May 12, 1659, Banten.

The founder of the Banten Sultanate was Sunan Gunung Chati, whose original name was Fareta Khan. He was born in the Kingdom of Sumatra (the ancient name of the Sumatra Kingdom in the Yuan Dynasty, located on the island of Sumatra today).

Baxihekou), a lower-class True God family. In 1521, Basel was conquered by Portuguese colonists, and Fareta Khan

He immediately led the True God believers to revolt, defeated the Portuguese, and killed the Hindu king. Later, when the Portuguese reinforcements arrived to suppress it, he fled to Mecca and stayed for many years, studying the True God scriptures and teachings. Later, he served as a preacher

After returning to Basai, he soon traveled via Chapala to the Tammu Kingdom in Java to spread the True God Religion.

Because of his profound knowledge of the true God's teachings and pious beliefs, his followers were increasing day by day. He was deeply respected by the Sultan Trilingana of the Danmu Kingdom, and betrothed his sister to him. He was sent by the Sultan to preach in Wandan, and soon became Wandan.

The imam of Dan. In 1527, the Portuguese landed in Kalapa. He led the Tammu reinforcements to resist the Portuguese colonization.

Later, he defeated the Portuguese invasion twice, killed the Hindu king of West Java who had made peace with the Portuguese, seized power, and occupied Banten and nearby areas. Later, he attacked Sunda Kalapa (today's Jakarta) and expelled the Portuguese.

The people then conquered Cirebon and occupied a vast area on the north coast of West Java.

In 1552, he made his eldest son, Hassan Nour al-Din, his heir and took charge of the Banten regime. He made Cirebon the territory of his second son, Paramsa. In 1554, he retired to Cirebon, West Java, and wrote books.

Established a theory and engaged in missionary work.

In 1556, Hassan Nur al-Din announced that the Banten Kingdom would break away from the Tammu Kingdom and formally establish the independent Banten Sultanate. He called himself the Sultan I of the Banten Kingdom and was known as Panam Bahan. With Banten as the capital, he established the True God.

Christianity became the state religion. After he and his successor Sultan

Under the rule of Panambahan Yusuf, Banten developed into a distribution center for Southeast Asian and even international commodity trade, with frequent trade exchanges with China, Indochina, India, Persia, Arabia and the Ottomans, putting the Kingdom of Banten at its peak.

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However, the good times did not last long. After the Portuguese, the Dutch came again. In 1619, they first used coaxing to buy a piece of land in Sunda Kalapa (today's Jakarta) for 2,700 guilders, and built houses, warehouses, fortresses and

Port. They are sowing discord in Mataram

The relationship between the Kingdom of Banten and the Kingdom of Banten, and adopted the policy of "divide and rule", "continuously incited the two kingdoms to fight against each other to weaken their strength." The Kingdom of Banten used troops against Batavia several times,

All attempts to expel the Dutch failed and suffered heavy losses.

Later, a group of Ming people occupied the huge Hanzhou continent in the south and began to continue to immigrate and build their homes. As the Dutch became domineering, Hanzhou also began to have enemies with them. The two sides broke out twice more than ten years ago.

War. I still remember that when they first fought against the Dutch hegemony, in order to deal with the common enemy, the Han people once allied with the Kingdom of Banten and the Kingdom of Mataram to jointly attack the Dutch hegemony on the island of Java.

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At that time, the Banten Kingdom and Hanzhou were like a "couple in need" who shared the same hatred. You had money and weapons, and I had a life. We fought against the Dutch together, and even once united with the Kingdom of Mataram to launch a massive war.

The Siege of Batavia.

At that time, the Hanzhou people were kind and loyal, and continuously supported the Banten Kingdom with iron weapons, swords, and a small number of muskets and artillery. At a certain period of time, they also sent many military instructors to guide the Banten Kingdom on how to continue to attack and weaken the Dutch.

.At this time, the two sides were very close to each other, and the relationship was extremely close. For a time, the Kingdom of Wandan thought that Hanzhou could be relied on as a permanent support.

However, after the Second Sino-Dutch War ended, these two powerful forces, who were considered life-and-death enemies, quickly turned enemies into friends, colluded with each other, and abandoned the former "loving" Kingdom of Banten and Ma.

The Kingdom of Talan, together with the Dutch, also began to "bully" many feudal kingdoms in the Southeast Asian region. They seemed to have reached a de facto tacit agreement to implement a comprehensive blockade and embargo on the import of firearms into the region so that they could remain strong.

Military superiority.

What's even more egregious is that under the pretext of dealing with the Dutch, Hanzhou rented a piece of land on the northwest coast to build a port and a transit supply point. After they ended the second war with the Dutch, the Banten Kingdom tried to

The Hanzhou people asked for this leased land several times, but they were rejected by the Hanzhou people for various reasons, and they have stayed there ever since.

Afraid of the strength of Hanzhou, the Wandan Kingdom did not dare to send troops to expel it. The matter of leasing the land was left unsettled, hoping to find a suitable opportunity in the future to take it back.

In addition, the various industrial products and many daily necessities produced by Hanzhou are also indispensable commodities for the Banten Kingdom. From the princes and nobles to the common people, the country relies on the products provided by Hanzhou.

Quite deep.

From oil, salt, sugar, spices, pots and pans for daily consumption, to luxury soaps, glass, pearls, and various alcoholic drinks, Hanzhou products have penetrated into almost every aspect of the Banten Kingdom. Although it is difficult to obtain these products

At that time, a lot of gold and silver were spent, and a large amount of rice, sugar cane, kapok, phosphorus, sulfur and other minerals were exchanged. However, to a certain extent, it did improve the civilized progress and living standards of the domestic people (compared to what they once were).

backward production and living tools).

However, last month, a serious armed conflict broke out near the leased area of ​​the Hanzhou people. A group of Hanzhou armed men, under the pretext that the border people of the Banten Kingdom had stolen their livestock, brazenly broke into the nearby tribes and killed them.

Dozens of people and looted the tribe. Later, they sent people and issued a very tough ultimatum, requiring the Bandan Kingdom to punish the officials and people who caused the incident and compensate the Hanzhou people for their losses.

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If the Hanzhou people's demands are only to punish the parties involved and compensate them, in order to prevent the situation from escalating, the Bandan Kingdom will probably settle the matter and finally admit it with a pinched nose. We can't afford to offend you now, so let's give in first and make some compensation.

Money is not a bad idea either.

However, the Hanzhou people also made a very excessive request, asking the Banten Kingdom to disarm along the border. From their Guangning Fort to 30 kilometers inside Banten, no troops should be deployed to protect Guangning Fort.

Safety. In addition, no obstacles should be set up for Hanzhou people to enter the territory of Banten for trade and travel, and the property and personal safety of Hanzhou people must be effectively protected.

Damn it, since you Hanzhou people rented a piece of land on the northwest coast, coupled with your extremely powerful maritime power, you have obviously posed a serious military threat to our Kingdom of Wandan. Now it is better, but you are asking us Wandan

The Kingdom disarms its borders to avoid the threats we pose to you.

The question is, do we dare to threaten you?

In addition, the thirty-kilometer distance between Guangning Fort and Bandan is directly close to the Bandan Royal City. If there is no corresponding military deployment, if you Hanzhou people want to take action against our Bandan Kingdom one day, you only need to

By sending hundreds of soldiers, we can quickly attack the royal city and capture all the leaders including King Sultan.

Therefore, the Bandan Kingdom categorically rejected the Hanzhou people's ultimatum, stating that it could compensate the Hanzhou people for the losses caused by the conflict between the two sides, and punish the offending officials and people, but it could not agree to withdraw the military deployment near the Bandan King's City.

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The Hanzhou people in Guangning Fort expressed their dissatisfaction with the response of the Banten Kingdom, believing that the Banten Kingdom was not sincere in resolving the conflicts between the two sides and made extremely unwise moves to improve and ease regional peace and stability.

Therefore, they will have reason to take drastic measures to resolve conflicts and estrangements between them.

The meaning is very clear. You refused to listen and insisted on deploying troops near our Guangning Fort, which constituted a serious threat to me. We are going to use force against you and force you to give up your due armaments.

After hearing the news, the British in Banten City suggested that King Ageng Sultan should send out troops to seize Guangning Fort before the Hanzhou people were ready for war, so as to gain the upper hand and prevent the Hanzhou people from being involved in the subsequent war.

Gain a solid footing.

The Wandan people thought it was reasonable. Since the Hanzhou people had already issued a war threat, they might as well strike first and send out troops to capture their Guangning Fort, seize the firearms in the city, and capture their garrisoned soldiers and civilians. In the future, it will really happen

If the fight is about to begin, we will also have a group of Hanzhou hostages in our hands, so that we can bargain with the other party.

King Agung Sultan immediately ignored the dissuasion of his ministers, ordered the army to assemble, and launched an attack on Quang Ninh Fort. However, more than 3,000 troops, equipped with several artillery pieces and guided by several British military personnel, were

Guangning Fort was attacked head-on.

The Hanzhou people deployed more than twenty artillery pieces at the head of Guangning Fort, as well as powerful long-barreled heavy artillery, and shells that exploded from time to time, causing heavy casualties to the Bandan army besieging the city.

At night, when the soldiers of the Banten Kingdom dragged their tired bodies and fell asleep, the Hanzhou people fired hundreds of rockets from the Guangning Fort City. The sound of huge explosions and the light of the sky were faintly heard.

The shouts of killing caused chaos in the Bandan military camp.

At dawn the next day, less than half of the more than 3,000 Wandan troops finally returned to Wandan City, which made Ageng Sudan change his mind. The general who led the team reported that Guangning Fort was well-defended and had powerful firepower. With only two soldiers

With three thousand people, it is estimated that it will be difficult to conquer. In addition, this fortress is located on the seaside, and there are Han people and boats coming and going to provide supplies, so there is no risk of being surrounded and blocked by a large army.

Agung Sultan once again found the British merchant house and asked the British to dispatch armed merchant ships to help transfer the Banten soldiers to Guangning Fort port, trying to attack from both directions by sea and land, and provide artillery for the landing of the Banten troops.

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The British hesitated for less than five seconds before simply rejecting the Wantan people's request, stating that they would not participate in the war between them and the Hanzhou people and maintain their strict neutrality.

Be neutral, your sister!

Faced with the rejection by the British, the Bandan people seemed a little angry. Back then, didn't you British continue to encourage us to fight against the Dutch and Han Chinese?

A few years ago, you British people said that in order to support the Kingdom of Banten in resisting regional colonial forces, you could provide a large number of firearms and military technology, and even do not rule out necessary maritime support. In return, the Kingdom of Banten only needs to transfer its treasury

Those sparkling metal items were generously given to the British. Of course, there was also a preferential foreign trade licensing policy, which exempted the arriving British businessmen from various import and export taxes and fees.

However, a few years later, the British, who expressed their unlimited concern for Banten's resistance to colonial forces, always made verbal promises that were not real. The firearms they provided were also intermittent, and the artillery and muskets they sent were also intermittent.

It is also extremely old and backward. Compared with the firearms sold to them by the Han people in the past, it is far behind.

In addition, when the Banten Kingdom received successive ultimatums and threats of war from Hanzhou, King Ageng Sultan also entrusted the Prime Minister to visit the British merchants several times, requesting the other side to stop them in the event of war with Hanzhou.

, can provide certain maritime support and provide necessary weapons. At that time, you British did not refuse!

What, what does this mean? Didn’t you, the British, promise to support us in resisting the aggression of the "colonial forces"? Now, we have begun to bravely fight against the aggression of the Han people. Why did you, the British, give up on your promise?

, regardless of our Wandan Kingdom!

The words and deeds of these British people revealed a sense of insincerity, indicating that they had no intention of risking involvement in the war to support our Kingdom of Banten. In the past, they only used so-called moral principles to gain commercial interests.

Support our Bandan Kingdom!

Bah, scumbag!

Just when everyone in the Banten Kingdom was feeling sorry for themselves, resenting the Han Chinese for their increasing pressure, and even more angry at the inconsistent words and deeds of the British, the general stationed at the Banten Port reported to him a piece of news that made him extremely desperate.

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The Hanzhou fleet is coming! As many as ten large and medium-sized ships broke into Bandan Harbor, and then lined up in a line to form a bombardment array.

On the battleship "Hanhe", the trainee officer Qi Ziye was extremely excited at the moment. Every round of artillery bombardment made his eardrums buzz. He held on to a mast to resist the shelling.

The hull of the boat shook violently, and it stretched its neck to look towards the shore.

He originally thought that sailing to India with this powerful fleet was just an armed naval patrol to show Qi's maritime strategic deterrence to the kingdoms and local forces along the way. Even when he arrived in India, he did not think that he would be able to fight with the powerful Mughal Empire.

A war broke out in the empire. After all, in this sea area with a radius of thousands of miles, the Qi Navy has absolute maritime control and influence. Even the Dutch East India Company, which has powerful maritime power, does not dare to easily challenge dozens of
To be continued...