Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 619 Want to Detain the Messenger?Catch back!

Zheng Zhilong's nephew Zheng Tai was commanding the thousand-material warship that Kuang Lu was on.

As a descendant of the Zheng family, although Zheng Tai is only in his twenties, he has been working on the sea with Zheng's elders since he was seventeen or eighteen years old. He has ten years of sailing experience.

After Zheng Jiashui division accepted the reorganization, he was awarded the post of Qian Zong, which is already considered a relatively high position among the second generation of Zheng's children.

He won the job of escorting Kuang Lu this time.

Before leaving, Zheng Hongkui told him to be careful when negotiating with the Dutch, because the Dutch are very cunning.

His trip not only bears the lives of diplomatic envoys and everyone on board, but also concerns Daming's face. If something happens, he will not only be useless, but guilty.

Zheng Tai also knew this, so when he got close to Dayuan Island, he not only asked the watchman to use the binoculars on the sentry pipe to check, but he himself also took the binoculars to look around.

The telescope he used was much better than Westerners' telescopes—not only could he see farther, but he could also adjust the clarity, and the binoculars seemed to have a better field of view than the monocular telescope.

When the warship sailed into the outer port of Zeelandia, Zheng Tai, who was looking around, found that the Dutch on the island seemed to be making some unusual moves.

At first he thought he was overthinking, but when he saw that some of the Dutch soldiers entered the gun tower, some entered the bastion, and there were abnormal movements on the seven or eight Dutch warships parked in the harbor, he knew that it was not his carelessness, but It's the Dutch who do have problems.

Immediately, Zheng Tai found Kuang Lu and told him about his discovery.

Kuang Lu looked calm when he heard this, and he didn't seem surprised. He sneered and said, "The imperial court restricted the Dutch to evacuate within three months. It has been more than two months now, but they haven't moved. It's obvious what their plan is. .

If the Dutch make any changes this time, it is likely that they want to detain us as a bargaining chip in the war. "

"Then shall we withdraw now?" Zheng Tai asked, "Although the warship is within the range of the Dutch coastal defense artillery and warship artillery, our ship is equipped with steam engines and propellers, and the steering and acceleration are very fast. The chance of getting away safely is still high." very big."

Kuang Lu shook her head, "If we suddenly retreat without contact with the Dutch, how will the court explain?
Besides, the Dutch want to take the opportunity to take us as hostages, why can't we take the opportunity to take their people, so as to determine the real plan of the Dutch? "

"What does the messenger mean?" Zheng Tai guessed something and couldn't help getting excited.

"Come here with your ears."

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"Ming people's warships are coming, don't be nervous, they are only one ship."

At the wharf of Zeelandia, seeing the warships of the Ming Dynasty approaching, the Dutch who "greet" on the shore all took action.

As a senior official on the island second only to the governor, Delong followed normal procedures and became the leading official on the pier to welcome the envoys of the Ming Dynasty.

However, those around him were not ordinary civilians, but mostly low-level military officers.

Delong is a sophisticated old bureaucrat. He was afraid that the officers around him would be too rough in order to perform meritorious service, so he took the trouble to tell him: "Remember, when the envoy of the Ming Dynasty comes, we have to find an excuse before doing it. For example, He did not honor our Lord enough.

Don't do it silently like savages, we are civilized people after all, aren't we? "

"Yes, Monsieur De Long." The officers agreed, obviously absent-minded.

Now that we have to do it, who cares about civilization or not?
Under the watchful eyes of De Long and others, the warship of the Ming people did not approach the pier, but anchored at a certain distance, put down two small boats, and sailed over.

One of them should be carrying envoys of the Ming Dynasty and their entourage, while the other small boat was carrying dozens of soldiers.

Behind the high walls of Zeelandia Castle, Colonel Connor saw this scene with a binoculars, and couldn't help sneering: "Do you think that carrying dozens of soldiers can guarantee safety? What a bunch of pigs."

Under the watchful eyes of countless strange eyes, Kuang Lu and others boarded the pier.

Delong did not go to the front to greet him like last time, but waited for Kuang Lu and others to come over, secretly preparing a "reasonable" argument.

Unexpectedly, when the people from the Ming Kingdom approached, without waiting for him to speak, Kuang Lu, the leader, asked loudly with a solemn expression: "I, the Ming Dynasty, will wait to evacuate within three months, why haven't I made any moves yet?"

Delong has worked here for more than ten years, and actually understands a lot of Chinese, but he deliberately pretended not to understand and looked at the translator beside him.

This interpreter is a Han they recruited from Batavia, so it is relatively reliable.

The translator said Kuang Lu's words, and Delong simply followed the words: "Mingguo envoy, I just want to talk about this - we have been operating here for more than [-] years, and we have never had any problems with Mingguo. We also get along well with the local people, so why did the Ming Dynasty let us evacuate?"

Kuang Lu was furious after hearing the translation from the people here, pointed at Delong and sprayed: "Dongfan Island was our Ming Dynasty's inherent territory more than 1000 years ago, and all generations have belonged to our Shenzhou. I have explained the reason for it last time. Be clear.

You guys pretend not to know it now, and shamelessly say that you have been operating here for more than [-] years-you have never heard of someone who has occupied someone else's courtyard for many years and can take it as your own. If so, how is this behavior different from robbers?
If you all admit that you are bandits, don't blame me, Daming, for being rude and using the same methods as bandits to deal with you! "

Delong could understand Chinese and claimed to be particular about people, so his face was flushed by Kuang Lu's words, but he couldn't find anything to refute for a while.

Seeing this, several officers beside him couldn't wait any longer, and shouted "do it" in Dutch, and one of the officers with a height of 1.9 meters rushed straight at Kuang Lu like a tiger.

Their thinking was very clear. They took advantage of the unpreparedness of the Ming envoys to launch a surprise attack, controlled the envoy Kuang Lu, and then threatened the Ming warships to surrender with cannons and Kuang Lu's lives—the soldiers were bloodless, perfect!

However, something unexpected happened to the Dutch.

When the tall officer rushed towards Kuang Lu, Kuang Lu raised his hand and shot him!
Snapped!
With the clear gunshot, the Dutch officer who had jumped a step in front of Kuang Lu was instantly knocked backwards, a bloody hole appeared on his chest, and he immediately breathed in more air and outgassed less.

At the same time, the surrounding Dutchmen and the Ming soldiers behind Kuang Lu raised their guns and took aim immediately.

The problem is that the Dutch still use arquebus guns-although their arquebus guns are very sophisticated and the soldiers ignite them quickly, it will take some time to fire them any faster.

The Ming army used the Zhaowu Type [-] flintlock gun, which can be fired by simply pulling the trigger!

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A series of crisp gunshots sounded, and the Dutch soldiers on the pier suddenly fell down.

It was only at this time that Delong reacted. He didn't panic, but retreated calmly and quickly.

However, someone was faster than him.

That was Kuang Lu, who was wearing the official uniform of the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, who looked like a middle-aged scholar, but was more agile than a soldier.

I saw that he took advantage of the knockdown of the surrounding Dutch soldiers and caught up with Delong in a few steps. At this time, a Dutch officer raised his musket from a short distance and tried to attack him.

Unexpectedly, the short gun that Kuang Lu used before fired again, and directly shot the Dutch officer in the head.

Until he was about to die, the Dutch officer was full of resignation, unable to figure out how to continue to use the short guns that Kuang Lu had just fired.

Here, Kuang Lu fired a third shot, but it hit the ground in front of Delong, and shouted: "Stop! Or I will shoot!"

Delong was a little confused at this moment, but he didn't dare to bet, so he could only stop obediently.

Several Ming soldiers rushed forward to capture Delong, dragged up a few Dutch officers or soldiers who were not seriously injured or died, and hurriedly retreated to the boat on the pier.

The interpreter retreated and shouted in Dutch: "Don't fire, or your people will die with you!"

　Forgot to update regularly. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)