Lord of Ming Dynasty

The two defeats made his rule a little unstable. Although the navy still had [-] large and small warships, no one wanted to fight. On the other hand, Japan also threatened Risheng and sent troops to the Ryukyu Kingdom many times. Jeju Island was harassed, and there was a tendency not to give up until it was recaptured. Therefore, Hong Tianpao had to place heavy troops on Jeju Island, and sent a fleet of [-] warships, [-] warships, and [-] armed merchant ships to protect Jeju. island.

He was unable to attack, but here Zheng Jing was full of ambition, and returned to Australia with a mighty army, followed by the Dutch and the British.

It has been three months, and after a month's rest, the three families discussed how to send troops in Darwin, Australia. New Zealand received a reminder from Hong Tianpao, and sent personnel to investigate. The news of the return was indeed true. Surprised, the former allies came to the door with the former enemies in a blink of an eye.

Chapter 962 Making an Opponent

After receiving the news, Hong Hongxiu, Hong Wenyi, father and son, together with officials from Xinlu Kingdom gathered in a stone house on the New Zealand Island of Xinlu Kingdom. The main hall, the left and right wing rooms, and the shrines in the house, the shrines for worshiping and burning incense, as well as kneeling mats, etc., and the stone table made of stone. According to the speculation of the older generation, this may be the place where the Song people who were exiled to the sea after the death of the Song Dynasty once lived. place.

The new Lu Kingdom has gone through many ups and downs, and there are no wise ministers, let alone capable generals. Everything is decided by the Hong family and his son. The land occupied is also a barren archipelago. Although there are a group of old soldiers with rich sailing experience, they lack experience in naval warfare and have no civil servants in governance. In fact, their lives are also very bitter.

The Hong family is a family of poets and books, a family of civil officials, but most of the people they lead are reckless and ordinary people. It is actually very difficult to settle down and cultivate literati to rule the country.The Huaxia Army has established a core rear area since the era of the Jinhua Rebel Army. Since the establishment of the rear area, it has never experienced war. It has been more than 30 years now, and it has trained generations of literati and inkmen. Scholars and literati who do not know how to kill with swords have lost their blood and force from generation to generation, but they are proficient in humanities, geography, skills, poetry and books. Because they have various land reclamation tasks, after training, they can Become the official of a generation of herdsmen.

Managed the civil affairs for the Chinese Empire, opened up literature and art, and cultural wilderness, making an empire based on military power gradually change to the Han civilization of the past, and there are many more people who use their brains and can give advice. The Hong family defends the war. Therefore, there are very few literati, mostly Nanyang merchants, scholars of the Qing Dynasty, or some enlightened family members of Japanese and Southeast Asian natives. However, there are very few talents among these people who can be officials, not even the qualifications of county magistrates.

The Hong family father and son were busy and exhausted for their country. This time they faced such a powerful enemy, and Zheng Jing and the others could no longer handle it. The Dutch and British with hundreds of large warships and thousands of troops couldn't help but feel a headache.

Zheng Jing has a population of nearly 600 million, more than 200 million Japanese, more than 30 million Southeast Asian natives, and Nanyang natives. Even if they get 400 soldiers and civilians from Wright Island, their population is only more than 500 million or close to [-] million.

The site received some Spaniards, British, and Dutch colonies on the southern and eastern coasts of Australia, and arranged some population there. There were 200 million people left on the island, and 30 people left on Papua New Guinea. The borders were separated by nearly Two thousand nautical miles, the population distribution is uneven, and the strength and output of each place are uneven, so it is difficult to do anything.

Papua New Guinea left nearly a hundred captured Zheng Jing's [-]-ton merchant ships, which were used to conduct various guerrilla battles with Zheng Jing and defend the island. In fact, they fought a war of attrition, using their large armed merchant ships to defend the island port. Using warships and warships as the main force of the battle, it can barely withstand Zheng Jing's attack.

Here in New Zealand, a shipyard for [-]-ton armed merchant ships has just been built. This is obtained from Zheng Zhi. In order to ask for their help, Zheng Zhi sent craftsmen and personnel to help them build the shipyard. They only have a dock that can repair ships, but they don't have craftsmen, and they don't know how to build ships. Now they have craftsmen and can build ships, but the production is limited and cannot be consumed by Zheng Jing's Australian Kingdom.

I thought that this time I got some population from Wright Island and Cebu Island, and my strength would be stronger. I got enemy craftsmen and captives, and the shipyard was upgraded to a warship shipyard, and three new shipyards were built to manufacture armed merchant ships. With [-]-ton warships and [-]-ton merchant ships, I didn't expect the enemy to become stronger.

I thought that with two hundred enemy armed merchant ships, merchant ships, warships, warships, sailing warships, and ironclad ships, their strength would surpass Zheng Jing, but I didn't expect the Dutch and British to come.

Here in New Zealand, there are only 100 merchant ships, 80 armed merchant ships, more than 50 warships, and more than [-] warships. More than [-] ships have been added, one hundred more armed merchant ships, and dozens more merchant ships. It can be said that this expedition has earned people, wealth, ships, and troops, but the enemy they have to deal with is so strong that they unbearable.

"Father, why don't we take advantage of the enemy's return and attack Zheng Jing's Australian kingdom first. It is difficult to conquer Darwin Port. Let's take the original Dutch settlements on the west bank first, from east, west, south, three directions Surround the north coast, send troops to attack the enemy from land and sea, and at the same time send the Papua New Guinea fleet to attack Darwin Port, try to consume the current strength of the Kingdom of Australia, capture the enemy's ships and population, and strengthen our defense at the same time." Hong Wenyi bit teeth.

Hong Hongxiu said: "Yes, this time we have 10,000+ captives alone. We will select a group of Thai and Western captives to be incorporated into our fleet to operate the state boat for us. Those who do not follow will be thrown to the savages on the island and let them go. Consume these captives, and send others to build fortifications and strengthen the port. The shore artillery we dismantled from Wright Island and Cebu Island this time will be arranged on New Zealand Island. At that time, we will also learn from the Huaxia Army and let them come. , but can’t wait for the shore.”

"You go to the island of Papua New Guinea to command the battle. There are still two months. Before the enemy returns, we must try our best to weaken the enemy's power in Australia, and let our fine work take action to provoke the indigenous people of Southeast Asia and the Han people of Nanyang. The relationship between the Southeast Asian slave army and the Nanyang Han people will cause friction, and then they will definitely send the Japanese servant army to suppress it. At that time, they will provoke the Japanese to rebel, attack the Han soldiers and the Nanyang Zheng family soldiers, and first cause chaos in the Australian kingdom.

Those Nanyang merchants are generally short-sighted. We can buy them and let them do things for us. Don’t be afraid to spend money. As long as the kingdom of Australia is in chaos, the longer the better, when Zheng Jing comes back, he has to clean up the mess first. Then we will have the opportunity to continue to repair the battleships and sailing warships of the Taixi people who have been brought back. Those are really good ships, especially the five damaged ironclad ships. I am afraid that even the Huaxia Navy will have a headache when they encounter them. "

Hong Wenyi said with a smile: "Father, we can organize a royal fleet consisting of five ironclad ships, thirty of their warships, plus fifteen of our warships, under the command of my father himself, what a powerful force that is Combat strength, even the old First Fleet of the Huaxia Army dare not fight easily."

"Okay, very good, go ahead and do it, and at the same time choose a fleet of yours to form a lesser fleet to go to the island of Papua New Guinea to attack the Kingdom of Australia, but the main purpose is to take advantage of the fact that Zheng Jing is no longer there, and create a fleet for the Kingdom of Australia. An enemy, the main force is still the Japanese, just like we did with your third uncle, causing chaos on their island."

Chapter 963 The Wind and Rain in Australia 1

As far as the region of Australia is concerned, it is not peaceful in the first place. Every year, typhoons and hurricanes pass through the border, and the aboriginals on the island cannot afford enough to eat and live in difficulty. When the Zheng family comes, the aborigines on the island will have a better life. What Zheng Chenggong is best at is to win over People's hearts circulate among various races for profit, so he didn't treat the natives like the Huaxia Kingdom did, but helped them see the beauty of farming and mulberry, helped them build thatched huts, helped them farm, capture wild animals, and sold weapons to them. them.

However, the aborigines were not civilized before. After a few years, all the aborigines felt that this place belonged to us. You people occupy our place, but you only give us this little thing. The aborigines were actually against the Zheng family, so the Zheng family began to encircle and suppress them. Many aborigines went to the interior, but they still came back to harass them from time to time.

Later, when the population increased, some Southeast Asian and Nanyang natives began to flee, unwilling to accept the rule of the Zheng family. Gradually, there were more horse bandits and robbers in the inland, some bandits, and then the Japanese came. These were captured by the Chinese army. Japanese, they are not animals, they also have their own thoughts, especially they are still many arrogant soldiers and generals, and some are even famous Japanese generals, where these people want to escape in the Chinese army, go dreaming, prisoner camps and The punishment in the punishment camp was quite severe, so it was rare for him to escape successfully, but here in the Zheng family, they still followed the old rules and were not strictly guarded, so many escaped.

Later, the Japanese were beaten into slaves, reclaimed land for Australia, became slave soldiers, and hunted down captives and bandits. Gradually, the Japanese population increased. Except for some people who kept their own laws and did not want to be hurt, a large part of them were actually restless. Zheng Zheng A large part of the family's energy is spent on monitoring them. In fact, the southeast indigenous servant army mainly thinks that it is to monitor them.

Over the past few years, as the Japanese have made more contributions to the Zheng family, some Japanese have been promoted, joined the army, and become middle-level officers. The demands of the Japanese have begun to increase. After all, Japan’s civilization is better than that of the Qing Dynasty and other places. The civilization of the aborigines is much higher, and there are many thoughtful people. Some people saw the opportunity and kept currying favor with some local officials of the Zheng family and the bottom and middle-level officers of the army.

Moreover, since the arrival of the new Lu Kingdom, the instigation and provocation against the Japanese has not stopped for a day, and what is restless is that Zheng Zhi's Nanyang Kingdom has not stopped making some troubles against these Japanese, and the matter of causing trouble to Zheng Jing has been relaxed. , the Dutch even provoke some Japanese from time to time.

So the Japanese increased their strength in the Kingdom of Australia while receiving funding from all parties. Their strength continued to expand, and they had been divided into seven or eight forces. They took root in the Kingdom of Australia and laid hidden dangers for the destruction of the Zheng family. The Zheng family did not know it from time to time. But these can't be swept away, and they can't be killed.

Many harsh laws are of no use to them. With the development of the situation, the population that can be obtained is the Japanese. The population of this subjugated country is needed by all parties, not only to re-establish the Japanese needs of the country, but also in other places. , even the Dutch, the British, and the Spaniards have already trafficked some of them to Western Europe.

This time Zheng Jing went out with 10 Japanese servants, 8 Southeast Asian servants, 5 Han Chinese, only 7 Han soldiers, and only 11 sailors. Most of the navy left Well, there are only 30 Han soldiers and horses, plus some rich Han businessmen and servants of officials, there are only a little over 5, but the standing army of the Japanese servant army is 20, and the standing army of the navy is also 20. Although the Southeast Asian servant army There are also more than [-] people left, who themselves are monitoring these people, but they can’t cheer up when facing the [-] Japanese servants. They don’t want to fight in the first place. What they focus on is profit and making money, so the combat effectiveness cannot be compared with the Japanese servant army who is farming and good at martial arts.

Therefore, as soon as the Xinlu Kingdom was launched, 20 Japanese servants rushed down. On the north coast of Australia, there were as many as 33 settlements, 25 cities, [-] ports, and [-] small docks. However, the troops were unable to guard all the territory. Under the leadership of the Han officials, the natives of Southeast Asia resisted but were weak. Mostly they resisted for a while. When the Han soldiers and officials died, they fled in all directions, or surrendered to the Japanese servant army.

On the nearly [-]-kilometer coast of the north coast of Australia, the coastal cities and ports were all attacked by the Japanese, and fell into turmoil. The Zheng family's left-behind fleet was attracted by the fleet commanded by the new Lu Guohong Wenyi, and they were still in the vast sea. Playing hide-and-seek with the New Lu Kingdom fleet, so when the battle broke out, there was no turmoil in the soldiers, horses and population in the Japanese navy, and they all went out to fight the New Lu Kingdom.

The 20 Japanese servants on the shore quickly expanded to 50, 70, and millions, sweeping away all the forces and forces of the Zheng family who blocked them.

The turmoil lasted for half a month. The 20 Southeast Asian servants of the Zheng family were all disbanded. The Han soldiers held on to the three cities and waited for help.

Because it was not launched by a group of people, the Japanese who were launched by the troops of the Xinlu Kingdom launched first, the Dutch launched later, the British supported it again, and later Hong Tianpao and Zheng Zhi supported it. The Huaxia Army did not launch it. It was just passing on information, but it did not establish a Japanese force that would fall to the Chinese Empire, because everyone knew that the national policy of the Chinese Empire was to destroy the Japanese, so no one, no matter how stupid the Japanese were, said that I would help the Chinese Empire to destroy the Japanese. destroy myself.

The soldiers and horses of Xinlu State sent reinforcements from the west bank and the east bank, and the support soldiers and horses from the inland supported the Japanese forces they supported, and attacked the cities, ports, villages, and towns of the Zheng family everywhere, completely destroying the entire land. The kingdom of Australia is in disarray.

However, due to the support of the Han Chinese navy in Darwin Port, [-] naval forces, plus the support of [-] Japanese servants who are unlikely to be rebelled, the chaos in Darwin Port and the city has not increased. Darwin is also the most concentrated Han people. The most powerful place, the turmoil broke out for a week, Darwin's Zheng Jing's family and his courtiers organized a hundred thousand militiamen to defend the city, all of them were Han militiamen.

There are 70 Han Chinese, [-] Southeast Asians, and [-] Japanese slaves in this city. The reason why the Japanese cannot live in this city is that the Japanese were beaten into slaves for a period of time because of the riots. It opened up a bit and let the Japanese become servants, so this also preserved the foundation of Zheng Jing.

Other cities, wharves, ports, and rural Han populations and Southeast Asian aborigines, Han people, and businessmen suffered disasters. In just half a month, 30 Han people and 30 Southeast Asian aborigines were hunted down by the Japanese.

When various forces in Japan competed for territory, people from all sides were massacred, and the population of the Zheng family's Australian kingdom was rapidly decreasing because of this turmoil.

By the time Zheng Jing brought the Dutch and the British back to the Darwin port, the population of the Kingdom of Australia had either fled, disappeared, or died, and 200 million people had died, and the national power had dropped by [-]%.

Chapter 964 The Wind and Rain in Australia 2

Zheng Jing stood at the bow of the ship with a livid face. Inside and outside the port of Darwin, the ships seized by various forces of the Japanese were engaged in fierce naval battles. Their unanimous goal was the Darwin Wharf in the port, a port guarded by Han Chinese and Southeast Asians. And the wharf, nearly 40 Japanese on land are attacking his city with muskets and cannons in his warehouse. The Japanese in the port even have some Southeast Asian natives. Some Han businessmen are commanding soldiers and horses to besiege the fort and garrison of the port. On the sea surface of the port The ships of the various forces of the Japanese were either fighting each other, or fighting the Han Chinese ships left behind together. From time to time, some of the Han Chinese ships turned against each other.

At this point he already knew what was going on.

He let the expeditionary fleet led by him attack different forces in the port, and at the same time let the soldiers loaded by the merchant ships go ashore to help relieve the plight of Darwin City.

It took him two days to quell the rebellion in Darwin Port and lead his army into Darwin Port.

At this time, his fleet and ships, shipyards, and docks in Darwin suffered heavy losses, and various trading stations were also burned to the ground.

After integrating the soldiers and horses into the city, he executed all the family members of the Japanese servants who participated in the rebellion in the city, and executed all the captured Japanese and Southeast Asian servants, killing nearly 40 people.

All of a sudden, the population base of his Australian kingdom was reduced by 1000% due to the struggles of various forces in Japan and his counter-insurgency, from nearly 600 million to more than half of [-] million.

The most important thing is that his left-behind navy suffered heavy losses. All ships capable of fighting were either driven away, sunk, or seriously injured and burned in the port.

The Southeast Asian indigenous servants near Darwin who had run away were regrouped, but there were only a little over 11 people, and the number of returned Southeast Asian people was only [-].

The Japanese servant army and Southeast Asian servant army brought back were successively dispatched to various places, and the troops mainly composed of Han soldiers and horses were sent to suppress the rebellion. It took a week to destroy the fifteen settlements and cities within a thousand miles of Darwin. Recovered, the enemy retreated to the east and west of Darwin Port, which are not connected to each other.

While Zheng Jing dispatched a fleet to lead the troops to attack, he rectified and restored the military system. This time, he was mainly Han people, and he incorporated the Han militiamen who had been conscripted to defend the city and the still loyal Nanyang and Southeast aborigines into the Han soldiers. In the horse, the Japanese soldiers and horses were broken up into soldiers, incorporated into the new soldiers and horses, and counter-insurgency troops were sent to both sides and inland.

In order to find out the cause of this incident, he successively dispatched a number of soldiers and horse teams composed of family members and Zheng family members to interrogate the captured Japanese and rebellious Southeast Asian indigenous soldiers and some Han businessmen. After figuring it out, the first thing was actually It was a spy sent by the Dutch, and Zheng Jing found the Dutch Governor Ike with a blue face.

Ike knew that he could not turn against Zheng Jing at this time. They were guest troops. Although the fleet was strong, he had to bow his head and admit his mistake in other countries. He promised to do more for the Zheng family in the future, and promised to help the Zheng family train craftsmen and build arsenals. , the shipyard, and improving the Zheng family's shipbuilding and cannon-making skills, this resolved Zheng Jing's anger.

In order to rely on the power of the Dutch and the British, Zheng Jing endured it. Not only the Dutch, but also the small movements of the British could be seen by him. Enduring this, he humbly asked the Dutch and British fleets to attack the island of Papua New Guinea , destroying Hong Wenyi's fleet there.

The Dutch and the British are not stupid, but Zheng Jing promised them to share Australia in the future. The west and east coasts that were originally captured belong to the Dutch and the British. Afterwards, they will occupy the north and south coasts, New Zealand Island, and the east and west coasts will belong to them. The British and the Dutch were very happy and immediately sent some of the captured warships of the fleet and the accompanying merchant ships loaded with soldiers and accompanying merchants to capture the two strongholds captured by the Xinlu Kingdom. They accepted it with a smile. A few days later the Dutch According to the agreement, the fleet sent troops to Papua New Guinea to fight against Hong Wenyi's fleet.

The Dutch sent [-] warships, [-] warships, mighty and mighty, and under the guidance of the remaining [-] hundred-ton warships called by Zheng Jing, they went to Papua New Guinea.