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Hendrick poked his head out, observed carefully with his naked eyes, and suddenly shouted: "Those soldiers are camouflage, and their weapons are different. Quickly tell the soldiers, aim at the enemy in tattered clothes!"

His heralds hurried out, running along the road shouting: "Aim for the enemy in rags, aim for the enemy in rags!"

Due to the loss of the outer city walls and those who quietly left the city to surrender, there were only 142 Dutch defenders left at this time.

They were stationed in various places, and when they received the order, they had already fired the first shot. Now they are reloading in a panic, while the Datong army and Siamese soldiers have rushed to build ladders.

For some, it was too late, and the continuous feint attack for many days had already formed the thinking inertia of the defenders.After firing one shot, many people put down their muskets and began to rest without even thinking about firing a second shot. Anyway, the attacking party would be scared and flee.

"asshole!"

Kuang Hong yelled at the Prince of Johor: "It's all over, today is a general attack, and you are asked to attack the city with all your might, why did you escape back?"

Yiprasin blushed and said, "The enemy's muskets are too powerful."

Kuang Hongdao: "Gather your soldiers and go to attack the city quickly. After taking Malacca, I will take you to Nanjing to meet the emperor. What an honor. If you dare to escape back, you will not be allowed to go to Nanjing for the rest of your life!"

"I'm going right away!"

Yi Prasin bit the bullet, pulled out the scimitar and charged again: "Warriors of Johor, Allah bless us with victory. Go!"

The garbage Dutch army, the garbage Johor soldiers, the magical matching mechanism of the Malay Peninsula.

Yi Prasin led his troops to the halfway up the mountain, and Narai, the Siamese prince, was already leading his troops to attack the city.

The Dutch defenders were scrambling to reload ammunition, shooting sporadically, and Siamese soldiers kept falling from ladders. The vanguard of more than 100 people climbed the city, and soon there were signs of retreat. Prince Narai rushed to climb the city with two friends: "Siamese warriors, follow me to kill the enemy!"

The prince took the lead bravely, and the Siamese soldiers who were already on the verge of collapse suddenly burst out with a huge will to fight.

"kill!"

Lao Sanjin had successfully boarded the city, and was shot in the right arm, so he could only hold the knife with his left hand at the moment.

After chopping down two Dutch soldiers one after another, the rest of the enemy fled quickly.

Hendrick saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly ordered: "Abandon the outer enemy towers and bastions, and retreat inside to defend!"

The central castle has a complete defense system, which can retreat and defend layer by layer.

However, the Datong Army and Siamese soldiers who attacked the top of the city did not allow the Dutch soldiers to retreat calmly at all.They chased and killed them, and some people even pulled up the bamboo ladder, carrying it while chasing and killing, while preparing to continue attacking inside.

The civilian staff of the East India Company who assisted in the defense of the city, including Neuhoff, were not willing to fight at all, and they ran faster than the soldiers.

"Allah bless, Allah bless!"

The armies of other small countries collapsed when they heard the gunshots.But when they saw that the friendly troops had successfully boarded the city, they also became braver, rushed to the city wall one by one, and began to fight with enthusiasm.

One enemy tower after another, one bastion after another, like dominoes falling, were continuously captured.

Some of the Dutch defenders with low will to fight even didn't bother to escape, and knelt down to ask for surrender.

The small countries of the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra hated the Dutch madly.They didn't care about surrendering. At this time, they rushed up with the friendly army and killed the Dutch when they saw them, including those who were kneeling on the ground.

Hendrick and the civilian staff, w and more than 4 surviving Dutch soldiers all withdrew to the last bastion.

After several consecutive attacks and more than 2 casualties, the bastion could not be captured.

Yin Rude, a Datong officer in charge of the siege: "Stop attacking forcefully, surround them, and starve to death thirsty these dogs!"

They would really die of starvation and thirst. As long as all the passages are blocked, the last bastion will have no water or food.

Neuhoff to Sanders: "Mr. Congressman, I think it's time to surrender. We are only employees of the company, and we only have the duty to work for the company, not the obligation to die for the company."

It's a company, not a country!

Chapter 707 [The plan of the diplomat and the navy]

"Dear Mr. Chinese Ambassador, I am Saunders, a councilor and senior staff member of the Dutch East India Company. The army you lead is very heroic. I am willing to surrender to you on behalf of the company. Please ensure the safety of all employees of the company..."

Sanders walked out of the bastion with his men, bowed down in a very gentlemanly salute, and then babbled a lot.

Kuang Hong expressed his attitude: "The Dutch officials and soldiers in Malacca did not harm Chinese civilians, so you are innocent. However, the two countries are at war, and casualties are inevitable. My soldiers suffered a lot of losses, all of which were caused by you. Now your You are prisoners of war. You will all be imprisoned until Governor Batavia comes up with a plan to completely resolve the conflict between the two countries."

All the Dutch, including Saunders, breathed a sigh of relief.

Because of the Chinese and other seven-nation coalition forces, hundreds of people were killed and injured before and after the siege, and the casualties of the Malay natives were close to a thousand.Fearing that this would anger Kuang Hong, they ordered to kill all the surviving Dutchmen.

The arsenal of the central castle was quickly emptied.Whether it is compacted gunpowder or dried gunpowder, they are all thrown into the sea and destroyed.

These things are too unstable and will explode if you are not careful, and you must deal with them as soon as possible to make people feel at ease.

After the arsenal was emptied, Sanders and other Dutch prisoners of war were imprisoned in the arsenal.

Immediately, Kuang Hong ordered: "Count the property in the castle, and reward the soldiers of all countries for their merits!"

Malacca is the exclusive port of the Netherlands, and ships from other countries cannot enter the port.Of course, it is also possible to enter the port, but a super high port entry tax is charged, so merchant ships from various countries generally choose to replenish at the ports of Johor or Aceh.

Dutch merchant ships come twice a year to take away the goods stored in Malacca.

There are also some merchant ships that will transport some commodities and store them in Malacca.For example, the commodities purchased from Thailand will all be transshipped to Malacca, mainly hematoxylin, ash and fur.

"My lord, there are a lot of goods in the warehouse. It takes time to figure out how much it is worth. In addition, there are dozens of black slaves in the castle. How to deal with these slaves?"

"Neggers? Did they go to war?"

"They had no weapons, but they helped carry things during the war. It has been interrogated that these black slaves were either servants of Dutch officials or porters in the castle warehouse."

"It's not good to release them directly. These black slaves probably can't find a living. His Majesty also forbids the army to sell slaves. Let them work as coolies first. The seized materials are auctioned, and someone is needed to carry the goods. Choose a few smart black slaves and let them They were in charge of the other niggers."

The seized Dutch goods seem to be a lot, but they are actually of little value when exchanged for silver. After all, they are all Southeast Asian specialties, and they have to be shipped to Europe to really make a fortune.

Just like coal, how much can you earn by selling it in Shanxi?

Several small countries helped to send troops. Since Malacca was captured, they would get some profit.

Kuang Hong called all the leading generals from various countries and announced: "I will give you half of the materials seized in Malacca. The Siamese army should be rewarded for their bravery in battle. Of the half of the materials, Siam alone takes two of them." The rest will be shared according to the number of troops sent by each country."

"Thank you, Lord Angel!" Prince Narai was overjoyed.The second thing is to get more spoils, mainly because of the favor of Chinese officials,

Kuang Hong continued: "Everyone has contributed to the war, and you can follow me to Nanjing to meet His Majesty the Emperor. If you send your own boat, you can bring as many people as you like, and you are responsible for the travel expenses. If you take a Chinese ship to Nanjing, you can bring one person with you. All the travel expenses for the entourage within are borne by China."

In small countries like Dani and Dingjialu, they only have small mountains near the sea, and they do not have the ability to go to China by themselves.As soon as this remark came out, they were overjoyed, and they all wanted to go to China with the boat to see, anyway, China promised to pay for the travel expenses.

Big countries like Johor and Siam want to take advantage of the opportunity to engage in trade.They are easy to be robbed when they go to sea independently, and they can avoid the risk of pirates by going with the Chinese navy.

After appeasing the nobles of these small countries, the local Chinese leader Chen Erxun actually came to offer advice.

"My lord, since the heavenly soldiers have occupied Malacca, they can send troops to seize Ambon Island." Chen Erxun said.

Kuang Hong asked confused: "Where is Ambon Island?"

Chen Erxun: "According to this, the sea route is thousands of miles away, and it is said that it is in the southern waters of Sulu Kingdom."

Kuang Hong couldn't help laughing and said, "You know something so far away?"

Chen Erxun said: "Small people have settled in Malacca for generations, and Ambon Island is the starting point of the spice trade. Every year there are countless spice ships,

It was shipped from Ambon Island and passed through Malacca to the west.As long as Xiaomin can remember, he has heard the great name of Ambon Island. "

Chen Erxun was afraid that Holland would come back, and blamed him for advising the Datong Army, so he simply sacrificed his salary and instigated the Chinese army to occupy the Spice Islands.

Losing the Spice Islands, half of the Dutch East India Company was abolished!

"You, let me listen, the more detailed the better." Kuang Hong really didn't understand this.

Chen Erxun said: "Malacca belonged to Portugal before, and the Spice Islands also belonged to Portugal. There are more than ten islands growing various spices. Controlling the Spice Islands and then controlling Malacca is equivalent to controlling the spice trade between the East and the West. Portugal did the same, and the Netherlands did the same. Now that China has occupied Malacca, why not occupy the Spice Islands?"

The Spice Islands in a broad sense include the entire Southeast Asia, including Borneo, Java, New Guinea, and Sumatra.

In a narrow sense, the Banda Islands and Bazam Islands are sometimes called the Spice Islands, and they are the main producing areas of cloves.

Initially, Portugal controlled the archipelago.But Portugal is too useless, and is often taught by the natives to behave in turn. The most typical example is the "Ternate War".

Ternate Island, with an area of ​​only 106 square kilometers, has a sultanate established by indigenous people.

Where the fart is bigger, the resistance is very strong.Attacks on Portuguese villages had just begun, and the Portuguese managed to keep the peace by negotiating compromises.

Then, Portugal built castles, but the castles were captured by the islanders, and all the Portuguese colonists were killed.

It was not until Portugal was incorporated into Spain that Spain and Portugal joined forces to recapture Ternate Island.In just a few years, the natives of the island rioted again and drove the Portuguese and Spaniards away.

The natives of a small island are so powerful, the army of these colonists is really weak.

Then, the Dutch came.

The Dutch learned the lessons of their predecessors and began to play massacre tricks.On various islands, consciously carried out long-term massacres, and dispatched in the season of grain harvest, killing indigenous people, looting grain, and burning houses.For more than ten years in a row, the number of indigenous people on these islands has continued to decrease, and they have almost been beaten back to the primitive society.

It was not until the number of natives dropped sharply that the Netherlands really began to colonize and used Ternate Island as a ruling base.until the capture of Batavia,

The Governor's Palace of the Dutch East India Company was relocated from Ternate Island to Batavia.

In order to monopolize the clove trade, the Netherlands even killed all the British on Ambon Island.Then all the clove trees on other islands were destroyed, and only the cloves were allowed to be concentrated on Ambon Island, thus successfully controlling the supply of cloves.

The several islands there are where the Netherlands started in Southeast Asia!

Kuang Hong returned to the warship, asked Hong Xu for a map of Nanyang, and soon found various islands.

Hong Xu pointed to the map: "The location of these islands is east of Kalimantan Island and south of the Spanish Philippine Islands. If we want to control there, the best springboard is Zamboanga. Zamboanga is now in the hands of the Sulu Kingdom , the Sulu Kingdom is also a vassal state of Datong. However,

Spain occupies most of Mindanao, leaving only a small piece of Zamboanga, which is still in the hands of Sulu, and Spain must be guarded. "

Kuang Hongdao: "When I return to Beijing, I will advise His Majesty to expand there step by step in the future.

Hong Xu said with a smile: "Once the sea merchants know about it, they will definitely support it enthusiastically. Because our country's spices, especially cloves, have to be purchased from there. After being controlled by the Netherlands, the price of spices has increased a lot. As long as the Dutch are driven away, our country Maritime merchants will be able to obtain greater profits.”

"We can't let the merchants make profits," said Kuang Hong. "We can use the Dutch to set up overseas government offices on each island. There are not many officials in each government office, just a few people are enough, and dozens of troops are stationed in each place to guard the city. That's it. , the salaries of officials and soldiers are not much, but they can collect spices from the natives. Even the spices do not need to be collected by the government, w.; just let the merchants buy them. The government only needs to control the port, and the merchants want to transport the spices. Taxes must be paid to the government!"

Of course, Hong Xu supported this plan. With so many islands, they had to be taken down one by one, which meant that the navy would always have battles to fight and could continue to gain military exploits.

Hong Xu looked at the map carefully: "The matter of the Spice Islands is not in a hurry for the time being. We have occupied Malacca now, and it is impossible to throw it away. If we want to govern Malacca for a long time, we must have a foothold in the middle. Bin Tonglong (Zhancheng) is a Supply point, and another one must be selected, otherwise it will not be very safe."

"How is it here?" Kuang Hong pointed to the location of Singapore.

At this time, Singapore was called Temasek and Longyamen. A few decades ago, the capital of Johor was not far from the other side of the Singapore Strait.The last time Johor moved its capital was when the capital was burned down by Portugal. Since then, even Singapore has not been taken seriously, and now only a group of Malay natives live there.

It is estimated that a few thousand taels of silver can buy the whole of Singapore from Johor, because that place is really worthless, and even the land can't grow a few grains of grain.

Hong Xu pointed casually: "It's better to occupy this whole piece."

The piece Hong Xu pointed to was the archipelago south of Singapore, including Batam Island, Linga Island, Singji Island, etc., all of which belonged to the territory of Johor at this time.

Kuang Hong shook his head and said: "There are too many, all of them are barren islands, and they don't have the energy to manage them. We only need Temasek (Singapore) as the throat."

Chapter 708 [The Overseas Homeland of the Han Family]

The country of Aceh, the lower reaches of Palembang City, the mouth of the Musi River.

There is a port town here, and the surrounding residents are all Han Chinese and mixed descendants of Han Chinese.No aborigines could be found, and even if there were aborigines, they would already be able to speak Chinese, and their clothing and customs remained the same as those in the early Ming Dynasty.

The highest official who rules this place is the Chief of the Fan Park.

Moreover, the father died and the son succeeded, or the father died and the daughter succeeded, the surname has been Shi for more than 200 years.

There are four people in the room.

Shi Cunzhang took out a camphor wood box, he took out a key, and the other three also took out keys.

Four locks, all open.

Shi Cunzhang carefully held out the copper seal, and the words on the copper seal read "Daming Old Port Propaganda and Consolation Envoy Seal".Below the copper seal is the imperial edict of the Ming Dynasty conferring on the Old Port Propaganda Envoy, as well as the documents of the Consolation Envoy issued by the Ministry of Officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Shi Cunzhang holds the copper seal: "For 300 years, the four surnames Shi, Chen, Liang, and Qiu have thrived in Jiugang. Our territory should be the entire Jiugang, not this small town by the sea. The head of my Shi family should be The old port of Ming Dynasty is a consolation envoy, not the governor of Aceh. Today, the old port has been renamed Palembang, and it has been stolen by those natives for hundreds of years. It's time to take it back!"

Chen Sanwei doubted: "Da Ming is gone, will Datong Xinchao help us?"

"Affirmatively!" Qiu Fang said, "Last year, China defeated the Netherlands in a naval battle, and recently attacked Malacca. Now, His Majesty the Emperor, is determined to be a generation of great talents. We should follow the example of our ancestors, raise troops to seize the old port, and present land to the emperor as a vassal." !"

Liang Yutian: "Yes, seize the old port and serve as a minister!"

Shi Cunzhang asked: "The Chen family is unwilling to raise troops?"

Chen Sanwei: "If you don't want to raise an army, what am I going to do today? But you have to be careful about raising an army. It's best to contact the Chinese envoy first."

Qiu Fang said: "The noble envoy of the Celestial Dynasty may have a lot of doubts. Why don't you raise troops and communicate with each other at the same time, make raw rice and cook cooked rice, don't you want to give him merit for nothing?"

Chen Sanwei added: "Over the old port, Aceh's city is very easy to attack. But the Dutch castle outside the city is very strong. First attack the old port city, or the Dutch castle first?"

Liang Yutian said with a smile: "It's not that we haven't been to the Old Port. The Dutch Castle outside the city has long since lost the morale of the army. If we want to fight, we should fight together. If we are not prepared, we will take it in one fell swoop!"

This is the easternmost part of Sumatra Island. Banten has a piece of land, and the rest is all the territory of Aceh.

Aceh used to expand wildly, but after bordering Bandan, it stopped expanding.The two countries fought a few battles, regardless of the outcome, so they simply stopped fighting and developed in other directions.

Therefore, although the old port is considered a border city, after many years of cessation of troops, the Aceh defenders here have not fought.Neither the nobles nor the soldiers had any vigilance, and a sudden attack could easily take the city down.