As mentioned above, Van Diemen had suggested that Bruwan, the governor of Batavia, send the Dutch governor in Formosa, Putmans, to attack the Spaniards in Dongfan.

This is related to the colonial history of Spain, Spain is the earliest colonial country in the world, when they colonized Luzon, the Netherlands was only a province of Spain, and then the Dutch became independent, and the world was everywhere to grab business with Spain, Spain naturally would not give up, so when the Dutch occupied the southern part of the East in the fourth year of the Apocalypse (1624 AD), the Spaniards immediately sent two thousand expeditionary troops to occupy the north of the East on the grounds of maintaining the trade between the Ming Dynasty and Luzon.

In fact, at the beginning, the Spanish in Dongfan were stronger than the Dutch, they not only occupied a large area of land north of Dongfan, but also built the cities of Santo Domingo and San Salvador in Tamsui and chicken coops respectively, preparing to use this as a base to compete with the Dutch for the markets of Daming and Dongying.

However, with the gradual strengthening of the Dutch navy, the Spaniards gradually lost control of the waters of Southeast Asia, coupled with the shameless instigation of the Dutch to plunder the Spanish merchant ships, Spain was completely defeated in this battle, the market in Dongying was completely occupied by the Dutch, and the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty could not reach the chicken coop and fresh water because of the Dutch blockade, and the Spaniards could not even afford to maintain the cost of garrisoning!

In recent years, the Spanish governor of Luzon, Corquean, has begun to transfer the army back to Luzon one after another, and now there are less than 1,000 Spanish soldiers defending the cities of Santo Domingo and San Salvador, and the defense is much weaker, but even the Dutch governor Putmans did not think of the idea of fighting the Spaniards, because he only had more than 2,000 men, and it was impossible to break through the two castles.

This time the governor of Batavia, Bruwen, actually asked him to attack the Spaniards with the pirate Liu Xiangbu, he was helpless, what use could the pirates have, it was okay to rob the Spaniards' merchant ships, and they wanted to attack the chicken coop and fresh water, which was the target of the people at all, you must know that it was a castle, and the castle was still a regular army of Spain, which was stronger than the employees of the East India Company under him, and the pirates' best equipment was just bird guns and earth cannons, and people's howitzers and arquebuses were not of the same grade at all, Even if Liu Xiang had forty or fifty thousand horses under his command, he was not optimistic about this battle.

Putmans also knew that he was jointly and severally responsible for the loss of merchant ships this time, and the position of the governor in Formosa was already in jeopardy, so even if he was not optimistic about this battle, he could only bite the bullet, he gathered nearly half of his men, took the only super battleship and all the armed merchant ships and rushed to the waters near the Ryukyus, leaving only 500 men to garrison the city of Geranza.

Saying that the freshwater and chicken coop are both north of Tofan, and the Ryukyus are east of Toban, why did Putmans run in the direction of Ryukyu, can't he even figure out the direction?

Of course, he won't even be unclear about the direction, the reason why he went to Ryukyu first is because Liu Xiang's pirate group is hidden in the Ryukyu waters, although he doesn't look down on the combat power of others, but it's still good to let them be cannon fodder in front, if they don't rush forward, this Santo Domingo City and San Salvador City are really likely to be captured!

As soon as he set off, He Bin immediately ran to Xu Tianqi's rented compound, he was also a frequent visitor here, and the secret agents of the Jinyi Guard who were guarding outside naturally knew him, and as soon as he heard that he was in a hurry, he immediately ran to Xu Tianqi's residence.

Xu Tianqi was practicing boxing in the patio outside the house at this time, and ordinary people would not dare to disturb him at this time, but He Bin couldn't care about it so much, so he ran directly to him and said, "Lord Xu, please take a break for a while, I have something important to tell you." ”

Xu Tianqi had actually seen him a long time ago, but he had only practiced half of this set of punches, and he really didn't want to stop immediately, he thought that it wouldn't take much time to finish this set of punches, but he didn't expect He Bin to be in a hurry like this, he vaguely felt that he was afraid that something big had happened.

He hurriedly regained his breath and led He Bin to the house, and when He Bin followed up, he immediately closed the door and said solemnly: "Lord He, what can I say now." ”

He Bin was overjoyed, and hurriedly arched his hand: "Lord Xu, good news, great news, Putmans received an order from Bruwen, the governor of Batavia, to lead the army to attack the Spaniards in the north, and the city of Geranza is now guarded by hundreds of people, a golden opportunity!" ”

Xu Tianqi was overjoyed when he heard this, he naturally knew how important this news was, and he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Thank you Lord He for telling such important news, I have to pass this news back immediately, and when I come back, I will invite you to drink and celebrate." ”

After that, he was about to turn around and leave, but He Bin hurriedly took out an envelope from his arms, stopped him and said: "Lord Xu, this is the coastal defense map near the city of Geranza, I have marked a route on it, which can bypass the Dutch battery and land directly near the Luermen, you can pass it back together, so that it will be much easier for my Daming Naval Division to attack the city of Geranza." ”

Xu Tianqi took the envelope and said solemnly: "Don't say more, if you can take the city of Relansha this time, Lord He should take the first credit, I will personally send the map back now, Lord He, please take care of yourself." ”

With that, he opened the door and shouted, "Someone." ”

A bunch of brocade guards spies suddenly appeared outside, he didn't stay, while walking out, while arranging the people left behind, and asked people to immediately prepare the fastest sailboat, and when he hurried to the dock, the boat was already waiting there, he didn't say a word, he directly took a few cronies to board the sailing boat, and personally rushed to the station of the Fujian Nanyang Naval Division to report the news.

After a day of hurriing, he finally came to the Nanyang Naval Division's station, and as a result, he was surprised, most of the men and horses of the Nanyang Naval Division actually drove to the East Battalion, leaving hundreds of people to guard the garrison, not even a Dafu ship left, how to attack the city of Gelanza!

Xu Tianqi was so anxious that he directly borrowed twenty skilled sailors from the guerrilla generals guarding the garrison, and let them work day and night, taking turns to control the sailing boats to rush to the eastern camp.

To say that the speed of this sailing ship is still very amazing, it is now approaching November, the sea is already windy, and the soldiers who control the oars and sails are all experienced, so they actually rushed to the east camp in four days and four nights!

I don't know if Xu Tianqi is fateful or fateful, at this time, the Dongda Battalion is heavily guarded, he took out the waist card of the Jinyi Wei Qianhu is useless, the defenders of the city are also the Praetorian Guards, and they are also the elite of the first legion of the Emperor's pro-army Praetorian Guard, any leader who looks at the city gate is a guerrilla general or even a general of the Praetorian Guard, in their eyes, Xu Tianqi, a little Jinyi Wei Qianhu, is not!

Fortunately, at this time, the East Camp not only had elite guards of the Praetorian Guard guarding the city gates, but also the spies of the Jinyi Guard patrolling around in civilian clothes, and he was quickly recognized by a hundred households of the Jinyi Guard. It's different to have acquaintances, and the Praetorian Guards guarding the city gate no longer stop him, and the hundred households took him directly to the Jinyi Guard Yamen in the East Daying, and the one who was sitting here at this time was actually his top boss Jinyi Wei Zhenfu Wang Zhengnan!

After Wang Zhengnan listened to his report, without saying a word, he directly led him to the newly built palace in the city, and he only knew at this time that the emperor was actually in Dongdaying!

This palace was not built by Zhu Cijiong in pursuit of luxury, but for the convenience of travel, he knew that in the future, the focus of the Ming Dynasty would be on the sea, and he would definitely come to Dongdaying often, and every time he would let his family Shi Kefa or Huanglong make room for him to be troublesome, so he directly ordered someone to build a palace for him in Dongdaying, not requiring much luxury, as long as he could place all his entourage.

Although it is only a palace, Zhu Cijiong has at least tens of thousands of people accompanying him every time he travels, so the scale of this palace is still very large, Wang Zhengnan led Xu Tianqi to turn around, and after heavy guards, it took almost half an hour to come to Zhu Cijiong's dormitory.

At this time, Zhu Cijiong was summoning Qin Liangyu, Shi Kefa, Zheng Zhihu, Huang Long and other generals to discuss in the side hall, the second batch of fifty super battleships has been built, and they will be launched in two days.

Of course, Zhu Cijiong will not rush to Dongfan to go directly to the east, you must know that the Netherlands is now in its heyday, it is a well-deserved maritime hegemon, and the strongest country in the world today cannot act recklessly if you want to go to war with them.

Dongfan is just a small problem, with the current strength of the Ming Dynasty, although it can't be said that it is effortless to blow away, but to defeat Dongfan, it is only a little bit of effort, the key problem is how to face the counterattack of the Dutch after the fight, the current Dutch Navy, that is really not a joke.

Zhu Cijiong summoned a group of generals to come, not only to discuss the matter of recovering Dongfan, but also to discuss how to clean up the Dutch garrison in Batavia.

They were discussing in full swing, but Cao Huachun suddenly came outside to report: "Your Majesty, Jinyi Wei Zhenfu made Wang Zhengnan have an urgent matter to see." ”

Wang Zhengnan is the head of Jinyiwei's secret agents, and he is responsible for all major matters, he said that there is an urgent matter, it is definitely a matter of urgency, and it cannot be urgent, Zhu Cijiong hurriedly raised his hands and asked everyone to stop discussing for the time being, and then said loudly: "Let him come in." ”

I didn't expect that this Wang Zhengnan didn't come alone, and there was a strong man with a scruffy beard and a businessman dressed as a businessman, who is this!

Of course, there is no need for Zhu Cijiong to ask, as soon as the two of them came in, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Weichen Jinyi Wei calmed Wang Zhengnan." "Weichen Jinyi Wei Fourteen Thousand Households Xu Tianqi." "See the Emperor."

Xu Tianqi! He knows that this person is the person in charge of the secret agent of Dongfan Jinyi, and this appearance came over, could it be that something big happened to Dongfan?

Sure enough, Wang Zhengnan opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, he is the person in charge of the secret agent of Dongfan Jinyi Wei, and he brought back very important information this time, and Weichen was afraid that he would not be able to convey it clearly, so he brought him directly over, and asked the emperor to forgive him." ”

Sure enough, something happened to Dongfan, what else is there to forgive the sin or not, hurry up and say, Zhu Cijiong said eagerly: "I forgive you for your innocence, what happened to Dongfan, hurry up!" ”

When Xu Tianqi heard this, he hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, Weichen received a secret report from He Bin ...... insider. ”

There was such a good thing, Zhu Cijiong almost jumped up with joy, this is not only to recover Dongfan, if it is planned properly, it can completely serve the Dutch, Spaniards, and the hateful pirate leader Liu Xiang in Dongfan!