Although the Dutch navy was powerful, it was limited to its small territory and sparse population. Unless China was caught in a long war and had a long stalemate, it had no chance of winning in Southeast Asia.

Since Zheng Zhilong wants to teach it a lesson, Zhou Xian is of course willing to cooperate. As for whether he can win Taiwan this time, it is not within Zhou Xian's consideration. At least in his opinion, now is not a good time.

Zhou Xian even felt that taking Manila was more important than regaining Taiwan. Because Manila was in hand, Sulu and Brunei could be completely incorporated into the vassal system of China, and could even surrender to the south to attack the Blue Sultanate.

Of course, Taiwan must be regained in the future, which involves psychological feelings. And he is convinced that it will be natural to regain Manila and to force Batavia, the core of the Dutch rule in Southeast Asia, to send troops to recover Taiwan.

At this moment, colonialism is at its right time, first Spain, Portugal, then Britain and France, but Zhou Xian did not think that this system is suitable for China.

Colonialism can indeed accumulate a lot of wealth and rapidly expand its national strength in a short period of time, but it will inevitably lead to fierce resistance from the local people. When the national strength is strong, the suzerain state can completely suppress them. But when the national strength declines, these colonies become the burden of the suzerain state.

The way to rise and fall is inevitable for every dynasty. It is as strong as the Han and Tang Dynasties, and it is also a mess when it declines. It is not about how powerful it is when it is strong, but how much territory can be preserved when it is weak and enough power can be stored for the rise again.

Otherwise, like Mongolia, even if it hits Europe, what will be left besides destruction?

Moreover, both the South China Sea and the East China Sea are currently small countries. Even the most powerful Mada Blue Sultanate will occupy only one-quarter of the territory of Indonesia in the future, and the others will be divided into Yaqi, Aru, Java and other countries.

Although the purpose of colonized countries is to facilitate their own rule, it has to be said that the colonized areas are unified, which is probably the only good thing these British colonized countries have done.

Countries like India, Indonesia and other countries are the final beneficiaries.

Otherwise, India has hundreds of languages ​​and nearly a hundred tribal kingdoms. When it can achieve unification through its own strength, it will probably be until the year of the monkey and horse month.

Of course, Zhou Xian would not do what the UK had done. He even hoped that those countries would be as divided as possible. How could they allow others to sleep soundly? Who would hope that there would be a powerful country around their own country?

Regardless of whether the country is friendly to itself or not, its existence is a threat. After all, there are never real friends between countries.

Even if there is, it is short-lived and will change with the change of the ruling party.

In Zhou Xian's plan, if he was in charge of China, he would try to avoid mergers of smaller countries by larger neighboring countries, so that each country's strength is within the control of China. As for possible major powers such as Japan, Tsarist Russia, and India, they would do their best to split them into various effects, and at least curb their development.

The future will be an era when maritime countries dominate.

Zhou Xian had no intention of seizing other countries' territory and turning it into a colony of China. Especially around China, he was even more reluctant to adopt such a method. He hoped to do his best to establish a complete vassal system around the surrounding area, and at the same time try his best to seize maritime routes and ports outside.

As for the further distance, of course colonialism is better. After all, it is always good to have a cow from the main country at any time.

In the system that Zhou Xian tried to establish, there are two places in Nanyang that must be seized. One is Manila and the other is Malacca.

This is very similar to the strategy adopted by the United States in the future. He did not annex Mexico, but established military bases around the world to maintain his own influence for a long time.

This is a long process, and it may take several generations to complete, so Zhou Xian is not in a hurry.

Now, whether in Nanyang or Taiwan, it is enough to let Han Kuo, Hou Fangyu and others do their best. Even if they fail, they will come back in the future.

In fact, it was not only Zhou Xian and Zheng Zhilong who were occupied by the Spanish and seized by the Netherlands, but also the Southern Ming Dynasty court.

Zhang Kentang and Huang Fei went to Guangzhou together, one responsible for political affairs and the other responsible for military affairs. They had the greatest expectations for the maritime trade post, and even met the Portuguese in Macau as soon as they arrived in Guangzhou. But now, they may have to engage in small-scale maritime trade with the Portuguese.

In terms of strength and shipping capabilities, there is still a big gap between Portugal and the old colonial empire and the emerging Netherlands.

At the same time, Japan was also affected. The trade between the Dutch Japanese vassals in Nagasaki was completely blocked by Gao Qi, which caused dissatisfaction among the various vassals to the Chinese garrison of Kagoshima.

Because Yao Qisheng and Gao Qi used their marriage to win over the support of the Ito family and the Hirakawa family, other small Kyushu family members also came out to take sides, making the Kyushu family members no longer a monolithic body.

In this case, even if they are dissatisfied, they can only endure it. After all, any of them will be their opponents when they pull it out. But after Shimazu Kokusa participated, things changed slightly.

After learning that Yao Qisheng had transferred most of the soldiers to Taiwan, Shimazu Kokuha asked Maori to help him regain Kagoshima. But this time, Shimazu Kokuha, who was his ally, refused. He only acquiesced to recruit rogues in the Nagashima phantasy, but did not allow his family generals and samurai to participate in the matter.

Shimazu Kokusa fought fiercely and recruited an army of 3,000 people. He landed on Shimoshima on the west side of Kagoshima, preparing to attack Satsumakawa from the road.

Because the various vassals around Nagasaki who benefited from the Dutch maritime trade secretly supported him, Shimazu Kokuha's initial advance was very smooth, and many ronin even joined. When he entered Kagoshima, he had nearly 5,000 soldiers under him.

The samurai and ronin who were facing Shimazu Kokuha in Kagoshima also launched a rebellion and continued to attack the local garrisons. For a time, Shimazu Kokuha became a climate.

After finding out its strength and trends, Yao Qisheng and Gao Qi decided to send a small group of troops westward first, constantly harassing the Satsuma army and delaying its advancement. At the same time, they adopted a thunderous force in Kagoshima to quickly extinguish various rebellions in the territory.

Finally, the army of both sides met on the plains on the west side of the Satsuma River and a final decisive battle broke out.

The Satsuma army had about 8,000, and the Chinese army had 6,000. The difference was that the Chinese army had nearly 1,000 cavalry.

After half a day of bloody battle, Shimazu Kokusa's servants suffered heavy losses and people kept running away. The cavalry continued to rush into the formation, completely shaking the Satsuma army's formation, and eventually prompted them to collapse and flee.
Chapter completed!