Blood from Daming

Chapter 510

Yaogang is an important port in the central part of Taiwan Island, and it is further divided into Nangang and Beigang. In the Ming Dynasty, most of the coastal residents of Fujian entered Taiwan from here. As the pirate Yan Siqi was dissatisfied with the oppression of overseas Chinese by the Japanese shogunate, He conspired with his sworn brother Zheng Zhilong and others to revolt, but the incident leaked out, and everyone had to flee to Yaogang by boat, and began to set up a camp in Yaogang to reclaim the land; Can resist the invasion of Pingpu Fan, Yan Siqi died of illness, Zheng Zhilong inherited Yan Siqi's position as leader.

Zheng Zhilong gathered many pirate leaders, Yang Tiansheng, Shi Daxuan, Yang Liu, Yang Qi, Zhong Bin, Li Guozhu, Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi, Hong Xu, Gan Hui, He Bin, Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhiwan, Zheng Zhifeng, Guo Huaiyi, Chen Zhongji, a group of 18 people known as Shibazhi, became a powerful pirate group with 4 ships and [-] pirates along the coast of Fujian.

Today, Zheng Zhilong held a meeting in the Pirates’ Conference Hall in Xingbei Port. Only Zheng Zhilong, Yang Tiansheng, Shi Daxuan, Yang Liu, Zhong Bin, Li Guozhu, Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi, He Bin, Zheng Zhibao, Guo Huaiyi, Chen Zhongji, Shi Daxuan, and Yang [-]. Hong Xu, Gan Hui, Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhiwan, Zheng Zhifeng and Liuzhi are looting Fujian and Guangdong, making the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty exhausted and embarrassed.

Zheng Zhilong is still discussing the old topic of the previous few times, which is the matter of the Xue family army's navy attacking the Promincia Castle of the Dutch. There was a lot of looting from the fleet of the Eighteen Zhi, but Zheng Zhilong knew it clearly, it was the foundation of the restoration of the Mancijia Kingdom, and in the end Xue's army got the remaining ships of the Mancijia Kingdom, which shows that The Xue family army took over the conditions for the restoration of the Manchujia country, so he would be robbing the Xue family army's ships.

Zheng Zhilong originally planned to take over the fleet of the Manchujia Kingdom and the Scarlet Blood Princess, but after he agreed with all his heart, he did not expect that the Red Blood Princess would turn his back on it, and he was in righteous indignation with the Shibazhi Brothers He seized the fleet of Manstabana, now that Zheng Zhilong thinks about it carefully, he realizes that it was he who was not at ease to restore the country for the Scarlet Blood Princess, and accepted all the Scarlet Blood Princess's demands with a full mouth and a yellow accent. This made the old and young of the Manchujia Kingdom and the Scarlet Blood Princess suspicious, and turned to the famous Xue family army on the road.

It can be said that Zheng Zhilong's Shibazhi and Xue's army have not formally met each other, and the two sides have formed a deep relationship. Now that Xue's army is fighting for supremacy at sea, the first battle will be the Dutch navy, which Zheng Zhilong dare not even think about. If the Xue's army defeats Fortunately, if the Xue family army's navy defeated the Dutch navy, would he and Shibazhi brothers still be able to make a living in this thing?

Yang Liu was the most active main fighter because his brother suffered from the Xue family's navy. Yang Liu meant to take advantage of the opportunity of the Xue family's navy to attack the Dutch. Shibazhi joined forces with the Dutch to eliminate the Xue family's navy in one fell swoop. The Dutchman, a friend, also took revenge himself, and Shibazhi can also dominate the Daming sea from now on.

Yang Liu shouted: "Brothers, where is the stalemate between Xue Jiajun's navy and the Dutch now? We Shibazhi go up and hit hard, and Xue Jiajun's navy will be defeated. From then on, we will dominate the East and West together with the Dutch."

Yang Liu's abacus was rattling, but everyone sitting there knew that this was Yang Liu wanting to use Shibazhi's hand to avenge himself. Seeing that no one answered him, Yang Liu could only look away. He cast his eyes on the boss Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong understood what Yang Liu meant, but he set the tone if he was the leader, so he set his sights on his brother Shi Daxuan who had a good relationship.

Shi Daxuan knew that Zheng Zhilong was going to stand out on his own, so he cleared his throat and said, "Brothers, now the navy of the Xue family army is fighting fiercely with the army of the Dutch chief Marty Sunke, and no one can do anything to the other. It is said that our Shibazhi's strength helps one side, and that side will win. Considering the principle of long distance and close attack, our Shibazhi should attack the Xue family's navy, brothers, please think about it carefully."

Liu Xiang took up Shi Daxuan's topic: "Brother Shi, Xue's army is the official army of the Ming Dynasty. We will fight with Xue's army. Regardless of the number of victories and losses, our brothers are in Fujian. The family members in Guangdong may face crazy revenge. "

Shi Daxuan said: "There are so many people who can control so much in this sea. If you miss this opportunity to make Xue's army navy stronger, everyone will regret it."

Liu Xiang smiled and said, "Brother Shi, I seem to have heard that the Dutch were beaten to shame by the Xue family army. Why did you turn into a stalemate from your mouth?"

Shi Daxuan was embarrassed for a while, and said a word after holding back for a long time: "Xue's army is an official, we are bandits, if you don't eliminate him, he will destroy you."

Liu Xiang sneered and said, "Brother Shi, haven't you heard of the bandit family? I, Liu Xiang, am just a pirate, and I'm not going to kill officials to rebel and become emperor."

Shi Daxuan said angrily: "You fart, you are talking nonsense."

Zhong Bin quickly opened his mouth to be a peacemaker: "Okay, okay, my brother has no reason to hurt peace because of an outsider, but it is a fact that the Dutch suffered a disadvantage. Zheng Long's leader Xue Jiajun is really difficult to deal with. I'm afraid we need to think long-term when dealing with Xue Jiajun. .”

Zheng Zhilong looked at the brothers present. Only Shi Daxuan, Yang Liu, and Zheng Zhibao clearly supported him. The others were either ambiguous or firmly opposed like Liu Xiang. Zheng Zhiwan and Zheng Zhifeng are sorry for their side, it seems that they have to find another way.

So Zheng Zhilong said: "Brothers, it is well known that the Xue family army is not of one mind with the imperial court. The tens of thousands of private soldiers of the Xue family army are no different from rebellion. They have not been punished by the imperial court until now. They are really stained with the northern construction. In the light of the captives, I think everyone should not discuss whether to fight the Xue family army, but whether to fight the Xue family army of the big officials or the Xue family army of Changtu Island."

At this time, Li Kuiqi's subordinates came down to see him. After Li Kuiqi went out for a while, he returned to the venue again. Li Kuiqi saw that everyone was looking at him indifferently, so Li Kuiqi said to the brothers: "Brothers just now have the Xue Jiajun and the Dutch sent by his subordinates." According to the latest news, nearly a thousand Dutch soldiers attacked Xue’s army’s newly built fort, and lost more than half of their troops.

As soon as Li Kuiqi's words came out, there was a strong reaction in the venue. The Eighteen Zhi brothers knew that the Xue family army had wiped out hundreds of Dutch soldiers not long ago. Now that the Dutch soldiers this time are included, thousands of Dutch soldiers may have died. Today's Promincia Castle's soldiers may have been stretched, and it is not long before the day of destruction. The Eighteen Zhi brothers have no interest in touching such a powerful Xue family army.

Zheng Zhilong stared at Li Kuiqi fiercely. It was this guy and Liu Xiang who ruined his plan. At this time, Li Guozhu, who had not spoken much, said: "Leader, why don't you send someone to talk to Xue Jiajun, if we can get along peacefully?" , It’s a good thing not to fight, after all, Xue’s army still has a lot of troops in Datong, Shanxi, Cangzhou, North Zhili, and North Korea, and this kind of clan is like a centipede who dies but not stiff.”

Zheng Zhilong was a little apprehensive when he thought of the strong military strength of Xue's army, but thinking of such a good opportunity passing by, Zheng Zhilong felt it was a pity no matter what he thought, but he couldn't bring Shi Daxuan, Yang Liu, and Zheng Zhibao to fight Xue's army by himself. He had no choice but to watch helplessly as this opportunity to attack Xue Jiajun was missed.

Zheng Zhilong borrowed Li Guozhu's words and said downhill: "Just do what Brother Li wants. Let's choose a negotiator to go to Da Yuan to meet the leader of the Xue family army there."

So the brothers recommended He Bin, who worked as a translator for the Dutch, to go there. The condition proposed was that Shibazhi, headed by Zheng Zhilong, and the Xue family army would divide the north and south Taiwan equally. Bazhi prepared for the battle between the crane and the clam for the fisherman's profit, and chose the right time to hit Xue's army's vitals with one blow.

After the meeting, Zheng Zhilong left his younger brother Zheng Zhibao behind, and ordered Zheng Zhibao to take the boat to Jinmen, and asked Zheng Zhihu if he had passed on the news that the Xue family army had attacked the Dutch Promincia castle to the Dutch. If it was not certain that the Dutch knew the news, Zheng Zhibao would take A fleet traveled along Champa, Siam, and Sumatra to report to the Dutch. Zheng Zhilong believed Xue's army.The Dutch are bound to be wounded in a fight between two tigers. At that time, it will be up to Zheng Zhilong to show his talents so well.

After the navy's snobbishness, the Dutch chief Martis Sunk began to actively comply with public opinion and discussed with the Xue family army about the exchange of prisoners. However, the general Xue's army was very cold about the Dutch proposal. He was driven back by the officers and soldiers of the Xue family army. In the end, it was Matty Sunke who used the excuse of giving his niece a gift, and officially started the prisoner exchange negotiation with the Xue family army.

Xue Yun took over the captive exchange negotiations. People like Wang Erwa and Yu Si expressed different opinions. Firstly, everyone was reluctant to part with such strong and free labor as the Dutch captives. Second, they did not want these Dutch captives to return to the castle to strengthen the Dutch. Combat power, three times, more than 1000 weak coolies will increase the food consumption of Xue's army, and also reduce the food pressure of the Dutch. In short, the exchange of prisoners is a loss-making business.

However, Xue Yun has another way to settle accounts. Xue Yun thinks that no matter how bad it is to take back the 1000 Ming laborers, these people are the people of Ming. Some, after these laborers recovered physically, wouldn’t the work of a few people be worth a Dutch captive? As for the return of the Dutch captives to strengthen the military strength of Promincia Castle, Xue Yun was not very worried about this, because Xue Yun had never There is no preparation to use force to attack the castle of Promincia.

After Xue Yun persuaded his generals, he slowly negotiated with the Dutch for the exchange of captives. Although the Dutch were eager to negotiate, they mastered the negotiation skills very well. Including the [-] Dutch captured by Xue's army last time, the Netherlands and Daming carried out a one-to-one exchange of prisoners. Without touching it, the Dutch envoy was driven back.

(End of this chapter)