Shama Qitou is in the southernmost part of the island of Taiwan, on the western side of the Great Bay.

The location here is relatively close to the east side of Taiwan, and the ships from the capital basically dock here to replenish supplies.

After a long time, Zheng Zhilong simply stationed a unit here, responsible for lookout on the one hand, and reporting news on the other.

The garrison had long been aware of the arrival of Xuelong's fleet, so as soon as they saw this group of strangely shaped warships, they immediately reported it to their superiors. After receiving the order, he commanded the ships of the convoy to dock in the harbor.

The composition of Xie Xuelong's ships is relatively simple.

Seven battleships needless to say, the rest are eight troop carriers and two transports.

Each of the eight troop carriers had 1,500 soldiers, making a total of 12,000 men. The two transport ships were filled with all sorts of necessary supplies.

Ammunition, medicine, food, etc. are all available.

The person in charge of the Shama Qitou garrison was called Lu Yiheng, a native of Fujian, who was originally a pirate under Zheng Zhilong. After Zheng Zhilong trembled, his brothers also rose and served in the army one after another. Lu Yiheng was one of them, and he was standing on the dock at this time to welcome Xie Xuelong's arrival.

Insight Xuelong and Lu Shiyun got off the boat together, and Lu Yiheng hurriedly greeted them.

"Tainan Bo's garrison Lu Yiheng has seen the Inspector!"

Lu Yiheng said loudly, and gave a military salute after speaking.

Everyone has heard a lot about the legends of the First Fleet, and they are all impressed by its brilliant achievements. And Xie Xuelong, who is in charge of this fleet, can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, he must be a celebrity in front of His Majesty, otherwise he would not have received such reuse.

Seeing Lu Yiheng's respectful attitude, Xie Xuelong naturally didn't hold it up, so he quickly stretched out his hand to support Lu Yiheng.

"General Lu, you don't have to be polite, this time you come to this Shamaqi Island, everything has to rely on General Lu's care!"

"The dismissal of the superintendent is serious, and the chief soldier has sent someone to inform him of the news of the superintendent's arrival. All kinds of supplies have been prepared, you can see how much you need, I will order my men to find someone to load the ship."

"Don't worry, we need a large amount, and there is a holy decree here, which needs to be picked up by Zheng Zongbing in person. Just wait a little bit."

"Then the Inspector will follow me into the city?"

"Good!"

Just as he was about to turn away, a hurried voice came from behind.

"Inspector! Wait for me!"

Xie Xuelong saw that it was the general who led the army this time, Xu Zhi'an.

"Isn't General Xu not going to get off the ship?"

Xie Xuelong said strangely, he also asked Xu Zhi'an just now, and the reply he got was that he was dizzy and didn't want to get off the boat. But hearing the noise of the soldiers outside, he couldn't help it again.

"Hey, I haven't stepped on the ground these days, and I've almost forgotten what it feels like. Come down and find a sense of groundedness." With that, he tugged at the clothes on his body. "It's so warm here. If you live in this life, you won't freeze to death if you don't build a house."

"General Xu, it's still quite cold here at night." Lu Yiheng interjected with a smile.

"Who is this?" Xu Zhi'an glanced at Lu Yiheng and asked Xie Xuelong.

"Let me introduce to you, this is General Xing'an Boxu Zhi'an Xu, and he is also the general who led the army this time. This is General Lu Yihenglu, the garrison general under the command of General Zheng."

When Lu Yiheng heard this, good guy, he was really a heavyweight again, and hurriedly bowed.

Xu Zhi'an stopped him and said with a smile:

"General Lu, this time we are in your territory, so we need to take care of it."

Then, the three of them walked out of the docks and into the city.

It is said to be a city, but in fact it is just a larger village, and there is not even a wall around it, let alone a moat or anything like that.

"This was originally a fishing village, and there were not many people, but then the general soldier asked us to move here to be responsible for receiving passing ships, so there were more people. But it didn't make a big difference."

"It's close to the bay, and it will become a good harbour in time."

"That's it

I borrowed the good words of the overseer."

The three of them walked all the way, Xu Zhi'an was the first time to come, and he had a strong interest in all kinds of animals and plants that were completely different from the north of the Ming Dynasty. I also bought a few sugar canes from a vendor and chewed them together.

In the evening, Lu Yiheng held a banquet in his yamen to entertain Xie Xuelong and others.

They were so impressed by the local food that they ate and drank until late at night before returning to the ship.

The next day was spent loading supplies on the ship, mainly coal and grain.

On the third day, Zheng Zhilong arrived.

He went directly to the boat to meet Xie Xuelong and received the holy decree.

"Inspector Xie, why did Your Majesty suddenly order me to lead a warship and 20,000 soldiers to attack Jiaozhi with you!? What's wrong with Cochin?"

"At this time, we have to start with the rebellion in Yunnan, those rebels entered Jiaozhi in desperation after being pursued and suppressed by Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo, and Qin Liangyu, the general soldier of Shizhu. Judging from various indications, it should be that the leader of the rebel army has enough connections with the high-ranking officials of the Zheng dynasty in Jiaozhi, and His Majesty was furious when he found out, and directly ordered Qian Mu Tianbo and Qin Liangyu to attack the border of Jiaozhi and force them to hand over the rebels.

Unexpectedly, not only did they not pay it, but instead sent soldiers to besiege Mu Tianbo, and tried to confuse black and white as victims to make a profit. So His Majesty made up his mind and sent me to lead the First Fleet and attack Jiaozhi from the sea with 12,000 soldiers from the Beijing camp!

It is intended to make the Zheng dynasty know that the dignity of the Ming Dynasty is inviolable!"

Zheng Zhilong listened to it and understood.

This is to let the Zheng Dynasty know that it is powerful, this is obviously to erase people from the map.

12,000 soldiers don't seem like much, but with His Majesty's character, they must be equipped with extremely advanced weapons, and with the protection of warships, I am afraid that they will sweep all the way.

And his own warship and 20,000 soldiers, it is estimated that they used to clean up the battlefield and pick up heads.

"In that case, I will immediately set out for a portion of the warships and soldiers from Taiwan and Manila to Cochin. Let's divide our troops into two ways and strive to capture Thang Long as soon as possible."

"Good! I've got all the supplies here, so I'm not going to stay here. Zheng Zongbing, see you again in the future!"

"See you tomorrow!"

Zheng Zhilong got off the ship, Xie Xuelong waved his hand, and ordered the fleet to set sail, and there was still a distance of nearly 2,500 miles, and there was still about five days to sail.

This time they will not stay any longer, they will go all the way west, go straight to the sea off Cochin, land at the mouth of the Red River, go up the river, and attack Thang Long.

As for whether the Zheng Dynasty will be blocked by a naval army, it is completely out of their consideration.

It's nothing more than a matter of a few more cannons, and it doesn't pose any threat to them.

Once the 12,000 elite soldiers led by Xu Zhi'an successfully landed, they could basically beat all the enemies who blocked them into dogs.