Van Diemen disagreed with the Governor's assertion.

He believes that if he really fights Yang Chengying with the pirates, the result will definitely be a fiasco.

Because the other side is a master of the game of war psychology.

I don't know if Yang Chengying was intentional or unintentional, he specially chose to go south in February and March to attack the city of Gelansha on Jilong Island.

According to the regulations, every year in February, the repatriation ship with 24 cannons was to carry the treasure from Batavia to the Netherlands.

They are also known as the East India Treasure Fleet.

As soon as these large ships left, the Dutch maritime power was sharply reduced.

But they don't leave at this time, they stay and participate in the war, and they can't leave for a year.

Parliament is accountable, they can't be held accountable.

After all, no one would believe that there is such a huge sea fleet in the East.

So, Governor Brouwer finally decided to let the ship go home.

This led to Broward, an explorer known for his adventurous spirit, fidgeting all day.

He was thinking about how to use his meagre ships against nearly two hundred huge ships.

Van Diemen is convinced that it was this restlessness that ultimately led to Brouwer's risk.

He's going to stop this from happening.

Knock knock!

"Please come in."

Brouwer's hoarse voice came from the office.

Van Dimen pushed the door open and walked inside.

He gave the standard gentlemanly salute, and then said, "Dear Mr. Governor, I have something to say to you. ”

Brower raised his bloodshot eyes, looked at his trusted subordinates, and said, "I guessed everything you wanted to say." ”

"There is a saying in the Tang people, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood. We withdrew voluntarily and may have a chance to come back in the future. If all the soldiers are dead, we are finished. ”

Van Diemen persuaded hard.

Brower got up, walked up to Van Diem, and said, "You may not know, Monsieur Dimen, what kind of man we are facing. ”

He took a deep breath and continued: "Before sending troops, this man has sent people to pacify the Portuguese, the Spaniards, and the Japanese who may have mediated between them, and completely isolated us.

Then let out the wind and keep us in a state of uneasiness. It's like looking at the quicksand falling in the hourglass, and the oppressive feeling of your life disappearing little by little.

If we don't take the initiative, he will land and destroy the Dutch on the island. By that time, the situation will be even worse than it is now. ”

"Take the initiative to avoid the edge, and when the large fleet leaves, we can go north again."

Van Diemen was still trying to persuade him.

"No way. I am sure that Yang Chengying must have several large granaries near the coast to store grain. ”

Brouwer said helplessly: "Once you lose this place, you can't come back." ”

"Preserve your strength, I think that's the most important thing to do right now, Governor Brower!"

"Mr. Admiral, this is our only chance. If I fail, you take my place, take advantage of Portugal and Spain, and preemptively sign a commercial peace treaty with Yang Chengying to ensure that Batavia will not be lost. ”

"Those pirates can't be trusted!" Van Diemen still wants to persuade.

Brower said: "Yang Chengying saw through the essence of the war at sea early on - interests, he will not let Portugal and Spain monopolize foreign trade, so we will sign a contract with him." ”

"Mr. Governor......"

"That's it!" Brouwer shouted, then let out a long breath, "You stay in Batavia, please go out." ”

Seeing that the governor had made up his mind, Van Dimen gave a military salute and turned to leave.

Instead of returning to his seat, Brouwer came to the window.

He looked at the blue sky and thought, "God bless you, and grant you devout believers the courage to defeat a great enemy in the East." ”

He also knew that pirates were unreliable, but he also knew that there was a huge conflict of interest between pirates and Yang Chengying.

Liu Xiang was killed as a result.

So, he decided to take a gamble.

On the twentieth day of the second month of the ninth year of Chongzhen, at the pier outside the city of Geranza, Browau waved goodbye to the soldiers and merchants who had come to see him off, and took thirty Yahat ships and fifty large and small clippers that he had scraped together to the north, along with the pirates' fortune ships and bird ships.

In the era of sails, if you want to use the wind direction, you have to be good at using the "zigzag" method, by constantly changing the sails, to achieve fast sailing.

Rao is so, they are still struggling to sail.

This is so because they sail against the wind.

But not a big headwind but a small headwind, and the winter wind is about to pass.

During the voyage, bird ships were constantly used as sea scouts, going back and forth between the Dutch fleet and enemy ships, scouting all kinds of information.

The bird boat is equipped with four oars and one oar, which is very convenient because it is sailed when there is wind and rocks when there is no wind.

Brower stood on the flagship deck, looking ahead with a telescope.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of his squire, Abel Tasman, talking to a pirate.

The two quickly ended their conversation, and Tasman walked over to Brower.

"Mr. Governor, Li Kuiqi sent someone to say that Yang Chengying has left Kagoshima and is heading in our direction."

Tasman reported on the conversation he had just had with the pirates.

"Do you know how many boats Yang Chengying brought?" Brower asked.

"In addition to the flagship, there were three frigates, all of which were modified Galen ships."

Tasman replied.

"No, it won't. The war is about to begin, as the commander-in-chief, Yang Chengying will be so light on the enemy? ”

Browau couldn't believe it.

"It is said that there was a peasant riot in the Wa Kingdom, and it was very fierce. Yang Chengying placed his warship in Kagoshima to assist the Satsuma Domain of the Wakoku Kingdom so as not to be affected by the popular rebellion. ”

"This happened!"

"There is also news that the Spanish governor in Luzon has departed, and it seems that he is planning to meet with Yang Chengying in the port of Naha."

"Yes, no wonder we didn't encounter a sea ship on the east side of the Ryukyus, it turned out that we were all arranged to patrol the west side to ensure the safety of the Spanish governor."

"Probably so."

"Ordered, we moved quickly, and the big ship pasted past. Let Li Kuiqi and them get ready to burn the enemy's giant ship with a fireship. ”

"Yes."

Tasman commanded sailors to climb the mast and wave strips of cloth with color in their hands to convey simple messages.

This information is all agreed in advance, and you can take out what you need.

After all, it is not a long-term cooperation, and complex flag language is incomprehensible.

After another voyage, the mist on the sea lifted.

Through the monoculars, Brouwer saw four warships with a large number of naval guns heading towards them.

"Strength, O God!"

Browworth drew a cross on his chest, immediately issued a flag, and commanded the fleet to quickly stick to the four ships.

He hoped to rely on the flexible characteristics of the ship and got close to the shelling. Then through the fire attack, the four huge ships were sunk in the sea.

Only then will he be able to achieve victory!

Then, he realized that he was wrong, and it was very wrong.