nanming man

Chapter 1066 Coastal Crisis
After the fall of Nanjing, Zheng Chenggong returned to Fujian, and he has always focused on strengthening his own strength and recruiting talents extensively.

In Nanming's continuous failures, he gradually realized that it is difficult to accomplish anything by being loyal to the emperor and serving the country.

Although it is said that evil cannot prevail over good, most of the time, in fact, evil can prevail over good.

After comprehending this point, he understood that if he wanted to defeat the State of Wei, righteousness alone would not do.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong gathered a large number of generals, some of them were the old team of the Zheng family, and some of them were people with lofty ideals he recruited along the coast.

To get so many people to follow him and serve him, in addition to anti-Wei Fuming slogans, they also need to give them real things, so that there will be no problems with the supply of military supplies.

Now Zheng Chenggong has 4 people under his command, plus his family members, there are tens of thousands of people.

To maintain such a large army and feed the families of the soldiers, a large amount of money, grain, copper and iron, wood, cloth, gunpowder and other materials are needed.

Although the Ming army controlled Taiwan and occupied Luzon, neither of the two places was developed. It was impossible to solve his logistics supply, and he could barely maintain his basic survival.

It's just that so many people follow him to sea, obviously not only to maintain basic survival, but also to live well.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong's average needs mainly came from two aspects. One was that he inherited Zheng Zhilong's position as the overlord of the sea, and he took advantage of the sea to conduct trade and collect tolls. The other was to cultivate Taiwan and obtain food.

These two sources are far from enough, and a more direct source is needed, which is to attack the southeast coast to obtain population and resources, so that his subordinates can live well not only at sea.

Only in this way can people's hearts be stabilized and they can fight against the Wei army for a long time.

Now the Ming army controls the three major islands of Qiongzhou, Taiwan, and Luzon, and Taiwan and Luzon are basically in a state to be developed.

If Nanming wants to fight against the Great Wei, it must seize the population to enrich the two islands and turn the two islands into the rear before the Wei army's navy is trained.

Soon after the Ming army defeated the Spaniards, the Southern Ming court decided to attack the southeast coast.

After discussing with Wang Yan, Zheng Chenggong calmly analyzed the situation and realized that naval warfare is the strength of the Ming army, but to fight against the Wei army and regain lost ground, they must have infantry and cavalry.

Therefore, Zheng Chenggong trained troops in Xiamen, compiled and trained several troops dedicated to land warfare, and practiced tactics day and night.

Ding Qirui was frightened by Zheng Chenggong's actions, and Ding Qirui quickly sent a letter to Zheng Chenggong, hoping that he would not be impulsive and affect the current peaceful situation.

After Zheng Chenggong received the letter, he hurriedly replied, saying that he had no intention of attacking, but just to protect himself, so Ding Qirui should not be overwhelmed.

Ding Qirui, a decades-old bureaucrat, immediately knew that the Ming army was going to take action after receiving the reply. He quickly wrote to the court and asked people to block the coastal areas and ban strategic materials such as grain, copper and iron. At the same time, he sent people to invite Zhao Daxian to discuss.

The Wei army stationed [-] troops in Fujian, which can be said to be heavily assembled, but the coastline is so long and spread out on the ground, there are only a few people in each place.

Inside the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion, Ding Qirui, Zhao Daxian and a large group of generals from the Wei army gathered together.

Ding Qirui said in a deep voice: "Returning to the meticulous work, Zheng Sen used the land and water troops in Xiamen to attack the heart of Wei. It is obvious. How is the Duke going to deal with it?"

Zhao Daxian frowned, "In recent years, the Great Wei has been attacking, advocating offense as defense, this commander has never fought such a passive battle!" He paused, and said in a deep voice: "Governor Ding , This commander will tell you the bottom line, ten thousand miles of sea, Zheng Sen's [-] troops, attacking any place, will form a local advantage, it is impossible to want the coastal defense to be solid, I can only focus on keeping a few important places without losing .”

For a long time, even if the Wei army was in a weak position, they would not be content with defense, and would always find the right opportunity to launch an attack. But this time, the Wei army really did not fail. The sea is no better than the land. Don't say anything to fight back.

Ding Qirui's face was gloomy. What Zhao Daxian meant was to prepare some areas for Zheng Sen to break through.

He was silent for a while and said: "Duke, the supervisor has two requests!"

Zhao Daxian nodded and said, "Governor Ding, please tell me!"

Ding Qirui said in a deep voice: "First, the Mawei military port and the Fuzhou shipyard must not be lost! These two are matters that His Majesty is focusing on. If the navy is defeated and the shipyard is burned down, both the governor and the Duke will be imprisoned."

Zhao Daxian's expression was dignified. It took nearly two years to build the Nanyang Navy, which cost the imperial court countless money. Seeing that it is almost completed, if it is suddenly defeated by the Ming army, Gao Yihuan will definitely get angry.

"I know this well." Zhao Daxian nodded heavily.

Ding Qirui continued: "Secondly, Fuzhou and Quanzhou are not lost. These two places are rich lands in Fujian and have a huge impact. If they are captured by the Ming army, the governor will not be able to explain to the court."

Zhao Daxian estimated the strength of the troops, and said in a deep voice, "I will put 2 people in Fuzhou to take care of the city, shipyard and military port. The 5 navy will stay in the military port for the time being and don't move out. The remaining 3 people, [-] will be placed in the military port." In Quanzhou, [-] people are placed in other states and counties, and [-] people are mobilized to support and attack the Ming army that has landed!"

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When Wei Jun was discussing the strategy of defending against the enemy, Zheng Chenggong was also discussing with his generals in Zheng Jun's water village on Xiamen Island.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong and the others gathered in front of the sand table, and the coastal cities and islands were clear at a glance.

Zheng Chenggong said: "Now that the Wei thieves are occupying the world, they are indeed powerful and they are fighting head-on. We are no match for the Wei thieves, but as long as the Wei thieves' navy army is destroyed, even if the Wei thieves occupy the world, they can't do anything to us."

Zheng Chenggong's words can be said to be based on experience. Thinking that when the Ming Dynasty occupied the world, there was nothing to do with Zheng Zhilong. In the end, he could only Zhaoan.

Time is moving forward, when Japanese pirates ran rampant in the southeast, if Hu Zongxian hadn't tricked Wang Zhi to go ashore, there was nothing he could do about this pirate leader.

Right now, the Ming Dynasty is more powerful than Zheng Zhilong and Wang Zhi. As long as the Wei Jun navy and shipyard are destroyed, the sea will be the world of Ming Dynasty.

Although the state of Wei is powerful, it cannot take the initiative to attack the Ming army. This means that the Wei army can only wait for the Ming army to fight, and cannot attack the Ming army in turn.

Of course, the warships of the Wei army insisted on going out to sea, and the navy of the Ming army didn't mind and sent them into the sea.

In this situation, the generals of the Ming army suddenly felt that Wei Jun was nothing special, so they reduced their fear of Wei Jun.

Gan Hui clasped his fists and said, "The meaning of Guo Xingye is that we want to attack Fuzhou and destroy the Wei thief navy?"

Zheng Chenggong smiled and said: "If we can destroy Wei Zei's navy, I will be allowed to come and go along the southeast coast, but I have predicted that Wei Thief will focus on defending Fuzhou. With our strength, it is not easy to confront head-on. This commander has a strategy!"

With that said, Zheng Chenggong waved his hand, "Come around!"

(End of this chapter)