nanming man

Chapter 1040
Outside the water village of Zheng Jun on Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, a lucky boat appeared in the sight of Zheng's family after sailing from Qiongzhou for several days.

Wang Yan, a cabinet bachelor, stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the vast sea, flocks of seagulls circling on the sea, between the sea and the sky, a few sentry ships of the Ming army, and hundreds of fishing boats were riding the wind and waves in the sea, the sea breeze was blowing, and the sea view was magnificent, But Wang Yan was not in the mood to appreciate it.

Now that Nanming had just experienced a big defeat, he was exiled overseas, and the situation was difficult, which made every courtier who was loyal to Ming Dynasty feel depressed.

Although he has become a bachelor now, he has no joy at all.

After losing the battle, Wang Yan was promoted to a cabinet bachelor, and he came this time to promote Zheng Sen, and invited Zheng Sen to launch an attack on the coast to obtain the resources that Nanming urgently needed.

"Sir, that's Xiamen Island!" The official accompanying Wang Yan pointed to an island in the distance that was not connected to the mainland.

Wang Yan nodded. There are many islands along the coast of Fujian, and there are many good ports. Along the way, they saw many isolated islands in the sea.

Back then, when the sea was banned by the Ming court and Japanese pirates were rampant along the coast, these islands became the lairs of Japanese pirates, but now these islands have become the refuge of the Ming army.

Wang Yan came from Qiongzhou, passing through Nan'ao Island and Dongmen Island along the way, and now he saw Xiamen, each of which was the size of a county, and then thought of Taiwan that Zheng Sen had just recovered, which was the ancient Yizhou, which is said to be bigger than Qiongzhou. The island is even bigger, and I can't help but regain a little confidence in my heart, "If the court manages it well, there may be a chance."

Xiamen Island is located at the estuary of the Jiulong River and Xixi River. The sediment brought by the river slowly accumulates to form a large island with lakes, forests, arable land, and a county seat, which can accommodate more than [-] people. However, since the Zheng family recovered Taiwan, Zheng Sen began to transfer the population to Taiwan, and there were only more than ten thousand troops left on Xiamen Island.

The Great Wei was no better than the Manchus. There was no ethnic hatred between Wei Jun and Zheng Jun. Gao Yihuan kept sending people to lobby for peace, and Zheng Jun was easily recruited by Wei Jun.

Zheng Sen also had no other choice, so he sent the family members of the army to Taiwan. It was called resettlement, but it was actually taken hostage.

He did this, first to develop Taiwan Island, and second, because the army's family members were in Taiwan, so the army would not dare to betray easily, which was conducive to stabilizing the morale of the army and strengthening the army's belief in resisting Wei.

At this time, the ship was sailing on the sea, and a group of Zheng's sentry ships came to meet them. After asking their identities, they notified the island with semaphore and led the big ship into the harbor.

There is a big lake on Xiamen Island, the mouth of the lake is connected to the sea. When there is a storm, the sea is rough, but the lake is calm and calm. It is a good natural harbor. Zheng's warships gather in the lake.

At this time, the ship sailed in. Wang Yan stood on the ship tower and saw thousands of large and small warships moored on both sides, which made Wang Yan sigh Zheng Sen's strength.

The boat stopped at the pier, and Zheng Sen had already led a team of generals to greet him. He, Wang Yan, got off the boat and immediately stepped forward and cupped his hands, "Mr. Wang!"

After the Guangzhou court was wiped out by the Wei army, the Nanming court suffered another devastating blow. Now the Nanming court in exile in Qiongzhou has incomplete official positions and a rather chaotic system.

"Guo Xing Ye!" Wang Yan cupped his hands in return, not daring to take it too seriously, "I am here this time, at the order of His Majesty, to confer Guo Xing as the Duke of the State, and to discuss important matters!"

Zheng Chenggong turned to one side, "Sir, let's talk inside."

A group of people entered Zheng Chenggong's mansion. Zheng Chenggong first set up Xiang'an, accepted the reward, and then sat down with Wang Yan as guest and host.

Wang Yan said in a deep voice: "Now that the imperial court has retreated to Qiongzhou, there is a shortage of supplies, and Sun Kewang has cut off contact with the imperial court, making it difficult for the imperial court to continue to supply food. Your Majesty wants to take advantage of Gao Yihuan's opportunity to leave Guangzhou, and together with Guo Xing, initiate a Counterattack, seize food and population along the coast."

After Nanming lost Huguang, he relied on Nanyang for food, but Sun Kewang was angry with Zhu Cihong. After returning to Shenglong City, he cut off contact with Nanming and stopped transporting food to Nanming.

Although Zhu Cihong had already made preparations, the influx of tens of thousands of people in Qiongzhou Island was still a bit overwhelming.

Zheng Chenggong frowned, stood up, and walked a few steps back and forth in the lobby.

Wang Yan looked up at him, and waited for his reply before Zheng Chenggong said, "Sir, I don't think it's appropriate to launch a counterattack at this time."

Wang Yan raised his eyebrows, his face sank, "Why?"

Zheng Chenggong said in a deep voice: "My lord, to tell the truth, I entered Fuzhou a few days ago to attack the Wei thief shipyard, but was repelled by the Wei thief's fortress. Later, I changed to attack Quanzhou, halfway through the attack, and the Wei thief sent reinforcements." So I killed them. The Wei army is heavily defended along the coast, and our army's morale is low. We are afraid of the Wei army, and the counterattack may not be successful."

After Zheng Chenggong received the news that Gao Yihuan had come to Fujian, he prepared to destroy Wei Jun's Shipbuilding Plaza, but Wei Jun had already prepared and built a fort.

With a wave of Zheng Chenggong, he ordered his subordinates to fetch a map and hang it up, and then continued: "Master, according to detailed reports, after Gao Yihuan left Guangzhou, he went to Fujian and inspected Chuanguang and the newly formed Nanyang Navy. Gao Yihuan attaches great importance to coastal defense. Although he has left now, the main force of the Wei army has been left in Guangdong and Fujian. I failed in my previous attempts, and now I launch a new counterattack. It's even harder to get supplies."

The Zheng family had great influence in Fujian. The Wei army had no forbidden sea. As long as he had silver, Zheng Chenggong could easily obtain supplies. After he failed in his attempts, he didn't want to take another risk. Besides, there were Dutch and Spaniards behind him.

If Zheng Jun attacked Wei Jun, but Xiyi attacked Taiwan and Xiamen, then Zheng Jun would be finished.

Wang Yan frowned and said: "So the high-ranking bandit is building a large number of ships. If the Wei bandit navy masters it, it will be extremely disadvantageous to us. We should take advantage of Wei bandit navy's failure to raid the coast."

Zheng Chenggong said: "What Xianggong said is good, but we must consider the actual situation now. We are not only facing Wei thieves, but also the Dutch and Spaniards. Gao Yihuan is now colluding with the barbarians to deal with us, and it is difficult for us to do anything about it." It is not easy to stop the Wei thief from building warships. Therefore, I think that sooner or later, the Wei thief will be able to master the navy, and we should defeat the two barbarians and control Nanyang during this period of time, so as to have the capital to confront the Wei thief for a long time. "

Wang Yan was silent for a while, and asked, "What about the food?"

Zheng Chenggong said: "I can think of a way to do this. The Wei thief can't help but go to sea. With my contacts in Fujian, it is not difficult to ask someone to get some food. In addition, once Taiwan Island is developed, there will be thousands of hectares of grain fields. As long as we get through this year, Next year, we won’t have to worry about running out of food.”

The Zheng family has been trading at sea for decades and has accumulated a large amount of money. Zheng Chenggong has a lot of money in his hands. He can use the Zheng family's trade network to obtain food and resources.

Wang Yan was silent. If Zheng Chenggong disagreed, Nanming's counterattack plan would inevitably fail. After a while, he said in a deep voice, "What is the specific plan of the country to do?"

Zheng Sendao: "I think we can only harass the Wei thieves with a small group of people. It is not appropriate to launch a large-scale battle, because we cannot afford to fail. Once the battle fails, we will be doomed. Now we should use the main force to deal with the Netherlands and the Netherlands. Spain, only by driving them out of Nanyang can we launch a counterattack against the Wei thieves without any worries."

Wang Yan nodded, "I understand the meaning of the country's surname, which is easy before difficult, just like the Northern Song Dynasty's policy of first south and then north."

(End of this chapter)