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Chapter 437 [Heroes gather in Taiwan]

In the first year of the Republic of China in Datong, the Yellow Emperor calendar was 4339 years.

end of june.

Taking advantage of the abundant summer grain harvest in the Chengdu Plain, Huang Yao, Qin Liangyu, Yang Zhan, and Gan Liangchen jointly sent 3 troops to attack Zunyi Mansion.

Fan Kuang, a Jinshi in Fushun, Sichuan Province, and former deputy envoy of Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty, proposed to use the strategy of alienation, which caused the two warlord leaders in Zunyi Prefecture to fight among themselves.

Wu Shangxian, the leader of the Han people, was resolutely unwilling to surrender because of his extremely bad relationship with Yang Zhan.On the contrary, Long Zhengguo, the leader of the local barbarians, hoped to be able to belong to the Datong court, and the condition he offered was to be a small chieftain.

Fan Kuang personally went to talk about the surrender, and he didn't agree immediately, but he didn't refuse either. Anyway, his words were ambiguous.

Scholars are too treacherous, Long Zhengguo obviously believed in them.

Before Huang Yao arrived with the army, Long Zhengguo invited Wu Shangxian to drink. The excuse was to discuss important matters together, but in fact he wanted to lure Wu Shangxian to death.

Wu Shangxian was very vigilant, he said he was sick and refused to go to the banquet, so he only sent counselors there.

Long Zhengguo killed his counselors and raised troops to attack.

Unexpectedly, Wu Shangxian had already prepared to ambush heavy soldiers in the mountain passage, and killed Long Zhengguo in one fell swoop.

Long Zhengguo's son, Long Chief Li, led the remnants to join Huang Yao.He didn't even want to be a chieftain anymore, Long Yili only wanted to avenge his father, and by the way, he became a small official in the Datong court, willingly becoming a leader.

In mid-July, the Datong Army captured Zunyi Fucheng, and Wu Shangxian committed suicide after breaking the city.

Knowing that Wu Shangxian was defeated and died, the small warlords of Long'an Mansion and Baoning Mansion volunteered to join the Datong court.

So far in Sichuan, only Songpanwei, Youyang Xuanfu Division, Lizhou Appeasement Division, Sichuan Xingdu Division, and Tianquan Liufan Recruitment Division are still undecided.

The jurisdiction of Songpanwei is probably Aba Prefecture in later generations.

The seat of Tianquan Liufan recruiting division is in Luding County in later generations.

As for the Lizhou appeasement department, it is approximately equal to Hanyuan County in later generations.

Anyway, these places are full of chieftains, big and small, including Tujia, Yi, Tibetan, Qiang and so on.

Local civil and military officials in Sichuan, all those who have made meritorious service, all studied Datong theory in Chengdu, and were reappointed after they were politically qualified.

At the same time, the armies of Qin Liangyu, Yang Zhan, Gan Liangchen and others each retained 1000 soldiers, and selected [-] soldiers from Sichuan farmers.

Half of the 12 Sichuan soldiers were divided into Huang Yao's Ninth Division.The remaining half was newly reorganized as the No.[-] Division of the Datong Army. Officers were transferred from the Ninth Division for training, and [-] soldiers from the Ninth Division were transferred for mixed formation.

In this way, Sichuan has two divisions, but it must be trained for more than a year to restore its original combat effectiveness.

And those newly formed troops have to wait for the old troops to replace their flintlock guns and equip them with the replaced matchlock guns.

Gan Liangchen is relatively old, he was born in Wuju, he has read the Four Books and Five Classics, and he is good at governing the people.He didn't want to lead troops to fight anymore, so he voluntarily asked to be converted to a civil servant. This request was approved by Zhao Han, and after he passed the political qualifications, he became a county magistrate in Sichuan.

Qin Liangyu also hoped to be disarmed and return to the field. Anyway, his son, brother, nephew, and grandson were all in the army.

Zhao Han agreed that Qin Liangyu would retire and return to his hometown, and he was awarded the title of the second-rank Shangguard (Wu Xun) and the second-rank Dragon and Tiger General (Wu San).

Qin Liangyu was very happy about this, because the title given to her by Chongzhen was only the second-rank wife.

……

Guangxi direction.

The division commander Liu Xinyu and the mission officer Ding Jiasheng successively captured Xunzhou, Guilin and Liuzhou, and half of the Nanning government had been captured.

There are no big warlords in these places.

The main resistance force is the indigenous leaders of various ethnic groups.

As for the power of the Han people's guards, it was no longer in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and it was necessary to rely on Guangxi's soldiers to suppress rebellions in peacetime.

Guangxi's terrain is rugged and difficult, and the Tenth Division lacks military supplies, so it can only nibble away step by step.Now it has eroded nearly two-thirds of Guangxi, and the grassroots rule is extremely strong, just like Zhao Han's expansion in Jiangxi at the beginning, the establishment of households, the division of land, and the governance of the people are all progressing steadily.

In Yunnan, after Mu Tianbo supported the puppet emperor, Wuding chieftain Wu Bikui launched a rebellion and captured Dayao, Dingyuan, Yao'an and other places one after another.

Mu Tianbo mobilized various chieftains in Yunnan, and within a month, Wu Bikui's rebellion was put down.

The civil and military officials in Yunnan were inexplicably excited, thinking that Mu Tianbo was very good at fighting, and encouraged the Yunnan soldiers to expand across the border, and even shouted slogans to revitalize Daming.

Anlongsi, Shanglinsi, Guishunzhou, Zhen'anfu, Dukangzhou, Xiangwuzhou, Sichengzhou...all Wangfeng belonged to Mu Tianbo in Guangxi.Because these sites are mostly controlled by indigenous leaders, as long as they surrender to the emperor of Yunnan, they can be officially appointed as chieftains.

They were resolutely unwilling to surrender to the Datong Army, because Zhao Han did not give the chieftain a position, and also wanted to share the land under their names!

The Daming Zhenwu Emperor and Qian Guogong in Yunnan not only expanded rapidly in Guangxi, but even extended their hands into Guizhou.

Guizhou's Pu'an Prefecture, Annanwei, Zhenning Prefecture, Anshun Prefecture and other places also chose to change their banners. Almost half of Guizhou's warlords unanimously recognized the rule of Emperor Zhenwu of Ming Dynasty.

These warlords, holding the official seals bestowed by Yunnan, continued to attack and annex each other there.

Guizhou Shuixi Tusi An Rupan, has already occupied one-third of Guizhou.It borders Sichuan to the north, and the territory of Emperor Zhenwu of Yunnan to the south.

Therefore, An Rupan also joined Emperor Zhenwu and was "ordered" to conquer the "disobedient" forces in Guizhou.

In this regard, the entire Guizhou belongs to Nanming in name.

From the point of view of the territory alone, the Yunnan emperor is still very powerful. Both Yunnan and Guizhou are under his jurisdiction, and a quarter of Guangxi is also attached to him.

……

The southeast, northwest, and all directions are in a state of war.

Taiwan, too!

Sun Chuanting was promoted to the prefect of Taiwan, and Keelung County was added in Taiwan.

"Cun Zhang, long time no see!" Sun Chuanting clasped his fists.

Zhang Xianzhong said in a bad mood: "The Fu Zun calls me Eight Thieves, don't call me the village chief."

Sun Chuanting said with a smile: "Your Excellency has built a village and has reported it to the government, so you are the village head of the Datong court. How can you still be called the eight thieves?"

"What do you call it!" Zhang Xianzhong was rather depressed.

Zhang Xianzhong led thirty families of old thieves and settled in the southernmost part of Taipei County, next to the headhunters in the mountains.

One after another, several families of criminals were exiled.

There were 36 households in total, and "Dingtai Village" was formally established, and Zhang Xianzhong was elected as the village head by everyone.

They forbid the possession of firearms, but cold weapons are allowed.He also made simple leather armor, got more than a dozen bows from somewhere, and started fighting the nearby headhunters.

Moreover, pull a faction to fight a faction!

Even if they are also Taiwanese headhunters, some are willing to contact the outside world. This kind of headhunters has a high degree of Sinicization.There are also some headhunters who are self-proclaimed and attack all humans who are not in their tribe.

The Dutch colonized the Tainan area, and they also chose to cooperate with some tribes to deal with those closed headhunters.

Sun Chuanting looked at Zhang Xianzhong, who was obviously darker and thinner, and his heart was full of regret and emotion.He used to be an official and Zhang Xianzhong was a thief, but now they both came to Taiwan to develop.

"How is the situation in Dingtai Village?" Sun Chuanting put aside distracting thoughts and asked in a serious manner.

Zhang Xianzhong said: "A total of 36 households, more than 200 people, more than a dozen died one after another. Only two were killed by Shengfan, and the rest died of diseases due to acclimatization."

Sun Chuanting frowned and said: "There are still a lot of deaths. Maybe you are mostly northerners, and they really don't adapt to the southern climate. How about this? After this battle is over, I ask Shangguan to send more doctors. You Dingtai Village, also leave one The doctor is always there."

What Zhang Xianzhong lacked was a doctor, and he couldn't bear to thank him face to face, so he just cupped his fists silently to Sun Chuanting.

Not long after, Ma Shiying came with hundreds of people and bowed to Sun Chuanting.This guy was full of thoughts, he didn't despise Zhang Xianzhong, instead he greeted Zhang Xianzhong with a smile.

Then another person came, and Sun Chuanting introduced: "This is Zhang Huangyan, the magistrate of Keelung County who has just arrived. Keelung County is newly established, and there are not many people under him."

Zhang Huangyan cupped his hands and bowed: "I am new to Taiwan, please take care of me in the future."

"It's easy to say, easy to say!" Ma Shiying laughed.

Seeing that he was leading a horse and carrying a bow, Zhang Xianzhong was a little surprised, and said with a smile, "You civil servant, do you know how to ride and shoot?"

Zhang Huangyan said: "I learned that Taiwan is not peaceful, so I brought bow horses from home. However, all the good folk horses were taken away, and only one poor horse was bought."

Zhang Huangyan's riding and archery skills were practiced in Shanxi.

His mother died early, and Zhang Huangyan followed his father as an official in Shanxi since he was a teenager.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, riding and archery subjects were added to the Imperial Examination of the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Huangyan hit the target with all three arrows in the examination for talents.

Sun Chuanting, the prefect of Taiwan, Ma Shiying, the magistrate of Taoyuan County, Zhang Huangyan, the magistrate of Keelung County, and Zhang Xianzhong, the head of Dingtai Village, this lineup can be called luxurious.Moreover, Ma Shiying also brought Sun Kewang, the head of Pingfan Village, who is currently selling the leather goods he brought in Taipei County.

The last one to appear was Shi Kefa, the new Taipei magistrate.

In the past few years, Shi Kefa has been keeping his filial piety at home, and when Ding You's three-year period expires, Emperor Chongzhen has already hanged himself.

Therefore, he became an official in the Datong court without any psychological burden.

To gather these people in Taiwan, Zhao Han also took great pains, and took several days to search through the rosters of officials from various places.

"Your Majesty, we have already arranged the food, grass and civilian husbands." Shi Kefa cupped his hands to report, and then bowed to Zhang Huangyan, but he disdained to greet Ma Shiying, Zhang Xianzhong and others.

Sun Chuanting laughed and said, "Let's go over there!"

Sun Chuanting, Zhang Huangyan, Ma Shiying, Shi Kefa, Zhang Xianzhong, and Sun Kewang led more than [-] peasants and soldiers to kill the Dutch colonists on the Danshui side.

When Zheng Zhilong engaged in immigration, he gave priority to relocating to the Penghu Islands, which were the pirate base he built.Secondly, I immigrated to Chiayi County, because Penghu and Chiayi are both relatively close to the coast of Fujian.

Currently, the government of Taiwan is located in Taipei, with four counties under its jurisdiction, namely: Taipei County, Zhuluo County (Chiayi, Penghu), Taoyuan County, and Keelung County.

The Dutch built castles and forts in Tamsui, and Han people also settled nearby, but they were all villages.

The red-haired ghost is really crazy, actually colonizing under the eyes of the Han people!

The people marched along the river, and the food was transported by small boats.Halfway along the way, Han people came to report the details of the Dutch colonial strongholds.

Chapter 438 [Killing chickens with a sledgehammer]

The Dutch force at Tamsui is ... 50 men.

Don't think it's too small, the total strength of the Netherlands on the entire island of Taiwan is only a few hundred.

If the Netherlands really had thousands of troops, it would not have been beaten up by the natives of Tainan and kept huddled in the castle for several years, waiting for the plague to occur in Tainan before taking the opportunity to send troops.

The current ruling situation in Tainan is that the Netherlands has built two castles, each with about [-] soldiers.

Two more Chinese pirates fell out with Zheng Zhilong and took refuge with the Dutch based in Tainan.There are [-] to [-] Han people there, and they have a cooperative relationship with the Netherlands, and they will deal with Taiwan's local immigrants together.

In addition, more than 50 indigenous tribes, in fact, more than 50 villages, were conquered by the Netherlands because of the plague.The mountain products of these tribes must be sold to the Dutch, and they must pay tribute to the Dutch colonists every year.

At this moment, Ruyter is drinking.

Rum is cheap, and it can replenish water when you are short of water on a long voyage.

Fifty Dutch soldiers stood behind the fence boredly.These were not purely Dutch soldiers, but were recruited from various colonies, including Spaniards, Portuguese, and Italians.

Besides soldiers, there are also workers.

The wooden fence surrounding the city has been repaired, and the native slaves brought from Tainan are transporting stones from the mountains.The mining of stones and the construction of the castle were done by the Han people, and the Dutch fortification experts only provided the construction plan.

These Han people also came from Tainan, and the Dutch treated them kindly, unlike the native slaves who whipped them at will.

Ruyter looked at the sky and saw that it was getting late. He said to the adjutant, "Cut off the work when the stones on the road arrive, and continue working tomorrow."

Ruyter is not afraid of the Han people in Taiwan at all, or in other words, the Netherlands, which is on the rise, has a kind of self-confidence that is defiant and mysterious all over the world.

Moreover, there is a hole in the brain!

Take, for example, Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan in history.The Dutch only had a few hundred people standing firm, and there were not enough naval warships. They were besieged by Zheng Chenggong in the castle waiting to run out of food.

The governor of Batavia sent a large number of warships to rescue, but the army was only a few hundred, and it was simply to deliver food to Zheng Chenggong.What's even more funny is that hundreds of reinforcements from the army split up half of them on foot, and ran to attack Macau on a warship.

And this year, the Netherlands is not only doing trouble in Taiwan, but also planning to go to war with Jimei (the homonym of Phnom Penh, that is, Cambodia).

However, a coup took place in Jimmy, and the new king announced his conversion to the Green Church and ordered the expulsion of the Dutch businessmen.

The Netherlands is so arrogant and domineering that it made Cambodian dignitaries, civilians, Malay merchants, and Han merchants, regardless of whether they believe in Buddhism, Taoism, Greenism, or Hinduism, all unite to deal with the Netherlands.Even Portugal joined in, helping the pagans squeeze out the Dutch forces!

Holland is not only a sea coachman, but also a sea teddy, causing trouble everywhere.

After dinner, Ruyt drank some wine, then got into the tent and slept with an indigenous woman in his arms.

In the middle of the night, there was a sudden cry of killing, and Ruyt quickly picked up the firecracker and saber.

The Han people and indigenous people who were in charge of building the castle ran away like headless chickens.There are countless torches around, and it is unknown how many enemies have come. The Dutch soldiers barely assembled, but they couldn't fill the ammunition because of the black lights.

What they are really good at is the artillery, and the firepower is very brutal.

In history, Zheng Jing led 3000 people to attack the chicken coop, and the Dutch bastion was equipped with 24 artillery pieces.Only more than 200 Dutch soldiers defeated 3000 Zheng's army. Later, Zheng's army increased to [-], and they were also driven back to the sea by the Dutch.

But in this dark night, there are enemies in all directions, and the castle has not yet been built. Where should the artillery shoot?

Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang rushed over with dozens of old thieves and quickly overturned the wooden fence.