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Wei Fang was right, now the East Tianzhu Naval Division, which has 18 cruiser squadrons and 36 cruisers and 8 cruiser squadrons and 32 cruisers, does not need the Sulu Naval Division to reinforce at all, and the Admiral of the Eastern Tianzhu Naval Division, Chang Tianyuan, is confidently passing through the Guò Karimata Strait, preparing to destroy the Dutch Javanese fleet off the coast of Batavia in one fell swoop.

Although the Dutch army did not know that the Chinese naval division was almost dispatched, the commander of the Javanese fleet, Vice Admiral Jan-Sack Landson, had the foresight to withdraw the fleet to the Surabaya line, which made the plan for a decisive battle against Chang Tianyuan temporarily fail.

Chang Tianyuan, who did not dare to take the main force of the Dutch and did not dare to take it lightly, had no choice but to escort the Longxiang Army, the Shence Army and the troops of Annam, Vietnam, and Champa at Java.6 On the other hand, he sent a letter ship to search for the whereabouts of the Dutch fleet extensively. Unexpectedly, Vice Admiral Lan Desheng, who learned of the outbreak of the Xiahe War, led the fleet to shell Machen, Balikpapan and other Huaxia town guards, almost completely destroying the two military ports in Huaxia. When Chang Tianyuan heard the news and rushed to reinforcements, Lieutenant General Landsheng shook a shot and went south to Tianzhu Ocean through the Lombok Strait and disappeared.

The war began to get weird, and the Dutch could use the ports of southern Java to resupply and recuperate, while the Xia army on the labor expedition had to speculate on where the Dutch would appear next, fearing that the Dutch would burrow out of the Sunda Strait. Or take the Lombok Strait back the same way? Or in the Sumba Strait further east.

In the face of such a sudden situation, Chang Tianyuan could only send people to inform the Spice Islands on the one hand to prevent the surprise attack of the Dutch army, and on the other hand, he stubbornly defended the western waters of the Java Sea to protect the sea supply lines of the Chinese coalition army, and waited for the results of the attack on Batavia by the Longxiang Army and other units. As a result, the focus of the Battle of Xiahe shifted to the 6th battle.

Cutting through the garrisons in the Spice Islands, Makassar, Nusa Tenggara Islands, and Sumatra, the Dutch still have more than 20,000 troops in Java, including more than 5,000 colonial troops formed before the war. However, due to the uprising of the Banten and Mataran peoples, the Dutch army was forced to disperse and suppress it, so there were only 15,000 troops on the Batavian front, and the veterans were less than 4,000.

In addition to the troops used to control the entire Bangka Island and Belitung Island and part of the forces sent to Sumatra to support the Sultan of Palembang, the Xia army still had as many as 16,000 troops in Bataviaden6, and even after deducting the baggage, middle base, seasickness and sick people, there were more than 11,000 people who could be used for battle.

In view of the fact that the castle of Batavia could not accommodate more than 10,000 troops at all, and retreating to the castle without a fight was not in line with the characteristics of European warfare in this era, so after hesitation, General Zaranton, the commander of the Batavian garrison, decided to lead his troops to fight a field battle with the Xia army with the superior mentality inherent in European colonists.

"Fathers and elders, this official has come to conquer Hongyi on the order of the Holy Lord, and I also ask you fathers and elders to help you." Before the war began, a group of Chinese immigrants who moved to Batavia came to the labor army, however, the labor army was fake, to find out whether the war in China was true, and some people offered gold and silver, hoping that the war would not harm the Chinese community. "In this battle, the imperial court has made a great determination to uproot Hongyi's forces in all parts of East Tianzhu??????

The overseas Chinese leaders present looked at each other, and it took a while before someone asked: "The imperial court wants to conquer and disobey, and turn the land outside Java into the territory of this dynasty, which is a great thing to open up the territory, and we and other small people must praise it vigorously, but it is not a pity for us to destroy the family for the country, I am afraid, I am afraid that Hongyi will not give up, and the war will continue, and the disaster will be prolonged for future generations." ”

"So, this father doesn't believe in the power of the imperial court?" Liu Wenlai's gaze froze. "Anyway, no one believes it when it comes to empty white teeth, you fathers and elders may be able to help each other, but the ugly words are in front, the most evil traitor in the saint, if you forget your ancestors and secretly help Hongyi, you will blame the court for severe punishment in the future."

"What did the general say?" Someone immediately said. "It's too late for me to welcome the imperial army, how can I be that traitor. My Yao family is willing to provide 1,000 stone of rice before the army, so as to show the hearts of overseas people to the imperial court. ”

At the beginning of the Yao family, the Wang family and the Huang family also opened their mouths to donate, and after a while, they repaid enough military rations for more than 10,000 troops to eat for two years, as for pigs, cattle and other meat, there were hundreds of heads, and even some gold, silver, pearls and jade.

The so-called stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling face, seeing that the overseas Chinese leaders expressed their respect, Liu Wenlai turned his anger into joy: "Thank you so much." ”

Seeing that Liu Wenlai had a little smile on his face, a few Jiapitan took the opportunity to ask: "Ask the general, I don't know how the imperial court will deal with Java after the expulsion of Hongyi." ”

"The imperial court will retain the three town guards of Coconut City (Batavia), Semarang, and Surabaya in Java and the Cizara treaty port, and the rest of Java will still be ruled by Banten and Mataram." Because both Sumatra and Java have a long history and mature culture that is not easy to assimilate, and they cannot be slaughtered, Zheng Kezhang does not intend to take over the whole of Java and Sumatra, and is only prepared to retain suzerainty and monopolize regional trade. "However, the imperial court will sign a treaty with the two countries, urging them to protect the personal and property safety of the Chinese people in the territory, and the fathers and elders can feel at ease."

"The imperial court is only going to open the town guard mansion and the commercial port?" Several overseas Chinese leaders glanced at each other, and then continued to ask. "Then the tax court that was originally handed over to Hongyi is not ready to continue to collect it?"

Jiapitan is also a tax collector, and they have made great benefits from it, so they do not want Huaxia to abolish this system, but this is just an extravagant hope, so I listened to Liu Wenlai's side of the East Tianzhu Dadu Protector Java to pacify Chen Yuanji responded: "Regarding taxation, the imperial court has its own system, and the town guard and the opening commercial port must naturally be complied with, as for Banten and Mataram are foreign vassals, naturally they do not need to pay taxes, as long as they pay tribute on time." ”

The overseas Chinese leaders present suddenly looked like ashes, and at this time, Chen Yuanji continued: "The imperial court also knows that the elders will suffer losses because of this, so the imperial court has authorized merchants in Java, Palembang and other places to specialize in the spice trade for three years. ”

The overseas Chinese leaders suddenly became hot, and they asked what the regulations of the spice trade were, and only some of the people who were good at observing words and expressions showed a mocking look in their eyes, so they got up and said goodbye. As for how to conduct the spice trade, it is better to wait for the Xia army to really win this battle.

"No wonder some people say that these overseas people are outcasts?" After the overseas Chinese leaders retreated, Liu Wenlai complained. "Now when I see it, sure enough, they all get into the eyes of money."

"Lord Liu, what you said is wrong." Chen Yuanji shook his head. "It's not that the court abandons them, it's that they abandon the court." When the words came out, Chen Yuanji felt that it was heavy, so he saved. "Of course, this is also those who are rich and powerful, and ordinary people have no way to go to sea at the beginning, so they have to do it as a last resort."

Liu Wenlai said with a smile: "Adults don't have to be taboo about anything, martial artists are not allowed to interfere in politics, and I will not make irresponsible remarks about outsiders." ”

"They are now considered to be the people of the court, so why should the lower officials be taboo." Chen Yuanji also laughed. "However, the official just painted cakes for them to satisfy their hunger, whether it can be implemented depends on the final word on the adult's side."

"If Hongyi sticks to the castle, I'm afraid it won't be able to make a final decision." Liu Wenlai's face turned stern. "Fortunately, the grain that has just been obtained for two years can be besieged to death even if it is hard to consume." Having said that, Liu Wenlai knew that a long-term siege was not advisable, and once the Dutch brought in reinforcements from the country, then things would become even more tricky. "Lord Chen, this official is in military affairs, so I won't say much to my lord."

Chen Yuanji took the initiative to retire, but before he could get out of the camp, a Chinese soldier came to report: "My lord, Hongyi sent a messenger, saying that he came to invite war. ”

"Invitation?" Liu Wenlai's eyes lit up. "Okay, great, this official is worried that Hongyi will not come out of the turtle shell, let him in, no, don't let this person have a chance to peek into the situation of our army, just tell him, just leave time, this officer accepts their request for a decisive battle??????"

"Your Excellency has already listened to the introduction of the Division, and at present, there are more than 15,000 people in Hongyi, and the strength of the army is half of that of mine." Accepting the invitation of the Dutch army to fight in the field, Liu Wenlai immediately convened a military meeting. "But most of the Dutch army is a newly recruited native soldier, and the combat power is very limited, and the only one that can fight is only four or five thousand old troops, of which the elite is only two thousand mercenaries from Taixi, so our army will win this battle. It's just that although it is easy to win, it is difficult to annihilate them all, once Hongyi is defeated and flees back to Batavia Castle, it will be time-consuming and laborious to attack the city, so how to fight, please also ask the large crowd to work together. ”

"The lower official thinks that since the enemy is dominated by the old army and the Taixi mercenaries, why should our army abandon the huge fish belly and go straight to the center?"

"It's not appropriate, Hongyi will inevitably use the fish belly to impact our army's camp first, and then put in the main force, our army is only afraid that it will not be able to defeat the enemy with one blow, so it is better to divide the troops, detour behind the enemy, and attack from both sides."

"No, the battlefield here is narrow, how can we divide the troops, it is better to stretch the two wings, try to absorb the enemy's offensive, and wait for it to fail to attack repeatedly, and then outflank and attack the ??????"

In addition to the generals of Annam, Vietnam, and Champa who came to fight soy sauce, Jun Sima engaged in a serious dispute with several brigade commanders and regimental commanders, and listened to the discussions of these subordinates, and a plan was formed in Liu Wenlai's heart??????