Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 745 Anthony's Backhand
The naval battle on Lubang Island lasted about two hours from start to finish.

On the surface of the sea, a large number of warships of the Ming army dispersed, helping the soldiers who fell into the sea, and dragging the damaged warships to the shore.Of course, it also includes the Dutch and their warships, but it is not called rescue, but prisoners.

Of the thirty Dutch warships and fifty transport ships, only one escaped and was still damaged.In addition to the sunk ones, three warships and twelve transport ships were forced to surrender without damage; in addition, eight warships and fourteen transport ships were repaired and usable.

On the Portuguese side, one warship was sunk and five warships were damaged.This is also thanks to Anthony, the Governor of Batavia in the Netherlands, who did not dare to entangle with the Portuguese warships after discovering the appearance of the Ming Navy, and wanted to escape immediately. Otherwise, if he continued to fight, Portugal would suffer even more losses.

As for the Ming Navy, if the loss of the arson ship is not counted, then no warships were sunk, and 56 warships were damaged, most of which were damaged when the Dutch warships broke out of the siege, regardless of the artillery fire.

On Lubang Island, a group of generals had come to Lu Xiangsheng and reported their battle situation.

This battle was played beautifully, and it was a very good start.Every general had a smile on his face.Even Portugal's Anders was grinning.

For the Portuguese, the loss was still a bit heavy.However, after all these years, the feeling of being oppressed by the Dutch is finally coming out, so cool!

Of course Lu Xiangsheng is also happy, but he has fought many victories, and he has also experienced battles of greater significance than this.Therefore, he was the first to return to normal.Hearing that he began to issue military orders, the navy immediately rested and contacted the outpost of the Ming army on the other side of Manila Bay and the surviving Ming people to prepare for the second phase of the battle.

After deploying these, he gave the order: "Bring the slave chief!"

After this military order was passed down, Anthony, the governor of Batavia in the Netherlands, was escorted to Lu Xiangsheng.

In the situation of being desperate and stubbornly fighting to die, Anthony chose to surrender, so he did not die in the just-concluded naval battle.

At this time, being escorted by two soldiers of the Ming army, they were taken all the way to Lu Xiangsheng's side. Anthony saw the soldiers of the Ming army standing up straight and motionless, with all the standard equipment, and felt an elite feeling in his face. I have to sigh with emotion.

This empire in the Far East is indeed not comparable to ordinary indigenous people.It can even be said that it is not much worse than the regular army in Europe!The number of troops is still so large. Once this huge empire declares war, even if the war is not lost, the final result will definitely be that the Netherlands will not be able to gain a foothold in Southeast Asia.

He sighed all the way, and soon he was in front of Lu Xiangsheng.

Anthony straightened his clothes and coughed. Just as he was about to speak, he felt his knees being bumped into. Immediately afterwards, his body involuntarily knelt down, and at the same time he heard the shouts of soldiers from the Ming army behind him. .

Although he couldn't understand it, he could roughly guess that it should mean asking him to kneel down.

Immediately, he struggled and shouted, "You can't treat me like this. I am the governor of the Netherlands stationed in Batavia, the admiral. You should give me decent treatment..."

The two Ming army soldiers behind, regardless of what he was shouting, immediately stepped forward, put their hands on his shoulders, and stopped him from getting up.

Although Lu Xiangsheng didn't understand, there was naturally a translator who conveyed it to him. After understanding what this Hongyi said, he couldn't help but sneer and said: "How dare a prisoner mention it, but he doesn't know the rules of the Ming Dynasty?"

Speaking of this, he cupped his fists and gestured towards Annan: "The emperor once said that I am very hospitable, and friends come from afar. Will serve with fists."

After finishing speaking, he put down his hands, stared at Anthony and said with a sneer: "You Hongyi invaded our Ming border, killed our Ming people, and dared to join forces with the Japanese against our Ming Dynasty, and now you are uniting with Luzon Xiyi against our Ming, Do you still want decent treatment?"

The translator next to him would naturally translate Lu Xiangsheng's words to Anthony.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't care what Xiyi would answer, he immediately ordered: "Twenty slaps, let him wake up!"

After slapping him in the mouth, he wanted to ask this Xiyi about the situation in Batavia.This is what the emperor told him before departure.

"Obey!" The soldiers of the Ming army heard Lu Xiangsheng's words, of course they responded loudly, and then stepped forward neatly, one grabbed Anthony, and the other made a move, giving him the "decency" he deserved!
There was a "crackling" beating. The soldiers of the Ming army hated these Xiyi for harming their compatriots and robes. Of course, they would not show mercy. After twenty mouth beatings, Anthony lost a few teeth and a lot of blood. few.

Seeing him in such a mess, Anders gloated from the side.Now it feels great to be the all-powerful one in Nanyang. If you dare to be an enemy of the Ming Empire, you will be able to bear it now!

At this time, he had already forgotten that Portugal also wanted to be an enemy of Daming, but they turned around quickly after being taught a lesson. Otherwise, what happened to Anthony was also what happened to the Portuguese.

After the fight, Lu Xiangsheng stared at the slave chief, and shouted coldly: "How many troops are left in your lair, are you willing to surrender?"

Anthony's head was beaten into a bit of a daze. After a while, his eyes focused. After hearing the translation, he didn't struggle any more. He just knelt there and replied: "Batavia's troops are not many. There are only one hundred. But there are still five hundred servants. In addition, you Ming people, men, women, children, and children have a total of 320 people..."

Hearing him say this, Lu Xiangsheng didn't know why, but immediately felt something was wrong.

Sure enough, at the end of Anthony's speech, he tried his best to raise his head, looked at the tall Ming official in front and said, "If I can't return to Batavia in a month, the subordinates who stay there will execute it." My military order kills all of you Ming people!"

After he finished speaking, the translator was stunned. I didn't expect this slave chief to have such a hand. For a while, he forgot to translate.

Lu Xiangsheng saw a sneer on Anthony's lips after he finished speaking, and knew that he would definitely not say anything nice.When he saw the translators staring at the slave chief in astonishment, he knew that he must have guessed correctly.

Sure enough, at this time, the interpreter had come to his senses, and immediately conveyed Anthony's threat to Lu Xiangsheng.

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng didn't speak for a while, but just stared at Anthony coldly.

And Anthony tried his best to raise his head, and looked back at Lu Xiangsheng without showing weakness.

During this year, especially when the subordinates of the Japanese fled back to Batavia, they told him that the Ming army was much stronger than before.Then soon, the men in Taiwan were beaten by the Ming army and wiped out, and Annan was captured by the Ming army again.Anthony felt that he knew too little about this Eastern Empire.

Therefore, he began to pay attention to everything about this huge empire, including the previous history, customs, and the current emperor and everything he could learn.

Coincidentally, Anthony heard the reputation of the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty as loving the people like a son, and also knew the reason why the Ming army attacked the Luzon Spaniards.After he analyzed it, he left a backhand for himself, which was to use Batavia's Ming people as threats to prevent accidents.

Therefore, what he said was not a threat, it was indeed true.

The same is true, he did not escape desperately, but chose to surrender.

At this time, there was only the sound of the flags fluttering under the sea breeze, and the laughter of the soldiers of the Ming army in the distance.

Anders, Zheng Chenggong and others looked at Anthony and then at Lu Xiangsheng, but they all remained silent.One difference is that Anders looked a little surprised, while Zheng Chenggong and others were angry.

After a long while, Lu Xiangsheng shouted coldly: "I remember you, put it down, treat him well, don't let him idle."

Of course, the soldiers of the Ming army understood the meaning of his words, which almost meant that capital crimes are exempt, but living crimes are inevitable.So, they immediately responded loudly and escorted Anthony down.

When Zheng Chenggong saw it, he stepped out and asked angrily, "My lord, are you really going to let him go? The last general is willing to lead the troops to Batavia to rescue him!"

It's really hard to say whether it can be rescued!And there is a great possibility that they cannot be rescued.

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said, "The most important thing now is the Western Yi in Luzon! As for Batavia, it is about the lives of so many people in the Ming Dynasty. I will report to the emperor, and the emperor will decide. As for this Nu Chief, even if he can escape and ascend to heaven this time, he will not have a good life!"

In fact, he has already confirmed in his heart that the emperor will definitely let this slave chief go.The reason why I want to report to the emperor is to maintain the reputation of the emperor who loves the people like a son. It is up to the emperor to decide, for the sake of the people of Ming Dynasty, let this slave chief go. If nothing else, at least the people of Ming Dynasty who are rescued will be grateful to the emperor.

As for this slave chieftain, Lu Xiangsheng can also imagine that if he uses this kind of tactics to deal with Daming, his end will definitely be miserable!Even if he could escape this time, the emperor's sentence "even if he is far away, he will be punished" is definitely not a joke.

Just as he was thinking, he heard how to deal with the more than 300 Japanese warriors who had come down to report to the captives.

In this regard, Lu Xiangsheng was very straightforward, and ordered these Japanese people to be killed on the spot, and the corpses were thrown into the sea to feed the fish!
Anders listened on the sidelines, and couldn't help but guess in his heart, wondering if these Japanese people were unlucky enough, if they got lost before dealing with the Dutch Governor, they might not die.

But it is useless to assume now. The life and death of these Japanese people have nothing to do with Anders. If they die, they will die!
On the second day, Lu Xiangsheng led the navy to Manila and started the second phase of the battle.

(End of this chapter)