Cutting 1719

Chapter 548 Capture Lhasa
Under the coercion and lure of Batavia Governor Vizos, the other overseas Chinese leaders quickly chose to pay. With the desired effect, everyone has become a friend of the Dutch East India Company.

"For a friend, we will never let him suffer!"

Vizos had a bit of complacency on his face, and he was quite happy to get such a large sum of money from the Chinese, so he immediately smiled and said: "We will do our best to protect your safety and interests, by the way, wait until After defeating Ning Chu in the future, we will give you more benefits!"

Everyone had no choice but to praise Wei Zuos loudly to show their inner respect, especially Liu Rulong praised Wei Zuos very much, which made Wei Zuos very happy.

After most of them left, Wei Zuosi signaled for Liu Rulong to stay and took him into the study, which made Liu Rulong very happy, almost thinking that he had completely become Wei Zuosi's confidant.

As the governor of Batavia, Vizos's study is naturally unique. Not only are there a large number of porcelain and calligraphy and painting decorations from China, but there are also many local indigenous decorations, which look a bit nondescript. It also highlights some of the wild features of the aborigines.

But none of these attracted Liu Rulong, what really caught his attention was a sailing warship model in the study, the exquisite and excellent workmanship made the whole warship look lifelike and full of majesty.

Seeing Liu Rulong staring at the sailboat model, Vizos smiled slightly, "It is currently the most advanced warship in the Netherlands, the Seven Provinces, and it made immortal achievements when it was against England. It's a pity that we can't really have such a ship." For battleships, we can only look at the models."

Liu Rulong naturally didn't want to let go of this opportunity to flatter, and said repeatedly: "With the Governor's management in Nanyang, sooner or later there will be Governors in the future, just need to wait patiently."

Wei Zuos laughed loudly, and patted Liu Rulong on the shoulder, "Liu, do you know? You are much smarter than those people, and I know what they think. Come here, when Ningchu's navy arrives in Batavia, they will immediately choose to surrender—"

"However, they don't think about it carefully, who is in charge in Batavia right now. Their self-righteous cleverness is the real joke."

A trace of disdain flashed across Vizos's face. Obviously, for the governor, he understood the thoughts of the overseas Chinese very well. He looked at Liu Rulong meaningfully and said with a smile: "But it doesn't matter, I don't want to Whoever cooperates is the enemy, and I've actually found a better partner."

"What partner?" Liu Rulong subconsciously felt something was wrong, and he stared at Wei Zuos closely.

Vizos said coldly: "I have reached a new agreement with several major chiefdoms, inviting them to become our allies so that we can resist Ningchu's army in the future. As for the reward, it will be the Chinese in Indonesia."

"This." Liu Rulong was dumbfounded. Why did he suddenly pay the money just now?
Wei Zuos smiled, turned around and sat on the chair, and said as if nothing had happened: "Liu, you can rest assured that Ning Chu hasn't called yet, right? Besides, even if I do, I will save the lives of your family Yes, of course, this favor can't be done in vain, after all, safety is a luxury!"

Liu Rulong swallowed his saliva, feeling cold sweat all over his back, this red-haired devil is really cruel
While the Nanyang undercurrent is surging, Guangzhou has become more and more prosperous. A large number of merchant ships are moored at the port of Guangzhou. There are many laborers on the wharf who are moving the goods to it. Most of them are porcelain and tea, and others are Some specialty gadgets from the inland.

Of course, many people don't know that there is also a wharf twenty miles away from the Guangzhou wharf, but it is not a commercial port, but a real military wharf. Dozens of warships have already docked on it, the largest of which are six. On the sailing battleship, densely packed gun emplacements were exposed on both sides.

Ning Qianqiu, dressed in the uniform of the Fuhan Army, walked down the gangway of the warship. At this time, there were several other people standing on the shore. The leader was none other than Admiral Qiu Ze. The general is waiting here.

When Ning Qianqiu came to the shore, he quickly gave a military salute to Qiu Ze. After all, the other party's official rank was strictly higher than him, and said with a smile: "Ning came to Guangzhou, but there was Lao Qiu's army waiting here. Terrified."

From an outsider's point of view, it is indeed a bit outrageous. After all, Qiu Ze is already a lieutenant general, while Ning Qianqiu does not have the rank of general, but only a colonel. The difference in status from the opponent is not 01:30.

But in the eyes of real insiders, this is not the case. The reasons are very simple. First, Qiu Ze's title is not as good as Ning Qianqiu. Second, although Ning Qianqiu's military rank is low, his position is very important.

When Ning Yu set up the shadow and the Military Intelligence Department, he deliberately lowered the rank and rank of the chief officer. Among them, Shi Xue, the director of the Military Intelligence Department, only had the rank of major general, and Ning Luoyuan, the head of the shadow, only had the official rank of fourth rank. The reason is that these two departments belong to the power department, so they should not be too big in name, otherwise they will not be able to check and balance.

Qiu Ze naturally understood the special status of the other party in his heart, so he smiled at the moment, and then made a gesture of invitation, and took Ning Qianqiu back to the temporary command office set up by the Ministry of the Navy in Guangzhou. After walking through a lush mountain forest, there are several rows of houses looming behind the mountain forest, but they seem extremely secretive.

Ning Qianqiu smiled immediately: "People who don't know think this is the shadow's stronghold in Guangzhou, but this also reminds me that the place we are looking for is not as secret as Qiu Junmen, it is really dereliction of duty ah!"

Qiu Ze laughed loudly, "That's not the case. We have a heavy responsibility to come to Guangzhou this time, and the matters involved are extremely confidential, so we must not reveal anything."

"It seems that we are about to fight." Ning Qianqiu sighed slightly.

Qiu Ze smiled and said nothing, and led Ning Qianqiu through layers of guard posts, and then walked into the command hall of the Admiralty. In this large house, there was a huge sand table, but it was different from ordinary sand tables. Part of it is water, and only a few pieces of land are exposed on the water. Obviously, this is imitating the surrounding waters of Southeast Asia.

Ning Qianqiu couldn't help but took a few steps forward, and saw several wooden sailboat models on the water surface, which looked extremely exquisite, and there were some small flags representing the army on the side of the water surface, and immediately understood that this was a land and water exercise United attack.

Speaking of which, in Ningchu's current battles, there are not a few battles that carry out combined land and water attacks. For example, the battle of Kagoshima was the one that chose to land, and the battle of western Liaoning and the battle of North Korea, both chose to land It is obvious that this time the attack on Nanyang will not be without a landing battle. It can even be said that due to the geographical environment of Nanyang, most of the battles will be decided by the landing battle.

Qiu Ze was very interested in seeing Ning Qianqiu, so he stood aside and introduced: "At present, the navy's summary exercise for landing warfare is quite mature. As long as it can completely defeat the navy of the Dutch East India Company, it can conduct landing operations. The Nanyang Islands have become soft-shelled turtles, but in this regard, we still need relevant information from the Military Intelligence Department and the shadow."

Ning Qianqiu nodded slightly, and said softly: "I came here today to give you some bad news. The original estimate of the number of naval warships of the Dutch East India Company was wrong, because they had new warships coming from Europe, which were originally rotated. Yes, but the current situation is not right and they may have to stay for a long time."

"How many ships? What class of warships?"

Qiu Ze frowned. This news was like a bolt from the blue. You must know that they originally estimated that the rotation time would be at least two years later, but now it has been brought forward.

Ning Qianqiu smiled bitterly and said: "At present, my people only know that there is this news, and the deeper military intelligence is not yet clear. We are going to cooperate with the Military Intelligence Department to get specific information, but there is one thing that can be confirmed right now. The intention seems clear."

Qiu Ze sighed, he looked outside the door, and said softly: "The news here in Guangzhou has almost become a sieve, whether it is a local fan merchant or those idle hooligans, it is possible to station the warship in News from Guangzhou leaked out."

Ning Qianqiu has been engaged in intelligence work for a long time, so he is well aware of this, "We will conduct a cleansing in Guangzhou soon, and most of the spies will be washed away by then, but judging from the current matter, I am very worried about the Netherlands. People will prepare in advance, and the battle may not be so smooth when the time comes."

Qiu Ze nodded, reached out and picked up a model of a warship from the water, and placed it near Surabaya, and said softly: "Although the navy is still practicing, the preliminary plan has been drawn up. The navy will directly launch a surprise attack on Surabaya, thereby intimidating the Dutch navy in Batavia to fight me at sea."

Ning Qianqiu knew the purpose of doing this, the reason is that Batavia has become a very strong fortress city after the long-term management of the Dutch, especially the navy of the Dutch East India Company is basically stationed in Batavia , so it is simply impossible to attack Batavia directly from the sea.

On the contrary, it is a good idea to attract Batavia's navy and army to support by attacking Surabaya. At that time, a decisive battle on the sea can be realized. It's just a matter of time for Davia.

Once Batavia is completely captured, the Fuhan Army can gradually capture the entire Java Island along Batavia, and then gradually expand to Sumatra, Borneo, and Sulawesi through landing operations. Island, laying a strategic advantage in Southeast Asia.

After all, without the obstruction of the Dutch, it would be difficult for the Portuguese alone to pose a threat to the Fuhan army. On the contrary, the natives on these islands would have a great impact on the Fuhan army.

Qiu Ze continued to introduce: "This plan is just an idea, and there are many places in the process that need the help of shadows."

Ning Qianqiu said softly: "It's not that I didn't do nothing in Indonesia this time. Among the Chinese in Nanyang, we can still talk, especially those Chinese in Borneo and Java, but they all look forward to Let Wang Shi come to Nanyang as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, Ning Qianqiu also felt a little emotional. He found that some of his perceptions of the Nanyang Chinese were actually not objective enough. When it comes to patriotism, they are really not bad at all.

Although some of the Chinese don't have much money, they still hope to donate to the shadow for expenses in Nanyang. Of course, this was rejected by Ning Qianqiu.

There are also many Surabaya Chinese who even organized themselves spontaneously, saying that they would raise troops when the Ningchu Navy arrived in Surabaya. At that time, with them as internal support from Surabaya City, they would be able to capture Surabaya faster.
Ning Qianqiu said softly: "Your Majesty has great expectations for us, and also hopes that we can successfully take down Nanyang. At that time, not only Taiwan can be attached, but the situation in Southeast Asia will also be in my hands. This plan must not fail, otherwise you The two of us have no face to meet His Majesty."

"Yes, then the follow-up plan needs to be improved, and we must win." Qiu Ze's face showed a trace of dignity, and his tone seemed very deep.

"Your Majesty, I just received news that Chen Daoxian's troops have captured Lhasa and captured the Seventh Dalai Lama alive!"

In Nanjing City, inside the Fengtian Hall, Cui Wancai, the chief minister of the cabinet, walked in excitedly with a note. He loudly reported the news to Ning Yu, and then handed over the note.

When Ning Yu heard the news, he was a little shocked. You must know that although Chen Daoxian started to go to Qinghai-Tibet at the beginning of last year, after all, he had experienced entanglements with Nian Gengyao and others before, and the real time to enter Qinghai-Tibet was in July. , but unexpectedly, in less than a year, Chen Daoxian won Lhasa!
Ning Yu quickly took Cui Wancai's booklet, which was submitted by Chen Daoxian. He quickly opened it and read it carefully, and immediately understood the reason.

In fact, it is very simple to say, that is, Chen Daoxian went to Qinghai-Tibet this time, in fact, he was lucky enough to get such a good result!

Since the reign of Kangxi, the Zhungeer tribe has already attacked Qinghai-Tibet, killed Lazang Khan, and drove away the Mongolian Heshuote tribe, which greatly weakened the strength of the Qinghai-Tibet native faction. Later, when Yongzheng succeeded to the throne At that time, Nian Gengyao and Yue Zhongqi were sent to pacify Luobu Zangdanjin, which made the local faction almost fall into a state of complete dormancy.

The latter situation is also simple. It is precisely because of the previous war that the Qing court retracted its power from Qinghai-Tibet, which also caused a strategic blank phenomenon here. Before the local faction really recovered, Chen Daoxian sent troops this time. , naturally achieved very good results.

(End of this chapter)