Schwila knew that the light ironclad ships of the Ming Navy were amazingly fast, and no matter what sailboats, oarboats, and sailing boats, they would definitely not be able to escape the encirclement and interception of the light ironclad ships.

However, Zhang Bin ordered Yu Chenglong to let go of the first few clippers!

What does this Royal Highness mean?

In case the pirate leader Andaman runs away, wouldn't this encirclement and suppression lose its meaning, that guy has a close relationship with the Dutch, if he is allowed to run, with the support of the Dutch, he will be able to pull such a large team in less than three years!

Why did Zhang Bin let go of those clippers?

The reason why he let go of the first few clippers was naturally his intentions, and he said lightly: "Those few clippers can also carry dozens of people, and it's okay to let them run, in the future, the Ming Navy will regularly inspect this waterway, and those few broken ships can't set off any wind and waves." ”

When Schvera heard this, he was still confused, just because these clippers couldn't make any waves, should they be let go?

It seems that it is not very difficult to block those clippers, at most it will take a little more time, what does His Royal Highness the Duke mean?

He didn't dare to ask anymore, because Zhang Bin had already answered, and if he asked again, it was estimated that His Royal Highness the Duke would be angry, and he didn't dare to provoke this powerful man.

They chatted for a while, Yu Chenglong also received an order in front, although he didn't know what Zhang Bin meant, but he didn't hesitate, just right, the sailboats in front of them had to take some effort to catch up, if they just cleaned up the sailboats behind them that couldn't run without strong winds, it would be much simpler, he directly ordered all the light ironclad ships to encircle, and soon, more than two hundred pirate ships of various types that escaped were either sunk or blocked, and only a few clippers escaped from the encirclement.

The battle ended in less than an hour, and the Ming navy wiped out several bands of pirates raging in the waters of Donghu and the Bay of Bengal in one fell swoop, and the shipping route from Malacca to Ceylon was safe for the time being.

Zhang Bin did not rush to Ceylon, but ordered the entire fleet to enter the pirate's lair to rest, and at the same time asked Zheng Zhilong and Yu Chenglong to count the results.

In fact, there were no casualties in this battle, but a few Weiyuan battleships were bombarded by the Dutch cannon shelled a few holes, and they could be repaired a little, and they had no impact at all.

These pirates suffered heavy losses, almost all of their pirate ships were captured, and the pirates and their families were even more captured by 20,000 or 30,000, as for the casualties, the shells were basically killed on the spot, and almost none were able to be injured but not killed.

It just so happens that the labor continues to work on the side of Newport City at this time, and it is a good labor for these pirate captives to be sent over, and as for their families, they can't do any work, so they will always cook, wash clothes, clean up, etc., and it will save a lot of trouble to send them over.

After this delay, a day had passed, and Zhang Bin simply ordered the fleet to rest in the pirate's lair for a night, and only the next morning to continue its march to the northeast, along the coastline, along the normal shipping lane, in the direction of Ceylon.

At this time, in the temporary headquarters of the Dutch East India Company in Colombo, the new Governor Spex, was anxiously pacing back and forth in his office.

In fact, he cannot be regarded as the new governor of the East India Company, because he was the governor of the East India Company at the beginning of Chongzhen, but unfortunately, he carelessly lost Formosa for a while, so he was directly removed by the parliament and the Elders, who really controlled the power of the East India Company, and replaced by Admiral Brower.

He can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, because Brower is worse than him, this guy was beaten by the southeastern governor of the Ming Empire at the beginning, and in the end he not only lost the headquarters of the East India Company, Batavia, but even the fleet of the Dutch Navy in the Far East was completely wiped out by the Ming Navy!

This is not the worst, the worst thing is that after they were captured, they were not only captured by the Ming Empire to work as coolies, but also sold by the Ming Empire to Spain, the number one enemy of the Netherlands, in order to redeem these prisoners, the East India Company also paid a huge price, thinking of the skinny and frightened look of Brauer, Hackerman and Van Dimen when they were redeemed, Sparks shuddered.

He was so lucky, if he hadn't been removed, it is estimated that he would have been captured by the Ming Empire, and it was precisely because he escaped this catastrophe that he was taken by the council and the elders' house again.

No way, no one knows the Far East better than him, although Batavia is lost, but the business of the Far East cannot be lost, so he became the governor of the East India Company again, and led the army to seize Ceylon, Malabar and Maldives from the Portuguese, so that the East India Company can regain a foothold in the Far East.

As a result, he was highly regarded by the council and the House of Elders and was re-elected.

However, his good fortune seemed to be coming to an end at this point, as the Ming navy had already moved south from Formosa, all the way through Manila and Batavia, to the Strait of Malacca.

He knew that the target of the Ming Empire's navy must be Colombo, and it must be their East India Company, because the Ming Empire seems to have some cooperation with Spain and Portugal in recent years, but they are the Netherlands, and the Ming Empire has not paid attention to it at all.

They are in Formosa, Batavia, and even the southeast coast of the Ming Empire, and they have fought several battles with the Ming Empire, it can be said that they are on the same footing, and the Ming Empire's navy does not come to Colombo to clean up who they pack, will they go to fight the Portuguese in Goa, it is almost impossible, even if they go to Goa, they will have to pass through Ceylon!

He had already ordered people to pack all the important goods and documents, as well as all the gold and silver he had earned in the past few months, and he had even thought about where to hide from the navy of the Ming Empire.

However, he was still hesitating whether to run or not, and if he ran away, would the council and the elders' house spare him?

The problem, if you don't run, the consequences seem to be more serious, if you are surrounded by the navy of the Ming Empire, not only will the goods, documents, and property all be gone, but the battleships and people will also become prisoners of the Ming Empire, Colombo's defense can't catch up with Batavia, and the super battleships in his hands are less than thirty, this strength is not the opponent of the Ming Empire's navy at all, Brauer has already tried it in Batavia a few years ago, and he doesn't want to try again.

The only thing he is looking forward to now is that the Ming Imperial Navy will not all attack, for this reason, he specially sent dozens of cannons to the pirates, if the Ming Imperial Navy did not attack all, then, it is very likely that it will take a little effort to take down the nest of those pirates, even if the Ming Imperial Navy all attack, the pirates will definitely be able to escape a part.

He was now waiting for the results of the pirate's lair, and he had even sent several clippers to monitor the pirate's lair, and once the results came out, he would make a decision based on the specific situation.

If the Ming Imperial Navy dispatched less than fifty super battleships, he would risk defending it, and if the Ming Imperial Navy dispatched more than fifty super battleships, then he would run away!