Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 127 Restoration of Qiongzhou Island (please subscribe!)

Three attacks, five divisions and two divisions, the Qiongzhou government had already surrendered before the guards could exert their strength.

That's the end of it?The Qing soldiers are too weak, at least some loyal ministers and righteous men from the Qing Dynasty should come, let's put on a show!

No one could be seen on the city walls of Nuo Da. The Qing soldiers had long hid in the houses, and even dressed up as ordinary people to mix in.

But yes, the green battalion soldiers on Qiongzhou Island really don't look like soldiers. If they take off that layer of skin, aren't they ordinary people?

But I just don't know if he is a good citizen.

Zheng Kezang had expected that the Qing soldiers on Qiongzhou Island were indeed weak and completely vulnerable.

The artillery battalion of the Guards swung all the way from Xiamen Island, and was about to vent their anger, but unexpectedly, after only three rounds of salvos, the opposite side was languid, which is really boring.

The occupation of the guards hardly encountered much resistance in the city.

In less than half a day, Qiongzhou Mansion was completely controlled by the Guards.

300 Qing soldiers guarded the city, but only two or [-] Qing soldiers were captured, and the rest went to nowhere.

After entering the city, Zheng Kezang knew what poor mountains and bad waters are.

No wonder Taqing didn't pay much attention to this place.

Looking at the dilapidated yamen in front of me, I went to the warehouse of Qiongzhou Mansion, and it was possible to run a marathon in the warehouse, not to mention rats, I didn't see any cockroaches.

Recalling the days when homes were ransacked in Fujian a while ago, random copying would cost millions of taels of silver. This trip to Qiongzhou Island probably won't make much money.

But fortunately, Zheng Kezang is sure that the exact population of Qiongzhou Island depends on follow-up statistics.

Another advantage of Qiongzhou Island is that it can attack Guangdong in the north and Annan in the west.

If the entire Qiongzhou Island is won, Nalan Mingzhu will have fewer bargaining chips, and he has to rack his brains to think about what conditions to pay before Zheng Kezang is willing to negotiate a peace.

Before the Qing soldiers reacted, the guards with abundant martial virtue took nearly half a month to occupy the entire coastal county of Qiongzhou Island.

The speed was so fast that Pan Aqiang couldn't believe it. He thought it would take at least a month to capture the coast of Qiongzhou Island
In places other than Qiongzhou Prefecture, as soon as they heard of the arrival of the guards, the Qing soldiers fled and the gates of the county opened wide.

The Qing army, unable to escape, surrendered on the spot, and even tied up the officials of the Qing Dynasty and surrendered directly.

Not long after, thousands of Qing soldiers were captured throughout Hainan Island.

It's only been half a month, Pan Aqiang shook his head, he didn't think Qing soldiers were so easy to fight before.

That's because there are more soldiers surrendered by Ming Zheng in Fujian, and the fighting power is stronger. This is a small fish pond. Under the influence of quality concepts and spectacle, the guards with abundant martial arts look like fried fish.

I don't know what happened, but from a certain period of time, Ah Qiang felt more passionate about leading troops to fight, and unconsciously integrated the various theories learned in Dongning Military Academy.

Don't doubt, this is the offensive concept taking effect.

Afterwards, the soldiers handed over the seized account books, and Pan Aqiang discovered the problem. It turned out that Qiongzhou Island was easy to fight, not only because Ming Zheng Wude was abundant, but because he was short of money!
"It's too serious for Qiongzhou Island to be empty." Pan Aqiang opened the ledger and said speechlessly.

Regarding this situation, Ah Qiang immediately reported it to Zheng Kezang.

"Tar Qing is really a paper tiger, it will fall down as soon as it is pushed, and [-]% of the capital of Daya Prefecture is empty!" Zheng Kezang said with emotion.

When the whole island of Qiongzhou is taken down, it is time for the Daqing to pay compensation and sign the unequal treaty. If you don’t sign it, you should go to Tianjin and recreate the Opium War. The road that imperialism can take, he Zheng Why can't Ke Zang leave?

Thinking of this, Zheng Kezang wrote a letter, sending the good news of the recovery of Qiongzhou Island to Yizhou Island, so that Dongning Daily would spread it widely, and by the way, asked his father-in-law Chen Yonghua to select some Confucian scholars to manage Qiongzhou Island.

Just as the offensive of the Guards was in full swing, Liu Guoxuan, the first admiral of the Guangdong Fleet, came to his door.

"Your Majesty, our Guangdong Fleet has taken a fancy to a piece of land, which is very suitable as a military port!"

It turned out that after occupying the northern area of ​​Qiongzhou Island, the defense area of ​​the Guangdong Sea Fleet also expanded, and the Qiongzhou Strait will become their key defense area.

At present, there is no special military supply port on the Qiongbei coastline, and the Yuehai Fleet carrying out sweeping missions in the Qiongzhou Strait can only temporarily requisition Haikoupu.

However, the warships of the Qiongzhou Navy were generally small, and they were small boats. Therefore, the berths at Haikoupu were not suitable for the big bird ships and plywood ships of the Guangdong Fleet.

There is no lack of areas suitable for building ports near Qiongzhou Fucheng. In fact, this has been the main distribution center for maritime trade on Qiongzhou Island since ancient times, so there are still some good ports to find.

After repeatedly inspecting the coastal terrain near Qiongzhou Fucheng, the Guangdong Fleet selected the location of the military port as the later Xiuying Port area.

He had considered it carefully, and the land he valued, its coastal conditions and hydrological conditions were more suitable for the construction of a large port, and there were no hidden dangers such as the sedimentation channel that is common at the mouth of a big river.

Considering the particularity of military use, Liu Guoxuan does not want warships to be merged with civilian ship docks, since it will be a purely military port in the future.

"It's a little troublesome to build now. It's better to wait for Qiongzhou Island to be taken as a whole, and then transport some cement from Yizhou Island to build it." Zheng Kezang replied

In the future, the Guangdong Fleet will be very important, and they will be needed to clean up pirates and contain the coast of Guangdong. It is true that a military port must be built, but there is no rush.

"In addition, we have many prisoners of the Qing army, so let them repair it, and promise to give them freedom after repairing it. I think they will be willing to do it well." Zheng Kezang continued.

What Zheng Kezang said made sense. Anyway, today he just raised his opinion and let his king know about it.

"Your Majesty, I'm following your arrangement!" Liu Guoxuan left with satisfaction.

Soon, the entire island of Qiongzhou was captured by the guards. It took two months. Qiongzhou was high in the middle, low in the surrounding areas, and there were quite a lot of mountains, so it was a little troublesome to clean up the inland behind.

However, the harvest was quite fruitful, because the officials and lords in Qiongzhou all hid the money in the deep mountains and old forests. It was a bit difficult to catch, but if you caught it, you made it.

Fortunately, there were local Han people as guides, and these Tatar officials were arrested one by one.

The guards did nothing to the poor and common people, and even distributed some of the land occupied by corrupt officials to them.

Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it, so they reciprocated and helped the guards catch corrupt officials.

When these corrupt officials were in Yurou Township of Qiongzhou Island, they never thought that they would have such a miserable day.

Among them, Niu Tiansu and Huang Guocai, who had the most money, were directly dragged to the city of Qiongzhou for punishment, because their reputation in Qiongzhou Island was too bad, and they were just used to win the hearts of the people of Qiongzhou Island.

Zheng Kezang will also give officials who have a good reputation, are willing to surrender, and take the initiative to cut off their braids and use them as certificates of honor, a chance to reform themselves, otherwise there will not be enough Confucian scholars in Dongning Prefecture!
However, on the way to occupy Qiongzhou Island, there was an accident, if nothing else.

(End of this chapter)