The naval battle on Lubang Island took about two hours from start to finish.
On the sea, a large number of Ming army warships spread out, rescuing the fallen soldiers and dragging the damaged warships to the shore. Of course, it also includes the Dutch and their warships, but they are not rescued, but captured.
Of the thirty Dutch warships and fifty transport ships, only one warship escaped, and it was still damaged. In addition to those that were sunk, there were three battleships and 12 transport ships that were forced to surrender without damage; in addition, there were eight battleships and 14 transport ships that were repaired and still usable.
On the Portuguese side, one warship was sunk and five warships were damaged. This was also due to the fact that after Anthony, the Dutch governor of Batavia, discovered the appearance of the Ming Dynasty navy, he did not dare to entangle with the Portuguese warships and wanted to escape immediately. Otherwise, if he continued to fight, Portugal would suffer more losses.
As for the Ming Navy, if you don’t count the losses of the arson ships, no warships were sunk. There were fifty-six damaged warships. Most of them were damaged when they crashed despite the gunfire in order to intercept the breakout of the Dutch warships.
On Lubang Island, all the generals had come to Lu Xiangsheng and reported their respective battle situations.
This battle was fought beautifully, and it was a very good start. Every general's face was filled with smiles. Even Anders from Portugal was grinning.
For the Portuguese, the loss was still a bit heavy. However, after all these years, the feeling of being oppressed by the Dutch is finally coming out, so cool!
Of course Lu Xiangsheng was also happy, but he had won many battles and had experienced more significant battles than this one. Therefore, he was the first to return to normal. As soon as he began to issue military orders, the navy immediately rested and contacted the Ming army outposts in Manila Bay and the surviving Ming people to prepare for the second phase of the war.
After deploying these, he gave the order: "Take the slave chief!"
After this military order was passed, Anthony, the Dutch governor of Batavia, was taken to Lu Xiangsheng.
When he was cornered and faced with the prospect of death if he resisted, Antony chose to surrender, so he did not die in the naval battle that just ended.
At this time, he was escorted by two Ming Army soldiers and taken all the way to Lu Xiangsheng's side. Along the way, Anthony watched the Ming Army soldiers stand upright and motionless, all equipped with standard equipment. He felt a sense of eliteness when he hit his face, and felt in his heart. I have to sigh.
This empire in the Far East is indeed not comparable to ordinary indigenous people. It can even be said that it is not much worse than the regular army in Europe! The number of troops is still so large. Once this huge empire declares war, even if the war is not lost, the final result will definitely be that the Netherlands will not be able to gain a foothold in Southeast Asia.
He sighed with emotion all the way, and soon he was escorted in front of Lu Xiangsheng.
Anthony straightened his clothes and coughed. Just as he was about to speak, he felt something hit in the crooks of his legs. Then, his body involuntarily knelt down. At the same time, he heard the shouts of Ming soldiers behind him. .
Although he couldn't understand it, he could roughly guess that it meant asking him to kneel down.
Suddenly, he struggled and shouted: "You can't treat me like this. I am the Dutch governor of Batavia, an admiral. You should give me decent treatment..."
The two Ming army soldiers behind him immediately stepped forward and pressed their hands on his shoulders, regardless of what he was shouting, and stopped him from getting up.
Although Lu Xiangsheng didn't understand, there was naturally a translator who conveyed it to him. After understanding what this Hongyi said, he couldn't help but sneer and said: "How dare a prisoner mention it, but he doesn't know the rules of the Ming Dynasty?"
Having said this, he clasped his hands and gestured towards Annan and said: "The Emperor once said that our Ming Dynasty is hospitable. When friends come from far away, they are very happy, so they naturally like to entertain them with wine. However, if they come with evil intentions, they will naturally Will entertain with fists.”
After he finished speaking, he put down his hands, stared at Anthony and sneered: "You red barbarians invaded the borders of our Ming Dynasty and killed our people. You dared to join forces with the Japanese to fight against our Ming Dynasty. Now you have joined forces with the Western Barbarians of Luzon to fight against our Ming Dynasty. Do you still want to be treated decently?”
The translator on the side would naturally translate Lu Xiangsheng's words to Anthony.
Lu Xiangsheng didn't care what this Xiyi would answer, he immediately ordered: "Twenty palms, let him wake up!"
After slapping him in the mouth, he wanted to ask this Xiyi about the situation in Batavia. This was what the emperor had told him before setting off.
"Yes!" When the Ming army officers heard Lu Xiangsheng's words, of course they responded loudly, and then they stepped forward neatly, grabbed Anthony with one hand, and gave him the "respect" he deserved with his hands!
The Ming army officers and soldiers hated these Western barbarians for the harm they had done to their compatriots and comrades. Of course they would not show mercy. After twenty beatings, several of Anthony's teeth were lost and blood was flowing out. few.
Seeing him in such a mess, Anders gloated from the side. Now it feels great to be the all-powerful one in Nanyang. If you dare to be an enemy of the Ming Empire, you will be able to bear it now!
At this time, he had forgotten that Portugal had also thought about becoming an enemy of Ming Dynasty, but they changed quickly after being taught a lesson. Otherwise, Anthony's fate would also be the fate of the Portuguese.
After the fight, Lu Xiangsheng stared at the slave chief and shouted coldly: "How many troops are there in your lair? Are you willing to surrender?"
Anthony was beaten on the head and was a little dazed. It took him a while before his eyes focused. After hearing what the translator conveyed, he stopped struggling and just knelt there and replied: "Batavia doesn't have many troops. There are only a hundred. However, there are still 500 servants. In addition, you Ming people, men, women, old and children, total 5,321 people..."
After hearing what he said, Lu Xiangsheng immediately felt something was wrong for some reason.
Sure enough, at the end of Anthony's speech, he tried his best to raise his head, looked at the tall Ming official in front and said: "If I can't return to Batavia in a month, then the subordinates who stay there will carry out the plan." My military order is to kill all of you Ming people!"
After he said this, the translator was stunned. He didn't expect that this slave chief had such a skill. For a moment, he forgot to translate.
Lu Xiangsheng saw a sneer on Anthony's lips after he finished speaking, and knew that he would definitely not say anything nice. When he saw the translators staring at the slave chief in astonishment, he knew that he must have guessed correctly.
Sure enough, at this time, the translator had come to his senses and immediately conveyed Anthony's threat to Lu Xiangsheng.
After Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he didn't speak for a while, and just stared at Anthony coldly.
Anthony also tried his best to raise his head and looked back at Lu Xiangsheng without showing any weakness.
During this year, especially when the Japanese fled back to Batavia, they told him that the Ming army was much stronger than before. Soon after, those in Taiwan were beaten and annihilated by the Ming army, and Annan was captured by the Ming army. Anthony felt that he knew too little about this Eastern Empire.
Therefore, he began to pay attention to everything about this huge empire, including its previous history, customs, as well as the current emperor and everything he could learn about it.
Coincidentally, Anthony heard about the reputation of the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty as loving his people like a son, and also learned the reason why the Ming army attacked the Spanish in Luzon. From this analysis, he left himself a backup plan, which was to use the people of Batavia as threats to prevent any unexpected events.
Therefore, what he said was not a threat, it was indeed true.
This was also the reason why he chose to surrender instead of desperately escaping.
At this time, there was only the sound of the flags rustling in the sea breeze, and the laughter of the Ming army soldiers in the distance.
Anders, Zheng Chenggong and others looked at Anthony and then at Lu Xiangsheng, but none of them spoke. One difference is that Anders looked a little surprised, while Zheng Chenggong and others were angry.
After a while, Lu Xiangsheng shouted coldly: "I have remembered you, take him under custody, entertain him well, and don't let him idle."
Of course, the officers and soldiers of the Ming army understood the meaning of his words. It almost meant that death penalty could be avoided, but living crime could not be escaped. So they immediately responded with a loud voice and escorted Anthony down.
When Zheng Chenggong saw it, he stepped out and asked angrily: "Sir, are you really going to let him go? The last general is willing to lead his troops to Batavia to rescue him!"
It’s hard to say whether he can be rescued or not! And there is a high possibility that it cannot be saved.
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said: "The most important thing now is the Xiyi in Luzon! As for Batavia, it affects the lives of so many people in the Ming Dynasty. I will report it to the emperor and let the emperor decide. As for this The slave chief, even if he can escape and ascend to heaven this time, he will not have a good life!"
In fact, he was already sure in his heart that the emperor would definitely let this slave chief go. The reason why I want to report to the emperor is to maintain the emperor's reputation of loving the people like his own son. It is up to the emperor to decide, for the sake of the people of the Ming Dynasty, to let this slave chief go. If nothing else, at least the people of the Ming Dynasty who are rescued will be grateful to the emperor.
As for this slave chief, Lu Xiangsheng could also imagine that if he used this method to deal with Daming, his end would be tragic! Even if he can escape this time, the emperor's words "he will be killed no matter how far away" are definitely not a joke.
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard what to do with the more than 300 Japanese warriors who had been captured.
In response, Lu Xiangsheng was very straightforward and ordered these Japanese to be killed on the spot and their bodies thrown into the sea to feed the fish!
Anders listened on the side and couldn't help but wonder if these Japanese were unlucky enough. If they had failed before dealing with the Dutch Governor, they might not have died.
But it is useless to assume now. The life and death of these Japanese people have nothing to do with Anders. If they die, they will die!
The next day, Lu Xiangsheng led the navy towards Manila and began the second phase of the war.
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