Sun Jinding, the minister of the Ministry of Rites in the Hall of Yangxin (also known as the Forbidden City and Ouchi) in Nanjing Palace (also known as the Forbidden City), reported to Zhu Hengjia respectfully: "Your Majesty, the red-haired Yi envoy has expressed to the Ministry of Rites many times that he wants to see the emperor. Yan's wish. I tested the tone of the Yi people and they said that as long as our troops withdraw from Taiwan, they are willing to pay one hundred thousand taels of silver to reward the troops."
"Hmph, they want to see me, do I want to see them? No".
Zhu Hengjia sneered in his heart, he wanted to send me away with one hundred thousand taels of silver, treating me like a beggar!
After a pause, he said to Sun Jinding: "Sun Qing, please meet with the Red-haired Yi envoy for me, and then write a letter for me to the board of directors of their company. Tell the Red-haired Yi people, whether they like it or not. If you are willing, I will take back Taiwan! The sun and moon flag of the Ming Dynasty must be planted on the island of Taiwan! If the negotiation is good, our army will plant the flag with gongs and drums; if the negotiation is not good, the flag will be planted with cannons."
Emperor Guangwu's words were so majestic that Sun Jinding felt very uplifted after hearing them. He couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, I thought that since you wanted to express your awe-inspiring and inviolable will to the barbarians and send them immortal letters, why not give them a direct edict?" Return them to Taiwan".
Zhu Hengjia thought for a while and said: "What Sun Qing said is true, so you drafted this edict for me."
"I will obey the Holy Orders."
As a result, the historically famous "Edict of Emperor Mingguang Wu to Recover Taiwan" came into being. In this edict, Emperor Guangwu expressed his determination to resolutely recover Taiwan. It included facts, reasoning, threats, inducements, and even coaxing and deception. , all kinds of means are used, no matter how hard they are used.
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The emperor ordered the Board of Directors of the Red Maoyi East India Company: Taiwan is the homeland of China. There are nine states in the world, how can Yangzhou be left incomplete? Since Soochow, through the two Jins, Sui, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, they have all been royal lands. The previous emperors of our dynasty set up the Penghu Inspection Department to guard it. .Although I am unworthy, I dare not abandon the land of my ancestors. The sages of the past said that it is a great pleasure to have friends from far away. You, the red-haired barbarians, have traveled thousands of miles to come to China to trade with us. With or without transportation, we can colonize the world with goods and enjoy civilization together. , I am very happy. Now you are taking advantage of my civil strife to seize my land. All my subjects are heartbroken and gnashing their teeth. Isn’t it foolish to sacrifice the friendship of hundreds of millions of subjects of the Ming Dynasty for the benefit of a deserted island? And since I came to the throne, there has been no war. Invincible, all attacks are invincible, luck Ding Yangjiu, great glory is waiting for you. You ask yourselves, with a company of tens of thousands of people, can it stop our Ming Dynasty's millions of tigers? This is my special command to you, return to Taiwan as soon as possible, I will not fail If reward is delayed, disaster will come. This is the special edict of Qin Zai.
Edict
May 18th, the first year of Guangwu
Treasure
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Zhu Hengjia firmly demanded the return of Taiwan to the Dutch. Little did he know that while the Dutch sent envoys to him, they also extended an olive branch to the Qing court in Beijing.
The Dutch proposed an alliance with the Qing court to jointly defeat the Ming Dynasty. They requested the Qing court to send infantry, escorted by them, to rescue Taiwan.
Emperor Shunzhi was not stupid, and insisted that the Dutch send warships to escort the Qing army across the Yangtze River first, and then save Taiwan.
What a joke! How can the Dutch have the ability to help the Qing army cross the Yangtze River? Besides, by the time the Qing army crosses the Yangtze River, the Battle of Taiwan will probably be over.
The military cooperation between the two sides was unsuccessful, but they reached an agreement that allowed the Dutch to trade in Yangzhou, Laizhou, and Qingzhou, and the Dutch helped the Qing court improve artillery and muskets.
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"Dear Governor of Fairburg: Chican City has been under heavy siege by the Ming army. The defenders are weak and in a critical situation. I ask you, for the sake of God, to send another support force to rescue Chican City.
"Even if there are only more than a hundred people, this is a great encouragement to the citizens in the city who are loyal to the Republic." Captain Banan Shiding once again asked Fort Ferret for help.
The Ming army attacked Chican City for two consecutive days. After fierce fighting, there were only 700 defenders left in the city, including only 200 Dutch soldiers.
Seeing Captain Banan Stanton's request for help, Fort Verburg was in a dilemma. After the landing on the last island of the northern line and the Battle of Qijun, the Dutch troops in the city of Geranje suffered heavy casualties. However, if they could not save the city, they were afraid that Chican City would be lost.
Feuerborg asked the Council of Members to make a decision. It is a glorious tradition of the Dutch to approach the Council when there is a problem.
The council believed that if another supporting army was sent, the entire reserve army used to defend the Castle of Geranze and its surrounding areas would be insufficient, so it decided to reject Banan Shiding's request.
Felburg had no choice but to order five warships to go to the Taijiang River to harass the Ming army attacking Chikan City.
Chikan City was built in a hurry to cope with the Ming army's attack on Taiwan. According to the plan, the city is forty-five feet in circumference and three to six feet high. There are four gun towers on the city wall, all of which have been completed. It's just that the city foundation is not very strong.<
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The Ming army built three forts in the east of the city and bombarded them for two days, causing some cracks in the east city wall.
Enpinghou Gao Minggui of the Ming Dynasty observed the city defense with a telescope, "Well, there are cracks in the east wall, and the city will be destroyed today." He was worried that the barbarians from Batavia would come to help, and was determined to break the city as soon as possible.
In the early morning of April 3, the first year of Guangwu in the Ming Dynasty, the siege of Chichi began.
The Ming army bombarded Dongcheng for another two hours, and finally opened two gaps.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Wang Daxiong, Chen Mang, Yang Ying and other Ming troops rushed towards the gap, and Gao Minggui supervised the battle.
With bright silver armor and a mountain-breaking ax, guerrilla Chen Mang rushes to the front.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Wherever the ax passed, there was no enemy.
Chen Mang led dozens of soldiers and rushed through the gap. Inside the gap, the Dutch planted themselves on the fence. His eyes widened when he saw several rows of barbarian soldiers standing behind the fence, holding firecrackers.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Chen Mang fell in a pool of blood, and the mountain ax fell to the ground unwillingly.
This siege, which had great hopes, failed again. Gao Minggui clenched his fists and angrily withdrew his troops back to the camp.
The subordinate reported: "Commander, the chief of Xingang Society wants to see you."
"Let him in".
Gao Minggui took a look and saw that the chief of the Gaoshan tribe was about sixty years old, with a face full of ravines.
"Old chief, what do you want from me?"
"I'm here to offer the commander a plan to break the city."
"Oh, please speak quickly."
The old chief of Xingangshe smiled and said, "Commander, it is actually very easy to defeat Chichan City. There is no need to attack the city at all. The water source in the city comes from the creek in the mountains to the north of the city. There are water channels in the creek flowing into the city through the underground. You only need to move the city to the north.
The water channel is blocked, and the red-haired ghosts in the city have no water source. They don’t need to fight, and they are thirsty to death."
Gao Minggui was overjoyed and said, "Oh, thank you old chief for your advice."
"Commander, I also brought you two people."
The old chief of Xingangshe clapped his hands, and several strong men from the Gaoshan tribe came in escorting a man and a woman, two Yi people in their twenties.
"Who is this?"
"This is the merchant sent to our Xingang Society by the Dutch. He is the younger brother of Banan Shiding, the commander of Chican City. He is very bad, and the goods sold are 20% more expensive than other companies."
Gao Minggui laughed loudly and said to He Bin: "Tell this red-haired ghost that I sent him to the city to persuade Banan Shiding to surrender, and the Yi woman stayed in the camp. If he succeeds, he will let the Yi woman go."
If the son fails, then he will be killed.
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In the early morning of April 4th, the defenders of Chikan City went to fetch water for cooking, and were horrified to find that there was no water in the pool.
"It's over, the Ming army has cut off the water source in the north of the city!"
Captain Banan Shiding's face suddenly turned as pale as paper.
"Brother!"
Just as he was frightened, he suddenly heard someone calling him from below the city. When he saw it, he turned out to be his younger brother Meket.
"Quick, let him enter the city."
As soon as he saw Meket, Banan Shiding asked in surprise: "Brother, why are you here? How is the situation outside the city?"
"Brother, there are at least ten thousand Ming troops outside the city. Resistance is futile. In order to save the lives of the Dutch, surrender. The Ming people have said that those who surrender will not be killed, and we will be allowed to return to the Netherlands after the war."
With no water source and his brother trying to persuade him to surrender, Commander Banan Shiding finally hung up the white flag and surrendered.
On April 4, the first year of the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Ming Dynasty (1653), the fourth day after the Ming army landed, they recaptured Chican City.
This chapter has been completed!