At the banquet, Li Xiao turned to Zheng Zhifeng and Zheng Cai and took turns to persuade him to drink. For a moment, there were laughter and joy between the guests and the host, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Seeing that Zheng Zhifeng and Zheng Cai were both drunk on their faces, Li Xiao asked with a smile: "Brother Ben wants to conquer the Spanish in northern Taiwan, but he doesn't know if Deputy General Zheng (Zheng Zhilong) can help me? Of course, if Deputy General Zheng intends to help, our army will not treat your army badly."

After hearing Li Xiao's question, Zheng Zhifeng stopped chopsticks. He pondered for a moment, and then smiled and said to Li Xiao: "Bo Chi Feng, before coming to Guidi, my brother told me that if you help your army transport vagrants and merchant goods, you can agree. As for the Spanish or Dutch who sent troops to help your army attack Taiwan, most of our army's combat ships were sent out and it was difficult to gather for a while, but it was difficult to support your army. Therefore, Xiaoke was helpless and accused his brother here."

Zheng Zhifeng said this and said anxiously: "However, if Chi Fengbo is willing to conquer the barbarians on Taiwan Island, our army will not be able to help, but will adopt a neutral attitude and will never give secret support to the Spanish and Dutch people. Please rest assured by Chi Fengbo."

Li Xiao said oh, and did not say much, but continued to persuade him to drink with a smile.

However, in his heart, there were many thoughts.

Li Xiao now, the first thing he wanted to attack was the Spaniards occupying northern Taiwan. His original plan was that if he could get the help of Zheng Zhilong, the two fleets could join forces to block Jilong Port and close the door and fight the Spanish, so that they could only surrender under the joint attack of Li Xiao's army's amphibious divisions.

But now, Zheng Zhijing has made it clear that he does not want to participate in this battle, so that Li Xiao’s plan can no longer be implemented.

Moreover, Zheng Zhilong's attitude also sent two signals to Li Xiao, that is, one is that although there have been many cooperations between Zheng Zhilong and Li Xiao, the two sides are just business relationships after all. The second is that Zheng Zhilong is now doing big business with the Spaniards and the Dutch. Of course, he does not want to destroy this relationship, but he is more interested in watching the tiger fight.

Thinking of this, a dark thought even arose in Li Xiao's heart.

That is, if he failed in the battle to conquer the Spaniards, then Zheng Zhilong would most likely change his previous willingness to cooperate, and would ruthlessly embezzle the industries he had worked hard in Taiwan, and fight for a crane and clam, and the fisherman would benefit.

This real world where people are as affectionate as paper and interests are like mountains is originally a deception and mutual use. Zheng Zhilong, who started as a pirate, naturally understood this even more.

It is better to ask for your own sake than to ask for others.

Humph, since that's the case, then Ben Bo wants to let your Zheng family see how my Tiger Army wants to seize the Taipei land occupied by the Spanish with just the strength of his family!

In the next few days, Zheng Zhifeng and Zheng Cai purchased commercial goods in Chifeng City. The cigarettes, ironware, wool velvet, raw silk, silk satin and other commercial goods they purchased were packed with 50 large ships, with a total purchase amount of more than 2 million taels of silver.

At this time, Li Xiao had collected a total of 550,000 refugees, all of which were needed to be replenished, as well as a large number of weapons, armor, horses, supplies, commercial goods and other items, all of which were ready.

November 10, 10th year of Chongzhen.

Good times and good times will be good for a long journey.

Li Xiao personally led the military and civilians to board the ship from Longkou Port, Chifeng City and headed to Taiwan.

Li Xiao chose Longkou Port instead of Dengzhou Port because Longkou Port is wide in terrain, which is convenient for transporting refugees. If you board a commercial terminal such as this, there will be no risk of military intelligence leakage.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty in the Little Ice Age, the weather was cold early. On the day when Li Xiao led his army to set off, the weather was already very cold. The dark clouds were low and the sea breeze was cold. There were already tiny crystal snowflakes flying from the sky, and the sea and sky were filled with the smell of vastness and bleakness.

However, in such a bleak environment, there is a bustling scene on the pier.

A large number of civilians transported military goods like groups of busy ants, moving various items to various large ships in Longkou Port.

The 550,000 refugees who were on standby cried and shook the wilderness.

It is hard to leave the hometown and the hometown feelings are hard to leave. Most of these people come from Huguang and Shaanxi, and more than 100,000 people come from Henan, Zhili and Shandong. At this time, they all know that after going south, the sea and sky are separated, and it is difficult for them to return to their hometown in this life.

Unlike the people, the soldiers in Pingnan Camp were all excited and rubbed their hands. Almost every soldier had a desire to fight in his eyes. These young soldiers all yearned for going to that strange land to make achievements and become famous.

Li Xiao looked at everything in front of him calmly. After the first two experiences of transporting refugees and military soldiers, Li Xiao did not feel much fluctuation in his heart when facing such a situation.

In troubled times, life is the first priority, and nothing is more important than living in this troubled times.

He firmly believed that when these refugees and military soldiers spread the blood of the Han family in foreign countries overseas, their strength and strength will increase day by day. After changing from quantitative to qualitative, there should be a more brilliant future, waiting for him.

When Li Xiao went on an expedition this time, his navy dispatched a total of 30 ships, including 16 of which were various types of warships seized from the Dutch, and the other fourteen were the No. 1 and No. 2 lucky ships seized from the former Dongjiang Town Navy.

As for the remaining thirty small ships such as Haicang ships, sand ships, and bird ships seized from the former Dongjiang Town Navy, Li Xiao asked them to stay in Dengzhou as necessary ships for water transportation and connection with Jeju Island.

Li Xiao left a large number of commercial goods and all military soldiers on his own thirty boats, and allowed all refugees to ride on the 300 large boats brought by Zheng Zhifeng and Zheng Cai.

In this way, a total of 300 large ships shipped the 550,000 refugees respectively. On average, more than 1,800 refugees were ridden on each ship. Although it was a bit crowded, it was completely ridden and there was still some room for movement.

At the same time, Li Xiao assigned 30 auxiliary soldiers to each of the 300 ships to maintain order with Zheng army soldiers. In addition, several doctors were also provided on each ship carrying refugees to prevent and treat refugees from getting sick on the way.

The scale of 550,000 refugees boarded the ship was extremely large. At first glance, there was a rush of people and endless crowds. Fortunately, the Civil Affairs Department had made plans and divided each batch of refugees into specific ship numbers, which made the team of refugees when boarding the ship, busy but not chaotic. Although the scale was large, it was well organized.

The refugees, dressed in rags, dragged the old and the young, and with the only remaining possessions, got on the boat from the gangway, and then disappeared into the crowd of people.

Looking at the crowds passing by, Li Xiao felt a strange feeling in his heart.

In real history, these refugees who died of war or famine in real history, have come here because of their own time travel, completely changed their destiny, and have the opportunity to survive, and can make a living overseas to make a living and develop, and have a branch of leaves. This fortune is so rare, how can it be said?

Because the weather was extremely cold and the wind and snow were mixed, Li Xiao did not ask his family to see him off. However, when he was about to take a group of guards to the ship, he saw a familiar figure.

"Yaglen, why are you here?"

Looking at the Makata approaching the belle, Li Xiao asked softly.

Under the gaze of a group of guards, Makata lowered his head and handed him a big package in his hand: "Mr. Li, this is Princess Ingma. Let me give you my intention to you, so that you can wear it on the road to keep warm."

After Makata finished speaking, his face turned red and he turned around and left quickly without waiting for Li Xiao to speak.

Li Xiao looked at her leaving alone with complicated eyes.

Then, Li Xiao pulled open a corner of the package and saw a thick tight cotton coat inside.

He suddenly remembered that his concubine Ingma had told him in a joking tone that his maid, Makata, had been fascinated by sewing clothes in recent months and had been flew needles in the room every day. At that time, he had not thought much about it. Now he saw that this cotton coat with tight cotton wool and dense stitches should have been sewn for himself by Makata, and it was definitely not Ingma.

Thinking of the moonlit night a few months ago, Makata was determined to assassinate himself, Li Xiao couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

This poor girl finally got over the hurdle in her heart...

Li Xiao finally said nothing and handed the cotton coat to the guard next to him to accept it.

It was not until dusk that the 550,000 refugees finally boarded the ship, and at this time, Li Xiao finally boarded the Shenglong, the leader of his navy.

The sea breeze is whistling, the fine snowflakes are flying all over the sky, and the empty Longkou Port in the south is getting smaller and smaller, and finally disappearing. There is only a vastness left between the world.

Navigating in such a vast and monotonous environment, Li Xiao felt that the Shenglong under his feet and the sea boats beside him seemed to have stopped, and seemed to have been stagnant forever, between the increasingly dark and vast sea and sky.

Li Xiao, looking up from the side, letting the cold snowflakes touch his handsome face and let the bitter sea breeze blow the bright red cloak flying violently. His eyes were deep and his expression was serious, but he was carefully calculating how to fight the Spanish when he went to Taiwan this time.

Li Xiao suddenly remembered the relevant situation of the Spanish Empire in real history.

From the middle of the last century to the beginning of this century, Spain was quite powerful at this time, with the most extensive colonies in the world. Most of the large areas of the United States, Africa and Asia were under its jurisdiction. Its sphere of influence spread throughout the world, and it was known as the Empire of the Sun and the Sun. This was the real world-wide empire before the rise of the British Empire.

On the European continent, Spanish King Philip II even arrogantly proposed the slogan of letting the Habsburg dynasty in Spain unify the entire Europe. Subsequently, the Spanish first went to war with France, threw the French away and were forced to surrender. Then, in the name of the Christian ally of Europe, they launched a war of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which was determined to expand into the Mediterranean basin at that time, and severely damaged Turkey's powerful fleet in the Battle of Lebantuo in western Greece.

In the eighth year of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, Spain's king Philip II used the excuse of being half of Portuguese descent and sent the Duke of Alva to lead his army to forcibly merge Portugal (Portugal did not reindepend after 60 years), became the king of Portugal, and renamed Philip I to the outside world.

In 1588, King Philip II of Spain expanded his ambitions and wanted to destroy the rising British Empire, so he specially sent an "Invincible Fleet" with 130 large ships and more than 30,000 warriors to launch an expedition to the British Empire under the leadership of the Duke of Medina-Sidonia.

However, although the Spanish navy was large in number, it was backward in equipment and inefficient in corruption. In addition, it was suddenly attacked by storms. This famous "Invincible Fleet" was completely defeated by Drake, a pirate born in pirates, leading the British navy, which was mixed with a large number of pirate ships. Only some surviving fleets fled north and bypassed Scotland and Ireland, then returned to Spain, with extremely heavy losses. From then on, Spain lost its position as a maritime overlord and began to gradually decline.

But even so, Spain is still one of the best maritime powers, and it is still a force that cannot be underestimated in the vast ocean.

After Spain arrived in the East, it immediately began to invade the beautiful and rich Luzon.

Luzon is located in the northern part of the Philippine Islands. At that time, the State of Luzon was established. It was a very prosperous country and had long been friendly with China. It is located at the critical moment of the South China Sea trade route, connecting to China's South China Sea in the north and the Malacca route in the south. It is a prime location for trade and navigation.

Such a treasure land has been coveted by the Spanish for a long time, so he is determined to win this time when the army is here.

But what surprised the Spaniards was that this small Luzon country fought to the death. The Spaniards attacked many times, but they were all repelled.

This cruel battle lasted for ten years. The Spanish talent captured Manila, the capital of Luzon, and killed the King of Luzon. After paying a heavy price, the Spanish talent finally obtained the entire Luzon and the nearby Philippine islands.

In 1603 AD, the Spanish colonists who captured Luzon envied the wealth of Chinese and Chinese merchants, and finally became a beastly person and massacred more than 20,000 Chinese in the Philippines. After the China-slaughter incident, the Spanish colonists were guilty, fearing that the Ming Dynasty, the sect leader of Luzon, sent troops to retaliate. However, they did not expect that the incompetent Emperor Wanli praised the news that the Spanish slaughtered Chinese people in large numbers. He issued an edict saying: Chinese people are rogues, and merchants are even more untouchable to foreign countries. The Celestial Empire will not make things difficult for such trivial matters, so please rest assured to do it yourself. Therefore, the Spanish people after receiving the edict were ecstatic and were even more fearless in oppression and humiliation of the Chinese. From then on, the Chinese who were originally respected in the South China Sea became untouchables who were not as good as those in the local natives.

From then on, until modern China, the history of Chinese people in the entire Nanyang region can be regarded as a history of blood and tears that makes people sigh.

The Ming court's weakness and incompetence further stimulated the Spanish's ambitions.

The Spanish began to seriously consider conquering this weak and scattered ancient China.

This is not a joke. According to historical records, the then Governor of Manila, Lavizalez, drew all maps of China's coastal areas and presented them to King Philip II of Spain. In his report to the king, he claimed that he could conquer China with only four to six thousand troops.

He also held a meeting in Manila. At this meeting, elite figures from Spain from all walks of life in the Asian region of military, politics and religion were gathered. They formulated a memorandum containing eleven clauses and ninety-seven articles, which was jointly signed by fifty-one nobles, and then sent back to Madrid, Spain, to request approval from King Philip II.

The entire combat plan can be briefly described as the Spanish plan to bring in Portugal's younger brothers, use churches in Japan to recruit a large number of Japanese pirates and mercenaries, and land in four regions of China, including Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangnan and Shandong, blockade of China's coastal areas across the board, and then advance in one fell swoop, conquering China.

These greedy robbers even specifically stated in the memorandum that after the landing, they must fight together and do not fight for merit, especially that they cannot plunder and burn and kill prefectures and counties like in America and Africa. The purpose of this is to prevent the decline of China's population, because population is wealth, and the most in need of the most scarce resources in Spain's vast colony.

In this plan, Lavizalez even planned the post-war events, that is, to set up church schools in China, to replace Confucianism with Catholicism, Spanish with Chinese, and to encourage Spanish to marry more Chinese women as wives, to become officials in China after giving birth, etc.

It can be seen that the Spanish at that time had completely regarded China as their dish. What's a pity is that the Ming court knew nothing about it and was completely kept in the dark.

In the end, it was because the British destroyed the Invincible Fleet built by the Spaniards for huge sums of money and caused the Spanish King Philip II to bear a huge debt of up to 100 million gold coins. The Spanish, who was deeply in a state of distracting from the idea of ​​invading China.

It is worth mentioning that this huge debt of up to 100 million gold coins was required to pay the interest on the debt, which was really shocking. Therefore, Philip II could not pay it back until his death. However, his son Philip III, who loved to enjoy and squandered his money, not only did not pay off his debts and revitalize the empire, but instead borrowed heavily. He was drunk today, which made the Spanish Empire fall into deep decline.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao's face was as heavy as iron, but his heart was secretly ruthless.

"Hmph, you Spanish sluts, now Ben Bo is leading his army, but he wants to attack you villains who owed blood debts to the Chinese, so that you can know that the Chinese who have always been gentle, kind, respectful, frugal and kind, and repay their grievances with kindness, have been bullied and humiliated by you and others, will raise the bloody butcher knife to your arrogant and ugly heads without mercy!"
Chapter completed!