The Ming Dynasty has just been exiled and the Luzon system has awakened.

"Your Majesty, the Dutch have suffered such heavy losses, will they give up?"

Wang Chen looked at the battle report sent back by Xie Xingsheng and said worriedly.

In these two battles, the Dutch army suffered nearly a thousand casualties and lost [-] ships. This was a blow to the Dutch who had been taking advantage of them in recent times.

"What if I don't give up? Keep fighting?"

"The Dutch are businessmen, and nothing is off the table in their eyes. And I also heard that there was an outbreak of dysentery in Batavia recently. They have never bought sulfa since they first bought it. You Guess how much of their batch of medicine is left now? At this time, they need sulfa to save lives even more, and they have to talk even if they don’t talk about it!" (see)

Zhu Heyi's tone was affirmative. Of course, this was only on the surface. In fact, he was also a little nervous in his heart.

After all, nearly a thousand casualties are indeed too much for a small country like the Netherlands, and there are still more than a dozen warships!

But he had no intention of returning those ships to the Dutch. For the upcoming war in Taiwan, every ship is now extremely important to the Ming army!

Of course, if I have to fight, I, Daming, have never been afraid of anyone!

……

Five days later, Batavia, the Dutch East India Company's Governor's Palace.

In the conference room, a group of shareholders and military officers of the Dutch East India Company were discussing whether to continue expanding northward.

"Gentlemen, my opinion is to maintain the status quo. A severe dysentery broke out in Batavia a few days ago. Currently, more than half of the soldiers in the military camp have lost their ability to fight due to dysentery.

At the same time, some cases have also appeared in troops stationed in Mindanao. I think we have to stop the pace of expansion northward until the epidemic is under control. "

"Moreover, if we continue to expand northward, I am afraid it will cause a strong reaction from Ming Dynasty." A colonel officer said.

"Colonel Smedley is overly worried. We have tested it before. The miraculous medicine from the Ming Dynasty can treat dysentery. Our new batch of merchant ships set sail a few days ago. It won't be long before they arrive. The Ming Dynasty brought back enough medicines. With these medicines, dysentery will no longer be a problem for us. The only regret is that the medicine is too expensive!"

"As for Daming's reaction? I'm afraid they still don't know that we are about to expand to their doorstep." A company shareholder said disdainfully.

"I also support continued expansion to the north. We are the Dutch East India Company! Why should we care about Ming's reaction!" Another shareholder agreed.

At this moment, a major officer pushed open the door of the conference room. He hurried to Governor Whitehead and handed him a letter.

Whitehead took the letter and looked at the information on it, and his expression suddenly changed.

"Gentlemen, I have bad news for you. Daming has already responded to our northward expansion.

Just a few days ago, the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty raided Puerto Princesa. Our garrison was defeated and suffered heavy losses. In addition, we also had a supply fleet that was also attacked by the Ming Army fleet, and the supply fleet was completely wiped out! "

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the venue was stunned.

After all, just a moment ago they were saying that they didn’t need to care about Ming’s reaction to the Northern Expansion, but now Ming gave them a slap in the face!

"Your Majesty the Governor, why did the Ming army attack us for no reason? Is there any problem with this letter?"

One shareholder asked in surprise.

He didn't want to believe the content of the letter. After all, the garrison in Puerto Princesa and the supply fleet that had been wiped out would make such a huge loss unbearable even for the Dutch East India Company!

Whitehead shook his head with a dark face: "This letter has the personal seals of Lieutenant Colonel Mallory and Colonel Rhodes. So the content of this letter should be true."

"God! How dare these damn Ming troops! Do they want to provoke an all-out war with the Netherlands?" a shareholder said angrily.

"This letter says that the reason why the Ming army attacked us is because we attacked the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, Bo Ni and Sulu. This is equivalent to declaring war on the Ming Dynasty. Damn it! Can any of you tell me what this vassal state is like? What means?"

Whitehead was the governor of the Dutch East India Company who had just taken office this year, and he did not know much about this information about the East.

After listening to Whitehead's words, a lieutenant colonel paused and said, "Mr. Governor, although I can't give you an exact answer to what a vassal state means, it probably means a suzerain state and a slave state."

"In addition, as far as I know, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, that is, more than 90 years ago, in order to protect his vassal state of Korea, the Ming Emperor sent a total of more than 10 Ming troops to fight against the Japanese three times."

"I think this is why the Ming army attacked us!"

Whitehead's eyes widened after hearing this. "So we started the war?"

Whitehead didn't know that even though they were both called vassal states, there was still a huge gap in treatment.

Take North Korea as an example. He is the most favored among all the sons of the Ming Dynasty. The other unfilial descendants are completely incomparable to him.

Of course, that was before.

And now the Ming Dynasty?

Influenced by later generations, Emperor Zhu Da's attitude towards North Korea almost caught up with countries that had a good life.

In Emperor Zhu Da's plan, whether the Ming Dynasty's once good boy would survive next year was a question.

As for the reason for taking action against it?

You have already surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, so why do I need a reason to take action?

"Gentlemen! Tell us, how should we handle this incident?" Whitehead said with an ugly face.

"Mr. Governor, all of us know that the current Ming Dynasty has just emerged within a few months. Their reasons for being a vassal state are simply stupid and ridiculous! They are deliberately provoking a war! My opinion is to immediately punish the Ming army. Take revenge!"

"Yes! Mr. Governor, we should immediately assemble the fleet to attack those damn Ming people! Let them pay the price for their stupid behavior!"

One after another, company shareholders stood up and clamored crazily for revenge against the Ming army.

On the contrary, the real executors of the war, the military representatives, sat in their seats and said nothing.

"Gentlemen, I have to remind you that my soldiers have lost their combat ability due to illness. With our current relationship with the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible for them to sell medicines to us. I think we The bigger problem now is how to cure the disease!”

Looking at the company shareholders who were clamoring for revenge against Daming, an officer finally spoke.

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