Although he was rescued by his subordinates, Qi Zuguang did not feel much joy. During this landing, he lost 3 of his subordinates, and 2 of them were in a coma.

The brothers of the Four Seas Battalion have lived together for nearly two years on the island of Taiwan, far from the mainland, fighting together against the natural disasters on the island and those headhunters, and their friendship with each other is much closer than that of ordinary soldiers.

Thinking that these brothers did not die on the battlefield, but died because of a whimsical decision, Qi Zuguang felt ashamed, sad, and angry.

After seeing the flagship issue a flag to convene the captains of all ships, Qi Zuguang wanted to follow the captain of the ship to the Mingyuan.

Li Honggui, the commander of the detachment who summoned the captains of the five warships on the nearby sea, saw Qi Zuguang, who was covered in bandages, appear in the war room, and couldn't help glaring at him fiercely.

The already compact war room was quickly filled, and after seeing that all the people who had been summoned had arrived, Li Honggui said to everyone: "This official has summoned you to come over, mainly to inform you that someone went ashore without permission today, and he almost couldn't come back. The officer will report the actions of the person who took the lead in going ashore to Yang Tiansheng, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, and he will decide whether to punish the person or not.

In addition, the natives of Pattani brazenly attacked our Ming Wang Shi and caused casualties to the Wang Shi. What do you think of this kind of lawlessness that must be punished to prevent a similar situation from happening again? ”

Li Honggui's obvious behavior of favoring Qi Zuguang made everyone feel a little surprised. However, these captains who turned from pirates to Ming officers and soldiers obviously did not care about this kind of favoritism.

They were just worried that their ships would not be able to punish the natives on the shore. One of the captains said hesitantly: "Ambassador Su and Yang Zhenshou are now in Siam to negotiate in the royal capital of Siam, and our Grand Fleet is still stationed in Kelantan in the southeast, without their orders, I am afraid that the Grand Fleet will not be able to be mobilized, right?" Can we punish the natives on the shore with just five ships? ”

Qi Zuguang immediately said loudly: "If it is to punish these natives, I can directly mobilize the brothers of the Four Seas Battalion, without going through others, what punishment there is, I will bear it after the war." ”

"Shut up, haven't you done enough trouble? The Four Seas Camp is His Majesty's private army, when will it be your turn to call the shots. After Li Honggui repelled Qi Zuguang, he looked at everyone again and said, "This official will order the mobilization of Kelantan's grand fleet with emergency disposal powers, do other people have any opinions?" ”

After the captains in the war room whispered for a while, someone said, "What about the two Dutch ships in the port of Pattani?" Are we going to do it even with them, or are we not going to leave them alone? But if we don't do anything to them, what if they attack us while we attack Pattani City? ”

Li Honggui raised his hand to stop everyone's discussion, and then glanced at the people in the cabin and said, "We have at least 5 or 6 days before the big fleet is mobilized. I will send a messenger to inform the Dutch and order them to leave the port of Pattani within five days, otherwise they will be treated as enemy ships assisting in the battle against Pattani..."

Captain Van Van of the Dutch merchant ship "Amsterdam", which stayed in the port of Pattani. After receiving the notice from the Ming fleet, Warner invited the captain and first mate of the "Gouda" to come to his ship to discuss the notice.

Fan. After Warner showed everyone this ultimatum from the Chinese, he asked everyone: "Gentlemen, the Chinese have sent us this ultimatum, apparently they intend to use this attack incident as an excuse to attack Pattani. Now we are faced with the question, what should we do with this ultimatum? ”

Captain of the "Gouda" Van Van . Kinkel, a pot-bellied businessman, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Since the Chinese asked us to leave, we left well." There is no need to clash with these Chinese, compared with China's trade, the benefits that Pattani brings us are not enough to make us desperate. And now there is nothing to fight, their main battleship is enough to deal with two of us. ”

However, some people were quite unconvinced and said: "If you leave like this, won't the company's reputation be damaged?" A Chinese ultimatum scared us away, and in the future, the indigenous peoples in this area, who will believe in the credibility of the company? ”

Fan. Kingelton turned his head to stare at the speaker, and mocked, "The company's credibility is not for these infidels, and Batavia is still fighting against the treacherous natives." It is still a losing battle for these infidels to fight China, and I don't think that will protect the company's reputation. ”

Fan. Warner patted the table in front of him to silence everyone, and then clasped his hands and said, "Okay, I understand what you mean, now you might as well listen to my thoughts."

The company has never officially declared its support for the Queen of Pattani's war of independence against Siam, we are only trading with the Queen of Pattani, and we have no moral responsibility to Pattani.

As for the attack on the Chinese ashore, I think it is an unfortunate event, and the Chinese have the right to claim their rights to Pattani.

On the other hand, given the company's current friendly relations with China, shouldn't we be more on the side of the Chinese? ”

Fan. Kinkel and the others looked at him in some surprise and couldn't help but ask him, "Mr. Warner, what do you mean by standing on the side of the Chinese?" ”

Fan. Warner opened his hands and said: "The Queen of Pattani has reigned for more than 30 years, and this port has always been an important center of trade between the East and the West, and it has never been warned.

Through the taxation of the merchants, the Queen's treasury was filled with wealth, which was the capital that the Queen wanted to be independent.

Now that the King of Siam's army had pinned down the Queen's army on the front line to the north, the city's defenses had been reduced to a minimum. Once we lose our protection at sea, the city is like a ripe durian, and with a little force, you can taste the delicious flesh inside. Do we want those Chinese to enjoy this feast alone? ”

There was silence in the cabin for a long time. Kinkel suddenly blushed and jumped up and said, "No, of course it can't. We have defended Pattani for so long, how can we let the Chinese take advantage of all the advantages. ”

But soon Fan. Kinkel calmed down and asked Fan. Warner asked, "But how are we going to convince the Chinese to get us a share?" ”

Fan. Warner smiled and said, "The Attatani River surrounds the city on three sides, and if you want to attack the city, the most direct way is to attack from the port, so that you can avoid the military camp between the coast and the city."

However, there are two forts on both sides of the port of Pattani, and there are also four cannons on the wall facing the port. If a strong attack is carried out, the losses of the Chinese will not be small.

But if they have our help, we will be able to help them control the batteries on both sides in advance, or even the port to the gates within the city. We also know the situation in Pattani City very well, and with these is not enough for the Chinese to share our share..."

Fan. Warner's guess was not wrong, and after receiving the news that the Dutch had sent an envoy, Li Honggui, the commander of the detachment, reached an agreement with the Dutch without even consulting with others. He recognized that the Dutch were entitled to their share, but that the size of the share should be tied to the size of the contribution in battle.

After the Dutch envoy left, Li Honggui's adjutant and student Li Chang couldn't help but ask the teacher with some doubts: "Teacher, why should we agree to them?" With our own strength, Pattani City can also be captured. And the students felt that this attack was still a bit hasty, why didn't the teacher wait for Su and Yang to come back and discuss before sending troops? ”

Li Honggui watched the Dutch envoy descend from the rope net, and said to his proud disciple: "We are the navy of the Ming Dynasty, not the private soldiers of some merchants and pirates.

You look at the pirate leaders who were recruited, after the next Hoi An, they were all proud, thinking that the peace of the sea in the Ming Dynasty was all due to them.

If this situation is allowed to develop, will the majesty of the court still exist in the eyes of these pirates?

Here, the Four Seas Camp and we are of the same heart, we represent the face of the imperial court, and the frustration of the Four Seas Camp is the damage to the face of the imperial court. Could it be that we still need that group of pirates to help the court save face? ”

Li Chang immediately bowed down and apologized: "The student understands that the teacher wants to use this to deter those pirates and natives, and let them know that the majesty of the imperial court is inviolable. ”

The battle of the Ming navy against Pattani, with the cooperation of the Dutch, was simply a light armed parade, and the process of the battle was simply not worth mentioning.

However, in the military history of the Ming Navy, the Battle of Pattani is regarded as the starting point of the birth of the Ming Navy, and the previous Battle of Hoi An was completely ignored.

What makes future generations curious is that the military history of the Ming Navy does not mention a word about the post-war Pattani, but only said very proudly: "The Battle of Pattani is the second visit of the Ming Fleet to the South Seas after the 198th year of Zheng He's fleet.

After this war, the Ming Empire began to return to the ocean, and its voice spread all over the five continents and seven oceans, making extremely important contributions to the establishment of the world civilization order. ”

As for the local residents' accounts of this event, countless versions have emerged over time, among which the more interesting ones are the following.

According to a Chinese historian, after the Battle of Pattani, a fire broke out in the city that night, which destroyed almost half of the city and left three-fifths of its inhabitants homeless.

What is surprising is that the fire perfectly avoided the civilian area, and only affected the royal palace and the rich and commercial areas. It was later claimed that the Chinese, the Dutch, and the Portuguese had joined forces to create the fire in order to cover up their looting of the city.

This theory was not widely circulated, and was soon replaced by another theory, in which the Dutch and Portuguese took advantage of the darkness of the night to loot and accidentally set fire to a mansion, causing half of the city to be burned in Pattani.

The textbook of the Pattani Autonomous Region, China's overseas territory, claims that the Dutch robbers and the Portuguese robbers took advantage of the fire to loot that night, but were stopped by the Chinese army, and the two robbers who failed to rob set fire to vent their anger.

The controversy hundreds of years later has made the Pattani fire incident a little confusing. But for the Ming fleet of this era, no one cares how this fire burns.

They only saw that the various riches that had been brought out of the treasury of the royal palace alone had been loaded into three large ships, including nearly 1,450 kilograms of golden sand. After returning to Beijing, Li Guorui boasted to his relatives and friends: "You will never believe that the palace, which looks like a rich man's mansion in the countryside, has so much gold, silver and jewelry... And I just humbly took a few souvenirs, and I am still amazed at how noble and upright I was at that time..."