Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 532 Santiago Castle
After the handover of the work of the two colonial governors, El Salvador was ready to flee.

Before leaving, the old fox did not forget to give his best wishes to the new Governor Coquera:
"Dear Governor Coquila, I have been wandering abroad for many years and miss my hometown very much, and now your Excellency has taken over as the new Governor.

I have decided to leave Luzon tomorrow morning. I have heard that Your Excellency is a rare talent in the Kingdom of Spain. I believe that Luzon will be more prosperous under your governance. "

Although Salvador said so, he was thinking about how to leave Luzon quickly.

Where is Coquila a once-in-a-century talent? El Salvador is just flattering him in order to get away earlier.

The youthful and arrogant Coquila thought he was great, but now he was completely stunned by the old fox Salvatore.

He suddenly felt that the old man in front of him was not only cute but also worthy of respect, he reached out and grabbed Salvatore's big hand and said:

"My lord, thank you for your compliment. I was reluctant to leave you so soon, and I still have a lot to learn from you, but in order to let you return to China earlier to enjoy the blessings, I decided to arrange a warship to see you off early tomorrow morning."

Coquera's decision almost made the old fox laugh, and he was so happy in his heart. Salvador is still young, and he decided to work harder:

"The governor is doing well, and he really does things differently. The Kingdom of Spain is definitely lucky to have such an excellent young governor like you. I will not disturb your Excellency the governor, and I will leave."

After Salvador finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave. There are still a lot of things and gold and silver in the house that need to be packed, otherwise it will be too late tomorrow.

But Corquila grabbed Salvatore in excitement:
"Your Excellency, go slowly, we will hold a farewell dance for you tonight, please be sure to show your face."

In Manila, Coquera has the final say now, and Salvador didn't dare to lose face to Coquera in order to get out earlier, so he had to agree against his will.

"Okay, thank you Governor for your kindness, El Salvador, thank you!"

In this way, Coquila led all the senior officials of the Governor's Mansion in Manila to hold a grand reception for the former Governor.

During the reception, whether it was beauties of all skin colors or various wines, there was no attraction for El Salvador.

Salvador was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and his only thought was to end the reception as soon as possible.

The reception didn't end until late at night, and Salvador was finally relieved, and hurried back to order his servants to pack up.

Early the next morning, Salvador packed up his things, loaded ten carriages, and hurried to the pier.

Coquera was completely fooled by Salvador, and actually sent him a warship, planning to let the warship send Salvador back to Spain.

And personally went to the pier to see him off, which made Salvador feel a little guilty and blush?
But for his own benefit, for his family, and for millions of taels of gold and silver, he still didn't tell Kequela the news that Daming occupied the whole Batavia.

Because he was worried that once Daming attacked Luzon, he would never have the opportunity to bring so much gold and silver back to Spain.

Before leaving, Salvador pulled the current Governor of Manila and said earnestly:

"I really appreciate your Excellency Governor sending you off. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely invite Your Excellency the Governor to drink. This is a small thing. Please accept it, Your Excellency Governor.

There is another thing to remind Your Excellency, the Ming Dynasty in the north is very powerful now, it is best not to provoke them, farewell! "

"Thank you for your advice, my lord, and I wish you a safe journey."

Coquila looked at the bank note in his hand, and was startled at the time. The face value of the bank note actually reached [-] silver coins, which made Coquela's heart beat faster.

However, he did not shirk it. Since El Salvador gave him so much money, it meant that he would definitely earn more money as the governor, and fifty thousand was just a drop in the bucket.

Seeing the battleship hoist its sails and start to go away, Corquila seemed to feel that his chance to make money had come.

After the ammunition of the Daming Navy and Army was replenished, the battleship immediately anchored and the troops set off for Malacca and Ceylon in two routes.

Zhu Youjian wanted to completely drive the Dutch forces out of Nanyang before returning to Ming Dynasty.

According to Jin Yiwei's information, the Netherlands does not have many troops in Ceylon, so it should be relatively easy for Ming to take it.

But the strategic position of Malacca is very important. It controls the seafood of Malacca, and there are more troops in the castle, reaching as many as [-].

Regardless of the colonists such as the Netherlands or Portugal or Spain and England, their population is not large.

Conquer the local indigenous people and small countries, all rely on the advanced firearms of the colonists.

It can't be compared with Da Ming at all, it is a war with hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn.

Therefore, [-] Dutch soldiers guarding Malacca are quite a lot.

The commander of the navy of the Ming army who attacked Malacca was Zhang Huangyan, and the army was Li Dingguo and his Dragon Banner Army.

On the other hand, the chief commander of the navy is Huang Fei, and the army is the Daming Longteng Army led by Huang De.

Zhu Youjian sits in Huangming Island, Zheng Chenggong and Qi Jiguang accompany the emperor, Shi Lang has not returned from Anbo Mansion.

The Dutch in Malacca had long received news that the Ming army had captured Batavia.

Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for the Ming army to take Batavia within ten days and half a month.

But what shocked them was that it only took a few hours for them to enter Batavia Castle without bloodshed.

This left the Dutch in Malacca with no chance to send troops to rescue, and they were really powerless about it.

The only thing they can do is to send the information about the fall of Batavia back to the Netherlands as soon as possible.

The Netherlands is thousands of miles away, and their sailing warships have to withstand the attacks of various natural weather.

It is estimated that it will take two months for the King of the Netherlands to receive the information and send troops to support him.

Malacca can only strengthen its defense now and carefully protect its own safety.

They believed that the reason why Batavia was captured by Ming Dynasty was the result of the governor's massacre of Chinese.

Although they thought that after Ming took Batavia, they should not attack Malacca for the time being, they were still very careful.

When Zhang Huang said that their fleet was still more than 30 nautical miles away from Malacca, Malacca got the information.

"Report to the governor, the Ming fleet is found [-] nautical miles from Malacca, and the direction is Malacca."

Botto, Governor of the Netherlands in Malacca, was taken aback:
"What? Daming is too dissatisfied, just took Batavia, and now they are attacking Malacca, their appetite is too big.

According to the governor's order, all the soldiers must gather urgently to prepare for battle. Malacca must be defended, and the Netherlands has no way out. "

"Yes"

The governor of Malacca, Botuo, immediately sent an order to enter the fighting state, and he would rely on the strong Santiago Castle to fight the Ming army to the death.

Santiago Castle, a Portuguese-style building in the early sixteenth century, was known as the largest and strongest castle in Southeast Asia at the time.

It is said that the stones for building the castle were collected from meteorites at the bottom of Java, and the stones were bonded with a paste made of cooked glutinous rice and lime.

In 1640, the Portuguese colonists made their final struggle here to resist the Spanish invasion.

The remnants hid in the castle and stood firm, but the Spanish artillery had no choice but to use iron barrel tactics to surround and never retreat. After a stalemate for a whole year, the Portuguese army ran out of ammunition and food before raising the white flag to surrender.

The castle was later destroyed by the English colonists in the early nineteenth century, and only the city gate survived.

(End of this chapter)