Li Dazhu was leaning on the wall, quietly observing the movement on the street outside. A group of Dutch mercenaries were scanning the street corners with muskets. Anyone who had any irrelevant personnel would be rushed to them, knocked to the ground, and then imprisoned in a dungeon.

With the arrival of the army of the Kingdom of Mataram, comprehensive martial law has been implemented throughout Batavia. Except for the colonial officials and armed soldiers of the East India Company, no one is allowed to go out at will. The Ming and native people living in the city were also colonized by the Dutch.

The government forcibly recruited more than 500 people and armed them slightly, and then they were driven by Dutch mercenaries to the south and east sides of the city, where they joined many Dutch armed civilians to help defend the city.

After more than half a month of successive resistance, the Dutch finally gave up all their strongholds outside the city and retreated into Batavia.

According to Dutch estimates, this time, the Kingdom of Matara mobilized 10,000 soldiers to attack Batavia. Moreover, the opponent had at least 600 muskets and nearly ten cannons. The soldiers were generally equipped with a large number of swords and long swords.

Spear. In a field battle, the Dutch are irresistible no matter what. Now, the Dutch will rely on Batavia's tall and thick city walls and dense artillery to try to block the attack of the Kingdom of Mataram.

What made the Dutch a little relieved was that after a strong blockade by the Dutch, the Banten Kingdom in the west lost nearly a thousand people and was unable to fight anymore. It stopped thirty kilometers west of Batavia.

The Governor of Batavia, Anthony Van Dyman, had received a report about the Governor of Formosa, and was extremely angry at the Spanish for abandoning the truce treaty and instead trying to attack Chican and Jelan. However,

Suffering from the attack of the Kingdom of Matalan, it is impossible for Batavia to send reinforcements in the short term to alleviate the crisis in Formosa. He can only believe that with more than ten years of operation, both Formosa's

This stronghold could withstand Spanish attacks.

Governor Daiman was already a little indifferent to the disastrous defeat of Annan's attack on Hanzhou's Xinsheng Island. The Dutch could not attack the castle held by Hanzhou, and naturally a small and backward country could not pose a threat to Hanzhou. However,

, all this is in line with the expectations of the Dutch. Although they did not achieve a heavy blow to Hanzhou, they also found an enemy for Hanzhou. At that time, the Dutch can enter this country with a population of more than one million in the name of jointly dealing with Hanzhou.

kingdom and earn the greatest benefits.

However, Hanzhou provided a large number of firearms to the Kingdom of Mataram and the Kingdom of Banten, which inspired these two kingdoms to have the courage to fight the Dutch again. These native kingdoms had hundreds of thousands of people, and once they had enough

The same weapons as the Dutch would be a huge threat, even a disaster, to the Dutch East India Company.

It has to be said that the Hanzhou people seemed to have found the Dutch's weakness, and through these natives, they caused huge trouble to the East India Company. Governor Dyman felt some regret in his heart. It seemed that they should not treat the Hanzhou so tyrannically.

Although the measures taken against Hanzhou were to eliminate the potential threat to the East India Company in the future. But for a joint-stock company that needed to contribute huge profits, it cost a huge price to fight a war of checks and balances with a local force.

Is it necessary?

Batavia's financial officer has made an impairment estimate for this year's earnings. The Dutch's losses were significantly higher than estimated when they launched the war last year. Six armed merchant ships were lost one after another, and Ambon suffered

After being completely destroyed, the purchase and trade of cloves has not been restored yet, and mercenaries and native servants suffered a large number of casualties. Rough statistics show that the East India Company's losses have exceeded 500,000 guilders. The war with Hanzhou has only lasted five years.

months.

If, together with the wars with the Kingdom of Banten and the Kingdom of Mataram, as well as the pacification of the situation in Ambon, all these losses are counted, perhaps in 1639, the East India Company will burst into a huge hole.

Governor Dyman entrusted the fleet that had just set off to return to Europe and brought back his annual report. He explained in detail the cause and significance of a "local" war with the small force of Hanzhou. He hoped to get the approval of the Amsterdam Headquarters Governing Council

understanding and support, because, in the East Indies, there is no better way to gain profits than a monopoly market, so to maintain the monopoly status, we must resolutely contain and combat the rise of any potential local power.

Hanzhou has a potential threat to the East India Company's hegemony in the Far East and has the ability to break East India's ability to maintain its monopoly market position. Therefore, a war with Hanzhou is very necessary.

Li Dazhu jumped off the wall, turned around and went back to a side garden on the west side of Su Mansion (Suminggang), and then entered a small house.

"He Tou, there are Dutch patrols outside. We have no chance to go out for a while. But you won't sleep every day!" Li Dazhu felt a little anxious when he saw He Qing lying on the bed with his eyes closed.

"Then what do you think we should do?" He Qing said in a lazy tone without even opening his eyes: "Go out and kill a few Dutch people in the middle of the night?"

"If we kill the Dutch, they will be alert. Maybe they will search the whole city!" Li Dazhu thought for a moment, shook his head and said. If he was captured by the Dutch in the Su Mansion, dozens of members of the Su family would be implicated.

"Relax in peace!" He Qing said softly: "Now is a tense period for the Dutch, and we will not have a chance for a while."

"When will there be a chance?" Li Dazhu asked.

"When the natives begin to attack the city, there will probably be a chance."

"Oh..." Li Dazhu nodded after hearing this.

"He Tou, do you think the former Dutch official will cheat us?" After a while, Li Dazhu suddenly asked: "He won't help us sabotage it so sincerely just because he took our Hanzhou money.

Their most important shipbuilding yard."

He Qing opened his eyes, looked at Li Dazhu, then sighed and said softly: "A sudden fall from a height will inevitably cause some resentment. And..., and he wants all the Dutch to know that Badawi

If you leave him, things will get worse!"

"He wants... to take revenge on one of his own people? Just because he was dismissed from his post by their governor!?" Li Dazhu was a little surprised and confused.

"Yes, he is going to prove that everything that the governor did is wrong. This guy wants us to destroy the entire Batavia!"

"There are many wise people in the city."

"So, we only need to listen to half of his suggestions." He Qing smiled and said, "We only need to destroy the Dutch shipyard."

When the former commander of the Batavia Fleet, Colonel Ajan Van Dijk, met the two Hanzhou black guards, he was quite cooperative. He knew almost everything about the Dutch that He Qing asked about and gave detailed information on everything.

Answer, not hiding any questions at all.

Finally, Colonel Ajan Van Dijk even gave the two Hanzhou black guards some ideas to destroy Batavia. One of the suggestions was the craziest, inciting the native servants in the city to launch a riot to welcome Ma Da.

Soldiers from the Kingdom of Orland entered the city. As a result, the entire Batavia was bound to be brutally massacred and destroyed by the natives, and the East India Company's more than ten years of construction would be destroyed, which would also affect many people in the Ming Dynasty.

The safety of Qianming people and their few black-clad guards.

"Dazhu, do you think there are people like this Dutch official in Hanzhou?" He Qing asked with a smile.

"Ah?" Li Dazhu was a little frightened when he heard He Qing ask such a bold question. He looked at He Qing blankly, "We in Hanzhou should...not have one, right?"

If several of the great commanders of Hanzhou do things that harm Hanzhou's interests, then what's the point of these black-clad guards working so hard outside?

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"Why are you so brave to risk your life?" Hu Wenjin withdrew the long knife from the shoulder of a dead Ottoman soldier, then picked up a piece of rag from the ground and threw it to him, asking him to bandage the wound himself.

"Everything is for you, my master." The dead soldier whose arm was still bleeding did not bandage his wound, but bowed and replied.

"Are you willing to die for me?" Hu Wenjin raised his long knife and pointed at several other dead Ottoman soldiers.

"For you, my master, we are willing to die." Several other dead men bowed respectfully and replied.

"Haha..." Hu Wenjin couldn't stop laughing. Sure enough, these aliens who had been brainwashed by the True God Religion were indeed very obedient and easy to use. Just now, when he was bored, he began to test whether these so-called dead soldiers were loyal to him.

.

He pulled out his long sword and killed one of them, but the other person did not dodge at all, bowing his head and letting him chop. At the last moment, Hu Wenjin's blade turned sharply and slashed the dead soldier's shoulder diagonally.

"You guys go down." Hu Wenjin waved his hand and said.

This is a large courtyard built on a hillside halfway outside the city. Below the hillside is the huge reservoir of Jianye City. The high courtyard walls blend perfectly with the surrounding mountains, adhering to the consistent architectural style of Hanzhou.

Exquisite, practical and fortress defense.

On this hillside, a total of five courtyards of the same style were built, which were mainly used as residences for the three commanders and two general managers of Hanzhou to relax outside the city.

But currently only Hu Wenjin has moved in. The others are either busy with military or government affairs, and their families all live in Jianye City.

After Hu Wenjin returned to Jianye City from Batavia, he suddenly found that because he had been engaged in trade and material procurement for a long time, he no longer had a suitable position in the military and civilian affairs. He was not willing to succumb to Qi Dajiang.

He went to lead the Marine Corps and simply did not do any errands. He only hung out with a few women at home.

In order to take care of his emotions, Cao Xiong specially arranged for Hanzhou to be informed of all military and civilian affairs, big and small, and asked him to be responsible for the printing of Hanzhou coins. However, the Heishan City Gold Mine was boring and boring, and explained the affairs and ownership.

After becoming an official and craftsman, he turned around and returned to Jianye City, and moved to his residence in the middle of the mountain outside the city.

In recent days, I heard that Cao Xiong's wife was pregnant again, and Hu Wenjin couldn't help but have other thoughts. If the Hanzhou commander gives birth to a boy, it seems that the ownership of power in the future will inevitably change. For the sake of my children

, do you need to work hard?

Hu Wenjin sent several cooks and servants from Batavia to Cao Xiong's house, saying that they would take good care of the daily life of the commander's wife. This made Cao Xiong's wife Gan Chunliu feel good about them.

Cao Xiong was noncommittal about this. When he was in his forties, it would be best if he had a boy, who could also carry on the Cao family's family line. He didn't care about Hu Wenjin's luxurious life. They were all old brothers who had suffered for half their lives.

Enjoying a little or two is also the right thing to do.
Chapter completed!