Chapter 240
Cheng Shijie took drastic measures, of course, to protect Ning Haijun's interests. If he adopts a negotiation approach to deal with this matter, the Dutch East India Company will intensify its efforts.
If this matter is left lightly, more Chinese immigrant ships will be detained in the future. Not only immigrant ships, but also merchant ships, fishing boats, and even warships will no longer have a deterrent effect.
To put it mildly, the Dutch East India Company may not have been perfunctory with Ning Haijun, but it did not pay enough attention to this matter, did not have enough understanding of the follow-up caused by this matter, or did not understand Cheng Shijie well enough.
In other words, in the past, Ming Dynasty behaved too low-key. In fact, it was because of domestic and foreign troubles that it was unable to take into account Nanyang. Furthermore, the Chinese behaved too meekly. That's why the Dutch think that Chinese people are easy to bully.
Following Cheng Shijie's order, the warships of the Ning Navy began to leave the port one after another. In addition to the fifteen warships in need of repair, the six strike squadrons of the Ning Navy, with 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 of more than 1,000 tons and arrived at the Subic Strait to cheer up Zheng Zhilong.
In fact, Zheng Zhilong actually looked down upon the fifteen warships of the Dutch East India Company. In comparison, Zheng Zhilong was confident enough to deal with these fifteen Dutch warships, even if the Zheng fleet had been severely damaged. However, Zheng Zhilong has no confidence in the fifteen Ning Navy warships that are faster and more powerful than Dutch warships.
Xie Jinglin watched the warships going out to sea, looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "Commander, how far are you prepared to go?"
"This depends on how fully the Dutch admit their mistakes!"
In fact, Cheng Shijie could not stay in Luzon for too long. Although the slaves in the Ming Dynasty had become honest, Lin Dan Khan died of illness, and Lin Dan Khan's son Ezhe was too young, only twelve years old. Ezhe could not convince the public. The Mongols under Lin Dan Khan began to fall apart. Some went south to attack Hetao and Ningxia, and some defected to Jiannu. This made Jiannu resurgence.
As the Ning Navy continues to draw troops from Liaodong, more than 6,000 soldiers are stationed in Wusongkou, Chongming Island and Changxing Island, more than 9,000 soldiers are stationed in Daguan, and there are navy and army troops in Luzon, totaling 28,000 The remaining people were mobilized along with the more than 44,000 troops.
There will inevitably be a shortage of troops in Liaodong, and Jiannu is trying more and more towards the Hun River. Maybe in winter, Jiannu will take advantage of the empty Ning navy to 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 speechless at this time: "Commander, if you don't want a decisive battle, can you lower the negotiation conditions?"
The settlement conditions proposed by Cheng Shijie were too harsh. You must know that although the Dutch East India Company has thirty-five strongholds in Southeast Asia, which can also be said to be colonies, it has a unique geographical advantage in terms of senior officials, occupying nearly one-third of the territory. With respect to the amount of trade, it is impossible for the Dutch to give up their trade.
Cheng Shijie's negotiation standards for the Dutch East India Company included three points. First, the Dutch East India Company must punish the parties involved and require that the murderers involved in the attack on the Chinese must be handed over to the Ming Dynasty for trial. The second point is to compensate the deceased Chinese.
The first two points are easy to say, but the third point is very excessive. Let the Dutch East India Company give up the management rights of Medan Port. According to the practice of Zhenghe Port Area, the Dutch East India Company must set aside no less than twelve square meters. kilometers, that is, the port area of 18,000 acres, is managed by Ning Haijun. Ning Haijun has legal, administrative, diplomatic, and military powers in the Medan Port Area, but Ning Haijun can pay taxes to the Dutch East India Company, but the tax rate must not exceed three percent.
Not to mention the Dutch, in Xie Jinglin's opinion, Cheng Shijie's demands were extremely excessive.
Following 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 warships bombarded Manila and occupied Manila.
The Dutch would definitely not 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 I am!"
Cheng Shijie actually does not have enough strength to control the entire Nanyang. Although he does not have enough strength, it does not mean that Cheng Shijie does not want to insert a nail in Malacca.
The port of Medan in this era was actually a large 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 the island of Sumatra.
Cheng Shijie's so-called kindness, in Xie Jinglin's view, is actually a joke. Of course, Cheng Shijie is kind, but he has double standards. He is indeed very kind to the common people, but he is very kind to the gentry, slaves, Mongolians, including Western Yi 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 truly awesome.
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Chen Dayong, who is located in Tamsui City, Taiyuan, immediately received the order from Cheng Shijie to mobilize the local aborigines in Taiyuan to resist the Dutch colonial rule. In fact, Ning Haijun did not really take action.
Chen Dayong also obeyed Cheng Shijie's original order to avoid overly irritating the Dutch. However, as the Dutch seized the Chinese immigrant ship in Batavia and massacred Li Shichang's family in Batavia, Ning Haijun and the Dutch East India Company Conflicts directly intensified.
Now that the conflict has intensified, there is nothing to be polite about.
When Chen Dayong led more than 6,000 elite soldiers of the Ning Navy to advance from Tamsui South Tainan, Army Lieutenant Colonel Metz, the Dutch garrison officer in Orange City, secretly mobilized the Dutch East Army without the governor's order. The army of the Indian Company is ready to give the aborigines a show of color.
There was no way. In just over a month, these aborigines attacked the Dutch everywhere like crazy. The most outrageous thing was that on the night of July 24th, they actually touched the city of Orange. There was a post outside. There were a total of thirteen soldiers in this post. They were all beheaded and thirteen heads were taken away. However, the thirteen corpses were thrown directly under the gate of Orange City and were not recovered until dawn. Discover.
Lieutenant Colonel Metz led more than 1,200 troops from the Dutch garrison, including 200 cavalry, and stormed into the mountains. He had had enough and vowed to destroy all the tribes in the southern mountainous area and kill those who dared to do so. All the villains who were against him were pulled out and their skins and bones were torn apart!
Metz was confident in his army. More than a hundred Spanish expeditionary forces destroyed the huge Inca Empire. The force he dispatched was ten times that of the Spanish, which was more than enough to deal with a group of barbarians!
In fact, Metz is really not bragging. These senior aborigines received training from the Ning Navy for a very short time, only about half a month. They only know simple equipment maintenance and maintenance, and they very lack combat experience in large-scale armies. . Not to mention more than 1,200 troops, even 120 Dutch troops would not be able to win a frontal war.
Under the strong attack of the Dutch army, six or seven tribes of the majority of the aborigines were conquered one after another. In these conquered tribes and villages, without exception, all men and women were killed by the Dutch. These frantic Dutch did not even give birth to babies. Let it go.
Facing the Dutch attack, these rebel commanders of the Western Barbarian Alliance found that they were no match for the Dutch if they fought alone, so they gathered together.
Five days later, the Battle of Yau Ma Xi officially broke out. The Allied forces had a total of more than 6,500 people, while the Dutch army only had more than 1,200 people.
Lieutenant Colonel Metz took advantage of the characteristics of the Dutch army and launched an artillery bombardment against the Allied forces in the direction of Yau Ma Creek with twenty-four 12-pounder Franchise cannons and twelve 18-pounder Red Barbarian cannons.
After half an hour of shelling, the Allied forces, which suffered heavy casualties, had no choice but to charge against the Dutch bullets. Although the Allies were very brave, however, when the Allied forces rushed more than 30 steps in front of the Dutch army's formation, , the Dutch army suddenly dispersed, and more than 200 cavalry rushed towards the Allied forces.
As a result, more than 6,500 Allied troops were suddenly in chaos and collapsed. The Dutch army took advantage of the situation and killed them. The Allied forces suffered heavy casualties. More than 1,500 people were killed and more than 2,000 people were injured. More than 500 of them were killed by the Dutch. captive.
Just when Lieutenant Colonel Metz was preparing to expand his victory, Chen Dayong led Ning Navy soldiers to arrive.
What followed was the end of the Dutch.
A group of Dutch soldiers were chasing the fleeing Confederate soldiers. As they drove the defeated soldiers into a valley, they heard intensive gunfire.
The Dutch had never dealt with Ning Haijun, and they did not know that this was Ning Haijun's unique thunderous sound.
Thunder cannons with a range of more than 800 steps were fired at the Dutch army like a dense storm. The Dutch soldiers who were caught off guard fell in pieces.
Knowing that something was wrong, the rear group of the Dutch army moved back to the front group and retreated quickly. However, an even denser rain of bullets and arrows came from behind.
Not to mention, whether it was archery or marksmanship, Navy officers Ning were much more accurate than the army of the aborigines. The bullets and cannonballs seemed to have eyes. The Dutch soldiers who were hit fell down covering their bloody wounds. The ground wails.
Even more terrifying than the guns and artillery on the frontal battlefield were actually Ning Haijun's scouts. These scouts were at home in the mountains and jungles, and the battle quickly turned into a one-sided massacre.
When Lieutenant Colonel Metz discovered that his opponent was Ning Haijun, he had already lost more than 400 men, including his most elite cavalry. Ning Haijun only used a small trick, more than 60 mines, and an additional 100 men. With more than sixty grenades, the Dutch garrison's only 200 cavalry were wiped out.
Lieutenant Colonel Metz quickly ordered a retreat. However, the problem was that no matter where they retreated, the rebels always followed them. He desperately realized that it was an impossible task to escape their pursuit in the mountainous area, so he had no choice but to organize manpower. They cut down trees and piled stones to build defense lines in preparation for holding on, and at the same time sent out capable men to try to break through the siege and ask for help.
However, the company sent several groups of people, but none of them could escape the pursuit of the rebels. Soon after setting off, they turned into bloody heads and were thrown back to their positions by the rebels.
What's even more terrible is that Ning Haijun's artillery also followed up, which was similar to the Dutch's artillery. But the problem was that the Dutch's ammunition and food were not enough to hold on, and they also brought hundreds of wounded with them. The painful wails of those wounded made Shang Shang Those who are able to resist are so frightened that they almost collapse.
Lieutenant Colonel Metz realized that his troops had lost the conditions to stand still and wait for reinforcements. In desperation, he abandoned the wounded and left camp at night, quietly breaking out of the encirclement.
After two days of hard fighting and escaping, Lieutenant Colonel Metz led more than 200 wounded people and fled back to Orange City. At the gate of Orange City, Metz was still rejoicing. Ning Haijun was too careless. If he had been replaced by the other party, , it is absolutely impossible to let these more than 200 people go...
At this moment, Mace realized that too many of his men seemed to have escaped.
The problem is, this discovery was too late.
The wounded Dutch soldiers who rushed into Orange City immediately took off their mummy-like bandages, brandished their swords and guns, and charged towards the city wall. What made Metz even more desperate was that a large number of Ning navy and allied forces came from behind. Soldier.
On August 27, the seventh year of Chongzhen, which was the eleventh day after Cheng Shijie issued the "Operation Hurricane" combat plan to Chen Dayong, Chen Dayong led Ning Navy soldiers to successfully capture Orange City.
Orange City, first established in 1624, is the oldest castle in the country. Since its founding, it has been the center of Dutch rule.
It's just a pity that it has now become Ning Haijun's Anping City.
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At the same time, on the flagship "Liaoyang" of the Ning Navy's main fleet, Li Zhixiang was looking at the Subic port with a telescope.
Although Zheng Zhilong occupied Subic Port, Zheng Zhilong had no intention of operating Subic Port. At this time, Subic Port was a dilapidated dock, dilapidated facilities, and dilapidated buildings.
"Have a cup, it's said to be coffee, it can refresh you!"
"No, I like tea!"
Li Zhixiang put down the telescope and was really puzzled: "Why are the Dutch so stupid? Don't they know that our commander-in-chief will retaliate? I heard that people are still dead. I wonder how many Dutch people will die this time to calm the commander-in-chief's anger." anger."
Xie Jinglin actually didn't know that the Dutch founded the Dutch Empire on the corpse of Spain. This country of future horsemen on the sea has become accustomed to defeating their sovereign country, Spain. Even if the Ning Navy defeated the Spanish and occupied Luzon, they Ning Haijun was not given enough attention.
Of course, this is also because of Dutch habits.
As early as after the defeat in the Penghu naval battle, the Dutch took possession of Taiyuan Island. This was simply unimaginable for the Dutch. They could take advantage of the defeat. You must know that compared with Penghu, Taiyuan Island is Heaven.
What's more, there is another meaning. The Spanish Empire is unable to use troops in the east, so it proposed to the Dutch East India Company that as long as the Netherlands helps the Spanish Empire and recaptures Luzon, they can obtain all the power of the chief officials.
In other words, the Spanish Empire sold the chief executive to the Dutch, and one-third of the profits of the Dutch East India Company were provided by the chief executive, and they were determined to get the chief executive.
In this case, they decided to test Cheng Shijie's attitude.
To put it more carefully, the Dutch's method of ruling Southeast Asia was not very clever, and the Chinese were an important link.
The Chinese are more educated, easier to communicate with, and easier to rule. Therefore, the Dutch rely on the Chinese to rule the indigenous people in East India, and then continue to provoke conflicts between the indigenous people and the Chinese. When the conflict between the Chinese and the indigenous people breaks out , the Dutch will appear as arbiters, and over time, the Dutch, Chinese, and natives of East India will form the current relationship of mutual dependence and mutual hostility.
The Chinese in the game are actually not united. When the Chinese are massacred, there will always be Chinese families who rise up. Just like the Wu Shangzhi family in Luzon, when the Spanish massacred the Chinese for the first time, Wu Dakuan was still a family. The famous waiter, you wouldn't know it from Wu Dakuan's name. He was not from a distinguished background, otherwise he wouldn't have been named Dakuan.
According to Ming Dynasty's custom, he always replenishes whatever he lacks. Being generous means that he lacks money.
When Spain massacred the Chinese for the first time, Wu Dakuan spent six taels and three cents of silver from the Spanish, which was all Wu Dakuan's net worth.
As a result, Wu Dakuan owned the Wu family's first pot of gold, and in five or six years, he turned from abject poverty to a small fortune. In the 37th year of Wanli, when the Chinese were massacred for the second time, Wu Dakuan was saved from the Spanish. Sixteen plantations were acquired, as well as more than five hundred stores.
Without Cheng Shijie and Ning Haijun, the Wu family would have fallen in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, that is, the third massacre of Chinese in Luzon in 1639 AD.
All over Southeast Asia, including the Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese, adopted this set of management methods.
"Now it depends on their performance!"
Li Zhixiang picked up the walkie-talkie and ordered: "First Squadron!"
"First Squadron received it!"
"The ship's bow guns fired in sequence, telling them we are coming!"
"Boom boom boom..."
Following Li Zhixiang's order. The guns of the First Squadron rang out, and shells pounded Subic Harbor.
Zheng Zhilong, who is located in Subic Port City, heard the sound of cannons and laughed: "These black men, their heads were caught by the door, how dare they mess with the Dutch!"
The Dutch warships located in the Subic port were actually ready for battle, but they never expected that Ning Haijun would dare to take action.
As the senior commercial commissioner of the Dutch East India Company, Putmans' face turned pale: "Oh God, these Ming people actually struck first! These damn yellow-skinned monkeys actually dare to provoke the powerful Netherlands!"
"Boom boom boom boom..."
The commander of the Dutch East India Company's combined fleet, Captain Alfonso, did not think so much. He watched the Ning Navy open fire and immediately ordered a counterattack.
To be fair, the Dutch's reaction was not slow. The side guns of the fifteen Dutch Combined Fleet warships opened fire at the same time. The sound was like rolling thunder, and hundreds of lead balls screamed all the way and slammed into the twelve ships of the Ning Navy's First Squadron!
Their movements were not slow either, so this time it was better, both sides were completely at odds!
"Boom boom..."
With two loud noises, two large holes were cut out on the left side of the hull of the Dutch "Giant" warship. The fire expanded and the Dutch sailors in the cabin were blown to pieces. The violent vibrations made the entire warship feel like cramps. The bumps began, and many sailors suddenly became gourds on the ground.
And more than a dozen of the shells they fired hit Ning Haijun's warships, including twelve warships in the First Squadron. A total of six warships were hit. However, the six-pound solid shells were really heavy for warships with thousands of tons. It's too childish.
More than a dozen shells hit the battleship of the Ning Navy's First Squadron and scattered sawdust from the rafters. Dozens of sailors were hit in the head by bouncing lead balls, 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 Ning navy warship was turning around, the commander of the Dutch fleet said excitedly: "Damn yellow-skinned monkey,... fire! We must not let them escape! Use the starboard cannon to attack them, and we must not let them fire another shell!" "
As the First Squadron retreated more than 500 meters, the hit rate of the Dutch naval gun shells was much lower. The shelling distance of the Dutch warships was actually between 300 meters and 500 meters. At this distance , the Dutch were not low in their naval gun command.
At a distance of more than 500 meters, the Dutch's artillery shell orders were too low. Although more than a hundred artillery shells were fired in the second round, there was only one artillery shell order, injuring one soldier, Captain Ning. .
"Boom boom boom..."
The Second Squadron of the Ning Navy pushed forward and fired at the Dutch from a distance of 1,500 meters. At this time, two more Dutch warships were hit.
One of the cannon shells penetrated the upper deck, and the Dutch began to panic. They turned the hull in panic, trying to use the starboard cannon that had already been loaded to defeat the navy's warship.
However, before they could bring out the starboard cannon, the Second Squadron's naval gun opened fire. One shot landed on the deck and exploded. The canopy exploded with blue-white flames wrapped in pungent smoke.
After being hit by one shot, the deck of the Dutch battleship "Adventurer" that unfortunately came to my grandma's home was a sea of fire. The Dutch sailors were covered in flames, which penetrated into their bones. They screamed and wailed indifferently. All jumped from the deck and jumped into the sea. The rigging and sails burned fiercely, and the flames shot into the sky!
This round of shelling frightened Putmans: "Damn the Ming people, they are actually equipped with such advanced cannons, and the shells fired are powerful explosive shells."
Three salvos killed three thousand-ton warships of the United Fleet, namely the "Adventurer" and the "Giant". What distressed Putmans the most was the "Tulip" armed merchant ship. This ship had him. Twelve percent of the shares: "It's over, I...I...bankrupt!"
As the senior commercial attaché and governor-general of the Dutch East India Company, Putmans's salary is not low. In the position of commercial attaché, he can earn 1,800 guilders per year. In the position of governor-general, he can earn , you can earn twelve hundred 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 making some money, he participated in the merchant ship of the Dutch East India Company. This was his savings for many years, but it suddenly sank with the Tulip.
Putmans fell to the ground and remained unresponsive for a long time.
In fact, the Dutch's losses had just begun.
Alfonso's voice was broken: "We can't let them fire anymore, otherwise, all of us will feed the fish!"
But the problem is, it's useless no matter how anxious he is, there is no way to make up for the technological gap!
(End of chapter)
