Chapter 349: Southern Expedition and Northern War Fourteen Sweeping (1)
Sennapati, the founder of Madaran, spent his life in a war. At that time, the life in the kingdom was said to be simple and never lived a luxurious and lewd life like the princes of the previous Hindu sects. He He died of illness in 1601. Before he died, he had selected Mas Zorang as his successor among his nine sons. Mas Zorang is not Sennapati's eldest son and the youngest son. This naturally caused other The prince's injustice and dissatisfaction.
When Mas Zorang, the second king of Madaran, was critically ill, he appointed Mas Langsang, who was neither the eldest son nor the youngest son, as his successor. Among the clans in the ancient rural communes in Indonesia, there were young men as "Ma" Mark”, that is, the tradition of the representative or heir of the family. Therefore, the succession of the third term, that is, the current Madaran Sultan, caused the division of Madaran. In addition, the Madaran kingdom of Sennapati was a battle of life The foundation of the kingdom that expanded its territory was not consolidated. This led to the outbreak of the Java melee six years ago. The two factions of Madaram split the civil war and the Sino-Dutch war were in harmony. Java Island was defeated to the sky .
Mas Langsang ascended the throne in 1613. He was young and promising. He was the hero of Madaran. He was named Pananbahan, Agon, Sennapati, Ying, Alogo, Anbudulaja. Heman later changed Panambahan to Sudan (Sultan), famous for Sudan Agon. He was like his grandfather Sennapati and his father Mas Zorang. He spent almost many years in wars. In the early days of his reign, he was assisted by two elderly advisers. One was the High Priest Kalifa Iman, and the other was the Chiayi Sura Dana. He was appointed as the Prime Minister's Yinshang.
However, Sultan Agong's country is based on the expansion of force. It is based on the martial arts of their three generations of grandparents and grandchildren to maintain superficial unity. Once the British master dies or he is defeated by the enemy, the foundation of the entire country will be It collapsed. Yin Feng's understanding of Sultan Agong was limited to the bad things he had done to visit Bali in his previous life. He had forgotten almost everything. However, a feudal country like Madaran, which was maintained by the king's personal force. There are many people in the history of the world. Even people like Alexander of Macedonia will encounter major military failures or the king himself passes away. The country he has worked hard to establish will soon and easily collapse.
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The northeast monsoon swept across the sea, whirling sailboats and sailing.
On the sea of South China, the main force of the Third Fleet (Nanyang) and half of the battleships of the Second Fleet (Taiwan) were lined up on the sea of South China. A total of 5 battleships, Zhenyuan and Dingyuan battleships. Twenty cruisers equipped with 20-40 cannons, as well as more than 120 newly built schooned express ships. There are nearly 300 auxiliary warships: including personnel transport ships modified from Fu Ship-type gunboats that retreated to become auxiliary ships, and ammunition transport ships. , baggage ships, etc. After being arranged in a triangular battle fleet, hundreds of sailboats were followed by sparsely formed teams: including the Carac-type transport sailboat captured by the Chinese company from the Spaniards, and the Garen-type of the Portuguese Armed merchant ships, large civil sailing ships of Fu ships called Junke ships by Westerners, and large civil sailing ships made of Tiellimu, a coastal Guangdong coastal ship. There are dozens of large sailing ships that combine Chinese and Western sailing cable systems built by the Chinese company's Taiwan Shipyard. There are also several Malay spinning boats commonly found in the South China Sea. There is a rare Arab sailing boat in the South China Sea. In short, this is a huge and active modern sailing museum.
The 300 auxiliary ships are equipped with the main forces of the First and Third Divisions of the Chinese Army, plus an artillery regiment, and a foreign mercenary army. A total of 21,000 infantry soldiers are carrying more than 120 various field artillery pieces. More than ten heavy siege artillery, ten mortar cannons such as the Sky Cannon.
Following behind the fleet were merchant fleets organized by Chinese companies, merchants from coastal areas, Florence and Jewish merchants. They included the third European merchant fleet that was about to set out after seizing control of Malacca. The merchants came to Nanyang with Chinese companies. Of course, they did business. And if everything went well, the major merchants would reach out to the trading bases of the Dutch, British and French. They drove all these Western devils away from Nanyang. . From then on, all trade markets east of the Malay Peninsula were monopolized by Chinese companies. In Yin Feng's plan, Florians-Portuguese are exceptional. Chinese companies will retain the Portuguese's right to sail in East Asian waters and make the Portuguese a The agent of Chinese goods in Europe. If other Western devils want Chinese goods, Yin Feng intends to allow them to trade with Chinese merchants in Malacca, Banten, Manila, and Taiwan.
Imitate the famous British Navigation Ordinance that will appear in more than 30 years. Yin Feng formulated the "Marine Ordinance" under the jurisdiction of China Company: east of Malacca, west of the Pacific Ocean. north to Japan and south to Java. In this waters Within the scope. The goods transported from Europe to China must be transported by Chinese ships or ships from the original commodity producing countries; all goods transported from Asia, Africa, America to China and various Chinese colonies must be transported by Chinese ships or ships from China colonies. Shipping; exported Chinese goods must also be transported by Chinese ships. etc. The Portuguese are only allowed to operate the route from Malacca to Macau to Nagasaki, Japan. With the implementation of the Tokugawa Shogunate's State Locking Order, the Portuguese will soon join Japan's trade routes can no longer be operated. We can only be a trade agent for China.
The articles in this "Regulations" are obviously aimed at the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, which is engaged in "intermediary trade" and sea transportation. It is because Yin Feng's existing strength is more than enough to monopolize East Asia sea transportation. But it is not that big yet. It is very difficult to open up trade routes to Europe. If you want to be able to travel to Europe freely, you have to seize some strongholds in the Indian Ocean and Africa. This is what you have to wait until the domestic situation stabilizes. .Leaving the Portuguese is also to avoid making Chinese companies look ugly and causing trouble in countries such as Siam. This is also to make the Portuguese become an intermediary between European powers and Chinese companies during the war: after all, Chinese companies want to promote overseas Trade still has to deal with Europeans.
After the reorganization of the First Division of the Chinese Army, a regiment was left to guard Taiwan. Then he went south to Luzon and joined the Third Division of Li Xing. He had to wait for the New Year before sending troops to Southeast Asia. However, the situation in Java was urgent and the situation in Malacca was not optimistic. Therefore, after Yin Feng ordered Yan Siqi to attack Java in advance, he also ordered the Chinese army units in Luzon to set off.
Yin Feng and Li Lihua did not set out with the brigade. Instead, they drove directly to Nanyazhou, West Borneo, on the Sea Soul, two days later. When they arrived at their destination, the brigade of the Fifth Division had just begun to board the ship.
"What. Yan Zhenquan, this guy..." Yin Feng learned that Yan Siqi and more than a hundred people had already set off first. He shook his head helplessly: "Why is Luo Aquan following him to make trouble? Well, they have been setting off for seven days. It is estimated that they should be too. We arrived in Java Island.”
Major Luo Yi, the officer in charge of the Fifth Division, stood upright on the dock. Yin Feng, who was standing in front of him, was holding a telescope and looking at the vast fleet of transport ships on the sea.
"You haven't replaced the new fast transport ship here. They are all lucky sailing ships. How long does it take to arrive at Java Island?"
Luo Yi turned his head and looked behind him. A man dressed in a tanned sailor came forward and stood attentively saluted the report: "Report to the ship owner. I am Zheng Jun, the leader of the Fifth Squadron of the Third Fleet. Return to the ship owner's words: This season, it takes about fifteen to twenty days to go to Java. Your ghost ship is fast. It is estimated that it will take less than six days to arrive."
"I hope Zhenquan can last for another twenty days. Well, after the Fifth Division sets off, it will meet with the main force of the Third Division on Belitung Island in the northern part of the Java Sea. Then go south to Java." Yin Feng looked at the sea and said softly. Said.
Luo Yi was shocked when he heard this: "When will the ship owner, the Third Division's ship arrive in Belitung? Can Commander Yan support our army until we arrive? This is..."
Yin Feng put down his telescope: "I believe in his ability. Java is the center of Nanyang. One battle must be decided. So I proposed a plan to sweep Java with two main forces in Manila at the pre-war staff meeting. Now it is the main one. The key is Yan Siqi and Li Xing. As long as they can protect two strongholds on Java Island and restrain most of the enemy troops, our battle plan that swept the entire island will be implemented smoothly."
He raised his telescope and smiled faintly: "I believe the two of them. The Nanyang brigade has never stopped preparing for combat in the past five years. We should believe them."
Luo Yi looked back at Xu Hongji, the old mercenary Kutrae and Li Lihua. Seeing that they were all looking at Yin Feng with a serious look, he had to nod and said, "Okay. I'll get on the boat now. I'm going to meet with the Third Division." .”
"Wait." Yin Feng called him: "I'll take your boat and let the Sea Soul go to Java. Choose more than a hundred elites. Bring ammunition and bring more shotgun-type thunderbolt rockets... Before our main army swept Java, the Sea Soul brought this last batch of support to Java. I hope it can help Yan Siqi and the others a little."
Yin Feng turned around and saw Li Lihua looking at him. He smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry. Quanzai has been operating in Java for three years and has been prepared for a long time. Those native troops cannot break the Chinese Commercial Hall. of the fortress.”
Yin Feng nodded, but was still a little unsure. He said to Luo Yi: "Before the Sea Soul, try to bring more ammunition. It is best to set off tonight. The speed should be fast. And don't forget to bring ours. Notify Yan Siqi of the combat plan and make him ready."