Chapter 525: The Post-War Situation
The huge fleet returned in an orderly manner, with the fleet transporting army soldiers and property first, followed by the main fleet of the navy, and then the fortune ships "requisitioned" from the local area to transport prisoners like Zheng Hongkui, etc., and several Wuxiang-class patrol ships were hung far from the rear to watch. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoXia Nan is not afraid of Zheng Hongkui escaping, including Zheng Zhilong, the clansmen are dead, even if he escapes back to Zhongzuo or Anping alone, what can he do? Not to mention that he has now been charged with "colluding with outsiders to kill his clansmen", and he is also pointed out by a thousand people when he goes back.
However, Zheng Hongkui was not put on the troop carrier, it was Xia Nan's negligence that gave some people a chance.
Zheng Fusong was mixed with Zheng Hongkui's family and was also caught on the boat. Zheng Hongkui was in a bad mood and had no time to appease him, so he secretly ran to the stern of the boat alone to look at the city on Wulao Mountain, which is said to be the place where his father died.
The ship was about to follow the fleet out of port, when the sound of water on the right side sounded, and a man wearing water came up from the side of the ship. Zheng Fusong experienced a tragic change, his nerves were very tense, and when he suddenly saw this scene, he immediately opened his mouth and screamed.
The man hurriedly made a silent gesture and whispered, "Young Master Fumatsu, it's me, Tong Taro." ”
Zheng Fusong knew Tong Taro, and he and the black man Matos were the most trusted people around his father. He turned from surprise to joy, looked around at no one, walked over and whispered, "Are you here to pick me up?" ”
Tong Taro nodded: "Young master, now is not the time to speak, the detailed situation will be discussed after getting out of danger." If you stay here, sooner or later you will be exposed and poisoned. Come with me and I'll take you back to Hirado. ”
Zheng Fusong replied without hesitation: "Okay, I'll go with you." ”
There was a "plop", the water splashed, and then it calmed down, and no one on the boat noticed that Zheng Fusong was gone.
The battle in February of the seventh year of Chongzhen shocked the whole of Asia.
The war happened too suddenly, and ended even more suddenly, within one day, Zheng Zhilong, who shocked the sea and made Fujian and the imperial court a little jealous, was defeated by the wind and clouds, and from the Zhongzuo Institute to Anping's hometown, they were all uprooted, and Tong'an County, where the Zhongzuo City was located, didn't even have time to react, let alone the governor's yamen in Fuzhou. The first reaction of Shen Youlong, the new governor of Fujian, was to reorganize the armament and prepare for the battle -- the city of a thousand households has been destroyed, and this is the rhythm of someone trying to do something, and something big must happen.
Dayuan Shangguan and even Batavia, as far away as Java, were shocked by this news: after the battle of Liaoluo Bay, Zheng Yiguan had the momentum of dominating the Far East Sea with the power of a great victory, and Batavia was even mentally prepared to compromise with Zheng Yiguan, as long as Zheng Zhilong was willing to provide raw silk, silk, porcelain and other supplies, they were willing to do business honestly. Unexpectedly, in just one day, Zheng Yiguan, who was extremely strong in their eyes, was completely defeated, and even Zheng Yiguan himself was killed in battle. The decision-makers of the East India Company were confused, where should they go in the Far East?
As for Spain and other old maritime powers, whose influence in the Far East is declining, the first thought after hearing this news is to be glad that they did not stretch out their hands to the coast of China, and from then on they stubbornly defended Manila, not daring to take another step north.
Just when all parties speculated about the development of the situation after the war, several red-haired soldiers approached the Tong'an County Ya and claimed that their East India Company was responsible for the incident. Tong'an County did not dare to draw conclusions, so it could only pass the words to the governor's yamen as they were. After the news reached the city of Geranza, the Dutch wanted to cry without tears, and they wanted to say that we would not carry this pot.
A few days later, the red-haired prefect Putmans sent a handwritten letter to the governor's yamen, detailing the reasons for the war, all of which were to take revenge on Zheng Zhilong and had nothing to do with the Ming court. Officials at all levels in Fujian breathed a sigh of relief, no matter what, at least this battle will not be fought. As for the inside story of Putmans himself not being a senior member, but being placed under house arrest in the Qiongzhou battalion, and having no right to speak on behalf of the East India Company, they naturally had no way of knowing.
Fuzhou Governor Yamen.
After Governor Shen Youlong received the news, he found his confidants to discuss secretly. In fact, according to the analysis of the news that came from various parties after the war, the initiator of this battle was by no means the Hongmao who was greatly injured in the Battle of Luowan, and the source of all kinds of clues pointed to the Qiongzhou battalion in Guangdong, which was to help Zheng Yiguan defeat the Hongmao guest army.
The confidant staff helped the proprietor analyze the current situation: "Dong Weng Mingjian: Not to mention whether the culprit is really the Qiongzhou camp, even if it is, this cover is more harmful than good......
Shen Youlong asked: "How do you say this?" ”
"It is said that this Qiongzhou battalion is not a good stubble, when it was still reckless, it disturbed the Qiongzhou Mansion in peace, and later made a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace, repeatedly defeated the officers and soldiers, and finally let the governor of Liangguang Wang Zunde lose his official position, the land war can be described as extremely strong, and the strength of the whole province of Guangdong cannot be exterminated......"
Shen Youlong thoughtfully: "What do you mean ......?"
"This Qiongzhou battalion is a Bi Ma Wen, it can't be beaten, it can only be subdued by official fame and fortune. If this lid is lifted, on the charge of attacking the city, Dong Weng you must send troops to suppress it, let me ask, even if it is reported to the imperial court and Fujian is allowed to unite with Guangdong to suppress it, can we beat this Sun monkey? If you can't beat it, will you follow in the footsteps of Wang Zunde? ”
Shen Youlong thought about it carefully, and beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead, "This ......"
The staff struck while the iron was hot: "The strength of the land battle of the Qiongzhou battalion, at least in the southern provinces, there are few opponents, and now the battle of the center and left is enough to prove that the strength of its sailors is superior, and heroes like Zheng Zhilong have been defeated under his hands." With such a strong military general and troops, who can control Fujian and Guangzhou? provoked them, and killed directly from the sea to the landing in Fuzhou, what can we resist? ”
Shen Youlong sighed: "Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years." If it weren't for Mr.'s guidance, he would have almost gotten into trouble. So what should I do, just get off the donkey and report a red-haired attack? ”
The staff nodded: "Anyway, it's not the first time that the red hair has attacked Fujian, there are more lice and no itching, and there are more debts, so everything is pushed to the red hair." Besides, the Qiongzhou battalion is still good at being a man, and it will withdraw after the fight, without entanglement, and it will get a real red hair to report the news, everything can be done seamlessly. And Dong Weng can turn bad things into good things, and report a credit for repelling the red-haired fleet......"
Shen Youlong is overjoyed, this can be had.
In this way, the good drama co-starred by the director of the Qiongzhou Battalion and the Fujian Governor Yamen was released. Everyone knew what they knew, and finally threw the blame to the Dutch again, and it became a drama of "the red-haired battle against Zheng Yiguan, and the Fujian officers and soldiers fought hard to repel the invading enemy". The only unlucky ones are Zheng Zhilong, who died and died, and the Dutchman, who is the backstabber.