Chapter 1598: Restoration of Senior Officials

After staying in the study for a while, Wang Chengen came out immediately, took the imperial decree and transferred a group of eunuchs with superb martial arts skills to ward off evil, then went to Xu Guangqi's place, asked for several missionaries who were proficient in Sibanian, and brought these The people found Yu Zigao and Zheng Zhilong, and returned to Denglai with them.

After arriving in Denglai, Sun Yuanhua took out the imperial decree, and immediately mobilized enough ammunition, food and fresh water for the fleet to help them prepare for the attack, and at the same time began to build new warships. The time required to build a fleet will definitely be saved a lot.

During this period, in addition to supervising their work, Wang Chengen has been taking those eunuchs who ward off evil spirits to follow the missionaries to learn Sibanian. Zheng Zhilong was not only a little curious, but after asking Wang Chengen explained, "This time we took the old port to express our consolation. In the future, the Secretary will have to deal with those Isibanians, and maybe I will take them back to the capital to offer prisoners, so how can there be few people who are fluent in Isibanian among the people waiting for His Majesty?"

Zheng Zhilong did not doubt that he was there, and immediately expressed his admiration, "The prince is diligent in the king's affairs, and the officials really admire him." Then he specially vacated a cabin for Wang Chengen and the missionaries on his flagship for their teaching .

After making preparations for the war, Zheng Zhilong and Yu Zigao led the fleet out of Hong Kong and headed south. The two of them studied how to attack the officials and Luzon in the chart room every day, while Wang Chengen continued to study hard with other eunuchs. Nigerian; until the fleet arrived in Zhejiang, Wang Chengen and others disembarked and left, while Zheng Zhilong replenished freshwater vegetables at the port.

They first went to Lanxi to take Xu Xueju, who was nursing at home, and then returned to the fleet to continue southward. After arriving at Hujiao, Wang Chengen disembarked again, went to Zhangzhou to capture the two businessmen who had colluded with the Sibanians, and ransacked their homes. In prison, what awaits them will be the same fate as Fan Yongdou and others.

At the same time, Zheng Zhilong and Yu Zigao also launched an attack on Dayuan Island, "When these red-haired barbarians were spying on Penghu, I repelled them, but at that time the red-haired barbarians were strong and powerful, and I could only I managed to force them away with a small boat siege, but I couldn't defeat them, now with the battleship built by His Majesty, dealing with those red-haired barbarians is just a catch!" Yu Zigao talked to Zheng Zhilong enthusiastically about his relationship with the Dutch old wars.

"Yes, now our warships and cannons are all better than the red-haired barbarians, and it is no problem to take the cities of Zelanzha and Prominzha directly." Zheng Zhilong is also very lucky, fortunately I surrendered to the court in time, if not With such a fleet, I'm afraid I have only a dead end, right? He was very happy when he thought of this, haha, old opponents like Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi are going to die.

Especially Liu Xiang, who originally belonged to Zheng Zhilong, but later broke away from Zheng Zhilong's group and acted as the agent of Frangji and Isibania. .

"After this battle, all of Dayuan Island will be owned by me, Daming." Yu Zigao said, stroking his beard. Although the imperial court continues to exile people on Dayuan Island, there are no castles around the castles occupied by the red-haired barbarians. Arranging people, this is the most fertile land and the most convenient port on Dayuan Island. After taking it, it will be much more convenient to travel to and from Dayuan in Fujian, and it can also accommodate more refugees. Get a piece of land on Dayuan Island and build a plantation.

Denglai's Maritime Academy not only teaches the skills of sailing and naval warfare, they also teach various knowledge related to colonization with textbooks written by Shen Long. Among them, building plantations and operating special cash crops can make profits, but Yu Zigao It was very clear that he had even thought about what to plant.

Zheng Zhilong and Yu Zigao did not hide it, and directly divided their troops into two groups to attack Zelanzha City and Prominzha City respectively. The Red Maoyi had at most a thousand soldiers on Dayuan Island.

They brought more than 20,000 soldiers and dozens of warships this time, and this battle was nothing more than an overkill.

If it wasn't for making all the soldiers feel the atmosphere of the battlefield, Yu Zigao and Zheng Zhilong could solve these two places with a few warships each.

The Red Maoyi spent a lot of thought when building Zeelandia City and Prominza City. They referred to the architectural design of European bastions and equipped them with relatively advanced cannons. There were also sufficient ammunition and food in the castles. Even if you encounter the enemy's attack in the future, you can block the enemy with a solid city, and then wait for reinforcements.

Originally, their thinking was correct, and Zheng Chenggong had to spend a lot of effort when he attacked these two cities in the future; but unfortunately, they encountered the open-handed Ming Navy, led by Yu Zigao and Zheng Zhilong. The warships of this era for hundreds of years use cannons that are also hundreds of years ahead of this era.

When the Dutch warships encountered such a fleet, they could not fight or run away. After being beaten to pieces, they quickly raised the white flag and surrendered. The Ming army learned about Zeland from these Dutch people. The real situation of Zhacheng and Prominzhacheng, and then quickly formulated a corresponding offensive strategy based on this information.

The longer-range, faster, and more powerful cannons quickly destroyed the defensive firepower of Zeelandia and Prominia. Then the infantry rushed to land on the beach and attacked the city. The red-haired barbarians in the city were either killed or killed. It was kneeling and surrendering; the war ended in less than half a day, and the Ming Navy won its first big victory since its establishment.

Then it took a few days to clean up the remaining red-haired barbarians on Dayuan Island. Since then, Dayuan Island has all been returned to Daming. At this time, it has only been six years since the Dutch occupied Dayuan, three years earlier than Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Dayuan. Ten years.

After Zheng Zhilong and Yu Zigao returned to Hujiao, Xiong Wencan was also very pleasantly surprised, because the imperial court now put Dayuan Island under the rule of Fujian. The obstacle is resolved, the waterway from Fujian to Dayuan will be more convenient, and the development of Dayuan Island will become smoother. These are all political achievements.

"I have contributed two generals!" Wang Chengen, who had rushed back from Zhangzhou, also stepped forward to congratulate.

"Don't dare, it's all the strength of the ship and guns bestowed by His Majesty, I dare not take credit for it." Both Zheng Zhilong and Yu Zigao laughed from ear to ear, but their mouths were full of humility.

"At present, the soldiers have really walked on the battlefield, and it will be much easier to fight in the future." Zheng Zhilong was already thinking about how to deal with Liu Xiang.