In August of the second year of Longwu, Zheng Zhilong, the actual controller of the Longwu regime, asked the Tokugawa Shogunate to invite troops to have a great chance of success, because Zheng Zhilong was not only an important partner of the Tokugawa Shogunate, but also the ability and strength of the "Sea Emperor" Zheng clan was also obvious to all. But it is a pity that under the favorable situation that many important figures of the shogunate supported the dispatch of troops, Zheng Zhilong himself had been dazzled by the empty check "Governor of Fujian and Guangdong" promised by the Qing court and suddenly cleared it. This move not only made the possibility of the shogunate sending troops to naught, but also made it doubt the sincerity of the Zheng group's borrowing of troops, which would cast a shadow over the Zheng group's subsequent borrowing of troops from the Tokugawa shogunate.
The year 1646 was undoubtedly a very painful year for Zheng Chenggong, as two of the most important people in his life betrayed their country and surrendered to the Qing court when the mountains and rivers wept blood. One is his father, whom he has always loved and admired, and the other is Qian Qianyi, a life mentor who taught him righteousness and shame. There is no record showing Zheng Chenggong's mood at that time. But perhaps since then, he has no longer followed in the footsteps of his tall father, and he has a deeper sense of family and country than a self-interested father; But he is no longer the idealist who chatted with the teacher in the Nanjing Guozi Prison, because he thoroughly understood the practical meaning of uselessness as a scholar, and that people can have ideals, but to realize that ideal, it is not idealism that depends on idealism, but the reality of deceit under the interweaving of blood and sword.
The first seven years of Zheng Chenggong's life were spent in the city of Uchiura, Hiradogawa, Japan, which should have been the most carefree time, but his identity as the son of a great pirate and a Chinese-Japanese mixed race has always been very sensitive. Perhaps because of this, when Zheng Chenggong grew up to be the second generation of the Zheng clan, the sincere and somewhat humble letters he sent to the Tokugawa shogunate were not so much because he had any special feelings for Japan, but because he was a sincere idealist in the revival of the Ming Dynasty, and a rational pragmatist in conquest diplomacy.
After dissuading his father Zheng Zhilong from surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong had to leave Kinmen with some soldiers, and began to actively recruit troops and horses in the coastal area, incorporate his father's old troops, and even raised thousands of troops in South Australia. In January 1647, Zheng Chenggong swore to oppose the Qing Dynasty in the name of "loyalty and filial piety to the general's crime and the surname of the country" in Xiaojinmen. But at this time, the power of the Zheng clan has not yet become a climate, in this year, the Zheng army has been defeated in Haicheng and Quanzhou under the city, and finally has to wander on the sea to wait for the opportunity. Under these circumstances, Zheng Chenggong sent his first humble letter to the Tokugawa shogunate, in which Chenggong also emphasized the beautification of his childhood experience in Japan, saying: "Chenggong was born in your country, and I deeply admire the style of your country. In this difficult time, may your country have mercy on it, and beg tens of thousands of soldiers to be fake, and the gratitude is infinite. ”
Daming Longxing for three hundred years, peace for a long time, people forgot about chaos, Tatar took advantage of the void and broke the two capitals, and Shenzhou was filthy. Success is deeply favored by the Netherlands, and I dare not sit idly by. Therefore, the blood is thought of revenge, wandering between Fujian and Zhejiang, touching people with righteousness, and there are quite a lot of followers. However, the lonely army is hanging, there are many hardships, the center is unsuccessful, and the sun and the moon are geometric. Success was born in your country, and I admire the wind of your country. In this difficult time, may your country have mercy on it, and beg tens of thousands of soldiers to be fake, and the gratitude is infinite. ”
However, perhaps because of Zheng Zhilong's untrustworthy move to suddenly surrender before, or perhaps because Zheng Chenggong was still too unknown at this time. In short, the Tokugawa shogunate discussed it but did not reply, giving a clear answer of refusal in silence.
In the following years, the situation of the Ming and Qing wars became more complicated, and powerful figures such as Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren, and Li Chengdong, the governor of Guangdong, attracted most of the main forces of the Qing army. This has created a more favorable environment for the development and growth of Zheng Chenggong Group in Fujian, and the Zheng family has been operating in Fujian for many years and has deep network resources, which has also helped the Zheng family to re-emerge in Fujian. In 1651, Zheng Chenggong Group ushered in a small harvest. Zheng's army fought against the Qing army in Xiaoyingling and Haicheng (now Longhai City) in southern Fujian, and won a series of victories in a series of battles such as the Battle of Cizao, the Battle of Qianshan and Xiaoyingling, and recovered Pinghe, Zhangpu, Zhao'an, Nanjing and other places. It is said that Zheng Chenggong, who made a wave of small fame, decided to take advantage of the good situation to make allies after recovering Zhangpu, especially Japan, which had a close relationship with the Zheng family. He again sent an envoy to the Tokugawa shogunate, but this time Zheng Chenggong apparently lowered his expectations, replacing "ask for help" with "ask for help". The Tokugawa shogunate, which did not want to get involved in the war rashly and did not want to offend its ** partner, also got off the donkey and sent a lot of Japanese lead and copper help to Zheng Chenggong.
After 1651 AD, Zheng Chenggong Group entered a new period of rapid development. Zheng's army successively won a series of military victories, such as the Battle of Jiangdong Bridge, the Battle of Chongwu, the Battle of Haicheng, the Battle of Quanzhou, and the Battle of Huguoling. For a time, the world took Zheng Chenggong on the southeast coast and Li Dingguo on the southwest border as the two strongest Optimus Pillars supporting the broken mountains and rivers of the Southern Ming Dynasty.
In 1568 AD, the Yongli Imperial Court in the southwest, dominated by the forces of the former Great Western Army, suffered a great loss of vitality after experiencing the catastrophe of the "Sun Li" infighting. However, the power of the Zheng family is unprecedentedly strong under the leadership of the country's surname Ye. In that year, Zheng Chenggong personally led tens of thousands of naval troops to join the Northern Expedition with Zhang Huangyan's troops in eastern Zhejiang, and launched an offensive on an unprecedented scale against the Qing court since the start of the army. It is said that this time, although the military horse was victorious, the country surnamed Ye sent an unusually grand mission (with a crew of 147 people) and visited the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan with various Guizhou gifts. The credible document did not directly mention the word "borrowing troops", but it was this time that the high-spirited national surname was full of confidence that he could complete the Northern Expedition by himself, and regarded this letter as a letter of diplomatic relations before returning to the old capital in the future. It was the Zheng clan who wanted his own mission to negotiate with the Tokugawa shogunate in a face-to-face meeting about the specific borrowing of troops. Of course, there are also people who have doubts about the authenticity of the record of the country's surname borrowing soldiers, and the truth of this matter is still difficult for future generations to know, and it remains to be verified.
It is said that this was the third time that the Kokugawa Shogunate had asked for help.
The governor of the north and south provinces of the navy and army and the management of food and salary, the town of the sword, the cheap act, hang the general's seal, make the success of the bow, Qi, the general of the country; Fu Yizhou Tongzhan Department, on a water to determine the east and west, the border is connected to Penglai, even the three islands and the world; The domain occupies the position of thunder, and the light is like the glory of wood. Hundreds of ancient texts, fleas have to win the immortal envoys of Qin; The history of the past dynasties is divided into the car books of the country; The road is not forgotten, and the wind wants to chase three generations; People are re-promised, and the vulgar are in the four dimensions. Compliment the general's command, only to be good at the sky, honor the high bath day, cast the sword of sixty-five states, male and female. The territory of the five hundred and one counties, gravel and sand are treasures. Although it is reloaded, it is the only way to lay its mountains and rivers. Success is born at sunrise, long and cloudy; One is the safety of the world, and a hundred battles occupy the middle of the division. And the horses neighed outside, and they were cautious and did not count the remaining murderers; In the eyes of the captive, the Jurchens have almost no sin left. The fate of the expedition has not ended, causing the jade silk to be sparse for a long time, looking up at the high mountains, and the hope of longevity; Tracing the autumn water, the tent is too long! Respect the letter of heaven, a little stretch Dan, the coin of the sword, with the tie to the handover. The old good can be dun, there was no Zhao Ju Ren in the present again, Ming Xing Yier, dare to hope that the monk Guiwu will come back as in the past. The text is difficult to understand, the words are not enough, and the prayers are prayed. No one can look forward, and you will say goodbye to success.
However, due to various reasons, this request for help from the Tokugawa shogunate was not answered.
However, creation makes people. In 1659 A.D., the second Northern Expedition of the country surnamed Ye and Zhang Huangyan was like a bamboo in the early stage, and the recovery of the old capital Nanjing seemed to be just around the corner, but in the end it fell short because of the carelessness of the country surnamed Ye, and became the regrettable swan song of the Nanming strategy.
February** Dynamic Incentive Plan Although the chances of Nanming turning the tables against the wind have been slim, the Zheng Group, which has fallen from the peak to the bottom, is still tenacious. In 1660, the Qing court took advantage of the new defeat of the Zheng family, with the Annan general Dasu as the commander, and concentrated the Eight Banners Army under the Ming Andali in Zhejiang and the Green Camp Water Army in the coastal provinces, intending to uproot Xiamen that the Zheng family had run for many years in one fell swoop. However, the powerful naval division of the Zheng family was still fierce, and they annihilated more than 40,000 people of the main force of the Qing army's naval division in one fell swoop in a battle at Haimen Port (now Longhaidong) in Fujian, and achieved a great victory in Xiamen, regaining their prestige.
Although the prestige was restored, the strength of the Zheng army lost in the Northern Expedition was difficult to replenish after all. It was also during this unquiet year that Zheng Chenggong once again sent a mission to the Tokugawa shogunate. "In the fourteenth year of Yongli, in July, the military officer Zhang Guangqi went to the Wa State to borrow troops, and carried the monk Yin Yuan of the Yellow Tiller Temple and his disciples fifty people on a boat. However, the Tokugawa shogunate still had no intention of sending troops, and only provided a batch of bronze cannons, deer guns, and swords to the Zheng clan as a sign of friendship. (There is a dispute over whether this mission was for the purpose of borrowing troops).
Thinking of Zheng Chenggong, the young man is determined to serve the country, the young man is high-spirited, and now he is in the prime of life, how can he not understand the eternal principle of the interests of the jungle. I don't think that he was in a state of decline and had illusions about the Tokugawa shogunate's dispatch of troops. He may know that only by continuously increasing his strength can he have a chance to exchange for foreign aid, so after the hard battle to recover Taiwan, Zheng Chenggong made a grand strategic plan such as an expedition to Luzon despite his hard work, but the disease finally fixed his life forever at the age ......of 38