On September 29, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Tainan Dayuan, a Dutchman, was in the city of Gerancha.

The newly appointed fifth commander of the Dutch East India Company, Johann van der Bolger, tore apart the intelligence documents on his desk.

"Rubbish, it's all rubbish!"

The 43-year-old has natural red curly hair, a wide-brimmed hat and a European-style robe with a white lace scarf.

It's just that at this time, his thin face was full of anger, and his long nose trembled slightly from excitement.

"You are committing a crime, this is irresponsible to the company, why do you have to tell me through someone else that the Luzon and the Zheng family have reached an agreement?"

Bolger shook the scrap of paper in his hand and snarled at a red-haired white man in his ornate chief's office.

"Also, what does the Zheng family's covenant mean by the promise to cede all the Zheng family's interests on the island of Taiwan to Luzon?"

"Your Excellency, this means that the Han villages and ports that the Zheng family originally controlled will be taken over by the Luzon."

The red-haired man who was scolded explained in a whisper.

"Bastard, do you think I can't punish you?" This sentence made Bolger even more furious, "Formosa is now the property of the company, what right does the Zheng family have to cede it to the Luzonians." ”

Burg and the red-haired man were not the only ones in the governor's office in Geranza, but on the side of the door sat five whites dressed in different costumes.

The man in the center, dressed in a black and white-trimmed priest's robe, was none other than the Protestant missionary Jurob, the number two of Geranza's man.

To his left and right were the Dutch East India Company's members of the Great Council in Taiwan, Deputy Governor John Ha, the highest-ranking military officer Dabal, and two high-ranking merchants, Cliff and Levi.

Seeing that Bolge was a little too excited, Yu Rob gently persuaded: "Gao De, Your Excellency, now that the wood is in the boat, anger alone is no longer helpful, you should learn to restrain your emotions." ”

"I'm sorry, I'm being rude," Jurob began, and Bolger had to rein in his head.

He looked at several Dutch decision-makers in Taiwan in the room with a straight face, "Everyone get ready, since the Luzon people specifically asked the Zheng family for the land on Formosa, then there will definitely be a conflict with us, it's just a matter of time ......."

"Knock knock", an eager knock on the door interrupted him.

A red-haired white boy who was also dressed in a priest's robe, but with a somewhat green face, ran in in a panic.

"Elder, Captain Bolger, the Luzon fleet has arrived."

"What?"

Bolger looked shocked and pushed away the subordinates he had reprimanded earlier, and ran to the window in front of the office in two steps.

The Dutch cities of Geranza and Chichi, built near Tainan, had a winding coast that was easy to defend.

The city of Geranza and the city of Chichicheng face each other across the sea from an inner harbor called Taijiang, and they are horns of each other.

The city is located in the southwest of the Taijiang River, and the sea is seen to the west.

At this moment, Berg opened the window and saw a fleet of twenty warships, large and small, coming from the northwest sea towards the city of Geranza.

"Ring the bell, all on guard!"

Bolger only glanced at it, and immediately shouted downstairs.

He then turned back to the room, and looked at Yurob and Harjohn and the others with an angry expression, "The Luzon people have come with a huge fleet, and I said that they will not give up. ”

Several members of the Taiwanese parliament in the room also rushed to the window to observe the movement on the sea, and Ha John asked loudly with a nervous face:

"Sir, what are we going to do? It was heard that the fleet of the Luzon was stronger than all the maritime forces of the company in Southeast Asia. ”

Since the Luzon General's Mansion expelled the Spaniards and opened the port of Qianzhou, the Dutch have not stopped probing Luzon, which is why John Ha is so nervous.

Glancing at Yu Rob, who was constantly drawing crosses on his chest, Bolger regained his composure, "Let's see what the Luzon people have in mind, and then let all the fleets in the harbor set sail and stop them in the open ocean." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

There were 12 warships docked in the harbor of Geranza, but only one of them was capable of reaching the level of a battleship with a displacement of 1,500 tons.

This is the reinforcement that Bolger specially requested from Batavia a few months ago, you know, at the moment the Netherlands has only three such large warships in the whole of Southeast Asia.

Faced with a fleet more than twice the size of their own, the Dutch sailors hurried aboard the ship with fear on their faces, urged by the officers.

On the sea off the coast of Geranza, You Degao, Mao Yuanyi and others were all using binoculars to observe the Dutch's fortifications.

"The Dutch are good at building, and they really live up to their reputation."

Mao Yuanyi sighed and put down the telescope in his hand, if the Ming Dynasty people at this time came to see the castle of the Dutch, I am afraid that they would not be able to understand the mystery.

The entire city of Geranza was also built according to a three-story structure, each with several protrusions, which belonged to an asymmetrical bastion.

If the attacking side does not have strong firepower, it is easy to lose heavy losses under the artillery fire of the defenders.

"The Westerners are indeed extraordinary in the fortress, but my second brother has already made it clear that at present, firearms in the world have not yet been popularized, and the fortress can still be used for a while, once a heavy weapon such as my 6-inch Vulcan cannon is popularized, the fortress will withdraw from the stage of history."

As a descendant, Liu Ximing has a very clear understanding of the positioning of the fortress, and it is precisely because he has developed a high-power artillery, and the fortress cannot be built according to the city, so the Chinese-style city wall is still used in Qianzhou City.

Before the Luzon people had time to sigh, they saw the small fleet of the Dutch also sail out of the port of Taijiang, and both sides came to a cautious halt at a distance of five miles.

After a while, a small boat rowed out of the Dutch fleet, and with You Degao's consent, the forward frigate let it in.

The envoy sent by the Dutch was none other than the Protestant missionary Yu Rob, who had to deal with the Han and Tu people on the island all the year round, and his Chinese was better than that of Bolge and others.

"Your Excellency General, this is our Dutch land, I wonder what you are here for?"

In the captain's room of the Sun Wu, after introducing each other, You Rob asked eagerly.

In fact, at this time, the name of the Netherlands should be the Netherlands, but Liu Ximing still used the Netherlands once in the King James Translation Dictionary for his own convenience.

For this reason, Van Linenberg and other Dutch protested many times, but this protest was meaningless to Liu Ximing.

Hearing the trap in You Robo's words, a smile appeared on You Degao's slender face.

He shook his head, "Mr. Yu Luobo, I want to correct your mistake, Taiwan has been my Chinese land since ancient times, just a few days ago, General Zheng Zhilong, the Fujian general of the Ming Dynasty, has transferred all the ownership of Taiwan to us. ”

"He doesn't have the authority to make such a promise," a flash of anger flashed across Yurob's freckled face.

didn't give You Rob a chance to continue talking, and You Degao's face changed.

"Mr. Jurob, I beg you to convey the words of General Ben to the Dutch in Dayuan Harbor."

"Since September 22, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Taiwan has all belonged to my Luzon, and the forcible occupation of our Chinese land by the people of Eryi is already a heinous crime.

You Degao stood up from his seat and announced to You Luobo word by word: "Half a month, General Ben has given you half a month to evacuate, and you can take away all the property you can take, except for the Han and Taiwanese natives. ”

"In half a month, our army will send a fleet to receive it, and if there is still a Dutch army on the island of Taiwan, our army will attack as an enemy, so don't say it unprepared."

Yurob stood up with a flushed face, "You are banditry, the southern part of Formosa has long been under the rule of our Dutch, and you cannot cede our land in a treaty to which we are not a party. ”

"I repeat, Taiwan has been my Chinese territory since ancient times, you are the real robbers, is it true that when the robbers come to our land, this land belongs to the robbers, what a joke."

"Your Excellency, with all due respect, this means war."

Yu Rob made his last struggle.

You Degao smiled meaningfully, and his gaze at You Rob was full of contempt.

"If you want war, then war."