In fact, strictly speaking, Liu Xiang’s previous things went smoothly. After all, there are many forces in Nanyang and the relationship is complicated. We have to talk about them one by one and unite them one by one. If the Ming Dynasty was not too powerful, it would not have been possible to convince so many forces.

Moreover, during this period, the Dutch have transferred ten warships from other places, and their strength has been greatly strengthened. He feels that it is estimated that one or two more months will be almost done. At that time, we can swear to advance along the water and land, first deal with the Ming army in Luzon, and then fight to Angkor and Annan. In this way, the entire Nanyang will be safe!

However, what he did not expect was that the Western barbarians appeared in the imperial court on Luzon.

The Ming Dynasty warships have always been slower than those of the Western Yi sailing ships. Therefore, when the Ming Dynasty navy used to face the Western Yi warships, they often had to fight against the Western Yi warships in the sea, or simply relying on the advantage of many ships in the harbor to compete with the Western Yi warships.

But now, the warships of the Ming Navy's Navy also used the kind of sailboats from the Western Yi, which surprised Liu Xiang. However, this time, the reward for this detailed report said that the imperial navy's sailboats were more.

Think about it, with the current strength of the Ming Dynasty, if you really want to build a ship with all your might, the speed of the ship coming will definitely be faster. At least, it is faster than the Dutch's transfer of warships from other places! If you keep waiting, don't let the court naval troops be all the Western-Japanese warships by then, then whether you can defeat the court naval troops by then will be a bit unrest!

After all, his own ships are at most confronted with the previous imperial warships. As for those native ships in the South Ocean, to be honest, Liu Xiang himself looked down on them a little. This means that if he really wants to fight back, the indigenous navy is actually limited in strength.

Therefore, the main force in the future decisive battle still depends on the Dutch fleet. But now the warships of the imperial navy are getting better, at least not much different from those of the Dutch warships, so they can only rely on the Dutch cannons.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiang felt a little more at ease. But no matter what, he felt that if he dragged on like this, he still didn't know what would happen to the court?

Or because of the reason why Liu Xiang thought about it, he thought about what he said in detail that the Spanish ships coming from Mexico were full of silver dollars. If he had known that there were such two ships to come, he would have sent a ship to greet him!

That Mexico seems to be a treasure land, at least much better than Temasek. It’s just a pity that it’s too far away, otherwise, I’d go there and grab it a few times...

Thinking of this, Liu Xiang suddenly felt a sudden change in his heart. Didn’t he say it was too far away? Then, since he was far away from the Ming Dynasty, if he had gone there, would the court no longer be threatened?

With this idea, Liu Xiang couldn't help but feel moved. But in the end he sighed. It was still too far away and didn't know how to go. He could only think about it!

Just like that, he threw this matter behind his mind, began to remember the current urgent matters, and finally decided to go to Batavia in person.

A few days later, when Liu Xiang came to Batavia, he found that six warships were slowly sailing out of the port. With his eyes, he could see that these six warships were about to sail. Especially the former governor Putmans, who was familiar with him, stood at the bow of the ship, and saw him at the same time, and actually waved to him, as if he was about to say goodbye.

At this moment, Liu Xiang was a little stupid. Could it be... Could it be that he was going to run away?

He wanted to ask the previous question, but at this time, the ships of both sides were walking towards each other and had already passed by. Even if he wanted to catch up, he would not be able to catch up with the Dutch sailboat. He had to hold his mind in his heart and also with a nervous mood, he went to the dock first.

What he didn't expect was that Governor Qun, Batavia and Admiral Anthony were both at the dock. When he saw him coming, they were all waving and greeting him.

This is a great honor! Liu Xiang was excited when he saw it. Such a thing has never happened before. Could it be because he united so many forces to fight against the court? As a result, these Dutch people knew their influence, so they were more respectful to themselves?

Thinking of this, he didn't dare to show off his character. Because he knew that the main reason why one could say that one was one by one was not only that the Ming Dynasty was too threatening, but also because he pulled the Dutch tiger skin as a banner.

As soon as the boat landed, Liu Xiang jumped down hurriedly, greeted the two people waiting with their fists and said, "I'm sorry to bother the Governor and the General waiting again!"

Hearing this, Kun didn't say anything, but Anthony showed a hint of irony and said, "You're thinking too much, we're just sending Putmans back home!"

When Liu Xiang heard this, her face turned red with shame. It turned out that she had made a mistake! Thinking about it, these Western barbarians were all above the top, how could they even welcome him with the governor and the admiral!

Liu Xiang laughed at herself and was also thick-skinned, just pretending that this happened. He was thinking about it and hurriedly asked: "Governor, why did he leave before the war begins, and then leave six warships at once?"

The words were filled with a little blame, which made Anthony frown and immediately asked coldly: "Why, are you still afraid that you will not be able to defeat the Ming army? Look, our warships are everywhere. In this Far East, will that fleet be the opponent of our Dutch coachman?"

Afterwards, he spoke with a strong sense of confidence.

Since they decided to fight the Ming Dynasty, at the request of the Governor of Batavia, they transferred warships from other places, and added up to eighty-two warships in Batavia.

Eighty-two! For the Dutch, this is a huge number. In the original history, the battle between the Dutch and the Ming Dynasty, that is, the Battle of the Liaoluo Bay, only fifteen warships were gathered. However, that time, the Dutch were defeated.

The Dutch mobilized 82 warships this time, which was actually an ambitious goal. The Anti-Ming Alliance was forming on the Nanyang side. In this battle, as long as the Ming Dynasty was defeated and the Dutch showed strong strength, they could take the opportunity to unify all the forces in the Nanyang. It can be said that it was enough to expand the Dutch colony from Batavia to the entire Nanyang. For this purpose, it was enough to mobilize 82 warships!

If it were before, Liu Xiang would feel at ease when he saw so many warships. But at this moment, he frowned and asked directly, "Why did Putmans escape? He should have even escaped with his belongings, right?"

When Anthony heard this, he was a little stunned, and then furious. The Eastern pirate dared to doubt the strength of the sea coachman so much that he actually said the word "escape"!

Just as he was about to get angry, Kun spoke: "That was just a routine send back to China. Do you think it is so easy to transfer so many warships to come? Liu Dada, let me tell you the truth. This is the Governor attached great importance to this battle. Therefore, it is important to let Batavia be seen in China to mobilize so many warships to come, right?"

The Dutch came to Nanyang to plunder the supplies, and they did send back the stolen supplies every year. Liu Xiang and the Dutch had been with him for a long time, and he knew this. After hearing what Kun said, he was worried that the Dutch would not win, so he would have lost his worries about sending the good things away first, but this does not mean that he was really relieved.

Liu Xiang said to Kun again: "Governor General, can Putmans transfer more warships after he returns?"

"Are you blind?" Anthony immediately scolded, "Now Batavia has so many warships, why do you have to transfer them here? What do you think warships are? You can have as many as you want?"

For the Dutch, the warships they deployed overseas at this time, including armed merchant ships, had a total of about 200. Now, nearly half are concentrated in Batavia, which is already a very large number for the Dutch!

After hearing what he said, Liu Xiang heard it. It seemed that the Dutch would not increase his troops again, which made him a little worried. He quickly reminded: "General, but the navy of the court also has sail warships like you..."

"So what, just a few sailing warships. Look at us here, you are afraid you can't count them!" Anthony sneered and said confidently.

When Liu Xiang heard this, he felt that the Dutchman seemed to be so arrogant that he was out of reach. He still didn't understand the strength of the Ming Dynasty. So he immediately reminded: "General, just a few days ago, my detailed work came back to report that the sailing ships in Luzon had reached twenty!"

"What?" Anthony was startled when he heard this and asked in dismay.

"How is that possible?" Kun also interrupted, "A few days ago, didn't you send someone to say that the Ming army is just five sail warships?"

He remembered it very clearly. Liu Xiang also came here in person and told them with a panic look that it was suddenly a sailing warship in the navy.

After some discussion, they concluded that the Ming Dynasty must have obtained the technology of building sailing warships from the Portuguese. But even so, they didn't have any special feeling. After all, even the Portuguese themselves were still no match for them!

Liu Xiang nodded repeatedly and said, "I don't think this is fake. With the strength of the court, it would not be difficult if several shipyards built this sailing warship together."

Speaking of this, when he saw that the two Dutch people were still a little disbelief, he had to raise his voice and said: "The human and material resources of the Ming Dynasty are not something you small countries can imagine. Don't you know? Your mother country is not as big as our Ming Dynasty!"

Hearing this, both Kun and Anthony looked drooping, looking very unhappy.

However, Liu Xiang pretended not to see it. He felt that he had to scare these Dutch people to wake up, so he said: "This time the Spaniards sent two treasure ships to Luzon, and silver dollars like hills fell into the hands of the court. I tell you that as long as the court has money, whether it is a ship or a person, it will be more than you think. Once the court takes it seriously, it is definitely not a joke!"

"Hmph, what a joke!" Anthony came to his senses after he finished speaking, and immediately said disdainfully, "Do you think the fleet is surging the sea by yours, driving a broken ship and going up in a honeycomb? When I face my fleet, I don't look down on you Ming people. I can sink as many warships as I have!"

I have to say that the naval battles in this era really require technology. Unlike before, as long as there are many ships and many people, they can crush the other party. It is also because of this reason that Anthony said this with confidence.

However, the Governor Batavia next to him was in a different position and his considerations would be a little different. So he asked Liu Xiang: "What you meant is that we can't wait any longer?"

When he heard this, he seemed to have found a soulmate Liu Xiang, and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, that's what it means. If you wait any longer, the court's navy will have more and more sailboats. Moreover, Zheng Yiguan is also a capable person and has been training his subordinates. It will be detrimental to us if he delays for a long time!"

"Hmph!" Anthony was still disdainful and snorted from his nostrils. If the Governor had not had other purposes, he would not have needed these Eastern monkeys to form any alliance. Just by the strength of his current warships, he could teach the Ming Dynasty Navy how to be a human being!

There is actually another reason why he is so confident, and he is too lazy to explain to Liu Xiang.

The most critical thing in naval battles is that in addition to people, there are ships and cannons. For the artillery of Ming Kingdom, their heaviest artillery was imitated by the Netherlands, and they called it the Red Barbarian cannons. With this, we should show our ancestors. When we start the artillery battle, we will let them see what is the real naval war artillery and the real artillery!

He was thinking, and Kun had already explained to Liu Xiang again: "Your worries are not unreasonable. In this way, you come forward and convene everyone to join forces. After the discussion, we will take the initiative to attack and no longer give Mingguo a chance. What do you think this is going on?"

Liu Xiang was overjoyed when he heard this. When he heard this, he came here. When he moved the Dutch, he immediately patted his chest and said, "Okay, the Governor is ready, I won't be vague. I will go back now and summon them immediately to make an oath together. It's just... just..."

"Hmm?" Kun was a little dissatisfied when he heard this, and there were still conditions.

After hearing this, Liu Xiang understood that Kun was unhappy and hurriedly said, "There is a request from the tribe leader, and the oath location cannot be set in Batavia!"

This is obviously not at ease with the Dutch. Therefore, after Liu Xiang finished speaking, he stared at Kun, thinking about the reasons and wanted to explain.

Unexpectedly, Kun waved his hand without any objection and said, "It's okay, so let's settle for Temasek. But one thing must be clear. During the oath, Temasek must ensure the supply of materials."
Chapter completed!