Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 169 Vassalizing the Kingdom of Mataram

After the Dutch East India Company navy stationed in Batavia was wiped out, Ming Zheng's army was not in a hurry to eat Batavia. Zheng Kezang planned to make Batavia feel fear slowly!
In fear and restlessness, the Guards will take this fortified city without breaking a sweat.

Batavia is located on the Malacca Peninsula, and the Netherlands also has a large number of sites in Sulawesi and Java, which are all good sites.

On July 1682, 7, all connections between Batavia and the outside world were cut off by the Ming Zheng Navy.

The Sunda Strait on the west side of Java Island and the Lombok Strait on the east side have also been completely controlled by the Ming Zheng Navy.

According to Zheng Kezang's deployment, Wang Yang from the Luzon Protectorate led the Third Guard Town from Wansheng Island and arrived at Java Island on the 20th.

The former owner of Java was the Kingdom of Mataram, but under the pressure of the Netherlands, Mataram quickly lost the land in the west and east of Java Island, leaving only the central core area lingering.

Six years ago, in 1677, Amon Goulart II inherited the throne with the support of the Dutch East India Company, signed a slavery treaty with the Dutch East India Company, and became its vassal. The Netherlands won the Brianna region .

Aman Goulart II was still vacillating between Mingzheng and the Netherlands, but after hearing that the warships of Mingzheng Navy flooded the sea between Surabaya and Semarang, he finally made up his mind to join Mingzheng. At the same time, he expelled the envoy sent by Batavia to win him over to fight against Ming Zheng.

However, although the Kingdom of Mataram fell to Ming Zheng, it was only willing to be responsible for supporting the logistics of the fleet, and refused to send troops to participate in the war to attack Batavia. It seemed that it was wary of Ming Zheng!

The Guards came all the way here, not to harvest a disobedient ally.

Just when Amon Goulart II was triumphant, Wang Yang led the guard No. [-] and used his powerful strength to directly tell him a truth: if you lag behind, you will get punched.

In just one day, Karta, the capital of the Kingdom of Mataram, was breached by the guards. King Amang Goulart was captured and sent to Dongning Mansion as a hostage, while Mataram's army guards controlled , has become a high-quality cannon fodder.

So far, the Kingdom of Mataram has been completely reduced to a vassal state of Ming Zheng.

In addition, Wang Yang relied on the local Chinese to form a parliament of the Kingdom of Mataram, which was responsible for all affairs of the Kingdom of Mataram.

It is said to be a parliament, but it is actually a product of Zheng Kezang's orders. After the war is over, the guards will directly station troops to supervise the operation of the Regency Parliament.

Zheng Kezang is not afraid that they will rebel, because the humanistic concept is effective for vassal states!

The capture of the Kingdom of Mataram was a breath of relief for the Ming Zheng Navy, and they finally had a stable logistical supply in the Spice Islands.

The land of Java Island is fertile and rich in products. Obtaining supplies directly from the local area will undoubtedly reduce the great burden on the Ming Zheng Navy.

With the help of Mataram's servants, Wang Yang quickly led his army to occupy Brian'an, which later generations called the Paris of the East.

This place is famous for producing excellent Burianan swords. Bandung is located in the intermountain basin, surrounded by various peaks and volcanoes. Because of the high terrain, the climate here is only over 20 degrees all year round. The plants are lush and the environment is beautiful. It is like spring all the year round, and it is a rare summer resort on Java Island.

The Dutch also built many villas here, treating it as the back garden of Batavia.

But now, these villas have also become the trophies of the guards. In the future, Zheng Kezang can come here from time to time to escape the summer!

The war has reached this level, and in front of the Third Guards Town, the resistance of the Dutch is only the city of Batavia left.

However, the location of Batavia City is really good. The surrounding swamps and mountains are densely covered. Apart from the sea passage, it can only be attacked from the east and west roads.

Attacking from the sea will inevitably face a large number of coastal defense batteries.

The port of Tarrahan in the west is also controlled by the Dutch, so if you attack from land, there is only one way to go in the east.

The Dutch built more than 20 forts along this road.

At that time, Mataram's predecessor, Langsan, also rebelled against the Netherlands, because Batavia could not be defeated, which eventually led to the Kingdom of Mataram being vassalized by the Dutch who reacted.

In a villa in Bandung, Wang Yang, Dawula and other officers from the third township and Liu Guoxuan and others decided to divide the army into two groups to attack after some discussions.

Dawula led the main body of 8000 guards to attack the port of Tarrahan west of Batavia from overseas.

And Wang Yang led the remaining [-] guards, plus [-] Mataram servants, to attack the Dutch fortress from the east.

For the hapless servants of Mataram, the hundred-mile journey from Karawang and Cikarang to the outside of Batavia was simply a road paved with their flesh and blood.

The dying Dutch soldiers would rather ignite the gunpowder kegs and perish with the Matalans who rushed into the fortress in the defensive battle than surrender to the Matalans who they considered indigenous.

Especially during the siege of the Cikarang fortress, the ammunition detonated by the Dutch detonated a thousand Mataram infantry squadrons into the sky, and Wang Yang, who was standing behind watching the battle, finally couldn't stand it anymore.

He called General Mataram, who was in command of the battle, and slapped him more than 10 times in front of a group of cadres. His face was red and swollen, and he was finally let go.

In front of Wang Yang, the general of the country, the middle-aged General Mataram who was slapped repeatedly dared not say a word.

After that, Wang Yang personally commanded the servant army, and borrowed 5 24-pound Polu guns and 4 68-pound short-heavy guns from the Ming Zheng Navy and transported them to the front line. This completely made the enemy's fortress tactics begin to fail.

So the war quickly turned into a war that tested the power of shells and the strength of the fortress, and the casualty rate of Mataram's servants finally dropped.

Even so, the Mataram servant army that hit the city of Batavia suffered close to 1 casualties.

This brutal offensive and defensive battle was a great test for the Mataram soldiers. If it weren't for the guards supervising the battle from the rear, they would have run away long ago.

However, after experiencing the war, the morale of the remaining troops of Mataram's servants increased even more.

Hitting the city of Batavia is their dream of the Matalan people, and it has come true today!

I don't know if it is the effect of Stockholm Syndrome, but their loyalty to the Guards has increased significantly.

If you are more loyal, you may be able to receive the bonus of wonders.

It's not difficult, if you go to Dongning Mansion once, your loyalty will soar immediately.

These heroic Mataram soldiers were also recognized by Wang Yang. Wang Yang promised to capture the city of Batavia and give each of them a native wife!

(End of this chapter)