The monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty were cowardly and only wanted to stay in the south of the Yangtze River. They had no determination to go north to regain their homeland.
Therefore, no matter how much Lu Fangweng misses his hometown, he can only close his eyes on the hospital bed in despair without having the chance to do anything practical.
However, now everyone in the Liberation Army has the ambition to make a northern expedition to the Central Plains and regain their homeland!
Zhu Hongyu, the commander-in-chief, is even more determined!
The Liberation Army is united and united, so is there any reason why the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains will not succeed?
How could Liu Tongwen, a remnant of the Ming Dynasty, hold back the Liberation Army?
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In 1661 AD, the 18th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, and in March of the 15th year of the Yongli era in the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong led more than 20,000 soldiers to conquer Taiwan across the sea.
Kinmen, off the coast of Penghu!
Flags cover the sky, sail shadows cover the sky, and hundreds of ships, large and small, pull anchor and head eastward!
The white sail shadows cover the sky, and from a distance, the huge fleet can't be seen at a glance!
The flag representing the Zheng family is flying on the top of the ship's mast!
Zheng Chenggong stood on the deck of the ship, looking at the blue sea in the distance.
His originally strong body began to lose weight day by day after the defeat in Nanjing.
The dark circles on his face were thick, and his black hair turned gray overnight!
Zheng Chenggong's personal guard officer and admiral of the personal army Xiaoqi, Ma Xin, strode to Zheng Chenggong's side and spoke.
"Your Majesty, it's windy outside, so you'd better go back to the cabin!"
Zheng Chenggong waved his hand and said.
"It doesn't matter, I'm not that fragile yet!"
Zheng Chenggong continued to look in the direction of Da Yuan Island with a thoughtful look on his face.
Suddenly, he asked Ma Xindao.
"Ma Xin, do you think that in this battle, our army can recover most of its troops and drive out the Dutch red-haired ghosts?"
Ma Xing nodded vigorously. As Zheng Chenggong’s little fan, he has 100% trust in Zheng Chenggong.
I believe that as long as Zheng Chenggong is here, they will not lose!
"As long as the prince is here, we will not be defeated!"
However, Ma Xin's words inadvertently touched Zheng Chenggong's heart.
It reminded Zheng Chenggong of the heartbreaking defeat in Nanjing!
Hundreds of thousands of Zheng's elite troops attacked Nanjing in an attempt to restore the declining anti-Qing situation.
The result was that due to his indecision, he listened to Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Liangjiang in the Qing Dynasty, and missed the best opportunity to conquer Nanjing.
Subsequently, reinforcements from the Qing army arrived, and the Qing army and the reinforcements attacked from both sides in Nanjing. The Zheng army was caught off guard, and the families of the accompanying soldiers were in chaos, which in turn caused the collapse of the entire Zheng army.
Zheng's army was defeated and his family members were mixed together. They were chased by the Qing army's cavalry and massacred!
Of the hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, only the more than 20,000 who followed him across the sea to conquer the country were left.
He, Zheng Chenggong, can't help his brothers!
Seeing the sad look on Zheng Chenggong's face, Ma Xin knew that he had said the wrong thing and quickly made up for it.
"Your Majesty, Zeng Canghai has returned from Luzon to the fleet and said he has good news to report to you!"
"My subordinates asked him what the good news was, but he still pretended to be mysterious and didn't tell me!"
Zheng Chenggong's face changed and he spoke.
"Bring someone to see me!"
Ma Xin clasped his fists and left, and not long after, he brought Zeng Canghai to Zheng Chenggong.
"My subordinate Zeng Canghai has met Mr. Guo!"
Zeng Canghai knelt down on one knee, performed a military salute and said.
Zheng Chenggong nodded and said with a smile.
"I heard from Ma Xin that you have good news for me. What kind of good news is it?"
Zeng Canghai said.
"Reporting to Mr. Guo, this is what happened!"
"The Chinese on Luzon Island could not bear the oppression of the Spanish red-haired devils. Six months ago, led by a Ming Dynasty clan member from the Chu king's line, they raised the banner of the Ming Dynasty and revolted against the red-haired tyranny!"
"Their name is Guangfu Army, which means restoring the Ming Dynasty!"
"This Ming Dynasty clan member of the King of Chu's lineage is called Zhu Hongyu. He is really capable. It has been more than half a year since the uprising and he has continued to grow and develop."
"We fought several times without any defeat, and we killed a total of two to three thousand Spanish red-haired soldiers!"
"Almost half the strength of the Spanish red-haired ghosts on Luzon Island!"
"They even conquered several well-defended fortresses, and now they have grown so big that they share Luzon Island equally with the Spanish red-haired devils."
"When Mr. Guo Xing regains the majority and drives out the Dutch red-haired ghosts, he can send troops to help the Liberation Army and capture the entire Luzon."
"Lu Song and the senior officials are at odds with each other, and there is still much to be done in the fight against the Qing Dynasty!!"
Zheng Chenggong's face changed. Although he didn't smile, he was no longer as cold as he was at the beginning.
Zeng Canghai spoke again.
"More importantly, the Liberation Army has a secret method for attacking the bastion!"
"This secret method can conquer the fortress in a short period of time with very few casualties. I would like to send an envoy to Luzon to ask for this method of conquering the fortress."
"The city of Relanja can no longer be an obstacle to the country's recovery!"
Hearing this, Zheng Chenggong finally couldn't help but smile, and let out a burst of hearty laughter.
"Hahaha, okay!"
"That's great, Canghai, you have made a great contribution!"
Zeng Canghai said with some fear.
"Subordinates dare not take credit!"
Zheng Chenggong pondered for a while and then spoke.
"Ma Xin, go and invite Mr. Fufu here. I want to entrust him to go to Luzon on my behalf!"
Ma Xin nodded, clasped his fists and followed the order.
The Mr. Fu Fu mentioned by Zheng Chenggong, whose surname was Chen Yonghua, was one of Zheng Chenggong's main advisers.
Outstanding ability, good at planning and internal affairs!
Not many people may have heard of the name Chen Yonghua, but when it comes to his other name, everyone knows it.
Chen Jinnan!
That's right, it's the general manager of the Heaven and Earth Society in the opera novel.
Three days later, Zheng Jun arrived at Da Yuan Island.
First, they fought against the Dutch fleet in a naval battle and won a great victory, sinking the Dutch flagship Hector.
Later, troops were sent to seize the beach and land, attacking Chicai first!
The water supply of Chizhan Fort was cut off, and after being trapped for several days, the Dutch defenders surrendered.
At this point, the bastion of Relanja City became an isolated city, besieged by Zheng's army!
Zheng Chenggong sent an envoy to Luzon to seek the secret method for the Liberation Army to conquer the fortress.
On the one hand, they sent people to build mounds of earth and prepared to mount cannons on the mounds to bombard the city of Relanja.
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"General, the ceremony for opening the mansion is ready!"
"Your dress is ready too!"
Chen Wenbin reported the report in Zhu Hongyu's ear.
Since the opening ceremony of the mansion has not yet been officially held, the people in the Liberation Army still call Zhu Hongyu "General."
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and then spoke.
"knew!"
"By the way, how is the agreement with the Igorot people going?"
In the face of the Liberation Army and the military government gaining a foothold in Luzon, with Zhu Hongyu's promise to allocate land, a large number of young Chinese people enlisted in the army.
As a result, the strength of the Liberation Army increased significantly in a short period of time!
But it also made the labor force under the Liberation Army very scarce!
Even with a large number of Spanish and indigenous prisoners of war as supplements, it was not enough to meet the development needs of the military government.
Now under the rule of the Liberation Army, 70% to 80% of the young Chinese have gone to work as soldiers. The remaining labor force is not even enough for farming, let alone developing industry and commerce.
In order to alleviate this problem, Zhu Hongyu turned his attention to the Igorot people in the mountains!
The total population of the Igorot people is still quite large, there must be at least a hundred thousand people in the mountains.
If these 100,000 manpower can be put to good use, the military government will develop much faster!