Since Zheng Zhilong's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, the power of the Zheng family, the maritime hegemon in East Asia, has collapsed, the maritime authority has weakened, and the remaining forces of the Zheng family have been demoralized and retreated to Zhangquan, causing other maritime forces to begin an unprecedented expansion of power.In the process of expansion, the various forces divided the interests of the Zheng family at sea, and conflicts were inevitable.In today's maritime pattern, Donghai Town controls the sea trade routes to Korea and Japan, the Portuguese and Zheng Chenggong control the trade routes to Zhangquan and the coast of Guangdong, and the trade routes to Annam and Luzon, while the Dutch control the South Seas and the trade routes through Malacca into the Indian Ocean.Both Korea and Japan are relatively barren and have limited markets, and it is difficult for Tokai Town to develop due to limited benefits in trade, and as Tokai Town's maritime power grows, it is natural to seek greater interests and compete with other forces for maritime interests.Zheng Chenggong and Donghai Town both belong to the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Jun belongs to the Imperial Party, and the imperial court is looking for an excuse to cut the domain, Zhao Ming is impossible to start a war with Zheng Chenggong, and now the Zheng family's trade scale is too small, and Donghai Town does not look down on that benefit.The Portuguese are now allies of the Southern Ming, and they don't have much share under the pressure of Spain and the Netherlands, so they are not the target of Tokai Town.Therefore, in order to obtain huge maritime benefits, Donghai Town can only target the Netherlands.For this reason, there was a merchant-selling shipping company to form an ocean-going fleet to carry out ocean-going trade and snatch the share of the Dutch maritime transportation transit trade.For the Dutch East India Company, it was absolutely impossible to allow the town of Tokai to get involved in the ocean trade and steal their business.Now, one wants to go out, and the other tries to blockade, so war is inevitable, and since it can't be avoided, the Dutch East India Company chooses to strike first.While the governor of Batavia set about purging the Chinese on the island of Java to prevent them from colluding with the town of Tokai, the Dutch East India Company, located in Dayuan, also began to act.The big man is close to Jiangdong, and the Netherlands has sent a lot of spies, and the actions of Donghai Town are quite clear.Zhao Ming's large-scale recruitment of new troops obviously could not hide from all forces, and the Dutch also learned about this.At this time, in the Dayuan Resharan Castle, the senior management of the Taiwan Council of the Dutch East India Company gathered together and held a meeting with solemn expressions to discuss how to deal with the pressing of Donghai Town."
Ladies and gentlemen, Zhao is recruiting troops, and there are all kinds of signs that Donghai Town is finally going to attack the company."
The governor of Taiwan, Fels, looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice.Landing on Taiwan from Donghai Town, establishing a colony in Taipei, and gradually advancing southward, the Dutch knew that sooner or later they would fight with Donghai Town.At this time, the Dutch officer Rothkaner stood up and said: "Fort Resharan and Fort Chikan are strong fortresses, and we are confident that we can resist Zhao's attack. ”Firth questioned: "The Chinese occupy north-central Taiwan, there is a steady stream of food and soldiers, and Zhao's fleet, not weaker than the company, can block Dayuan Bay, how long can we hold at that time." ”"It's so hard to give up on the big guy!"
Parliamentarians were in an uproar.Firth said: "Of course you can't give up on the big guy.I got the news that Cheng's fleet has broken through the company's barrier, returned to Taiwan, and is now heading to Shanghai.He would definitely inform Zhao of the company's blocking of their return, and Zhao would have an excuse to attack the company.However, according to the information from the spy, Zhao's new army is still training, so he will not attack the company in a short time, and this is the last opportunity for the company to take the lead. ”"Your Excellency the Governor means that the company is the first to attack, attacking the Chinese on the island!"
Rothcan exclaimed."
Yes, this is our last chance.Changhua, located in central Taiwan, was the largest Chinese stronghold in Taichung, and stockpiled a large number of weapons and food ready to attack the company.The company struck first, captured Changhua, and seized Zhao's military assets, which could force Zhao to temporarily stop the plan to attack the company. ”........Changhua is located in central Taiwan, on the south bank of Da Belly Creek.This place originally belonged to the Potbelly Kingdom, and in the process of expanding southward in Donghai Town, the local tribe of Taiwan was eliminated, and the alliance kingdom established occupied this place, so a guard was set up here to oppose the Dutch.The Changhua Acropolis, with a circumference of only five miles, is said to be a city, but it is actually a large fortress, which is built on the basis of the original capital of the potbelly king.Because the south was the sphere of influence of the Dutch, and faced the attacks and harassment of the remnants of the Potbelly Kingdom, the city was small, but it was built very high, three feet long, and the city walls were made of white ash transported from the Ryukyus, and they were also very strong enough to withstand a certain amount of shelling.With the development of firearms and the application of artillery, the original old city wall has been difficult to adapt to the times.If the city collapses with a bang, then there is no need to build a city.The Changhua Acropolis adopts some characteristics of the fortress, the city wall is three zhang high, but there is one zhang and five feet, all of which are hidden in the ground, and the wall is one side of the moat, and the wall is tilted.In this arrangement, most of the walls cannot be hit by cannons, and even if they are hit, the inclined walls are easy to form ricochets.The Changhua Acropolis, located on the front line of the confrontation, was watched by the Dutch and natives, and Donghai Town stationed a thousand troops here, and was defended by Zhang Sun Sijiang, the commander of Changhua Wei, who had rich combat experience with the natives.Now the relationship between Donghai Town and the Dutch is very stiff, the Dutch are eyeing Changhua, Sun Sijiang has written several times, asking Donghai Town to send reinforcements over, Jiangdong side, because of the tense war in Liaodong, the new army has not succeeded, and did not send troops.This made Sun Sijiang very disappointed, so he had to prepare as many rolling wood and stones as possible, arrange bows and arrows, actively prepare for battle, and be ready for battle.That night, dark clouds covered the land, the stars and the moon obscured, and the darkness of the night covered the land, and it was impossible to see the outside of the city from ten paces away.There are more than 100 patrol soldiers patrolling back and forth at the head of the city, vigilantly watching the movement under the city, at one watch, on the wilderness outside the city, suddenly there is a black pressing figure, they carry bags of dirt and throw it into the moat, the movement is very large, although the night covers their figures, but the sound they make is immediately discovered by the guards of the city."
Who?"
The city soldiers roared loudly.Sun Sijiang happened to be patrolling the city, and he also noticed movement on the opposite side of the moat, but he couldn't see clearly, so he immediately leaned out of the city and asked, "What happened?"
”"Commander, it looks like someone is filling in the moat!"
The soldier replied hurriedly.()