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Under the city of Hele, Mo Liang carried a large Qin-character flag on his shoulder and laughed loudly towards the sky: Hahahaha...
Li Bai laughed loudly as he left the city, while Mo Liang laughed loudly as he entered the city. Under the city gate, the King of the West and the King of the Dong of Sulu State knelt on the ground, listening to his heroic laughter and watching the powerful Qin troops marching into the city in neat formation behind him.
Liu Xiang, who was holding the flag behind him, said, "Mo Liang, stop screaming like a ghost. This kind of screaming and howling damages the image of our Great Qin King's teacher."
Mo Liang replied disapprovingly: "Believe it or not, now if we fart they would say it smells good. Look at them, they are all sticking their butts out. With this appearance, they dare to say that my image is not good? Pah!"
Well, if you have money, you can be a little willful. If you are a winner, you can be a little arrogant.
The full name of the Sulu Kingdom is the Sulu Islamic Sultanate of Peace. Unfortunately, it is not peaceful. It even dared to collude with the red-haired devils to challenge the Qin Dynasty. It is simply courting death.
There were three kings in Sulu, namely the Eastern King, the Western King and the Dong King. All of them had been canonized by the Ming Dynasty. The Eastern King inherited the throne of Sultan.
The capital city of Hele was built two or three hundred years ago. It is about a mile long and wide. Most of the buildings in the city are Islamic-style. A mosque in the west of the city is as high as 20 to 30 feet, taller than the Sultan's palace.
The country is mainly composed of datu (hereditary nobles), merchants, self-cultivating farmers and slaves. The hereditary nobles each have their own territory and are the leaders of politics, religion and military in their territory, while the Sultan is the highest leader of politics and religion.
The Sultan ruled with the assistance of Kadi (i.e. Islamic judges) and Bangrema (i.e. administrative officials). Among the countries in Southeast Asia, Sulu was a relatively developed country in terms of social economy, with its economic sources being salt production, wine making, weaving, fishing, pearling and taxation at commercial ports.
In short, this country still has quite a lot of assets.
The fighting in the city had subsided, and the resistance of the eldest prince Trot was quickly wiped out. Under the guns of the Qin army, many Sulu nobles and soldiers chose to pledge allegiance to the second prince Luolan, including the King of the West and the King of the Dong.
Lot himself was captured, and most of the soldiers and nobles loyal to Lot were also taken prisoner. Only a few escaped.
After Loran seized the throne of Sultan, he announced that Lot had colluded with the Red-haired Demons and poisoned the old Sultan. He beheaded him and hung his head at the city gate for public display.
Then, in the name of the new generation of Sultan, Luo Lan ordered the confiscation of the property of the nobles who were loyal to Lot. Since Luo Lan had just ascended the throne of Sultan and was busy with many things, he really had no time. General Wang Guichen reluctantly took over the task of confiscating property and happily ran errands for the Sultan.
Then, the Sultan issued a proclamation, saying that His Majesty the Great Qin Emperor was benevolent and caring for the people, and could not bear to see the people being enslaved, so he announced the abolition of slavery and the release of all slaves.
As soon as this notice was issued, it was immediately opposed by many nobles, but the slaves were grateful and wept. They knelt down to the north and bowed to the Qin Emperor from afar.
As for the nobles who opposed it, before they could even say anything, the Sultan once again announced that he would submit a "Request for Submission of Territory Map" to the Emperor of Daqin, requesting that the land and population of Sulu be incorporated into the territory of Daqin.
This move caused an uproar in Hele City. Ordinary people just told each other about it. Due to their yearning for the great country of China, not many people opposed it. Some even cheered for being able to be the subjects of the Qin Dynasty.
The opposition mainly came from the nobles. After joining the Qin Dynasty, whether their original interests could be guaranteed. No one knew what the Qin Emperor's reaction would be.
So, under the instigation of a group of nobles, King Xi and King Dong went to the Sultan's palace to persuade the Sultan to revoke his decision.
Then, the poor General Wang Guichen had another task, which was to arrest the remnants of Prince Lotte.
In short, the entire Sultanate was in turmoil. Some people were jubilant, while others had their properties confiscated and their families exterminated.
Having reaped great rewards, Wang Guichen quickly sent an eagle ship back to Fusu Port to report to Zhao Han, the deputy chief, on his achievement of easily conquering the Sulu Kingdom with only 900 men and horses.
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While Wang Guichen was busy asking for merit, another admiral, Hai Rufeng, was ordered by the emperor to lead 15 captured Spanish warships, a clipper, 70 eagle ships and bluff ships, and 10 supply ships, totaling 5,000 men and horses, bypassing Borneo from the west and entering the Java Sea.
A general suggested to Hai Rufeng that they should conquer the State of Boni first, but Hai Rufeng rejected the suggestion outright.
Although the Dutch fleet in the Far East was completely wiped out, in fact, its overall strength did not cause fatal damage to the Sea Coachman. Thousands of Dutch armed merchant ships still roamed in various waters except the Far East.
The spice trade in the Far East has always been one of the main sources of income for the Dutch East India Company. They were absolutely unwilling to give up their colonies in the Far East. If nothing unexpected happened, the Governor of Batavia, John Massey, must have sent ships back to the Netherlands to request support.
Now is the time when Batavia is at its most vulnerable. We must seize this opportunity to seize Java and Sumatra first. The Netherlands will have to send out a fleet for an expedition again, and the round trip will take more than a year. By then, Daqin should have been able to control Java and Sumatra almost completely.
Ever since the fleet led by Jardil fled back to Malacca, the Governor of Batavia, John Masuiju, who received the news of the annihilation of the Eastern Fleet, felt like he was in an ice kiln. He was extremely sad. He had only been the Governor for more than a year, how could it turn out like this? For a moment, he really wanted to jump into the Pacific Ocean.
There were only 600 soldiers left in Batavia. John Massey had no choice but to urgently organize nearly 10,000 servants from the local indigenous people. At the same time, he ordered the expulsion of the Chinese from Batavia.
Batavia had the largest number of Chinese in Southeast Asia, with a total of more than 50,000. John Massey's deportation order was immediately met with fierce resistance from the local Chinese.
The Chinese are now very confident. When the Spaniards massacred the Chinese in Luzon, the Emperor of Qin immediately issued an edict to attack them. And he did not just talk, but actually sent the navy to annihilate the Spaniards and brought Luzon under the rule of Qin.
With a strong motherland as their backing, the Chinese in Batavia were unwilling to be lambs to be slaughtered. On the one hand, they sent people to Luzon for help, and on the other hand, they organized themselves to resist the Dutch.
Soon after Hai Rufeng and his crew entered the Java Sea, they encountered a Chinese ship heading to Luzon for help. After hearing that the Dutch were expelling the Chinese and killing them, Hai Rufeng was filled with hatred and rushed to the port of Batavia day and night.
When the Qin fleet arrived, John Massey did not bother to wipe out the resisting Chinese, and hurriedly ordered hundreds of Dutch soldiers to use coastal artillery to resist the Qin army's attack.
The city of Batavia was the headquarters of the Netherlands in the Far East. Twenty to thirty fortress cannons were installed in the port to block the entrance to the harbor. The city of Batavia was also built with stone slabs, which was very strong, and there were also a large number of artillery positions on the top of the city.
From the Chinese who came to ask for help, Hai Rufeng learned the details of Batavia Port and its defense. It only had 16 gunboats, and it was very difficult to forcefully break through the fortress artillery blockade of Batavia Port, and even if it succeeded, it would definitely come at a heavy price.
After Hai Rufeng discussed with his deputy general Ke Chenshu, they decided to land the marines in small boats near the harbor and attack from the shore. The Dutch had limited manpower, and as long as there was no artillery defense, the Qin army was confident that they could force a landing.
Hai Rufeng ordered all gunboats to stay outside the Batavia Port to tie down the Dutch forces, and then chose a beach less than ten miles east of the Batavia Port as the landing site. One thousand marines equipped with Type 68 rifles, in twenty landing boats, with ten people on each boat, carried out the beach landing.
John Massey received the report and sent 5,000 native vassal soldiers to stop them. When the Marines rowed their boats to within a hundred steps of the shore, they turned the boats sideways and 200 people fired at the native vassal soldiers on the opposite shore.
The sound of gunfire continued, and from time to time there was a rocket, and the explosions shook the earth. The vassal army on the shore was beaten to a pulp, and fled in panic. However, they had no ability to fight back against the Qin army a hundred steps away.
The Marines quickly rushed onto the beach and formed a beachhead on the shore. The small boat returned to the sea again, and the second and third batches... .After five ferries, it took more than half an hour for a thousand Marines to land successfully. Under the leadership of Commander Hu Dahai, they headed towards the city of Batavia... ... .
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