As soon as the few people who had been waiting in the tent saw Zhong Jinwei coming out, they hurriedly paid their respects. Some of them paid homage to the new military salute, and some of them knelt down on one knee.
"Master Marquis, my subordinates met this brother on the road. His name is Gu Dai. He is a captain of the Jinyi Guards. He was ordered to lurk among the pirates and became a small leader. His nickname is Gu San Mazi." Hu Hao first explained the situation.
.
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he looked at the man kneeling on one knee. He was young but had a tough look. Those who didn't know might not have thought that he was actually a captain of the imperial army. Maybe it was because of the light.
Because of this, Zhong Jinwei did not find any pockmarks.
Seeing Marquis Zhongxing looking at him, Gu Dai quickly reported: "The villain just returned to the south at the end of last year and took the opportunity to lurk under the pirate Liu Xiang. It's just that the time was too short and he hasn't been taken seriously by Liu Xiang yet."
Zhong Jinwei first asked Gu Dai to stand up and speak, and then asked: "Are you a person trained by Master Liu Xingzuo?"
"Exactly." Gu Dai quickly replied.
Zhong Jinwei remembered this incident. At first he admired Liu Xingzuo's lurking skills, so he recommended him to Emperor Chongzhen. He was transferred to the Jinyiwei Commander and Comrade, specializing in training Jinyiwei spies and sending them to the southeast coast.
Unexpectedly, the original layout was actually used today.
Therefore, Zhong Jinwei asked Gu Dai about the specific situation of the Dutch and pirate joint fleets. Naturally, Gu Dai would not hide anything and told Zhong Jinwei everything he knew about the situation.
It turned out that after the combined fleet defeated Zheng Zhilong and forced it to the Fujian Navy port, the original plan was to capture the port by force and then impose conditions on the Ming Dynasty.
But Liu Xiang, the biggest pirate, saw that Putmans was a little worried that the Ming Dynasty still refused to surrender, and the battle was in vain. He suggested to him that there is no power along the Ming Dynasty to compete with the combined fleet, so it is better to go to the Yangtze River.
.
Because that place is the economic center of the Ming Dynasty, if the combined fleet appears, the world will be shocked. At that time, it will no longer be a dialogue with the governor of Fujian, but directly with the Ming Dynasty court and even Emperor Chongzhen.
Putmans was moved after hearing this, because talking directly to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty would eliminate many intermediate links and help save time. For the Dutch, time is money, and they care about this very much.
Therefore, the combined fleet suddenly withdrew on its own. In fact, it headed north to the waters of the Yangtze River.
After entering the Yangtze River, Putmans was greatly surprised. He did not expect that the defense of the huge Ming Dynasty's economic center was so weak. Not only was the navy incompetent, but even the land army was collapsed at a touch.
This greatly enhanced Putmans' self-confidence. Seeing the prosperity along the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty made him scream even more. He immediately sent people ashore to snatch pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, money, and more.
woman.
Everything went smoothly. Not only did they get enough to eat, but the Ming troops who kept appearing were constantly defeated by them.
Later, under Liu Xiang's instigation, he even attempted to capture Nanjing in order to obtain the largest bargaining chip.
However, the majestic city of Nanjing and the complete defense facilities cannot be captured by the combined fleet of the Dutch and pirates.
Putmans regretted it very much. If he had more troops, he might be able to capture the paradise city.
It was Liu Xiang who came up with the idea. Nanjing could not be conquered, so he instead captured Zhenjiang on the Yangtze River and blocked the southern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to force the Ming Dynasty to surrender.
Putmans was also mentally prepared, knowing that the Ming Dynasty would not surrender in one fight, otherwise the Portuguese in Macau would have done this long ago.
Ming armies with zero combat power came over one after another and were defeated in a single fight. Even so, no Ming peace envoys came. He did send people to contact them proactively, but there was no result.
Finally Putmans made up his mind and just spent it like this! Zhenjiang was not bad anyway, there were food, drinks and women to play with, so it was just a vacation.
Recently, there seems to be news that the Ming Dynasty will send a marquis to lead an army to quell the rebellion. This is the last support of the Ming Dynasty. It seems to be a very powerful army that can fight the barbarians in the north.
When Putmans inquired about the situation of the barbarians in the north, he couldn't help but secretly despise them. They were just a group of bandits using cold weapons such as bows, arrows, knives and guns. The Ming army fought like that and lost a large area of land.
If we had known that the Ming army was so weak, when we first came to the east, we should have gathered all the fleets in the Far East and attacked them with all our strength, so we wouldn't have had to go to Penghu and go to Penghu for the big officers.
Since this Marquis' army is the last support of the Ming Dynasty, then if this support is wiped out, then the Ming Dynasty will no longer be able to drag on.
Based on this idea, Gu Dai was sent by Liu Xiang to the north bank to inquire about the movement. Then he met the "Perak" brigade, and finally arrived at Zhong Jinwei's Chinese military tent.
Know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger. This sentence makes sense, at least Zhong Jinwei is very happy at this time.
He immediately sent an edict to Cao Wenzhao and Zheng Zhilong to explain the situation, and they worked together to devise countermeasures.
This meeting lasted for a long time, and factory guards who were familiar with the local terrain were recruited to consult. After finally deciding on a strategy, Gu Dai disappeared in the New Army camp.
In the evening of the same day, the big pirate Liu Xiang took three people to see the leader of the Dutch fleet and the governor-general Putmans.
"Dear Governor, good news, good news!" Liu Xiang said flatteringly when he saw Putmans.
Putmans looked at his most loyal Han partner and asked with a smile: "Did the Ming Kingdom send an envoy?"
Liu Xiang shook his head and replied like a scholar: "No, no, but even though the Governor didn't guess right, it's not far off."
After he finished speaking, he immediately turned back to the three people behind him and said: "Tell the Governor the truth about what you saw!"
The three people knelt down side by side to Putmans, who was sitting at the top. The one on the far left reported to him: "My Lord Governor, I was ordered to spy on the military situation on the north bank. Thanks to the Governor, I was caught by the villain.
The army of the Marquis of China..."
"What, the most powerful army of the Ming Dynasty, the army led by the Marquis?" When Putmans heard this, he immediately interrupted him and asked quickly.
He had long expected that this army would arrive quickly, be defeated quickly, and negotiate quickly.
The man nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, Lord Governor. I happened to see the Ming army disembarking from the ship. There were about five thousand troops. Some of the Ming army used muskets. They were stationed at a place called Heitaling."
The other two people also nodded repeatedly and echoed his words.
After hearing this, Putmans did not ask any more questions, but was thinking about the question. After a while, his face turned gloomy and asked again: "Seriously?"
Liu Xiang saw him at the side and quickly replied: "Your Majesty Governor, I sent these three troops to investigate. This Gu Dai first discovered the Ming army, and then the other two troops also went to investigate. What they found
It’s all consistent.”
"How is this Ming army?" Putmans asked again.
The three people kneeling on the ground quickly replied: "It's almost the same as the previous Ming army."
"Yes, they didn't dare to come over and ask us when they saw us."
"They are all useless things..."
Listening to the descriptions of the three people on the ground, Putmans smiled again.