Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 557 The Routine of Colonial Bandits

The European colonial robbers have come up with a negotiation move again, and this move is also one of their favorite moves.

If you can't beat it, just negotiate.

If you have fought well and don't want to lose too much, you can also negotiate.

If you don't want to fight, but want to consume the enemy, then trick others to fight through negotiation.

Also, if you win the battle, you can't kill them, and if you want to extort money from them, you can also negotiate.

In short, they have already mastered the trick of negotiating.

Don't underestimate their trick.

In history, I don't know how many countries have been limped by their tricks, and even perished.

So, will Lu Xiangsheng be taken in by others?

Tropp pretended to be calm after being brought into the tent by the clerk of the Ministry of Rituals. He slightly stroked his chest and saluted: "Rear Admiral Mark Tropp of the Netherlands is seeing you."

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the Dutch envoy in front of him, and said expressionlessly: "What do you want to do?"

This man is not easy to fool.

Tropp could tell from the look on his face.

However, it doesn't matter, he just came to stop and check the situation.

He pretended to be serious and said: "On behalf of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance, I lodge a solemn protest against your country's invasion. We hope that you can immediately cease the war and withdraw from all occupied areas immediately."

There is something wrong with you!

What anti-Habsburg alliance?

Lu Xiangsheng said coldly: "You are the invaders. I drive you out of the Indian tribe's territory on the order of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. If you are sensible, go back to Europe."

It seems that this guy is a hardliner, you can't talk to him!
Tropp rolled his eyes, and then asked, "If I heard correctly, you mean that you are following orders, and you can't decide this matter, right?"

This guy, what do you mean, trying to set me up?
Lu Xiangsheng still said coldly: "I am acting according to the order, what's the matter, can I make the decision?"

Tropp said unhurriedly: "I mean, you can't make the decision about the retreat, right?"

What's wrong with you?

It is impossible to retreat.

Lu Xiangsheng said a little impatiently: "Let's not talk about the retreat of the troops. Your envoy, please go back."

Tropp still said unhurriedly: "Can you take New Amsterdam without retreating? We can't be so exhausted all the time, right? I mean, if you can't make the decision, then ask someone who makes the decision to talk to us." .”

This is what he relies on.

He has already seen that the army of the Ming Empire is indeed strong, but there are no large warships in the port.

In this case, it is impossible for them to win New Amsterdam. Since they can't win, they have to negotiate, as long as they negotiate, hehe.

Of course Lu Xiangsheng would not negotiate with them.

However, at the moment he really can't win Amsterdam.

From the looks of it, it is time to ask the emperor to send a navy fleet to support.

Procrastinating like this is really not an option.

He didn't want to admit defeat, but he didn't want his soldiers to make unnecessary sacrifices.

Alas, there is no way, he really can't take down the Dutch fortress without the support of the navy fleet.

He sighed secretly, then nodded slightly and said: "That's fine, I'll send someone to ask His Majesty the Emperor immediately, but His Majesty is a bit far away from here, you have to wait for more than a month."

More than a month, okay.

We also have to wait for support from the local people. At that time, we will have a way to make you submit.

Tropp went there full of joy, but Lu Xiangsheng looked at his back and sneered in his heart: "Hmph, you wait, when the navy fleet comes over, I'll take all of you to dig coal! "

This matter seems to be exhausted, and both sides are waiting for support.

Of course, Lu Xiangsheng's support was to take Amsterdam and completely regain the territory of the Cherokee tribe, while the support from the Dutch, British, and French was to increase bargaining chips and frighten the Ming Empire away.

Originally, Lu Xiangsheng thought that he would have to wait for more than a month, but he never thought that Qin Yiming rushed over within two days.

After the two greeted each other, he couldn't help asking: "General Qin, why are you here?"

Qin Yiming hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "My lord, at the end of the day, according to the emperor's order, a post station will be built to connect the [-]-mile express communication channel between the east coast and New Liaoyang City. At this moment, the post stations along the way have almost been repaired. If your lord is in a hurry , you can expedite the message through the post station eight hundred miles away, and within three days, it will be delivered to New Liaoyang City."

Oops, this is great.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he couldn't help being surprised and said, "Really?"

Qin Yiming nodded without hesitation and said: "Of course it is true, how dare the last general lie to you."

it is good!
Lu Xiangsheng immediately began to write quickly.

After a while, he finished writing the memorial.

He quickly put the memorial into an envelope and put an urgent label on it, then handed it to Qin Yiming solemnly, and then said: "General Qin, please pass the memorial to the emperor as soon as possible."

Qin Yiming hastily cupped his hands and bowed, "The general understands."

After saying that, he turned around and walked away quickly.

Three days later, the memorial actually reached Taichang.

When Taichang opened the memorial, he couldn't help frowning.

Careless, forgot that the Dutch are now the overlord of the sea.

There are a lot of warships, and there are also many building boats and gunboats.

The more than ten gunboats and dozens of warships in New Amsterdam probably happened to be performing some mission nearby.

With so many warships and dozens of armed merchant ships, Lu Xiangsheng must have nothing to do with them with hundreds of Spike warships.

The navy fleet must go to support.

The problem is that he only has [-] Aegis ships, [-] Dragon Fang warships and hundreds of Spike warships on his side.

If the Netherlands, Britain, and France unite to send a large number of large ships, gunboats and warships to support them, the ships under his hands may not be able to do it better than others. Even if they can, the sailors will probably suffer heavy casualties.

How to do it?

Concentrate on a decisive battle at sea with others?
If Sun Chuanting's Aegis ships and building gunboats are really mobilized, it will naturally not be a problem to overthrow the combined fleets of the Netherlands, Britain, and France.

The question is, what happens after it's overturned?

With the shipbuilding ability of the Dutch, they estimate that they can build more warships in a year, and if they beat them so violently, they will definitely unite to fight against Da Ming.

Can Daming afford it?

If it is on the coast of Daming, or even in the East or Southeast Asia, Daming will naturally be able to afford it.

The problem is, this is the east coast of America, which is tens of thousands of miles away from the mainland of Ming Dynasty. Moreover, there are no warships here, not even Spike warships.

How can you spend such a long distance with others?
It seems that we must have a good talk with others.

Of course he knew what these colonial robbers were doing in negotiations.

They wanted to fool Daming into retreating, and even limp him.

This is of course impossible.

You guys want to play a negotiation game with me, right?
All right, I'll just play with you.

Thinking of this, Taichang directly said to Wang Cheng'en beside him, "Chuan Zhiji and Yunzhen."

(End of this chapter)