I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 241 It's Over, I'm Going Bankrupt
Chapter 240

Cheng Shijie adopted drastic measures, and of course he was protecting the interests of Ning Haijun.If he takes a negotiation approach to deal with this matter, the Dutch East India Company will get worse.

If this matter is let go, more Chinese immigrant ships will be detained in the future, not only immigrant ships, merchant ships, fishing boats, and even military ships will no longer have a deterrent effect.

To put it mildly, the Dutch East India Company may not be perfunctory to the Ning Navy, but it does not pay enough attention to this matter, does not have enough understanding of the follow-up caused by this matter, or does not know enough about Cheng Shijie.

In other words, in the past, Daming was too low-key. In fact, it was because of domestic and foreign troubles that he could not take Nanyang into consideration. Furthermore, the Chinese were too docile.That's why the Dutch think that the Chinese are easy to bully.

Following Cheng Shijie's orders, the warships of the Ning Navy began to leave the port one after another. In addition to the fifteen warships that needed repairs, the six strike squadrons of the Ning Navy, a total of 78 main warships, began to sail towards the Subic Strait in the south.

Since the Dutch East India Company put pressure on the Ning Navy, the Dutch East India Company assembled fifteen warships over [-] tons and arrived in the Subic Strait to cheer Zheng Zhilong.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong actually looked down on the fifteen warships of the Dutch East India Company. In contrast, Zheng Zhilong has enough confidence to deal with these fifteen Dutch warships, even if Zheng's fleet has been seriously injured. However, Zheng Zhilong has no confidence in the fifteen Ning Navy warships that are faster than the Dutch warships and have stronger combat effectiveness.

Xie Jinglin watched the battleship go out to sea, looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "Marshal, how far are you going to go?"

"It depends on how well the Dutch admit their mistakes!"

It is actually impossible for Cheng Shijie to stay in Luzon for too long. Although the local Ming Dynasty has become a slave and is honest, but with the death of this guy Lin Danhan, and Lin Danhan's son E Zhe is too young, only 12 years old, E Zhe can't convince the public, Lin Dan The Mongols under Khan's command began to fall apart, some went south to attack Hetao and Ningxia, and some took refuge in Jiannu, which made Jiannu appear to be revived.

As the Ning Navy continued to transfer troops from Liaodong, more than [-] soldiers were stationed at Wusongkou, Chongming Island, and Changxing Island, and more than [-] soldiers were stationed at Dayuan. There were [-] naval and army troops in Luzon. More than [-] people were drawn out along with these [-] troops.

There is an inevitable shortage of troops in Liaodong, and Jiannu is making more and more tests in the direction of Hunhe. If it doesn't work out in winter, Jiannu will take advantage of the emptiness of Ning's navy and go south.

Although Cheng Shijie faced a series of difficulties, the problem was that Cheng Shijie would never compromise with the Dutch.

Xie Jinglin was a little speechless at this moment: "Commander, if you don't want to fight a decisive battle, can you lower the negotiation conditions?"

The solution proposed by Cheng Shijie is too harsh. You must know that although the Dutch East India Company has 35 strongholds in Southeast Asia, it can also be said to be a colony, but the big staff has a unique geographical advantage, accounting for nearly one-third of the trade volume. Therefore, it is impossible for the Dutch to give up the big staff.

Cheng Shijie's negotiation criteria for the Dutch East India Company consisted of three points. First, the Dutch East India Company must punish the parties involved, and demanded that the murderers who participated in the attack on the Chinese must be handed over to Daming for trial.The second point is to compensate the dead Chinese.

The first two points are easy to say, but the third point is very excessive. Let the Dutch East India Company cede the management right of the Medan port. Referring to the practice of the Zhenghe Port Area, the Dutch East India Company must set aside no less than twelve square meters. Kilometers, that is, the port area of ​​[-] mu of land, is managed by Ning Haijun.The Ning Navy has legal, management, diplomatic, and military powers in the Medan Port area, but the Ning Navy can pay taxes to the Dutch East India Company, but the tax rate must not exceed [-]%.

Not to mention the Dutch, in Xie Jinglin's view, Cheng Shijie's demands are too much.

Referring to the practice of Zhenghe Port, the Spaniards handed over Zhenghe Port to the Ning Navy. Less than three months after the handover, the Ning Navy warship bombarded Manila and occupied Manila.

The Dutch certainly wouldn't agree to this request if they didn't get kicked in the head by a donkey.

"I know that the Dutch will not agree. After a while, they will know how merciful this coach is!"

Cheng Shijie actually doesn't have enough strength to control the entire Nanyang. Although he doesn't have enough strength, it doesn't mean that Cheng Shijie doesn't want to insert a nail in Malacca.

The Port of Medan in this era was actually a big fishing village. The largest port in the Dutch East Indies was in Batavia, which the Chinese called "Coconut City". Medan was just an ordinary port on Sumatra Island.

Cheng Shijie's so-called benevolence, in Xie Jinglin's view, is actually a joke. Of course, Cheng Shijie is kind, but he is very double-standard. He is indeed very kind to the common people, but he is very kind to the gentry, Jiannu, Mongolia, including Xiyi and indigenous people. , Cheng Shijie's reputation can be described as thunderous.

Cheng Shijie is actually very double standard.

However, he is not bragging, but really awesome.

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Chen Dayong, located in Danshui City, Dayuan, immediately received Cheng Shijie's order to mobilize the local aborigines in Dayuan to resist the colonial rule of the Dutch. In fact, Ning Haijun did not really take action.

Chen Dayong also complied with Cheng Shijie's original order to avoid over-irritating the Dutch. However, as the Dutch seized the Chinese immigrant ship in Batavia and massacred Li Shichang's family in Batavia, this made the Ninghai Navy and the Dutch East India Company The contradictions intensified directly.

Now that the conflict has intensified, there is nothing to be polite about.

When Chen Dayong led more than [-] elite soldiers of the Ning Navy to advance from Tamsui South to Tainan, Lieutenant Colonel Mays of the Netherlands Garrison Army in Orange City, without the governor's order, he privately mobilized the Dutch East The army of the Indian company is going to give the aborigines a look.

There is no way, in just over a month, these aborigines attacked them everywhere like crazy. The most outrageous thing was that on the night of July 24th, they actually touched the An outpost, a total of thirteen soldiers in this outpost, were all beheaded by them, and the thirteen heads were taken away, but the thirteen corpses were thrown directly under the gate of Orange City, and they were not found until after dawn.

Lieutenant Colonel Mays led 1000 or more than [-] troops of the Dutch garrison, including [-] cavalry, and rushed to the mountainous area aggressively. He had had enough and vowed to wipe out all the tribes in the southern mountainous area of ​​the platform, and kill those who dared to follow All the vicious enemies he fought against were pulled out and burned to pieces!

Metz has confidence in his army. More than 100 Spanish expeditionary troops destroyed the huge Inca Empire. He dispatched ten times as many troops as the Spaniards, more than enough to deal with a group of barbarians!
In fact, Mace is really not bragging. These aborigines have been trained by the Ning Navy for a very short period of time. They can only do simple equipment maintenance and maintenance in about half a month, and they lack the combat experience of a large-scale army. .Not to mention more than 120 troops, even [-] Dutch troops cannot win a frontal war.

Under the strong attack of the Dutch army, six or seven tribes of the Dayuan aborigines were breached one after another. Without exception, all men and women of these conquered tribes and villages were killed by the Dutch. These crazy Dutch people did not even have babies. let go.

Facing the attack of the Dutch, these commanders of the Anti-Xiyi Alliance found that fighting alone was not the opponent of the Dutch, so they gathered together.

Five days later, the Battle of Yau Ma Creek officially broke out. The Allied Army had a total of more than [-] people, while the Dutch Army had only more than [-] people.

Taking advantage of the characteristics of the Dutch army, Lieutenant Colonel Metz fired 24 [-]-pound Francophone cannons and [-] [-]-pound Hongyi cannons at the Allied forces in the direction of Yau Ma Creek.

After half an hour of shelling, the Allied Army, which had suffered heavy casualties, had no choice but to charge against the Dutch bullets. At that time, the Dutch army suddenly dispersed, and more than two hundred horses rushed to the Allied forces.

As a result, more than [-] Allied troops were thrown into chaos immediately, and they were routed. The Dutch army took advantage of the situation to kill them. The Allied troops suffered heavy casualties. captive.

Just when Lieutenant Colonel Metz was about to expand his results, Chen Dayong arrived with Ning Navy soldiers.

Then came the end of the Dutchman.

A group of Dutch soldiers was chasing the fleeing Confederate soldiers. When they drove the rout into a valley, they heard the sound of dense gunfire.

The Dutch had never dealt with Ning Haijun, so they didn't know that this was Ning Haijun's unique thunderclap.

The Thunderbolt with a range of more than 800 steps, the bullets shot at the Dutch army like a dense storm, and the Dutch soldiers who were caught off guard fell in pieces.

Knowing that something was wrong, the rear team of the Dutch army changed to the front team and retreated quickly, but more dense bullets and arrows were fired from behind.

Needless to say, whether it is arrow or marksmanship, the Ning navy officers and soldiers are much more accurate than Dayuan's aboriginal army. The bullets and shells seem to have eyes. The Dutch soldiers who were hit fell down covering their bloody wounds. wailing.

Even more terrifying than the guns on the frontal battlefield were the scouts of the Ning Navy. These scouts were like ducks in water in the mountains and jungles, and the battle quickly turned into a one-sided massacre.

When Lieutenant Colonel Metz found out that his opponent was replaced by Ning Haijun, he had already lost more than 400 men, including his most elite cavalry. , Killed the only 60 cavalry in the Dutch garrison army and wiped out the entire army.

Lieutenant Colonel Mace quickly ordered the retreat, but the problem was that no matter where they retreated, the rebels always followed him. He realized in despair that it would be an impossible task to get rid of their pursuit in the mountains, so he had no choice but to organize his troops Cut down trees, pile up stones to build a defense line and prepare to hold on, and at the same time send capable men to try to break through the encirclement for help.

However, the company sent several groups, none of which could escape the pursuit of the rebels. Shortly after departure, they turned into bloody heads and were thrown back to their positions by the rebels.

What's more terrible is that the artillery of Ning Haijun also followed up, which is similar to the artillery of the Dutch, but the problem is that the ammunition and food of the Dutch are not enough to hold on, and they bring hundreds of wounded. The people with the ability to resist were terrified and almost collapsed.

Lieutenant Colonel Metz realized that his troops had lost the conditions to stand firm and wait for help. In desperation, he abandoned the wounded and set up camp at night, quietly breaking through.

After two days of hard work and fleeing, Lieutenant Colonel Mace led more than two hundred wounded and fled back to Orange City. At the gate of Orange City, Mace was still grateful. , it is absolutely impossible to let the two hundred of them go...

At this moment, Mace realized that too many of his subordinates had escaped.

But the problem is, this discovery was too late.

The wounded Dutch soldiers who rushed into Orange City immediately took off the bandages wrapped in mummies, brandished knives and guns, and rushed towards the city wall. What made Metz feel even more desperate was that a large number of Ning Haijun and the Allied Army came from behind. Soldier.

On August 27, the seventh year of Chongzhen, that is, the No. 11 day when Cheng Shijie issued the "Hurricane Operation" combat plan to Chen Dayong, Chen Dayong led the Ning Navy soldiers to successfully capture Orange City.

Orange Castle, first established in 1624, is the oldest castle in Dayuan.Since the city was founded, it has been the center of the Dutch rulers.

It's just a pity that it has now become the Anping City of Ning Haijun.

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At the same time, Li Zhixiang was looking at the port of Subic with a telescope on the "Liaoyang", the flagship of the main fleet of the Ningxia Navy.

Although Zheng Zhilong occupied Subic Port, Zheng Zhilong had no intention of running Subic Port. At this time, Subic Port was a dilapidated wharf, dilapidated facilities, and dilapidated buildings.

"Have a cup, it is said to be coffee, it can refresh you!"

"No, I like drinking tea!"

Li Zhixiang put down the binoculars and was really puzzled: "Why are the Dutch so stupid? Don't they know that our commander-in-chief will take revenge? I heard that there are still people dead. I don't know how many Dutch people will die this time to appease the commander-in-chief." anger."

Xie Jinglin actually didn't know that the Dutch built the Dutch Empire by stepping on the corpses of Spain. This future country of grooms on the sea has become accustomed to defeating their suzerain, Spain. Even if the Ning Navy defeated the Spaniards and occupied Luzon, they It did not pay enough attention to Ning Haijun.

Of course, this is also because of the habits of the Dutch.

As early as after the defeat in the Penghu naval battle, the Dutch owned Dayuan Island instead. For the Dutch, this was simply unimaginable. Heaven.

What's more, there is another meaning. The Spanish Empire is unable to use troops against the East, and proposed to the Dutch East India Company that as long as the Netherlands helps the Spanish Empire and regains Luzon, they can obtain all the powers of the officials.

That is to say, the Spanish Empire sold the big staff to the Dutch, and one-third of the profits of the Dutch East India Company were provided by the big staff, and they were determined to win the big staff.

In this case, they decided to test Cheng Shijie's attitude.

Speaking carefully, the means by which the Dutch ruled Southeast Asia were not clever, and the Chinese were an important link.

The Chinese are highly educated, easier to communicate with, and easier to rule, so the Dutch rely on the Chinese to rule the aborigines in East India, and then continue to provoke conflicts between the aborigines and the Chinese. When the conflict between the Chinese and the aborigines breaks out , the Dutch will appear as arbitrators, and over time, the Dutch, Chinese, and East Indian aborigines will form the current relationship of mutual dependence and mutual hostility.

In fact, the Chinese in the situation are not united. When the Chinese are massacred, there will always be a Chinese family that rises up, just like the Wu Shangzhi family in Luzon. When the Chinese were massacred in Spain for the first time, Wu Dakuan was still Famous running man, Wu Dakuan's name can't be known, he doesn't come from a prominent background, otherwise he wouldn't have taken the name of Dakuan.

According to Daming's habit, he always supplements what is lacking, and he is lenient, which shows that he lacks money.

When Spain massacred the Chinese for the first time, Wu Dakuan spent six taels of silver from the Spaniards, which was all of Wu Dakuan's net worth.

Therefore, Wu Dakuan owned the Wu family's first pot of gold, and it took five or six years for him to change from abject poverty to a little rich. When the Chinese were massacred for the second time in the 37th year of Wanli, Wu Dakuan obtained it from the Spaniards. There are sixteen plantations and more than 500 shops.

Without Cheng Shijie and Ning Haijun, the Wu family would have fallen in the 12th year of Chongzhen, that is, the third massacre of Chinese in Luzon in 1639 AD.

All over Southeast Asia, including the Spaniards, Dutch and Portuguese, adopted this set of management methods.

"Let's see how they behave now!"

Li Zhixiang picked up the walkie-talkie and ordered: "First Squadron!"

"First Squadron received!"

"The bow guns fired one by one, tell them, we are coming!"

"Boom boom boom..."

Following Li Zhixiang's order.The guns of the First Squadron sounded, and the shells hit Subic Port.

Zheng Zhilong, who was located in the port city of Subic, heard the sound of the cannon and laughed loudly: "These black skins have their heads caught in the door, and they dare to provoke the Dutch!"

The Dutch warships located in the port of Subic are actually ready for battle, but they never thought that Ning Haijun would dare to do it.

As a senior commercial commissioner of the Dutch East India Company, Putmans' face turned pale: "My God, these Ming people actually acted first! These damned yellow-skinned monkeys dare to provoke the mighty Netherlands!"

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Colonel Alfonso, the joint fleet commander of the Dutch East India Company, didn't think so much. He watched Ning's navy open fire, and then ordered a counterattack.

In all fairness, the Dutch's reaction was not slow. Fifteen warships of the Dutch United Fleet fired at the same time, and the sound was like thunder.
Their movements are not slow, this time it is good, the two sides are completely tearing their skins apart!

"Boom..."

With two loud bangs, two large holes were dug out of the left hull of the Dutch "Giant" warship, and the flames swelled out. The Dutch sailors in the cabin were blown to pieces, and the violent vibration made the whole warship cramp. The bumps started, and many sailors suddenly became gourds.

And the shells they fired also hit more than a dozen warships of the Ning Navy, including twelve warships of the First Squadron. Too pediatric.

More than a dozen shells hit the warships of the First Squadron of the Ning Navy, and sawdust scattered everywhere. Dozens of sailors were hit on the head by the bouncing shot put, their brains burst, and they died on the spot.

"interesting!"

Li Zhixiang picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "The First Squadron retreats!"

Seeing that the warship of the Ning Navy was turning around, the commander of the Dutch fleet said excitedly: "Damn yellow-skinned monkeys... fire! They must not be allowed to escape! Attack them with the starboard artillery, and they must not let them fire another shell! "

As the first squadron withdrew to more than 500 meters, the hit rate of the Dutch naval gun shells was too low. The shelling distance of the Dutch warships was actually between 300 meters and 500 meters. Naval gun command is not low.

Only at a distance of more than 500 meters, the Dutch's shell order was too low. Although more than 100 shells were fired in the second round, there was only one shell order, which injured a soldier of the Ning Navy.

"Boom boom boom..."

The Ning Navy Second Squadron went up and fired at the Dutch at a distance of 500 meters. At this time, two more Dutch warships were shot.

One of the shells pierced through the upper deck, and the Dutch began to panic, turning the hull in a panic, trying to use the starboard artillery that had already been loaded than the battleship of the Ning Navy.

However, before they showed their starboard cannons, the naval guns of the Second Squadron opened fire, and one shot landed on the deck and exploded.

After one shot, the deck of the Dutch battleship "Adventurer" that was unlucky to grandma's house was covered in flames. The Dutch sailors were covered in flames all over their bodies, and they went straight to the bones, screaming and wailing. All jumped off the deck and into the sea.The rigging and sails burned violently, and the flames soared into the sky!

This round of shelling frightened Putmans: "Damn Ming people, they are actually equipped with such an advanced cannon, and the shells fired are still powerful explosive shells."

Three rounds of volleys killed three thousand-ton warships of the United Fleet, namely the "Adventurer" and "Giant". The most distressing thing for Putmans was the armed merchant ship "Tulip". 12.00% stake: "Damn it, I... I'm... broke!"

As a senior commercial commissioner of the Dutch East India Company and the governor-general, Putmans' salary is not low. He can earn 1000 guilders a year as a commercial commissioner. , You can earn [-] and two hundred Dutch guilders.

At the same time, the income of a Dutch university teacher is only 260 Dutch guilders a year, and his annual income is ten university professors.

After earning some money, he participated in the Dutch East India Company's merchant ship investment, which was his savings for many years, and now it sank with the Tulip.

Putmans fell to the ground and did not respond for a long time.

In fact, the loss of the Dutch has just begun.

Alfonso's voice was broken: "We can't let them fire anymore, otherwise, all of us will have to feed the fish!"

But the problem is, no matter how anxious he is, it is useless. There is no way to make up for the gap in technology!
(End of this chapter)