As mentioned above, Van Dimen once suggested that the Governor of Batavia Bruvant send the Dutch chief of Formosa Putmans to attack the Spaniards in the Eastern Federation. By the way, wasn’t this Eastern Federation occupied by the Netherlands? How could there be Spanish?

This is related to Spain's colonial history. Spain is the earliest colonial country in the world. When they colonized Luzon, the Netherlands was just a province of Spain. Later, the Dutch fought for independence and fought with Spain everywhere around the world. Naturally, Spain would not give in. Therefore, when the Dutch occupied Chichai in the southern part of the Eastern Federation in the fourth year of the Apocalypse (1624 AD), the Spanish immediately sent two thousand expedition forces to occupy the northern part of the Eastern Federation in the sixth year of the Apocalypse (1626 AD).

In fact, at the beginning, the Spanish were stronger in the Eastern Federation than in the Dutch. They not only occupied a large area of ​​land north of the Eastern Federation, but also built San Domingo and San Salvador in Tamsui and Jilong respectively, preparing to use this as a base to compete with the Dutch for markets in the Ming Dynasty and Japan.

However, as the Dutch navy gradually became stronger, the Spaniards gradually lost control of Southeast Asian waters. In addition, the Dutch shameless instigated pirates to plunder the Spanish merchant ships. Spain was defeated in this battle. The Japanese market was completely occupied by the Dutch. The Ming Dynasty's maritime merchants could not reach the chicken coop and Danshui because of the Dutch's obstruction. The Spanish could not even afford the cost of garrison!

In recent years, Spain's governor of Luzon, Coquian, has begun to transfer his troops back to Luzon one after another. Now there are less than 1,000 Spanish soldiers guarding Santo Domingo and San Salvador, and their defensive power is much weaker. But even the Dutch commander Putmans, who is so in the east, did not think about going to fight the Spanish, because he only has more than 2,000 people under him, and it is impossible to break through two castles.

This time, Bruvin, the governor of Batavia, actually asked him to attack the Spanish with the pirate Liu Xiang's troops. He was helpless. What's the use of pirates? It's okay to rob the Spanish merchant ships. If you want to attack the chicken cage and Tamsui, it's the target of others. You have to know that it is a castle. The castle is still a regular Spanish army, which is stronger than the employees of the East India Company under his command. The best equipment for pirates is just bird guns and earth cannons. It is not of the same level as other people's howitzers and mechasers. Even if Liu Xiang has 40,000 to 50,000 troops, he is not optimistic about this battle.

Putmans also knew that he would be jointly and severally responsible for the loss of the merchant ship this time. The position of the chief in Formosa was already in danger, so even if he was not optimistic about this battle, he could only bite the bullet and get on. He gathered nearly half of his men and brought the only super battleship and all armed merchant ships to the waters near Ryukyu, leaving only 500 people to guard the city of Relanzha.

By the way, Tamsui and Jilong are both in the north of the East Fan, while Ryukyu is in the east of the East Fan. Why did Putmans run towards Ryukyu? Could it be that he can't even figure out the direction?

Of course, he wouldn't even be able to figure out the direction. The reason he went to Ryukyu first was because Liu Xiang's pirate group was hidden in the Ryukyu waters. Although he looked down on others' combat power, it was good to let them stand in front as cannon fodder. If they rushed forward desperately, the city of Santo Domingo and San Salvador would really be able to capture it!

As soon as he set out, He Bin immediately ran to the courtyard rented by Xu Tianqi. He was also a regular visitor here. The spy of the Jinyiwei guard who was guarding outside naturally knew him. When he heard that he had something urgent, he immediately took him to Xu Tianqi's residence.

Xu Tianqi is practicing boxing in the courtyard outside the house. Most people dare not disturb him at this time, but He Bin didn't care about so much, so he ran to him and bowed: "Sir Xu, please take a rest for a while, I have something important to report."

Xu Tianqi had actually seen him a long time ago, but he had only practiced this set of boxing for half. He really didn't want to stop immediately. He thought that it would not take much time to finish this set of boxing. Unexpectedly, He Bin was so anxious that he was vaguely feeling that something big had happened.

He quickly returned his energy and stopped his work. He led He Bin into the house. When He Bin followed in, he immediately closed the door and said seriously: "Mr. He, what's the matter now?"

He Bin bowed with joy and hurriedly said, "Mr. Xu, good news, great news. Putmans received the order from the governor of Batavia Bruvan and led his army to attack the Spanish in the north. There are hundreds of people guarding the city of Jelanzha now, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

Xu Tianqi was overjoyed when he heard this. He naturally knew how important this news was. He quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord He for telling such important news. I have to send the news back immediately. I will invite you to drink and celebrate the celebration when I come back."

After saying that, he was about to turn around, but He Bin hurriedly took out an envelope from his arms and stopped him and said, "Sir Xu, this is the coastal defense map near the city of Relanzha. I marked a route on it. You can bypass the Dutch's fortress and log in directly near Luermen. You can pass it back together, so it will be much easier for my Ming Navy to attack the city of Relanzha."

Xu Tianqi took the envelope and bowed and said solemnly: "I won't say much. If I can take down Relanzha City this time, Lord He will be the first meritorious person. I will send the map back in person now. Lord He please do whatever he wants."

After saying that, he opened the door and shouted, "Come."

A bunch of spies from the Jinyiwei suddenly appeared outside. He didn't stop. While walking out, he arranged left-behind personnel and asked him to prepare the fastest sailboat immediately. When he rushed to the dock, the boat was already waiting there. Without saying a word, he took a few confidants onto the sailboat and personally rushed to the Nanyang Navy's garrison station of Fujian to report the news.

After a day of rushing, he finally arrived at the Nanyang Navy headquarters. As a result, he was shocked. Most of the Nanyang Navy's troops actually drove to Dongdaying, leaving hundreds of people to guard the station, and even the Dafu ship was not left. How could he attack Relanzha City?

Xu Tianqi was anxious. He borrowed twenty skilled sailors from the guerrilla general guarding the garrison, and made them take turns to control the sailboats to rush to the Dongdaying.

As long as the sailboat is smooth, the speed is still amazing. Now it is approaching November. The wind is already strong on the sea. In addition, the soldiers who control the oars and sails are experienced, so they actually arrived at Dongdaying in four days and four nights!

I don’t know if Xu Tianqi is lucky or his fate is on the back. At this time, Dongdaying was in a very strict guard. He took out the Jinyiwei Qianhu’s waist card and it was useless. The guards were also the Imperial Guards, and they were also the elite of the First Corps of the Imperial Guards. Any leader who looked at the city gate was a guerrilla general or even a general. In their eyes, Xu Tianqi, the small Jinyiwei Qianhu, was not the fart!

Fortunately, at this time, the Dongdaying not only had elite guards of the imperial guards guarding the city gate, but also the spies of the Jinyiwei patrol everywhere in casual clothes. He was soon recognized by a Jinyiwei Baihu. It was different if he had an acquaintance. The imperial guards guarding the city gate no longer stopped him. The Baihu took him directly to the Jinyiwei Yamen in Dongdaying. At this time, the person who was in charge here was his immediate boss, Wang Zhengnan, the governor of the Jinyiwei!

After listening to his report, Wang Zhengnan led him to the newly built palace in the city without saying a word. Only then did he realize that the emperor was actually in Dongdaying!

This palace was not built by Zhu Cijiu in pursuit of luxury and enjoyment, but for the convenience of travel. He knew that the focus of the Ming Dynasty in the future was on the sea, and he would definitely come to Dongdaying often, and every time he would let Shi Kefa or Huanglong make a lot of trouble for him, so he directly ordered people to build a palace for him in Dongdaying, without requiring much luxury, as long as his entourage could be placed under all his entourage.

Although it is just a palace, Zhu Cijiu's entourage is at least tens of thousands of people per trip, so the scale of this palace is still very large. Wang Zhengnan led Xu Tianqi to make many mistakes and after many guards, it took almost half an hour to arrive at Zhu Cijiu's bedroom.

At this time, Zhu Cijiu was summoning Qin Liangyu, Shi Kefa, Zheng Zhihu, Huang Long and other generals to discuss matters in the side hall. The second batch of fifty super battleships have been built and will be launched in two days. The Dutch in Manila has also fought with the Spaniards, which is temporarily ineffective. Now is a great time to recover the Eastern Band.

Of course, Zhu Cijiu would not rush to run to the East Fan and start working directly. You should know that the Netherlands is now in its heyday and is a well-deserved maritime overlord. Today, the strongest country in the world is not allowed to act recklessly if it wants to go to war with them.

Dongfan is just a small problem. With the current strength of the Ming Dynasty, although it cannot be said that it is easy to fight, it only takes a little time to defeat Dongfan. The key question is how to face the Dutch counterattack after the battle is completed. The current Dutch Navy is really not a joke.

Zhu Cijing summoned a group of generals to come, not only discussing the recapture of the Eastern Ban, but also discussing how to deal with the Dutch garrison in Batavia.

They were discussing the matter in a hurry, but Cao Huachun suddenly came to report: "Report to the Emperor, Wang Zhengnan, the governor of the Jinyiwei, has urgent matters to ask for a visit."

Wang Zhengnan is the leader of the secret spy in the Jinyiwei, and he is responsible for all major matters. He said that if there is an urgent matter, it is absolutely urgent and cannot be more urgent. Zhu Cijiu quickly raised his hands and asked everyone to stop discussing for the time being, and then said aloud: "Let him come in."

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhengnan was not here alone. There was a strong man dressed in a businessman behind him. Who is this?

Of course, Zhu Cijiu didn't need to ask this. As soon as the two of them came in, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Wei Minister Wang Zhengnan, the governor of the Jinyiwei." "Wei Minister Xu Tianqi, a thousand households in the Jinyiwei," "See the Emperor."

Xu Tianqi! He knew that this person was the person in charge of the Dongfan Jinyiwei Spy. He ran over like this. Could something big happened to Dongfan?

Sure enough, Wang Zhengnan said, "Your Majesty, he is the head of the Dongfan Jinyiwei Spy. This time I brought back very important information. I was afraid that the retelling would not be clear, so I brought him here directly. Please forgive me."

Sure enough, something big happened in Dongfan, so why don’t you forgive me or not? Tell me quickly. Zhu Cijiong said anxiously: “I forgive you for not guilty. What happened to Dongfan? Tell me quickly!”

After hearing this, Xu Tianqi quickly replied: "Your Majesty, I have received a secret report from the insider He Bin..."
Chapter completed!