Xinshun 1730

Chapter 759 Anxiety
With a few muffled bangs, a big gap was blasted into the city wall of Malacca.

The grenadiers quickly launched an impact, seized the walls on both sides of the gap, and controlled the gap.

The infantry then advanced, and the light field artillery followed the infantry to occupy the high places on both sides of the gap, and the engineers immediately built simple artillery fortifications.

The whole process was like a drill, or even worse than a drill.The Dashun Army has been working hard against the air throughout the entire process.

After completely controlling the city gate, the gap, and the east-facing city gate.

The Dutch who acted with Dashun in St. Paul's Church finally waited for the time to surrender.If you don't surrender again, and the heavy artillery is aimed at St. Paul's Church, you will really die without a place to die.

The military music was played, gongs and drums were beating, Liu Yu brought the envoys of those small countries into the city, watched the surrender of the Dutch, visited the city walls that were blown up, and the turrets that were blasted away by heavy artillery. This scene is considered to be over. .

Since Malacca was abandoned by the Dutch early on, it was already under the control of Dashun.Now that the flag is planted in the city of Malacca, the Chinese in the city, the Nyonya people who are mixed with Chinese and locals, all cheered.

The rest of the ethnic group didn't really care either, they were neither European nor Eurasian.

And, natives of Batavia, supported Dutch rule.However, Malacca has always been suppressed by the Dutch. Commercial activities and many laws and regulations have a strong style of fundamentalist Calvinism and orthodox feudal commercial monopoly, which makes the citizens of Malacca feel dissatisfied.

In other words, it would be better to be born at the foot of the imperial city than to be born anywhere.Batavia can also be regarded as the imperial city of the East India Company. If Malacca fails, it will fail because the geographical conditions are so superior that the East India Company has to use powerful administrative means to suppress the development of Malacca.
Today, the city of Malacca has changed its owner after a hundred years since the 13th year of Chongzhen.But after all, people living in Malacca know China very well, and there is not much panic about Dashun occupying Malacca.

After settling down in the city, Liu Yu and Li Yan brought a group of officers to St. Paul's Church, where there is a hill overlooking the city of Malacca and the opposite city of Malacca.

The mountain is not high, and there is no courage to see all the small mountains at all.

But everyone, including Li Yan, looked at the city of Malacca that had just experienced the war, and they all felt a sense of pride.

In the 13th year of Chongzhen, Malacca was captured by the Netherlands, and it has been a hundred years since then.

In the 13th year of Chongzhen, Emperor Taizu of Dashun Qingqi entered Henan, and officially shouted the slogan of equalizing the land and exempting grain.

Today, the descendants of the rogues have become emperors, dukes, marquises, and even sons of good families.

This feeling of interlacing time and space really makes people have an indescribable pride.

The battle was not fierce at all. There were no deaths on Dashun's side, and no one was killed on the Dutch side outside of the defenders in Fort Santiago.

In terms of the significance of this war alone, it is far worse than the Batavia uprising, not to mention the deception of the Dutch fleet by Cirebon.

But in Batavia, no one sighed too much.

Here, I sigh again and again.

Because... this is the gate of Nanyang.

To the west is beyond Nanyang.

If Dashun goes out in the future, the fleet will gather here, fly the colorful flags, and ride the wind and waves.

If you don't go out, the Celestial Dynasty will control Nanyang again and expand the land for thousands of miles.

With the introduction of the upper globe, these people know that the size of the earth is fixed, and now the empire from Omsk to the mouth of the Heilongjiang River; from the Selenga River to Java; from Malacca to Sulu and Luzon seems to be large enough .

Standing on St. Paul's Hill, they were not looking at the little Malacca, but crossing the water vapor and mist on the sea to see farther away India and even Europe.

Li Yan suddenly thought of a sentence Liu Yu said before, and felt that it was especially suitable for this battle in Nanyang.

"You fell down before I could exert any strength."

"In this battle, the land has been expanded for thousands of miles, and several countries have been seized. Not to mention the coming of all countries, but if it is subdivided, it is still possible to gather thirty or fifty tributary countries."

"However, the impact of this battle on the livelihood of the people in the country is not as good as a civil uprising. Three to five thousand soldiers and horses will be resolved. There is no need for a large number of soldiers and civilians."

"Such a battle, if the Chinese Empire fights for another 100 years, it will not be hurt."

The rest of the officers also had the feeling that the Dutchman had fallen before he could exert any force.

But Liu Yu said: "You just think it's useless, but you don't know that since I captured Vitas Bering at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River and the Asia-American Road and Bridge Expedition Ship that captured the Raksha people, I entered Japan, joined Edo, and joined forces. Sweden, opening a new school... 20 years of sharpening the sword, this time, it will be effortless."

"It's just that I think it's a waste of money to cut a piece of tofu with such a sharp sword just once."

He felt that the future was full of uncertainties, and the emperor already believed in his decision-making and agreed to the plan to cooperate with the Netherlands.

But if I have done so much, something went wrong on the Dutch side and they refuse to cooperate, then I am afraid that in the future, I can only stand on St. Paul's Hill in Malacca, looking west and sighing.

If this matter fails, the westward march to India will also fall through.Spices have to be sold. If the Dutch do not cooperate, they can only be sold to the UK in Malacca, because the UK can eat and sell them well.

At that time, a year of vain money will be placed in front of the emperor, but Liu Yu will start a war with the British who "sent money" to the emperor. I am afraid that it will definitely be wavering.

Before, she was barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, so Liu Yu could try to frighten the British, but the British had nothing to do with Dashun.

If you really want to take Nanyang, then put on your shoes.The UK has the means to counter Dashun, rejecting Dashun's goods will hurt both sides at worst, but it is better than not hurting Dashun at all.

When the time comes to compete with each other, who knows who will be unable to stand up first?

At that time, the advantage will be on the British side.

Both can encourage smuggling.If it is really a full-scale smuggling, it will be difficult to prevent it.Blocking Malacca and Sunda, people can still transport it to other places by land.

It is also because the economies of Southeast Asia are too tightly tied to European trade. Once it is cut off, Dashun's rule in Nanyang will inevitably be unstable.

So the cooperation with the Netherlands is very important.The Netherlands is definitely not capable of taking India. After the Nanyang issue is resolved between Dashun and the Netherlands, there will be no irreconcilable conflicts.

Calculating the time, there is still one year to send all the Dutch who witnessed all this back, and Dashun to step in when the European armistice is over.

This is like a gamble, the size has been suppressed, almost all of the net worth.But the dice cup will not be opened until next year.

And even if it can only be opened next year, and there is no phone at this time, it will take another year to reach here.

This can really drive people crazy.

Li Yan knew Liu Yu's plan, heard the complacency in Liu Yu's tone and the fear of unwillingness in the future, and said in relief: "Don't think too much about the marquis. In the past, the Marquis Wu had no plan, and the fire was still extinguished." In Shangfanggu, it is said that people plan things, but heaven makes things happen."

"All the plans and considerations have been done, and the rest depends on the destiny. What the heavens can do, they have already done. The rest is powerless."

Of course, Li Yan now supports Liu Yu's westward plan, which is related to his navy and his prestige among naval officers: he can't expand and promote the navy, but instead chops the navy and seals up the warships. Not a good commander in his eyes.

But support is support, and there are only these things that can be said and done.

Liu Yu continued to look west for a while, dazed in a daze, shook his head for a long time and said: "I have no ability to solve domestic affairs. I can only entrust everything here. That's all. Your Highness is right, it is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen." .”

It is up to man to plan and accomplish things in heaven, which is not only the sky of nothingness, but also the sky in the Forbidden City.

Liu Yu made a pun, but he didn't give in to the Forbidden City's opposite, because if it was true, it would appear that his words were a bit resentful.In case the emperor does not plan to continue westward in the future, this will easily become a crack.

The military officers beside them don't know the affairs of the court, let alone the affairs between the monarch and his ministers.However, many of them are aware of Liu Yu's plan to cooperate with the Netherlands, and they are participants and specific executors in many things.

In their view, how can money be too much?Earning money from growing and buying vegetables together is of course better than just growing vegetables.

Seeing Liu Yu's preoccupied appearance, several military officers winked in private, and someone deliberately diverted the topic away, not wanting Liu Yu to be in such a low mood.

"Your Highness, King of Whales, at the end of the day, let's continue the defensive methods of the Dutch and Portuguese. Let the city here be separated from the city. In the future, this place will serve as the garrison of the Nanyang Protectorate. Many Dutch suppressive policies, It can all be lifted."

"The climatic conditions here are very good, and good fields can be reclaimed. At least food self-sufficiency is not a problem."

"Besides, since this is the head of the Nanyang Fourth Army Town, some people will immigrate here."

"However, I feel that it is best not to build a military port here. It is better to go east and build a military port at Temasek at the end of the peninsula."

"It is not suitable to build a military port in the middle of the strait. Once it is blocked by people, it will be trapped to death. If it is in Temasek, it can go out of the strait in detail and control the Southeast Asia."

"It's just that it's a barren place with a small population. It's definitely not as good as here. But in the long run, it's worth spending more money like this."

Temasek is the future Singapore.

The words of these staff officers really drew Liu Yu's attention away.He has also considered this issue. Malacca is indeed not a very suitable place.

The port here is not very deep, and the water near the port is very shallow when the tide goes out every day, so that in this battle, Dashun's navy couldn't get too close.

It is also true that the interior of the strait is not suitable for a military port, it is better to build it at the entrance of the strait.After all, here is no better than the mainland. In a short period of time, Dashun can only control the narrow and long area from Malacca to Temasek, and the rest of the territory is not in Dashun's hands.

In this case, it is really better to change the place.

The officer said again: "Just right, we have captured quite a few Dutchmen. If we can use these people for labor, we can save a lot of money."

"Since the Dutch were able to use us Chinese as coolies to build Batavia from a swamp; why couldn't we use the Dutch as labor to build Temasek?"

"This is one of them."

"Secondly, in the city of Malacca, there is a mixed population, with people from all over the place. And there seem to be a lot of Chinese in the local area, but many of them have been here for a long time, lived with the locals, and believed in Islam."

"If Temasek can be built, only a large number of people will be moved in. We are not like the Dutch who suppress other places for Batavia. It will not take a few years for Temasek to become prosperous."

"It is both a military port and a fortress. As long as the navy is still the strongest in Southeast Asia, it is better to build a fortress at the cape of the peninsula than in the center of the peninsula. Once something happens, if there is a navy at the cape, just consider one side. Enemy."

"Besides, it is easy to believe in Islam, but difficult to leave Islam. There are many mosques here. If people immigrated from China, it will be difficult to say in the future. Anyway, the Dutch have been suppressing Malacca before, which saves a lot of trouble. If it weren't for Batavia It’s too prosperous, with a large population, but it’s actually far better to start a new stove elsewhere.”

(End of this chapter)