The Marines hurriedly occupied the Shuilishe and Banxianshe near the coastline.
"Brothers, work harder to completely wipe out the Dadu Kingdom and spend the night in Dadu Society." Since Dadu King has been killed, Zheng Xing simply does nothing, he wants to end the entire Dadu Kingdom completely. Up.
"Yes, Master."
The 11th Marine Brigade divided the troops and occupied Shuilishe and Banxian, while the Twelfth Marine Brigade went to attack Dadushe.
Dadushe is just an ordinary village, because Daduwang lives in this village on weekdays. A huge house with twelve rooms is built in the village. This is the mansion where Daduwang sleeps. Every house lives in it. There is a woman who belongs to the big belly king.
After Jinhui entered the Dadu Society, under the guidance of the Han people, he first shot and killed the guards near the mansion, and formally entered the mansion that is currently no owner.
After Jinhui entered the house, he felt that this so-called mansion was larger, and it was still the kind of thatched cottage with earthen walls commonly seen by indigenous people.
Because every house lives a woman who doesn't need to work, the house is very clean and tidy. If it is developed as a tourism resource, I believe many people will rush to come in and stay for the night.
Jinhui didn't have time to be greedy for the "harem" of the Dadu King. While commanding the soldiers to occupy the entire village, he inquired about other nearby villages belonging to the Dadu Kingdom.
That night, Zheng Xing temporarily lived in the "harem" of King Dadu.
The captured villagers of the Dadu Kingdom were temporarily imprisoned in a few vacant rooms, and their relatives delivered dinner. If their relatives did not deliver dinner, or there were no relatives at all, they would have to go hungry that night.
After daybreak, Wu Caimao of the 11th Marine Brigade began to expand to the periphery and occupied 12 villages such as Sharushe, Longanshe, and Jingang. The road for the Marine Corps to go north was completely opened up.
The Ming army was divided into two groups. Wu Caimao and Jinhui each took their own land brigades, and under the guidance and assistance of the Han people, the villagers were loyal to the Ming from village by village.
Villagers who agree to allegiance to Daming must kneel on the ground and swear to heaven. If they do not agree to allegiance to Daming, they will be wiped out by the Ming army’s flintlock guns.
Since the Dadu King is dead, the perpetrators no longer exist, and the villagers are basically willing to be loyal to Daming. They are very realistic. As long as they kneel on their own land for a while, they will be forgiven by the Ming army.
Next is the registered population. The Dadu Kingdom has no written words yet, and the names are also very strange. Zheng Xing gave them the surnames He, Lu, Shi, Zhang, Kong, Cao, Yan, and Hua, all of which were changed back to Han names. Registered by the military staff.
Zheng Xing left Wu Caimao’s 11th land warfare brigade and established a temporary military government on the land of the original Dadu Kingdom. All 18 villages are under the joint guarantee system. Every five households are a basic unit. Zhu, one family fled, five families sat in a row.
Each village re-elects a village chief who is close to Daming and temporarily assists the Eleventh Marine Brigade to manage the entire village. The main responsibility of the village chief is to contact the villagers and convey Daming’s policies, as well as supervise the villagers and respond to their reasonable requests. Obligations, but important matters must be decided by the Ming army.
There are villages nearby, and it is too inconvenient for the army to camp. Zheng Xing decided to build a city here.
The castle is located in Dadushe.
The terrain here is open, with mountains and rivers behind it, and the population is relatively concentrated. It is more than twenty miles away from the coastline, and naval guns are out of reach, and it can resist threats from the sea.
When Zheng Xing delineated the address of the castle, he encircled the former "harem" of King Dadu, and these houses will be used as soldiers' barracks in the future.
As for the name of the castle, of course it can't be called Dadushe or Daducheng. Zheng thought for a moment, but he thought of the word "Changhua" for no reason. The name of the castle was called Changhua.
It turned out that the captured villagers had to participate punitively in building the city. Among the captured villagers at that time, there were also women and children. It was not efficient to let them build the castle. Zheng Xing let their men or the head of the family participate in the city building, one by one.
After being delayed for seven or eight days on the territory of the Dadu Kingdom, Zheng Xingcai took the Twelfth Brigade of the Jinhui Land Warfare and continued northward.
Zheng Zhilong's fleet has been parked in the open sea, waiting for Zheng Xing. After receiving the message that Zheng Xing has finished processing the Dadu Kingdom, he ordered the fleet to raise anchor and split with Zheng Xing on land and sea, and at the same time set off northward.
On the way north, Zheng Xing will also encounter some indigenous and sporadic Spanish businessmen. As long as he does not resist, Zheng Xing will generally ignore them and will not harm them. Spain is the target of the Ming army’s visit to northern Taiwan. , They were not so lucky. After Zheng Xing asked the necessary information, whether it was the army or the civilians, he shot them all, just to give the soldiers the courage to kill.
On the south bank of the lower reaches of the Danshui River, Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Xing met again to discuss attacking the Spanish city of Santo Domingo.
"Commander, the city of Santo Domingo guards the mouth of the Tamsui River. With the support of shore defense guns, the fleet can't get close at all." Zheng Xing looked at the castle built by the Spanish on the other side, feeling restless.
"Yes, the location of Santo Domingo City is too good. It’s backed by the river and the sea. The fleet can’t get close yet." Zheng Zhilong also understands that it’s not that it can’t be approached. The range of the gun may be farther than that of the naval gun, and the caliber is also larger. If it really wants to attack, the loss of the fleet will not be small.
"Using a transport ship to transport Marine Corps soldiers across the river is also not possible. It is still within the range of the Spanish artillery, and the transport ship does not have the ability to fight back at all." Zheng Xing could not wait to give birth to two wings and fly over the Danshui River.
"Zheng Xing, don't worry, I have a way to cross the river." Zheng Zhilong twisted his beard lightly, and he wanted to test Zheng Xing.
"There is a way for the commander?" Zheng Xing's face was happy, he thought for a while, but he didn't think of any good way.
"Use your brain." Zheng Zhilong pointed to his head.
"Several broken ships in Spain are still at the confluence of the port and the river. They are really going to fight, and they may not be tortoises." Zheng Xing wanted to break his head, but there was no other way but to attack.
Zheng Zhilong is unwilling to attack, that is the last resort, "What if it is secretive?"
"Commander means..."
"In Santo Domingo, including the port, there will be no more than two hundred soldiers, plus the temporarily armed merchants, no more than three hundred. If I use the fleet to open a posture and make a strong attack, will they? Being led to the port?" Zheng Xing still didn't expect to see Zheng Xing, Zheng Zhilong had to enlighten step by step.
"Lead to the port?" Zheng Xing suddenly realized, "What the commander meant, the Spanish soldiers were led to the port, shall we take the opportunity to cross the river?"
"Basically that's what I mean." Zheng Zhilong cast a gaze of approval at Zheng Xing. "Once the Spanish soldiers are concentrated in the port and they have to defend the city, there are basically a few stragglers left outside the city, not even one. For the rest, you walk east for a while and cross the river from the middle reaches of the Danshui River. There should be no defenders there."
"Commander, I understand," Zheng Xing looked extremely excited. "We set up a tent on the south bank and set up a vacant camp to interfere with the judgment of the Spaniards. We took the opportunity to head east to find a place to cross the river."
"Give you two hours to cross the river tonight or tomorrow morning. Before dark, you must find a place to cross the river. At tomorrow morning, I will attack from the sea, and you will take the opportunity to cross the river."
"Yes, Commander."
Zheng Xing returned to the Marine Corps and immediately organized soldiers to march eastward, and found a relatively gentle ferry at a distance of about thirty miles from the mouth of the river.
Here is a river bay, the water flow is very slow, close to a static state, and blocked by trees, it is easy to hide.
Zheng Xing asked the soldiers to chop down trees and prepare to build pontoon bridges. There were trees, as long as the soldiers had the strength to chop down.
It took more than an hour for the soldiers to build two extremely simple pontoons.
Without artillery and waiting for the heavy lifting, the soldiers crossed the river very quickly. In less than an hour, they all passed the Danshui River and set up camps on the north bank. At this time, the genius had just wiped out.
Before dawn the next day, Zheng Xing sent five groups of soldiers, disguised as local indigenous and Han people, to investigate the situation of the fleet in the direction of the port.
Just after the hour, a group of soldiers reported back: "The division, the commander's fleet, has fired at the port, and the Spanish shore artillery has also begun to fight back. The artillery fire is quite intense."
"Well, since the commander is covering us, it's up to us." Zheng Xing was not as excited as he had imagined. He just asked the group of soldiers to go back and visit and report again.
"Master, the commander has already begun to attack the port, shall we set out now?" Brigadier Jinhui couldn't help it.
"The war money has just begun. Let the Spaniards get nervous for a while before their attention will turn to the port." Zheng Xing is not in a hurry now, he is still slowly tasting the Taiwanese tea in his hand.
"Oh." Jinhui only realized that he was too anxious.
"Golden Brigade, when you attack for a while, you first bring two regiments of soldiers to surround the city of Santo Domingo. You must not let the Spanish soldiers out of the city, lest our army get caught in the stomach and back." The map unfolded, and the marching route was designated for the Jinhui.
"Please rest assured, if the Spaniard comes out of the city, you will twist my head off and use it as a urinal." Jin Hui assured Zheng Xing, silently remembering the route of the army.
"You don't have artillery. Don't attack the city for the time being. Don't cause unnecessary casualties. The Spaniards will never run away unless they have wings like an eagle." Zheng Xing smiled rare. "The soldiers of the Marine Corps are precious. Very, if there are casualties, there will be really no way to add it for a while."
"Yes, Master." Hearing that he could not attack the city, Jin would be a little disappointed. His voice dropped octave and he looked lazy, but he couldn't fail to comply with Zheng Xing's order. "Master, The city of Santo Domingo..."
"Don't worry, the city of Santo Domingo is yours," Zheng Xing didn't understand Jin Hui's thoughts. "When the port is taken, a few artillery pieces are unloaded from the transport ship, and then the artillery cannon is used to attack the city... Don’t cried and screamed around outside the city at the time, let the Spaniards watch our jokes in the city.”
"The division rest assured, as long as there are artillery, the subordinates promise to calm down the city of Santo Domingo within half a day!" Jin Hui suddenly realized that the port has not sent troops yet, "the division is planning to attack the port himself?"