Daming Military Empire

Chapter 191
As mentioned above, Van Diemen once suggested that the Batavian governor Bruven send the Dutch governor in Formosa, Putmans, to attack the Spaniards in the East. Isn’t this East area occupied by the Netherlands? How could there be What about the Spaniards?
This is related to the colonial history of Spain. Spain is the earliest colonial country in the world. When they colonized Luzon, the Netherlands was only a province of Spain. So when the Dutch occupied Chichi in the south of Dongfan in the fourth year of the Apocalypse (1624 AD), the Spaniards immediately dispatched two thousand soldiers in the sixth year of the Apocalypse (1626 A.D.) on the grounds of maintaining the trade between Daming and Luzon. The expeditionary force occupied the northern part of Dongfan.

In fact, at the beginning, the Spaniards were stronger than the Dutch in Dongfan. They not only occupied a large area of ​​land north of Dongfan, but also built Santo Domingo and San Salvador in Danshui and Chicken Coop respectively. Use this as a base to compete with the Dutch for the markets of Daming and Dongying.

However, as the Dutch navy grew stronger, the Spaniards gradually lost control of the Southeast Asian waters, and the Dutch shamelessly instigated pirates to plunder the Spanish merchant ships. Spain suffered a complete defeat in this battle. The market was completely occupied by the Dutch, and Ming's maritime merchants couldn't reach the chicken coops and fresh water because of the Dutch's obstruction, and the Spaniards couldn't even afford the cost of the garrison!
In the past few years, the Spanish governor of Luzon, Coquian, has begun to transfer troops back to Luzon. Now there are less than 1000 Spanish soldiers guarding Santo Domingo and San Salvador. The defense force is much weaker, but even so The former Dutch chief Putmans never thought about attacking the Spaniards, because he only had more than 2000 men, and it was simply impossible to break through the two castles.

This time, Batavia Governor Bruwen actually asked him to attack the Spaniards together with the pirate Liu Xiangbu. He is so helpless, what use are the pirates? It’s okay to rob the Spanish merchant ships, but to attack chicken coops and fresh water, then It is a target at all. You must know that it is a castle, and there is still a regular Spanish army inside the castle, which is stronger than the employees of the East India Company under him. It is not at the same level as the matchlock gun at all. Even if Liu Xiang has 5 to [-] troops, he is not optimistic about this battle.

Putmans also knew that he would be jointly and severally responsible for the loss of the merchant ship this time, and the position of the commander in Formosa was already in jeopardy, so even if he was not optimistic about this battle, he could only bite the bullet and fight. With nearly half of his men, he took the only super battleship and all the armed merchant ships to the waters near Ryukyu, leaving only 500 people stationed in Zeelandia.

By the way, the fresh water and the chicken coop are all to the north of Dongfan, but Ryukyu is to the east of Dongfan. Why did Putmans run in the direction of Ryukyu? Could it be that he didn't even know the direction?
Of course he wouldn't even be confused about the direction. The reason why he went to Ryukyu first was because Liu Xiang's pirate group was hidden in the Ryukyu waters. Although he didn't like their combat power, it's still good to let them stand in front as cannon fodder. Yes, if they charge forward recklessly, the city of Santo Domingo and San Salvador may really be captured!
As soon as he left, He Bin immediately ran to the compound where Xu Tianqi was renting. He was a frequent visitor here, and the spies of Jinyiwei guarding outside naturally knew him. When he heard that he was in a hurry, he immediately took him with him. Xu Tianqi's residence ran.

Xu Tianqi is practicing boxing in the courtyard outside the house at the moment, most people would not dare to disturb him at this time, but He Bin didn't care so much anymore, he ran up to him and cupped his hands and said: "Master Xu, please rest for a while, I have something to report."

Xu Tianqi had actually seen him a long time ago, but he had only practiced this set of boxing for a while, and he really didn't want to stop immediately. He thought that it would not take much time to finish this set of boxing, but He Bin was in a hurry With this appearance, he vaguely felt that something big might happen.

He quickly regained his strength and led He Bin into the house. When He Bin followed in, he immediately closed the door and said solemnly: "Master He, what can we talk about now?"

With joy on his face, He Bin cupped his hands hurriedly and said: "Master Xu, good news, great news, Putmans received the order of Batavia Governor Bruwen to lead an army to attack the Spaniards in the north Go, there are hundreds of guards left in Zeelandia City, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

Xu Tianqi was overjoyed when he heard the news. He knew how important the news was. He cupped his hands quickly and said, "Thank you, Mr. He, for the important news. I have to pass the news back immediately. I will treat you to a drink to celebrate when I come back."

After finishing speaking, he was about to turn around and leave, but He Bin hurriedly took out an envelope from his arms, stopped him and said, "Master Xu, this is the coastal defense map near Zeelandia City, and I marked a line on it. The route can bypass the Dutch fort and land directly near Luermen, and you can send it back together, so that it will be much easier for our Great Ming Navy to attack Zeelandia."

Xu Tianqi took the envelope, cupped his hands and said solemnly: "I won't talk too much, if you can win Zeelandia this time, Mr. He will be credited with the first credit. I will send the map back by myself right now. Mr. He, please feel free. "

After that, he opened the door and shouted, "Come here."

A group of Jinyiwei spies suddenly appeared outside, and he didn't stop. He rushed out while arranging the left-behind personnel. At that time, the boat was already waiting there. Without further ado, he boarded the paddle boat with a few cronies, and rushed to report to the station of Fujian Nanyang Navy in person.

After rushing for a day, he finally arrived at the Nanyang Navy's garrison. As a result, he was shocked that most of the Nanyang Navy's troops had gone to Dongdaying, leaving hundreds of people to guard the garrison. Even a big blessing boat They didn't stay, how could they attack the city of Zeelandia!

Xu Tianqi was so anxious that he directly borrowed [-] skilled sailors from the guerrilla generals stationed at the station, and asked them to take turns driving the paddle boats to the East Camp day and night.

To say that as long as the sailing boat goes smoothly, the speed is still amazing. Now it is approaching November, and the sea is already windy, and the soldiers who control the oars and sails are all experienced people, so they are four We arrived at Dongdaying in just four days and nights!

I don't know if Xu Tianqi's fate is good or bad. At this moment, Dongdaying is heavily guarded. It's useless for him to take out the badge of Jinyiwei Qianhu. The elite of the First Legion, any leader who guards the city gate is a guerrilla general or even a general of the Imperial Guard. In their eyes, Xu Tianqi, a little Jinyiwei Qianhu, is not a fart!
Fortunately, at this time, Dong Daying not only had elite guards guarding the city gates, but also spies from Jinyiwei patrolled everywhere in plain clothes. He was quickly recognized by a hundred households of Jinyiwei.It is different to have acquaintances, and the imperial guards guarding the city gate no longer stopped him. The hundred households took him directly to the Jinyiwei Yamen in Dongdaying. Make Wang Zhengnan!
After Wang Zhengnan listened to his report, without further ado, he led him directly to the newly built palace in the city. Only now did he know that the emperor was also in Dongdaying!
This palace was not built by Zhu Cijiong for the pursuit of luxury, but for the convenience of travel. He knew that in the future, the focus of Daming would be on the sea, and he would definitely come to Dongdaying often. It was very troublesome to make room, so he directly ordered someone to build him a palace in Dongdaying. It didn't require much luxury, as long as he could accommodate all his entourage.

Although it is only a palace, Zhu Cijiong has at least tens of thousands of entourages every time he travels, so the scale of this palace is still very large. Wang Zhengnan led Xu Tianqi to turn around and go through heavy guards, and it took almost half an hour to arrive at Zhu Cijiong's place. bedroom.

At this time, Zhu Cijiong is calling Qin Liangyu, Shi Kefa, Zheng Zhihu, Huang Long and other generals to discuss matters in the side hall. The second batch of fifty super battleships has been built, and they can be launched in two days. The Dutch in Manila are also following The Spaniards fought, and he was temporarily invalid. Now, it is a great time to regain Dongfan.

Of course, Zhu Cijiong will not rush to Dongfan to do it directly. You must know that the Netherlands is now in its heyday and is a well-deserved maritime hegemony. The strongest country in the world today cannot act recklessly if it wants to start a war with them.

Dongfan is just a small problem. With Daming's current strength, although it can't be said that it is easy to say, it will only take a little time to defeat Dongfan. The key question is how to face the Dutch after defeating The counterattack of the current Dutch navy is no joke.

Zhu Cijiong summoned a group of generals, not only to discuss the recovery of Dongfan, but more importantly, to discuss how to deal with the Dutch garrison in Batavia.

They were discussing in full swing, but outside Cao Huachun suddenly came to report: "I would like to report to the emperor, Jin Yiwei Town Governor Wang Zhengnan has urgent matters to see."

Wang Zhengnan is the head of Jinyiwei's secret agents, and he is responsible for major matters. He said that there is an urgent matter, and it is absolutely urgent. Come in."

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhengnan didn't come alone. Behind him was a strong man with a beard and dressed as a businessman. Who is this!
Of course there is no need for Zhu Cijiong to ask this question, as soon as the two came in, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Weichen Jinyiwei Governor Wang Zhengnan."

Xu Tianqi!He knew that this person was the person in charge of Dongfan Jinyiwei's secret agents. He ran over with this appearance. Could it be that something serious happened to Dongfan?

Sure enough, Wang Zhengnan said, "My Majesty, he is the person in charge of Dongfan Jinyiwei's secret agents. This time I brought back very important information. I was afraid that I would not be able to convey it clearly, so I brought him here directly. I also ask the Emperor to forgive me." .”

Sure enough, something serious happened to Dong Fan, why not forgive your sins, say it quickly, Zhu Cijiong said eagerly: "I pardon you for your innocence, what happened to Dong Fan, tell me quickly!"

Xu Tianqi heard the words, and hurriedly replied: "Report to the emperor, I have received a secret report from the insider He Bin."

There is such a good thing, Zhu Cijiong almost jumped up happily, this is not only to regain Dongfan, if the plan is proper, it is possible to give Dongfan the Dutch, the Spaniards, and the nasty pirate leader Liu Xiang. The pot is here!

(End of this chapter)