Chapter III: Persuasion to Escape

The bright sun shines on the calm sea, and for a time the whole ocean is sparkling.

As the gale quietly surfaced on the sea, the flotilla, which had already been scarred, sped towards Taiwan Island with the help of this tailwind.

Liu Yu's crazy behavior last night made Liu Quan very uneasy,

He always felt that his nephew was crazy,

Could it be that he was really frightened by the tartar,

Liu Yu naturally knew what he did last night,

It's just that he has no choice but to hope for that general.

Looking at the looming coastline, Liu Yu sighed.

However, in the afternoon, with this tailwind, the fleet returned to Dongning safely.

Seeing that there were more than 200 ships in the Zheng family's fleet, and now there are only more than 30 ships left, they have fled to Taiwan like lost dogs, and the people of the whole island are panicked for a while.

Whether to fight or surrender, and now it has become an unavoidable choice for the Ming and Zheng regimes.

In the port, Liu Yu stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the panicked remnants of the former Ming Dynasty in the distance.

To be honest, Liu Yu has an indescribable feeling in his heart.

The end of the First World War in Penghu,

It was also a matter of time before Taiwan fell into the hands of the Qing court,

Where should I go at this moment,

Like these Han people at the dock, do you serve as obedient people to the Qing court?

In the port, hundreds of migrant workers pulled the timber to the wharf, and the bird boats carried the timber to the side of the big boat.

After the battle of Penghu, only about 30 of Zheng's more than 200 ships remained, and most of them were injured and urgently needed to be repaired by shipbuilders.

Since Ming Zheng could only control the western coastal areas of Taiwan, the quality of timber obtained locally was far inferior to that of high-quality timber in Fujian and other places.

This made the performance of the ships built by the Zheng Junshui division worse than that of the Qing army's sailors, and the tonnage was not enough to go to the sea.

And Fujian, especially the local high-quality timber in Zhangzhou, because of the Qing Dynasty's maritime ban policy, Zheng Jun could not touch it at all.

This made it impossible for Zheng Jun to build excellent ships, and the maintenance and use of poor quality wood, again and again fell into a vicious circle.

The disparity in the quality of the timber of the ships was also one of the reasons for the defeat of the Ming and Zheng sailors.

The Qing Dynasty sailors, who possessed the finest timber from Fujian, had too much of an advantage over the Zheng army, which only controlled the coastal areas of the western edge of Taiwan.

Looking at the laborers loading and unloading timber on the dock, Liu Yu looked depressed.

For several days,

The whole of Dongning was spent in fear and preparation for war.

Liu Yu stayed on the Fu boat,

Watching a soldier in armor get on and off the ship, he was so busy.

"I don't know what the outcome of the court meeting is." Liu Yu sighed.

On that day, he desperately persuaded Xiao Wu to go south to Luzon,

Although he knew that the odds were slim, he did it anyway.

Because, he faintly felt,

Since God has given him a chance to be born again,

So what should Liu Yu, who has returned to this time and space, naturally do.

If the general on the ship in front of him can be convinced, the possibility of fleeing to Luzon will be greatly increased.

"Dare to ask, is General Xiao Wu of Shuishi Town here?"

Suddenly, a low cry came from behind him.

Liu Yu was startled, and turned around to see a man wearing a wing crown and wide sleeves walking in front of him.

The man was in his early twenties, of medium build, and his face was white and shiny.

Liu Yu couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this person,

According to common sense, the climate in southern Fujian is humid and hot, although it is not as good as that in Southeast Asia, but it is not much worse.

Living in such an environment all year round, how can the skin be so white.

Goodbye to this person, wearing a crown of wings, and his throughput is extraordinary, could it be ......

"King Lu,"

Without waiting for Liu Yu to speak, two generals in armor hurriedly walked over.

Liu Yu fixed his eyes and saw that one of them was his uncle Liu Quan.

Seeing this young man, the two of them saluted, and then respectfully sent him into a luxuriously decorated cabin on the upper floor of the Fu ship.

On a lucky boat, at the signal of his uncle Liu Quan, Liu Yu cautiously walked to the door of a cabin.

In the extraordinarily decorated cabin, two generals in armor sat opposite the polite young man from before.

That man in extraordinary clothes must be a former Ming royal family.

Leaning against the door, Liu Yu carefully looked at the few people present.

"This, General Huang Liangji of Weiwu Town." Xiao Wu introduced.

"King Lu." The brawny man saluted.

"There's no need for a false courtesy,"

"General Xiao, I just want to know what we should do after this naval battle." The young man was extraordinary, and he was not cowardly in the face of the two generals, and asked.

The two generals looked at each other.

I don't know how long it took, General Xiao Wu of the Water Division Town sighed.

"Shi Lang's guy followed the example of the country's surname to attack Taiwan and fought against the sailors commanded by General Liu Guoxuan in Penghu."

"It's a pity that time doesn't wait for me, the sea conditions were originally favorable to us, but I didn't want to suddenly blow the south wind, with the help of the wind, the Shi Lang thief attacked with the help of the wind, and the poor soldiers of my Zheng army still did not resist despite their courage to kill the enemy."

"Time is not waiting for me."

Xiao Wu took a sip of wine, shook his head and sighed.

"Then the two generals, how difficult should it be now, if you don't really want to surrender, then the Manchu Qing."

The young man's eyes were gloomy, and he must have been disheartened.

"We can also march into Luzon, expel the local Spaniards, and occupy Luzon with the intention of making a comeback." General Zhen Huang Liangji stood up and said.

"At noon, the Dongning Dynasty will probably know the result." Xiao Wu shook his head.

"Then Liu Guoxuan vetoed the opinion of going south to Luzon and insisted on lowering the Manchu Qing."

For a moment, there was silence in the cabin.

All three were silent.

"The matter has come to this point, there is no skill to return to heaven, I hope the two generals can get a good job in the Qing court." Zhu Honghuan, the king of Lu, got up and saluted the two generals, turned around and wanted to leave.

"King Lu," Xiao Wu suddenly stopped him.

The few people present all looked stunned.

"If we wait to go south to Luzon, King Lu can be the prison of the country." Xiao Wu looked at the young man in front of him,

The young man was only in his early twenties, and he was stared at by Xiao Wu at the moment, so he was naturally a little overwhelmed.

When he heard Xiao Wu's words, the young man couldn't help but be startled.

"Prison country," the young man regressed again and again, his expression pale.

"Could it be?"

"The young master is young, Liu Guoxuan is afraid of the enemy like a tiger, you should go to Luzon and raise the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty." General Huang Liangji of Weiwu Town suddenly slapped the table, stood up and shouted.

The young man was taken aback by this sudden battle, and could not help but fall backwards again and again, and accidentally fell on the threshold.

The young man screamed and fell to the ground. Suddenly, a pair of hands hugged the young man.

The young man shuddered and looked up at the front.

It was a face as young as himself, but much drier and rougher.

"King Lu should regain the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and restore Zhu tomorrow." Liu Yu said mildly.

Looking at the banquet that suddenly changed the atmosphere, the young man forcibly calmed down,

"Thank you." The young man replied politely.

He turned to look at the few people present,

If he went to Luzon to establish a new regime, it was very clear what he meant as the only Ming prince present.

"It's just,"

More than twenty years have passed since the last Ming Dynasty regime,

Today, I actually ......

"You want to defect." The youth asked.

"Just tonight, while the tide is rising, I will lead my fleet to Luzon immediately." Xiao Wu said sharply.

"Don't think about it again, after all, it's not certain whether it's a war or a surrender." The young man still seemed a little hesitant.

"Forbidden by the Qing court, slaughtered like pigs and dogs, or for His Royal Highness the Prison State." Xiao Wu suddenly shouted.

"Hmm," the man's expression changed, and his body trembled.

After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, he waved a butcher's knife at the Ming Dynasty royal family, and countless Ming Dynasty clans were cut off by the Manchu Qing Tartars.

Ming Zheng surrendered to the Qing court, and most people were able to survive, and even Ming Zheng officials like Liu Guoxuan were reused by the Qing court.

However, the Ming royal family was by no means so lucky.

Since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, from the third year of Shunzhi to the eighth year of Shunzhi, in just five years, the Qing Dynasty killed more than 50 people in the Ming Dynasty royal family, and above the county king. For their families, the Qing Dynasty adopted the method of killing them all.

Therefore, in just 5 years, the Qing court killed more than 10,000 Ming Dynasty royals.

And the saddest thing is Zhu Cihuan, he was 75 years old when he was discovered by the Qing court, but he was still sentenced by Emperor Kangxi to Ling Chi, and all his descendants were sentenced to be beheaded and cut to the roots.

Liu Yu didn't know what the fate of the King of Lu was in history, but he probably wouldn't have had a better fate for the King of Liao, who committed suicide after the Qing army entered Taiwan.

"That's it, instead of waiting for the Tartars to enter the stage, it's better to fight." The young man finally nodded.

"The two generals are ready quickly. Today has just suffered a crushing defeat, morale is low, and the garrison is bound to be lax. Xiao Wu instructed Liu Quan and He Bin directly.

"Okay."

"I also personally led the soldiers of Mighty Town to raise troops." General Huang Liangji also stood up and shouted.

"General Huang, the uprising should be swift, and immediately send his own troops to the island to search for sailors, craftsmen, and the necessary gold and silver with seagoing skills." Xiao Wu calmly ordered.

The two generals glanced at each other and hurriedly walked out with a few of their own soldiers.