"Damn it, why haven't this bastard Baldell come back yet?"

Seeing that the sunset was gone, the sky was getting dark, and Baudel, who had set off in the early morning, had no news yet. He couldn't help but let Vanderbilt, the Dutch Taiwan Governor, who was on the giant command ship, be anxious and angry. He was like a trapped beast, paced on the deck.

The commander-in-chief occupied the best berthing position in Lugang and was directly connected to the dock, while other ships could only dock at a further distance. Vanderbilt, who was in an upset mood, looked at the other ships. In the increasingly dark night, he could only see a gray-black shadow.

Vanderbilt firmly believed in his heart that Bauder, a rough guy, must have failed to suppress his enthusiasm after defeating the Ming army, and went to the Ming villages and towns to burn, kill and loot, so that he never sent anyone to report the news so late.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker and impatiently waiting, Vanderbilt was thinking about whether to send soldiers to respond, when he suddenly saw a group of cavalry on the ground gradually covering the darkness in the distance, he was quickly riding his horse towards his command ship and galloping.

"Your Excellency the Governor, it is the Commander and the others who have returned."

An escort officer next to him looked at it with a thousand-mile mirror in his hand and immediately reported to Vanderbilt.

Vanderbilt said oh, snatched the Thousand Mile Mile Mile from the escort, and after a closer look, he saw that more than a hundred cavalrymen who were coming quickly were the Dragoons of the Dutch Army, and at the forefront of the Dragoons was the fat commander Baudel.

"Our Mr. Bauder, finally, has plundered enough, and finally remember to lead the army back." Vanderbilt put down the Qianli Mile Mile, but his face was full of disgust: "This greedy and despicable guy, let's see how he explains to me after he gets on the boat!"

Soon, the gangway was lowered, and in the dim night, more than a hundred dragoons followed Baudel up the gangway.

After getting on the boat, the Dragoons jumped off their horses, surrounded the commander Bauder and walked towards Vanderbilt gradually.

"Hey, Mr. Baudel, I thought that you, who made a fortune today, would spend the night in the territory of Mingren to celebrate."

Vanderbilt said with a sneer, sneering at Baudel, who was walking towards him silently with his head down.

However, the smile on his face quickly became stiff.

A draco, who was lowered and following Baudel, suddenly pulled out a cold and sharp sword at lightning speed and pressed hard on Vanderbilt's neck.

This changed like a flash of lightning, and Vanderbilt was as stunned as a puppet.

At this time, several guards around Vanderbilt were shocked. Before they could react, several dragoons rushed out and placed their sharp swords across their necks.

"Don't shout, or you will be killed with one knife!"

These dragon cavalrymen who took action shouted fiercely in Chinese almost at the same time.

Vanderbilt has been in Taiwan for nearly a year and is quite proficient in Chinese. Of course, he understood what this short and fierce words mean.

Vanderbilt's face turned pale. He couldn't believe everything in front of him. He was trembling all over and looked at the depressed commander Bauder with an unbelievable look.

"Governor General, please forgive me, I have no choice but to..."

Baudel dared not look at Vanderbilt's angry eyes, his voice sounded like a mosquito.

Only then did Vanderbilt notice that several sharp knives had been hit by Baudel's back at the same time.

He immediately understood everything.

But even so, Vanderbilt still couldn't believe that the Dutch army, which set out in the early morning, was led by the commander Baudel, who was willing to sweep the clairvoyance, was completely defeated in the territory of Mingren so quickly. Now, they were pretending to be a dragon cavalry by Mingren and coercing Baudel, the damn bucket, to come and plot against him!

This is simply a fucking and extremely ridiculous black humor!

It's ridiculous that he thought of a thousand possible chances of Bauder not returning on time, but he didn't expect that he, who led more than 3,000 troops and excellent firearms, would be defeated by the Ming army and wiped out the entire army.

"Badell, you are such a useless stupid pig, wait to go to the military court!"

Vanderbilt couldn't help but feel anger in his heart, and he shouted at Baudel, who was covered in gray face.

The Ming army, who placed the knife on Vanderbilt's neck, was obviously very annoyed by Vanderbilt's uncooperable behavior. With a little force, the sharp tip of the knife immediately scratched Vanderbilt's delicate neck, which had been carefully applied to sunscreen. The blood crawled out like a small snake, and under the dim and hazy moonlight, it showed a strange black red.

Vanderbilt took a deep breath of pain, and he immediately lowered his head like a deflated ball, but muttered in his mouth, "Are you going to kill me now?"

"No, we won't kill you. We are here this time, just want to talk to the Governor." At this time, a dragoon lifted his helmet and showed a young and handsome face. He smiled and walked towards Vanderbilt.

"Who are you?" Vanderbilt was so scared by the impulse of the young man that he subconsciously shrank back.

"Li Xiao, general of the Ming Dynasty." The young man replied coldly to him.

Li Xiao?

It turns out that this person is Li Xiao, the highest commander of the Ming people, but he is so young!

However, this person is so young, but he can command his subordinates to wipe out Baudel's Dutch army in one fell swoop. It is really rare to be a master.

Vanderbilt looked at Li Xiao who was slowly approaching with a horror, and said in horror in his mouth, "Li Xiao, then what do you want to talk to me this time?"

When Li Xiao saw his fearful look, he couldn't help but smile a contemptuously across his face. He said lightly: "I'm waiting for this, the purpose is very simple, just to sign a ceasefire agreement with you Netherlands."

"Oh, are you signing the agreement with such a despicable sneak attack?" Vanderbilt sneered.

"That's it, it seems that you Dutch are despicable and shameless. Let's sneak attack us first." Li Xiao snorted: "Now we are just going to treat others with the same way."

Li Xiao paused, and his voice was full of ruthlessness: "Vanderbilt, let me tell you the truth. I am still polite to a despicable person like you who is untrustworthy and righteous. Your choice is very simple. If you do not agree to sign the armistice agreement, I can send you to heaven immediately for free. In addition, thousands of captives from your army will also ascend to heaven with His Governor."

Vanderbilt's lips shivered, his face turned pale in an instant. He gritted his teeth hard before saying to Li Xiao: "Okay, okay, I am willing to sign an agreement, but I hope that before the agreement is signed, you can guarantee the safety of our captives and our army."

Li Xiao smiled and signaled the cavalry who pressed the knife against Vanderbilt's neck to take the knife away, and then said to Vanderbilt who sighed a long sigh: "I am not a devil who is interested in killing people. Of course, this can be guaranteed. Since the Governor is willing to negotiate, I will enter the first room of the cabin and discuss it in detail."

After entering the front room of the cabin next to him, Li Xiao told Vanderbilt his conditions straightforwardly.

That is, Li Xiao's troops returned all the prisoners and corpses in exchange for the main command ships of the Dutch fleet that went on expedition, as well as five large warships with 74 guns and ten armed light warships of forty-six guns. Only the Dutch were allowed to take away the 15 20-barrel brigs and 20 20 slalom brigs in the expedition. Then the two sides signed a ceasefire agreement on this, which allowed both sides to carry out trade activities.

After Li Xiao's suggestion was mentioned, Vanderbilt's face turned pale, and cold sweat seemed to seep out of his forehead.

"General Li, your peace agreement is too much!" Vanderbilt jumped from his chair, his eyes full of anger. "It's not enough that you have destroyed our army. You have to take away all the large ships of our Dutch Taiwan Navy. It's really outrageous!"

After hearing Vanderbilt's angry words, Li Xiao burst into laughter.

Then, he smiled and said to Vanderbilt: "Governor General, I kindly remind you that the current initiative in negotiations is completely in our hands. If you want to deliberately refuse our request, I will think that it would be more appropriate to let Commander Bauddle take over you, who has evaporated the world, to complete the negotiations."

After hearing Li Xiao's threatening words, Vanderbilt's heart tightened. He subconsciously turned his head to look at Baudel, who had been silent. The latter looked back at him with a grievance and helpless look, and then shrugged gently.

Vanderbilt sighed and sat back on the chair.

"If I promise you, the Dutch East India Company will definitely arrest me and take me back to the domestic trial. I am afraid the most optimistic result is that I will spend my next life in prison." Vanderbilt replied dejectedly.

Unexpectedly, after hearing Vanderbilt's complaints, Li Xiao was completely distracted.

"No, no, Governor, you must have made a mistake. How could it be that the Dutch defeated? It was obviously the Dutch who won a great victory in this battle." Li Xiao deliberately said to Vanderbilt with a surprised expression.

Vanderbilt and Bauder were almost unable to believe their ears.

"General Li, what did you say? Our army actually won?!" Baudel asked Li Xiao in an unbelievable tone.

"Yes, you won. You Dutch people defeated us after a hard battle, and then forced us to sign a market opening plan and a trade agreement. Of course, it was just that because the Ming Dynasty's army came to aid, the Dutch army lost more than a dozen large ships."

Li Xiao finished speaking slowly, looking at Vanderbilt with deep meaning in his eyes.

Vanderbilt immediately understood Li Xiao’s intention.

This dog-in-one Li Xiao reported the battle situation of defeat as victory, and he could think of it!

But this is indeed a good idea...

Li Xiao looked at Vanderbilt with a thrilling expression, but he was smiling in his heart.

The step he found for Vanderbilt was inspired by the history of his previous life. The Qing army invaded Myanmar and was defeated, but instead reported the merits of Qianlong.

Qianlong, who was kept in the dark after unknown results, really thought that his invincible Celestial Army once again won a major victory over the sages. As a result, he was overjoyed and immediately rewarded the chief general Man Gui and others, and then asked the historian to summarize the achievements in detail in his ten-complete martial arts.

Now Vanderbilt can completely copy the tatars' strategies. After all, the headquarters of the East India Company is far away in Batavia, so it is not known about the war, and it is impossible to learn the truth from the lower-level soldiers. This gives senior officials like Vanderbilt Baudel, a great opportunity to get along and do it.

Li Xiao's voice sounded again, but every word of his seemed to be full of a tempting magic: "Everyone, this account is very easy to calculate. Compared with the dozen or so ships lost by your army, with your country's shipbuilding ability, it can be rebuilt within two or three years, and will not cause any real losses to the Netherlands. However, it is entirely possible for the two to receive commendations and promotions because of their retention of titles and official positions, and even for opening up new markets. In this case, why not do it?"

Vanderbilt blinked his light gray eyes. He pondered for a long time and finally sighed, expressing his agreement with Li Xiao’s request.

Finally, after friendly negotiations between the Ming and the Netherlands, mutual understanding and concessions, and in accordance with the principle of shelving the exchanges of striving for win-win cooperation, the Lugang Armistice Agreement was reached as follows:

1. After a friendly agreement between the Ming and the Netherlands, the two armies were set to have a ceasefire on this, and the ceasefire was set to two years.

2. The Netherlands handed over one main command ship in the Dutch fleet that went on expedition, five large warships with 74 guns on the four-mast double-layered double-layered warships, ten armed light warships with 46 guns, and a total of 16 ships, and were presented to the Ming Dynasty Li Xiao's army.

3. Li Xiao’s side released all captured personnel from the Dutch Army and returned the bodies of the Dutch Army’s dead, and handed them back to the Dutch side.

4. The ships delivered by the Netherlands to Li Xiao’s troops must be left behind to ensure that the ship can travel normally and can operate the artillery position. After Li Xiao’s troops find enough personnel and are competent for the ship handling work, these Dutch seamen and sailors can be returned to the Dutch army.

5. Since the agreement came into effect, the Ming Dynasty Li Xiao’s troops and the Dutch countries approved normal trade. Li Xiao’s troops’ commercial goods in Taiwan will be given priority to the Dutch.

6. This agreement is signed and sealed by the leaders of both sides and officially takes effect.

After the agreement was signed, Li Xiao signed it readily, while Vanderbilt shook his head and smiled bitterly for a while, and sighed and signed it.

Then, Bauder, the commander-in-chief of the Lotus Orchid Army, also signed the letter as an intermediary.

"General Li, can you be sure that this agreement will be kept confidential?" Vanderbilt accepted his agreement and looked at Li Xiao with a worried look.

"Governor General, as long as you don't regret it after you go back, our army will definitely keep the secret." Li Xiao replied to him with a smile, and then he paused and said to Vanderbilt: "If, from now on, our army finds that you have regretted it or violated the agreement, I can guarantee that this agreement will definitely appear on the desk of the chairman of the East India Company as quickly as possible."

"No, no, no, I believe you, I wish you a happy cooperation with each other." Vanderbilt trembled all over, then smiled bitterly, stretched out his right hand to Li Xiao.

"Well, the cooperation is pleasant." Li Xiao smiled and held Vanderbilt's thin hands like chicken feet.

After dawn the next day, the Tiger Army infantry, fully armed with iron armor, rushed to Lugang with a large number of prisoners and corpses, forming a strong pressure on the Dutch fleet in the port.

Vanderbilt, who was still under the coercion of the Ming army, finally ordered to hand over the sixteen large ships that Li Xiao wanted, along with the ships and men, to Li Xiao's troops. Then, together with Baudel, got off the ship in shame and went to an armed merchant ship of his own.

Soon, the prisoners and bodies returned by Li Xiao's troops were also taken to the Dutch ships.

Paul, a Dutch Army Sergeant who once recorded in detail the battle between the Dutch Army and the Ming Army of Li Xiao’s troops, was also among the returning Dutch Army.

Like other prisoners sent back, his armor and weapons were locked by Li Xiao's body, and he only had a piece of underwear on his body, looking quite embarrassed.

However, now, with tears in his eyes, he kept shouting in his heart to thank God, glad that he had finally saved his life and returned to the Dutch army.

Amid Li Xiaojun's thunderous cheers, Vanderbilt, who was extremely bitter in his heart, ordered the fleet to return to the Dutch army's territory Anping Port.

Shortly after leaving Lugang, Vanderbilt put on round lenses, spread out letters, dipped them in quills, and began to write letters to Zahn, chairman of East India Company, in a bright cabin.
Chapter completed!