1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 608 Strategy
On February 1648, 7, Hanzhou, Jianye.

Zhu Yuxi, the former Princess of Kunxing of the Great Ming Dynasty, was holding a book in her hand, sitting quietly on a chair, occasionally looking up at Qi Tian who was teasing the children outside the door, showing a slight smile, and then lost her mind.

It has been a year and a half since I came to Hanzhou, and the child has been born for three months now, but I am still in a daze. Every day I wake up, I have a feeling of not knowing where I am.

Being accused by the emperor's brother of marrying the King of Qi, and having to travel thousands of miles to Hanzhou, Aimee Zhu was very conflicted deep in her heart.But being born in an emperor's family, she couldn't make decisions about her own marriage, and she was psychologically prepared for this.But marrying a "soil king" who lived in a foreign land and was in a wild area, and who was once a pirate, made her feel somewhat unacceptable.

In fact, before Jiashen Tianchang, Emperor Chongzhen had already pointed out a marriage to her, a young talent named Zhou Shixian.However, the current situation is chaotic, and he escaped from the capital with his brother Huang, temporarily living in the small island of Denglai.After so many years, I don't know what happened to the son-in-law appointed by the emperor back then.

However, after marrying Qi Tian, ​​during the process of getting in touch with her, Auntie Zhu gradually let go of her defenses and slowly accepted the King of Qi.This King of Qi, as the generals of the Qi State in Denglai said, was very young and quite polite.What's even more rare is that, apart from his lack of Confucian classics in the Four Books and Five Classics, he has dabbled in astronomy and geography, mechanical engineering, and utensil construction... all of which he has dabbled in, and some of them are even very proficient.

That's fine, at most there are more topics in daily life.But this great king does not have the slightest majesty in the palace, he treats people very kindly, and he can consider other people's feelings to a certain extent when he speaks and does things.Whenever I see her, there is always a bit of pity in my eyes, and I treat her even more tenderly.

His maid had a relationship with the lieutenant general of the Qi army. He just saw a letter written by the commander of the Navy, and immediately decided to marry her to the officer. He also gave her a lot of dowry. If you are wronged, you can report to the princess, and she will definitely support her.

There is a folk saying that if a woman is lucky in three lives, she can marry a lover.The king of Qi is generous, considerate, and resonates with himself, so marrying into Hanzhou should be the most important thing for the king of Qi.

"The child is asleep?" When Youzi was in a daze, he suddenly felt that Qi Tian was close to him, and Auntie Zhu shyly took the child from him.

"Your Majesty..." Zhu Yuxi hesitated for a moment, and asked softly, "Is there really going to be a war between us Daqi and the Nahe people?"

"It's all right." Qi Tian saw the worried expression in Zhu Yu's eyes, and said in relief, "Even if we lose a few times in front of the Dutch people, it will not harm our Qi country at all. In addition, the Dutch people value profits, if we are with the Dutch people We have fought and spent too much time, and we must make peace with us. The Dutch will never become like slaves."

Seeing Qi Tian's confident expression, Auntie Zhu breathed a sigh of relief.At that time, it was because of Liaodong's establishment of slaves in my Ming Dynasty that I could not focus on suppressing bandits in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it also swallowed up countless salaries and elite soldiers in my Ming Dynasty, which eventually led to the change of Jiashen, and the country fell to this point.Now, Qi State is going to fight against foreign barbarians again, so she can't help but worry about it.
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"According to the information we have learned from the Dutch East Indies, the total trade volume they sold back to Europe two years ago reached 770 million Dutch guilders, of which 430 million were spices, accounting for nearly 560% of the total trade volume. In Nanyang, the Ming Dynasty , Japan, India, and our country of Qi and other places have a total trade volume of 150 million guilders, of which the bulk of the trade volume is textiles and spices, which are about [-] million guilders, accounting for [-]%."

Cui Shaochuan, head of the Strategy Department of the General Staff Department, finished speaking, looked at the military and civilian officials present, and then continued.

"In addition, the direct trade volume between the Dutch East India Company and our country of Qi is around 130 million to 150 million Dutch guilders, accounting for about half of the total trade volume of the Dutch. But for our Qi country, this trade volume accounts for more It can be said that it is deeply tied up in the trade system of the Dutch East India Company when it reaches [-]% of our country’s overall trade volume.”

"So, once there is a war between Qi and the Dutch, it will seriously damage our overseas trade. Among them, it is not ruled out that the Dutch will block our shipping routes, attack our transport merchant ships, and cut off all our trade. Channels... Just like ten years ago, we will have no way out of Qi State!"

"In that case, wouldn't this battle be unwinnable?" Luan Jinxing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce asked in surprise.

Cabinet Prime Minister Pan Qifeng looked up at the silent Qi Tian, ​​knowing that the trade volume between the Dutch East India Company and the Qi State listed by the General Staff Department must not be aimless and must have deep meaning.

"It's okay if you don't fight." Cui Shaochuan said with a smile: "If that's the case, then the Dutch Red Maoyi will always regard us as a small country in Nanyang, and when we expand our power to Nanyang in the future, we will meet each other's various enemies. It is a kind of blocking. You must know, if you can't beat it, they will never face up to our strength!"

"Since we are going to fight, what is the strategy drawn up by Qi?" Pan Qifeng asked.

"Master Prime Minister." Cui Shaochuan bowed his hands to Pan Qifeng, "We also shared just now that the overall trade volume of the Dutch in the Nanyang region reached more than 300 million Dutch guilders, um, equivalent to about five million Hanzhou silver dollars. It can be described as a rich country. In view of this, the goal of our Qi country is to make the Dutch pay attention to the trade channels. We must try our best to attack their commercial routes and main supply places. Trade volumes have more than halved."

"Among them, spices accounted for nearly half of the Dutch's overall trade volume. Therefore, our main target is the Spice Islands."

"During the last war, we breached Ambon twice. The Dutch will definitely take this as a warning. I heard that in the past few years, they have carried out several rounds of expansions on Ambon, especially strengthening the city defense there. Facilities. It is estimated that the Dutch will not let us easily succeed again." Qi Dajiang said.

"It's okay if we don't have the certainty of conquering Ambon. We will gather all professional warships, supplemented by some armed merchant ships, and completely blockade Ambon. At the same time, we will send powerful personnel to sneak into the island, incite support for the natives there, and resist Dutch rule."

"If Ambon is to be blocked, won't it attract a large number of Dutch ships?"

"In this way, we will have a partial sea decisive battle with them!"

"Decisive battle?" Qi Dajiang looked at Cui Shaochuan in surprise, and then at Qi Tian.

Cui Shaochuan nodded resolutely, while Qi Tian was calm, without any disturbance.

Qi Dajiang suddenly understood that it must be Qi Tian's will to have a partial naval decisive battle with the Dutch in Ambon.

"Governor, regarding a decisive sea battle in Ambon, our staff has conducted several deductions and believes that we are [-]% sure that it will inflict heavy damage on the Dutch." Seeing Qi Dajiang's doubts, Cui Shaochuan immediately explained: "Let's go to war." At the beginning, the Dutch never imagined that we would concentrate all the main force of the navy and fight them in a decisive sea battle at Ambon."

"When we attack and blockade Ambon, the Dutch will inevitably send ships to relieve the siege, but the number may not be many. Because they may think that we are still adopting the guerrilla attack tactics ten years ago. Therefore, Before the war, the main fleet of our navy assembled in Xuanwu Fort on Weiyuan Island (now Sorong City, Papua, Indonesia) in advance, and first attacked Ambon with a small number of warships, luring the Dutch to come to help in batches, and then annihilated all of them here. .”

"In the last war, we made the Dutch realize that Hanzhou cannot be easily conquered and conquered. In this way, our basic living environment and development environment were established." Qi Tian stood up, looked around at the sitting Qi military and political officials, "The second war we are about to prepare will declare to the Netherlands that in the Southeast Asia region, we deserve a status and interests that are in line with our own strength."

"We should not be afraid of losing too much in a local decisive sea battle with the Dutch. You must know that although the Dutch have more than 100 ships in the entire Southeast Asia region, these ships are only armed merchant ships, no matter in terms of firepower. , or in terms of speed, it is far inferior to the armament of our more than ten professional warships. Moreover, we also have two large battleships and more than [-] armed merchant ships. With such strength, why fear a decisive battle?"

"The Dutch East India Company has dominated Southeast Asia for decades and has never been subverted by any opponent. None of the Portuguese, Spaniards, or Zheng Zhilong has posed a fatal threat to him. Come to think of it, they are also proud of this. Therefore, In this battle, we will no longer be afraid to confront the Dutch people head-on, we must dare to show our blades, challenge the Dutch people, and show our national prestige!"

(End of this chapter)