Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 724 The Dutch colonists in Taiwan are in action
Zheng Zhilong's trip to Taiwan lasted several days. When he returned to Fuzhou, Quanzhou had already been lost.

Now the entire Fujian Province, except for Fuzhou, is all occupied by Zhu Yousong's Ming army. His fourth brother Zheng Zhibao was also captured. His general Zhong Bin was defeated by Zhang Xianzhong and Li Dingguo. Compressed to Luoyuan and Fuqing counties.

That is to say, in the territories under the actual control of Emperor Longwu and Zheng Zhilong, there are only one prefecture and three counties left on the mainland. One prefecture is his capital Fuzhou prefecture, which was renamed Tianxing prefecture at that time. Namely Luoyuan, Lianjiang and Fuqing.The islands in the sea, they controlled the Penghu Islands and Pingtan Island.

The number of troops capable of fighting is now less than [-], and most of them are sailors of Zheng's army.

Now the Ming army is composed of Zhang Xianzhong's troops in the east, Li Zicheng's troops in the north, and the Navy's troops in the west, including Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Chenggong, and Liu Wenxiu's troops. In this way, the Ming army is divided into three groups, and more than 20 troops are encircling Fuzhou.

Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong also wrote a letter to Zheng Zhilong.

Emperor Longwu and Zheng Zhilong's troops were besieged on all sides. Tang Wang Zhu Yujian even planned to surrender now, but Huang Zongxi firmly opposed it. Zheng Zhilong returned from Taiwan at this time.

Seeing Zhu Yujian and Huang Zongxi, Zheng Zhilong told the story of the trip to Taiwan, and Emperor Longwu and Huang Zongxi felt a little comforted.

Emperor Longwu took out the letter written to him by Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong, which was sealed with fire and tin, which means that Emperor Longwu did not open the letter.Zheng Zhilong took the letter and unfolded it, the general meaning of it was:
Since he came to the throne, Emperor Hongguang has worked hard to govern, cultivated martial virtues, punished traitors and eliminated evil, rectified the government internally, and expelled the Tartars externally.

However, the puppet emperor Zhu Yujian caused chaos for no reason, and His Majesty's Holy Wrath sent heavy troops to encircle and suppress them.Brother (Father) must not be obsessed with obsession anymore. Emperor Hongguang is a peerless sage, and his dragon grace is mighty, comparable to Yao and Shun.Brother (father) should rein in the precipice and persuade the false emperor to surrender and plead guilty, so that our flesh and blood can still be reunited, and the false emperor can die well.Hope to think twice and make a quick decision, don't misjudge, hold grudges for the rest of your life, it's too late to regret.

(Brother) Zhifeng (son) Sen cried out in blood.

Signed with the autographs and dates of Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong.

This is actually a letter of persuasion written jointly by Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong's uncle and nephew to Zheng Zhilong. Both public and private interests are taken into account, and the pros and cons of success are very clear.

After Zheng Zhilong read it, the veins on his forehead jumped up, and he tore the letter to pieces in front of Emperor Longwu and Huang Zongxi.

Then Zheng Zhilong reported the content of the letter to Emperor Longwu. In fact, Emperor Longwu and Huang Zongxi had already guessed the general content of the letter without reading it.

Knowing that Wei Malang, the head of the Dutch colony in Taiwan, must have something to do within 3 days, the false emperor Zhu Yujian and the so-called cabinet deputy Huang Zongxi have a sense of dependence and expectation...

After sending Zheng Zhilong and his party out of Chixian City and leaving Taiwan Island, Director Wei Malang felt a great responsibility. He knew that this Zheng Zhilong was too easy to mess with. Three teachings and nine streams, five elements and eight actions, whoever you want, whoever you want, with tens of thousands of private navy, this kind of person is the most difficult to deal with.The Portuguese fleet, the Spanish fleet, including their Dutch fleet, have all suffered from the Zheng family's army. Even Emperor Chongzhen had to coax Zheng Zhilong into a confession. If he didn't send troops to help this time, Zheng Zhilong would definitely turn his back on them Their vested interests here will inevitably be damaged.

Fortunately, a series of agreements have been reached with Zheng Zhilong, and the two of them now have common interests, so he decided to send troops to help the Zheng family's army, but he still intends to act first and then fight.

Wei Malang hurriedly convened an emergency military meeting, and all the generals under his command were present, including Basten, Chief of Defense of Chijian City, Van Persie, Commander of the Navy, Nice, Commander of the Army, and Captain Truy, etc.

Wei Malang told about Zheng Zhilong's coming to Taiwan, and also the unanimous agreement signed by the two parties. Some of the senior military leaders present here knew about it, and some didn't.

Finally, Wei Malang expressed his plan, and then began to announce his orders. These Dutch soldiers all stood up, and their red-haired dresses and special military uniforms also looked very mighty.

Wei Malang began to divide troops and send generals. He first asked Basten, the chief of defense of Chixian City, to come to Quanzhou to meet Zhu Yousong for negotiations on his behalf. He said it was a negotiation, but in fact it was to put pressure on or protest Zhu Yousong.

After taking the order, Batens took a fleet, 500 Dutch Navy, and 30 large and small military exercises to leave Taiwan Island and sail to Quanzhou.

In order to cooperate with Batensi's trip to the mainland, he ordered the naval commander Van Persie to assemble warships and send troops to the Taiwan Strait, causing a large army to overwhelm the border.That means that as long as you Ming emperor Zhu Yousong doesn't compromise and doesn't stop attacking Emperor Longwu and Zheng's army, we will show you some color.

Wei Malang made the army on the island also ready to be called.

The Netherlands is a small country with a small population.But now he has carried out a bourgeois revolution and replaced Portugal and Spain as a powerful bourgeois state.Its well-developed shipbuilding industry made it rapidly rise to become the overlord of the sea, and they were called the coachmen of the sea.In East Asia, Africa, and Europe, not to mention, there are colonies they have occupied everywhere.

Although the Dutch colonists now occupy the southwestern and eastern parts of Taiwan, in fact, the island of Taiwan is already under the control of the Dutch colonists.Because the sphere of influence of the Ming army cannot be reached now, Zheng Jiajun is busy fighting with the Ming army on behalf of the Longwu regime. The Dutch colonists took advantage of this favorable opportunity to intensify their infiltration and occupation.

The armed forces of the Dutch colonists on the island now exceed 2.Nine out of ten of them are navy.Regardless of their small number, their weapons and equipment are very advanced. The army is all advanced muskets, which can also achieve bursts.

The Dutch navy ships are more advanced, because their shipbuilding technology leads the world, they are built quickly and in large numbers, and they are very cheap. Therefore, the Dutch ships are large, heavy in tonnage, and have layers of artillery fire, and they are more powerful than red cannon It’s more than that, especially a few years ago, they fought a naval battle with Zheng’s army. After losing the battle, they increased their sea power. Now there are more than 3000 Dutch warships in Taiwan, and there are even more merchant ships. There are more than [-] Japanese-style ships. In recent years, they have established a base in Japan to conduct trade with Southeast Asian countries, squeeze the blood and sweat of the local people, obtain huge profits, and ship them to China.

With the order of the naval commander Van Persie, he assembled 1000 Dutch navy and 50 warships.Coming over the sea in a menacing manner, the white sails on these warships covered the sky and the sun, covering the sky and the earth.The Dutch fleet anchored [-] nautical miles from the coast of Jinmen and Quanzhou, and was on standby at any time.

(End of this chapter)