After receiving the news of the disastrous defeat of the Dutch army at Dili City, Antony van Demen, the governor of the Dutch East India Company in Batavia, immediately dismissed the commander of the Batavia fleet, Colonel Ajan van Dijk, from his post and replaced him with

After his return, he will be detained, and then he will be questioned and tried on whether he committed malfeasance or misconduct during the war.

In addition to receiving the news of the failure of Dili City, Governor Daiman also received a disturbing message from the army headquarters. The Kingdom of Mataram Sultanate to the east of Batavia and the Banten Sultanate Kingdom to the south seemed to be under attack.

Ready to move, prepare to launch an attack on Batavia.

"Are the two Sudanese kingdoms preparing to unite?" Governor Daiman asked with some worry. In view of the attack on Dili City, Batavia has already deployed many mercenaries and native servants.

, there seems to be a certain weakness.

"Your Majesty the Governor, according to the information from the two Sudanese kingdoms, they have not united." Colonel Peter Kurucs, commander of the Batavia Army, said: "It is said that the Sudanese King of the Banten Kingdom seems to be fighting against horses.

The Lan Sudan Kingdom is extremely distrustful."

"I remember that ten years ago, the Kingdom of Mataram attacked Batavia twice, but we were defeated both times and suffered heavy losses. Since then, we have never heard that they are going to attack Batavia again. Why do they suddenly dare to come?

Attack us?" Governor Dyman asked.

"They seem to be supported by weapons." Colonel Peter Kurucs said: "It is believed that they already have a large number of iron swords and spears, as well as muskets, and there are a lot of them. Presumably, this is how they dare to challenge us again

reasons."

"Where did they get the muskets?" Governor Daiman was startled.

"According to my guess, it should have been provided by Hanzhou." Colonel Peter Kurucs said, "And the time was just a few months ago."

"Is this when we issue an ultimatum to Hanzhou?"

"I think, yes."

"Damn Hanzhou!" Governor Daiman cursed, and then thought of something, "Can Hanzhou make its own swords and muskets?"

"I think so, Lord Governor."

Governor Daiman suddenly felt a little uneasy.

"Our navy must blockade the coasts of the Kingdom of Mataram and the Kingdom of Banten, and we must not let them get another weapon." Governor Daiman said loudly: "Also, the blockade of Hanzhou must be further strengthened and must continue.

.We must provide material and personnel support for the blockade fleet’s proposal to establish temporary camps on the islands near Hanzhou. We want to trap Hanzhou on that desert island!”

"As you command, Lord Governor!" a naval lieutenant commander promised loudly.

"Lord Governor, do we need to launch a surprise attack on those two Sudanese kingdoms to disrupt their military deployment?" Colonel Peter Kurucs asked.

"Can the current mercenaries and native servants in the city support you in launching a limited attack on the native kingdom?"

"We can launch a surprise attack on the Kingdom of Banten first. Their strength is far weaker than the Kingdom of Mataram." Colonel Peter Kurucs said: "After carrying out a limited attack on the Kingdom of Banten, we can avoid later conflicts with the Kingdom of Mataram."

When the Talan Kingdom was fighting, they were attacked by the Banten Kingdom. However, in view of the weakness of the armed forces in the city, I suggested that some mercenaries be transferred from other trading stations to strengthen Batavia's defense."

"Order part of the army that attacked Dili to return to Batavia." Governor Dyman thought for a moment and decided to first resolve the threat of force around Batavia and stabilize the security situation in the center of the Dutch East India Company's rule.

"The fleet that attacked Dili will leave five ships to continue to blockade Dili. The rest will return to Batavia and prepare to cooperate with the army to attack the Kingdom of Banten!"

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A slender and agile flying fish boat sailed into a remote bay. Not far from the shore, it slowly lowered its sails and relied on the oarsmen to slowly approach the coast.

More than a hundred natives on the shore cheered excitedly, and then about twenty people rushed out, rowed seven or eight canoes, and approached the slender flying fish boat.

"One hundred and fifty knives, two hundred spearheads, twenty muskets, and twenty barrels of gunpowder." Li Gengsheng reported the numbers to the natives who received the goods.

A waiter sent by Ma Huaiyu whispered to the native leader what the Hanzhou people said.

After hearing the number of weapons, the native leader nodded and smiled with satisfaction. He walked to the side of the ship, called to the natives on the boat next to him, hoisted up the money box he had brought, and then opened it for the Hanzhou people to count.

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Li Gengsheng asked a few sailors to go over and count the quantities, while he took the boy sent by Ma Huaiyu.

"Ask them when they are going to attack the Netherlands in Batavia. We from Hanzhou can send some ships to support them."

"The Matalan side still needs time to prepare. It is estimated that it will take a month before the troops can be assembled. As for when to launch the attack, that needs to be decided by their Sultan King."

"Actually, now is the best time to attack the Dutch." Li Gengsheng said: "Batavia dispatched more than a thousand troops to attack our city of Dili. This is when the Dutch are most empty.

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"I'll go talk to them." The interpreter also believed that what the Hanzhou people said was extremely correct. If the Dutch captured Dili City in Hanzhou, those soldiers might be transferred back to Batavia soon. Then,

The Kingdom of Mataram lost a valuable offensive opportunity.

After hearing what the interpreter said, the native leader looked at Li Gengsheng with some embarrassment. In fact, when the Dutch sent a large number of soldiers to Dili City, the army of the Kingdom of Matalan had already begun to gather to prepare to attack Batavia.

However, their Sudanese king delayed the attack because he wanted to join forces with the Banten Kingdom in the southwest to attack the Dutch, but he never received a response.

Perhaps their Sudanese king was a little afraid of the disastrous defeat at Batavia ten years ago, and hoped to unite with the Banten Kingdom to strengthen his momentum.

Li Gengsheng was speechless at the hesitation of the natives. Don't they know that fighter planes are fleeting? I really don't know how useful it is to give them weapon support. With the appearance of the natives, they deserve to be bullied by the Dutch.

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After trading weapons with the natives, Li Gengsheng's "Feiyu No. 1" headed south and two days later arrived at the temporary camp of Dog Island, located more than 400 kilometers south of Java Island.

Last year (1637), after the conflict with Portugal at Xinxiang Fort, Hanzhou was worried that the Portuguese would attack immigrant ships again near Timor Island, so he began to explore a direct diagonal route to Batavia. On the way, he inadvertently

I discovered this small island, and after inspecting it for a week, I thought it could be used as a temporary supply point for future visits.

Because it was shaped like a dog, it was named Dog Island, and this island became Christmas Island in later generations.

When the Han-Dutch conflict was about to break out, they carried out a surprise construction on the island. A small fortress was built on a platform one kilometer away from the shore, and a large number of swords, spears and muskets were stored to facilitate contact with Batavia.

Several sultanate kingdoms conducted arms trade.

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The Portuguese Governor-General in Macau, Schrobao, welcomed a special guest at the Governor's Palace, Naval Admiral Chen Hui, who was the governor of Fujian Province in the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong.

Looking at the group of eight Ming people, Shi Luobao and several colonial officials around him were a little confused and a little nervous.

Zheng Zhilong's armed forces along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, any maritime power will be more or less influenced by them. Especially the Portuguese in Oyster Mirror are located on the edge of the Ming Dynasty, and the trade routes to Japan and North Korea are on Zheng Zhilong

Within the control of maritime forces.

Therefore, the Portuguese Governor maintained more respect and compromise for Zheng Zhilong. Trade ships traveling between Japan and North Korea paid full navigation fees to Zheng Zhilong in accordance with regulations. On weekdays, Zheng Zhilong's ships coming to Guangzhou and Oyster Mirror also provided

enough convenience.

What is the reason for suddenly sending representatives to Oyster Mirror? Is it a matter of Japanese trade? Although the Japanese shogunate issued a trade ban and only allowed the Dutch and Ming Dynasties to trade with Japan, there were still Portuguese ships secretly going to Japan

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"We came to Oyster Mirror this time to be a peacemaker for you Portuguese people." Chen Hui said with a smile.

"Peacemaker?" Shi Luobao was a little confused when he heard the interpreter's translation, and looked at Chen Hui in confusion.

"You had a conflict with Hanzhou over in Nanyang last year, didn't you?" Chen Hui reminded.

"Oh..." Governor Shi Luobao suddenly realized.

Last year, a Portuguese armed merchant ship sank an immigrant ship from Hanzhou in the south. A few months ago, that Hanzhou sent out troops and united with the natives to capture the Shenli City on Timor Island, which led to the

The Dutch took away their Oecussi and completely drove the Portuguese out of Timor.

"The Han people want to ask us for peace?" Governor Shi Luobao asked.

When Chen Hui heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the shopkeeper Zhou from the Hanzhou Warehouse in Guangzhou with a wry smile next to him.

Tuesday Gui bowed his hands to Governor Shi Luobao and said sternly: "Sir Governor, I am here on behalf of Hanzhou, not to seek peace. Last year, you Portugal sank our Hanzhou immigrant ship, killing more than fifty people.

Death. You Portuguese people did not give us Hanzhou any explanation for this matter."

"So, you are going to attack our imperial power?" Governor Shi Luobao said coldly.

"Hanzhou was beaten by you Portuguese, we must seek justice."

"Then what do you Hanzhou want to do when you come to us?"

"Truce!" Tuesday Gui said: "Both of us should have a truce and jointly deal with our enemy, the Dutch!"

"Truce?" Governor Shi Luobao looked at Tuesday Gui and said, "Then are you willing to return Dili to us?"

"We will discuss the ownership of Dili City later." Tuesday Gui said: "Even if we return Dili City to you now, can you hold it?"

Governor Schroba was suddenly speechless. The Dutch officers captured Ocussi, which was very close to the city of Dili. They heard that they were rushing to attack the city of Dili under the control of Hanzhou, and they obviously wanted to occupy the entire northern area of ​​Timor Island.

"Your Hanzhou was attacked by the Dutch and the situation was critical, so you wanted to unite with us to deal with the Dutch?" Governor Schroba asked sarcastically.

"Without your Portuguese help, we can deal with the Dutch alone." Tuesday Gui said: "However, I heard that the Dutch have united with the natives on Ceylon to expel you Portuguese."

Because a large amount of information about the Portuguese came from Hanzhou, Tuesday Gui was able to make a clear target at this time.

"Why do you, Hanzhou, cooperate with us, Portugal?" Governor Shi Luobao pondered for a moment and asked in a deep voice.

"You have several fixed strongholds in the Strait of Malacca. We in Hanzhou plan to rely on your strongholds to intercept and attack Dutch merchant ships."

"We in Portugal ourselves can also attack Dutch merchant ships in the Strait of Malacca."

"Our Hanzhou warships can guard the Malacca Strait around the clock, specifically attacking Dutch merchant ships."

Governor Schroba was stunned when he heard this. Yes, the Portuguese could attack Dutch merchant ships, but they only attacked lone Dutch merchant ships when they were transporting trade.
Chapter completed!