In this letter, which had the feel of a diplomatic letter, Le Maia bluntly announced his decision to Yang Zhen.

Lemaia's decision was very simple. Excluding the few polite words, the letter contained only five items in total:

First, before the two sides met, the results of each other's battles against the Japanese vassals belonged to both sides.

Secondly, the command of military operations after the two sides reunited belongs to the commander of the Dutch fleet, and Yang Zhen has the right to make suggestions.

Third, all the proceeds from the battles after the two sides join together will be distributed according to the method of whoever takes possession first will own it.

Fourth, after the two sides reunited, neither side could fight against the Japanese alone and negotiate peace with the Tokugawa shogunate.

Fifth, if Yang Zhen does not agree to the above terms, there is no need for the fleets of both parties to meet.

Yang Zhen asked Li Lu, who was proficient in writing, to read out a letter from Dutch Fleet Commander Lemaia in public, which made the Jinhae Town generals present almost cursed.

In their view, this is an insult to their boss.

Especially since the command of the battle after the rendezvous rests with the Dutch commander, this is even more intolerable.

But unlike his angry generals, Yang Zhen himself accepted the new cooperation terms proposed by Lemaia very calmly.

In his opinion, Lemaia's overconfidence, at least for now, is not a bad thing for Jinhae Town.

Lemai Aguang was thinking about the strength of the Dutch East India Company's fleet, and did not want Yang Zhen to take advantage of them.

For example, the third article is about the future distribution of spoils. This intention is very obvious.

But for Yang Zhen, he did not want Le Maia and the Dutch East India Company to take advantage of him.

In fact, in the end, it is still unknown who will have greater results and who will capture more. Who will regret it then?

As for the command of military operations, if Le Mai really wants it, just give it to him.

Yang Zhen had full confidence in his subordinates. He did not believe that Lemaia could command the army led by Yang without his consent.

Therefore, the article that irritated General Yang Zhen was actually just a nice word to the Dutch, and did not have much practical significance.

As for the fourth article, that is, not to negotiate peace alone with the warring Japanese vassals and the Tokugawa shogunate. This article is a restriction for both parties.

Although Le Mai'a didn't trust Yang Zhen, Yang Zhen didn't trust Le Mai'a either.

Who knows whether the mercenaries of the Dutch East India Company, who are always mercenary and put money first, will be bribed by the Tokugawa shogunate at a critical moment, and then turn their guns around to kill them?

All of this is impossible to say.

Therefore, Le Mai'a was wary of Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen was actually wary of Le Mai'a.

Therefore, even if Le Mai didn't mention this, Yang Zhen would have to mention it to Le Mai after the meeting in the future.

The only clause that is quite humiliating is actually Article 5.

The disdain of the red-haired Japanese commanders towards the Ming army commanders could not be more obvious.

But Yang Zhen finally decided to accept such terms.

Although he did this, it seemed that the host and the guest suddenly changed positions. He originally initiated the action, but in the end, the Dutch took over the initiative, which seemed a bit aggrieved.

But Yang Zhen's purpose in launching this action was not to compete with the Dutch, but to tear off a piece of flesh from the Japanese slave country in order to strengthen himself.

As for other nominal things, he didn't want to argue.

Because there will be a day in the future, that is, the day when he comes to the throne, he will make the Dutch realize their strength.

Regarding Yang Zhen's final decision, the generals under Yang Zhen's command were very upset and discussed it a lot, but Yang Zhen only asked one sentence and everyone shut up.

Yang Zhen asked them: "Which of you has been to Edo Castle? Does anyone know the route to Edo Castle?"

Everyone was stunned by Yang Zhen's question and looked at each other for a long time. Finally, they all lowered their heads and agreed with Yang Zhen's decision.

On August 26, the 14th year of Chongzhen, the sea east of Fujiang Island was clear and the weather was very good. Early in the morning, Yang Zhen sent a fast sentry ship to Yingzhou Island and ordered Shen Yongzhong to lead his troops to move to defend Fujiang Island.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, without waiting for the arrival of Shen Yongzhong's troops, Yang Zhen boarded the Yingzhou and led twenty warships with 400 materials, twenty-two warships with 200 materials and thirty-seven ships anchored in the harbor of Fujiang Island.

A sentry ship and a flat-bottomed sand barge, led by the Provencha, headed straight to the waters off Nagasaki Port to meet up with Lemaia, who was expected to arrive there today.

In the evening of that day, Yang Zhen's fleet followed the Provencha and arrived on the sea a few miles outside Nagasaki Port, where they met the Dutch fleet that had just arrived.

Yang Zhen, accompanied by Zhang Guogan, Yu Haichao, Thomas Pedel, and He Tingbin, transferred to a small boat and used a rope ladder to board the Adriana, the flagship of the Dutch fleet commander Maximilian Lemaier.

The Adriana is also a giant plywood ship with four floors up and down, and two artillery decks in the middle. It is about the same size as Yang Zhen's flagship Yingzhou, but it is newer, like a new ship that has been in service for only two years.

Maximilian Lemaia himself, as He Tingbin described to Yang Zhen that night, was thin but very tall. Yang Zhen was equivalent to a height of over 1.8 meters in later generations. In front of him, he lowered his head by half, with long black hair.

His hair is slightly curly and he has a curly mustache at both ends.

Of course, the thing that left the deepest impact on Yang Zhen was his long nose, which was longer than the noses of several foreigners Yang Zhen had seen. In short, he was a maverick no matter how he looked at it.

But he just doesn't look like a cruel and ruthless executioner.

Yang Zhen and Lemaia met, and He Tingbin and Thomas Peder acted as translators in the middle.

In front of Yang Zhen, although Lemaia looked aloof and arrogant, his overall behavior was quite polite.

After all, the fleet brought by Yang Zhen included not only one Yingzhou, which was the same size as Lemaia's flagship Adriana, but also seventy-nine large and small warships.

Especially the twenty 400-material warships among them. Although the giant heavily armed plywood ships of the Dutch were much smaller in size, they were superior in number.

During the meeting with Le Maia, Thomas Peder chatted with Le Maiah for a long time in red-haired dialect, and he was very happy that Mai A's attitude towards Yang Zhen became better.

In fact, Yang Zhen took the initiative to come to meet with him, which was tantamount to leaving his personal safety completely in the hands of the Dutch, which in itself was an act of actively showing weakness and goodwill.

Faced with such a person who actively shows weakness and shows kindness, and whose strength is not much weaker than his own, no matter who he is, it is impossible for him to remain arrogant and turn his allies into enemies.

What's more, Yang Zhen also knew Cohen, the deputy leader of the team who was also on the Lemaia ship, and the former deacon of the Dutch Merchant Store in Nagasaki. When they met, the two greeted each other.

Under the translation of He Tingbin, after introducing the entourage to each other, Lemaia said to Yang Zhen:

"Yang, since you're here, it means you agreed to my conditions, right?"

"Yes, I agree with Mr. Lemaia's decision."

After Yang Zhen finished speaking, he looked at He Tingbin.

He Tingbin translated it first, and then Thomas Peder translated it again to Le Maia.

"Very good. In that case, I won't repeat it."

Lemaia knew that Yang Zhen completely agreed with his decision, so he obviously had a better impression of Yang Zhen and had a smile on his face.

When He Tingbin finished translating his words to Yang Zhen, he continued:

"Komoto is short and inferior in race, so it is impossible to withstand the attack of our coalition forces. I am determined to launch an attack on Nagasaki Port immediately, teach Komoto a profound lesson, and then make my request to them.

"If you want the spoils, you can join the battle together. If you don't want it, you don't have to participate. Yang, are you ready to launch an attack on Nagasaki Port?"

Lemaia said a long speech, and then stared at He Tingbin. It wasn't until He Tingbin finished relaying it to Yang Zhen that he stared at Yang Zhen's face, waiting for Yang Zhen's reply.

After listening to He Tingbin's translation, Yang Zhen felt a burst of fire in his heart again.

But I am on someone else's warship, so I have to endure it no matter how angry I am.

"Of course, of course we have to participate. If we don't participate, what am I doing here?"

After listening to He Tingbin and Thomas's translation, Le Maia nodded to Yang Zhen, then turned to a group of red-haired ghosts around him and gave an order in a murmur.

Seeing this, Yang Zhen turned to He Tingbin. He Tingbin quickly asked for instructions, and then said to Yang Zhen: "Captain, you can get off the ship. Mr. Lemaia has issued an order to go straight to Nagasaki Port!"

"Straight into Nagasaki Port? Isn't the Dutch fleet afraid of the forts in Nagasaki Port?!"

"Captain, the Dutch fleet has the right to enter Nagasaki Port."

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After hearing what He Tingbin said, Yang Zhen immediately had a question mark on his face, but looking at the busy crowd on the Adriana who had already raised the sail and flag, he finally didn't ask anything, gave He Tingbin a fist and turned around to leave.

When he returned to his flagship, Zhang Guogan, who was still with him, was still very angry.

"That red-haired devil leader is so majestic! Call him aboard our Yingzhou someday and let him see what we can do!"

At the critical moment, Yang Zhen took Zhang Guogan with him, which showed Yang Zhen's full trust in him, but he failed to earn some face for his boss, which made him feel very angry.

"Okay. Stop talking nonsense and immediately send a sentry ship to convey the order. Each ship will temporarily lower our seven-star flag, follow the Dutch fleet in a single column, and prepare to go straight to Nagasaki Port.

"I want to make it clear to everyone that once the Dutch warships fire their cannons, all our ships will immediately bombard the inner city of Nagasaki Harbor together without waiting for orders from my flagship.

"After entering the harbor, the musketeers, grenadiers, and the naval battalion's combat auxiliaries on the ship will look for opportunities to go ashore, and then kill people and set fires. It's up to you. Everything captured this time belongs to the soldiers personally!"

"I understand the humble position!"

Zhang Guogan, who was originally angry, immediately became excited when he heard Yang Zhen's order, and shouted to convey Yang Zhen's order.

The reason why Yang Zhen was so confident and bold was that he had already guessed how the Dutch were going to capture Nagasaki Port.

The Dutch had a large number of commercial buildings and warehouses on Dejima just offshore of Nagasaki Port, and they had the right to enter the port to load and unload goods for trade.

Although it is customary to disassemble the artillery guns on the hosting ship after entering the port, as long as there is an opportunity to enter the port, or even an opportunity to approach the port, the coastal forts of the Nagasaki Port East and West Office will become ineffective.

Sure enough, at dusk on August 26, the 14th year of Chongzhen, when the sun was setting, it was the time when the tide was beginning to rise outside Nagasaki Harbor. The Dutch fleet, headed by the Provencha and Relange, was high and low.

Hoisting the flag of the Dutch East India Company high, they arrived directly at the port of Nagasaki.

The guards at the East-West Office near Nagasaki Port waved their flags vigorously against the sunset, and then used iron cannons to fire warning shots in the sky. However, Proven checked the number, and the Relange remained unmoved and rode the strong tide straight into the harbor.

The guards in Nagasaki Port may have recognized the ship as a Dutch ship, but they did not fire any cannons.

Then, there was no more. After entering the port first, the Provencha and the Gelanzio immediately opened fire. The powerful firepower output of the two artillery decks quickly destroyed the artillery batteries at the Okiguchi East and West Building in Nagasaki Port.

The so-called "national collapse" installed at the East and West Battle Station in Nagasaki Port, that is, the Franco machine gun, was completely incomparable to the heavy naval gun of the Dutch plywood ship, and it was completely misfired in less than half an hour.

Immediately, the Dutch warships and the fleets led by Yang Zhen, Yan Shengsan, and Yu Haichao rushed in not far behind.

That night, Yang Zhen stayed on the Yingzhou and did not disembark. He was not interested in things like burning, killing and looting.

But he had no reason to prohibit his men from landing, nor did he want to prohibit them from landing.

After a long sea voyage and living in a small and fluttering space, everyone has accumulated a lot of negative emotions.

If this negative emotion is not effectively released, it will affect the morale of the entire team.
Chapter completed!