On the sea, the fast warship headed in the direction of the Hinducheng at the mouth of the Dajinsha River. Albert and Zhang Yukun stood on the bow of the ship overlooking the sea, thinking about how to deal with the Dutch threat.

Albert said to Zhang Yukun in disbelief: "General Zhang, I really didn't expect that the Tatars would not take their territory seriously, and would be able to cooperate with the Dutch (Dutch) to deal with you together, and they would not hesitate to cede land for this, this is really incredible!" ”

Zhang Yukun said: "The Tatars originally stole our Chinese territory, how could they take our territory seriously? For them, we are a bigger threat than the Dutch! ”

"As for what the Tatars think, I don't care. But can we beat the Dutch? It's really strange, I don't know what kind of conditions the Tatars set on the Dutch so that they could drive all the European battleships! And we don't have a single battleship. Albert sighed.

"We have a plan to build battleships, but it takes too long to build battleships." Zhang Yukun replied.

Albert nodded: "Yes, it will take more than ten years or even hundreds of years to build a strong navy!" As for your sailors of the King of Yanping, it has taken more than ten years! ”

On the Indochina Peninsula north of the Straits of Malacca, several local aboriginal canoes sail out of the mouth of a small river.

Hu Dedi, the chief of the Nanyang Marine Corps, stood on a canoe, he had been here for more than half a year, his skin was as tanned as the local aborigines, the turban on his head was removed, the hair was untied, his long unkempt hair was draped over his shoulders, and he didn't wear a shirt, just a pair of shorts, which looked no different from the local aborigines.

Canoes sail from the estuary into the sea, where Marine Special Forces soldiers disguised as local indigenous people cast nets to catch fish. In fact, they are in charge of monitoring the Dutch fleet here, and they will be thrown into a fierce battle at any time.

The small Marine Corps special forces, the weak canoes, seem to be very fragile, but no one knows that it is this Marine Corps that is Wang Xinyu's most powerful weapon against the Dutch.

Take your own Nanyang Navy to go head-to-head with the Dutch battleships? Wang Xinyu knew that doing that was really no different from suicide, although there were two anti-heaven Xingdao-class fast battleships and eight anti-sky rifled guns, but just two ships and eight guns, how much effect could it play? It is true that these two ships ran fast on their own, and the power of the cannons was so powerful that they could completely sink the seven-provincial battleships of the Dutch, but only two ships and a few hundred shells were gone, and the only thing left was to see how the Dutch ravaged their other ships.

Therefore, the main role of the two Star Island-class fast warships is to deter, and there is also a very important role, which is to attract the attention of the Dutch and let the Marine Corps special forces sneak attack.

In order to prepare for this battle, Albert and Zhang Yukun even gave up their business in the Americas, and all the flying shear cargo ships were converted into warships to deal with the Dutch.

However, the Nanyang Navy could only deal with the Dutch, but it was not able to defeat the Dutch at all.

The Dutch fleet had come from afar, and in order to fight a decisive battle with the Nanyang Navy in the South China Sea, it also needed to have a local supply. The Dutch were supplied to Batavia. It is likely that Li Dingguo agreed to send troops to capture Batavia, and then knock out one of the supply points of the Dutch. Where will the Dutch be resupplied next? Emperor Hu Dedi was thinking about this in his head.

No matter how powerful the fleet is, it has to be docked, and as long as it is ashore, the Marine Corps special forces have a chance.

In Xingdu, at the mouth of the Dajinsha River, the fast battleship Xingdao flying the flag of the Daming Navy Division sailed into the port.

After Zhang Yukun went ashore, he first went to meet Emperor Yongli according to the usual practice.

After that, Zhang Yukun went to the king of Jin again, hoping to persuade the king of Jin to send troops.

"The last general will knock on the prince!" After seeing Li Dingguo, Zhang Yukun bowed.

"Get up!" Li Dingguo greeted, "You are the Admiral of the Qiongzhou Army, why did you come here today?" ”

Zhang Yukun didn't talk much nonsense, and directly cut to the topic: "Lord Wang, our handsome man has encountered a problem!" The Tartars and the Red-Haired Devils have joined forces, and the Red-Haired Devils' fleet will soon arrive in the South China Sea. Our fleet can't stop the red-haired fleet, and once the naval battle is lost, the consequences will be unimaginable! We go from Jiangnan to Dongfan, from Jiangnan to Qiongzhou, and from Qiongzhou to Luzon, and completely rely on sea transportation. Our military spending is heavily dependent on maritime trade. Once the transport line is cut off by the red-haired ghosts, our main force in Jiangnan will lose its source of pay and ammunition. ”

"You occupy half of the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, if you manage the south of the Yangtze River with your heart, you can still go north to the Central Plains." Li Dingguo half-squinted his eyes and touched his beard.

"Jiangnan is a good place of abundance, which can provide food supply for our army. But relying only on half of the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River to recover my Huaxia country, it is a fool's dream. Because of this, our army is now attacking Fujian, preparing to take Guangdong. If we can connect Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, we will be able to wait for an opportunity to counterattack and recover our lost country. Zhang Yukun arched his hand.

In fact, Li Dingguo still has a certain amount of selfishness, and now that the Qiongzhou army is strong, Zhang Huangyan and Li Dingguo's army will take the Qiongzhou army as the core, and Li Dingguo is worried that after the Central Plains is recovered in the future, he will not be retaliated against.

In this era, some political struggles are not so simple, and at present, the Ming army is temporarily setting up a military division cabinet, which is the so-called one representative sent by each side, and everyone coexists peacefully. But what about later? What will happen in the future, no one can say.

"Tell me, what are you doing when you come to this domain?" Li Dingguo asked.

"Back to the prince, we want to borrow troops. You don't need more, just borrow 5,000 soldiers! Zhang Yukun arched his hand.

"Borrowed soldiers?" Li Dingguo opened his half-squinted eyes and stood up, "What's the use of you borrowing troops?" Is it to enter Guangxi from Annam? General Bai has already led his troops into Annan, and he will attack Guangxi in the near future! ”

Zhang Yukun replied: "Back to the prince, we borrowed troops not to fight Guangxi, but to take Batavia, which is occupied by the red-haired ghosts!" Batavia is the supply location of the red-haired ghosts, and now the red-haired ghosts are our enemies in collusion with the Tartars! The main forces at our disposal are all in Zhejiang, and we really can't draw up troops to attack Batavia. ”

"Borrowing troops to attack Batavia?" Li Dingguo touched his beard and thought about this problem.

Zhang Yukun saw that Li Dingguo was a little hesitant, and said anxiously: "As long as the prince borrows five thousand soldiers, it is enough!" Our Nanyang Marines still have 2,000 men, and 7,000 men are enough to capture Batavia, the red-haired ghost. As long as we capture Batavia, we will be able to deal with the fleet of red-haired ghosts! Otherwise our fleet is no match for them! ”

Li Dingguo hesitated, this matter may be related to his own future net worth. Now the strength of the Qiongzhou army is too strong, almost controlling the entire South Seas, and the sphere of influence has been as far as the Satsuma Domain, to Ezo Island, and even to the extreme north where the Jurchens originated.

The Qiongzhou army is storming Zhejiang on land at this time, and maybe it will take Fujian and Guangdong in the near future, and at that time, who will be able to balance the Qiongzhou army?

Originally, the Qiongzhou Army came out of the Fujian Army, serving the Tang Dynasty; Zhang Huangyan served the King of Lu line. Now that King Lu is dead, Zhang Huangyan has fallen to the Tang Dynasty. If the Qiongzhou army continues to be strong, will there still be a place for this Yongli Imperial Court? The old king of Yanping did not have a new emperor. But what about Wang Xinyu? That's hard to say.

Yongli has never dared to return to China, and if this trend continues, it is difficult to say whether Zhang Huangyan will push out the son of King Lu. If Wang Xinyu agrees, then King Lu's son will become a prisoner.

In fact, Yongli didn't dare to go to Jiangnan because Jiangnan did not belong to the Yongli forces, and Yongli was also worried that once he went to Jiangnan, he would be controlled immediately. Li Dingguo is actually reluctant to go to Jiangnan forever. Here, Li Dingguo can control the situation. If you go to Jiangnan, Yongli will become the puppet of Wang Xinyu and Zhang Huangyan, and Li Dingguo will also lose control of the situation.

Now the red-haired ghost is coming, and the Qiongzhou army is under threat. Do you want to lend them soldiers?

The reason why Li Dingguo agreed to let Bai Wenxuan send troops to prepare for the attack on Guangxi was actually to prepare for Yongli to return to China, as long as he took Guangxi, Yongli would be able to go back.

Entering Guangxi, Li Dingguo can still control the situation, and Yongli will return to Guangxi when the time comes, and he will still be under the control of Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan. Although the Qiongzhou army, the Fujian army and the Zhejiang army may not be willing to listen to Yongli, the emperor's face is still there after all, and they will definitely not take the initiative to create infighting.

If it creates infighting, it is the Tartars who benefit, Wang Xinyu is not stupid, and Zhang Huangyan will not do this.

"The matter of borrowing troops is not trivial, and let this clan think about it, you can go back first, and give you an answer within three days." Li Dingguo felt that this problem was very troublesome, so he asked Zhang Yukun to step down first.

Thousands of miles away from the Zhejiang army, the Ming army offensive like a tide, along the way, the Qing army either took the initiative to open the city gate to surrender, or was captured by the Ming army in one go.

Lishui, the magistrate of the Qing court opened the door and surrendered, and after the Ming army entered the city, the magistrate turned into a magistrate of the Ming court. In Chuzhou, the Qing court governor also opened the door to surrender, and Wang Xinyu also let go of the surrendered Qing court magistrate.

The Ming army went down the Oujiang River, and at the same time sent partial divisions to attack Longquan and other places.

Longquan Zhixian resisted stubbornly, and the Ming army attacked Longquan only a partial division, not carrying heavy artillery, only the three-pounder cannon of the flying cavalry artillery.

Wang Zihao ordered the siege of the city, the Ming army bombarded the city with three-pounder guns, and the auxiliary soldiers built a simple ladder, and then the soldiers built a trench bridge over the moat under the cover of archers and musketeers, crossed the moat, and set up a simple ladder to attack the city. The Qing army in Longquan County could not resist at all, and in less than an hour, the city was breached, and the county was also captured.

The main force of the Ming army down the river arrived in Yongjia, and after the Ming army shouted to the city, who knew that Yongjia Zhixian was stubbornly resisting. The Ming army attacked the city and easily conquered the county seat of Yongjia, and the county magistrate was captured and beheaded. (To be continued.) )