Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 372 Zheng Chenggong Across the South China Sea

Zhang Yi is preparing for the war against Youzhou. Since Cao Pi retreated to Youzhou, he has racked his brains to keep his troops.He has as many as 15 troops in Youzhou, but Youzhou's finances simply cannot support so many soldiers.

The richest place in Youzhou now is Liaodong, because Liaodong has not experienced war for many years.The Youzhou occupied by Cao Wei is different. There have been constant wars, and it was only pacified by Cao Cao more than ten years ago.When Gongsun Zan only had Youzhou left, he could only form an army of 15, but now Cao Wei's population is not half that of Gongsun Zan's time, but he has [-] troops. If Cao Wei had some spare money, these armies would have dispersed long ago. Lost.

But after two years of persistence, his last bit of wealth will be exhausted. After a while, even if Zhang Yi doesn't attack, he may not be able to hold on anymore.

Zhang Yi's spies have actually been eyeing Cao Pi for a long time!When Cao Pi tried to collect property, the spies would destroy it, preventing Cao Pi from obtaining too much wealth through normal means, and forcing Cao Pi to persecute his subordinates to collect money.At first, Cao Pi was able to persevere, but later he began to use all means.

Cao Pi is killing himself, of course Zhang Yi will not dissuade him.Not only will he not stop him, but he will also fuel the flames, making Cao Pi continue in the direction of death.

At this time, the sudden good news from Jiaozhou made Zhang Yi very happy.

As early as the beginning of the founding of China, Zheng Chenggong began to cruise in the South China Sea, clearing Linyi's fishing boats along the South China Sea to Linyi.Linyi had been eroding towards Rinan County before, and Zhang Yi restrained Linyi's offensive after he stationed troops in Rinan County.However, due to the remote location, Zhang Yi was not yet ready to attack Lin Yi, and Zheng Chenggong and others were always defending.

Later, after the founding of the People's Republic of China and Jiaozhou was separated from Guangzhou, Lu Fan became the governor of Jiaozhou.In this way, the scope of Jiaozhou was simplified, and Lu Fan considered defense more on Jiuzhen County and Rinan County.With the good development of Jiaozhou, many Zhan people from Jiuzhen and Rinan West have defected to these two counties.

From the information obtained by these Zhan people, Lu Fan learned that there is still a large amount of land to the west of Jiuzhen and Nichinan, and there is a large river to the west. These Zhan people became the Mekong River.There are also a large number of plains on both sides of the Mekong River, which can be used to grow rice straw.And if these lands are really taken down, they will definitely be larger than the land in Jiaozhou.

It's a pity that Jiaozhou's population is prefect, and it is impossible to recruit too many troops.Zhang Yi had already given Jiaozhou a certain right to recruit troops, but Lu Fan could only recruit less than 2 soldiers, and the garrison sent by Zhang Yi was only a little over [-].The rest is only Zheng Chenggong's navy, but Zheng Chenggong's navy not only has to defend Linyi's sea attack, but also shoulders the task of exploring the South China Sea.Therefore, Lu Fan could only defend against Linyi's attack, but could not counterattack or expand westward.

Zheng Chenggong explored the South China Sea, but he couldn't find hundreds of islands.

Five years after arriving in Zhonghua, the governor of Jiaozhou became Fu Kuang.Kuangfu is inferior to Lu Fan in terms of ability, after all, his experience is there.However, Fu Kuang is also a capable person, a representative of both civil and military skills, otherwise Zhang Yi would not let him take over the position of governor of Jiaozhou.

When Fu Kuang took over Jiaozhou, Jiaozhou was already on the right track.As the Han people stabilized, more and more ships came, and more farmers settled in Jiaozhou.There is too much unowned wasteland here, and many people who fled from the famine or those who could not survive in the land occupied by Zhang Yixin were sent to Jiaozhou.At the time of China's five-year census, there were already 12 households and 56 people in Jiaozhou.

Jiaozhou has three crops a year, and 3 households can support [-] soldiers.There will still be a lot of surplus food and grass among the people, and with the taxation of the Shanghai port city, Fu Kuangzheng has increased the number of soldiers to [-], and launched a counterattack against Linyi in the eighth year of Zhonghua.

With the help of Zheng Chenggong, Fu Kuang expanded the land for a hundred miles to the south in this battle and defeated Lin Yi.If it weren't for the lack of troops in Fukuang, Linyi could have been defeated in one battle.

The battle of Fukuang not only occupied the two cities of Linyi, but also captured tens of thousands of prisoners in Linyi.Fukuang used these people to build roads in Jiaozhou. Only when the roads are well built can the various places be guarded. The Chinese know this road from Qin Shihuang.

After helping Fu Kuang defeat Lin Yi, Zheng Chenggong was free.He started to take the fleet south, and he wanted to see what was south of Linyi.

After crossing Linyi, Zheng Chenggong found that there was still a large amount of land in the west, and there were people on these lands.There is even a long strip protruding southward on the westernmost side.

At the beginning of the Ninth China, Zheng Chenggong found the strait leading to the other side of the strip, which was later the Strait of Malacca.Zheng Chenggong established a simple seaport as a residence on the island of Singapore in later generations, where he stationed soldiers and hoarded supplies.

In the summer of the Ninth Year of China, Zheng Chenggong continued to go south into the Java Sea and discovered a large number of islands.Some islands are larger than Zhuya and Yizhou, while others are very small.This discovery made Zheng Chenggong very happy. These lands can be developed!And there are still a lot of indigenous people here, and after the reunification of China, these places will become targets of attack.

So Zheng Chenggong cruised back and forth between these islands, recording their positions.And send people up to investigate the resources of these islands, and collect some samples, and send them back to Shouchun to see if there is any use.

In the tenth year of China, Zheng Chenggong went around to Yizhou Island from the east of the South China Sea. At this time, he discovered that these islands actually circled the South China Sea.When Zheng Chenggong was supplying supplies in Yizhou, the officials in Yizhou were very surprised. They didn't believe that Zheng Chenggong came from the south at all.

Zheng Chenggong was not in a hurry to return to Rinan County, but returned to Shanghai first. His fleet had many illnesses at sea, and he needed to go to Shanghai to see how to treat these illnesses.

After he arrived in Shanghai, the doctor there told him that when sailing, he should bring more fruits to prevent it.Of course, there are still many pharmacies given for their symptoms, but also tonics.Zheng Chenggong saw that these illnesses were not a serious problem, so he got up and went to Shouchun to see Zhang Yi.

When Zhang Yi heard that Zheng Chenggong had returned from the South China Sea, he summoned him immediately. Zhang Yi was also surprised when he saw the chart presented by Zheng Chenggong.He didn't expect that Zheng Chenggong would actually produce a sea chart of Southeast Asia. Although there were big inaccuracies, he could still occupy Southeast Asia with this sea chart.

(End of this chapter)