Shi Shibiao was very arrogant. He was obviously analyzing the situation of Zhu Yigui's uprising, but he insisted on getting involved in the grievances between Zheng Chenggong and the Shi family.
Yuzhu just listened with a smile but never interrupted.
The feud between Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang has long been a thing of the past.
However, a secret told by Shi Shibiao aroused Yuzhu's interest.
I remember that when Yuzhu read "The Deer and the Cauldron", he was so intoxicated that he didn't even think about food or tea.
However, Shi Shiqiao mentioned many familiar names, and Yuzhu immediately became energetic.
In the 20th year of Kangxi's reign, when Zheng Jing was critically ill, Zheng Kezang was awarded the sword seal of the state.
However, after Zheng Jing's death, Zheng Keshuang's father-in-law Feng Xifan, together with Liu Guoxuan, took the initiative and killed Zheng Kezang in the name of the Dong family of the country, and established Zheng Keshuang as the king of Yanping County.
According to Shi Shibiao, Zheng Kezang's defeat was mainly due to the fact that his father-in-law Chen Yonghua died of illness a year ago, thus losing his greatest support.
Hey, Chen Yonghua, isn’t this the chief rudder of the Tiandihui and Wei Gong Xiaobao’s master?
The flying snow shoots the white deer from the sky, the laughing book of the hero leans on the blue mandarin duck, plus the sword of the Yue girl, and the jade pillars are all read through.
Yuzhu smiled lightly, Cha Liangyong's ancestor Zha Sheng was Cha Siting's cousin.
Although Zha Siting and Yuzhu were half a master, he didn't know what he was thinking, and he actually took the initiative to join Longkodo's sect.
On the other hand, Tang Bing, Yuzhu's first mentor, has risen rapidly in just over ten years since he became a disciple of Yuzhu, and has reached the rank of Minister of the Han Dynasty in the Ministry of Rites.
Yuzhu was chatting with Shi Shipi over tea when he suddenly heard rapid footsteps coming from outside the door.
"Commander, Commander, it's not good. General Ouyang underestimated the enemy and rushed in. He was ambushed... His head was cut off by the bandits..." A bloody Green Camp officer fell on Yuzhu's feet.
In front of him, he cried with a hoarse voice and told the sad news that the entire army of Taiwan's Zhenlu Camp had been wiped out.
The current commander-in-chief of Taiwan Town is named Ouyang Kai, who is from Zhangpu, Fujian. He was originally the commander-in-chief of Susong Town, Jiangnan.
"Ah, the Lu'er Gate is over, Taiwan is in danger." After hearing the news, Shi Shibiao blurted out in shock.
Yuzhu is not from Fujian, so naturally he doesn't know how powerful Luermen is.
Objectively speaking, Yuzhu only knew that Zheng Chenggong took advantage of the high tide to sneak into the Luermen Channel, succeeded in a sneak attack, and successfully recovered Taiwan Island.
Shi Shiqiao was an old Fujian man. When he saw the puzzled expression on Yuzhu's face, he sighed and explained: "To be honest with you, Zhongtang, if the navy wants to enter Taiwan, it has no other way and must go through Lu'ermen."
Yuzhu nodded and encouraged Shi Shiqiao to continue.
Shi Shibiao was encouraged and spoke even harder.
This conversation lasted for more than an hour.
Yuzhu left Shi Shiqiao to eat before letting him leave the superintendent's office.
The platform's military strength is actually sufficient.
Not to mention anything else, there are more than 6,000 elite soldiers brought by Yuzhu from the capital alone.
These more than 6,000 people are not traditional green soldiers, but a new modern army that has undergone modern training.
To put it bluntly, as long as these six thousand people land on the island, it means that the overall situation has been decided, and the rest is only a matter of time.
According to Shi Shibiao, due to the siltation of the waterway, there is no other way to reach the island through Luermen.
Yuzhu naturally knew this well. The Qing Dynasty in this era was limited by the low navigation and surveying technology, and everyone obviously ignored this fact.
As early as the late Ming Dynasty, Spanish colonists occupied Keelung in the northern part of the island.
In Taiwan's colonial history, the Spanish were mainly active in northern Taiwan, while the Dutch focused on the Tainan area.
In fact, Yuzhu had been prepared for a long time. It was the last year of Kangxi, and the 6,000 elite soldiers he had at his disposal were too precious to be lost.
Therefore, according to Yuzhu's idea, Shi Shibiao naturally led the Fujian Navy to take the lead, while Yuzhu led 6,000 elite troops in foreign ships to suppress the battle.
As for the foreign ship being too big and worrying about running aground on the waterway, Yuzhu has already thought of a good solution.
Just behind the foreign ship, drag a dozen small boats.
In fact, Yuzhu has a faster way to win Taiwan.
In this era, foreign merchant ships actually had artillery and muskets hidden in them.
As long as the time is right, these foreign businessmen don't mind playing the role of pirates and robbing a lot of money unscrupulously.
However, as long as the artillery fire on the foreign ship is fired, the old emperor will definitely be alerted.
What the wise will not take.
In the next few days, Yuzhu successively met with Hou Sheng, the admiral of the Fujian land route, and the generals of the land and sea divisions.
To sum up, everyone's opinion is highly unanimous, that is, we should take the Luermen Channel and enter southern Taiwan.
Since they were so willing to be cannon fodder, Yuzhu naturally took advantage of them without any problem.
As a veteran leader of troops, Yuzhu knew very well that Hou Sheng wanted to take credit.
However, although Hou Sheng had many troops and horses, if he wanted to cross the strait, he had to rely on the cooperation of Shi Shibiao's navy.
As the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, whether Hou Sheng won or Shi Shibiao won, Yuzhu's leadership was indispensable.
To put it bluntly, even if the memorandum of merit was sent to the capital without the signature of Yuzhu, the old emperor would not pay attention to it.
After convening two military meetings, Yuzhu ordered Shi Shibiao to lead the Fujian Navy to clear the way for the entire army.
As for Hou Sheng's Fujian Army Division, Yuzhu's original words were that the Eight Immortals were crossing the sea and each showed his magical powers. You can bring as many soldiers and horses as you can gather as many ships as you can.
Without a boat, we could only watch Shi Shiqiao perform his meritorious service.
After preparations were made, Shi Shiqiao took the lead and led the three-town troops of the Fujian Navy to move from Quanzhou to Penghu in a mighty manner.
Most people are not familiar with the importance of the Penghu Islands.
In Fujian, there is an old saying: If you want to take Taiwan, you must first occupy Penghu.
I think back then, when the Dutch colonized southern Taiwan, they first occupied Penghu.
The significance of Penghu lies in the fact that it is located exactly near the midline between mainland China and Taiwan.
In other words, if the Qing army enters Taiwan and uses Penghu as its advance base, it will achieve twice the result with half the effort, greatly shortening the difficulty and distance of supply.
After Shi Shiqiao moved, Yuzhu also led his army southward and moved to the naval camp on Kinmen Island.
Kinmen Island is divided into two parts, namely Big Kinmen and Little Kinmen.
In order to prevent the Dutch from coming back, under the orders of the old emperor, the Fujian Navy spent decades focusing on Kinmen Island.
As long as Kinmen is not lost, Xiamen will be safe.
If Xiamen is safe, Quanzhou will have no worries.
The jade pillar stands with its hands behind its hands on the top of Taiwu Mountain on Kinmen Island. Looking west, Gulangyu Island is looming in the clouds and mist.
Standing there for a long time, Yuzhu's mind was always entangled with two terms: Kinmen Sorghum and Kinmen Kitchen Knife.
Thinking back to the Kinmen Artillery Battle, more than 1 million artillery shells fell on the small island.
The remains of these shells also became the Kinmen kitchen knife.