The Dutch, known as the "sea coachman", is a country with interests. In order to consolidate the interests of the Dutch in the South China Sea, the Governor of Batavia of the East India Company ordered the Navy Commander Conaris Reelsheng to lead 17 warships and more than 2,000 invading troops to invade Penghu. Perhaps 2,000 people are not a big number now, but for the seemingly unattainable South China Sea far away from the Netherlands, there are 2,000 Dutch people, which is a very amazing thing.

The appearance of the Dutch caused the residents of Penghu Island to be severely damaged by family destruction. More than 1,500 men on the island began to build castles in Magongao under the threat of the Dutch. Then they built castles in Fengguwei, Jingutou, Shili, Baisha and Bama Island. Nearly half of the workers died in just one month, and the rest were sold to Indonesia by the Dutch as slaves.

Perhaps the Ming Dynasty's navy had some combat effectiveness, perhaps the Dutch had never expected that the Ming army would appear at this time. When the advance troops of the Ming army's navy arrived at Baisha Island near Penghu, no Dutch warships came out to fight, and the forts in the port did not roar as expected. So the advance troops of the Ming army successfully landed in the chaos of Baisha Island. In this way, the Ming army seemed to have taken a huge advantage and easily obtained a beachhead position on the front line. Then the Ming army gathered troops and entered Penghu Island across the sea and forced the attack of the Redwood Cheng Fort near Xiwei. How could hundreds of Dutch troops defend the attack of thousands of Ming troops and hurriedly abandon the Redwood Cheng Fort? In this way, most of the remaining 2,000 Dutch troops retreated in Magongao to attempt to resist stubbornly.

However, these seem to have nothing to do with Zheng Zhilong. Due to the raid of the naval battle, the Ming army's more than 10,000 troops are now surrounded by 2,000 people in the Netherlands and began a long-term battle. At this moment, the strength of the Dutch is reflected. When the Ming army soldiers rushed to the Dutch castle, the sensational shelling, like raindrops, continued to swallow the lives of the Ming army.

The backwardness of the Ming army's ships in the naval battle was even more reflected. The Dutch had only 17 warships but could not lose in the confrontation with more than 200 warships of the Ming army. However, the result of this war was obvious. The Dutch would definitely lose. At this time, no country could win the protracted war with the Ming Dynasty, even the Later Jin cavalry that ran rampant in Liaodong did not have this ability. What's more, the Dutch who came to the Ming Dynasty from thousands of miles away!

Perhaps it was thanks to the Dutch's tenacious resistance that Zheng Zhilong had the opportunity to appear.

"I won't treat me badly. Damn it, isn't it because I'm working hard for him? This time I went to negotiate with the Dutch, but I used my head to gamble. Although I knew that the Dutch were not barbarians, I wouldn't have used an ambassador like me to cut my nose and dig my eyes, but I'm not sure that these Dutch people cut themselves off!" Zheng Zhilong cursed in his heart after hearing Feng Luoyun's words, but then he thought that he really had to rely on this imperial envoy, and his business of the maritime merchant would not do well. The unsuccessful business was punished by God. Although the Dutch were robbed, he almost lost his head for this matter. Fortunately, God had the eyes and asked the imperial envoy to save him. Moreover, if he found Feng Luoyun to find a job in the future, it would be better than eating Feng and drinking on the sea.

Suddenly, the hull shook, and Zheng Zhilong looked out through the porthole. The ship had already docked and could vaguely hear the noisy noises in the military port.

At this time, Feng Luoyun said to Monk Zheng Zhilong: "Now we have arrived at this Penghu Island. I have already given the order for the negotiation. I have to go there for a few more things. Of course, when the dialogue is about you, don't be nervous at that time, just translate the words of the Dutch people to the person in charge of the negotiation. If the negotiation is successful, how will this imperial envoy remember you for your great achievements?"

Zheng Zhilong was immediately overjoyed after hearing this and replied: "Thank you, the imperial envoy, must do his best to speak the words of the Dutch people without any word. Please rest assured, Lord your envoy!"

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The venue for negotiation is very simple, unlike the peace talks between China and the United States in the Korean War, where they had to build houses and grab seats. After a simple agreement, the envoys of both sides decided to negotiate in front of Magong Aocheng. Before the negotiations, the military operations of both sides stopped.

Zheng Zhilong held a white flag with both hands. The broken white cloth on the flagpole flew violently in the strong sea breeze, making a "crack" sound. Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but feel depressed. He was here to be a translator, and even the imperial envoy was polite when he saw him. Unexpectedly, Feng Luoyun's ship had no fucking status. In this negotiating mission of seven or eight people, the leader was a sixth-rank official, and that was those few.

The communications that followed the imperial envoy also had a ninth rank official position, and the two sides stipulated that they could not bring soldiers to negotiate. Looking at it, Bai Shi's position was the lowest in the delegation, so the task of resisting the flag was gloriously on his head. It was bad luck, and it was fucking bad luck to raise the white flag. However, looking at Shangdi beside him holding a tall and mighty Ming golden dragon flag, shaking in the wind, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but feel relieved. Fortunately, some people were even worse than themselves!

The Dutch, the negotiating opponent, was already standing at the prescribed location waiting for the Ming army. When they saw the Ming army coming up, they started talking.

When Zheng Zhilong heard the Dutch man talking, he turned out to be polite words like hello. He threw the broken white flag in his hand and went forward to the Ming army official to convey his meaning.

After hearing this, the Ming army officials were polite again, and Zheng Zhilong translated it. Then several news reports from the capital quickly started recording with their pens and ink.

The negotiations were always full of fire. The officials of the Ming army began to curse the Dutch for no reason to occupy the Ming army's land, kill the people of the Ming army, loot the Ming ships, and attack the Ming port...

But the Dutch fought with their fallacies. For example, Penghu is a homeless land, so how can it be occupied? It is even more nonsense to kill the people of the Ming Dynasty. The Dutch paid wages for the workers they hired, and those who suffered casualties due to work were given pensions as long as the evidence was conclusive. As for looting Ming ships, it was because there were many pirates in the South Ocean, and the ships sunk by the Dutch were pirates. The attack on the Ming port was because that port was the gathering place for pirate ships...

However, those who choose to negotiate are all people who have a deep understanding of the key points of negotiation. Naturally, they will not collapse because of this foreplay. The first one is just to gain favorable conditions for the subsequent negotiations, and the subsequent conditions are what really need to be attentive.

"1. The Netherlands rented Penghu and gave the Ming Dynasty one thousand taels of silver every year. 2. The Ming Dynasty allowed the Netherlands to trade. 3. The Ming Dynasty compensated the Netherlands for 30,000 taels of silver in the battle of Penghu, and used the 30-year rent for Penghu!" Zheng Zhilong carefully translated the words of the Dutch man opposite to everyone, thinking that this Dutch red-haired man was really awesome. He was surrounded by the Ming army and could still say such awesome words.

"The barbarian country dares to talk about these things with our Ming Dynasty, and overestimate one's ability!" The negotiator was a little angry after hearing this, obviously being angry by the Dutch's behavior.

Zheng Zhilong looked at the Dutchman opposite, and then at the General Lin Shen, who was in charge of negotiations beside him. He knew that this sentence could not be translated, so he asked carefully: "General Lin Shen, it seems inappropriate!"

The General Lin Shen also knew that he was wrong, so he said: "These red hairs are so hateful. If the imperial envoy hadn't said that he would fight quickly and decided quickly, and would not want to fight this protracted war with the Dutch, and would not have been willing to attack the city and killed too many soldiers, so he negotiated with these Dutch people. Unexpectedly, these Dutch red hairs really had their tails up to the sky and killed his mother?" General Lin Shen was an authentic Minnan man, and finally added a slander with the characteristics of Minnan.

"Let's say that, ignore the Dutch and put forward our conditions. If it doesn't work, let's forget it today. I'll see if he's still awesome in a few days!" Although Zheng Zhilong is a little man, he naturally has some ways to deal with these Dutch, Portuguese, and Spaniards.

General Lin Shen was obviously also proficient in negotiation skills. He just complained, and then agreed: "What you said is reasonable. Just tell the Dutch people, 1. Penghu, Liuqiu, Taiwan, and the South China Sea are all the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Now they invade our Ming Dynasty, and they are enemies of our Ming Dynasty. If they do not surrender or surrender, they will kill them all. 2. The Ming Dynasty has lifted the ban on sea ban. As long as it is legal business transactions, I will not prohibit it. 3. The Dutch should compensate the Ming Dynasty for compensation, 50,000 taels of silver, and mortgaged with all the weapons after the dismissal."

Zheng Zhilong thought that General Lin Gan was amazing, and he was tit-for-tat and completely suppressed the conditions of the red hair. He was so refreshing, so he quickly translated to the red hair.

Sure enough, the red-haired faces looked extremely ugly when they heard this. After discussing for a while, they obviously knew that it was impossible for the negotiation to reach agreement today, so the first negotiation ended in such a deadlock.

In the next few days, every day was to siege the city in the morning, negotiate at noon, and rest in the afternoon. For the Dutch, it was obvious that they had sufficient plans for long-term persistence. A lot of food and water were prepared in the castle, and a lot of weapons and ammunition were also prepared. However, although Feng Luoyun had the plan to end the battle quickly, he was also fully prepared for such a long-term battle. In this way, the Ming army and the Dutch formed a big deadlock on Penghu Island.

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"Your Majesty, news is coming from Fujian!" Wei Chao shouted softly to Zhu Youxiao who was dozing on the dragon's desk.

"What? From Fujian, were the Dutch people driven away?" Zhu Youxiao raised his head, wiped the saliva from his mouth quickly with his sleeve, and then asked Wei Chao in a hurry.

"When I returned to the emperor, the Dutch did not drive away, but more than 2,000 Dutch people surrounded me on Penghu Island. However, because it was a cross-sea battle, the navy did not bring enough equipment to attack the city, and the range of the naval guns of our army was not enough. The Dutch were condescending, and the range of the artillery was much farther than that of ours. Therefore, in order to reduce losses, Feng Luoyun did not order a strong attack, but just surrounded him!" Wei Chao explained quickly.
Chapter completed!