Dongfan Island is nearly 800 miles long from north to south and 280 miles wide from east to west, with a total area of several prefectures. The whole island is mostly mountainous, with a central mountain range running through the whole island from north to south, only a small flat area in the coastal area in the north and east of the island, and only the southwest plain of the island is vast. Most of the Ming immigrants from the mainland settled in the west of the island and the south of the island, especially the North Port in the west of the island, which was the earliest to be developed.

More than 20 years ago, Yan Siqi developed Dongfan, which was to arrive in Beigang first, and then immigrate from the mainland. After Yan Siqi's death, Zheng Zhilong inherited his career, and continued to take Beigang as the foundation, and continued to immigrate from the mainland to Dongfan. However, later, as Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Ming court, and the Dutch occupied the south of the island more and more powerful, Beigang gradually gave up for Zheng Zhilong, and the Ming people who moved to the east were under the rule of the Dutch and paid taxes for the barbarians.

However, the land of Dongfan Island is fertile and the wind and rain are smooth, even after paying taxes to the Dutch, the people are still better than in the Ming Dynasty, so for more than 20 years, there have been people in Fujian who have crossed the ocean to Beigang, open up wasteland and farm, fish and work, and the Spaniards who slaughtered the Luzon Ming people at every turn, the Dutch have a much better attitude towards the immigrants on Dongfan Island, perhaps the power of the Zheng family across the ocean, afraid of provoking the anger of the Ming Dynasty, The Dutch did not massacre the Ming people on Dongfan Island, which also made more and more Ming people move to Dongfan Island, and slowly it became more and more prosperous, and today there are more than 100,000 Ming people in the entire Dongfan Island!

Beigang Town, located in the middle reaches of Beigang Creek, more than 30 miles away from the Central Mountains and the west coast, has a population of more than 30,000 people at this time, which is no less than the prosperous towns in the mainland. The town is surrounded by cultivated farmland, rice and sugar cane are planted densely, the Beigang Creek is half a mile wide and flows through the center of the town, hundreds of boats are moored on the stream wharf, the town is full of roads and red bricks and red tiles, cornices and columns, and shops everywhere.

The Dutch did not have a garrison in the town of North Harbor, but there were several elders appointed by the Dutch to manage the town, and in the spring and autumn of each year, the Dutch would send troops to collect taxes, but there was not much harassment in addition, although the taxes were heavy but bearable, and the people in the town lived a comfortable and peaceful life.

Today, however, the peace on the island has been shattered, and the days of purity are gone!

A large fleet of ships reached the mouth of Beigang Creek, anchored there, and then thousands of soldiers disembarked from the ships and drove along the banks of Beigang Creek into Beigang Town.

Officers and soldiers of the imperial court! Looking at the familiar style of armor worn by the soldiers, the townspeople of Northport were silent. In order to avoid paying taxes, in order to find a way to live, they fled from their hometown in the mainland to Dongfan, and became outcasts of the imperial court, and now that the imperial army's army has come here, I don't know how they will be treated?

"General, General!" The two elders of Beigang Town, Wang Huaisheng and Lin Yongquan, stood up and kowtowed to Chen Yue with a smile on their faces.

"This is my family Qi Guogong, Daming Qi Guogong!" Chen Yan on the side said coldly, reminding the other party of Chen Yue's precious identity.

Qi Guogong! Wang Huaisheng and Lin Yongquan's faces changed greatly, when did Dongfan Island, a place like a barbarian country, deserve a Ming prince to come?

"The villagers did not give up, and elected the two of us as elders, but I didn't know that the grandfather of the country had never come to this Beigang to greet him, and he hoped to atone for his sins. Grandpa Guo has orders, after all, the grass people do their best to do it for Grandpa Guo. Wang Huaisheng and the others said with a smile on their faces.

"The whole world is not the king's land, the shore of the land is not the king's minister, this Dongfan Island has been my Ming territory since ancient times, and the imperial court has a patrol department in Penghu to control Dongfan. However, 20 years ago, the Dutch barbarians came to the east, first occupied our Penghu, and then came to the east after being repulsed, occupying our territory and enslaving our people, which is really a great crime.

When my father heard that he couldn't sleep at night, he asked the court to send troops to the east to expel the Dutch barbarians and save the people of the Ming Dynasty from fire and water. Now the Dutch Castle in the chicken coop in the north of the island has been taken, and the Dutch people in the chicken coop have been captured. Therefore, Bengong led the army to this Beigang, solve the problem of waiting for Li Shu, and the next step is to send troops to completely expel the Dutch barbarians! ”

Looking at these two so-called elders, Chen Yue said with a smile, his words sonorous and powerful.

Wang Huaisheng and Lin Yongquan looked at each other and smiled bitterly, not knowing what to do. Rescue us, we are just to avoid the heavy taxes of the Ming Dynasty in order for the family to have a way to live, so we crossed the ocean to Dongfan, although it is under the rule of the Dutch barbarians, but it is no worse than in the Ming Dynasty, and there is no need for the so-called rescue.

But how can such words be said to the Duke of the Ming Dynasty in front of him, so the two can only look at each other and smile bitterly!

"The Dutch barbarians are cruel and unkind, driving us like pigs and dogs, and our people are looking forward to the imperial army like looking forward to Ganlin, and they have been waiting for a long time!" Looking at the fierce wolf-like soldiers on both sides, Wang Huaisheng wiped the corners of his eyes and said with a sad face.

"I'm looking forward to the imperial army for a long time!" Lin Yongquan also reacted, lowered his head and said bitterly.

On November 26, the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, the Zhoushan Army under the leadership of Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi of the Ming Dynasty, came to Beigang, and tens of thousands of people in Beigang ate pot pulp to welcome the arrival of the king!

When Chen Yue arrived in Donggang, his first order was to change Dongfan Island to Dongning Mansion, appoint Gu Junen as Dongning Mansion, and begin to organize the people of Beigang Town, measure the land and inventory the population, and completely put on a posture of bringing the entire Dongfan Island under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, which shocked the people of Beigang.

Wang Huaisheng and Lin Yongquan sent sheep wine and grain to the army on behalf of the people of Beigang, but they were rejected by Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi, saying that the Zhoushan army would not take a stitch from the people. Sure enough, since the Zhoushan army arrived in Beigang for a few days, the harassment of the people has not happened once, so the people's fear of the soldiers has gradually disappeared. At the same time, Gu Junen led people to check the entire population of Beigang Town with the cooperation of Wang Huaisheng and Lin Yongquan, and recorded them one by one, that is, the land, shops, and real estate owned by the people were also registered one by one.

In the past few days, Yang Zhengping led the fleet to cruise on the west coast of Dongning Island, Chen Yue took the 5,000 soldiers who landed and did not idle, built two camps in the upper and lower reaches of Beigang Creek, built a bamboo tower as a barracks with bamboo and wood, and also used bamboo and wood to weave the camp wall outside, and set up a corner tower watchtower arrow tower, forming a complete defense system.

At the same time, Gu Junen, the Cheng of Dongning Mansion, ordered to take the two camps as the boundary, requisition the young and strong people of Beigang, and began to build the city wall of Beigang Town.