The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 121 Zheng Chenggong

The monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty were cowardly and only wanted to settle down in the south of the Yangtze River, without the determination to go north to regain their homeland.

Therefore, no matter how much Lu Fangweng misses his homeland, he can only close his eyes on the sickbed in despair, without the opportunity to do practical things.

However, now it is the Guangfu Army that everyone has the ambition to conquer the Central Plains and regain their homeland!

Zhu Hongyu, the main general, is even more ambitious!
The recovery army is united as one, and all the people are united. Is there any reason why the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains cannot be achieved?
How could he, Liu Tongwen, a survivor of the Ming Dynasty, hold back the recovery army? !
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In 1661 in the Western calendar, in the 18th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, and in March in the 15th year of the Yongli calendar in the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong led more than [-] soldiers to conquer Taiwan across the sea.

Kinmen, off the coast of Penghu!
Flags cover the sky, sail shadows cover the sky, and hundreds of ships of all sizes pull their anchors to the east!
The shadows of white sails cover the sky and cover the sky. From a distance, the huge fleet can't be seen at a glance!
The flag representing Zheng's is flying on the top of the ship's mast!
Zheng Chenggong stood on the deck of the ship, looking at the blue sea in the distance.

The originally strong body, after the defeat in Nanjing, has been reduced day by day.

The dark circles on his face were thick, and his black hair turned gray overnight!
Zheng Chenggong's personal guard officer, Ma Xin, the admiral of the pro-army Xiaoqi, strode to Zheng Chenggong's side and said.

"My lord, it's windy outside, let's go back to the cabin!"

Zheng Chenggong waved his hand and said.

"It's okay, I'm not that fragile!"

Zheng Chenggong continued to look in the direction of Dayuan Island with a pensive look on his face.

Suddenly, he asked Ma Dao.

"Ma Xin, you said that in this battle, can our army recover the senior officers and expel the Dutch red-haired ghost?"

Ma Xinli nodded, as Zheng Chenggong's little fan, he had 100% trust in Zheng Chenggong.

I believe that as long as Zheng Chenggong is there, they will not lose!

"With the prince here, we will not be defeated!"

However, Ma Xin's words touched Zheng Chenggong's heart inadvertently.

It reminded Zheng Chenggong of the heart-wrenching defeat in Nanjing!

Tens of thousands of Zheng's elite soldiers attacked Nanjing, trying to restore the declining overall situation of the Anti-Qing Dynasty.

The result was that because of his indecision, he listened to Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Liangjiang in the Qing court, to feign surrender and delay the army, and missed the best time to conquer Nanjing.

Then the reinforcements of the Qing army arrived, and the Qing army and the reinforcements attacked from both sides in Nanjing.

Zheng Jun's rout and his family were mixed together, and they were chased and killed by the Qing cavalry, massacring them wantonly!
Out of tens of thousands of elite soldiers, only the [-] or so who followed him across the sea were left.

He Zheng Chenggong, I'm sorry brothers!

Seeing Zheng Chenggong's gloomy expression, Ma Xin knew that he had said something wrong, so he quickly made amends.

"My lord, Zeng Canghai told the fleet that he came back from Luzon and said he has good news to report to you!"

"The subordinate asked him what the good news was, but he still pretended to be mysterious and didn't say anything!"

Zheng Chenggong's face moved, and he spoke.

"Bring someone to meet me!"

Ma Xin clasped his fists and left, not long after, he brought Zeng Canghai to Zheng Chenggong's side.

"Subordinate Zeng Canghai, I have met Master Guo Xing!"

Zeng Canghai knelt down on one knee, made a military salute and said.

Zheng Chenggong nodded and said with a smile.

"I heard from Ma Xin that you have good news to report to me. I wonder what good news it is?"

Zeng Canghai spoke.

"Reporting to Lord Guo Xing, this is how it happened!"

"The Chinese on Luzon Island couldn't bear the oppression of the Spanish red-haired ghosts. Half a year ago, led by a Ming clan from the king of Chu, they raised the banner of the Ming Dynasty and rebelled against the red-haired tyranny!"

"They are called the Restoration Army, which means the restoration of Ming Dynasty!"

"This Ming clan from the King of Chu's lineage is called Zhu Hongyu. He is really capable. It has been more than half a year since the incident, and it has continued to grow and develop."

"Several battles before and after, never defeated, and a total of 3000 Spanish red-haired soldiers were defeated!"

"Almost half of the Spanish red-haired ghost's troops in Luzon!"

"They even conquered several well-defended bastions, and now they have grown to the point where they share Luzon equally with the Spanish red-haired ghosts."

"When Guo Xingye recovers the officials and expels the Dutch red-haired ghosts, he will be able to send troops to help the recovery army and take the whole of Luzon."

"Luzon and the senior officials are each other's horns, and there is still a lot to do in the fight against the Qing Dynasty!!"

Zheng Chenggong's face moved. Although there was no smile, it was no longer as cold and rigid as it was at the beginning.

Zeng Canghai spoke again.

"More importantly, the Liberation Army has a secret method to attack the bastion!"

"This kind of secret method can conquer the fortified city with very few casualties in a short period of time. If the Lord of the Kingdom sends an envoy to Luzon, ask for this method of conquering the fortress."

"The city of Zeelandia can no longer be an obstacle for Guo Xingye to recover the officials!"

Hearing this, Zheng Chenggong finally couldn't help but burst into a smile, and let out a burst of hearty laughter.

"Hahaha, good!"

"It's really great, Cang Hai, you've done a great job, you've done a great job!"

Zeng Canghai said with some panic.

"Subordinates dare not claim credit!"

Zheng Chenggong pondered for a while, and said.

"Ma Xin, go and invite Mr. Fufu, I want to entrust him to go to Luzon instead of me!"

Ma Xin nodded, folded his fists and took the order to do it.

Mr. Fu Fu, as Zheng Chenggong said, was surnamed Chen and named Yonghua. He was one of Zheng Chenggong's main advisers.

Outstanding ability, good at planning and internal affairs!

Few people may have heard of the name Chen Yonghua, but when it comes to his other name, everyone knows it.

Chen Jinnan!
That's right, it is the head of the Tiandihui in the opera novel.

Three days later, Zheng Jun came to Dayuan Island.

The first was a sea battle against the Dutch fleet, a big victory, and the sinking of the Dutch flagship Hector.

Then dispatch troops to land on the beach and attack the red nest first!
The water source of Chixian Fort was cut off, and after a few days of siege, the Dutch defenders surrendered.

So far, the bastion of Zeelandia City has become an isolated city, besieged by Zheng's army!
Zheng Chenggong sent envoys to Luzon to seek the secret method for the recovery army to conquer the bastion.

On the one hand, they sent people to build up mounds, preparing to set up artillery on the mounds and bombard the city of Zeelandia.

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"General, the opening ceremony is ready!"

"Your dress is also ready!"

Chen Wenbin reported in Zhu Hongyu's ear.

Since the opening ceremony has not yet been officially held, Zhu Hongyu is still called a general by the Liberation Army.

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly, and then spoke.

"understood!"

"By the way, how is the agreement with the Iglots going?"

Facing the military government of the Restoration Army gaining a firm foothold in Luzon, under Zhu Hongyu's promise to divide the land, a large number of Chinese young and strong joined the army.

As a result, the strength of the Liberation Army has increased by a large amount in a short period of time!

But it also made the labor force under the Liberation Army very scarce!

Even with a large number of Spanish and indigenous prisoners of war as supplements, it is not enough to meet the development needs of the military government.

Now under the rule of the Restoration Army, [-]% to [-]% of the young and strong Chinese are going to serve as soldiers, and the remaining labor force is not enough to develop industry and commerce, and there is not even enough manpower for farming.

In order to alleviate this problem, Zhu Hongyu turned his mind on the Igrot people in the mountains!

The total population of the Iglots is quite large, at least one hundred thousand in the mountains.

If these hundreds of thousands of manpower can be used well, the development speed of the military government will be much faster!

(End of this chapter)