Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 115 Arriving at the Loyal Xiamen Island (please subscribe!)
In the 35th year of the Yongli calendar, on September [-]th, Xiamen Island is currently the most important military location in Fujian.
Zheng Kezang's flagship, leading more than 200 boats, rolled up the white waves on the sea and slowly moved towards the mouth of the Jiulong River.

After the Ming Dynasty, Quanzhou suddenly declined, and Xiamen was the relay.

In the early Ming Dynasty, in order to strengthen the rule of the coastal areas and defend against Japanese pirates at the same time, in the 21st year of Hongwu, the famous general Zhou Dexing set up Yongning Guard in Fujian. The Xiamen Zhongzuo and Jinmen Guards in Yongning Guard were set up at this time.

During the Jiajing period, the coastal areas were always on the front line of fighting against the Japanese, so the local residents of Xiamen and Jiner Island were naturally "sturdy folk customs" and were proficient in naval warfare. Since then, Xiamen has become an important military center for coastal defense.

The two islands of Xiamen and Kinmen are located in the center of the islands in southern Fujian and eastern Guangdong.

Starting from Xiamen, it goes south via Guangzhou, Macau to Cochin, Champa and other places for trade.

Going north, you can reach the mouth of the Yangtze River, and you can reach the rich places in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

After Zheng Jiajun took control of the Yizhou Island Strait, the scope of route control increased to the north to Japan, North Korea, and south to Luzon and other regions.

By the way, Guo Xingye calls Xiamen Siming Prefecture, which is self-evident.

In later generations, there was a district in Xiamen called Siming District.

How should I put it? From the experience of the struggle of Guo Xingye, it can be seen that if the islands and bays along the coast of China can be fully controlled, and the islands can be "linked" to defend Xiamen and Jiner Islands, then at least in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties It is not impossible for Li to "stand on his own feet".

At least the Qing court had surrendered Guo Xing Ye many times, and the reason was nothing more than the Qing court's inability to launch large-scale naval battles during the Shunzhi period.

On the other hand, at this time, the Zheng family's army had the advantage of the island, and they "used boats instead of walking" when attacking, so that the marching speed was much faster than that on land, and their whereabouts were uncertain.

Every attack can be "fast, accurate and ruthless".

When defending, although the Jin and Xia islands were close to the land, the two islands were real sea fortresses at that time, and there were tidal and windy seasons to help them.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages in island offense and defense.

Although the second island of Xiamen and Jinzhou has a favorable location, the island is only a tiny place with no strategic depth. Therefore, Guo Xingye has been repeatedly fighting with the Qing army in the two coastal states of Zhangquan and Quanzhou to build a peripheral "barrier" for the second island, and the "barrier" "If you lose, you can only fight in a naval battle. If you lose in a naval battle, the Qing army can besiege it for a long time.

Therefore, as far as the island's offensive and defensive strategies are concerned, although Zheng Jun often has small victories, he has never won big victories.

Small victories are easy because of the long coastline, which can be taken unprepared everywhere. Great victories are difficult because "attacking the land with islands" can only attack a corner of the land. To continue to expand the victories, a huge army needs to occupy the conquered areas for a long time .

The previous Zheng family army was simply unable to launch a large-scale land battle, and Nanming was also "exhausted." No matter whether Li Dingguo, the rest of the Daxi army, or the Kuidong Shisanjia, the rest of the Dashun army, were unable to respond.

In the end, although Guo Xingye dared to make the Northern Expedition, it was difficult for a single army to achieve anything. After the defeat in Nanjing, he had to withdraw to Xiamen again.

The Qing court also took advantage of the situation to regain Zhangquan and Quanzhou.

So if the "strategic barriers" such as Zhangzhou and Quanzhou were recovered by the Qing government, how should they defend the Xiamen and Jinzhou Islands?
During the San Francisco Rebellion, the Chongwu Naval Battle in Haitan during the counter-offensive stage of the Qing army was an example. Zheng Jing and Liu Guoxuan lost unjustly.

Here has witnessed Ming Zheng from glory to decline, and now, Zheng Kezang is back.

The Fujian navy was completely wiped out, and Zheng Kezang was able to occupy Jin and Xia islands very smoothly. Unlike Guo Xingye, Zheng Kezang's Ming Zheng had a strategic depth, with the vast Luzon Islands as the last base.

At this time, accompanied by Zhu Tiangui, Liu Guoxuan and others, Zheng Kezang was standing on the stern deck of the Ming Zheng flagship Dongning, holding up a telescope and looking at the two islands of Jin and Xiamen not far away.

"Your Majesty, the waterway at the mouth of the Jiulong River is very dangerous. There are many and hidden fortresses deployed on the Jin and Xia islands. It is really difficult to deal with. If it wasn't for the Minhai Fleet that cleared it up before, otherwise we would have to spend a lot of effort!"

It is the experienced Liu Guoxuan who is introducing the terrain and defenses of Xiamen to Zheng Kezang.

He has very complicated emotions about this place, and returning to his hometown made him feel a lot of emotion, so he talked a lot today and took the initiative to introduce the situation here.

Just when Zheng Kezang was holding up the binoculars and carefully observing the familiar yet unfamiliar Xiamen in front of him, the Dongning ship had slowly entered the mouth of the Jiulong River, and the Jin and Xiamen islands were within easy reach.

On the waterway, you can see the galleys of the fishermen of Xiamen Prefecture fishing everywhere. It seems that even though the Daqing moved to the border and banned the sea, there are still some desperate ordinary people who cannot withstand the pressure of life and come out to make a living.

Of course, it may also be because the Fujian Navy was killed and no one supervised them!
A few galleys owned by Xiamen people were fishing well, but when they saw the battleships lined up, they ran away in fright, thinking that the Fujian navy had come to arrest them.

If they could see the sun and moon flags on the fleet clearly, they probably wouldn't run away, because Ming Zheng couldn't help the sea!

These ordinary people couldn't figure out what was going on, thinking that they were fishing secretly, so why such a big fight to catch them, this is a bit unusual.

Later, they heard the roar of artillery fire from a distance, which was very scary.

This is definitely not the Fujian Navy!
It is very likely that King Yanping is back.

As the common people of Xiamen Island, they are very familiar with King Yanping.

When a middle-aged fisherman heard the sound of the cannon, he wanted to run away quickly, but he was stunned when he looked back. It was the sun and moon flag, and King Yanping did not forget them.

Afterwards, he sighed again. As the saying goes, the prosperity of the people is suffering, and the death of the people is suffering. Years of wars, the back and forth between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming and Zheng Dynasties, they are the ones who suffer.

Because of the war, they couldn't go to sea, and the green battalion soldiers had poor military discipline and knew everything.

He, King Yanping, came this time and didn't know when he would leave.

If Zheng Kezang knew what he was thinking, he would definitely tell him: Ming Zheng will not leave again.

After several rounds of bombing, it was determined that there were no enemies on the shore, and Zheng Kezang ordered: "The whole army obeys the order and moves to the shore to occupy the island."

"Order!"

After receiving the order, the Minhai Fleet quickly sailed to the pier of Xiamen Island, which was full of wooden boats of all sizes.

Afterwards, Liu Guoxuan and Pan Aqiang were the first to disembark with the guards who had already been on standby.

Most of the defenders of the green battalion on Xiamen Island were taken away by Wan Zhengse long ago and disappeared without a trace. Those who stayed on the island were disobedient.

Not to mention, some of the defenders of Xiamen Island were still Mingzheng's old troops. When they saw Mingzheng's big ship, they surrendered very quickly.

It's just returning to the embrace of the old club, no big deal.

However, Zheng Kezang will not treat them preferentially.

"Qiangzi, arrest all these traitors and take them to Luzon to cut trees." For the sake of rare people, Zheng Kezang gave them a good way out.

After the tree is cut down, he will become a good citizen of the Luzon Protectorate, and marry a few indigenous girls to contribute to the integration of the indigenous people.

The most merciful, the great three generations of Yanping King Zheng Kezang arrived at his loyal Xiamen Island today.

(End of this chapter)