Great Ming National Teacher

Chapter 93 Combined Fleet

The representatives of the two countries received Zhu Youjian's reply and immediately sent a letter to their country to report in the fastest way. King Philip II of Spain ordered on the spot that all the Spaniards on Taiwan Island should be withdrawn immediately!

It is not surprising that Philip II made such a decision. Not to mention that Spain has lost consecutive battles on the European battlefield. Whether it is the navy or the army, it has lost to France, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands successively. Almost lost, Spain is also at a disadvantage in Asia, they occupied Taiwan, the Dutch occupied southern Taiwan, and the Netherlands also blocked the route, so that he had to go around in a big circle to set foot on the land of China. The two sides fought on the island For several years, Keelung, where Spain is located, was hit by a typhoon. Not only was it useless, but it also needed economic supplies from Manila. Therefore, Philip II had long wanted to evacuate Taiwan.

When he got the letter of credentials brought by the Spanish ambassador and the letter written by Philip II, Zhu Youjian couldn't believe his eyes. He read the letter of credentials and the letter several times: "Yunya, do you think this is the case?" The translation is wrong? The Spaniards just left so easily? The city that has been in business for many years is gone?"

Li Yunya smiled and pinched his cheeks: "Of course, the first step is to attack the army, the second is to attack the diplomatic relations, and the second is to attack the city. Our national strength has increased, and we will not have to fight many battles in the future. You must pay attention to our Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If you think about it, the energy it will exert in the future will not be less than that of the Ministry of National Defense."

Zhu Youjian said angrily: "Spain is such a big country, and they all agreed, but the Netherlands is only a small country, so they refused! And Portugal, which has been attached to Spain for a long time, is also unwilling to leave Macau!"

"Don't be angry, since Spain has already agreed, the two of them have to agree if they don't agree."

The Spaniards quickly withdrew from Taiwan Island. Zhu Youjian ordered Cao Bianjiao to send troops to land from Keelung Harbor, and three field divisions approached the south along the central mountain range.The Dutch and the Spaniards fought many battles in order to compete for the entire Taiwan Island. This time the Spanish army was replaced by the Ming army. They were a little at a loss. Army, go north to block the Ming army.

Zhu You ordered the Dutch representative to be expelled from Beijing: "Taiwan has been my Ming territory since ancient times, and my army can go wherever it likes on its own territory. Instead, you should get out of Taiwan immediately!"

Cao Bianjiao began to increase the number of troops. This will not be limited to the Marine Corps. He used troop carriers to transport the army from the southern theater to the island. One ship after another, as many as 10 were transported in just half a month. The division, with a total of more than [-] people, pressed on from north to south. Cao Bianjiao mobilized the South China Sea Fleet to block the waterways in southern Taiwan.

The Dutch on Taiwan Island were as anxious as ants on a hot pot when they saw that Ming was going to get serious. On the one hand, they sent people to talk to the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, they stepped up sending letters to Europe, telling them about the difficult situation in the East.

The Dutch parliament researched and studied. After all, the East and the West are too far apart, the transmission of information is too slow, and the information obtained is too little. The understanding of many members of the Ming Dynasty is limited to silk, porcelain, tea, and iron-clad warships. A country with a vast territory and a large population... Some members of parliament suggested continuing to make friends with Daming and abandoning Taiwan, but a large number of members felt that the Dutch had been running Taiwan for a long time and had put too much effort into it, so they were unwilling to give up like this.

Before the Dutch could come to a conclusion, Daming made a move, and Li Yunya came up with an idea: "We should find a helper to share the military expenses. After all, we are also very difficult now. The Northwest is spending money on military training, and the two Northeast fleets are encircled. Japan wants money even more. The soldiers on Taiwan Island seem to be many, but most of them are newly recruited, and there are laborers who have been immigrated from the past. In fact, it is the [-] marines who can fight. It's a bit difficult to drive away."

"So, let's bring in the Spaniards!" Zhu Youjian, who had already grasped Li Yunya's logic, said with a tacit understanding, "On the one hand, he can help take down Taiwan, and on the other hand, he can also increase the pressure on the countries of the European Protestant Alliance!"

"That's it!" Li Yunya hugged Zhu Youjian and kissed him fiercely, "My emperor is getting smarter and wiser!"

Zhu Youjian called the Spanish ambassador to Ming Dynasty to talk about this matter, and soon the Spanish general in charge of the Asian region came: "There is no need to ask our king for this matter. His Majesty the Emperor is going to fight the Dutch. We all wish for it. We dream about it." I want to teach those Dutch scoundrels a bloody lesson!" The Spanish general clenched his fists with a fierce look.

In this way, the Ming Dynasty and Spain formed a joint fleet. The Ming Dynasty was the South China Sea Fleet, with the Huojiao as its flagship, a total of 25 large-tonnage, steam-powered ironclad warships.There are also 24 walrus dock landing ships, sea turtle beach landing ships, manatee armored troop carriers, sea snake coastal combat ships, and a total of 49 warships.

Spain has a lot of ships, with an old-fashioned Yaksha bought from Ming Dynasty as the flagship, two killer whale frigates, eighteen sea shark destroyers as the main battleships, plus their homemade Spanish galleons, artillery warships , and imitation great white shark warships, a total of more than [-] ships, joined in, under the command of Cao Bianjiao, and joined forces to attack Taiwan.

The Dutch didn't dare to fight with the United Fleet, so they took all the ships back to the port, and urgently sent people to negotiate with the Ming army. Cao Bianjiao got Zhu Youjian and Li Yunya's death order: "The Netherlands must leave Taiwan immediately, otherwise there will be no negotiations. possible."

Seeing that they were unable to fight, the Dutch had to take a step back and were willing to give up Taiwan: "But we have built cities, houses, roads, and bridges on the island over the years, and we have also directed the islanders to reclaim a lot of wasteland. All in all, we have built a lot. Will Daming give me some money to buy it back? Even if I don’t buy it back, some compensation will be fine.”

Cao Bianjiao replied: "You have lived in our country for so many years, and the benefits you have gained are hundreds of times and thousands of times more than what you paid? You only talk about land reclamation and construction, why don't you talk about your enslavement and massacre of the islanders? Three Within a day, if you don’t agree to withdraw, our army will take it by yourself!”

The Dutch were full of bitterness, and a group of responsible persons debated in the house for a whole day, and finally made a decision to withdraw without waiting for domestic orders!Anyway, even if you fight, you can't fight, and you will pay more when you lose the battle!

They immediately sent someone to contact Cao Bianjiao, expressing their willingness to retreat, but after all, the family has a big business, and they begged for a lenient time limit for retreating and moving, which would take at least one year.

Cao Bianjiao didn't dare to call the shots, so he immediately sent a telegram to Beijing, and Zhu Youjian replied immediately: "The longest month, the fifth day of next month, the Ming army will land on the island and enter the city!"

The Dutch can’t let it go, so they can only hurry up to pack their bags, pack the wealth they have saved over the years, pack them on a ship, and evacuate to Jakarta—then send someone to send a letter to the country while taking out their previous credentials When you come to Beijing, you want to establish diplomatic relations with Daming.

Zhu Youjian thought he had heard it wrong: "Didn't the Netherlands almost fight with us just now? Why are we going to establish diplomatic relations soon?"

Li Yunya put down the personnel appointment documents of the six prefectures on the island of Taiwan that he was instructing: "They build their country on business, they don't value face as much as we do, and they believe that there are no eternal friends or enemies in the world, only eternal interests Well, they have something to gain from establishing diplomatic relations with us, so they will not continue to embarrass us because of the so-called past hatred or face. They will definitely not be able to get Taiwan back, so it is better to look forward."

"It's better to look forward to everything." Zhu Youjian sighed a few words, "Then establish diplomatic relations with them, but their credentials are from before, this one won't work, and they have to be reissued by the Congress."

The Ming Dynasty took back all of Taiwan Island without a single soldier. Zhu Youjian was still worried about what gift he wanted to give Spain to thank him for sending troops, but Li Yunya stopped him: "The reason why Spain sent troops is because he and the Netherlands are enemies. You know, Westerners don’t do things like us. They talk about suzerains and vassal states. The suzerain always raises troops for the vassals. They do everything for their own interests. We have to use a different way of dealing with them. You don’t have to Say anything to thank him for his help, they didn’t help us, they just prepared a random gift, in order to thank the friendship between the two countries, just send it to them.”

After taking back Taiwan, Zhu Youjian sent a letter to the Portuguese, asking them to cede Macau immediately.

Portugal's decline is worse than that of Spain. At this time, its national strength is far inferior to that of Spain and the Netherlands. Although it has also recovered, the gap is still very far. Macau, where they are located, is smaller than Taiwan and has fewer troops. It is impossible to compete with the Ming army. Confrontation, after receiving the paperwork from Daming to let them leave, they immediately responded with a promise, packed their things and returned to Malacca.

At this point, the south has temporarily settled down. Li Yunya asked people to inspect the topography of Taiwan Island and decided to build a military port in Keelung. The geographical location here is really good. If the People's Liberation Army can station troops here, draw a straight line to the north and connect with Dalian. If you get up, you can use fighter planes and warships to gain absolute control in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. Japan, South Korea, and even the United States can’t compete with China here. The two seas will completely become China’s inland seas.With this as a starting point, looking down at the ocean, Shenma Philippines, New Zealand, and Australia can only shiver like quails under the shadow of the Chinese.

The war in the south came to an end, and Li Yunya and Zhu Youjian turned their attention to Northeast Asia. Last year, Lu Xiangsheng handed over a booklet, proposing a "policy for the suppression of Japanese wars", to arm and support the Japanese tyrants who refused to accept the Tokugawa shogunate, and let them go To fight against the shogunate, Zhu Youjian typed back the notes and asked him to list a whole set of systematic methods. Lu Xiangsheng went back and summoned his staff to formulate a 48-page specific strategy for fighting against Japan. Li Yunya and Zhu Youjian found relevant experts. The officials studied it, made some deletions, stamped the emperor's seal, and officially took effect.