Chapter 119: The Battle of the South Seas

Thirteen years of Zhaowu.

Countless sails covered the sea, and the roar of artillery came and went.

The ships of both sides are intertwined, not distinguishing each other.

The ships dragged a little behind, but there were triple layers of artillery. One or two hundred cannons to deter the sea.

Zheng Chenggong stood on the bow of the ship, raised the clairvoyant mirror, and swept his gaze across the entire battlefield.

At this moment, Zheng Chenggong has matured a lot.

After the Northern Expedition, in the past few years, Zhang Xuan kept his promise, except for sending a partial division to recover the Yongli Division, there was no major war.

The only one who can be called a big war is Yuan Shizhong's defeat of Wu Sangui.

It can't even be said that it was broken, and after Shunzhi turned to Mobei, intending to ease relations with the Xia Dynasty, Wu Sangui lost the support of the grassland, and naturally did not stick to Lanzhou.

Perhaps it was because he had become accustomed to running away, and he took tens of thousands of horses and horses to the Western Regions.

Yuan Shizhong mobilized 100,000 horses and horses, and only fought two battles.

Now this battle is not the initiative of the imperial court to fight.

It's because money touches people's hearts.

In order to alleviate the huge debts, Zhang Xuan vigorously developed maritime trade, and for a time the merchant ships in the South China Sea were continuous, and at the same time, large quantities of gold and silver flowed into China from the West.

So much so that by the eleventh year of Zhaowu, the huge debt of 30 million yuan had been paid off. While repaying debts, it also supported the water control project, as well as the war in the southwest and northwest.

Among them, there are many victories and defeats in the north, except for the two Huai, the imperial court can more or less collect a lot of taxes, and there is no need to throw money into it.

Besides. It's a lot of overseas silver income.

With Zhang Xuan's support, cloth, porcelain, ironware, artillery, sugar, silk, and other bulk goods were continuously transported from the south to Marani, Malacca, and even India. Trade with Westerners.

Especially the Zheng family's fleet.

In places like the East China Sea and the South China Sea, the imperial court must also be taken into account. But when the sea is competing with Westerners for interests, the appearance is not better than that of Westerners, and it is even more arrogant.

Westerners regard the Easterners as barbarians, while many of the Zheng family have retired from the army, and some even have low-level titles on their bodies.

Also look down on Westerners.

As a result, overseas control, trade disputes, and diplomatic differences, during the Northern Expedition, the Dutch wanted to take advantage of the fire, and many people have not forgotten it.

The two sides have come to this point step by step.

So in the twelfth year of Zhaowu, the negotiations between the two sides officially broke down.

And so there was this war.

Zhang Xuan ordered the establishment of the Nanyang Governor's Palace, and Zheng Chenggong was the king of Liao and the privy envoy. The identity of the governor of Nanyang, the prime minister of all affairs in Nanyang, is war or peace, and can be cut first and then played.

Zhou Fuchen also served as Zheng Chenggong's deputy, and went south with Zheng Chenggong.

Zhang Xuan also took the opportunity to transfer Zheng Chenggong back from Liaodong.

After all, Liaodong Korea has been in the hands of Zheng Chenggong for too long. So much so that there is about to be divided.

Zheng Chenggong did a good job in Liaodong, and with the détente between the two sides, the Donglu withdrew from Shenyang, but north of Shenyang, it was still under the control of the Dongyu, and even the Dongyu was still north of Shenyang, and the Jilin General's Mansion was established. Confront Zheng Chenggong.

Liaodong, no, the entire line of the Great Wall, there is not much war. Zheng Chenggong is from the south, he grew up by the sea since he was a child, and his interest in the sea is far better than that of the north.

I gladly obeyed this order.

So in the twelfth year of Zhaowu, Zheng Chenggong swore in Quanzhou, bringing the main forces of Fujian Navy, Zhejiang Navy, Guangdong Navy, and East China Sea Division, totaling more than 100,000, and went south. 、

Attack Luzon first, besiege Marani.

The Dutch East India Company and the Eastern branches of other Western countries reached an agreement that no matter anything in the West, the Xia Army's naval division would be defeated first, so that the Xia Army could formalize their naval strength before they could negotiate.

They were all fed up with the active position occupied by the Xia army in the East-West trade.

After all, in order to fill the hole, Zhang Xuan raised taxes in other aspects, which was a little unbearable, so he increased taxes at the customs, but there was no softness.

This is also one of the reasons why these Westerners who are not in harmony with each other unite in their hearts.

In their words, it's a money grab.

Around the Marani fought a series of naval battles, land battles. Finally, in the spring of the thirteenth year of Zhaowu, the city of Manila was breached. The Spaniards surrendered and negotiated with Bactria alone to withdraw from the war.

Immediately, the Portuguese also negotiated with Bactria through Macao, not wanting to continue fighting.

At this time, there were many people in the imperial court who ended the war here, but Zheng Chenggong vetoed it, so there was such a battle.

Off the coast of Batavia, the Bactrian sailors fought a decisive battle with the Dutch fleet.

It can be said that it has to be said that as the largest partner of Daxia in trade. On top of the East-West trade, the Dutch also benefited the most.

If Marani after the war, Bactria peace talks.

The interests of the Dutch can be guaranteed, and the Spaniards are also kicked out of the circle by the hand of Great Xia. It's just that Zheng Chenggong tried his best to drive the Dutch out of Southeast Asia.

But the Dutch could never agree.

It's just that in the face of Zheng Chenggong's offensive, they still can't resist.

However, after a while, the situation of the naval battle was obvious, the Xia army was pressed down in one fell swoop, and the Dutch began to withdraw from the war one after another.

"Report." A person knelt in front of Zheng Chenggong and said, "Lord Wang, General Zhou has landed, and his troops are besieging Batavia in two ways. ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "Okay. Passing on this news is letting Liu Guoxuan and Zhou Quanbin know, Zhou Fuchen

They all ran ahead of them. ”

"Yes."

I don't know that the danger in Batavia has already spread. It was Zheng Chenggong who used Zhou Fuchen to motivate Zhou Quanbin and Liu Guoxuan very effectively.

After all, in the composition of the entire water division, half of the Zheng family's descendants stood up, and the other half was naturally Zhang Xuan's descendants.

Among them, the representative of Zhang Xuan's line is Zhou Fuchen.

Although Zheng Chenggong could not suppress Zhou Fuchen too obviously, Zhou Fuchen's subordinates have always been placed in a secondary direction, which has caused the current situation, that is, Zhou Fuchen only has hard work and no credit.

This time, Zhou Fuchen rushed in front of them.

Naturally, they were very angry.

Before dark, the sea was empty, and Zheng Chenggong led countless people to land on the island of Java.

Zhou Fuchen, Zhou Quanbin, Liu Guoxuan and others all came to greet Zheng Chenggong.

After Zheng Chenggong pacified the soldiers, he set his sights on Batavia. Batavia is no worse than Marani in its sturdiness. The siege of Malani lasted for more than three months, and then the city of Malani was captured.

The Dutch sent emissaries to negotiate with Zheng Chenggong.

As long as Batavia can be preserved, any conditions can be agreed.

Because Batavia was so important to the Dutch, without Batavia there would be no East India Company. Therefore, even if the Dutch emptied the entire East India Company, they even drained the forces of India.

They are still reluctant to give up.

It's just that Zheng Chenggong didn't give them any illusions. Just one word, surrender or surrender. Or die in battle.

Without waiting for a reply from the Dutch, the army pressed on it, unloaded nearly a hundred cannons from the ship, and bombarded Batavia. This time, Xia Jun was more experienced than the last time, but in half a month, he used a lot of methods to finally blast Batavia through the gaps.

The Dutch garrison in the Far East numbered no more than a few thousand.

Even if you pull in the Dutch strong men, plus some local natives, there are only more than 10,000 people.

How can such a force withstand the pressure of a hundred thousand troops.

Distance is the biggest advantage of Great Xia, the ability to project troops brought by distance, as well as the ability to supply logistics, is far from being comparable to the Dutch, after all, from the twelfth year of Zhaowu to the thirteenth year of Zhaowu, because of the escape from the storm, and other reasons, the two sides have been fighting and stopping, even so, the first support army sent by the Dutch from the mainland has not yet reached India, let alone Batavia.

How does this make the Dutch fight?

After the destruction of the city of Batavia, the Dutch finally surrendered.

After Zheng Chenggong took over Batavia, he officially established the Nanyang Governor's Mansion here. This good news was also sent to Nanjing by clipper. However, by the time they arrived in Nanjing, the thirteenth year of Zhaowu was coming to an end.