New Shun 1730

The Banten envoys did not know that their fate of being destroyed had been determined during the harmonious banquet.

They did not expect that Dashun was even more ruthless than the Dutch. The Dutch only demanded tribute, labor service, and monopolized spices and salt. Dashun was actually preparing to destroy the country.

The envoys of various chiefdoms, including the Banten envoys, already knew that they were going to Malacca to watch Dashun's plan to attack the city, and they also understood that this was Dashun showing them military power.

But before the trip, Liu Yu still said something to these envoys that made them think deeply.

Looking at these envoys from various countries, Liu Yu felt it necessary to make them have a clear understanding of the future.

Social consciousness always lags behind social existence. The power comparison between these small countries and Westerners and Dashun has reached the point where they cannot resist.

But judging from the uprisings, riots, and wars that have occurred one after another in recent years, these small countries have not yet recognized the reality.

In this regard, Liu Yu took the opportunity of the siege of Malacca to give them a warning in advance.

"Since the Westerners came to Southeast Asia two hundred years ago, countless battles have broken out around Malacca."

"At the very beginning, the Javanese fought against the Mongols and used firearms. Some sultanates also hired mercenaries from the Ottoman Turks. At the very beginning, you states could still go to war with Portugal directly, relying on your own strength. Although you lost more than you won, it was not a 50-50 chance, but at least there was hope."

"But since the 13th year of Chongzhen in the previous dynasty, you could not fight against the Westerners alone in many wars. You could only cooperate with the Dutch to fight the Portuguese and with the British to fight the Dutch. The Dutch and the British were also happy to use your strength, because at that time you were still able to fight a little bit, although not as good as when you could fight Portugal alone at the beginning, but if the Dutch were ten points strong, you could also use four points of their strength."

"However, now it seems that you are actually not even worth cooperating with. If the Dutch have ten points of strength, "You can only have half a point of strength at most, no more."

"But many of you are still dreaming of driving away the Westerners by your own strength; or think that even if you can't win alone, you can drive them away with a little help. I want to say that now it seems very unrealistic."

"After the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, you were no longer able to fight against the Westerners alone, but you still had the force to cooperate with the Westerners; however, since thirty years ago, after the tactical changes and the emergence of bayonets and flintlocks, you have been completely unable to fight."

"But I guess many of you still haven't figured it out and can't understand the changes that have taken place in the past thirty years. So, it's just right to take advantage of this Battle of Malacca to let you know. It's also good to go back and tell your king Sultan so that he knows what to do in the future."

"I still hope you think about these things clearly to avoid trouble in the future."

These words are not difficult to translate. There are many Chinese in Southeast Asia, and many sultans also rely on Chinese to package taxes and mines.

It's just translated according to the normal translation level, so it's too straightforward.

The envoys looked at each other and understood the meaning.

It was nothing more than saying that the 13th year of Chongzhen and 30 years ago were two watersheds.

Before the 13th year of Chongzhen, many sultanates could fight against Westerners with their ultimate national military strength; after that, they could fight against them by relying on "using barbarians to control barbarians and driving tigers to swallow wolves"; after that, it was a fight between gods and mortals could only watch the excitement.

Now that it is after the second watershed, Dashun has defeated the Dutch again, so the implication of this statement is of course clearer than it can be.

If Dashun and Westerners fight to a 50-50 in Nanyang, you can try to stab them in the back, and maybe Dashun will lose.

But if there is no Western force that can fight Dashun in Nanyang, don't be stupid. If others give you a few melons and dates, you will think you can do it, and then jump out to defeat Dashun.

The main thing is to know what is going on and know yourself.

A strong country is not afraid of fence-sitters, and even likes fence-sitters. Because the nature of fence-sitters is to follow whoever is strong.

What a strong country is afraid of are those iron-headed kids, who have their own national consciousness, dignity, honor, goals, and firm ideology, and will fight to the end even if they are not strong enough.

However, being a fence-sitter also has technical thresholds, and you have to be able to see the situation clearly.

Liu Yu is afraid that these small countries cannot see the situation clearly and are foolishly used as guns by Westerners.

If Dashun is really so rotten that it is beaten to a 50-50 in Nanyang, it is not impossible to understand the actions of these small countries to defect. The fear is that these small countries are not normal in their minds, and they rush out to make trouble when there is no 50-50.

After all, it is quite difficult to ask small countries to have normal minds. Many small countries often do things that normal people can't understand at all.

Everyone also understood what Liu Yu meant, and they all thought that the real reason for inviting them to Malacca this time was this.

The defeat of the Dutch was a foregone conclusion. Even without going to Malacca, one would know that the Dutch were completely defeated.

But if you go to Malacca, you can see the confrontation of the world's newest tactical system at that time, which will help you to keep your head clear and avoid getting carried away.

Liu Yu also knew that these envoys didn't know military affairs. If they knew military affairs, they could get musket instructors in Nanyang with such good conditions. They would not lack silver if they fully participated in the world market. How could they be suppressed by thousands of Dutchmen?

So when the staff officers were asked to formulate a battle plan, "fighting in a flashy way that would shock laymen" became a primary goal of the staff officers in formulating a battle plan.

After explaining to these envoys the real purpose of inviting them to Malacca to watch the battle, the Dashun campaign to attack Malacca was officially launched.

If it was not launched, it would be the typhoon season in two months. At that time, the violent winds in Nanyang would make it difficult for even the steel aircraft carriers of later generations to cruise in such weather, let alone now.

The sailors who had been resting in Coconut City for two months began to board the ship one after another. The naval squadron on the Ceylon side had already controlled the sea control and completed the blockade of the Malacca waterway more than a month ago.

The Guiyi Army and Marines of Coconut City boarded the auxiliary ship mobilized from the Japanese Trade Company. The Marines of Ceylon left a small number of troops to garrison Ceylon and began to gather in the direction of Malacca.

Mi Ziming had occupied the Sailboat Island opposite the mouth of the Malacca River a month ago.

This island is not big, but it is less than 200 meters away from the mouth of the Malacca River, which is a perfect gathering place.

After the navy seized the sea control this time, it can only play a soy sauce role in the subsequent battles. Because the water level here is very low at low tide, heavy battleships are prone to run aground, and light ships are overconfident to fight against the artillery.

As early as a month ago, they occupied the Sailboat Island, but did not attack. This is also a taboo in military tactics, which made the Dutch in the castle make sufficient preparations.

But this battle was meant to be played "fancy" for others to see. If it was a surprise attack, although the tactics were qualified, outsiders could not see how big the gap between their small countries and the world's advanced military level was.

When Liu Yu and others arrived, the engineers of the Ceylon garrison had already built a battle observation position on the island.

The main city of the Dutch is only two or three hundred meters away from the Malacca River, and the distance from the sailing island and the coast is only one or two miles in total.

On the hill in the city, the St. Paul's Church built by the Portuguese is clearly visible.

In the 13th year of Chongzhen, after the Dutch took Malacca from the Portuguese, Malacca did not develop much, and even retreated compared to the Portuguese rule.

Because the Portuguese occupied Macau, the location of Malacca is crucial and is a key node for trade between Southeast Asia and Europe.

The Dutch, especially the Batavia local faction of the East India Company, severely suppressed the development of other cities in order to forcibly enhance Batavia's status as the "capital".

In addition to the many conflicts between the Dutch and the Ming Dynasty and Dashun before, he did not have Macau, and Batavia's transit status was very important. In order to maintain Batavia's privileges, it is necessary to suppress the development of Malacca by administrative means.

A good place like Malacca was dead and lifeless under the rule of the Dutch.

Business could not develop, fearing that it would steal the limelight and business of Batavia.

Agricultural development was too difficult because there were too many swamps and forests around. Batavia was also surrounded by swamps in the past, but there were Chinese captured from Penghu and Zhoushan at that time, free and unpaid labor, but this was no longer the case in Malacca.

Any religious reform must be carried out under the banner of retro and start with facing the sages directly. Whether it is the Dashun, the ancient Confucianism and ancient learning school in Japan; or the Calvinism in the Netherlands. It is the same.

Protestantism is more fundamentalist than Catholicism. The city of Malacca is also the most Calvinist fundamentalist city in Southeast Asia. It is a bit suffocating, just like the Protestant template that burned people crazily during the religious reform before the Thirty Years' War.

The overall control of the economy, strict control of trade volume, forced conversion of locals, various messy franchise licenses, and a large number of goods that can only be sold at company prices...

All these made Malacca not difficult to capture. Because the city lacked vitality and because it was not the "capital", Malacca had only 400 garrisons.

However, with the news that Mi Ziming occupied the Sail Island and Batavia was conquered by Dashun, many employees of the Dutch East India Company and Eurasian-mixed Burgs who settled here poured into the castle on the east bank of the Malacca River and strengthened the castle's defense.

Unlike Batavia, the "capital", Malacca is still a "city separation" pattern. On the east bank of the Malacca River is the Malacca Castle, which is the city; on the west bank of the Malacca River is the residential community, which is the city.

With Dashun occupying the Sail Island and the navy seizing control of the sea, the Dutch have completely lost control of the city on the west bank of the river.

Like the big cities in Southeast Asia, there are many Chinese in the city. In addition to the Chinese, Dutch and Eurasian Burgs, there are many different races.

Malays, Hindu merchants, Gujaratis, Javanese, Bruneians, Tamils, Luzonians... and so on.

As in Batavia, the lower Chinese lived in the Chinese community of Godmead; while the upper Chinese lived with the Dutch, as the wealthy, in Helen Street, enjoying the illusion of being "rulers" with the Dutch.

It’s just that… after Liu Yu forced Batavia to revolt, these high-ranking Chinese who tried to retreat to the castle together and defend with the Dutch were refused entry by the Dutch. They were afraid that what happened in Batavia would happen again.

And this also led to a tragedy.

After Mi Ziming occupied the sailing island and the Dutch retreated to the fortress, there was a power vacuum in Malacca City. Naturally, there was a riot and a robbery against the wealthy neighborhood.

The once prosperous Helen neighborhood has now become a ruin.