Around 1620, the Dutch established the base of the Dutch East India Company in Batavia, Indonesia, and occupied Nagasaki, Japan as a stronghold, but Jakarta and Nagasaki were far apart.
China was the main target of western trade with the East at that time, and the Dutch had to find a base near China. They first tried to occupy Penghu, but China's Ming fleet was already stationed here. Shen Yourong, the garrison commander of Penghu, told the Dutch that instead of paying attention to Penghu, it is better to develop elsewhere.
The Dutch then thought of Macao, which is the best transit point between Nagasaki and Jakarta, but Macao has been occupied by the Portuguese, which means a war with the Portuguese, and the Portuguese fleet is not so easy to fight. In order to occupy Macao, the Dutch felt that it was not worthwhile to go to war with the Portuguese.
1624, China people engaged in maritime activities led the Dutch to sail to the waters of Daguan (now Anping, Tainan) and began to establish a base in Taiwan Province Province. Soon, the Dutch built a fortress and began to expand their power from Tainan to Langjiao (Pingtung) in the south.
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In the 16th year of Shunzhi (AD 1659), on April 19th, Zheng Chenggong attacked Nanjing again, and in July, he attacked Zhenjiang and besieged Nanjing. However, just as Governor Lang of the Qing Dynasty was trying to slow down his troops, he was suddenly attacked by the Qing army two months later and was defeated.
Return to Xiamen on September 7th. After feeling that being trapped in Kinmen and Xiamen was not a long-term solution and it was difficult to confront the Qing Dynasty, he decided to recover Taiwan Province Province.
Taiwan Province Province has been the territory of China since ancient times. 1624, Dutch colonists invaded Anping Bay on the southwest coast of Taiwan Province Province, and built Chiqian City and Taiwan Province provincial capital (both located in Anping, Tainan).
1626, Spanish colonists also occupied the chicken coops in northern China (now Keelung, Taiwan Province Province) and fresh water. After 15 years of struggle, the Dutch defeated the Spanish and monopolized Taiwan Province Province in 164 1 year. The Dutch forced Taiwan Province Province to pay heavy taxes and sold Taiwan Province Province to Java as a slave.
166 1 year, Zheng Chenggong ordered his son Zheng Jing to stay in Jinmen and Xiamen. On March 23rd, more than 350 warships and more than 2,500 soldiers set off from Xiamen and Kinmen and crossed the Strait. On the first day of April, we landed outside Luermen near Chiqian City, Taiwan Province Province.
Zheng Chenggong successfully mastered the tidal law of spring tide in April 1 day, and calculated the whole sailing time from Penghu very accurately. A large number of warships arrived at Luermen at the climax, then entered the port smoothly and landed about an hour later. The people of Taiwan Province warmly welcomed the arrival of Zheng Chenggong's army and gave them warm support.
Zheng Chenggong's army entered Chiqian Street (now Tainan Chigan Tower). There are only 300 Dutch troops in Chiba, so we can only trap them. The Dutch garrison commander, Maonan Shi Ding, sent a letter to the city of Taiwan Province Province (called Geranza in Dutch) for help. After the Dutch Governor got this letter, he sent a war commander to dial the ghost boy to lead hundreds of soldiers to help. Zheng Chenggong defeated Chen Ze.
One Dutch ship was sunk and the other three were seriously injured and fled overseas. Zheng Chenggong's navy controlled the sea in Taiwan Province Province, cutting off the ties and foreign relations between the two cities. In early April, Qian Chai surrendered. Send Maonan Ding to the city under the jurisdiction of Taiwan Province to surrender to Yi Yi. Bayi wrote to Zheng Chenggong, willing to send 65438+ two million silver, requesting Zheng Jun to withdraw from Taiwan Province.
Zheng Chenggong replied, "Taiwan Province Province is the land of China." . I have been in your country for a long time. If I want it now, I will give it back to you "(General History of Taiwan Province Province). In April, cities in Taiwan Province Province were surrounded. At the beginning of August, Dutch troops from Java came to help with 10 warships.
Chen Ze led the naval division to meet and defeat it. During the eight-month siege of1February, 1600 Dutch troops were killed, only 600 people were left in the city, and only 300 people were able to fight. In the desperate situation of food shortage and hopeless breakthrough, the Dutch invaders had to surrender to Zheng Chenggong on February 1662 (December 13th, 18th year of Shunzhi).
Dutch Governor Bayi and his defeated soldiers were expelled from Taiwan Province Province. Taiwan Province Province, occupied by Dutch colonialists for 38 years, has returned to the embrace of the motherland. 1662 On June 23rd, Zheng Chenggong died of illness at the age of 39. Emperor Kangxi once wrote an elegiac couplet, and spoke highly of this famous soldier who recovered Taiwan Province Province.
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