The Rise of Iceland - Vol 3 Chapter 432

With a reminder from Olaf half a year ago, when Tom and others arrived in Fuzhou, they knew that the Longwu court could not keep Fujian, so after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, they established bastions and commercial strongholds in Fuzhou Port, Nan’ao Island, and Jinmen, respectively. At the same time, he delivered the musket and artillery to Zheng Chenggong.

Apart from doing business and training soldiers, Thom and Umisen also tried their best to collect the changes in the war in the north, especially after learning that Emperor Longwu was going to Jiangxi by himself.

Because before they left Stockholm, Olaf told them that Ming was unable to protect Fujian, Emperor Longwu would flee to Jiangxi, and encountered disasters comparable to the decisive battle of Gustav II Lützen in Tingzhou, so he was instructed by Olaf. After Emperor Longwu entered Jiangxi, he led all the Viking legions on horseback to the vicinity of Tingzhou and waited, preparing to copy the allusions of the regent Olaf’s savior Lützen in the past, so as to control the Longwu court and let Sweden The empire can grab more privileges, benefits and wealth from the big empire in East Asia.

It turns out that Thom was right. He led the Viking Army to rescue Emperor Longwu Zhu Yujian before the break of Tingzhou City. At the same time, he escorted Emperor Longwu all the way to Nan’ao Island, preparing to temporarily take Nan’ao Island and the surrounding Chenghai County as Revolutionary base areas, carry out the great cause of anti-Qing dynasty.

With Zheng Zhilong’s return to the Qing Dynasty, Nanming had only Guangzhou, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan in nominal terms, and the Longwu court’s control over the provinces was very low, so even at this time, with the help of the Emperor Longwu, Emperor Longwu Nanming survived, but it was still extremely difficult to organize forces to regain the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

After repeated discussions between Thom and Zheng Chenggong, they decided to use Nanao Island, Chenghai County, and even Chaozhou Prefecture as their bases to connect the relatively wealthy and populous Guangdong and Fujian. At the same time, they could use Taiwan’s Hainan as the backing to organize their forces. Resist the Qing army.

Originally, the Longwu court meant to move to Guangzhou Mansion, but there was no risk in Guangzhou Mansion. Zheng Chenggong was from Fujian. When the Longwu court arrived in Guangdong, he would be held back by the Cantonese if he wanted to do anything. Daming could no longer be there. The internal situation is better, and there are no capable people in Guangdong now who can turn the tide.

Therefore, Chaozhou Prefecture, located in the middle of Fujian, Guangdong, and Taiwan, is naturally the best revolutionary base. It can be attacked or retreated. Behind it is Taiwan and Hainan. In addition to the climatic characteristics of the Lingnan region, the Qing army is very It’s difficult to fight for a long time here. If Chaozhou Prefecture and Nan’ao Island are turned into revolutionary bases and then open to trade, they will receive support from the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and other countries. On the contrary, the court has more confidence and potential than before.

As Emperor Longwu rebuilt his team in Chaozhou Prefecture, the literary magnates of the southern provinces of Xia Zhao and the officials of the Xiaye Zhishi were appointed to the cabinet, and the Nanming court, which was already in the middle of falling apart, became stable again.

Emperor Longwu, who had experienced a life and death catastrophe, also seemed to have been baptized. He first appointed Zheng Chenggong to be loyal, and at the same time added the governors of Fujian, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang. Mobilize all anti-Qing forces to maintain the existence of Longwu court.

The winter of 1646 came in a blink of an eye. Because of the cold weather, the Guangdong area was no longer an unbearable area in the heart of the Eight Banners. So Duoduo personally led the five thousand and eight banner soldiers, the King of Sanshun, and the Lvying soldiers in Jiangxi before. , Huguang carried out a large-scale raid, prepared to pacify Huguang and other provinces in one fell swoop, and broke the Chaozhou government, and wiped out the small court of Nanming.

Emperor Longwu and Zheng Chenggong knew that Ming had a future only if they withstood the last wave of offensive this year. Therefore, the two of them played against each other dozens of times. At the same time, Longwu also summoned cabinet ministers, governor, and governor to discuss several times. In the end, more than one million taels of silver were raised, and fifty thousand soldiers were summoned. However, for the upcoming battle, Long Wu and Zheng Chenggong knew that they could only rely on the newly drilled 20,000 Imperial Camp and 3,000 Viking Legion. , Eight hundred Portuguese teaching groups and six hundred Dutch teaching groups, this is the only reliable force guarding the court.

After Tom rescued Longwu, this ambitious emperor trusted Tom and Liu Fu incomparably. Under their persuasion, Emperor Longwu and his concubines all believed in the Protestant Lutheranism and gave Yuan Olaf in Europe sent a letter of thanks.

Because Emperor Longwu had never had children, he was also dying of his fertility in order to stabilize the hearts of the people, so he adopted Zhu Linfen, the eldest son of his younger brother Zhu Yuya, to his own name, and decreed to be crowned prince.

During this honeymoon period of cooperation with Zheng Chenggong, with the full support of Zheng Chenggong and Thom, Emperor Longwu felt that he had finally become a real emperor, and he not only had a series of actions that made the court and the field rekindle Daming. I gained confidence, and at the same time completely surrendered the remnants of Kuidong Shisanjia and Daxi Sun Kewang.

At the end of 1646, although the Nanming court lost large tracts of land in Fujian and Jiangxi, it was stronger and wealthier than before because of the successive establishment of transportation merchants with Sweden, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries, and the change of the head of the Zheng Group, Zheng Chenggong. NS.

Counting the troops in the hands of the Nanming Longwu imperial court has exceeded 300,000. Those who can really fight are more than 200,000 elites with participation of Dashun and Daxi, as well as more than 20,000 imperial soldiers and more than 30,000. The provinces who have eaten enough silver have excellent caressers, so as long as they are used properly, it is not a problem to defend Guangdong and Guangxi.

Sure enough, things were as expected by Thom, Zheng Chenggong, Emperor Longwu and others. After the Longwu court took out the taxes and official income earned from trade and trade for several months and distributed them to various places, Nanming’s resistance to the Qing army’s attack was very strong. It is a sharp increase. Although most of the time they are passively beaten defensively, loss of city and ground has rarely occurred.

When the Yuying was led by Tom and the other people’s congress into Ganzhou~www.mtlnovel.com~ Zheng Chenggong’s navy blocked the mouth of the Yangtze River from the water after getting the Galen warship, and bombarded Nanjing with heavy agricultural artillery. Xuanwu Lake caused great trouble to Duoduo who guarded Nanjing.

In winter and December, although the Qing army was as powerful as a broken bamboo at the beginning, it defeated Fuzhou, Ganzhou, and even occupied most of the prefectures in the northern provinces of Jiangxi and Fujian, but as the front moved to the south, the battle situation began to show a stalemate.

After the twelfth lunar month of winter, the Eight Banners, who are exclusively occupied in Nanjing, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, and other places, will also enjoy enough. They all want to return to Beijing with the treasures and families, so Duduo handed over the command to Boluo. The Zhengbaiqi people returned to Beijing, and before they left, they carried out a thorough detail of Nanjing, in order to worry that Zheng Chenggong’s navy was powerful, and retake Nanjing, so he had to looting in advance.

The war between Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty basically maintained the mountainous area north of Lingnan, and the Longwu court, which was supposed to be destroyed, also survived miraculously, and established the political center in Chaozhou Prefecture.

Under the leadership of Umisen, the caravan of the Swedish Empire purchased a large number of ships of silk, porcelain, and lacquer. They had left Guangzhou two months ago, went to Bavaria and British India, and were preparing to return to Europe around Africa. In addition to the expensive Eastern gifts, hundreds of Eastern doctors and craftsmen were brought back, as well as confidant ministers and envoy apprentices sent by Emperor Longwu.