The Zhoushan Islands and Chongming Sandbanks are both small islands with relatively scarce resources.This place can only be used as an outpost for Zhao Ming to attack the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but not as Zhao Ming's base camp and rear.Now that Hong Chengchou is blockading the coast, Chongming and Zhoushan are already difficult to obtain resources from the mainland, Zhao Ming must find a stable rear for himself.Looking around, only Taiwan is the most suitable, the land here is suitable for farming, there are trees to build ships, there are iron ore smelting refined iron to make weapons, and there is sulfur needed to make gunpowder, and the products are extremely rich.Taking Taiwan as the rear can provide sufficient resources for Zhao Ming, and at the same time, Taiwan is not too far from Jiangnan, nor is it far from the mainland and the anti-Qing center.Now it will take a while for Zhao Ming to integrate Zhoushan, but he can send some people to the island first and let them develop on their own.These people will be mainly people close to Huang Binqing, which will not only facilitate Zhao Ming's integration of Zhoushan, but also put a nail in Taiwan.With this nail here, both the Dutch and Zheng Zhilong have to pull out this nail first, before they can harass Zhoushan and buy Zhao Ming time for the fleet to form combat power!
Six captured warships, plus the Zhenhai battleship, Zhao Ming built some supporting blessing ships, and trained them, once the combat power was formed, Zhao Ming had the capital to dominate the East China Sea.At that time, the Qing army attacked the Ming army, and Zhao Ming entered the Yangtze River, and even rushed into the mouth of Dagu, fighting for several years to assist, so that the frontal Ming army would not collapse.During this period, Zhao Ming raided the coast, obtained population and supplies, occupied Taiwan, colonized and reclaimed, multiplied the population, organized and trained 100,000 new elite soldiers, and a few years later invited Hu Guangming to build a military army, and he went straight into the Yangtze River, hunted Jinling, and even landed directly from Hebei, Shandong, captured Beijing, and destroyed the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not impossible.Now, Zhao Ming's strategy is gradually becoming clear, which is to try to ensure that the Ming army on the mainland is not defeated and let them attract the attention of the Qing army, while he runs the island, attacks everywhere, accumulates strength, and waits for the opportunity to counterattack the mainland.That night, in the official hall of Jintang Island, everyone on Jintang Island was shrouded in a joyful and festive atmosphere.At this time, Chen Mingyu said: "In this battle, the marshal not only defeated Hongmaoyi, obtained Hongmaoyi's warships and artillery, relieved the crisis of Jintang Island, but also controlled Zhoushan, which can be said to be counted in one fell swoop." ”After this war, the situation faced by Zhao Ming has indeed changed a lot, no longer precarious, but suddenly enlightened.All he needs now is time to digest the strength he has gained, and once he completes the integration, no one will be able to cure him, including Zheng Zhilong.Zhao Ming was on the deck of the Zhenhai, and after receiving the generals of Zhoushan, he quickly asked the dynasty to make a list first, reappointed some thousands of households and hundreds of households, met with the original officers, and promoted them appropriately, and initially mastered Huang Binqing's 10,000 horses.In the past year and a half, Zhao Ming has 20,000 troops, and what he lacks now is only time, waiting for 20,000 people, and after another year or two of training, Zhao Ming can grow into a force that can shake the rule of the Manchus.Zhao Ming smiled and said, "Have you counted the seizures?"
”Ma Shiao took a booklet and handed it to Zhao Ming, "The inventory has come out, and six gunboats and 270 artillery pieces of Hongmaoyi have been captured, including 120 Hongyi cannons, 100 2,000-pound heavy guns, and 50 1,000-pound artillery."3,000 catties of gunpowder, 1,500 iron bullets, 400 flintlock firearms, 600 sets of armor, and a number of spears and swords.More than 400 Hongmaoyi were killed, more than 200 sailors were killed, more than 200 Hongmaoyi were captured, and more than 400 sailors were captured. ”The population of the Netherlands was small, and some of the sailors on board were Chinese from the coast and Taiwan, as well as natives from the South Seas.Zhao Ming unfolded the booklet and glanced at it, the capture was very rich, he was very concerned about when the fleet would be able to form combat strength, and asked, "What is the situation with the six gunboats?"
”Ma Shiao said: "Back to the marshal, three of them were lightly damaged, two were seriously damaged, and one was stranded.All six of these ships are more or less in need of repairs. ”Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "We must try to fix it as soon as possible!"
”Only after the ships are repaired can the naval forces begin to drill and gradually form combat effectiveness.Chen Mingyu said: "Then we can only stop the fortress first, mobilize people to build the slipway, and purchase wood and tung oil, so that it can be repaired as soon as possible." ”A Dutch gunboat, seventy or eighty meters long and more than ten meters high, is not easy to repair, and it is necessary to build a slipway, which requires the consumption of stone materials, which will not be much better than building a fort.Zhao Ming nodded, "Then stop the fortress first." ”Then Zhao Ming said to Ma Shiao again: "The captured Hongmaoyi and sailors will be organized into a battalion and taken care of."
After these gunboats are repaired, in order to form combat power, Ben Shuai also needs them. ”Ma Shiao said: "I understand my humble duties!
”After dealing with the affairs of the Dutch, Zhao Ming asked again: "How are our losses?"
”Chen Mingyu said in a deep voice: "Marshal, this loss is not small, the total number of military and civilian casualties is more than 2,000 people, and more than 1,000 people are also lost on the Zhoushan side, in addition to the destruction of the Jintang Mountain Fort wall, and a total of 34 large and small sea ships have been lost. ”Zhao Ming frowned, he didn't expect the loss to be so big, he was silent for a moment, "Comfort and comfort your family members well." ”Chen Mingyu nodded, "The lowly will act according to the regulations." ”After speaking, Chen Mingyu paused for a moment and reminded: "Dashuai, now the island is distributing money and food according to the regulations formulated by Dashuai, and compensating the soldiers.I'm afraid the island's reserves are not enough for March!
”Zhao Ming was a little shocked, "How did you spend it, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and it didn't happen so quickly?"
”Chen Mingyu said: "The marshal incorporated the Zhoushan Ming army, nearly 20,000 soldiers, and more than 30,000 taels were needed in January, in addition to rations, craftsman wages, material costs, and building a shipyard.In addition, the soldiers' pension is also a big head, and there is no income on the island now, so it can be said that it is empty. ”Zhao Ming frowned and said in a deep voice: "Mr.
Chen, Ben Shuai hopes that you can make a detailed list of the commanders and envoys for a month's consumption and summarize them. ”There are many people, especially after the incorporation of the Zhoushan Ming Army, it turns out that it is purely inspired by righteousness and let the soldiers serve their lives, which can no longer be played.Now, in addition to the righteous call, it is still necessary to give money and food in place, so that the soldiers can use their lives to resist the Qing Dynasty.Therefore, knowing that the consumption was huge, Zhao Ming still decided to pay him, and only if he took Zhao's money, he was Zhao Ming's brother and his army.This is a lot of work, Chen Mingyu hesitated, and nodded, "The humble post will be presented to the marshal before the end of the month." ”Zhao Ming immediately said: "Did Li Zhongming come back with the news?"
”Ma Shiao shook his head, "There is no news yet, but Liu Zhenfu has already brought people to Dinghai County overnight for reinforcements." ”When Zhao Ming heard this, he bowed his head and said: "Mr.
Li, you will go to Dinghai with Ben Shuai tomorrow, and bring some scribes, and we will go to count Huang Binqing's family background." ”(Tomorrow will be added, and the code will not be available today.)I ask for a commuter pass, and it is recommended. ）()