The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 187
"What's more, the Qing government still has local green camps that can be mobilized. Guangdong and Fujian provinces, it is not a problem to mobilize [-] troops."

"For the time being, we are not capable of fighting a large-scale decisive battle with the Qing army in Fujian, Guangdong!"

"Even if we can win, it must be a miserable victory. We are unable to defend Guangdong and Fujian under the counterattack of the Qing army!"

Zhu Hongyu directly objected to Zheng Chenggong's proposal.

Before Zhu Hongyu had enough strength, he was unwilling to rashly attack the Central Plains.

He couldn't accept that after the recovery army occupied the place, he was beaten back by the Qing Dynasty.

It's not that Zhu Hongyu paid much attention to the gains and losses of a city and a place, but that after the Manchu Qing occupied a place, they would slaughter the city.

The population of the Central Plains has suffered serious losses after experiencing the melee between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, China's population had reached nearly 6000 million, but when the Qing court made statistics in the early Kangxi years, China's population was only about [-] million.

After the large-scale war, the population of many places has been reduced to [-], and the original fertile field has become a living hell where there are no chickens crowing for thousands of miles, and the bones are exposed in the wild.

Zhu Hongyu is not afraid of losing the city or land, nor is he afraid of failure.

Now the Liberation Army has the entire Luzon as a stable rear, which can provide the army with stable money, food, ordnance, and soldiers.

The Liberation Army has a certain failure tolerance rate.

Besides, if an army has not experienced defeat, it can never be regarded as a mature army.

What he was afraid of was that after he left the place, the Qing Dynasty would massacre the city frantically.

There is no doubt about this, the Manchus will definitely massacre the city!
Therefore, Zhu Hongyu was unwilling to rashly attack the mainland before he was able to hold on to the land after conquering it.

Zheng Chenggong's proposal was rejected by Zhu Hongyu, he subconsciously frowned and said.

"Now that the Qing court is in chaos in the southeast, if we don't go north at this time, do we have to wait for the Qing court to calm down the southeast?"

Zhu Hongyu said.

"The large-scale Northern Expedition to the Central Plains is not feasible, and now the Ming Dynasty does not have the ability to conduct large-scale field battles with the Qing army!"

"But that doesn't mean we can't do anything!"

Zhu Hongyu put forward his own ideas.

"We can send troops to take the sea route and carry out uninterrupted harassment of the Qing court's coastal areas piecemeal."

"From Guangdong, Fujian, to Jiangnan, Jiangbei, to Shandong, Beizhi, to western Liaoning, southern Liaoning, all coastal areas can be our battlefields."

"If the enemy is weak, fight it, and if the enemy is strong, avoid it. While training troops, you can also continuously obtain population and wealth from the mainland!"

"It can also attract a large number of troops from the Qing court and share the pressure for the anti-Qing forces on the southeast coast!"

Such a tactic, to put it bluntly, is a harassment tactic commonly used by nomadic cavalry.

It's just that the cavalry harassed the inland, and the navy harassed the coast, that's all.

Now the Ming army has no advantage in land warfare, but the navy can crush the Qing army.

Zheng Chenggong doesn't need to do anything else, as long as he puts a navy in the Bohai Bay, the size of the navy doesn't need to be too large, and it doesn't need to really fight.

As long as this sailor, from time to time, go to the coast of Dagukou to check in.

The Qing Dynasty had to hoard heavy troops in Tianjin to prevent the Ming army from landing in Tianjin!

The Manchu and Qing forces were limited. If they hoarded heavy troops in Tianjin, there would naturally be fewer troops that could be used in other places.

Zheng Chenggong nodded thoughtfully.

Then, the two talked about reinforcing Li Dingguo, who insisted on opposing the Qing Dynasty, on the border between Yunnan and Myanmar.

Zhu Hongyu said.

"My son-in-law has already sent people to northern Burma to find King Li Jin's subordinates!"

"The climate in northern Myanmar is extremely hot, and diseases occur frequently, especially malaria. Once an outbreak occurs, the entire army will be wiped out!"

"Hongmao discovered that the bark of cinchona tree used as medicine in the New World can effectively treat malaria, and some of them were transplanted in Luzon."

"The people I sent to northern Myanmar brought some cinchona bark with the army. I hope that after finding King Li Jin, those cinchona bark can help them."

Zhu Hongyu knew that Li Dingguo died of the epidemic in history.

After Li Dingguo's death, his troops had no choice but to surrender to the Qing court.

Now he only hopes that the cinchona bark he sent can help Li Dingguo.

At the very least, it must be able to save his life!

However, it is hard for Zhu Hongyu to say whether he can help Li Dingguo.

One is that they don't know whether the disease that Li Dingguo contracted is malaria, and the other is that they don't know whether the manpower he sent can find the hiding place of Li Dingguo's troops.

All I can say is, do your best and obey the destiny!

Zheng Chenggong spoke again.

"Cinchona tree, is it really useful?"

Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.

"I have ordered someone to try the medicine, and the medicine works very well."

"When Lao Taishan returns to the generals, bring a few cinchona saplings with you. One is to be prepared. If there is an epidemic in the army, there is also a way to deal with it. The other is to expand the planting area of ​​cinchona trees!"

Zheng Chenggong nodded, regardless of whether cinchona tree is useful for treating malaria, at least Zhu Hongyu's attitude was shown.

No hiding from him!

Zheng Chenggong seemed to remember something, and said.

"My son-in-law, after Ma Xin returned from Luzon last time, he and I admired how sharp the artillery of the Liberation Army was in field battles!"

"Its performance and power are even far superior to the red-haired cannon. I wonder if you can sell it to me?"

Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.

"of course can!"

"If Lao Taishan needs it, he can also send Zheng Jun's gunners over to learn how to use cannons!"

Zheng Chenggong promised to help him train and train naval soldiers and generals, and now he wanted to buy some artillery from him, of course Zhu Hongyu would not refuse.

Speaking of artillery, Zhu Hongyu suddenly thought of the Bucarao Cannon Factory in Macau!

It is known as the most technologically advanced and largest cannon foundry in Asia.

Of course, this is just the Portuguese self-promotion!
Even if you don't say it, the Guangfu Army Arsenal has already used the sand mold casting method with technology far beyond the world.

Even the Jingshan Cannon Factory in the Qing Dynasty, which still uses the lost wax method to cast cannons, is no worse than the Bucarao Cannon Factory in Macau in terms of scale and technology.

Zhu Hongyu said.

"Master Taishan, how about you and I join forces to take Macau?"

"When the time comes, the craftsmen of the Bugarao Cannon Factory, you and I will share equally!"

"What's more, if we can station a soldier in Macau, Shang Kexi and Shang Lao will not even be able to sleep soundly!"

Zheng Chenggong nodded and said.

"Maybe, but we need to plan it out!"

"Macau's waterways are narrow, and the forts of the Francobots can completely block the water surface. If we can't make corresponding preparations in advance, we may have to pay a big price if we want to complete the landing!"

What Zheng Chenggong said was only to plan well before doing it!
As for whether it will offend the Western colonists after taking Macau.

Both Zhu Hongyu and Zheng Chenggong don't care!
The two of them took down the big officials one by one, and the other took down Luzon, and they had offended both the Dutch and the Spaniards to death.

It doesn't matter if you add Portugal, which is not very strong!
Anyway, in this era, the military power of Western countries in Asia is just like that!

(End of this chapter)