Daming pirates

The rest of the combat troops, auxiliary troops, militiamen and rural warriors immediately entered a state of preparation for war after receiving the order. The fort, which was usually not full of personnel, immediately replenished its troops and also supplied a large number of troops.

Supplied with ammunition, food and fresh water, it can still defend for a long time even if it is surrounded, without having to worry about running out of ammunition and food.

After Heitou learned about the commander of the dry silk man who wanted to see him, he discussed it with Sun Baoqiang and decided to meet that guy first and hear what they wanted to do.

So Blackhead sent someone to notify Anthony, so that he could send an envoy to meet on Heping Island outside Jilong Bay.

After Anthony learned the news, he sent one of his men to take a speedboat with his handwritten letter and some gifts and sailed to Heping Island outside Jilong Bay.

Heitou and Sun Baoqiang met the envoys sent by the Spanish in the open space outside the Heping Island Fort and asked them what they wanted to do this time.

The envoy sent by Antony then informed Black Head of their intention, explaining that they came here this time to build a Spanish castle and port here as a port for future trade with the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, he handed a letter from Anthony to the black head. The black head could not understand the Spanish writing, so he simply threw it to his subordinates and asked the Spaniard to speak directly.

So the negotiators sent by Anthony told Black Head their thoughts and directly stated that they were willing to pay 10,000 taels of silver to buy the Chicken Coop Bay occupied by Sea Wolf. In the future, Sea Wolf ships can enter the Chicken Coop at any time.

If you anchor in the bay for supplies, you will get discounts, and the Spanish are also willing to sell them some artillery and matchlock guns at low prices.

When Heitou heard this, he laughed wildly on the spot. For ten thousand taels of silver, these dry silk people are really innocent and cute! You must know that in order to control this place, Yu Xiaotian has invested the manpower, material and financial resources here in the past two years.

I'm afraid it won't cost more than a few hundred thousand taels of silver.

And these dry silk people actually want them to give up this land to them for only ten thousand taels of silver, so they can't send beggars for so little!

So Blackhead scolded the envoy sent by Anthony and asked him to go back and tell their Commander Anthony that there was nothing to discuss in this matter. Not only would Sea Wolf not sell Jilong Bay to their dry silk people, but the entire

The northern part of Taiwan now belongs to the territory of the Sea Wolf. The Spaniards are not allowed to set foot here. They are given three days to leave here, otherwise the Sea Wolf will use force to expel them and drive them out of here.

When the envoy was negotiating with Heitou, he had also carefully looked at the fort on Heping Island, and he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Because this fort does not look like a Chinese-style camp or fortress, but rather like some European bastions. At least the structure is the same as the bastions they saw in Europe before, and this fort is made of stone.

It is built very solidly.

The investment of manpower, material and financial resources required to build such a fort is quite huge. It is estimated that just such a fort cannot be built with ten thousand taels of silver, and they offered to use ten thousand taels of silver in exchange for the entire chicken coop.

Wow, the price is really too low.

Moreover, you can see through Heping Island that in Jilong Bay, Sea Wolf also built a castle, which is much larger than the fort on this small island. It also uses a bastion structure and is built as a whole.

It is very strong, including two forts, one large and one small, on both sides of the entrance of Jilong Bay, forming a complete set of defenses.

This group of Chinese pirates must have invested a lot of money in building such fortifications and castles. It is a joke to ask them to give up this place for ten thousand taels of silver.

But the Spanish envoy still believed that what these Chinese pirates said was nonsense. Even if they occupied Jilong Bay first, they could not say that the entire northern part of Taiwan Island was their territory. Why should they ask Spain?

People leave here immediately?

The negotiations between the two parties were not pleasant. After the envoy returned to the place where the fleet was anchored, he immediately reported the results of the negotiations to the fleet commander Antony.

After listening to the reply from his men, Anthony also felt a little troublesome, because the ships that came here last time for reconnaissance were too close to Jilong Bay, and Chinese pirates interfered with them, so the defense facilities of Jilong Bay were damaged.

I didn’t know much about the situation. I just observed the situation outside Jilong Bay through a telescope from a distance.

At that time, they only saw a fort on Heping Island, and did not see clearly that there was another fort at the mouth of the west bay, let alone the small fort next to the unfinished east waterway.

But after the people who came to Jilong Bay to negotiate this time personally landed on Heping Island, they almost saw the defense facilities set up by the sea wolves in Jilong Bay, and had a more intuitive understanding of the defense situation here.

However, the negotiators could only see the fort, but not the number and condition of the artillery displayed in the fort. They could only have a relatively intuitive understanding of the external situation, but they were unable to truly understand the firepower of the Sea Wolf here.

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After Anthony heard this, he felt that the conditions they proposed were a bit unreasonable, and the amount of silver given was really a bit too little. Before they left, Shirwa's condition for them was 20,000 taels of silver to redeem them.

This Jilongwan, but he didn't want to raise the price all at once, so the first negotiation only said that he could offer 10,000 taels of silver. This amount of silver was obviously not enough to satisfy the appetite of these Chinese pirates.

But Anthony still thinks that it is better not to fight or not to fight. These Chinese pirates should have seen the strength of their fleet. What they said, in Anthony's opinion, is a bit strong on the outside. If they are given a price,

There is no guarantee that these Chinese pirates will give up and reach an agreement with them to withdraw from Jilong Bay.

So he sent his men again to continue negotiating with Heitou and the others. This time they directly raised the price to 20,000 taels of silver. As a result, Heitou still flatly rejected their proposal and asked them to evacuate the anchorage immediately and leave here, otherwise

If they do, they will be treated as enemies, and then they will be driven away by force.

So Anthony was angry at this time, because the authorization he had obtained had been used up at this time, but he still could not reach an agreement with these greedy Chinese pirates, and the other party also forcefully pointed out that they would be driven away by force.

These Spaniards are used to being domineering at sea. Back then, the Spaniards had the most powerful navy and the best soldiers and sailors in the world. In the past hundred years, their footprints have spread all over the world.

Every corner (a bit of an exaggeration, but that’s what they think).

Although they are not as good as before, their invincible fleet was defeated by the British and was almost destroyed. Now there are rising stars, the Dutch, who are starting to compete with them for territory all over the world, but in their eyes, they are the only ones.

And British talent can act as their opponent.

Chinese pirates like these have no right to say no to them. Since they are interested in this territory, then this territory should be theirs. The Dutch occupy the south of Taiwan Island, so the north must be given over to

The Spaniards only occupy it, but in this territory here, these damn Chinese pirates cannot have the final say.

So Anthony decided that since the negotiations were fruitless, the next step was to use force to capture Jilong Bay.

Although the use of force is not what he wants, since the Governor has entrusted him with this glorious mission to carry out, if he cannot capture Jilongwan, he may not be able to show his support to the many congressmen and councilors after he returns.

Members of the Chamber of Commerce and the Governor.

What's more, what they have to deal with this time is not the Dutch, the British, or the French, but just a group of Chinese pirates. If he can't even complete the mission like this, then his future will be estimated after he returns.

Even if it's completely finished.

So Anthony categorically rejected the Black Head's request to them, and told the Sea Wolf tribe who came to inform them that the Spaniards believed that Taiwan Island was an unclaimed land and did not belong to anyone's territory. They did not need to pass through anyone to come here.

With their consent, Sea Wolf is not the owner here, so Sea Wolf has no right to ask them to leave here.

At this point, the negotiation was deemed to have broken down, and the two sides entered a formal state of hostility.

But Anthony is not a very reckless person. To be able to do what he does is not something that ordinary fools can do. As the appointed commander of the fleet, Anthony still knows that he must act carefully.

So he personally led the ship and sailed to the outside of Jilong Bay, and ordered his fleet to block the outlet of Jilong Bay, sealing the Sea Wolf's ships in the harbor and preventing them from sailing. First, he physically strangled the Sea Wolf tribe in Jilong Bay.

Their throats, making it impossible to obtain external supplies for a certain period of time.

At the same time, he also ordered the infantry to capture prisoners on the shore and use the prisoners to obtain detailed information about the Chinese pirates in Jilong Bay. However, that was all. He did not immediately launch an attack on Jilong Bay. Instead, he personally took a boat to

Outside Jilong Bay, use a telescope to carefully observe the defense facilities set up by the sea wolves here.

During this period, Heitou was not idle either. He sent several of his warships out of Jilong Bay and engaged in a direct exchange of fire with the Spaniards who were blocking Jilong Bay on the sea.

However, this kind of exchange of fire was a low-intensity battle, and neither side fully demonstrated their strength. However, after the exploratory exchange of fire between the two sides, generally both sides had a relatively intuitive understanding of the other's maritime strength.

Although the quality of Sea Wolf's equipment is definitely at an advantage among Chinese pirate groups, when facing these Spanish warships, they are still at a disadvantage.

The warships stationed by Hailang in Jilong Bay are basically light warships, mainly sentry ships, bird ships and Cangshan. The displacement of these ships is only about one hundred tons when fully loaded. Although it is also

However, compared to the large plywood boats of the Spanish, they were still a bit too small. They were only similar to some of their sloops, the so-called speedboats, and they were not at an advantage in terms of speed.