Shunzhi are also fighting, as if the world has returned to the Warring States dispute.

Yongli was still sitting in the dream of returning to the Forbidden City, but when he approached Beijing, he fell for the Qing army's trick to lure the troops, and was defeated by the Qing army!

In this battle, the Nanming army was defeated miserably, and many generals were either killed or captured. And the Great Western Army is also seriously injured, and there are not many soldiers left, like the original general Di Sanpin of Onishi, who has already died.

Although Li Guo came with Yongli, he was on guard against defeat, in order to avoid it, but how could the defeat have been presented, how he tried to prevent it, how to turn the tide is useless, he can only want to respond to Yongli and rescue Yongli, they were shocked by the Qing army again, and the defeat was even worse!

At this time, Dolgon led the army to attack, and there was no so-called rebellion with Shunzhi at all, and Yongli and others were defeated.

The men and horses led by Lu Xiangsheng and others did not want to come to the rescue, but they couldn't come, because they were also blocked by the Qing army, so they could only helplessly watch the defeat of Yongli.

It doesn't matter if Yongli is defeated, the Great Western Army has lost most of it, and even the army of Nanming has lost all of it, and the situation of the Great Shun Army is not optimistic, losing nearly half.

Wu Sangui originally said that he wanted to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but he knew that Li Guo and others had no choice but to obey the emperor's orders to send troops.

Wu Sangui laughed, Li Guo and others had no initiative as the commander-in-chief, isn't this just like when he was a general under Chongzhen before? Everything is subject to the emperor who lives deep in the palace, and he has to report back and forth thousands of miles away, so if the fighter plane is fleeting, how can he talk about being able to defeat the enemy?

It is this drawback that makes even generals who can fight again be constrained. How can they defeat the enemy?

Wu Sangui naturally sent troops to Shaanxi. Most of the land below Xi'an fell into the hands of Wu Sangui. And Wu Sangui also sent troops to Huguang, and he also connected Huguang, and his strength was stronger.

The situation in Guangdong is also expanding, and it is also to seize the land of Guangxi, and Fujian is also under the advance of Shuosai and others in Zhejiang, and it is also constantly losing land, and Fujian Province does not control much territory in the hands of Zheng Chenggong.

In addition, Zheng Chenggong is still in Taiwan, so it is even more impossible to form a strong counterattack. Zheng Chenggong in the Great War to recover Taiwan. occupies an important position, and it is impossible for him to lead his troops back, so he can only continue to fight.

In the area of Nanzhili, only Nanjing and nearby territory have not been lost, and the rapid shrinkage of the territory is staggering.

In fact, Zhang Biwu wants to consolidate the territory he has seized more than anyone else, and he knows that the speed at which he seized the territory is very fast, so the speed of losing the territory he has taken will also be very fast! Facts have proved that Zhang Biwu's judgment is correct.

It's just that the emperor Yongli is pointing fingers, otherwise he wouldn't have let the situation take a sharp turn and become an uncontrollable situation today.

Zhang Biwu listened. He sighed and said, "What a helplessness! These Zhu Ming emperors just can't stop! Although they have backbone. But why is there no such thing as Zhu Hongwu and Emperor Yongle? ”

Zheng Chenggong looked at Zhang Biwu and asked, "King Qi, then how do you say we should clean up this mess?" You didn't think it would turn out today, but you missed your prediction! Alas! If we hadn't attacked Taiwan in the first place, we might have been able to avoid a sudden change in the overall situation! ”

Zhang Biwu looked at Zheng Chenggong and said, "Guo surnamed Ye, you and I have to go back to the mainland immediately!" Taiwan only needs to send a general to guard here! To all the anti-Qing righteous people, the world knows the Tao, we are most concerned about, the most important is the mainland! Anti-Qing is always the first! ”

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he nodded in understanding and said, "Okay!" Then I will immediately cancel the purpose of staying in Taiwan, and I will immediately prepare to return to the mainland with King Qi! ”

Zhang Biwu said: "We must first send someone to go back quickly by boat, and tell everyone that our army is back!" It's just that the defenders in Taiwan can't be too few! I expect that the red-haired ghosts will be defeated by us and lose Taiwan, and they will definitely be very unconvinced, and maybe they will collude with the Manchus to form a flanking attack on us! This is something that has to be guarded against! ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "The Kingdom of the Netherlands should not interfere much, after all, we let go of the first and others, and also showed them our determination to protect the integrity of the country." Then the one who can't swallow this breath is the Dutch East India Company! We are facing this company that is called a powerful military bloc! Rest assured! I will not relax in Taiwan's defense! And when I go back to Xiamen, I will monitor it. As long as something happens to Taiwan, Xiamen can also immediately send troops to aid Taiwan! Taiwan will never fall into the hands of red-haired ghosts again! ”

Zhang Biwu nodded firmly, it will take a lot of time for his army to be fully mobilized for the time being, this has to wait, he has to go back first, in order to stabilize the hearts of the anti-Qing righteous soldiers on the mainland, otherwise they think that he and Zheng Chenggong are both happy in Taiwan, then it is not good, and it is necessary to break the rumors spread by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

As soon as Zhang Biwu stepped on the land of Xiamen, the first thing he had to understand was what the current situation was, so that he could judge and analyze how to reverse the situation.

At this time, Zhang Biwu saw Xia Wanchun, who had been waiting here.

Zhang Biwu couldn't help but be overjoyed, he stepped forward and said to Xia Wanchun: "Ha Luha! Preserve the ancients! There you are! Have you been waiting for me here? Come! If there's anything, say it now! ”

Zhang Biwu saw that there was a stone not far away, and he ignored it, and first pulled Xia Wanchun to the stone to sit.

Xia Wanchun said to Zhang Biwu about the current situation, Zhang Biwu was nodding constantly, he had a little understanding of the situation in the world through the envoy's story, and now listening to Xia Wanchun's story, Zhang Biwu knew that he was more detailed.

Zhang Biwu was constantly nodding, and he was also thinking, in fact, on the way back to Zhang Biwu, he was constantly thinking about how to solve this matter.

thought that since Xia Wanchun was waiting here, he must have his reason, that is, he wanted to tell Zhang Biwu how to crack the enemy's strategy!

When Zhang Biwu thought of this, he looked at Xia Wanchun expectantly, waiting for Xia Wanchun to answer.

Xia Wanchun said: "Monk Geng Jimao can be used, and of course Wu Sangui can also be used!" If we can make the tripartite force do something, it will be very useful for us! This is what Li Gongzi, Jiu Lao and others agreed. Another point, they already wanted to persuade Li Guo and others to surrender to the lord and join the lord's account.

Li Dingguo has taken the initiative to express his willingness, because the strength of the Great Western Army has been lost, and Li Dingguo is sick again, Li Dingguo naturally does not have much energy to control the whole army, and Li Dingguo is sick, coupled with the big defeat, heavy losses, in order to keep the roots, what else can the Great Western Army do except rely on Zhang Biwu?

What's more, Li Dingguo thought of Zhang Biwu's ability before, and asked him to condescend to Yongli to help Yongli, which was impossible. At that time, Li Dingguo asked Zhang Biwu if he seized the world, could he not kill Yongli and give Yongli a way to live.

Zhang Biwu replied clearly, no matter what, Yongli can live well, and he, Zhang Biwu, will always keep Yongli's life.

Zhang Biwu thought of this, and now he got Li Dingguo's handwritten letter, the handwriting is crooked, because Li Dingguo is holding his sick body, and it is understandable that he can't write well.

With Li Dingguo, it is better to have Li Guo's Dashun army to attract Zhang Biwu's army again. That's what Zhang Biwu was thinking.

Now Zheng Chenggong has clearly expressed his willingness to serve Zhang Biwu as the master, the Nanming army has lost everything, and there is no need to think about the Nanming anymore, only the Dashun army is left, and then the Dashun army will be included in Zhang Biwu's army, which is better.

That's right! There is also Zhang Huangyan, Zhang Biwu also wants to include Zhang Huangyan in his own power, which is also the opinion of Xia Wanchun to convey Lu Xiangsheng and others. Let Zhang Biwu take advantage of the defeat of Yongli to integrate all the anti-Qing forces, so that everyone can wake up, no matter how much Yongli is supported, it can only be defeated again and again, and now I don't mention anything to revive the Ming Dynasty, but to protect the Han people's country, this is the most important thing.

It's just that Zhang Biwu is not sure, whether he can let Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao and others rebel, if they are allowed to rebel, they can further change the situation, but unfortunately, this certainty is not big! What should I do?

Zhang Biwu looked at Xia Wanchun, just to hear what Xia Wanchun had to say. Xia Wanchun said: "I just heard that the Nine Elders have already begun to implement the plan, and they have sent people to persuade them. Zu Zerun was also sent to Wu Sangui to persuade Wu Sangui to put the clan first. What the Nine Elders, all they can say is to do their best to obey the destiny of heaven! (To be continued......)