All the subjects of the Song Empire were immersed in a joyful and festive atmosphere.

Although the north wind was blowing outside, everyone was warm in their own homes.

Zhao Hongyu held a New Year's Eve dinner, and also made a lot of small programs, such as lottery, which was very lively.

The Spaniards and the Dutch, who were far away in the Caribbean, had a very hard time.

First, the last stronghold of the Spaniards in the Caribbean was conquered by the Imperial Army.

This announced that the power of the Spaniards in the Caribbean had been completely eradicated.

Originally, the Spaniards were going to resist stubbornly.

After all, in their remaining colonies, they could also call up some of the natives to fight.

But what the Spaniards didn't expect was that the empire was also in the colonies they occupied, and gathered a large number of natives to fight with the army.

Because the empire is not short of money, the number of natives who fought with the army in the empire was several times more than the natives recruited by the Spaniards.

It is precisely because of these natives who fought with the army that the empire did not suffer much in the rainforests of the Caribbean.

And, because of these indigenous relationships, all the Spanish ambushes came to naught.

Finally, when the imperial army approached the city, the Spaniards had to raise a white flag and announce their surrender.

The natives who followed the Spaniards in their attacks on the Imperial army were left to the Imperial natives to deal with.

For the Empire's approach, the natives who accompanied the army were very happy.

After all, the two sides are a blood feud, and they have been used by the Spaniards.

Therefore, it is impossible for the empire to be kind enough to solve this crux of the problem.

The natives who had followed the Spaniards to the last point were slaughtered bloodily, except for a few who fled into the rainforest when they saw that things were not going well, and most of the rest fell to the swords of their 'compatriots'.

For such a thing, the Imperial servicemen will not until.

Only by eliminating security risks can the Empire have a stronger grip on the Caribbean.

And those who slaughtered the natives of the feud. Because they were in a good mood and the empire was very happy to give money, their senses for the empire exploded for a while.

For them, it doesn't matter who rules them, the main thing is that the Spaniards are mainly oppressive to them, and help the Spaniards fight or do things, and the Spaniards are simply nothing.

But the Empire, on the other hand, is different.

They help the Empire in their wars, and the Empire will agree to take revenge on them, and they will also give money in the form of heads.

It's something they never thought about.

But when you compare this name, the difference is obvious.

So, these natives immediately accepted the rule of the empire. There are even many tribal leaders who are pondering, hoping that the empire will continue to fight.

So that they can continue to fight with the army and pay back with their heads.

Worse still, they found the commander of the army and explained to him that a certain place belonged to the Three Regions and that the Spaniards had not been able to conquer it.

If the Empire is willing to pay for it, then they are willing to send troops to help the Empire occupy that place.

For such a good thing, of course, the army commander will not miss it.

The famous saying of Zhao Hongyu, the ruler of the empire, is 'not bad for money', but if money can solve the problem, it is not a problem." So people have learned this essence of these genes as well.

It's easy to ask for money.

You help me build my turf. I'll give you the money.

You will be allowed to rob the territory for three days, and the gold and silver treasures, as well as the women and slaves, will all belong to the tribe.

The empire only needs land.

And when fighting the territory, it can also exchange human heads for silver coins when fighting the enemy.

This made the leaders bubble with snot in their hearts.

For them. The Empire is a great man.

If this were to the Spaniards, the Spaniards would not be so generous.

Therefore, these Mayan natives of the Caribbean Sea have a good opinion of the empire. And loyalty has also increased a lot.

After all, there is an interest in the hook there, isn't it?

And the empire also said that if there were too many slave tribes, the empire would pay for them. Solve the problems for the tribe.

Look at how thoughtful the empire is.

Intimate, benevolent, good!

Therefore, these natives in the former Spanish colonies in the northern Caribbean have gathered their men and horses to organize a legion of more than 4,000 people, and slaughtered the most powerful territory and stronghold of the later generations of Mexico and the current Mayan Dynasty.

The empire simply sent observers with its troops, and carried with them large sums of silver and gold coins.

The empire is very trustworthy, and every battle will be immediately issued to fulfill the promise, so this legion of many tribal warriors has high morale and combat effectiveness.

In a short period of time, several strongholds of the Mayan rebels were uprooted.

These natives, who were originally descendants of the Mayan dynasty, had been fighting against the Spaniards.

But they could not have imagined that the Spaniards would suddenly fail and that the Spaniards would have a new ruler.

This ruler actually miraculously gathered all those tribes together to deal with him.

It is important to know that it was impossible for the Spaniards to integrate these tribes in the first place, because these tribes were entangled in grievances due to historical reasons, and the Spaniards contributed to each other's troubles.

It is precisely because of this relationship that these rebels of the descendants of the Mayan Dynasty have been fighting against the Spaniards after the fall of the Mayan Dynasty, and they have not been exterminated for more than a hundred years.

In fact, the reason for this is all because these natives who have taken refuge in the Spaniards have not been able to work.

The reason is simple, the Spaniards are too picky.

If you don't give any benefit to others, how can you just let people help you fight the war for nothing.

It would be very unpleasant to change who would be involved in this matter.

Indigenous people are also human beings, and no matter how simple they are, they are not idiots.

So, the natives also know who is good and who is bad.

In short, the natives were convinced of the Empire.

And because of the aborigines. There was no unrest in the northern Caribbean.

The Spaniards thought they would be able to make the natives cause some trouble for the Empire, but they were disappointed.

The pacification in the north is not good news for the Dutch in the south.

It is precisely because the empire has no worries that the empire can completely focus all its energy on dealing with the Dutch.

In the face of the Dutch, who wanted to surrender on terms, Commander Chelsea was all in a big way.

Now the empire is in a good position and has the upper hand.

Why did he agree to these people's conditions?

In his opinion, the Dutch had no way out except to surrender unconditionally.

There is absolutely no need for me to accede to their demands and give them back their wealth.

All that wealth belongs to the Empire. It belongs to His Royal Highness Zhao Hongyu.

As for the Dutch, let them leave the Caribbean in disgrace.

If they were stubborn, they wouldn't mind leaving them alone, as it wasn't too difficult for the Imperial fleet.

You know, now the Dutch don't have the strength to continue fighting.

Faced with such a situation, the Dutch began to panic.

They didn't want to continue fighting with the Empire, but they were reluctant to keep the Caribbean rich on their own, so the matter of surrender dragged on.

The empire, of course, has a lot of time, and they drag it out.

But the Dutch couldn't afford it.

Little by little over time. The Imperial fleet has captured many of the Dutch colonies and slaughtered the local Dutch.

Such an approach, of course, will have a negative impact.

First of all, because of the massacre. Every time the Imperial fleet conquered the colony, it was met with fierce resistance from the local Dutch.

This caused a little trouble for the Imperial fleet to some extent.

But in the face of the mighty guns of the Imperial fleet, these resistances were largely futile.

In addition to inflicting more casualties on the Dutch, it was not possible to inflict even a single loss on the Imperial fleet.

Even. They couldn't even stop the Imperial fleet.

Thomas, the Dutch governor in the Caribbean, panicked.

But he was also reluctant to give up his wealth.

So, he kept sending envoys to see Chelsea, but every time Chelsea didn't see them.

This was a huge disappointment for Thomas. And panic.

So, Thomas began to prepare himself for the future.

He first asked his cronies to pool all his money and then load it onto a merchant ship.

The merchant ships were then ordered to leave Cayenne for Egypt.

He didn't even plan to go back to Holland, because he didn't want to be reprimanded by those people when he returned.

And with so much money, he can't afford to be prying eyes on others.

Therefore, why did he not hide his name, go to Egypt and then go to other countries to become a rich man.

The money he looted as governor in the Caribbean was enough to make him comfortable for the rest of his life.

At the same time, he didn't even tell his wife that he probably didn't want to take her with him yet.

These things are hidden from many people, including his wife.

Like Thomas, the administrators of the remaining colonies began to concentrate their wealth and gather the few remaining ships under their command to prepare for escape.

The same goes for some captains.

It can be said that now the colonial gates of the Dutch have been completely opened to the Imperial fleet.

They are not defended anymore.

Of course, there were also Dutch captains who were unwilling to accept defeat and wanted to resist the Imperial fleet again.

This kind of people, we can say that they are heroes, or we can say that they are two hundred and five.

On this day, Chelsea and his fleet were on their way to Cayenne when they encountered Dutch warships.

And the commander of the battleship of this Dutch team is such a person who is not willing to lose.

He saw everything in his eyes about his colleagues and superiors who were panicking and preparing to flee.

He also persuaded these people to resist the Imperial fleet to the end.

But after all, he is a man of small words, so in the end he did not convince anyone.

Therefore, since he couldn't convince these people, he decided to do it himself.

There are not a few people who think like this, but most of them are low-level non-commissioned officers and soldiers.

In addition, the Imperial fleet would slaughter cities everywhere they went, so these Dutch knew that even if they surrendered, there would be no good fruit to eat, so it was better to fight.

Maybe if you're lucky, you'll be able to win.

God willing, if such a miracle happens, then they will all be heroes.

In this way, the captain used some means to encourage the sailors and non-commissioned officers at the bottom to bring out all the remaining warships in the Caribbean.

Even the original governor and other administrative officials, as well as the ships of the captains who did not resist, brought him over, gathered together, and slaughtered Chelsea in a mighty manner.

The total number of warships in this fleet was sixty-three, all of which consisted of Dutch double-deck commercial and war vessels.

Because he had brought all of these ships out, Thomas and the others could not leave the garrison at all, and they were planning their escape.

On Chelsea's side, he just took his 37 ships to Cayenne.

Therefore, in terms of quantity, it is at a disadvantage.

However, the range of the guns under his command, as well as the speed and other aspects, were much stronger than those of the Dutch ships.

Therefore, the victory or defeat of this encounter at sea must belong to the Dutch.

Three hundred miles off the coast of Cayenne, the sailors on the lookout spotted the Dutch warships lined up in front of them and immediately reported the news.

"Sixty-three Dutch-flagged warships were found ahead, advancing in the direction of our fleet, and it is expected that they will be encountered in an hour."

Soon, the news reached Chelsea.

"What, do the Dutch still have the courage to come out and fight us at sea?"

After listening to the report, Chelsea was stunned at first, and then he had an incredulous expression on his face.

It is important to know that during the occupation of the Spanish colony in the northern Caribbean, the Spaniards joined forces with the Dutch to engage the Imperial fleet more than a dozen times, but each time it ended in failure.

And in these dozen engagements, the Dutch would lose a large number of warships, or be captured or sunk. The Spaniards lost all their ships.

It is precisely because of this relationship that the status of the imperial fleet in the Caribbean was established in one fell swoop.

From that time onwards, the Spanish ships were silent, and the Dutch ships simply did not appear.

Even if Chelsea invaded the Dutch colony with a fleet of only thirty-seven warships, and launched a siege war, the Dutch never sent warships again.

Now that the sun was coming out of the north, the Dutch warships had reappeared, and sixty-three of them had appeared at once.

So, it's no wonder Chelsea can't believe it.

The Dutch, who had broken their guts, still had the guts to fight against the Imperial fleet.

In that case, I don't mind giving them a little bit of power!

Thinking of this, Chelsea walked out of the captain's room: "All gunners are in position, ready to fight, and inform the other ships at the same time!" ”

The sailors on the deck began to get busy, and the gunners on the lower deck took their positions, while the sailors on the lookout took out two flags and began to wave flags at the surrounding warships...... (To be continued.) )