Taiwan has been a territory of China since ancient times.
During the Xia and Shang Dynasties, Taiwan belonged to Yangzhou among the nine states.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the Penghu Inspection Department was established.
In the 30th year of Wanli (1602), the Netherlands established the East India Company.
In the fourth year of the Apocalypse (1624), Dutch colonists belonging to the Dutch East India Company invaded southern Taiwan.
In the 6th year of the Apocalypse, Spanish colonists invaded northern Taiwan.
The Dutch colonists implemented coercive rule, seized the land as their own, forced the people to pay various taxes, plundered Taiwan's rice and sugar, and re-exported the Chinese raw silk, sugar and porcelain they acquired through Taiwan to other countries, making high profits.
"Your Majesty has an order. The Western barbarians are unvirtuous and occupy our Ming Dynasty's treasured island of Taiwan. They oppress our Ming Dynasty people and insult our Ming Dynasty's power. They should be punished.
"After arriving in Fuzhou, Zhu Dinghai immediately summoned officials at all levels of the Fujian Navy.
"I am responsible for the naval battle. You only have to guard the coast and let the Xiyi take advantage of the opportunity.
Lord Xiong, you must immediately summon 10,000 infantrymen. Once we have driven away the Xiyi warships, prepare to recover Taiwan immediately. "
"Follow your orders. We will obey your orders."
"Sir, the Xiyi ships are strong and powerful, and I am not very clear about the sea conditions nearby. Please take me with you," Zheng Zhilong said.
"No need, the Western Yi are just a bunch of barbarians." Zhu Dinghai waved his hand and refused.
"This is the land of Ming Dynasty, Taiwan is also the land of Ming Dynasty, and the nearby ocean is the ocean of Ming Dynasty.
It was before, it is now, and it will be in the future.
Before, slavery was rampant and the court was unable to take care of it.
Now, the slaves have been expelled, and the Western barbarians are not worth mentioning. "
Zhu Dinghai said disdainfully.
Naval warfare is different from land warfare. Zhu Dinghai, who is proficient in naval warfare, is very clear about the current situation.
No one knew whether these pirates had enemy spies. No one knows whether these people are really for Ming Dynasty.
Using these newly recruited pirates seems to increase one's own strength, but in fact it ties a rope to oneself.
Moreover, Zhu Dinghai brought 500 warships, which was powerful enough to sweep the Xiyi Navy across Southeast Asia.
There is no need to find cannon fodder to deal with the Western Yi coalition forces near Taiwan.
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Taiwan.
In Relanja City, Taiwan Governor Naci is urgently allocating supplies.
Ever since Ming Dynasty announced that it would regain Taiwan by force, Naci has been making preparations.
During this time, Naci accumulated a large amount of war supplies in Relanjia City.
The reason for hoarding so many war supplies was not that Naci would lose the naval battle, but that Naci wanted to use this naval battle to capture Penghu again.
Compared with Taiwan, in fact, Naci is more concerned about the Penghu Islands.
In terms of location alone, Penghu is closer to the Ming Dynasty and is a better trading place than Taiwan.
In the second year of Tianqi (1622), the Dutch fleet of seven warships and 900 soldiers occupied Penghu.
As a result, in the fourth year of Tianqi, it was recovered by the Ming Dynasty.
In the end, I had no choice but to choose Taiwan.
"I didn't expect the other side's general to be so arrogant," Naci said.
"Go to the Spanish and Portuguese envoys and tell them to prepare."
Since learning about the Ming army's attack, the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal have concentrated their fleets on Taiwan.
Just wait for the main force of the Ming Navy to arrive and then defeat the opponent in one battle.
In order to obtain more benefits after the war, the three parties gathered all the navies available in Southeast Asia.
The number of warships reached 35, and the number of pirate ships exceeded 150.
Invest more than previously planned.
"According to intelligence, it is shown that the Ming Dynasty mobilized 500 warships this time, including more than 20 large ships, more than 80 medium-sized ships, and the rest were inconspicuous eagle ships."
"The Ming Dynasty has many people and a lot of treasures, but it has been forgotten that the ocean belongs to us white people. A mere Ming Dynasty is not worth mentioning. What's more, the other party has come from afar and is not familiar with the surrounding sea areas at all. We must fight in this battle. Win!" said the Spanish envoy.
The current maritime Dutch are the overlords, and the Spanish and Portuguese can see the ambition of the Dutch.
To be honest, if the Ming Dynasty were not seeking death, they would expel all Westerners.
I would never be a partner with the Dutch tiger.
But for the sake of the country, the Ming Dynasty must understand that the ocean is the territory of Westerners.
"That's right...."
"That's it, I'll give the Ming Dynasty a challenge. We will fight each other in Penghu in five days."
In the 4th year of the Apocalypse, the humiliation brought to the Netherlands by the Ming Dynasty must be washed away
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On January 10, the second year of Chongzhen, a huge fleet set off from Taiwan and headed straight for Penghu Island.
At this time, the army led by Zhu Dinghai was already waiting for the opponent in the Penghu waters.
In the vast sea, in the absence of efficient investigation methods, trying to find the opponent's main force is tantamount to wishful thinking.
Since the other party is seeking death and has chosen a cemetery, how can Zhu Dinghai stop him?
Of course, in order to prevent the other party from cheating. For sneak attacks in other places, Zhu Dinghai ordered the Fujian Navy to be on guard.
"My lord, the other party is here. There are nearly 200 warships 20 miles south." With the waving of the flag, the movements of the Xiyi Navy appeared in front of Zhu Youjian.
In naval battles, in addition to weapons and equipment, intelligence is also extremely important.
If you can be the first to discover the enemy's movements, you will gain the upper hand.
Zhu Dinghai took advantage of the large number of people and telescopes to spread countless spies on the Penghu Islands.
As soon as Xiyi appeared outside the Penghu Islands, he was discovered by the spies who stayed behind.
Then he passed the command flag and informed the rear.
"I am ordering all the eagle ships to hide. The main force will attack with me."
As the order was issued, the main force of the Ming army quickly boarded the ship.
Half an hour later.
100 Ming army main battleships. Under the leadership of Zhu Dinghai's flagship, the Dinghai, they quickly sailed towards Xiyi's fleet.
At this time, although the Western Yi Alliance Army was said to be one team, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the entire team was divided into three teams.
The largest fleet belonged to the Dutch.
Spain and Portugal hope that the Netherlands will be the main force and that they will both lose and benefit from the Ming Dynasty.
The Dutch hope to use their familiarity with the Penghu Islands to directly use Spain and Portugal as cannon fodder.
The three parties each have their own agendas, but they appear to be in harmony.
"The main force of the Ming Army has come out." The more than 100 Ming Army warships were too easy to spot.
As soon as the main force of the Ming army sailed out of its hiding place, it was discovered by the lookout on the opponent's ship.
"So brave, Akito is so brave." Naji yelled, holding the telescope in his hand.
I thought that no matter how crazy the generals of the Ming Dynasty were, they should be smart people. Even if they set up an ambush, they should hide part of the main ship.
Unexpectedly, the other party was so ruthless and rushed over. He really thought that the cannon on his ship was just a decoration.
The cannons equipped here are not defective products sold to the Ming Dynasty, but real naval guns with a maximum range of more than 10 miles.
"Fire the cannon and let Akito see our strength."
