In Batavia, at the port wharf, a convoy of merchant ships laden with goods slowly moved away, and dozens of coolies carrying goods gradually dispersed, running to the vicinity of the dock, looking for a shady place to rest.

Zhao Xing took the lead to come to a big tree not far from the wharf, sat down with his back against the trunk, stared at the direction of the wharf intentionally or unintentionally, as if he was resting, more than a dozen special combat team members followed him to the big tree, sat around the grass and chatted, everything seemed so normal, as if they were real coolies.

They had been in Batavia for nearly three months, and they had been loading and unloading cargo at the wharf every day, and they had become quite diligent in the wharf, and they had become a little famous in the wharf, and even the merchant ships of the Dutch East India Company often hired them to work.

It's early May at this time, why haven't the reinforcements of the East India Company arrived yet, Zhao Xing stared at the dock for a while, a wave of fatigue hit, and he shouted at the lean squad leader next to him: "Thin man, you look at it carefully, if something calls me, I'll lie down for a while." ”

With that, he went to the grass next to him, found a bare tree root to make a pillow, and then closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Not long after, a sailboat suddenly approached from a distance, and quickly approached the dock, and before the boat could stop, a Dutch soldier jumped down from the side of the ship and ran towards the city of Batavia, which was not far away.

It seems that there is a situation, the lean squad leader stood up and looked carefully at the sea in the distance, and did not find any ships, he thought about it, but still did not wake up Zhao Xing, who had just started snoring, after all, a Dutch sentinel ship came back at this time, and there was nothing else, so Zhao Xing could only look at the sentinel ship when he got up, which was completely unnecessary.

However, not long after the Dutch soldier ran into the city, there was a sound of neat footsteps at the gate facing the port, and the lean squad leader looked back and saw that Speike, the governor of Batavia, and Brock, the chief commercial representative of the East India Company, had arrived.

One of them rode a short-legged pony dressed in flowers, and hurried towards the dock under the escort of two teams of guards.

He didn't dare to delay now, he hurriedly bent down and ran to Zhao Xing's side, shook Zhao Xing's arm, and called in a low voice: "Zhao Tou, Zhao Tou, there is a situation." ”

Zhao Xing opened his eyes in a daze, sat up with a swish, looked at the port curiously, and then asked, "What's wrong, what's the situation?" ”

The lean squad leader pointed behind him and reminded, "Their Governor and Chief Commercial Representative are here. ”

When Zhao Xing heard this, he quickly looked back, and sure enough, Spex and Brock were here, and they also brought hundreds of guards, obviously coming to the dock to greet some big man, I'm afraid that the reinforcements from the Dutch have arrived!

He hurriedly stood up and looked at the sea, lying down, a black spot had appeared on the sea in front of the harbor at this moment, and there were at least dozens of warships!

Now it's troublesome, if the Dutch sent all super battleships, I'm afraid that the Fujian Navy Division and the Guangdong Navy Division will not be able to do it combined.

He stared at the black spots on the sea, his eyes showing anxiety, but unfortunately, in order to pretend to be a coolie, he wore an open-chested undershirt, and he couldn't wear glasses at all, and only when the Dutch warships approached the dock could he see what kind of warships the Dutch had sent to support.

At this moment, Spex had already led the escort to the dock, he turned over and jumped off the bantam, walked to the front of the dock, looked at the dense black spots on the sea, there was no excitement on his face, the local reinforcements had finally arrived, and he, the governor, was afraid that he would do it too.

The fleet slowly approached the port wharf, and the huge battleships slowly showed their grandeur, in front of them were more than ten super battleships, but behind were more than fifty armed merchant ships, Zhao Xing sighed, carefully counted the number of super battleships and armed merchant ships, and then ordered: "Thin man, quickly send someone to inform the fat man, let him immediately go to Bangka Island to report the news, the enemy's reinforcements are coming, it is ten super battleships, more than fifty armed merchant ships." ”

At this time, his ten squads are evenly distributed in the five outposts of Batavia, Bangka Island, Kalimantan Island, Manila, and Hainan Island, each of which is two squads and two wheels.

Here, not long after the special operators who reported the news ran out, over there, ten super battleships were already approaching the dock.

Soon, one of the first super battleships approached the dock, and the large wooden ladder was lowered, and then a group of soldiers ran down from the ladder and lined up in a neat line on both sides of the ladder.

Spex glanced at Brock with a complicated expression, and sighed: "Let's go, go and see, who is coming." ”

With that, he took the lead in the direction of the suspension ladder, and Brock hurriedly followed.

At this time, three generals wearing Dutch naval uniforms walked down the ladder, and the first one was Dutch Admiral Hendrik. Brower, and behind him was Vice Admiral Anthony Brown. Van Dimen and Ellis. Heckman.

The Dutch sent three senior admirals at one time, which shows how much they attach importance to the Ming Empire, and this time, they are afraid that they are really going to fight with the Ming Dynasty.

Spex calmed down at this moment, he walked up and stretched out his hand enthusiastically: "Your Excellency General, I haven't seen you for a long time, this journey is okay." ”

Brower stretched out his hand and shook him gently, then took out an official document, handed it over, and said solemnly: "Your Excellency the Governor, I have come to take over the affairs of the Far East by order of the Council of the Republic of the United Provinces and the Board of Directors of the East India Company. ”

Spex glanced down at the official document, and then said with relief: "Okay, I will be relieved to have His Excellency the Admiral to deal with the problems of the Ming Empire, or we will go to the Governor's Mansion to handle the handover procedures now." ”

Seeing that Speix was so crisp, Brower loosened his face and smiled: "Your Excellency, don't you have to be in such a hurry. ”

"Hypocrite." Spex scolded secretly in his heart, but on the surface, he pretended to be ashamed and said: "Alas, the trade routes of Dongying, Dongfan and the Ming Empire have been cut off one after another, I am ashamed of this governor's position, I just want to unload this burden quickly, Your Excellency the Admiral, let's talk while walking." ”

With that, he made a gesture of please, and immediately took the lead in the direction of Batavia City, without even riding his horse.

Brock shook his head, followed and patted Brock on the shoulder, and smiled, "Brock, my old friend, are you okay?" ”

He was not only an admiral, but also an explorer, and it was not the first time he had come to the Far East, as early as 1606, before the headquarters of the East India Company moved to Batavia, he led a fleet to the East Indies, and later, he also improved the route from Europe to the East Indies according to the monsoon and ocean currents, so that the original voyage time from Europe to the Far East was reduced from one year to about half a year, and at this time, all Dutch ships from the European continent to the Far East traveled the Brauer route named after him.

Later, he also accompanied Brock to Siam, Dongying, Dongfan, Daming coastal and other places, and was quite familiar with the Far East, and his relationship with Brock was also quite good.

Brock glanced at Spex in front of him embarrassedly, and saw that he didn't react, so he whispered to Brower about the old days, and the group walked slowly towards the governor's mansion in the city, Zhao Xing looked at their backs, his face was very solemn, the governor really guessed correctly, this time they sent an insider, and they actually sent three generals at a time, who are they?

That night, the moonlight was like water, the cool sea breeze was blowing around with a faint humidity, the temperature was no longer as hot as during the day, and he was falling asleep, but it was almost time, Zhao Xing hadn't slept yet, he was sitting alone in the rented yard, holding a rotten pu fan and fanning it gently, as if he was enjoying the coolness, but his eyes were always staring at the direction of the courtyard gate.

Their rental accommodation was in a small fishing village less than ten miles from Batavia, where there was a dilapidated fishing port where wheels could be parked.

He seems to be waiting for someone at this moment, it's so late, will anyone still come to him?

Just when he was dazed and his eyelids were fighting, there was a sudden sound of "twitter" not far away, as if there were rats fighting.

Actually, no, this is a code signal from the elite of the special operations battalion on duty in the shadows, informing him that someone is coming.

Zhao Xing immediately stood up with a swish, walked to the gate of the courtyard, and looked out, sure enough, after a while, there was a night walker dressed in black who flashed in the night and quickly swept towards him.

As soon as the man in black swept into the courtyard, Zhao Xing immediately closed the door, and the two of them did not make a sound, but walked towards the low house with a tacit understanding.

After entering the house, Zhao Xing did not light the lamp, but took advantage of the moonlight to pull the man in black to the dining table and sit down, and then asked in a low voice: "Lao He, who is here today, have you heard?" ”

The person whose name was He Bin, who was originally a general under Zheng Zhilong, and later, like Gan Hui, Hong Xu and others, ran out and did it alone, but he and Zheng Zhilong's other general, Guo Huaiyi, chose the line from Nanyang to Dongfan.

Later, when they heard that Zhang Bin took Zheng Zhilong to destroy Liu Xiangyou and defeated the Dutch, they simply took hundreds of his men to take refuge with Zhang Bin and Zheng Zhilong.

However, Zhang Bin did not immediately arrange positions for them, but directly assigned them two teams of elite special operations battalions, and then sent them to Batavia, because they knew Dutch like Zheng Zhilong, and Zhang Bin sent them over just to let them break into the Dutch to spy on the news.

At this time, both of them became the Dutchman's generalists, that is, the translators that later generations would say, and they could still find out the general news.

As soon as Zhao Xing spoke, He Bin immediately said solemnly: "I have inquired clearly, it is Dutch Admiral Hendrick. Brower, and Vice Admiral Anthony. Van Dimen and Ellis. Heckman. These three people are not simple, especially this Brower, not only has rich combat experience, but also spent more than ten years in Nanyang, Dongfan, and Dongying during the Wanli period, and is quite familiar with this side. ”

Zhao Xing also said with a solemn expression: "Your Excellency the Governor really guessed correctly, the Dutch really sent an expert over, I'm afraid it will be troublesome this time." ”

Zhang Bin is really a little troublesome this time, this Brower is not a layman like Spex, who has no experience in naval warfare, he has quite a lot of experience in naval warfare.

Early the next morning, the Dutch warships and armed merchant ships in the port of Batavia began to assemble, and before the hour was reached, more than 40 super battleships and more than 80 armed merchant ships were assembled on the sea outside the port.

Zhao Xing couldn't help but be startled when he saw this scene, this guy, he won't be so anxious, he just arrived in the afternoon the first day, and he led the army to set off the next day, and he didn't have to be in such a hurry to reincarnate!

Soon after the hour, Admiral Brower came to the dock with two vice admirals, and at this time there were already a bunch of Dutch admirals standing on the wharf, and he didn't know what he was talking about.

Immediately after that, all the super-battleships and armed merchant ships assembled in the port of Batavia began to turn around, and it was not long before the entire fleet left the harbor and slowly headed north.

Zhao Xing hurriedly said to the lean squad leader behind him: "Thin man, quickly take someone to Bangka Island to report that the enemy has set off, with a total of forty-three super battleships and eighty-two armed merchant ships." ”

When the lean squad leader heard this, he hurriedly led his subordinates to the small fishing port where the wheels were parked.

However, an embarrassing thing happened, the Dutch fleet sailed out not far away, and before it turned into a small black dot, it no longer headed north, but dispersed, constantly swimming back and forth on the sea, and there was no intention of running to attack Da Ming at all!

When Zhao Xing saw this scene, he didn't spurt out a mouthful of blood at the wrong point, and he was embarrassed, he actually passed on a false information!

Obviously, people are really practicing, and they are not attacking Daming at all.

However, a false intelligence does not matter much, because there are four other sentry points along the route from Batavia to Daming, and he said here that the people have already set off, and the fact that the sentry points along the way have not found any traces of the people proves that the enemy has not rushed to the Daming Sea.

Moreover, Batavia is not very far from Bangka Island, and it can be a round trip in a day, and it is enough to send someone to report it tomorrow, and the impact is not very great, at most it will scare the Governor into a false alarm.

At this time, Brower was indeed practicing, he was not a layman like Spex, as soon as he gathered here, he immediately rushed over to start a war with the Ming Empire, there was something wrong with it, how could he fight like that, at least gather all the warships together to practice, so that all the warships could act according to their own orders and cooperate closely.

I can't do this at the most basic level, so I ran to fight with someone, that is to find death, fortunately, the warships of the Ming Empire are quite backward, otherwise, I am afraid that the entire Far East Fleet will be buried by Spex.

He had already learned in detail about the last battle with the Ming Empire yesterday, and he found that it was not called a battle at all, but a run to deliver food to people!

Judging from what I learned, the Ming Empire was not called a navy at all, and there were not even warships, at best, it was a bunch of armed merchant ships, and the best warships of the Ming Empire were not as well equipped as the armed merchant ships of the East India Company.

It stands to reason that the East India Company's Far East Fleet could completely wipe out all the armed merchant ships under the Ming Empire's southeastern governor with a single blow, and take back the castle of Geranza, but Spex made too many mistakes, and his naval knowledge was inferior to even the lowest second lieutenant.

He was also afraid that people would set fire to the ship, he had no idea what that idiot of Spex was afraid of, was the battleship so easy to burn!