Chapter 127 Recovering Qiongzhou Island (Please subscribe!)

After three strikes, five strikes and two strikes, Qiongzhou Prefecture surrendered before the Guards even exerted their strength.

Is this all? The Qing soldiers are too weak, so at least a few loyal ministers and righteous soldiers from the Qing Dynasty should come to show off!

No one could be seen on the city walls of Nuoda. The Qing soldiers had long been hiding in the houses, and even dressed up as common people and blended in.

But yes, the green soldiers on Qiongzhou Island really don’t look like soldiers. If they take off that layer of skin, aren’t they just ordinary people?

But I just don’t know if he is a good citizen.

Zheng Kezang had already expected that the Qing soldiers on Qiongzhou Island were really weak and completely vulnerable to a blow.

The artillery battalion of the Guards came all the way from Xiamen Island. They wanted to vent their anger, but they didn't expect that they only fired three rounds of volleys and the other side was exhausted. It was really boring.

The Guards' occupation operation encountered little resistance in the city.

In less than half a day, Qiongzhou Prefecture was completely controlled by the Guards.

I recall the days when I ransacked houses in Fujian a while ago. I could make millions of taels of silver from any of them. I probably won’t make much money on this trip to Qiongzhou Island.

Of the 1,500 Qing troops defending the city, only two to three hundred Qing soldiers were captured, and the rest did not know where they went.

Fortunately, there were local Han people as guides, and all these Tatar officials were arrested one by one.

Another advantage of Qiongzhou Island is that it can attack Guangdong from the north and Annan from the west.

If the entire Qiongzhou Island is captured, Nalan Mingzhu's bargaining chips will be reduced, and he will have to rack his brains to think about what conditions to pay before Zheng Kezang is willing to negotiate for peace.

"It's a bit troublesome to build now. It's better to wait until Qiongzhou Island is taken over and then transport some cement from Yizhou Island to build it," Zheng Kezang replied.

He carefully considered it and found that the land he valued, the coastal conditions and hydrological conditions were more suitable for building a large port, and there were no hidden dangers such as sedimentation channels that are common at the mouths of rivers.

Regarding this situation, Aqiang immediately reported it to Zheng Kezang.

Soon, there were thousands more Qing soldiers and prisoners on Hainan Island.

That's because Ming and Zheng in Fujian surrendered more soldiers and had stronger combat effectiveness. This is a small fish pond. Under the influence of quality concepts and spectacle, the guards with strong martial arts are like fried fish.

But the harvest was quite fruitful, because the officials in Qiongzhou all hid their money in the deep mountains and old forests. It was a bit difficult to catch, but once they caught it, they made money.

"In addition, we have many prisoners of the Qing army, so we let them repair it and promised to give them freedom after repairing it. I think they will be willing to do a good job." Zheng Kezang continued.

After repeatedly inspecting the coastal terrain near Qiongzhou Fucheng, the Guangdong Fleet selected the location for the military port that would later become the Xiuying Port area.

Soon, the entire island of Qiongzhou was captured by the Guards, which took two months. Qiongzhou is high in the middle and low on the four sides, and there are many mountains, so it is a little more troublesome to clean up the inland areas.

Before the Qing troops could react, the virtuous Guards took nearly half a month to capture the entire coastal county of Qiongzhou Island.

There is currently no dedicated military supply port on the Qiongbei coastline, so the Guangdong Fleet performing sweep missions in the Qiongzhou Strait can only temporarily requisition Haikou Pu.

The Guards did no harm to the poor Han people, and even gave them some land occupied by corrupt officials. They were like a noble man!

There is no shortage of areas suitable for building ports near Qiongzhou Fucheng. In fact, it has been the main distribution center for maritime trade on Qiongzhou Island since ancient times, so if you want to find a good port, you can still find it.

What Zheng Kezang said makes sense. Anyway, today he just wanted to express his opinion and let his king know about it.

No wonder the Tatars don’t pay attention to this place.

"Your Majesty, our Guangdong Fleet has taken a fancy to a piece of land, which is very suitable for use as a military port!"

This speed was so fast that Pan Aqiang couldn't believe it. He thought it would take at least a month to capture the coast of Qiongzhou Island.

Outside Qiongzhou Prefecture, as soon as they heard about the arrival of the Guards, the Qing troops fled and the county gates were opened wide.

"Your Majesty, I will listen to your arrangements!" Liu Guoxuan left with satisfaction.

Thinking of this, Zheng Kezang wrote a letter, sending the good news of the recovery of Qiongzhou Island to Yizhou Island, asking Dongning Daily to publicize it widely, and asked his father-in-law Chen Yonghua to select some Confucian scholars to manage Qiongzhou Island.

The Guangdong Fleet will be very important in the future. They need to clean up pirates and control the Guangdong coast. They do need to build a military port, but there is no rush.

However, in the past, the warships of the Qiongzhou Navy were generally smaller, and they were all small sailing ships. Therefore, the berth at Haikou Pu was not suitable for the large bird ships and plywood ships of the Guangdong Fleet.

After entering the city, Zheng Kezang realized what it meant to be in a poor place.

Don't doubt it, this is the offensive concept taking effect.

It had only been half a month. Pan Aqiang shook his head. He had never thought the Qing soldiers were so easy to fight before.

Just as the Guards' offensive was in full swing, Liu Guoxuan, the first admiral of the Guangdong Fleet, came to visit.

Fortunately, what Zheng Kezang is looking for is the population of Qiongzhou Island. The exact number will depend on subsequent statistics.

I don’t know why, but from a certain period of time, Aqiang felt more passionate about leading troops in war, and before he knew it, he had integrated all the theories he had learned at Dongning Military Academy.

It turns out that after occupying the northern area of ​​Qiongzhou Island, the defense area of ​​the Guangdong Fleet also expanded, and the Qiongzhou Strait will become their key defense area.

Looking at the dilapidated yamen in front of me, I went to the warehouse of Qiongzhou Prefecture and saw that a marathon could be run in the warehouse. Not to mention rats and cockroaches.

Once the whole island of Qiongzhou is captured, it’s time for the Tatars to pay indemnity and cede territory and sign unequal treaties. If they don’t sign it, they should go to Tianjin and reenact the Opium War. The path that imperialism can take, he Zheng

Why can't Ke Zang leave?

Later, when the soldiers handed over the seized account books, Pan Aqiang discovered the problem. It turned out that Qiongzhou Island was easy to fight not only because of Ming and Zheng's abundant military virtues, but also because of their empty pay!

"This Qiongzhou Island shortfall is too serious." Pan Aqiang opened the account book and said speechlessly.

Considering the particularity of the military purpose, Liu Guoxuan did not want warships to be merged with the civilian ship dock. From now on, it would be a pure military port.

"The Qing Dynasty is indeed a paper tiger. It will fall when pushed. 70% of the people in Yazhou Prefecture are living on empty wages!" Zheng Kezang said with emotion.

Unable to escape, the Qing army surrendered on the spot and even tied up the Tatar Qing officials and surrendered directly.

Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it, so they reciprocated the favor and helped the Guards catch corrupt officials.

These corrupt officials, when they were in the fish and meat village of Qiongzhou Island, never imagined that they would be in such an embarrassing day.

Among them, Niu Tiansu and Huang Guocai, who had the most money, were directly taken to Qiongzhou Fucheng to be punished because they had such a bad reputation in Qiongzhou Island, and they were just used to win the hearts and minds of the people of Qiongzhou Island.

For officials with good reputations who are willing to surrender and take the initiative to cut off their braids to become surrender officials, Zheng Kezang will also give them a chance to change their ways, otherwise Dongning Prefecture will not have enough Confucian scholars!

However, on the way to occupy Qiongzhou Island, if nothing unexpected happened, something happened.
Chapter completed!