"The best time to attack is at the end of February and the beginning of March. By this time, the north wind had gradually stopped, and the south wind had risen, and Geranza was unable to call for help from Batavia. When the wind changes, Gerancha can certainly ask for help, but the main force of the Dutch sailors on the Batavia side will have to wait for another half a year to rush to help. In this way, our army has enough time to carry out various tactical plans. In front of the crown prince and Xiao Mo and other leading generals in the army, Fang Jiahong explained every step of the plan to restore Taiwan.

When the situation on the battlefield and the situation between friend and foe is gradually becoming clear, the timing of entering the battlefield is particularly important. Especially in today's era of sailing, the wind factor accounts for almost half of the natural environment.

"Moreover, the temperature in Taiwan in spring is not hot, and most of our troops are northerners, so there is a process of gradual adaptation." Fang Jiahong was a little nervous, for fear that the crown prince would say that it was too late.

Zhu Cihong glanced at Xiao Mo beside him and said, "This time is good, the army has more time for sea adaptation training." Are you well prepared for medical and epidemic prevention? ”

According to Wu Youxing's report, malaria is the most common among the Han people in Taiwan, and once it spreads, countless people die. The General Logistics Department has been transferred to the General Logistics Department to purchase sufficient quantities of Artemisia annua to prevent malaria. ”

"I know about this disease," Zhu Cihong said, "Epidemic prevention is still the priority, hygiene habits must be good, we must make it clear to the soldiers, don't be lazy for a while, regret for life." In addition, the treatment of this disease requires a lot of hydration, salt and sugar. ”

"Yes." Fang Jiahong said again: "Judging from the intelligence fed back by Jinyiwei, I am afraid that there are rumors on the Taiwan side that our army will return to Taiwan, but it is only spread by word of mouth, and less than half of the believers believe it. ”

"It's unpreventable." Zhu Cihong said to Xiao Mo: "There is a class among the Han people in Taiwan, called 'Toujia'. These people are inextricably linked to the Fujian family, and the news of us here is bound to spread. Not to mention that the governor of Gancheng Zheng in Fujian is also one of them. ”

Xiao Mo smiled at the crown prince's words and said, "Just fight." Who will the Guards be afraid of? ”

"Advantages cannot be compromised." Zhu Cihong said: "I will arrange this matter and try to delay it as much as possible." The matter of the military formation will be left to you, and if there are any difficulties that can be said now, it will be too late to find a reason if you can't defeat Geranza in the future. ”

Xiao Mo looked at Fang Jiahong and said, "If there are any difficulties, just say it." ”

Fang Jiahong saluted and said, "Report to Your Highness." General, the deduction has been done sufficiently. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, got up and said, "Then continue to prepare, and report any problems in time." I'll go to meet Zheng Du. ”

The generals hurriedly got up and escorted Zhu Cihong out.

As soon as Xiao Mo sent Zhu Cihong to the carriage with his front foot, Fang Jiahong followed with his hind feet and said in a low voice: "General, the camp has been trained." ”

Xiao Mo raised his hand: "I'll talk about it later." ”

Fang Jiahong retreated.

Anyone who has dealt with MIA will find that "intelligence" is the most vulnerable thing that can leak out at the slightest mistake. Those staff officers in the MI Division. It is sometimes unbelievable that all kinds of unbelievable information can be analyzed from a sentence or an object.

Treat others with oneself, who knows if there are such capable people among the Dutch?

It is a snake-like insect that has been said to disappear without a trace and kill people invisibly. Xiao Mo trained the Yu Battalion in the First Army, which was an assassin unit based on the Special Investigation Battalion and specially prepared for the Battle of Taiwan Restoration.

Judging by the intelligence, the number of Dutch troops stationed in Taiwan has been decreasing year by year. Today there are only 1,200 people. And the number of officers among them is even smaller, less than ten. Very often, soldiers do not have an officer command at all.

The Ming army, which used the same tactics to fight, certainly knew what this meant.

It can be said that if there are no officers in the battle formation, the soldiers will not even know when to advance and when to fire!

Such a low number of officers was enough to lead to a low combat effectiveness of the Dutch army. If a small number of officers are assassinated, or controlled...... It is entirely possible that the Dutch army will be routed without a fight. Surrender the city directly.

Originally, the training syllabus of the special investigation battalion included the content of climbing over the wall to enter the city and sneak assassination. In order to be more targeted, the First Guards Army used bamboo and wood to build a fake city that was exactly the same as Relanza, and made it into a sand table, so that He Bin, who had entered Relanza City, could carefully identify it. Make sure there are no mistakes.

According to this training method, the soldiers of the battalion can easily enter the Dutch military camp or the governor's office.

In order to keep it completely confidential, Fang Jiahong only reported to Xiao Mo, and everyone else only thought that the special investigation battalion was conducting targeted training for Taiwanese students.

Xiao Mo is not worried that the crown prince will leak secrets, I am afraid that no one in this world knows more about the secrecy than this highness. He just hoped that he would be able to explain it after he had played a role, otherwise if he failed, the First Guards Army and his own face would inevitably be lost. It's just that he didn't know that there was a ten-member regiment in the Lu Dao army, and he didn't know that there were people from the ten-member regiment among the elites he had drawn.

Zhu Cihong has long been familiar with Xiao Mo's "decapitation operation", and he can even grasp the training progress in real time. The reason why he didn't say it was because he wanted to give Xiao Mo a sense of security, and he was also very happy to see Xiao Mo succeed and inspire the lieutenant colonel to explore more ways to win the battle.

In the position of crown prince, the big picture is always more important than the details.

……

"Zheng Du, this time I also need to use Zheng Du's connections." As soon as Zhu Cihong got out of the carriage, he laughed loudly at Zheng Zhilong, who came to greet him, for fear that others would not hear him.

Zheng Zhilong had already opened the middle door, cleaned the ground, and welcomed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in, while saying: "Your Highness can give orders if you have something, and Weichen dares not to obey!" ”

"That's it," Zhu Cihong said as he walked, "Since Daming wants to trade with Hongmaoyi, I always feel that there is a bit of a delay in talking with the governor of Taiwan." Think he's just a resident manager, how can he call the shots? As for the commissioner who was sent, he was even more hairy and had no authority. If we continue to talk about it like this, we won't be able to talk about it for three or five years. ”

Zheng Zhilong responded again and again, and said secretly: You don't really want to talk, what does it mean to make this gesture?

"Therefore I hope that Governor Zheng will take advantage of the rising north wind and send reliable men to Batavia to explain to his governor and general the intention of our dynasty to trade." Zhu Cihong waved his hand and asked Lu Suyao to hand over a letter: "Among them, there are the goods that I want to purchase, the people I need to hire, and the list of goods that have been sold." The Dutch can be allowed to come by boat to trade when the south wind rises, and they will not be deceived. ”

"Your Highness wants to open your mouth for trade?"

"Let's try to open the Zhongzuo Institute (Kinmen) first." Zhu Cihong said: "Only we do business by ourselves, where does the income of the city company come from?" If the Dutch, Portuguese, and even the British were allowed to sail in, the commercial tax on the entry and exit would be a lump sum, and the port charges for the sea vessels would be quite large. ”

"Has His Highness also reported the Francois of Macau?" Zheng Zhilong was born as a pirate, and he can still see through this kind of delaying tactics.

Zhu Cihong thought about it, the Ming Dynasty fought two battles with the Dutch, and drove the people from Penghu to the island of Taiwan, and now it is a little suspicious to say that they want to trade. It is better to bring the Portuguese in, which shows the sincerity of the Ming trade.

"Yes, in the early years, the Portuguese were friendly to our dynasty, and they also sent artillery to help me defend the city, so I can invite them to come." Zhu Cihong said: "Give them a copy of the list of goods purchased and sold. As for the Spaniards, forget it, the old accounts of the Wanli era have not been settled with them. ”

Zheng Zhilong was a little worried when he heard this, now in the South Seas, there are only two real powers: the Dutch and the Spaniards. Speaking of which, the Spaniards are stronger, and if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to settle the old accounts of Wanli with them, won't he offend the two countries at the same time?

Zhu Cihong has no such worries.

For the Ming Dynasty, the role of the transit port is far greater than the source of raw materials, which means that no Western country can impose an embargo on the Ming Dynasty alone. The Netherlands, on the other hand, was originally an independent country under Spanish occupation and was naturally hostile to Spain. After the Dutch advanced into Southeast Asia, they seized Portugal's overseas territories along the way, and also attacked Macao, which was destined to not be able to live in harmony with Portugal.

As for the murder of British merchants, it also caused a blood feud between the Netherlands and England...... If it weren't for the fact that the British were now stopping in India, Zhu Cihong wouldn't mind even the British being dragged in and stirring up the water even more.

The winter of Chongzhen's twentieth year quietly came, and Fujian became a huge construction site. Not only are all prefectures and counties renovating the old city in order to meet the requirements of the crown prince, but more importantly, they are actively promoting the construction of trunk and branch roads. Because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has nodded and allowed his state and county to open a carriage factory to produce four-wheeled carriages, as long as the road conditions are up to standard.

Everyone knows that the four-wheeled carriage represents the travel direction of the wealthy class of the Ming Dynasty and is a symbol of identity and status. However, the steel used is hard to come by. This particular steel is extremely tough, able to alleviate the bumps of the carriage, and is the most important material.

This material control curbs the investment of private capital in the car-making industry. At the same time, the administration also prohibits the private manufacture of four-wheeled horse-drawn carriages for carrying people, and can only manufacture four-wheeled freight vehicles. For this purpose, each carriage is marked with a number on the axle at the factory and a conspicuous license plate is hung on the carriage.

If the carriage leaves the county border, it must also be registered with the state and county police stations that pass along the way.

As a result, regardless of the quality of the privately built carriage, it is in danger of being arrested on the road.

Such a monopoly market can naturally bring high profits, and high profits bring high taxes, which plays a pivotal role in the examination of state and county officials.

Not to mention the mountainous Fujian, even the next door Guangdong got the news, and also explored the road construction standards and began to raise funds to build roads, hoping to produce this kind of high-end goods.

The two Guangzhou county officials also turned out the original dusted county planning manual and racked their brains to renovate the old city. At least there is a project hanging, and the crown prince is more or less an explanation. Of course, this kind of cooperative gesture is more for the sake of opening up trade, otherwise wouldn't the people who contributed money into the stock market lose their money? (To be continued......)

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