Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 791 Make yourself smart
Amid the sound of galloping horseshoes, the Fujian governor's memorial flew over Wanzhongguan Mountain, flew into Beijing City, and fell into Wen Tiren's hands.

After reading the memorial, Wen Tiren's complexion changed slightly, and without saying a word, he handed the memorial to Wang Yingxiong.

Wang Yingxiong was shocked: "The Zheng fleet has been defeated!?"

Wu Zongda exclaimed: "What!? Zheng's fleet was defeated?" He grabbed the memorial and took a look, he was stunned and shouted: "How is this possible? How can the Zheng's fleet be so easy to deal with? Thinking back to the time when the Fujian Navy and the Guangdong Navy How powerful is the division, especially the Guangdong navy, which beat Japanese people all over the place in North Korea, but was defeated by Zheng Zhilong. The whole army was wiped out by Zheng Zhilong..."

Hou Xun said: "Yes, Yu Zigao is so proficient in naval warfare that he can't defeat Zheng Zhilong. That barbarian is a landlubber. How can he defeat him? The barbarian must have falsely claimed his military exploits. Maybe we can use this opportunity to make some articles and fight hard. Refer to him!"

Wen Tiren's face was gloomy: "That barbarian has not reported his victory until now. Zheng Zhilong sent someone to Fuzhou to tell Zhang Tianru face to face!"

Hou Xun froze for a moment, and then remembered Yang Menglong's style: he would never report a victory until he completely beat his opponent to the ground. Specimen up.Zheng Zhilong sent someone to find Zhang Pu as an admission of defeat, which meant that Zheng Zhilong was really defeated.He just finds it incredible that this Yang Menglong is really capable, he is invincible on land, he can't even swim, but he can defeat Zheng Zhilong, the king of the sea, at sea, this guy is really a freak!Is it true that no one can cure this freak?

After a long while, he forced a smile and said: "Zheng's fleet has [-] warships. Although the loss in the battle of Wusongkou was heavy, it was only a drop in the bucket. The main force is still intact. When that barbarian enters Fujian, Zheng Zhilong will definitely take it." If we do our best to greet him, we will have a good show to watch!"

Wen Tiren looked a little better—Zheng Zhilong was indeed extremely powerful, and the loss of nearly two hundred warships was nothing to him at all.They spent a lot of effort to instigate and instigate, didn't they just want Yang Menglong and Zheng Zhilong, two evil dragons, to fight and lose both?Now that Zheng Zhilong was bitten severely by Yang Menglong, he is bound to retaliate with all his strength, there is a good show to watch!

Wu Zongda said: "Zhang Tianru and Zou Weilian want me to wait for the emperor to put pressure on the barbarian and force him to withdraw from Fujian. It is best to beat him as a traitor and traitor, and let the court and Zheng Zhilong join forces to eliminate him. This..."

As soon as Zhang Pu was mentioned, Wen Tiren became disgusted, and said angrily, "Put it on first! That idiot with eyes above the top knows how to make trouble! Can anyone be charged with the crime of 'disorderly officials and thieves'? Believe it or not, today we Beat him into a traitor, and tomorrow he will advance by sea and land, and go north to the capital Qingjun?"

As soon as they heard the words "Qing Jun's side", these people shivered for no reason.Zhu Di, a "Qing Emperor's side", killed half of the Ming Dynasty, and after the capture of Nanjing, the courtiers of Emperor Jianwen were killed by him, and they were chopped alive. It's a nightmare to think about it!And Yang Menglong, a bastard, is very willful and has a surprisingly bad temper. He can't stand a little grievance. When he was a small guard commander, he dared to draw a dog's leg knife and slash at the Minister of the Ministry of War. Now he has become a small half of the town. A great Ming official with tens of thousands of tigers and wolves in the frontier, who dares to accuse him casually and force him to rebel, believe it or not, he will show you every minute?Besides, Chongzhen's trust in Yang Menglong was almost blind, and even the crown prince was sent to Nanyang to learn from that bastard. It was too difficult to fool Chongzhen into using a knife on Yang Menglong!
Although Zhang Pu is very talented, it's a pity that all his skills are used in writing. When it comes to playing politics, he can't even play with a seventh-grade petty official... Maybe it's because he made Yang Menglong lose face so much. Resentment, wanting to bring down Yang Menglong?Anyway, no one with any sense now would casually accuse Yang Menglong of plotting rebellion before shaking Chongzhen's trust in Yang Menglong. That guy really dares to rebel!
After a long period of discussions, the cabinet unanimously decided that this should be postponed beforehand, and after Yang Menglong and Zheng Zhilong were both wounded and their strength was greatly damaged, they would calmly report and clean up these two evil dragons in one fell swoop!Of course, doing this meant sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, and at the same time, Wen Tiren was showing Zhang Pu his face: Lao Tzu is the chief assistant of this empire!What are you, dare to command Lao Tzu?

The discord between the Wen Party and the Donglin Party is doomed to bump into bumps in cooperation between them - if they can negotiate cooperation at all.It doesn't matter to them, but Zheng Zhilong is miserable and has to pay for the infighting between these guys!

at the same time……

Tainan area of ​​Taiwan...

Now Tainan is not called Tainan, but Dayuan.The Dutch East India Company has occupied this land for more than ten years, built many castles in Tainan, and plundered Taiwan's resources.But like the Spaniards who occupied Taipei, the Dutch colonization of Taiwan did not go well.You must know that Taiwan is still a barren land, with endless forests and swamps everywhere. Every summer, there are floods, malaria mosquitoes are rampant, and miasma is pervasive. Immigrants from Taiwan fell ill and died in groups.The powerful and militant Taiwanese natives such as the Gaoshan, Amis, and Seediq tribes are also full of anger at their suppression and plunder. They hide in the deep mountains and old forests during the day, and go down the mountain with sharp knives and spears painted in black at night. Heads were cut off in the colonial strongholds. These natives are so fierce and barbaric, even more terrifying than the most ferocious beasts in Taiwan, disturbing the colonists' peace.

But now the situation has improved. The Dutch obtained a large number of prisoners of war from Japan through the war, and drove these prisoners of war every day to cut down thorns and miscellaneous trees to open up wild land, build roads, build reservoirs, and plant sugar cane... Every day Japanese prisoners of war died of exhaustion or death They don't care about all kinds of accidents. If they die, they just dig a hole and bury it.As for cement, which is necessary for road construction and water conservancy projects, Yang Menglong supplied it openly. Under the whip of the Dutch, the Japanese worked hard, and it took only half a year to repair the cement with a total length of [-] kilometers. The traffic conditions in Tainan area have been greatly improved.Unfortunately, due to Zheng Zhilong's cross-cutting, the cement trade has been interrupted, and the road construction has to be slowed down. Therefore, the Dutch hate Zheng Zhilong so much that they want to kill him in their dreams!

The battle between Zheng Zhilong and Yang Menglong naturally attracted great attention from the Dutch, which is related to their vital interests.They sent many spies to infiltrate Zheng's Group and tried their best to find out the news, in order to grasp the actual battle situation in the first place.When the news of Zheng Zhilong's defeat came, Taiwan Governor Kui was overjoyed——Damn Zheng Zhilong, you have today!And when Zheng Zhilong sent an envoy to express his willingness to unite with the Dutch to deal with Yang Menglong, the cunning Kuiyi made an accurate judgment:

Zheng's group lacks confidence and has no confidence to defeat Yang Menglong's young navy with its own strength!

The little calf actually hit the tiger's head and broke his blood. It's incredible!

Kui Yi thought that the opportunity had come, so he went to the governor of the Spanish chicken coop (that is, Keelung. The Spaniards are really idiots, such a good city has such a bad name) regardless of the previous suspicions. Said: "My friend, have you thought about bringing the entire Formosa under your rule, letting the glory of European civilization spread over every corner of this treasure island, and letting all Formosa people return to the embrace of the Lord?" ?"

Leonard rolled his eyes and said, "Of course! Which country would think that its territory is too small? The problem is that it can't be done!"

Kui Yi said: "Now is the opportunity! That invincible governor is crushing our arch-enemy Zheng Zhilong into the water. Zheng Zhilong, the warlord leader, is definitely not the governor's opponent! But Governor Yang's sea power is too weak. , It is very difficult to defeat the Zheng Group, let us help him!"

Leonard was startled: "You mean..."

Kui Yi said: "Of course it won't be the Bai Gang! We will immediately mobilize all the troops we can use in Asia and assemble them in Formosa. At the same time, we will send people to negotiate with Governor Yang and express our willingness to send troops to help him eliminate the Zheng Group. He ceded Taiwan to us as a colony... He has never paid much attention to Taiwan, and he will definitely agree to it!"

Leonard was taken aback, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that what Kui Yi said was very reasonable. Yang Menglong really didn't pay much attention to Taiwan, otherwise he wouldn't have sold them a large amount of steel and cement. You must know that these things were in the hands of the army. Here, it is easy to turn Taiwan into a hard-to-eat iron walnut!But he was still a little worried: "What if he doesn't agree?"

Kuiyi snorted: "Whether he agrees or not, we have already assembled heavy troops in Formosa. Can he still send troops to attack us? Isn't he afraid that we will join forces with the Zheng family to deal with him? He is a smart man and will definitely acquiesce. Our occupation of Formosa!"

Leonard was persuaded.Taiwan is indeed a treasure land, with fertile land and rich resources. The Spaniards planted sugar cane, mined mineral deposits, and developed shipping in northern Taiwan. They made a lot of money. Now there is an opportunity to get the whole of Taiwan justifiably. How can we let it go?As for Yang Menglong sending troops to attack Taiwan...he is not worried at all. China's maritime military strength is too weak. Even Zheng Zhilong, the maritime overlord, is not capable of confronting the European navy. Retire, Yang Menglong's strength is weaker than Zheng Zhilong's, provoking them, isn't that the rhythm to find a fight!
After making up their minds, the two set off for Batavia and Manila respectively to persuade their superiors to send troops to Taiwan and participate in the war to wipe out the Zheng Group.They succeeded, and both Batavia and Manila thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, one that could never be missed.The Netherlands tried their best to mobilize 24 armed merchant ships and 31 infantry to go to Taiwan, while the Spaniards were more generous, mobilizing [-] armed merchant ships and three serious sailing warships. Thousands of infantry—this is almost all the Spaniards have in Asia.Such a powerful strength should make the always unreliable Eastern Governor reliable for a while.

Unfortunately, Zheng Sen's judgment was all right. In front of Yang Menglong, the network resources accumulated by the Zheng Group over the years were of no use at all. The court sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight, and had no intention of sending troops at all. However, the Europeans who were regarded by Zheng Zhilong as potential allies They were sharpening their knives behind their backs, ready to chop them into pieces!It was just a head-to-head confrontation and a disastrous defeat, and the Zheng Group has fallen into an unprecedented isolation situation, full of dangers!

However, soon the Europeans were about to cry without tears and found that when they sent envoys to Yang Menglong to make a condition to jointly deal with Zheng Zhilong, they had already stretched their necks under Yang Menglong's guillotine.

A smart person deals with a guy who has always been unreliable, and the result can only be described as a cupboard——If you want cups (tragedy), there are cups, and if you want tableware, there are tableware (tragedy).

(End of this chapter)