Chapter 9 The Netherlands Comes Out
Zheng Jian, the current head of the Zheng family, was on the city wall at the north gate. The Ming Dynasty envoy was outside the city, saying that he was not afraid of it being fake, but seeing the Ming Dynasty envoy's position, if you ignore him, he will never leave. What should I do?
It is absolutely impossible to let Li Shenzong come out to take over. He is a rebellion. According to the Ming Dynasty, he will never tolerate him holding Li Shenzong hostage and become independent. He will be called if he doesn't want to fight.
After thinking for a long time, he still gritted his teeth and stood up and replied loudly: "Our emperor, oh, no, our king is sick and cannot come to pick him up. If you have anything to say to me, it will be the same."
Mei Zhihuan naturally knew that Li Shenzong had been hostage by them. He stepped forward and said contemptuously: "Who are you? Can you accept the order on behalf of your king?"
Zheng Jian just wanted to send the Ming Dynasty's envoy away quickly. He took the initiative and replied loudly: "I am Zheng Jian, the Qingdu king of the Later Li Dynasty. If you have any questions, please give me instructions."
When Mei Zhihuan heard this, she sternly said, "You won't come down and listen to the Hadith!"
After hearing this, Zheng Jian hesitated for a while and ordered the city gate to open, came to the front of the envoys in person, knelt on the ground and said loudly: "The Later Li Dynasty King Zheng Jian listened to the Hadith."
Mei Zhihuan then took out the "Ming Dynasty Vocational State Order System" and read it loudly. Zheng Jian heard his eyes twitching, but in the end he respectfully took over the "Ming Dynasty Vocational State Order System" and said loudly: "I am the one who received the order, long live my emperor."
He thought, now you are giving you face, you should get out of here.
Unexpectedly, Mei Zhihuan took out another book and handed it over and said coldly: "This is the detailed rule of the vassal state order system. You are limited to going to Siming Mansion within ten days to submit a letter to submit a tribute, otherwise the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will definitely set foot in Ping'annan!"
Zheng Jian gritted his teeth and took the details and replied loudly: "I obey the order."
But he hummed in his heart: "Hmph, we have already asked for help from the European power Netherlands. They will arrive in less than ten days. Then we will see if you dare to call us."
Mei Zhihuan naturally didn't know what he was thinking. His mission was to announce the edict. Now that the edict has been announced, there is no need to say more. He shook his sleeves and turned around and left with the envoys.
Six days later, Mei Zhihuan returned to Siming Mansion and reported to Zhu Cijing in person the situation of the imperial edict. Zhu Cijing frowned and said nothing. It seemed that Zheng did not want to surrender. If he wanted to surrender, he would never be so perfunctory to the Ming envoy. If he did not surrender, he would have to fight.
He immediately summoned a group of generals to discuss the specific matters of entering Shenglong Mansion.
It is indeed not easy for a 600,000 army to pass through the vast mountains, but the Ming Dynasty still has a navy. Besides, it is not necessary to attack Annan. It is enough to transport two legions to pass. The remaining 400,000 army is used to deal with the Donghu.
Zhu Cijing finally decided to send the Tianxiong Army and the Guanning Army to take battleships of the Beiyang Navy and the Beihai Fleet to land from the plains south of Shenglong City, and then head north to Shenglong Mansion.
With his order, the Tianxiong Army and the Guanning Army immediately began to transfer to Fangcheng New Port. The Tianxiong Army had already built the railways between Siming Mansion and Fangcheng New Port. It was not very troublesome to transfer them. It was just that they had just started to pull them out for a day, and then a telegram came from Fangcheng New Port, a Dutch envoy was coming!
It turned out that after Zheng asked the Netherlands for help, the Netherlands quickly responded. The Second Eastern Fleet set out directly from Batavia to Annan, preparing to stop the Ming army's attack on Annan.
That's right, the Dutch Eastern Second Fleet has been reorganized and transferred to Batavia, and the fleet commander and governor of Batavia are still old acquaintance Van Mendy!
Fan Mendi was sitting on the train from Fangcheng New Port to Siming Mansion. His mood was quite complicated. The shadow of his last defeat and captured had not yet dissipated. This time he was coming to face the Ming Empire again. To be honest, he was a little nervous. Of course, he was not afraid. The Ming Empire was strong, but they were still far from facing the anti-Habsburg Alliance. If they really fought, the final defeat would definitely be the Ming Empire. However, under this situation, it would be unlikely to stop the Ming Empire from attacking Annan.
He had to come. The reason why the Netherlands and Britain supported Annan and Donghu behind their backs was to curb the development of the Ming Empire. Unexpectedly, they had to launch an attack before they supported Annan. At this time, the anti-Habsburg alliance did not have much power in the Far East. If he worked hard, he would definitely not be able to defeat the Ming Empire. He could only rely on this mouth to see if he could scare the Ming Empire.
However, he was a little scared before he began to intimidate the Ming Empire along the way.
He knew that the Ming Dynasty built a powerful defense line in the Strait of Malacca, so he led the fleet to the direction of Suluhai, with the purpose of bypassing the Ming Navy in the Malacca defense line. He was secretly glad that fortunately he led the Second Far East Fleet to come over early, otherwise with the fifty super battleships, he would not have been sure to break through the Malacca defense line of the Ming army to reach Batavia.
According to information, the main naval forces of the Ming Empire seemed to be gathering on the Malacca defense line, so he led the fleet to the harbor south of Shenglong City. At this time, Mei Zhihuan had only left for less than three days, but Zheng Jian had already arrived at the port in person to greet him.
Faced with Zheng Ye who was so scared that he was at a loss, Fan Mendy boasted that the Netherlands would provide enough artillery to help them resist the invasion of the Ming army. When it was revealed that the army had built a port on the north coast, he even led the fleet to rush over directly, thinking of intimidating and intimidating the Ming army and letting them retreat directly. After all, it is best not to start a war.
As a result, his fleet was surrounded by the Beiyang Navy and the Beihai Fleet as soon as he arrived at the sea outside Fangcheng New Port. He shot the special forces. Didn’t the intelligence say that the main forces of the Ming Dynasty’s navy were all in Malacca? Why are there so many warships here? Faced with warships that were several times more than him, he directly gave up the idea of intimidating at sea and turned to the shore to find His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire in person!
Why is he so confident? Because Zhu Cijiu's appearance has changed the trajectory of history. The anti-Habsburg alliance began to fight for each other after defeating Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, fighting for colonies all over the world. However, at this time, with the powerful enemy of the Ming Empire, they did not immediately disband, but began to conspire to deal with the Ming Dynasty. Of course, they believed that Spain and the Holy Roman Empire had already admitted defeat, because the peace talks had begun, and as long as the peace talks were completed, they could unite to deal with the Ming Empire.
It is precisely for this reason that Van Mendy became so confident. Humph, the Netherlands alone may be worse than the Ming Empire, but the entire anti-Habsburg alliance was united, and the Ming Empire was not enough. Moreover, they were planning to use the model of dealing with the Holy Roman Empire to deal with the Ming Empire, that is, the Netherlands and Britain contributed money and weapons, Denmark, Sweden and France sent troops to fight the Ming Dynasty!
The Netherlands has a small population, but their shipbuilding ability is quite terrifying. In addition, Denmark, Sweden and France have sufficient military resources, so the Ming Empire is still losing!
Chapter completed!