In fact, fourteen years later, Zheng Sen encountered the same problem.

At that time, the Qing soldiers entered the customs all the way south, and Zheng Sen was forced by the situation to urgently need a new safe habitat, and at this time He Bin came.

He Bin presented the Ryukyu nautical charts and said that the abundant products and fertile land there would allow the army to obtain grain on the spot without having to carry too much grain and grass.

Then Xiao Zheng Li overrode the public opinion, and couldn't wait to rush to the Ryukyus with the army, and he didn't even bring much food.

However, the ideal is plump, the reality is skinny, and when the two forces were wasted to take the city of Puluo, the two sides entered a long stage of offensive and defensive confrontation, and it lasted for a year.

In fact, it is true that Ryukyu is rich in products, but it is rich in cash crops such as sugarcane and sugar, but grain is not among them.

Zheng Sen must have been angry back then, and it is unknown whether He Bin was slaughtered, but the soldiers under his command still have to eat.

As a last resort, he was forced to send troops to various fields on the west coast of the Ryukyus to grow sweet potatoes and potatoes to save himself.

Even so, the non-combat attrition caused by the lack of food in Zheng's army was still very staggering, and the army of 25,000 men only carried 6,000 stone of rice and 3,000 stone of cane sugar, which was only enough to maintain their supply for two months.

Even if he worked hard to reclaim, Zheng Jun has been trapped by a lack of food, and the logistics supply is very tight, and the soldiers only have less than 30 catties of rice per month as military salary, and the calories are roughly 1,700 kcal, but normal people need at least 800 kcal a day to maintain normal physical fitness.

But it takes time to become self-sufficient, and Zheng Sen had no choice but to ask the local Han people and Gaoshan people to keep only a tenth of their rations.

This is also an important reason why the Gaoshan people are not friendly to the Zheng family, and the 600 Tuntian troops sent to Tainan only returned with crutches in the end.

According to them, several people starved to death every day, so much so that they could not resist the attacks of the Gaoshan natives, and in the towns under the Zheng army, officials even sent their silk official robes to grain stores to change rations.

The besieged Dutch were much more comfortable, with soldiers enjoying a pound of rice and a serving of venison jerky a day, and officers receiving bacon and cured pork.

Just because of the inability to replenish vitamin C in time, many Dutch people have bleeding gums, loose teeth, stinky mouth and feet, and there is no drainage system in the city of Geranza, and the outside is surrounded by the Zheng family, and the excrement is inconvenient to dispose of, and it is said that after more than half a year, the stinky flies in the city cannot enter.

The final decisive battle between the Zheng family and the Dutch is not mentioned for the time being, at this time, Liu Hongjian has no time to spend with the Dutch governor Ovat, and the first purpose of the Beiyang Navy Division is to rescue the besieged Xiao Zheng.

According to the established plan, if he could not break through Gelanza within three days, he would leave Qin Gongming's white pole corps, and he would lead the Beiyang Naval Division to support quickly.

And he did not impose a complete blockade on the city of Geranza, but still left the Luermen Gate as an exit, at least to let the Dutch spread the news of the siege of the Ryukyus, so as to reduce some pressure on Xiao Zheng on the Sulu side.

Liu Hongjian did not believe that the Dutch navy on the Sulu side would abandon the Ryukyus, and the two most important strongholds of the Dutch East India Company in the whole of Asia were India and the Ryukyus.

The Ryukyus were an important military base and transit point for the Netherlands, and most of the goods they plundered in India and South Asia were sold to the Ming Dynasty and Japan through the Ryukyus.

"Lord Wang, those Dutch merchants want to see you." He Bin came from outside, interrupting Liu Hongji's thoughts.

"Oh? What do they do to this king. Liu Hongjian couldn't do anything about the hedgehog of Relansha, and he was very unhappy.

In fact, there was a long period of time when the defenders had the upper hand in the castle vs. artillery duel, as solid shells could not pose a real threat to the boulder-filled walls.

This state of affairs lasted until the nineteenth century, when the advent of howitzers completely ended the superiority of the defending walls.

They said...... said that the prince should not arrest them. He Bin said with a fluttering look in his eyes.

"Bring them to me." Liu Hong gradually glared at He Bin and said.

This He Bin is useless, Liu Honggradually defined He Bin in his heart, he didn't think He Bin would be kind enough to help these Dutch businessmen spread the word, either there were his friends among them, or they just received money.

And He Bin is so mercenary, greedy for life and afraid of death, it is strange that he can have friends.

Four or five bearded Dutchmen wearing bowler hats, black robes, and long-legged boots came in, and when they saw Liu Hong, they each bent down with their right hands on their chests and saluted, and said a bunch of things that Liu Hongjian did not understand.

"Lord Wang, they are sending you sincere greetings." He Bin on the side did his old job and acted as a translator.

"Tell them that when they arrive in Daming, they have to follow the etiquette of Daming, and it is not enough to bend over." Liu Hong gradually picked up the tea and blew.

He Bin didn't dare to say more, so he had to tell the truth, who knew that the Dutch people were angry when they heard it, and they actually reasoned with Liu Hong, meaning that they only knelt down to the king of the Netherlands.

Liu Hong laughed when he heard it, he dared to feel that these miscellaneous hairs hadn't figured out the situation yet, and he didn't bother to explain to this group of people, so he didn't kneel and had nothing to talk about, so he stayed honestly in the small black house.

As for their goods and belongings, they were the trophies of the Ming sailors, and they were all prisoners of the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as he said this, several Dutch people immediately softened, and several people finally put down their worthless dignity and knelt down to Liu Hong.

"Your Royal Highness, the King of Daming, we have nothing to do with the Governor of Ovat in the city of Geranza, we are just ordinary merchants of the Netherlands, not employees of the East India Company.

We implore you to spare us, we do not deserve to be victims of this war, and for this we are willing to sacrifice our goods. "Led by the Dutch businessman Texas said sincerely.

After speaking, he was afraid that Liu Hong would not understand, and took the initiative to explain the relationship between the Governor of the Ryukyus and the East India Company, according to them, they were not employees of the company, they were only here to trade.

And what the East India Company did, and the fact of violating the Ming Dynasty, had nothing to do with them.

"Hehe, you tell them that they can be released, but their goods have been captured by this king, and they don't need to sacrifice them, and they must take out another copy of the same possessions." Liu Hong smiled slightly.