Zheng Zhilong did not have the idea of seeking recruitment from the Fujian government, in fact, he had already considered this aspect from the time of the integration of the Eighteen Zhi, after all, no matter how beautiful a pirate is, even if he has become the most powerful pirate leader in the Far East, he will not be able to enter the mainstream society after all, let alone glorify his ancestors, and he still has to find a way to clear his name after all. +◆ Top + ◆ Point + ◆ Small + ◆ said that the route planned by Zheng Zhilong was to rely on force to control the sea areas of Fujian, and coerce the government to come up with favorable conditions to recruit him, and this way was implemented smoothly in the first few years, and Xiong Wencan did find someone to test the possibility of recruiting him for peace.

However, opponents who still had this kind of intention in the past few years have changed their attitude in the past two years and no longer mention the matter of recruiting security. Zheng Zhilong has found many intermediaries to inquire about the situation, and it is said that most of the reasons for this change in attitude are caused by Xu Xinsu's obstruction. Of course, this is also very understandable, after all, the maritime armament in Zheng Zhilong's hands is stronger than that of the Fujian Navy, and it is really difficult to say who will listen to whom after Zhao'an, and it is almost impossible to completely resolve the personal grievances between Xu Xinsu and Zheng Zhilong, and he wants to keep his position in the Ming army, so he is naturally unwilling to emerge a strong competitor out of thin air.

If Xu Xinsu had been defeated repeatedly like his predecessor Yu Zhigao, maybe Xiong Wencan, the governor of Fujian, would have already issued a Zhao'an document, but in recent years, Xu Xinsu has achieved brilliant results and gradually recovered the lost territories along the coast of Fujian that had been occupied by Shibazhi, and it was difficult for Shibazhi to take advantage of the Ming army. So on the question of whether to recruit An Shibazhi, Xiong Wencan will naturally be more inclined to Xu Xinsu's opinion.

But in the final analysis, this problem is still because of the emergence of the Haihan people. It was precisely because they provided military assistance to Xu Xinsu that the Fujian Ming army was able to fight a turnaround battle, but Eighteen Zhi was reduced from active to passive, and it was difficult to win on the frontal battlefield, and the Zhao'an negotiations with the Fujian government in private were all stopped, and the sphere of influence continued to shrink under the suppression of the Ming army, and the situation became more and more embarrassing.

Zheng Zhilong didn't understand too much why the Haihan people had to find ways to target Shibazhi, speaking of which, before the Battle of the Pearl River Estuary, the two sides did not have any Liangzi, and they had not even fought head-to-head, and at that time, the Haihan people had already secretly sent weapons to Fujian. After the situation in Fujian was tight, Zheng Zhilong, of course, also found an intermediary to try to make peace with Haihan, at least to let Haihan stop supporting Xu Xinsu's side, but Haihan didn't seem to buy it, as long as it was about the topic of Eighteen Zhi, the other party would not answer at any level, and would not respond to any topics related to peace talks at all.

This obvious hostility also made Zheng Zhilong unable to retreat, if Eighteen Zhi still did not react big enough to the defeat on Nanri Island, then maybe the combined fleet of the Fujian Ming army and the Haihan people would soon reach Magong Port. In contrast, the conditions of the Dutch, though harsh, were at least for the silver, not for the sake of death. In comparison, although he was dissatisfied with the Dutch's bamboo pole so hard, Zheng Zhilong could only choose to pay for the Dutch to help him.

Qian Tiandun arrived in Fujian and completed negotiations with Zheng Xinzhi in Dayuangang, which was almost a matter of before and after, and the two sides basically began to prepare for the next stage of war at the same time. However, in the details of the preparations, there is still a relatively large gap between the two sides.

The favorable conditions of the defenders of Nanri Island are very obvious, relying on the Ming Dynasty, which is still the most powerful empire in the Far East at this time, whether it is material or manpower, it is incomparable to the eighteen Zhi entrenched in Penghu. Although the combat effectiveness of the Fujian Navy Division is very limited, it is not difficult for them to undertake some work of transporting materials.

From the moment Qian Tiandun arrived on Nanri Island, the Fujian Navy Division began to send a steady stream of supplies and manpower from several nearby towns in accordance with Haihan's requirements to build a more complete defense system on the island. Qian Tiandun had nearly 1,000 veterans with rich combat experience in his hands, eight warships of the four major and four small ones, and thousands of Ming troops at his disposal, and he could use much more means in the course of the battle than the convoy of the mission that attacked here two months ago. Not to mention that it is difficult to attack and easy to defend, Qian Tiandun thinks that with more than 2,000 troops to defend this small island, and almost all of them are equipped with Haihan weapons and equipment, even if the opponent comes with 18,000 people at one time, it will be difficult to capture the walled fort here.

This place was first built by the Ming army, and was later occupied by pirates after the withdrawal of the army and abandoned, and it was reinforced to a certain extent. In the battle a few days ago, it was damaged by Haihan's artillery attack, but later Shi Diwen also organized manpower to repair it. When Qian Tiandun arrived here, there was actually not much to write, as long as the wall was further heightened and thickened on the original basis, a trench was dug outside the wall, and the artillery brought was placed on the gun position one by one. It's a pity that the local area is not as good as Sanya, and there are no building materials such as cement available, otherwise Qian Tiandun would have the intention to build a concrete fortress on the island as an experiment for practicing tactics.

Of course, with the current Cheng dù, Qian Tiandun thinks that it is more than enough to resist the counterattack of Eighteen Zhi. His concern was not so much about the opponent as Eighteen Zhi, but about whether they would directly enter the war if the Dutch intervened.

The Dutch were undoubtedly much more capable of fighting than the Ming army and the Eighteen Zhi, and although the armed forces under the East India Company were not regular troops, many of its members were veterans or mercenaries who had combat experience, and were familiar with the methods of hot weapon warfare, so it would not be as easy to deal with them as it was to deal with the Ming army. A few days ago, when the Dutch were fighting on Ambuna Island, Qian Tiandun had already obtained relevant information from Sanya through Guò radio, and the Military Commission's views on the actual combat capability of the Dutch were indeed a little contemptuous before that.

Of course, if you suffer a loss once, you will not suffer a second loss in the same place, and since there is already information that the Dutch may intervene in this war, then Haihan's preparations for the war should have more content against the Dutch forces, and the advantages of sticking to one place and not taking the initiative to attack are also beginning to be further highlighted at this time.

Under the command of Qian Tiandun, the Haihan soldiers began to shoot live ammunition through guò, demarcating the firing range outside Nanri Village. In this way, the areas within the firing range are drawn into a checkerboard and numbered, and the artillery fire on the fixed turret can also be calibrated in advance, and the viewing angle and the amount of gunpowder used are all determined, and the efficiency and lethality that can be improved during combat will be difficult for the attacker to achieve.

Qian Tiandun was not afraid that this method would be learned by the Ming army, and the two sides still had a difference in performance in weapons, and the range and accuracy of artillery and muskets were still not the same. If the Ming army wants to return the favor on the battlefield in the future, then it will really feel the passive feeling of being beaten caused by the difference in the performance of weapons.

Beginning in late July, Haihan warships patrolling the vicinity of Nanri Island frequently spotted unidentified clippers appearing more than 10 or 20 nautical miles away from the island. According to the identification of the accompanying Ming army officers, it can be basically confirmed that most of the unidentified ships are reconnaissance ships belonging to Shibazhi. Qian Tiandun believed that this was a precursor to the beginning of the Eighteen Zhi's actions, and ordered all armed personnel on Nanri Island to enter a state of combat readiness.

However, before the war, Qian Tiandun still had one important thing to do, that is, to send Luo Wudan away. After Luo Wudan followed the fleet to Fujian, he did not choose to settle in Zhangzhou, but went to Nanri Island together. Although there are some women on the island who are responsible for cooking logistics, it is impossible for Luo Wudan to live with these subordinates who do rough work, so she has to arrange a separate residence for her in Nanri Village, to be honest, there are actually many inconveniences. Fortunately, there are not too many superstitions in the Haihan army, otherwise it would be a big taboo to have women living in the army. Of course, this is also related to Qian Tiandun's personal prestige in a certain way, after all, this army was trained by him, and almost all soldiers regarded him as a commander who could give up his life to follow, and the commander's fiancée acted with the commander It seems that there is nothing to say.

Some people also had doubts about the identity of Luo Wudan's fiancée, after all, Qian Tiandun himself did not mention the personal relationship between the two on any occasion, and the fiancée was also a rumor in the army. However, Qian Tiandun's entourage guard Gao Qiao Nan has many times stopped soldiers from talking about this matter on the grounds of "prohibiting private discussions about the general's family affairs", so many people think that this has confirmed Luo Wudan's special identity.

"Has Miss Luo's luggage been packed?" After receiving an affirmative answer, Qian Tiandun motioned for the soldiers to retreat and walked into Luo Wudan's residence by himself.

The accommodation here is naturally not as good as the dormitory specially built for the Haihan cadres in Sanya, and only a better room is allocated to Luo Wudan. Although the personal supplies distributed to Qian Tiandun by the Executive Committee included a hot water boiler and a full set of ceramic sanitary ware, none of them were installed here - after all, they would not be stationed here for too long, and it would be very troublesome to dismantle them in the future. Therefore, of course, Luo Wudan can't enjoy the Haihan-style living environment, and the only advantage compared to the militia soldiers who live here is that the space for living alone is larger.

Qian Tiandun has never been a pampered person, and he has no special feelings about this kind of wild life, but he is not a straight man, and of course he can understand the inconveniences of a girl living in this environment. Therefore, as soon as the decision to prepare for the war this time was made, he asked Luo Wudan to pack her luggage and send her away from Nanri Island as much as possible.

Luo Wudan just snorted when he saw him come in, and didn't speak. Qian Tiandun glanced at the house, and saw that the things had been packed up and packed up, so his heart was relaxed, and he walked to Luo Wudan's side and said softly: "After all, the environment on this island is much worse, if you go to Zhangzhou to live for a while, someone over there will arrange a good life, and you can live a good life as a young lady when you pass." ”

"I don't want to be the eldest lady again!" Luo Wudan's arrogant temper came up again: "I know that I live here as an eyesore, and your people will inevitably have a lot of discussions, so you are in a hurry to get rid of me!"

"Pay attention to the wording, I'm not driving you away, this is a send-off, is it a send-off?" Qian Tiandun explained with a wry smile: "Eighteen Zhi's ships have already begun to come to the vicinity to step on the plate, maybe they will start fighting one day, the guns have no eyes during this battle, how dare I let you stay in Nanri Village." ”

"That's a nice thing to say!" Luo Wudan scolded, but his tone was much softer than at the beginning. Qian Tiandun's care for her, she naturally felt it, but when she was out of the house, there was only Qian Tiandun around, and she couldn't even find anyone who could talk and quarrel when she went to Zhangzhou, even if she had a life of fine clothes and food in the past, it might not be much better than the life on this isolated island.

As soon as Qian Tiandun saw that the persuasion was effective, he continued: "You also know that the Executive Committee transferred me to Fujian to lead troops this time, and the standard of living treatment for me is relatively high. Zhangzhou City has already bought a yard, the furniture and servants have everything, and the boilers, sanitary ware, and solar panels have also been installed, and the master has moved in. ”

Luo Wudan blushed and said, "That's the treatment given to you by the Executive Committee, not for me." ”

"I'm going to fight on Nanri Island now, and I can't live for the time being, so I want to entrust you to go over and help me take care of the house first, okay?" Qian Tiandun said very tactfully, but the meaning couldn't be clearer.

"What about you...... Will you move to Zhangzhou after the war?" Luo Wudan's voice became smaller and quieter, if it weren't for Qian Tiandun being close to her, I am afraid she would not be able to hear what the second half said.

"This place on Nanri Island is not suitable for long-term staying, and only the Fujian government regards this place as a treasure. When the situation stabilizes, our station will definitely be moved to the vicinity of Zhangzhou. Qian Tiandun coughed dryly, and also lowered his voice and said: "At that time, in order to facilitate communication with the Fujian official and military, my office will definitely be located in Zhangzhou." ”

"You can remember what you said yourself!" Luo Wudan was a disguised promise now, and he didn't have a good temper, so he got up and walked straight out of the house: "I can't carry too much luggage, you find someone to help me." ”

I heard Takahashinan's voice ringing from far outside the house: "Just leave this kind of rough work to your subordinates to complete!"

When Gao Qiao Nan rushed into the house with a few soldiers to carry his luggage, Qian Tiandun kicked him in the ass: "Okay, you Gao Qiao Nan, I have taken you for so many years, and you have become someone else's subordinate without making a sound!"

Takahashi Minami didn't get angry after suffering from the pain, and responded with a smile: "The subordinates are just dedicated to sharing the worries of the adults, and have no other ideas." ”

"I'm bad at learning!" Qian Tiandun raised his finger and pointed at Gao Qiao Nan: "It's time to find you a daughter-in-law to take care of you!"