Although it is the enemy of the century, but this time the matter is too big, seventy percent of the Galen warships and mercenaries in Batavia fled back three warships, or the three dilapidated ships, and then nearly a thousand sailors who lost their souls. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After hearing the return of these sailors, the directors of the East India Company were not as stubborn as Coquilla, after all, the Dutch and Zhao Lie's troops had fought many times, and Zhao Lie's troops were really strong, otherwise they would not have attacked the Ming Dynasty together with the Spaniards, Portuguese, and English.

If it were an ordinary opponent, even the largest tribe in the East Indies, it would be a trivial matter for the Dutch people, but they were native.

But in the face of this Ming people, the Dutch people were also weak-minded, so they obeyed the persuasion of the English to form a coalition army.

The directors of the East India Company thought that they had attached great importance to their opponents, but they never expected that they would form an alliance and pull the Zheng family, the first force in the south of the Ming Dynasty, to attack together, and finally lose so badly.

They know that they have provoked a formidable opponent, and it can be said that they will look up to an invincible opponent for decades.

It is said that such a powerful opponent, fortunately, is far away, one is in the Great South, and the other is near the left of the Wa Kingdom, so forget about each other in the rivers and lakes from now on, and you can't afford to hide.

It's a pity that even such a simple wish is impossible, without him, nearly 10,000 sailors and mercenaries set off at the time of departure, and how many people still survive today.

According to the European custom of being defeated and captured, although the captives will definitely suffer some crimes, they can basically return as long as they pay a ransom, which is a customary thing.

Therefore, as long as it is a European army, whether it is modern or modern, the momentum of decisive death is insufficient, very simply, this habit has been formed for thousands of years, and the army with a back road will definitely have no will to fight to the death when it will be defeated.

Therefore, the East India Company guessed that there must be a lot of Dutch people alive, and they knew too well what their own mercenaries were.

These people must be saved, why do you say that, because it was not easy to transport people from Europe to the Far East these days, many people died by epidemic, malnutrition and fighting on the sea, and every adult was precious.

Coupled with the limited transportation capacity, there were less than 20,000 Dutch people in the entire East Indies, and half of them were buried there this time, which made the Dutch rule in the East Indies extremely weak.

In addition, the East Indies, as the name suggests, is composed of thousands of islands, how can there be no control of not enough sea ships, not to mention that the transportation of spices and other items to Europe is escorted by sea ships and warships.

Therefore, whether it is for the sake of people or for the sake of sea ships, it is necessary to go to this group of Ming people.

So after the people consulted, they sent the director Tusmi to the Breakers to discuss the redemption of the prisoners and the warships.

Tusmi is not too willing to come, who knows that Mingren will have a godlike attitude, and it is possible to kill him to vent his anger, but since he was elected, there is no way.

In the end, he offered to go with the Spaniards in Manila, which was approved by the board of directors.

Sure enough, as soon as Tusmi arrived in Manila to negotiate with Coquela, Coqueilla also had this intention, and similarly, the heavy losses of the Spaniards also made the Manila authorities unacceptable, so why not do it if they could redeem some and restore their strength.

So the two sides huddled together to negotiate in the north, and Coquilla sent his confidant Thiago.

But it was really inappropriate for the two of them to come directly to the door with the warship, what if they were captured by the Ming people.

So Thiago suggested that he had to go to Macau and ask the Portuguese to help, otherwise he would never work.

It is said that the Macao people also had dealings with the Ming people, and they also sold a lot of things to the territory of the Ming people, at least they collected a lot of Andalusian war horses from Manila and sold them to the Ming people.

In this way, they came to Macau and found Alonzo, who was helpless, he was really unwilling to wade into this troubled water, which affected the so-called harmonious relationship between him and Zhao Lie.

After all, there are two trade routes in Macau, one is the Wa Kingdom, and the other is to sell the objects of the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom to Manila and travel to Europe.

Therefore, the Spaniards in Manila must not be offended, so they had to send someone to lead the two to negotiate with Zhao Lie, but Alonzo said that he only had to introduce them, and it was their own business as for what the negotiation would be, and the two of them were also full of promises, and they didn't want to negotiate it once, and they had to go back to report to their respective bosses after the talks, right?

So, Alonzo sent Santos, one of the councillors of the Macau Council, to lead the two men.

The three of them set off on five sea ships, first to Anping City, and then the five warships were left by Qi Wei, and they were transferred to the patrol ship of the Broken Army to Shidao and sat here.

Thiago thought carefully about the dozens of Galen ships he had seen in Anping City and in Shidao, and was sure in his heart, yes, they didn't want to defeat this Ming people again for decades, they didn't have the financial resources and desire to do so.

Outside, the sound of chaotic footsteps suddenly came to mind, and there was a loud shout from Akito in front of me.

The three of them immediately got up, and they estimated that Zhao Lie, the leader of the Ming people, was here.

Then they saw more than a dozen tall guards in iron armor walk in and surround them, and just when they were uneasy, three tall Ming generals walked in.

Two of them were especially tall and mighty, and according to the habit of the Akito, Tusmi and Thiago looked at the swarthy general in the middle.

This person is about thirty years old from the physiognomy, and his face is majestic, especially a pair of dark eyes seem to be able to see them through.

"Daming Jinghaibo, Denglai General Town Lord Zhao has arrived, you still don't kneel down."

Yu Dabao, who was like a black iron tower, shouted.

Of the three, only Santos spoke good Chinese, the other two didn't know anything, of course Santos couldn't kneel, and the other two couldn't understand it.

All three of them took off their hats with their left hands and bowed respectfully according to European etiquette.

Yu Dabao was just about to get angry, Zhao Lie stretched out his hand to stop him, Zhao Lie arched his hand, and then walked towards the official case, he came to the main seat and sat down.

Then he motioned for a few people to sit down.

"Speaker Alonzo is good, I haven't seen him for a few years, and I miss it very much."

Zhao Lie smiled and looked at Santos, Santos had been to Shidao once and had a relationship.

"The Speaker is now in a good mood, the trade routes are unimpeded, especially the trade routes to the Wa Kingdom have now doubled, and the Portuguese people in Macao have great respect for the Speaker."

Santos owes himself.

Zhao Lie smiled and turned to Thiago and Tusmi, the smile on his face retracted, and changed to a cold face, making Thiago and Tusmi both cold.

"This is Mr. Tusmi, the director of the East India Company, and this is Mr. Thiago, Manila."

Santos introduced with a smile on his face.

The two of them also smiled and owed a debt.

Zhao Lie also squeezed out a little smile at the two of them, and arched his hand again.

"Ben Jiang is a martial artist, and he has always liked to go straight, so if the two of you have anything to say, just say it."

Zhao Lie said coldly.

Santos also put away his smile and translated Zhao Lie's words, at this time his role is to interpret, the role of his introduction is completed, and it doesn't matter to him what the two parties negotiate.

"The naval battle a few months ago was a misunderstanding, and we listened to the nonsense of the English, and we clashed with the adults, so I apologize to the adults."

Diego stood up and saluted.

Zhao Lie looked at this black-haired Spaniard with a smile, and his heart pushed the mistake on the dead man, which is really common in every world.

"Mr. Diego, are you here to deceive me, you Spaniards have been coveted for many years, the English are the sworn enemies of the Kingdom of Spain in Europe, and they can persuade the King of Spain to send the Governor of the Philippines in a few words, it seems that you are extremely disloyal to your King."

Zhao Lie sneered.

From here, the three of them heard that this Ming man was very clear about the general situation in Europe and knew the situation of various countries very well.

Diego is also red-faced, very shameless.

"You came to the Far East for money and profit, and we are all clear, so don't hide and talk some useless nonsense."

Zhao Lie unceremoniously pointed at the two of them with his hand,

"Wait, try to tell me what you're here for. Ben's patience is very limited. ”

Santos passed the words over, and the two glanced at each other, this Ming general soldier knew them too well, so he still had something to say.

"We have come, firstly, to apologize for the offense, and secondly, we hope to redeem our ships and captured sailors, and hope that the general will be fulfilled."

Tusmi smiled and bowed slightly.

"Well, warships, that's impossible,"

As soon as Zhao Lie opened his mouth, he denied a little, and now the damage of the warships of the Broken Army and Naval Division is also very large, it is when the sea ships are needed, how can the sea ships be returned, wouldn't this be a rapid strengthening of the strength of the Xiyi people, don't even think about it.

Santos translated the words, and both of them were cold, if the warship did not go back, then they built their own warship, I am afraid it would take a few years to recover, which would greatly affect their ability to control the local situation, and the remaining warships patrol every day, and now they don't even have a replacement ship.

"As for the sailors and soldiers, thirty taels of silver each, this price cannot be discussed, this is the price."

Zhao Lie cut the railway,

"As for the other noble captains and the like, the general has already ordered them to be beheaded and pay homage to the heroic souls of the fallen soldiers of our army, but now all that remains are dry bones."

Zhao Liesen stared at the two of them coldly, and the two of them were terrified as if they were being targeted by a fierce beast. (To be continued.) )