Although Tan Juren has not yet reported the specific amount of the claim, Paphong knows very well that this must be an astronomical amount, and even if the Johor treasury is emptied, it will not be compensated.

Similar to Hogg's, he did not consider himself worth enough to allow the state to borrow money for him. The news of the defeat of the coalition army in Xingdao has probably become a foregone conclusion in the country at this time, and the princes and ministers are anxious not about how to redeem the defeated army, but after eating this defeat, whether Haihan will immediately launch retaliation, and whether the British will leave Johor and leave it alone. Haihan opened his mouth to ask for ransom and compensation at this time, but he may not be able to get an immediate response from Johor, and the attitude of Johor next depends largely on the thinking of the British.

Paphong also knew that there was not much point in going around in circles with the other party in this kind of link, so he expressed his opinion very bluntly: "Your Excellency may have misunderstood, my subordinates and I are probably far from being worth as much as Your Excellency expects, and the Johor Kingdom is not able to repay the money demanded by your country. Even if your country threatens Johor with war, you will still not get the money. ”

"It doesn't matter if Johor doesn't have money, you can make an IOU, you can mortgage it in kind, you can pay it in installments, there are many ways, and we have plenty of patience and time. Tan Juren had long expected that the other party might complain, so he immediately threw out a series of solutions, and vowed not to give up if he couldn't squeeze oil and water: "In addition, I also remind you not to expect anything from the British, they can't be the saviors of Johor, and Hogg's situation will not be much better than yours." The most important thing is that the British stronghold is thousands of miles away, and we are only separated from Johor by a very narrow strait!"

Tan Juren's words were more like threats than reminders, but Ba Peng also understood that what the other party said was indeed the truth. The main reason why the British cleverly incited Johor to send troops was not to get rich with Johor, but because their base was far away in the Indian peninsula 1,500 nautical miles away, and it was difficult to send a large number of men to directly attack Star Island. Of course, it is very likely that the British chose this cooperation plan because of military aid and making a fortune from Johor.

It's a pity that the British were careless in the end, and the five hundred mercenaries sent did not play a role in changing the tide of the war, and there was no outstanding performance in the course of the battle. If the British want to take revenge, how many people do they have to send over to fight to take Sing Dao? Five hundred is definitely not enough, and one thousand is still not safe. Having said that, if the British had such a strong strength, then there would be no need to sneak around to find a helper from Johor, and it might be easier to go directly to the Portuguese in Malacca than to attack Sing Tao.

But Ba Peng has no other choice in his current situation, if he doesn't cooperate with the Haihan people, he will have to do manual work in the hard labor camp until the day he dies, which Tan Juren has made very clear to him. As a veteran soldier, Bapon is not afraid of dying on the battlefield, but if he dies on a construction site as a prisoner of war, he will indeed feel unwilling and guilty. Although he knew that even if he could escape and return to Johor, he would most likely lose his status and even be punished by the king, Paphong still wanted to try his best to take advantage of this extremely slim opportunity.

Under the verbatim guidance of Roger and Tan Juren, the two coalition generals, Hogg and Papong, each completed a letter, which was sent back to Johor for help by their cronies selected from among the prisoners of war.

In just a few days since Hogg and Papong lost contact, Johor has long been in chaos. According to the information available, the coalition's operation in Sing Tao is undoubtedly in trouble, and the Haihan fleet has cut off the transportation channel in the Johor Strait, making it difficult to continue the supply and personnel transportation.

Johor is also arguing over whether to increase troops or carry out rescue in Sing Tao, and the main battle faction believes that the new troops who enter Sing Tao to fight are all elite troops, and if all of them are lost in Sing Tao, it will be a great blow to Johor's military strength. The opposition believes that Johor's maritime armed forces are far inferior to their opponents, and forcibly sending ships across the Straits of Johor is just a waste of death, and even if a few ships can successfully reach the other side, it is very likely that it will become a refueling tactic under the advance precautions of the Haihan, and more people will be lost to Sing Tao in vain.

At this time, the British, who should have stood up as the backbone, were dumbfounded, and when Hogg set out on the expedition, he only left a few liaison officers in charge of logistics in Johor, plus the sailors and crews of several British armed merchant ships that were lucky enough not to be blocked in the strait by the Haihan warships, these people were all under Hogg's orders in the East India Company, and they had no authority themselves, and they did not have the intention of fighting with the Haihans- They were only here to run errands, but they were not part of the troops that needed to fight, and they were not qualified to speak on behalf of the East India Company.

Of course, the gang also wanted to bring Hogg's troops back to Johor, but if they needed to confront Haihan's armed fleet head-on, it would be better to dismiss the idea as soon as possible. Therefore, the response of the British to the Johor official was rather vague, only claiming that they needed to continue to observe the changes in the situation before making a decision. In fact, this means that they are not optimistic that the coalition forces will be able to get a chance to get out of Star Island on their own.

However, the activities of the Haihan fleet in the Strait of Johor lasted only four or five days, and suddenly disappeared one day. Johor cautiously sent ships into the strait, and found that the other side had already evacuated the area. But at the same time, there is still no news of the coalition forces that entered Star Island, and the original landing site has been destroyed, and there is no trace of the coalition forces at all.

The Johor army managed to send several groups of people to the island to reconnoitre, but all of them did not return, as if there was some man-eating monster hidden on the island. Johor has been unable to contact the coalition forces that entered Sing Tao during this period, and it is known that most of them are more than lucky. It was at this time that someone finally returned to Johor from Sing Dao and brought back a handwritten letter from Hog and Papong, as well as a diplomatic letter from the Governor of Haihan in Sing Tao to the Johor royal family.

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Although Tan Juren has not yet reported the specific amount of the claim, Paphong knows very well that this must be an astronomical amount, and even if the Johor treasury is emptied, it will not be compensated.

Similar to Hogg's, he did not consider himself worth enough to allow the state to borrow money for him. The news of the defeat of the coalition army in Xingdao has probably become a foregone conclusion in the country at this time, and the princes and ministers are anxious not about how to redeem the defeated army, but after eating this defeat, whether Haihan will immediately launch retaliation, and whether the British will leave Johor and leave it alone. Haihan opened his mouth to ask for ransom and compensation at this time, but he may not be able to get an immediate response from Johor, and the attitude of Johor next depends largely on the thinking of the British.

Paphong also knew that there was not much point in going around in circles with the other party in this kind of link, so he expressed his opinion very bluntly: "Your Excellency may have misunderstood, my subordinates and I are probably far from being worth as much as Your Excellency expects, and the Johor Kingdom is not able to repay the money demanded by your country. Even if your country threatens Johor with war, you will still not get the money. ”

"It doesn't matter if Johor doesn't have money, you can make an IOU, you can mortgage it in kind, you can pay it in installments, there are many ways, and we have plenty of patience and time. Tan Juren had long expected that the other party might complain, so he immediately threw out a series of solutions, and vowed not to give up if he couldn't squeeze oil and water: "In addition, I also remind you not to expect anything from the British, they can't be the saviors of Johor, and Hogg's situation will not be much better than yours." The most important thing is that the British stronghold is thousands of miles away, and we are only separated from Johor by a very narrow strait!"

Tan Juren's words were more like threats than reminders, but Ba Peng also understood that what the other party said was indeed the truth. The main reason why the British cleverly incited Johor to send troops was not to get rich with Johor, but because their base was far away in the Indian peninsula 1,500 nautical miles away, and it was difficult to send a large number of men to directly attack Star Island. Of course, it is very likely that the British chose this cooperation plan because of military aid and making a fortune from Johor.

It's a pity that the British were careless in the end, and the five hundred mercenaries sent did not play a role in changing the tide of the war, and there was no outstanding performance in the course of the battle. If the British want to take revenge, how many people do they have to send over to fight to take Sing Dao? Five hundred is definitely not enough, and one thousand is still not safe. Having said that, if the British had such a strong strength, then there would be no need to sneak around to find a helper from Johor, and it might be easier to go directly to the Portuguese in Malacca than to attack Sing Tao.

But Ba Peng has no other choice in his current situation, if he doesn't cooperate with the Haihan people, he will have to do manual work in the hard labor camp until the day he dies, which Tan Juren has made very clear to him. As a veteran soldier, Bapon is not afraid of dying on the battlefield, but if he dies on a construction site as a prisoner of war, he will indeed feel unwilling and guilty. Although he knew that even if he could escape and return to Johor, he would most likely lose his status and even be punished by the king, Paphong still wanted to try his best to take advantage of this extremely slim opportunity.

Under the verbatim guidance of Roger and Tan Juren, the two coalition generals, Hogg and Papong, each completed a letter, which was sent back to Johor for help by their cronies selected from among the prisoners of war.

In just a few days since Hogg and Papong lost contact, Johor has long been in chaos. According to the information available, the coalition's operation in Sing Tao is undoubtedly in trouble, and the Haihan fleet has cut off the transportation channel in the Johor Strait, making it difficult to continue the supply and personnel transportation.

Johor is also arguing over whether to increase troops or carry out rescue in Sing Tao, and the main battle faction believes that the new troops who enter Sing Tao to fight are all elite troops, and if all of them are lost in Sing Tao, it will be a great blow to Johor's military strength. The opposition believes that Johor's maritime armed forces are far inferior to their opponents, and forcibly sending ships across the Straits of Johor is just a waste of death, and even if a few ships can successfully reach the other side, it is very likely that it will become a refueling tactic under the advance precautions of the Haihan, and more people will be lost to Sing Tao in vain.

At this time, the British, who should have stood up as the backbone, were dumbfounded, and when Hogg set out on the expedition, he only left a few liaison officers in charge of logistics in Johor, plus the sailors and crews of several British armed merchant ships that were lucky enough not to be blocked in the strait by the Haihan warships, these people were all under Hogg's orders in the East India Company, and they had no authority themselves, and they did not have the intention of fighting with the Haihans- They were only here to run errands, but they were not part of the troops that needed to fight, and they were not qualified to speak on behalf of the East India Company.

Of course, the gang also wanted to bring Hogg's troops back to Johor, but if they needed to confront Haihan's armed fleet head-on, it would be better to dismiss the idea as soon as possible. Therefore, the response of the British to the Johor official was rather vague, only claiming that they needed to continue to observe the changes in the situation before making a decision. In fact, this means that they are not optimistic that the coalition forces will be able to get a chance to get out of Star Island on their own.

However, the activities of the Haihan fleet in the Strait of Johor lasted only four or five days, and suddenly disappeared one day. Johor cautiously sent ships into the strait, and found that the other side had already evacuated the area. But at the same time, there is still no news of the coalition forces that entered Star Island, and the original landing site has been destroyed, and there is no trace of the coalition forces at all.

The Johor army managed to send several groups of people to the island to reconnoitre, but all of them did not return, as if there was some man-eating monster hidden on the island. Johor has been unable to contact the coalition forces that entered Sing Tao during this period, and it is known that most of them are more than lucky.

(End of chapter)