1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 269 Anti-Dutch Front ([-])

"Treasurer Zhou, are you Hanzhou really going to give them back the territories they seized in Portugal?" Chen Hui asked Tuesday Gui curiously after leaving the Portuguese Governor's Mansion.

"The order from our commander-in-chief is that the ownership of Dili City can be negotiated with Portugal." Gui said cautiously on Tuesday.

"That's to delay or cheat!" Chen Hui said with a smile.

"No! It's not cheating." Tuesday Gui said: "Because of the city of Dili, the Dutch want to snatch it from us. Even if we give it to the Portuguese, they may not take over at that time. Maybe they will prevent us from giving it to us." They, on the other hand, led the Dutchman over and snatched them away."

"But if you want to hold that city of Dili in your hands, not only will the Dutch want to snatch it, but the Portuguese will also worry about it."

"The Portuguese are interested in interests. We in Hanzhou think that sometimes, some things can be solved with money."

"Why, do you want to use money to compensate the Portuguese?" Chen Hui asked in surprise, "The land we robbed can also be negotiated like a business?"

"Of course!" Tuesday Gui said, "Our chief manager of Hanzhou once said that troubles that can be solved with money are not troubles!"

"Oh, then, can you sell your Xinsheng Island?" Chen Hui asked with a smile.

"Why, your governor wants our Hanzhou Xinsheng Island?" Tuesday Gui looked at Chen Hui warily.

"Hey!" Chen Hui sneered, "Who cares about your broken island! That's what I'm asking. I'm worried that if you can't beat the Dutch, maybe you will sell that Xinsheng Island to them. If so If so, the Dutchman will have a second stronghold not far from Ming Dynasty."

"In the territory of Ming Dynasty, are you still afraid of the Dutch?" Tuesday Gui suddenly realized that Zheng Zhilong was worried that Hanzhou would completely fall to the Dutch side because he could not fight against the Dutch, which would pose a certain threat to Zheng Zhilong.

"I'm not afraid of them! I just think it will be difficult to deal with them in the future." The Dutch East India Company is based in the southern part of Dayuan (Taiwan). A patrol ship departing from Zhongzuo (Xiamen).

"Why don't you go to Dazuo and pull out the Dutch stronghold?" Gui asked strangely on Tuesday.It stands to reason that the officers are very close to Quanzhou, Zheng Zhilong's hometown, so they can gather a large army, cross the sea, and destroy the Dutch stronghold.

"Pull out that stronghold and wait for us to leave. Couldn't the Dutch come back again?"

"You can immigrate the garrison there!"

"The environment of the great staff is harsh, full of miasma, and it is not a place for the people to settle."

"Then how can the Dutch station there, and there should be many natives on the island."

"Well, the governor may think it's not worth investing there." Chen Hui sighed.In fact, he really wanted to take the fleet to Dazuo and drive the Dutch out. Otherwise, letting them operate for a long time would definitely pose a big threat to the Zheng family's fleet.Moreover, no matter how bad the environment is for the officials, is there still a remote Hanzhou that is difficult to immigrate and settle in?

"Your commander-in-chief is now in Fujian, and in the southeast, the power is widespread and the power is hot. But, you still have to leave a way out of the mainland. Sir, I think it looks good." Tuesday Gui gently Said.

"Hehe..." Chen Hui laughed softly, "We have deployed an interception fleet near Xinsheng Island, which is considered to be helping Hanzhou to attack the Dutch. What, you still want us to attack the Dutch in Dayuan's place?" Take a hand?"

"I just think that the senior officials are very threatening to your Zheng family. As for whether to fight or not, it depends on you." Tuesday Gui was caught by Chen Hui, smiled, and continued: "You think, you are on Xinsheng Island Intercept passing Dutch merchant ships nearby. What if they use Dayuan as their base and gather seven or eight large ships to the waters around Fujian to also intercept your merchant ships bound for Japan?"

When Chen Hui heard this, his heart was shocked, and then he looked at Zhou Gui with sharp eyes.
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Hu Pingjiang hurried from Zhaoming Fort in the west of Xinsheng Island (now Yangdong Town, Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam) to Xinsheng Fort (now Antai Town, the southern tip of Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam), and met Qi Dahai who came from Daming.

"Brother Dahai, how many people and ships are there from the Zheng family?" Hu Pingjiang saw Qi Dahai with an excited expression in the command hall of Xinsheng Castle.

"We...the Zheng family has more than 30 large and small ships with more than 200 people." Qi Dahai said, "Brother Hu, what's the situation in Hanzhou now? Have the Dutch fought there? How about my uncle and the brothers?" gone?"

Seeing Qi Dahai's anxious face, Hu Pingjiang sighed slightly in his heart, and then said: "I received the news two months ago that the Dutch are attacking the city of Dili that we captured, but the mainland of Hanzhou has not been attacked by them." Attack. However, the Dutch sent a large number of warships to blockade Hanzhou and Xinxiangbao. Now, I don’t know what is going on in Hanzhou.”

"The Dutch are so domineering. Just because they don't give them a broken city, they want to attack Hanzhou!" Qi Dahai cursed, "We have gathered more than 30 boats this time, and we are going to attack Hanzhou near here!" Severely hit the passing merchant ships of the Dutch. In this way, can it relieve the pressure on Hanzhou?"

"That's naturally good." Hu Pingjiang nodded and said: "However, the Zheng family has so many ships and people here, in order to avoid some troubles. Go tell their leaders that Xinsheng Fort and Zhaoming Fort in the west do not require our permission. , their people are not allowed to enter casually. There are many wooden houses and temporary camps where the transferees lived outside the cities of the two places, allowing them to temporarily settle in and repair."

"I know." Qi Dahai said: "People on both sides have conflicts, and I can't handle it. General Chen (Chen Hui) will come in a few days, and I will tell him."

"There is one more thing to tell Brother Haihai in advance." Hu Pingjiang nodded, and said: "Because we have gathered more than 3000 immigrants who have not been taken away in our two strongholds on the island. There is not a lot of food in stock, I am afraid we cannot Provide too much supplies to Zheng's fleet."

"What's wrong, you don't have enough food?"

"I thought that the conflict with the Dutch would drag on for a while, and the immigrants stranded on the island could be transported back to Hanzhou. But who would have thought that the Dutch turned their faces so quickly, leaving more than 2000 people, plus There were more than 3000 people who settled in the two strongholds. But the food we hoarded was based on the scale of 1000 people." Hu Pingjiang said depressingly.

"Then do you want me to let the Zheng family's boats help you go to the opposite side of Cambodia to bring back some food?"

"That would be the best!" Hu Pingjiang was overjoyed.Those hungry people on the island were really frightened of hunger. After every meal, they would look helplessly at the soldiers who distributed the food, hoping that there would be more food for them.All the used dishes were licked clean.

In order to face the possible Dutch blockade in the future, Xinsheng Island can persist for a longer time, Hu Pingjiang cruelly changed the meals of the stranded immigrants from the previous dry and thin to two gruel.In addition to fishing, the seven or eight small boats on the island are doing their best to travel to and from the Kingdom of Cambodia in the north to buy food.

With the help of the Zheng family's fleet, tens of thousands of shi of grain can be brought back from Cambodia at one time, so that the hungry people on the island can have a few full meals.
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The "Blue Ocean" armed merchant ship is a [-]-ton Galen ship owned by the Dutch East India Company. It just set off from Formosa more than ten days ago and went all the way south. Driving on the coastline of Champa.The ship was full of goods returned from Japan and Formosa, including silver, sulfur, buckskin, some medicinal materials, and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty.

When the ship reached the southernmost coast of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Captain Ian Price, the captain of the "Blue Ocean", ordered the sailors to adjust the sails and prepare to change the course from southwest to due south.During the next part of the voyage, there is a large section that cannot be close to the coastline.

"A large number of ships are found directly ahead, heading towards us!" The watchman shouted loudly.

The captain, Captain Ian Price, immediately raised his binoculars and looked ahead.In the field of vision, there are more than a dozen large and small ships, with full sails, speeding towards the direction of their ships.In such a situation, even a fool would understand that the opposite fleet came with malicious intent.

"We also found ships heading towards us in the southeast!" The watchman shouted loudly again.

Captain Ian Price's heart tightened, and he turned and looked southeast again.

Oh shit, we've got an organized kill!Annan?Champa?Or Siamese?

"Turn southwest! Quick!" Captain Ian Price ordered loudly.In the telescope, these ships are obviously small, the largest is only three or four hundred tons, and the others are small boats of about one hundred tons.If these small boats are allowed to approach and lean on, they may not be able to cope.

The dozen or so ships directly in front of the "Blue Ocean" saw the Dutch turn to the southwest, and quickly separated seven or eight small boats, cutting in obliquely, trying to intercept the Dutch ships.

"Blue Ocean" is like a lonely prairie lion, being chased and intercepted by a group of hyenas.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The gunners on the Blue Ocean desperately poured shells on the boats that surrounded them, trying to kill a bloody path.

Holding a long knife, Qi Haihai leaned over the bow of the ship and shouted loudly at the sailors on the ship, asking them to quickly approach the Dutch armed merchant ship. As long as they stick close to it, the artillery on the Dutch merchant ship will lose its power.

"Boom! Boom!" Two consecutive shells hit the small boat approaching to the side, and almost wiped out the deck. Seven or eight sailors, clutching their wounds in pain, rolled and howled on the deck.

With a sound of "Boom!", the "Blue Ocean" slammed into a small boat, and the boat broke into two sections. Seven or eight sailors followed the broken hull and sank into the sea.But as a result, the speed of the "Blue Ocean" also slowed down.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!..." Six or seven flying claws flew over from the right side of the "Blue Ocean" and firmly grasped its side.

"Quick, cut them off!" A Dutch officer shouted loudly.

On the other side of the Flying Claw, the sailors on a small boat were struggling to pull the rope, making the boat quickly approach the Dutch merchant ship.

A Dutch sailor held up an ax and swung it down vigorously, cutting off a zipline. Before he could continue to cut off other ziplines, several bamboo spears were thrown over and nailed him to the deck.

At the same moment, a small boat on the left side of the "Blue Ocean" also approached quickly, and threw flying claws at the Dutch merchant ship.The sailors on the Dutch ship began to fight at close range with the Zheng family sailors who were climbing up with muskets and short knives.

Seeing countless people jumping into the Dutch merchant ship from a distance, Chen Hui let out a sigh of relief.

The luck of the Zheng family's fleet was so good that they caught a Dutch merchant ship after only two or three days of patrolling the sea.And this Dutch merchant ship was too careless, and it made them approach two miles quickly before reacting.

He robbed and killed the Dutch merchant ship and won the first battle.

(End of this chapter)