Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 456 It's Just a Paper Tiger
The Dutch Navy is now the world's largest.Where would they put the Ming Dynasty's fleet in their eyes?Although their fleet was defeated by the Ming army twice, it was 20 years ago after all, and now their coachman at sea has gone farther and farther on the sea, which is not 20 years ago Sea coachman.

The arrogance and impulsiveness that is not what it used to be is the supreme arrogance and prejudice, especially these bloody Dutch soldiers, they are respected as the boss everywhere they go, so they still look up when they come to China. Talking about it, I treat China like other countries. The kind of domineering, self-important, empty-eyed, defiant, domineering is almost to the extreme.

This caravan was escorted by warships, and it was originally going to travel from Taiwan to the island country in the East.This is an out-and-out commercial activity, and they can go directly to Dongyang from Taiwan.If so, there would be no such thing as today.

But these red-haired boys deliberately sailed hundreds of miles north with their strong guns, and then sailed along China's coastal waters, which in itself was a show of force.

In addition, of course they knew that Ming Dynasty was at war, and they also knew that the Portuguese navy had already intervened in Macau, openly supporting Zheng Zhilong's rebels to fight against Ming Dynasty.They also wanted to join in the fun, because Wei Malang, the head of the Dutch East India Company, had already received a clear order from the King of the Netherlands. Their Great Dutch Empire had the same position as Portugal's and fully supported Zheng Zhilong's confrontation with the Ming court.

It is not that these two colonial powers expressed humanitarianism to Zheng Zhilong and generously supported Zheng Zhilong.It is entirely based on their interests. As the saying goes, there is no free lunch in the world, so the two of them will not pay for Zheng Zhilong's war. The main reason is that they feel that the Ming government is not friendly enough to them. Only the Great Southern Empire, which supports Zheng Zhilong, can Guarantee their vested interests and long-term interests.

Therefore, the naval commander of the escort formation this time is a mid-level officer under Wei Malang, named Kars, who is responsible for leading 13 Dutch warships, a total of 3000 Dutch navy, to escort this more than 60 merchant ships convoy.

The three ships in front of the 13 Dutch warships, four ships on the left and right sides, and two ships behind them formed such an escort formation to protect the Dutch merchant ships inside.

Because although they know that they are the bosses of the navy in the world, no matter where they go, all countries in the world admire them and shun them.But there are still some forces that are bold and reckless, such as pirates and Japanese pirates. The strength of these unofficial forces should not be underestimated, and they have to guard against them.

That's why Dutch warships escorted them.However, with these 13 most advanced Dutch warships in the world, even Dutch businessmen and Dutch soldiers are showing off their might, and feel that they are safe.

They purposely circumvented China's coastal waters this time, not only to show off their force to Ming Dynasty, which was full of provocation, but also to cheer for the Portuguese warship and Zheng Zhilong's navy.

They now also know that Zheng Zhilong's army is no match for the Ming army, and they are retreating steadily.They wanted to help Zheng Zhilong regain his confidence through naval battles.

I never thought that Yuanjia Road was narrow and happened to meet Ji Dong's fleet.When the Ming army wanted to stop them, they raised flags, warned them, and crossed them to intercept them.How could these arrogant and domineering people eat such a thing?Immediately fired at the Ming ship.

Originally, Ji Dong wasn't ready to fight Hongmaozi now, but now he's concentrating his efforts on dealing with Zheng Zhilong, who brazenly proclaims himself emperor despite the world's disgrace.

Because he knows that the sea area in the southern border of the Ming Dynasty is complicated, and there are at least four forces involved in this sea area of ​​several kilometers. In addition to the Ming Navy and the armed forces of the rebel Zheng Zhilong, there are also the Portuguese navy and the Netherlands. navy.

These two maritime powers are showing off their force everywhere, and Portugal, a veteran maritime power, is unwilling to withdraw from its own stage.He tried to carve up the world with Spain, but the rise of the Netherlands shattered his dream, but he still stayed in Macau.

The Netherlands, an emerging maritime power, is known as the coachman of the sea and is trying to dominate the world.In order to demonstrate his strength and existence, he divided colonies everywhere. Not only did he dominate Europe, Britain and France are now his younger brothers. He, the boss of the sea, rushed out of Europe, and all countries in Southeast Asia and the East Asia have her merchant ships and warships cruising.

In recent years, the Netherlands has resorted to force. His warships and merchant ships sail freely, and they can go wherever they want, showing off their might and domineering.He will beat anyone who refuses to accept it.

Spain, a maritime power that once threatened to carve up the world, has been bruised by the Netherlands. Britain, France and other places are all under his protection. His merchant ships and warships can drive straight in and go wherever they want.

Don't look at it as a small country, but he can do chores and military service for him by dividing colonies or enslaving citizens of other countries.So he is not worried at all that his nationals are not enough.He wields a big stick, he has as many soldiers as he wants, and whoever wants to submit must submit.

Since the beginning of the 17th century, the Netherlands has replaced Spain as the world's largest colonialist country.And they drove out the Spanish colonists in Taiwan and replaced them.Occupy China's Penghu, and also invade China's southeast coast.

The previous Ming government also organized effective resistance, but these colonists were not reconciled after all. Although they were defeated several times and made a comeback several times, they are now stuck in Taiwan, building castles, increasing the army, and promoting slavery The policy bloodily suppressed the resistance of the local residents, enslaved the local residents, and enabled them to obtain huge profits from the East India Company.

In recent years, the civil wars in Ming Dynasty continued, the national strength was declining, and they were unable to make expeditions. These colonists became more unscrupulous and rampant.

Now they openly support Zheng Zhilong and oppose Daming with ulterior motives, and meet with the Portuguese envoy in Guangxi. Lin Yi has already smelled this kind of provocative atmosphere.

Although what the Edward envoy said was far-fetched and ridiculous, they had already exposed their sinister intentions.

The Portuguese colonists were still like this, but the Dutch colonists who were more arrogant than them were said to be uglier than them. Although Lin Yi has not come into contact with those red-haired boys, he can fully infer this.

And now that the Southern Army is retreating steadily, Zheng Zhilong is likely to jump the wall in a hurry and seek help everywhere, and it will be troublesome for Chinese and foreign reactionary forces to collude.

In addition, of course Ji Dong will not forget this old neighbor in the east.The island country and North Korea are enemies, and the Ming Dynasty came to protect North Korea, so they have long been at odds with the island country. Zheng Zhilong has a constant relationship with the island country. If the island country supports Zheng Zhilong again, then this matter will be more complicated.

As the leader of a country, he has to consider the changes in the international situation and the game between big countries.The kind of decision-making that is based on momentary loyalty, showing off the courage of ordinary people, and patting the forehead is very serious and terrible.

As a special soldier who traveled through time, he knew this very well.

Now the strength of the Ming Dynasty is in Lin Yi's mind. Don't look at him, unlike other emperors who have been hiding in the palace and living the life of the Three Palaces and Six Courts, but have been fighting outside all year round, from outside the Great Wall to southern Xinjiang, and then to Southwest, and now to the southeast, basically a full circle.But the more he was like this, the more he knew, this was the real immediate supervision of the country.

He has already figured out how many troops and money the current Ming Dynasty has, and how many battles it can fight.

Although the emaciated camels of the Ming Dynasty were bigger than horses, and after more than ten years of hard work, he made great efforts to govern the country with a strong army, punished corruption at the court, and expelled the Tartars and thieves at the outside, so that the flag of the Ming Dynasty did not fall. , and the bitter tree sprouted new branches, the people's hearts began to stabilize, and the economy began to recover. Only then did the machine of the Ming Dynasty, which was on the verge of being scrapped, start operating again.

But in these years, years of wars, military use everywhere, poor livelihood and serious damage, the overall strength of the Ming Dynasty is incomparable to that of the prosperous period.

Therefore, Lin Yi certainly dare not underestimate these top powers in the world.Despise the world, Yelang is arrogant, he will reap the consequences of himself, and the lesson of arrogant soldiers must be defeated will certainly not be forgotten.

Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, the ideal way to deal with the Netherlands, Portugal, and Zheng Zhilong's rebel forces is to deal with them step by step, step by step, from near to far, one by one.

Otherwise, if a Ming Dynasty went to war against these great powers at the same time, it would be too small to underestimate them.

But things often do not keep up with the changes in the plan, and things happen from time to time that the sky does not go according to people's wishes.Now Ming's naval fleet and the Dutch fleet encountered each other, and these red-haired boys actually fired the first shot at the Ming ship.Then there is no other way. It is necessary to teach them a lesson in advance. Anyway, there will be a battle with the red hair sooner or later. You might as well use a few ships that are known as the world's most advanced military ships to test their firepower.

So thinking that Lin Yi was on the warship Yangwei, he immediately issued an order: "Order Shi Lang's armed forces to intercept them. If they don't listen, the warship will be sunk and the merchant ship will be detained."

"Brother Lin, you have to think about it. Is this a Dutch ship?" Xiaoying was a little surprised.

Lin Yi smiled. "So what? Ying Er has also heard of Holland?"

"Brother Lin has underestimated Yinger too!" Xiaoying pouted and said coquettishly, "These red-haired guys are amazing, who doesn't know? Back then our sailors and the red-haired boys were in Penghu and Kinmen. Although Hong Maozi was defeated in the end, our army paid a greater price, the number of casualties was several times that of theirs, and Hong Maozi's ships were fiercely fired, which is not easy to deal with."

"Is this what your father said?" Lin Yi glanced at her.

Xiaoying's father is the head of a hundred households in the guard.In the Sanchakou Guardhouse, when Zhang Baihu was mentioned, everyone knew about it.More than ten years ago, when Lin Yi first crossed over, Xiaoying met Xiaoying at the time, and he had a deep impression on this unruly Ming Dynasty grassroots officer.

"So what?"

"Today's battle, the Dutch will definitely not agree. There will be a war between the two countries. This is the most powerful Netherlands in the world. It is different from Portugal. Brother Lin has to think carefully." reminded.

Twenty years ago, the battles between Penghu and Jinmen Island in Quanzhou, Fujian were well-known in the Ming Dynasty, and even caused a sensation in the world.Of course Zhezhe heard about it too.

Ji Dong dismissively said: "What is the strongest in the world, it's just a paper tiger!"

(End of this chapter)