Zhao Ming and the British envoys soon reached a consensus and concluded an alliance.However, for Zhao Ming, this alliance must only be temporary, and after Donghai Town obtains the South Sea, it will definitely go west into the Indian Ocean.Now, Donghai Town is surrounded by enemies, and in order to gain the support of the British, Zhao Ming will not be able to cede India to the British.Of course, India is actually the territory of the Mughal Empire, and Zhao Ming is completely generous to others, and he has no loss for himself, which can be said to be quite shameless.This kind of behavior of promising the interests and territories of other countries to other countries without the knowledge of others, or dividing them, made Zhao Ming find the feeling of an imperial power for a while, and made him feel a burst of pleasure.At the same time, his heart was also vigilant in advance, if Donghai Town was not strong and China was not strong, then in a few hundred years, it would be China that would be carved up.Zhao Ming will never allow this situation to appear again.At that moment, Zhao Ming ordered Gu Yanwu to consult with the British envoys and sign a detailed treaty, requiring the British to attack the Dutch merchant ships in the Indian Ocean and seize the Dutch stronghold in India.The British were originally pirates, and naturally responded to Zhao Ming's request, and the two sides happily signed a treaty, Zhao Ming generously sent the British some tea and porcelain, and Smith left Taiwan and returned to Mumbai.After the British left, Zhao Ming continued to besiege Reshalan while training to attack the fortress.~~~~~~ February 1654, the Dutch at Fort Resharan showed no sign of surrendering, and due to the harassment of the Dutch and the Spanish, the town of Tokai had lost a number of merchant ships at sea, and trade was greatly affected.For a time, Koto's various routes overseas were threatened by the Dutch.Xiyi's warships, like rangers on the sea, attacked Jiangdong merchant ships, making Jiangdong defenseless.Compared with the battle between the Netherlands and Spain, the naval division that went south from Donghai Town achieved little effect.This is related to the number of ships on both sides going to sea, Jiangdong is ten or hundreds of merchant ships every day, shuttling on the route to Liaodong, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Dutch and Spanish warships, it is easy to meet Jiangdong merchant ships, but the warships in Donghai Town, but rarely meet Dutch and Spanish merchant ships.At the same time, news came from the north that under Yue Le's onslaught, Xie Qian deployed the defense line of the Nanguan Wall in the north of Lushun, and the Northern Qing army broke through, and the defenders of Lushun were forced to shrink to Fort Arthur and several batteries around the fortress.Previously, the climate in Liaodong was cold, splashing water into ice, the Qing army artillery repeatedly destroyed the wall, and the soldiers of Donghai Town at night filled it with weeds, stones and other things, and then poured water, and the city wall was intact again.However, with the beginning of spring, the weather became warmer, and Donghai Town had to repair the city wall, which became difficult, and the Nanguan wall was finally broken through by the Qing army, and Yue Le led a large army to the city of Lushun.This indicates that the Tunzhuang near Lushun will all fall into the hands of the Qing army, and the defenders can only come to the east of the old river to supply.Although Fort Arthur was built in the style of a fortress, it was not a real fort after all, so when he learned that Yue Le broke through the Nanguan Wall and approached Fort Arthur, Zhao Ming still felt tremendous pressure.In March, at the urging of Zhao Ming, the mortar cannon produced by Huaxing Company, as well as the matching flowering bombs, were finally delivered to the staff.After Zhao Ming made people conduct drills and test shots, many generals were extremely shocked, saying that with this sharp weapon, it would be easy to capture the fortress.In view of this, Zhao Ming finally assembled a passing team, leaving 3,000 soldiers and horses and ten warships, staying at Chikan Fort, cooperating with nearly 10,000 troops, and continuing to besiege Resharan Fort, while Zhao Ming led more than 13,000 people, taking advantage of the high tide, leaving Dayuan Bay and killing Luzon.Luzon was originally a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but the Spaniards destroyed Luzon and occupied the island of Luzon.Before the expedition, in order to reduce resistance, Zhao Ming issued a letter condemning the Spaniards, saying that the southern expedition was to restore Luzon and other countries destroyed by the Netherlands and Spain, drive out Spain, rescue the people under the colonial rule of Spain and the Netherlands, and end the colonial rule of Xiyi.Many tribes and countries in Nanyang naturally have a shot in their hearts for the Ming Dynasty and Xiyi.Before the arrival of the Xiyi, many countries and tribes within the tributary system were not worried about the Ming Dynasty interfering in their internal affairs, forcing and oppressing them, and even the tributary still had money.The Spaniards and the Dutch, on the other hand, arrived in the South Seas and immediately began to kill, conquer the country, and enslave and oppress the natives.This has made many countries in the South Seas, such as the Netherlands and Spain, vigilant and even in constant conflict.This time, Zhao Ming issued a message, poured the power of Donghai Town, and dispatched 100 warships to the south, and the countries in Nanyang that got the news, even if they did not respond, remained in a wait-and-see state, and those who stood on the side of Xiyi almost did not exist.At the end of March, Zhao Ming led the fleet to leave Dayuan, and the fleet did not pounce directly on Batavia, but headed for Luzon, which was closer to Taiwan.The reason for this is that Luzon is right between Taiwan and Batavia, and jumping across Luzon to fight Batavia is not only a long way, but also may be cut off from supplies by the Spaniards in Luzon, or even attack Taiwan.On the sea, the warships raised their full sails, the sailors on the flagship of the Zhenhai maneuvered the sails neatly, Zhao Ming stood on the ship's tower and looked into the distance, a blue sea in front of him, and the surrounding battleships broke the waves mightily, leaving a trail of wake, facing the sun to the south, which was very spectacular.Zhao Ming stood on the ship's floor, in front of him was the sea and the sky, the endless sea, beside him were the warships that went hand in hand with him, he was in the midst of a hundred warships, looking at the huge fleet, the sails that covered the sky, his heart couldn't help but stir.This is a great era, an era of great navigation, and with him, he will not miss this era this time.~~~~~~ Nanjing, the capital of the Longwu court.After more than a year of peace negotiations between the Ming and Qing dynasties, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty rearranged the Xuzhou defense line, rectified the north, and consolidated the Manchu rule in the north, the Longwu court consolidated the central government and strengthened its control over the localities, and also made great progress.In more than a year, General Long Wu squeezed out the imperial court with great prestige in the army, personally controlled the military power, and then implemented a series of measures to strengthen the centralization of power.In the name of the emperor, Longwu was divided and disintegrated, and high-ranking officials were bought with heavy money, and some generals in the Zhejiang department, under the temptation of high-ranking officials and lords, fell to the imperial court, so that Longwu made some progress in cutting the domain.The authority of the central government has been strengthened, and the local separatist forces are naturally uncomfortable, after all, Zhu Yihai is a prince, not an emperor, and he gradually fell behind in the struggle against Longwu.()