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Chapter 503 Old Port Malacca

The only navy that the Dutch East India Company relied on was defeated in such a dejected manner. It was so complete that it did not even dare to retreat to Malacca and Palembang.

More than thirty Dutch warships directly carried reinforcements all the way north, bypassing Bangka Island and Belitung Island, and heading to the southwest coast of Kalimantan Island (Borneo).

The three Muslim sultanates here, Landak, Sanfa, and Banjar, all have trading stations and ports established by the Dutch. The Dutch fleet ignored everything and forced the Sultan of Landak to provide food and fresh water supplies. If not, they would bombard the port docks and attack their coastal towns.

The Sultan of Landak was afraid of the Dutch's force, so he had to provide food and fresh water.

DeWitt received supplies, but did not plan to return to Batavia immediately. Instead, he kept sending small boats to inquire for information.

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Batavia.

The Ming army here has been besieging the city for more than a month, and the situation in Batavia has deteriorated faster than the Ming army expected. It's not that there's not enough food to eat, but that people's hearts are wandering and the military's morale is slack.

In the past, Batavia was besieged by indigenous troops. Once these natives break the city, they will burn, kill, loot and massacre the city just like the Spaniards. Therefore, both the Han people and the Dutch in Batavia were willing to fight to the death to defend the city.

But now, what is besieging the city is the army from the Celestial Empire, let alone the military discipline of the Celestial Empire's army. The key is that the governor actually sent people out for peace talks before, which was a heavy blow to the morale of the city and even the castle.

Tang Tongjiang had only besieged the city for one month, but rumors were already rife in Batavia. The civilians in the city who had not wanted to fight in the first place became more determined. As long as the Han soldiers attacked the city, they would surrender directly.

Even the indigenous servant armies believed that mortals should not compete with the army of the divine emperor.

In the hearts of these Javanese native servants, the Chinese with flying balls have become the spokespersons of the gods, and the Chinese emperor is the emperor who can communicate with the gods, just like the sacrifices of their tribes.

As the commander-in-chief, Peter realized that the situation was not good, so he retreated to the castle with his guards long ago, leaving all the city defense tasks to his young adjutant.

Regarding the situation in Batavia city, although the Ming army has been using hot air balloons to monitor it, it is definitely not able to have such a comprehensive understanding. At most, they can know immediately if there is a riot or even rebellion in the city.

In the Ming army camp outside the city, the Han rebels had been practicing for a month, and they had become somewhat better. At least they could understand military orders.

Tang Tongjiang is not patrolling outside at this moment, but is staying in the main account, looking through the victory documents sent by the navy: "The old port city... was taken just like this?"

No wonder he was so surprised. According to what was stated in the document, the old port was not too easy to capture, but too weird.

Before the Ming fleet arrived, the Han people's uprising broke out in the old port city itself. The key is that it was really successful.

There were less than 50 Dutch people stationed in the Old Port City, and nearly half of them were civilians. Faced with the sudden uprising of the Han rebels, they had no time to gather troops and were directly pushed aside.

All the Dutch people in the old port city trading station were slaughtered and their property was robbed.

Then, something terrible came. The army of the Balin Pang Kingdom also came to attack the old port city. After learning that the old port city had been captured by the Han uprising army in the city in advance, and the leader of the Han uprising army also called himself the Ming Dynasty Old Port Propaganda Envoy .

These troops from the Palin Pang Kingdom were so bold that they dared to attack the old port city, completely ignoring the reminders and warnings from the accompanying British.

As a result, the original uprising of the Old Port against the Dutch quickly turned into a battle to defend the Old Port.

The Ming fleet rushed over, and the first thing they did was to land on the beach, and then help the Jiugang rebels suppress the troops of the Palin Pang country.

Fortunately, these indigenous armies of Balingpang State relied on their strength in numbers and looked down upon the Han people. Faced with the Ming army's artillery, mortars, and shotguns, they were bombarded indiscriminately by flintlock rifles and even Without firing a single bullet, the indigenous troops dispersed.

The Old Port City was taken over by the Ming army. The Han Chinese Shi Zongming who led the Han people in Old Port to revolt, wiped out the Dutch trading station, and led the defense of Old Port was also included in the victory document.

Tang Tongjiangzi read the document carefully and then said with a smile: "This overseas Han named Shi Zongming is interesting. Is he a descendant of Shi Jinqing?"

As the commander-in-chief of the Xuanwei Division in the old port, he naturally had previewed in advance and knew who Shi Jinqing was. Tang Tongjiang suddenly changed the subject: "But...these British people agreed to send troops together with me in the spring of the Ming Dynasty to jointly attack the Dutch, but now there is no sign of them. And they actually dare to incite the natives to attack our Ming Dynasty." Old Port City is really unreasonable."

"Come on."

"General."

"Send the order and let the army prepare in the next two days. Then tell the two leaders Huang Ban and Chen Haifu, as well as the natives of Ma Dalan, to prepare to attack the city."

Although there is still plenty of time, it is still summer on Java Island, but since even the old port city has been captured, there is no need for Batavia to continue to exist.

Moreover, there are no reinforcements in Batavia. The reason why Tang Tongjiang has not attacked Batavia before is that on the one hand, it is consuming the food and military morale of the Dutch, and on the other hand, it is also encircling the points for reinforcements in an attempt to eliminate more of the Dutch's effective forces. .

Credible reports have stated that the Dutch naval reinforcements fled far north and did not even return to Malacca and the old port city.

Two more days passed.

"General, the navy has sent good news that Malacca has surrendered."

Tang Tongjiang, who was preparing siege equipment and planned to launch an siege in the next few days, received good news again.

Having lost the elite force of the Dutch navy, Malacca's actual garrison strength was less than 200. However, only these 200 Dutch troops still defeated the 3000 Johor army.

These Johor armies were really bad. Not only were they shoddy in structure, but even their weapons were all cold weapons, and even their armors were not complete. Anyway, when the Ming army arrived, they felt they were no different from beggars.

The Ming army divided eight warships and arrived at Malacca. They only bombarded the city of Malacca, and the Dutch in the city immediately asked to surrender.

That's right, they are asking for surrender. They know that they have been abandoned by the governor and the company. But they also knew the urine nature of the indigenous people, so they did not dare to surrender when facing the Johor people. They were only willing to surrender when the Ming army arrived.

Over at the Old Port City, the Ming army at least fought a battle with the indigenous army of Palembang. The city of Malacca could almost be said to have surrendered, and even the once arrogant Dutch took the initiative to surrender.

The Ming army that arrived here was surprised that they had not fought a single battle and captured Malacca without a single blow. When the defeated Johor troops saw Malacca being captured by the Ming army, they all screamed and their morale was high, wanting to rush into the city and plunder the goods.

Then, they were defeated again by the Ming army.

This operation not only confused the Ming army and the Dutch at the time, but also Tang Tongjiang, who had received the victory document, had a headache with the brain circuits of these natives.

"What's going on with those literati in the court? They always want to accept these messy natives as vassals."

However, the Sultan of Johor was very sensible after the incident and quickly sent people to apologize to the soldiers of tomorrow, and also presented a large sum of money and food as filial piety.

I don’t know what others think, but the Sultan of Johor is quite happy anyway, and he doesn’t care at all about the stupid things his army does. He only cares about the Ming Dynasty... and together with the Kingdom of Johor, he conquered Malacca.

As for the process, it doesn't matter whether the Johor Army played a role or even helped.

The Sultan of Johor knew very well that he was just a puppet after all. Although Daming's father gained some support from the nobles, Daming's father would always leave Johor. Therefore, he must use all means to win the support of the nobles.

This battle in which he fought against all opinions and sent troops to attack Malacca and expel the Dutch was his bargaining chip.

Moreover, the Sultan of Johor specially sent people to secretly contact the Ming army in Malacca, asking the Ming Dynasty to replace the Dutch and continue to protect Malacca.

The implication is that Malacca must be completely ceded to the Ming Dynasty.

Anyway, it was just a piece of land that was not in hand all year round, so it was cut off, but it could be exchanged for Ming Dynasty to stay in Johor for a long time. And with the support and support of Daming's father, let alone the Bugis, those rebels who covet the throne of the Sudan no longer need to be afraid.

(End of this chapter)