All soldiers can drink at the celebration banquet, but not too much.

It was not time to drink heavily, and after taking over small countries such as Wandan and Matalan, Zhu Cixiang asked the soldiers to have a good drink.

Batavia was not the largest power on the island of Java. At this time, there was a newly rising power in the interior, and that was the Sultanate of Mataram.

In addition, there is also a powerful country called Wandan, and the spices here are mainly controlled by Wandan.

At this time, the Dutch had not yet captured the Sultanate of Banten and Mataram.

Zhu Cixi's imperial commander personally marched here, and the fate that awaited these indigenous people could only be the destruction of the country.

The Mataram Sultanate is currently the strongest country in Java.

They had long wanted to incorporate the developed Batavia into their territory, but they did not take action due to the advanced firearms of the Dutch.

The same goes for the Banten Kingdom. It was they who kidnapped the ruler of Jakarta, allowing the Dutch to take the opportunity to occupy Jakarta and finally annex the entire Java.

Even though Java is only a few hundred thousand square kilometers, there are many powerful forces and small countries on the island. Mataram Sudan is also the main rice production base in the Southeast Asian islands.

A vast area as far away as Malacca and as close as Banten relies on food input from the Kingdom of Mataram, which is definitely a granary.

the next day

Zhu Cixiang and the generals discussed how to capture Banten and Matalan. The Ming Dynasty would not allow other countries to exist in Java.

You must know that they were all vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. After the Dutch occupied Jakarta, they began to refuse to recognize the Ming Dynasty as their suzerainty.

When I dozed off, someone gave me a pillow, and a scout came to report that a large number of indigenous troops were found on the border, as if they were about to invade Batavia at any time.

Zhu Cixiang was overjoyed when he heard this. He was still discussing how to become a disciple without a name, but he didn't expect that this group of natives came to give him his head.

Knowing that the Mataram Sultan Kingdom was located in central Java, they would definitely attack Batavia from land. They immediately told Zhu Chenggong and Huang Degong:

"The navy is dispatched and the army is at the border, but do not alert the enemy. If you find the Materan Army entering the Batavia border, do not attack. You must retreat quietly to create conditions for the Materan Army to enter Batavia. As long as they dare to enter

At the border, send troops immediately to annihilate them all."

"Here!"

The two received the order and turned around to arrange tactics. As soon as they left, another scout came to report:

"Your Majesty, on the west coast of Java, two cargo ships were attacked by the Banten Kingdom. I heard that the ships were all Ming laborers sent to Ceylon."

Before the scout finished speaking, Zhang Shuting said:

"Your Majesty, yesterday we rescued more than 10,000 Ming people on the shore. They said that two ships of Ming people were forcibly sent to Ceylon for mining. It was probably them who were on the ships attacked by Banten."

Zhu Cixiang smiled instead of getting angry:

"A small country dares to treat the people of the Ming Dynasty like this. It's fine. We use this as an excuse to send troops to capture Wandan.

The navy quickly sent warships to rescue them. If there was a chance to land and capture Wandan, Li Shouting would lead his army and go with the navy Huang Fei."

"According to the order!"

…

About ten kilometers off the west coast of Java, a dozen sailboats flying the Banten flag are chasing two large cargo ships.

These two cargo ships were the ships from Batavia that sent Ming laborers to Ceylon for mining.

To put it bluntly, these so-called laborers are similar to labor reform prisoners. They have no wages and do not have enough to eat every day.

This was a way for Governor Van Diemen of Batavia to suppress and exploit the Ming people.

Especially this time, those who don't want to go will be killed on the spot, and those who want to survive will have to get on the boat obediently.

Not long after the voyage, several Dutchmen raped Akito's women, which completely aroused Akito's resistance on the ship.

They united and beat a dozen Dutch soldiers and more than a hundred indigenous security guards to death or threw them into the sea, and then set sail to escape to the Ming Dynasty.

However, several Dutch soldiers were rescued by the Banten patrol ship. At the request of the Dutch soldiers, the Banten patrol ship began to chase the cargo ship and even opened fire directly.

The Banten patrol boats are not large, and the caliber of their guns is also small. It is difficult to severely damage a large moving cargo ship in a short period of time, otherwise it may have been sunk.

The two sides have been chasing each other in this sea area.

Although the caliber of the Banten artillery was small and could not severely damage the cargo ship hijacked by the Ming people, they continued to pursue and intercept them, and some Ming people were injured by the shells.

If the cargo ship hadn't been large enough and was surrounded several times, they would have been killed by forcefully knocking off the opponent's warships and escaping.

Even so, if he has been chased and beaten for a long time, Akito on the cargo ship will definitely not be able to escape his bad luck.

Just when the Ming people were at their most desperate, a fleet appeared in the distance. The Ming dragon flag on the battleship was flying high and could be seen from afar.

Cargo ship sailor Zhang Lin first saw the Ming fleet, but he couldn't believe his eyes.

He hurriedly said to Liu Wu beside him:

"Quick, pinch me hard."

Liu Wu was desperately adjusting the sail and said angrily:

"Those gang of thieves are chasing us with all their might. Their lives are at risk. You still have time to fool around. Come over and help."

Seeing Liu Wu ignoring him, Zhang Lin pinched himself hard.

A sharp pain hit him, and he realized that he was not dreaming. He hurriedly rubbed his eyes and looked carefully into the distance again.

The fleet did not disappear, but was getting closer and closer to them. He knew that it was not dazzling, and he burst into tears of joy:

"I'm not dreaming. Liu Wu, look quickly. The Ming warships are coming. Rush over."

Seeing that Zhang Lin was still like this, Liu Wu shook his head helplessly, thinking that his companion had been frightened into a psychosis.

Putting down the sail rope in his hand, he turned around and wanted to comfort his companions. Suddenly he realized that his companions were not lying. There was really a Ming fleet coming towards them at a fast speed.

"There is hope, the Ming warship is coming..."

At this time, he was even more excited than Zhang Lin. He immediately started shouting, took off his white shirt, and waved it vigorously towards the Ming Dynasty warship. Tears kept falling from his eyes...

The screams of the two men alarmed those Ming people who were lying in the cabin and did not dare to move.

Several bold Ming people hurriedly ran onto the deck and were stunned. Then they shouted loudly to the Ming warship...

…

What came was eight large battleships led by Huang Fei, followed by six large sailing transport ships. Li Shouting led an army of 20,000 on the transport ships.

They all saw someone waving their clothes desperately on the deck of the merchant ship in front, and a dozen small sail warships were chasing after him.

Upon seeing this, Huang Fei immediately issued an order:

"Soldiers, prepare for battle. Use rockets to burn their sails and explode bombs to sink the small sail warships ahead."

"Here!"

Huang Fei gave an order, and the Ming navy officers on board the eight battleships immediately prepared for battle. The explosive shells were also pushed into the gun barrels, ready to fire at any time to hit the Wandan battleship.

…

"Oh my god, look, what kind of monster is that?"

Seeing the two Ming Dynasty steam battleships approaching gradually, the soldiers on the Banten small battleship and several Dutch soldiers were all stunned. This was the first time they had seen such a strange ship.

"God, that's a battleship..."

"Rumble..."

"Bang bang bang..."

Before the soldiers of Banden and the Netherlands understood what was going on, suddenly several artillery shells bombarded the Banten battleship, and the Banten battleship was immediately torn into pieces.

The Wandan patrol ships are all small warships. Each warship has five naval guns, and the caliber is not large. It can carry at most dozens of people. The Ming warship can sink a Wandan warship with two guns.

As soon as the Ming warships arrived, a Wandan warship was bombarded into countless pieces.

When other Wandan patrol ships saw it, they were frightened out of their wits.

"Quickly retreat, the Ming warships are coming..."

"Bang bang bang..."

The leader of the Banten fleet hurriedly gave the order to retreat. This matter had nothing to do with them in the first place. Helping the Dutch was completely flattering them.

They never thought that Ming Dynasty would have a fleet here.

They all knew how powerful the Ming fleet was in the past, especially during Zheng He's voyages to the West.

Later, they never saw the Ming fleet again, and they all thought that the Ming Dynasty had completely declined and could not protect itself.

Now it seems that this is not the case at all. A few cannonballs directly destroyed a Banten battleship.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

Countless rockets flew towards the sails of the Banten Kingdom warships. Taking advantage of the wind, the sails on the dozen or so Banten warships quickly caught fire...

Ming warships and transport ships quickly attacked...

"Captain, something bad has happened. The sail is on fire. We have no way to escape. The Ming warships have already surrounded us..."

How to escape when the battleship has lost power? The sailors screamed in panic...

The leader of the Wandan fleet looked hurriedly and found that they were surrounded by Ming warships...
To be continued...