On the twentieth day of the first month of the second year of Ruiyuan, Hong Xingui, Ding Baokun, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhibao and others led five warship formations, 220 warships, and 25,000 soldiers of the Zhengjia Army Naval Division to set off from Quanzhou, Fujian.

The first stop of the sailors was the island of Taiwan, with the aim of expelling the East India Company from the island.

Shi Kefa, the governor of Fujian, was ready to arrive on the island of Taiwan by about 50,000 immigrants from Fujian once the Zheng Jiajun naval division had completely recovered the island.

In the overall operational deployment, it was made clear that after the Zheng Jiajun naval division recovered all the islands of Taiwan, it would station 5,000 troops on the islands.

This was the first battle of Zheng Jiajun after Zheng Xunrui ascended the throne, which caused a lot of discussion.

Many people believe that after the emperor ascended the throne, the focus must be on Liaodong, southern Liaoning and the grassland, after all, in the emperor's holy decree, Liaodong, southern Liaoning and even the grassland and other places have been included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but no one thought that the first battle of the Zheng family army was actually at sea.

Even the Emperor Taiji of the Great Qing Kingdom, after learning the news, was also skeptical, he even doubted whether there was a problem with the intelligence, in Huang Taiji's view, the Great Qing Kingdom is the biggest threat to the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Xunrui, who has ascended the throne and called the emperor, the primary target is the Great Qing Kingdom, it is impossible for the Zheng family army to fight on two fronts, since a huge naval division was sent to fight at sea, then internal stability is needed, and the battle between Liaodong and Liaonan cannot be started in a short time.

Doesn't this show that the Great Qing Kingdom is not the main target of Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun for the time being.

In such a situation, Huang Taiji was unable to ask for it, and the Qing State was organizing the Eight Banners Army to prepare to enter Mongolia to fight, focusing on the conquest of Ordos, Turpan, Yarkand and Tumut tribes, which were subject to the Ming court. It has become a great disaster on the grassland, and the Eight Banners Army must extinguish the arrogance of these tribes.

Huang Taiji also has a purpose, that is, through the battle in the grassland, continue to strengthen the prestige of the Qing Kingdom, and strive for the best atmosphere and momentum for the conquest of the Zheng family army that may come at any time.

Knowing that Zheng Jiajun sent troops to South Asia and Taiwan, Huang Taiji was of course much more relieved.

On the sixth day of the second month of the second year of Ruiyuan.

The Zheng Jiajun naval division arrived in Tainan. The offensive against the East India Company, stationed in Tainan, began.

In the process of sailing in the formation of warships, several combat operations specially planned by Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao and others have won several complete victories, these battles are aimed at pirates, those pirates who are rampant on the sea, when they encounter Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao and others, there must be no good fruit to eat, although they hide on the small island in the sea, they are always vigilant. But in front of the powerful Zheng Jiajun warship formation, they still had the fate of being wiped out completely.

During the voyage, the warship formation also directly seized several merchant ships of the East India Company, and the armed forces of the East Indies who were guarding the merchant ships did not have the opportunity and time to move.

Coach Hong Xingui and deputy marshal Ding Baokun finally understood what the emperor meant, that is, the sailor's expedition this time not only could not consume silver, but also earned a lot of money and food. Judging by the current signs, earning money is a sure thing.

The East India Company had its own armed forces. Its armed forces are mainly concentrated in two places, one is the headquarters in Batavia, and the other is Tainan, whether it is Hong Xingui or Ding Baokun, they all believe that the battle to attack and recover Tainan must be tragic. But their predictions were too pessimistic, or the strength of the Zheng family's military sailors was so strong that they were not mentally prepared.

Zheng Xunrui invested a lot of money in the naval division, and the Huai'an Firearms Bureau specially opened up a technical team to study the formation of warships, focusing on studying the configuration of firearms on warships and how to achieve maximum lethality. The warships fighting at sea are directly confronted, and the strength of firearms has a decisive impact on the battle situation, and whoever has the strongest firepower can absolutely control the battle situation.

Zheng Xunrui has a very clear understanding of this, so the combat effectiveness of the Zheng Jiajun Naval Division, with the help of the Huai'an Firearms Bureau, has reached a terrifying level.

The training of sailors is also normalized, and Zheng Xunrui is also willing to invest in this regard.

The so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, this expedition, the harsh training on weekdays has shown its effect.

Even the brothers Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao were surprised, in their opinion, pirates who have been at sea for a long time have extraordinary combat effectiveness, but these pirates immediately became children who had no power to fight back in front of the Zheng family's naval division warship formation, and they were only beaten, and they had no chance to escape.

After sailing continuously at sea for more than half a month, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhibao and others clearly realized that it was only a matter of time before the sailors dominated the sea, and with the extension of the pace of the sailors' conquest, the sea would become the world of the Ming Dynasty.

On the seventh day of February, the battle against the East India Company began.

The East India Company did not have the slightest preparation, and its warship formation docked at the dock barely had time to resist, and was hit by the sharp artillery fire of the Zheng Jiajun sailors, and the pier instantly became a sea of fire, and the warships of the East India Company saw that they were bombed and caught fire, or slowly sank into the sea, and more warships were bombed and ran aground directly at the pier.

This almost became a one-sided battle, the warships of the East India Company had no chance to resist, their artillery could not reach the warship formation of the Zheng Jiajun Naval Division, and their warships were all trapped at the dock, and there was no chance to escape.

Hong Xingui, Ding Baokun and others, who commanded the operation, were very happy, originally thinking that there would be a tragic battle, who knew that it would be so smooth, seeing that the East India Company's warship formation was all wiped out.

Hong Xingui was not particularly anxious about the battle after going ashore, and the Zheng family's army mainly relied on artillery and firearms for overseas operations, so it took a certain amount of time to transport artillery.

After the docks were completely cleared, the Zheng soldiers went ashore, and they would then fight on land.

The East India Company built a lot of castles in Tainan, just like those castles in Europe, and all the personnel of the East India Company were concentrated in the castles, and those blonde and blue-eyed Dutchmen already knew that the warship formation had suffered a devastating blow, and now they had to rely on the castle to resist stubbornly.

It's a pity that these blonde Dutchmen believe too much in the power of castles.

On the tenth day of February, the battle for the castle began.

Hundreds of Hongyi cannons roared at the castle, and the city walls were blown down one by one.

The charging Zheng family soldiers, armed with Mauser guns, began to shoot accurately.

Where have the aborigines of the island of Taiwan, who were enslaved by the East India Company, seen such a formation, and before the soldiers of the Zheng family army began to charge, they all collapsed, without the courage to resist, and did not have the courage to continue to hold on to the castle.

It was the turn of the blonde Dutch to resist.

Almost all of these people are mercenaries invited by the East India Company, they take people's money and other people to eliminate disasters, and they also rely on this kind of profession to live, speaking of combat effectiveness, these mercenaries are very good, but they don't have the Mauser guns in the hands of the Zheng family soldiers, they still hold arquebuses in their hands, as for the guns on the castle, they have long been blown up and disappeared.

As the casualties gradually increased, the mercenaries quickly understood that their resistance might not be of any avail, and that they had an incomparably strong army in front of them, which was enough to annihilate them all.

In Henry's opinion, after the surrender, he led everyone to evacuate Tainan and immediately evacuate to the East Indies, so that this disaster could be avoided.

It's a pity that Henry's calculation was wrong, and he didn't know what the purpose of this army in front of him was.

The battle lasted only half a day, and Henry led all the East India Company stationed in Tainan to surrender.

Hong Xingui, Ding Baokun, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhibao and others attended the surrender ceremony.

When Henry surrendered, he made a request, that is, to lead everyone to leave Tainan, their request was simply refused, Zheng Zhilong expressed his attitude on behalf of Hong Xingui and others, since he surrendered, he was a prisoner and must be disposed of.

Henry was dumbfounded and trembling, he vaguely understood something.

All the personnel of the East India Company, represented by Henry, were imprisoned and were not allowed to leave.

After the surrender ceremony, the leader of the mercenaries found compatriots in the army, that is, the sergeants who had arrived in Daming from the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain, and these people had entered the Zheng family army or the Huai'an Firearms Bureau.

The leaders of the mercenaries immediately expressed their willingness to join the Zheng family army and fight for the Zheng family army.

For Hong Xingui, this is of course a good thing, these mercenaries are familiar with the situation of the East India Company, and with the help of these people, the army can win as soon as possible.

Three days later, most of the mercenaries were incorporated into the sequence of the Zheng Family Army, and when these people entered the Zheng Family Army, they understood one thing, from that moment on, they were no longer mercenaries, but a member of the Zheng Family Army.

The next battle plan is Batavia, but according to the information introduced by the mercenary leader, the East India Company still has a number of strongholds in the Indies Islands, and these strongholds also have offices of the East India Company, and a large amount of money is stored.

Hong Xingui agreed to Zheng Zhilong's suggestion and ordered the army to prepare.

On 15 February, the army left Tainan and began an offensive towards the Indies.

Hong Xingui left behind 5,000 men and a fleet of warships to guard the island of Taiwan and control the maritime trade in this area. (To be continued.) )