Seeing no one said anything, Chen Mingxia continued: "Brothers fight against the wall and humiliate him outside. This is what the governor often says. If the governor defeated the Manchus in the future and occupied the northern land, then neither the governor nor the Ming Dynasty would be satisfied with half of the country. The two are inevitable. We don't have to pretend that such a thing will not happen, but that is a future thing after all. The Manchus are still rampant in the northern land, and the governor and the Ming Dynasty have just reached a peace agreement in Yangzhou. Why should we worry about the future things here! And..."

Chen Mingxia paused and continued: "Besides, Taiwan is hanging overseas and has little impact on the future war in the Central Plains. But to the outside world, it is a pearl in the South China Sea and a bridgehead to protect the coastal defense of China's southern borders. Whether it is the commander-in-chief to seize the world in the future or the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition, the world will eventually return to one, and this Taiwan Island will of course be no exception. But before that, at least we should work together to take it back from the Dutch."

As he said that, Chen Mingxia took out an open letter from his arms, "This letter was written by the Governor. It was supposed to be discussed with the two of you after seizing Taiwan, but now... please, General Zheng, Lord Hou."

Zheng Chenggong opened the letter in confusion, and Hou Fangyu also stretched out his head and came over.

After a while, after watching, Zheng Chenggong looked up at Chen Mingxia and said a little puzzled: "Does Zhou Xian want to remove Taiwan from future wars?"

Chen Mingxia nodded gently, "According to our initial agreement, after regaining Taiwan, two prefectures in the north and south will be set up with the North Stream as the boundary, and will be managed separately by the Ming Dynasty and our army. The two will not disturb each other. If the general and the Ming Dynasty go to war in the future, the officers and soldiers from all over Taiwan will only defend their territory and do not attack each other. When the world is unified, one side can hand over Taiwan to the other."

Zheng Chenggong frowned, "It's that simple?"

Chen Mingxia smiled faintly and said, "It's that simple. Of course, if enemies like the Du Yi and Western Yi attack in the future, we should still work together to fight against foreign enemies. Just like today." Chen Mingxia deliberately emphasized the tone of the four words "Today is like today".

Zheng Chenggong pondered for a moment, glanced at Shi Lang, Xie Yongji, Yang Ying and others present, and finally said in a deep voice: "Okay! I'll respond to this on behalf of the court."

Chen Mingxia nodded with a smile, turned to Hou Fangyu and said, "Where is Lord Hou!"

Hou Fangyu laughed twice, "Since it was said by the Commander General, I will obey. General Zheng, I just said nothing, and I apologized to you here." Hou Fangyu clasped his fists slightly to apologize.

Zheng Chenggong nodded without saying anything.

Seeing that the two were reconciled, Chen Mingxia continued: "At present, our two armies have nearly 50,000 people together, nearly twenty times the Dutch barbarians on the island, and it is only a matter of time before Taiwan is captured. After that, the sea trade road to the South and East will be unobstructed, which will be of great benefit to both the Ming Dynasty and the General. I think General Zheng also knows that the Ming Dynasty has recently established a trading company in Guangdong, and the sea trade will only become more and more prosperous in the future."

Zheng Chenggong raised his head, "The news about General Zhou is really well-versed. Everyone knows the secret decision that the court just made so quickly."

Chen Mingxia smiled, ignored the topic and continued: "But the Democratic and Yi will not be willing to fail. We had a numerical advantage in the naval battle more than half a month ago, but the losses in one battle were twice as great as those in the Heiyi, and in the end, seven Dutch warships successfully escaped."

Shi Lang suddenly interrupted, "There are no more seven ships."

Chen Mingxia said with a puzzled face: "What does General Shi mean?"

Shi Lang said: "After the Netherlands was defeated, they dared not return to Penghu and Taiwan, and fled westward. The seven ships were all injured, and two were sunk during the escape. All the Dutch were concentrated on the five intact warships, and the existing supplies could not support them to sail to Malacca. So when they arrived in Macau, they chose to take the initiative to attack the Portuguese, but they were defeated, and another ship was silent during the period. But the Portuguese did not want to go to war with them, so they gave them some supplies and let them leave. Therefore, the fleet of the fourteen warships is only four, and these four ships are still unknown whether they can survive to Malacca. These are all news that our army just got."

Chen Mingxia curled her lips and smiled faintly: "This is good news. But the power of the Dutch and Yi in Southeast Asia is more than this. They have strength that cannot be underestimated in Batavia and Malacca. And once the maritime trade prospers, all kinds of pirates will appear together, which will have great obstacles to maritime trade."

Zheng Chenggong nodded gently and looked up and asked, "I heard that the Heyi is besieging Nanlu County in Nanyang, and Han Kuo is also fighting against the Heyi near Sumatra. If the matter on Taiwan is over, will Zhou Xian send a fleet to reinforce Han Kuo and the others?"

Chen Mingxia was silent for a moment and said, "I'm not hiding the general. In fact, the commander-in-chief means that after assisting the general on the island, our fleet will go to Nanyang."

Zheng Chenggong said in a daze: "So fast?"

Chen Mingxia nodded, "Military information is urgent."

Zheng Chenggong was silent for a while and said, "Chichi City and Relanzha City have high walls, which are conducive to defense and strong attacks are not easy. The best way is to siege for a long time. If you can defeat the Heiyi in Batavia, it is unknown whether Taiwan's Heiyi will surrender without fighting. But our army's long-term supply of 15,000 people will be provided by Mr. Hou."

Hou Fangyu smiled bitterly and said, "Taiwan is vast and sparsely populated. Although there are a large number of forests and mountains, there are still many plains that can be used for farming. But the problem is that it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to be reclaimed. With the current situation in Taiwan, it is still acceptable to supply nearly 50,000 people of our two armies for three months, but it may be difficult to support it any longer."

Seeing Zheng Chenggong frowned, Hou Fangyu hurriedly said, "What I said below is a fact. If the general doesn't believe it, you can ask He Bin and Li Ying. They have been in Taiwan for a long time and know the situation here best."

He Bin and Li Ying were both under Zheng Zhilong and moved to Taiwan with the Changhua disaster victims. They are the leaders of local Han people in Taiwan.

Because of their identity and previous relationship with Zheng, while supporting Hou Fangyu to gain a foothold in Keelung, Taiwan, they also sent people to secretly communicate with Zheng Chenggong.

They never shy away from this, and both sides know it.

Hou Fangyu mentioned them just to win the trust of Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong had obviously believed it, so he turned to He Bin and said, "Why do you have? Is there a lot of food and grass in the two cities?"

He Bin said: "It's not a problem to support it for one or two years."
Chapter completed!