A year and a half ago, Anthony van Diemen had a bad feeling in his heart as the governor of the East India Company as the governor of the East India Company, after receiving news from the Governor of Formosa, Paul Duradinius, that the Zheng Group had intensified their immigration efforts in the western plains of Formosa.

In particular, in the following period, Paul constantly reported to Batavia that the Zheng group was in the western part of Formosa, and the land was being cultivated, villages were built, and even towns were being built, and Antony's mind was inevitably overshadowed by the clouds of disaster.

Everyone can easily judge how huge the Zheng Group's investment in Formosa is, and such an investment proves that the Zheng Group values Formosa, which is exactly what the Dutch do not want to see, and do not allow it.

Formosa was of great economic and strategic importance to them, but to Anthony's disgust, the company's most effective military tactics against the indigenous people of the East in the past did not bring the Zheng group to its knees. Even, the reason why Anthony himself successfully ascended to the governor's throne was because his predecessor suffered repeated defeats in the war against Ming Zheng, which caused the company to suffer huge losses. A few years ago, Zheng Zhilong and the others suddenly shifted their focus to the direction of the mainland, and Anthony laughed several times in his dreams.

Although the failure of his predecessor forced him to accept the restrictions of the treaty signed by the two parties as soon as he took office, he 'obtained' Formosa without spending a single soldier, which in his eyes was the great happiness of the company.

But who knew that Zheng Zhilong's heart was so fickle, such as the development of the focus of strategic policies are all changed as soon as they are said.

In less than two years, the Zheng Group has sent batches of immigrants to Formosa, and the number of Chinese has far exceeded the number of Dutch in Formosa. This not only greatly improved the power of the Zheng Group on the island, but also made the Zheng Group's military strength on the island have undergone a qualitative change due to the establishment of cities everywhere.

Even if it was a very small city, even if it was a city in the backward era of cold weapons, it still called Paul Alexander, which made Anthony always worried and uneasy.

He was really afraid that when he woke up, he would hear the bad news that Formosa had been occupied by the Zheng group.

Now Paul has the latest news, very bad news, Zheng Zhilong is finally going to stretch out his greedy hand to Formosa, they actually exchange the interests of the Annantes, as well as the interests they snatched from themselves, for Formosa, which is wishful thinking.

"War, war. We have to make Zheng Zhilong understand how good we are. There is no reason to talk to these savage yellow-skinned monkeys. Navy Commander Putmans roared.

The former commander, Lang Bi or Rigo, had been recalled to the Netherlands along with the former governor because of repeated defeats, and Putmans was his successor. Just like Anthony.

But unlike Governor Anthony's hope for a "blandness", Putmans was a radical. On weekdays, I often talk about revenge, but now that I have the opportunity, I won't let go.

Anthony glanced at him and did not speak, in Batavia, it was the civil servants who really spoke.

Whether it's the navy or the army, they exist to protect the interests of the company. And not the other way around, sacrificing the interests of the company in pursuit of their glory.

Have you ever heard of a company's security minister in the world who is the boss of the company's decision-making level?

"We must increase our troops against Formosa, and we must have the determination to defend our interests with force." An old man with gray hair said that this was a very important figure in the Batavian Council, and Putmans immediately shut his mouth. But sending more troops to Formosa doesn't mean that there must be a war with Zheng Zhilong. Even if we have the confidence to defeat Zheng Zhilong. "Although the Dutch fleet was defeated again and again, it was all defeated by Zheng Zhilong's intrigues, not the frontal battle of the two fleets.

This has become the cornerstone of the Dutchman's confidence in victory.

"I think when Zheng Zhilong sees our determination to defend Formosa, he will choose peace." In a few years, Zheng Zhilong's strength has increased a lot, and Batavia's strength has also recovered a lot.

Putmans shook his head a little dissatisfied, although this was good, but in the end it still revealed a decadent idea that he could not start a war without starting a war with Zheng Zhilong. This made him very dissatisfied.

But this is the East India Company, and everything is based on profit.

A group of businessmen who can be abandoned for the sake of profit and dignity will not have the sense of honor that only a soldier can have.

Putmans should have taken this seriously when he made the decision to jump out of the army and join the East India Company.

If so, when Zheng Zhilong arrived in Anping by boat, the Dutch fleet in Batavia was also dispatched. Fifteen ships, nine more real warships, one communications ship, and the rest are armed merchant ships. It was loaded with 2,000 sailors and 1,000 army men.

Putmans stood at the bow of the flagship, and he had an unstoppable arrogance.

As a professional soldier, he was ashamed of several defeats of the Dutch fleet in the battle against Ming Zheng.

It is a real shame that Lang Bi is Ricco did not exert the power of the Galen ship at all, and was defeated by Zheng Zhilong's intrigues.

And just as the Dutch ships set sail, an inconspicuous junk ship quietly made its way out of the port of Batavia.

This is a ship with a very innocent origin, and the identity of the owner is very simple, he is a native of Luzon, and no one will associate it with the Zheng family, but in fact it is a reconnaissance ship sent by the Zheng group.

Zheng Hongkui sent more than one reconnaissance ship to Batavia, but one every three days.

Therefore, the captain in his early thirties looked at the Dutch fleet, which had left him far behind, and did not panic at all.

The order he received was not to inform Anping of the news before the red-haired ghost arrived at the big man, and the red-haired plywood boat was not comparable to the No. 4 lucky boat under his feet when it was downwind.

However, the captain still showed a trace of worry on his face, the red-haired ghosts worked so hard this time, coupled with the military strength they arranged in the big man himself, it was not a good meal.

There is no lack of confidence in victory, and this is the attitude of many people in the Zheng group towards the Dutch.

Zheng Zhilong led them to defeat the Dutch many times, so what kind of trick did they use, they didn't have fear of the Dutch in their hearts. But many people know that although Zheng Zhilong has defeated the Dutch many times, he did not fight with hard power. Several examples of battles are very irreproducible, which makes them can't help but be apprehensive again.

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Anping Port, the backbone of the Zheng Group gathered together, and the warships also kept gathering in Anping, obviously the Zheng family and the Dutch had not officially started fighting, but the news had been spread in Fujian first.

So much so that before Zheng Zhilong returned to Anping, he first went to Fuzhou to meet with Governor Zhang Kentang.

"Heyi wants to secretly communicate with Jianyu?" Zhang Kentang's face changed greatly when he was shocked by the reason Zheng Zhilong said.

Is this really fake?