More than 500 warships and supporting vessels set off from Little Kaifeng Bay in Zhou Kingdom, headed southwest, and sailed along the coastline of Kalimantan Island.
Just as Zheng Zhibao had revealed in advance, the island of Kalimantan had already been decided and a vassal king would come over later.
At this time, this place was called Borneo, and it was basically all indigenous people.
After being instigated by the Dutch, they had some muskets and continued to provoke Zhou.
As a result, when the fleet of the Ming Dynasty's Nanyang Navy marched along the coastline in a mighty manner, the indigenous people on the island immediately retreated inland and did not dare to take the lead at all.
Until now, the might of the Ming army only reached Luzon. These natives were taught a lesson by the Dutch but not by the Ming army, so they did not know how high the sky was. Now that they saw the huge Ming fleet, they were really frightened!
However, the Ming Navy did not take them seriously at all, because the target of their operations was the Dutch, who were making trouble and were the most powerful in Nanyang.
The first step is to pull out the Dutch power, and then in Nanyang, it is equivalent to closing the door and beating the dog without encountering more resistance.
Otherwise, when the Ming Navy was fighting against the indigenous people, the Dutch were causing trouble behind the scenes, which would have been a lot of trouble!
When the Ming Dynasty navy arrived at the southwest corner of Kalimantan, the fleet was divided into two. The main force of the navy headed to the Lion City, which is Tammasik, to attack the Dutch there and the Dutch ally the Kingdom of Johor, thereby controlling the Strait of Malacca.
Another navy continued southward along the coastline of Kalimantan to attack Batavia. After capturing Batavia, it planned to go north to attack Foqi, Sumatra and Aceh together with friendly forces in the Strait of Malacca.
This piece of land, according to the imperial court's plan, was to establish an overseas province under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court and control the Maritime Silk Road.
Among these countries, for a long time, the most powerful one was the Sultanate of Aqi. The reason why it was so powerful was because the Sultanate of Aqi was selected by the Ottoman Empire to act as an agent in the Far East and sent the Ottomans
came to train them and provide arms.
Therefore, the ambition of the Aqi Sultanate was to control the Strait of Malacca. To this end, it had many wars with the Portuguese who had previously controlled the Strait of Malacca.
It's just that the mud can't hold up the wall. The naval battle in Aceh that happened has become a shame for the Aceh people and a miracle in the history of naval battles.
A Portuguese carrack sailed against the Acehnese army's huge maritime force of 200 large and small ships, including 20 galley warships. In the end, it was the Portuguese who had the last laugh: just one large sailboat was destroyed by more than 200 people in a windless environment.
Surrounded by an enemy ship for three days, they still held on, because the morale of the Archaeans collapsed, and the Portuguese, who could no longer hold on and suffered heavy losses, won the naval battle.
However, the notoriety of the Aceh Sultanate is indeed far-reaching, so that the Kingdom of Johor, the feudal enemy of the Portuguese, chose to help the Portuguese against the Aceh Sultanate. On land, the Aceh Sultanate conquered the Demak Sultanate in central Sumatra. Its strength
It's obviously higher.
It's a bit like a country with many hens in Nanyang, with a rooster mixed in. It can bully its companions, but it is powerless against outsiders.
However, at this time when the Ming Dynasty's navy was marching south, the Aqi Sultanate was ruled by a female sultan. There were internal struggles for power and civil war broke out, and its strength was no longer what it once was.
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On this day in the Lion City, trading was busy as usual, and indigenous people from all over the surrounding areas came to the Lion City to trade.
They transported various local products, mainly spices and other items that the Dutch needed most, and then exchanged them for musket powder made by the Dutch.
The Dutch arsenal in the Lion City has expanded its scale several times and worked day and night, but even so, there is still a queue of indigenous people outside the door, waiting for the Dutch to deliver.
The indigenous people of Southeast Asia, who had been taught a lesson by the Europeans, knew best how powerful firearms were.
Unfortunately, they did not have the ability to make firearms themselves. If they wanted to own firearms, they could only buy them from the only Western Dutch people in Southeast Asia.
At this time, in Nanyang, the number of firearms made by the Dutch was already the most important indicator of the strength of each indigenous country.
There is a joke that in a bar in the Lion City, trade representatives from several indigenous countries clashed. When threatening each other, they reported the number of firearms they owned to determine who was stronger and who was weaker!
A large number of indigenous people came to the Lion City, making the Lion City more prosperous, and the streets and alleys were crowded with people.
When there are more people, things will inevitably happen and fights between them will become inevitable.
But in this Lion City, the Dutch are the first-class people, and no one dares to offend them!
The Akito is a second-class person. At least the Dutch will not offend the Akito, but they will encourage the natives to find things about the Akito, and then the Dutch will act as good people.
In other words, the troubles in the Lion City are usually fights between indigenous people, and occasionally Ming people are involved, but it is absolutely impossible to involve the Dutch.
The Lion City was as lively as ever, but suddenly, a bell that had never been heard before rang.
"Dang Dang Dang..."
The bell in the church kept ringing rapidly, as if it had been stimulated by something, and it continued for a long time without stopping.
What is going on?
For a moment, everyone who heard the rapid ringing of the bell was dumbfounded and turned to look at the source of the sound. Many people even speculated whether a drunkard ran up and acted like a drunkard.
However, it shouldn't be possible! That place was guarded by Dutch soldiers, and if any natives approached, they would be scolded!
Could it be that this drunkard is the Dutchman himself?
But it has been ringing for so long, even if it is a drunkard among the Dutch, someone should stop it, right?
This bell is so noisy that it can be heard throughout the city!
The local indigenous people, as well as Mingren, were all wondering what had happened.
However, the Dutch themselves know what it means when this urgent bell rings?
So, I saw a look of panic on their faces. After confirming again and again that the bell had indeed been ringing rapidly and had no intention of stopping, they all rushed home or were trading.
They also dropped their things and ran away.
The Dutch's actions made the others dumbfounded: What's going on? What happened? Is there no fire?
In short, no one can figure out what happened?
However, they all also know that this rapid bell definitely represents an unusual meaning, but they still don’t know what exactly it represents?
Even in the Dutch arsenal, after the urgent bell rang, the Dutch inside immediately dropped what they were doing, regardless of the semi-finished products, and started driving people away.
The natives lining up at the door felt a little confused, but they did not dare to go against the will of the noble Dutch, so they had to disperse far away.
Not only the arsenal, but also all Dutch places, including military camps, fortresses, and even government offices at all levels such as the Governor's Palace.
All the Dutch drove away the local indigenous people and started getting busy like their buttocks were on fire.
Not long after that, we saw Dutch people from all over the country, all rushing to the port in large and small bags to board the ship.
When the natives first saw the Dutch crowd, they were still puzzled. They didn't know what was going on.
However, when they later found out that all the Dutch, including those Dutch officials and soldiers, were all on board the ship in big and small packages, they exploded!
What's going on?
The Dutch are leaving? No, the Dutch are running away?
What happened?
Flood beast or beast flood is coming?
The Dutch were the overlords of Southeast Asia, so why did they flee in such panic?
Yes, is this an escape? Definitely an escape, or are you so panicked? What did you do?
All the natives didn't know what to do in the face of this situation for a moment. They just watched the Dutch crowd out from everywhere, and then flocked to the dock.
Many people followed the flow of people and ran to the pier to see the situation.
Some natives who had contacts or did business with the Dutch took advantage of their familiarity with the Dutch and wanted to rush over to ask about the situation.
However, the Dutch paid no attention to them, and the Dutch soldiers armed with live ammunition outside even hit people with their guns to prevent them from getting close.
However, there are also some attentive indigenous people who discovered that when someone came up to ask questions, although they did not get an answer, no Dutch would treat them roughly!
After some time, the Dutch ships had left the port and were planning to sail to the west.
At this time, although the indigenous people were confused about what was going on, they also understood the fact that the Dutch really wanted to give up the Lion City and the Strait of Malacca!
After understanding this fact, many indigenous people became uneasy. Even the Dutch fled in such a hurry. Then there must be a more powerful force than the Dutch coming, right?
However, here in Nanyang, is there a force more powerful than the Dutch that can scare the Dutch to this extent?
Some of them have never thought about it, is it the Ming Empire?
However, the Dutch had been bewitching them and making them enemies of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, their words would belittle the military strength of the Ming Dynasty. This made these ignorant natives subconsciously exclude the Ming Empire and felt that it was impossible for the Ming Empire to let the Dutch
People are so scared!
However, a fact soon proved that the Dutch may have lied!
Because someone discovered that in the important places owned by the Dutch, such as the arsenal, the governor's palace, the military camp, etc., the Dutch finally left them and put seals on them.
The seal still has Chinese characters written on it.
The Chinese characters on the cross seal are: Welcome, we will send you away without any trouble!