Unlike Majingdanu and Sulu in front, facing the pressure of the Chinese army, the Brunei royal family knew the tactfully and chose to surrender unconditionally, and opened the city gate and let the Chinese army enter the city because in Sultan Abdul Jariru In the opinion of Ba Yi, confrontation with the Chinese army is undoubtedly a dead end, so it is better to choose to surrender unconditionally and try your luck.
So after Shang Yi and his group left the boat and got ashore, they also entered Brunei City very smoothly, and then took the middle and high seat in the Brunei Palace to attract Abdul Jariru Aba I, but Shang Yi also announced in public that in view of Wen Can Lai voluntarily surrender, can he pardon his crime of assisting the Netherlands in becoming enemies with China, and retain the Sultanate of Brunei.
In fact, Shang Yi accepted Brunei's surrender not because the Brunei royal family was willing to surrender voluntarily, but because this time he went to Nanyang to fight, he just wanted to drive away the Dutch forces in Nanyang and restore China's vassal rule in the Nanyang region, but it was not The countries in Southeast Asia should be capitalized as China's territory.
Because China now does not have such a big appetite, and can swallow Nanyang in one bite. Even if all the countries in Nanyang are destroyed, China will not be able to effectively and directly rule it. It is just immigration, which is also a long-term process. Therefore, the best way now is to follow Japan and North Korea, re-acquisition these Southeast Asian countries as vassal states of China, and then gradually synthesize these countries through immigration, trade, culture and other means, compared with a long history. For Japan and North Korea, the history of Southeast Asian countries is only nearly three or four hundred years, with a very shallow foundation. It is much easier to assimilate them than that of Japan and North Korea.
Although the Chinese army had destroyed Majingdanu and Sulu before, these two countries were not large in themselves, and their territory was part of the Luzon Islands. In addition, they were also used to warn them by destroying these two countries. In the Southeast Asian countries, countries that are against China will not have a good ending. Therefore, after slaughtering these two chickens, it is time to implement a policy of gentleness to open the door to Brunei and also to the Southeast Asian countries. Other countries said that if they just obey China, they can keep their throne. After swinging the big stick, they should throw two carrots, otherwise they will force the Southeast Asian countries to follow the Netherlands and run to the black side, which will do this to China. Not good either.
In addition, the territory and population of Brunei are much larger than that of Majingdanu and Sulu. Moreover, the Kariman Zhou Island where they are located is the battlefield chosen by Shang Yi to be with the Dutch fleet, and it is also the frontier of the future attack on Batavia. Therefore, accepting the surrender of the Brunei royal family will be of great benefit to the next battle of the Chinese army. If Brunei is destroyed, the people may not be convinced. During the decisive battle between the Chinese army and the Dutch fleet, if you make some small moves behind the scenes, you will pull the It is also a very troublesome thing to hind your legs.
Of course, the Brunei royal family did not know about these pullovers, so they were very grateful. Abdul Jariru Aba I was also grateful and bowed to Shang Yi three times and nine times on the spot, saying that Brunei would always respect China as the truth and be China's. The vassal state also expressed that it would devote its whole country to help the Chinese army fight against the Netherlands. Of course, Abdul Jariru Aba I also took the initiative to give up the palace and invite Shang Yi to live there, while living in the minister's home.
However, although Brunei surrendered, Shang Yi did not dare to be careless. He still dispatched troops to firmly defend Brunei City, and controlled the royal family, ministers, occupied various important passes, and at the same time sent people to inquire about the Dutch fleet. The trends of building a city in Brunei, gathering food and supplies, and sent people to Luzon to urge the next batch of military supplies and the 17th Army stationed in Luzon to arrive in Brunei as soon as possible, and the accompanying ones were also Send a group of geological surveyors here.
Kalimantan is the third largest island in the world, with a total area of 740,000 square kilometers, which is almost the size of a Qinghai province. It is the sum of the four provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and Anhui, but at this time, Gary Most of Mantan Island is not inhabited by humans, and is only in small areas along the northwest coast and in the south. However, Shang Yi knew that this large island, which is still in the wilderness era, contains relatively rich gold and silver. , copper, iron, gold, steel, stone and other mineral resources are all available in China now, and there are some minerals at a rough location, Shang Yi also knows, and Brunei has started to collect several of them, if one or two can be found as soon as possible After Shang Yi returned to China, he would like to say something about the country. This war in the South China Sea was fruitful and was also beneficial for immigration to South China Sea. Gold rushing is of course a very attractive target.
In addition, there are also a large number of forests and timber resources in the undeveloped areas of Kalimantan, which is also what China needs, because shipbuilding requires a lot of timber. Two hundred years ago, the reason why China's navigation activities stopped was that the conceptual factor was that The main reason is, but the lack of wood is also an objective reason. Moreover, early sailing countries encountered this problem, so Shang Yi must also prepare for the future and use the forest resources in Nanyang first.
During this period, Shang Yi also rehearsed the process of the Sino-Dutch naval battle with all the generals every day, studying the gains and losses of this battle and tactics of dealing with the Dutch fleet, while also waiting for the arrival of the Dutch fleet.
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The defeat of the Dutch outpost fleet was not surprising to Trump, the commander of the Dutch Expeditionary Fleet. The sinking of five warships was also an affordable loss for the huge Dutch fleet. But what disturbed Trump was that Brunei surrendered to the Chinese army.
Brunei is now the only country on Kalimantan Island. Although Brunei's social and economic development are still very backward, it is a form of existence of a country and has a fairly systematic administrative organization. It turns out that Trump's plan It is relying on the strength of the Dutch Army and Brunei to defend Kalimantan Island, so that the Chinese army cannot establish a stable foothold on the island. In this way, if the Chinese army crosses Kalimantan Island to attack Batavia, then Brunei can As a base, attack the Chinese army's Buji fleet, so that the Chinese army can be defeated.
But he overestimated the Brunei royal family's will to resist, and was also quite annoyed by the navy and army stationed in Brunei. Even if the navy is defeated, he should retreat to the port of Brunei City and work with the army to defend Brunei City. The same is true for the Army. As a result, both the navy and the army gave up Brunei City and retreated to the south of Kalimantan Island. The Brunei royal family also betrayed the Netherlands and surrendered to China.
Of course, the Chinese army's combat effectiveness is indeed quite beyond Trump's expectations, because in order to persuade the domestic parliament to send troops to Asia, the Dutch East India Company deliberately reduced the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army in the report and made the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army the Chinese army in the report. It is similar to the Spanish army. As long as the army is dispatched in China, it will definitely defeat China and protect the company's interests in Asia. Trump was obviously misled after the report. In his opinion, if the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army is as good as that of Spain. The army is similar, so even if countries like Majingdanu, Sulu, and Brunei are unable to defeat the Chinese army, they can still last for a few days, but they did not expect that these countries were basically instantly killed by the Chinese army.
In this way, the Chinese army can fully gain a foothold on Kalimantan Island and attack Batavia with Kalimantan Island as a base. Its own plan has been completely lost, and more importantly, other plans have been made The Southeast Asian countries will have a great impact, because since the Chinese army sent troops, they have destroyed two countries in a row and forced a submission to one country. However, as the leader of the anti-China alliance, the Netherlands did nothing and was not only China The army defeated, and even left Brunei and fled by itself. This is called how many countries in Southeast Asia believe that the Netherlands can protect themselves and lead themselves to defeat the Chinese army. I am afraid that many countries will consider whether they should learn from Brunei. , surrender to the Chinese army.
Therefore, Trump is also reviewing whether the tactics he formulated at the beginning were wrong, and he is also very annoyed by the two sea and land commanders in Brunei, De X Witt and Ronald X Fred. How good it would be for the two to stick to Brunei? It would be easier for me to deal with it now, but this is also a major feature of the Dutch army. It is self-disciplined, independent, and does not obey commands.
In fact, Trump also has a deep understanding of this. Although he also wants to change this image and emphasizes discipline in the army, the current Dutch national system and military system determine Trump's personal role. It's too limited. Even if Trump is deeply loved by soldiers, it's useless. Of course, this style will not cause any major problems in Europe against the declining Spanish army, but facing the Chinese army that is far stronger than Spain. , perhaps it is the fatal weakness of the Dutch army.
But now it is useless to say that these things are not useful. After all, changing the work style is not something that can be done every day or two. The most urgent task is to reverse the current situation so that the countries in Southeast Asia will not be distracted from the Netherlands immediately. Of course, the best way is to win one or two battles. You can immediately stabilize people's hearts, and maybe you can win Brunei back to the Netherlands.
As the Dutch East India Company issued the final spy to Trump, Trump had ten days to prepare, but the battle situation is urgent and Trump can't wait, so on the third day, Trump led 65 warships, ten ships and 5,000 Dutch Army from Batavia, drove to Kariman Boat Island, preparing to fight against the Chinese army, and in Batavia Fifteen warships and twenty-two ships were left behind, as well as three thousand Dutch Army, led by Major General Mark X Damon, as the late-stage force.
Trump's request for the Dutch East India Company is to recruit 20,000 to 30,000 indigenous soldiers, assign them muskets as much as possible, and let them go to Kaliman Zhoudao to participate in the war, because compared with the Chinese army, the Netherlands can still do it in the navy. Maintain an even-sharing situation, but the gap in the army is very large, so we must rely on local indigenous forces. However, the combat effectiveness of the indigenous army is too poor, and we can only make up for it by quantity, and at the same time, we can also give it to the indigenous people as much as possible. With muskets, this will provide useful help to the Dutch army.
Regarding Trump's request, Matt Sokol, the governor of the Dutch East India Company, agreed to it.
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