New Shun 1730

If the negotiations are to be truly successful, Dashun only needs to do two things.

Show military force to stop the Dutch from thinking about taking back Nanyang.

Show diplomatic vision to let the Dutch know that they can still eat pork without Zhang the Butcher, and without VOC, there are still BEIC, SOIC, and DOK.

In terms of military force, everything Liu Yu has done in recent years is just to let the Chinese return to their rightful place in the history of world wars.

There is no doubt that the Chinese are a true fighting nation.

The Japanese pirates were rampant in the Ming Dynasty, and the Chinese were the main force; in Southeast Asia, the only successful rebellion in which the Spanish governor was killed and hijacked ships was led by the Chinese; historically, the Chinese in Weihai served as soldiers for the British colonists, and they were also known as the most well-trained group of people in the colonial army. Later, when Hong Kong was colonized, a large number of Weihai people served as police officers in Hong Kong, which also gave birth to Wanchai Pier Dumplings, a Hong Kong food that is clearly aimed at Shandong people.

Of course, just like the Chinese in Weihai serving as soldiers for the British colonists, they were able to fight and fight to the death because the British did not drink the blood of the soldiers, and they were paid eight taels of silver a month, and there was also a year-end bonus of thirty taels every year.

Principles are of course stronger than silver dollars, but if there is no Principle, in this era, who can give Chinese soldiers three taels of silver every month, not drink the blood of the soldiers, and can let the Chinese soldiers have enough food, then these Chinese soldiers will definitely show the quality of a true fighting nation.

The elite marines of Dashun, which are currently besieging Malacca, can receive full pay, and they strictly investigate those who drink the blood of the soldiers, so it is natural that they have erupted with amazing combat effectiveness.

In this era when feudal autocracy is at its peak and land annexation is rapidly intensifying due to the influx of silver from overseas trade, whoever fantasizes that shouting a few words of fighting for the motherland, fighting for the nation, and fighting for the debate between Chinese and barbarians can make the lower classes fight desperately...

In fact, in the subconscious mind, the soldiers are still regarded as soldiers and wooden oxen and flowing horses.

Anyway, they are not human.

The most important thing for a qualified emperor and a qualified feudal ruling class is to treat the people, soldiers and the public as cattle, horses, animals and livestock.

But most of the ruling class do not even have this awareness, and always want to make them work but not eat.

From this point of view alone, Liu Yu, who paid the soldiers in full, was already a standard member of the feudal ruling class.

The army of Dashun was already a first-class strong army in the world before the 1993 common people storm and nationalism bonus.

To scare those small countries in Southeast Asia, you have to spend some effort and try to be gorgeous.

Because the low-end game can't understand the high-end game.

But to scare the Netherlands, which was the world's number one hegemon not long ago, although the Netherlands has declined now, the foundation is still there. It is easy to see the huge gap between the two sides in this high-end game.

Diplomatic and trade intimidation is done with words.

Intimidation by force was actually completed when Fort Santiago collapsed.

If the Dutch were the audience, this show war of siege of Malacca had already completed its mission successfully.

But for those small countries in Southeast Asia, it was still a little short of the mark.

The Dutch high-level officials in the general's tent had already concluded that "it would take at least 20 battleships and 40,000 soldiers to recapture Southeast Asia".

When Fort Santiago was breached and the Dashun Army began to dig pits, the Dutch officers in Malacca also concluded that "Malacca could only be defended for a week at most".

So, at noon the next day, when the engineers of the Dashun Marine Corps were busy directing the hired Malacca Nyonya to dig pits, several Dutch soldiers in Malacca came out of the city with white flags under the leadership of a Dutch officer.

Valkner, who was standing with Liu Yu, saw the face of the Dutch officer with the white flag through the telescope, and his face was very embarrassed.

The two knew each other. They must have met before, and when Valkner was the governor of Ceylon in Ceylon, this man was his direct subordinate.

He surrendered himself, and there was no psychological pressure. But if he met an acquaintance and the acquaintance asked him why he surrendered first and didn't care about us, it would be a bit embarrassing.

However, he knew very well why Liu Yu had to fight Malacca with great fanfare. This was a political war. Other places could accept surrender, but Malacca, an important place that had been suppressed by Batavia but actually had unlimited commercial potential, would not accept surrender.

Seeing the people with white flags getting closer and closer, Valknir mustered up the courage to make a suggestion to Liu Yu.

"My Lord Marquis, I think that after seeing your battleships and my failure in Cirebon, we Dutch have realized that your military power is invincible."

"Now, you have to show those chiefdom natives that you may still not accept Malacca's surrender. But I wonder if you can be flexible?"

"After all, they were my former subordinates. If they can surrender, it is better than dying in this meaningless defense. Perhaps you don't care about the lives of Dutch soldiers, but even if your soldiers are good at fighting, if you want to capture Malacca, you will lose dozens of people, right? Why bother?"

Liu Yu can still understand Valkner's thoughts very well. At this point in the war, Valkner really felt that he could not hold it.

The moment Cirebon deceived the Dutch East India Company's navy, it actually meant that it could not be held, and the fall of all the strongholds was only a matter of time.

It is estimated that there may be many Dutch who will choose to stay in Dashun and will not return to the Netherlands. They will all live in Dashun in the future, and they may even have to eat a bowl of Dashun's imperial grain based on their understanding of Nanyang and trade, so they will inevitably meet each other.

When the commander of the Malacca garrison knows the details of Valkner's surrender, won't he resent Valkner? I held on in Malacca, but you surrendered early in Batavia, and even let other fortresses surrender, but not Malacca. Whoever is in this situation will be resentful.

"What do you think? Are you asking me to accept surrender? I've already said that the Battle of Malacca is of great importance. If a dozen or dozens of people die today, these small countries will not dare to rebel tomorrow, and hundreds of people will die less."

Valknife said hurriedly: "Marquis, since it is just a performance for the envoys of those small countries, they don't understand the tactics. You can let the defenders of Malacca retreat to St. Paul's Church and give up the resistance of the towers and walls."

"Your artillery and engineers can fight wits and courage with the air. Pretend that there are people on the city and there are defenders on the city walls. Or blow it up, or dig tunnels to bury explosives... This is how the French fought back then Ours, I think your country's siege tactics are learned from France, and it is also a kind of battle that does not directly confront the defenders. "

"We call the French army 'blue mice'. They often rely on tunnels and trenches to approach, and no one can be seen. As long as the Marquis treats the heavy artillery as fireworks and the explosives buried by the engineers as firecrackers during your country's New Year, it will be lively enough. "

"Once the city wall is broken and the tower is occupied. It is natural for the defenders trapped in St. Paul's Cathedral to surrender. Moreover, the Marquis's goal has been achieved, and the envoys of these small countries can also witness a gorgeous performance. "

When Liu Yu heard this, he was happy.

He thought, isn't this just cooperating with the Dutch to perform a show for these small countries?

That's good.

He didn't object to this, so he joked to Valkner: "Okay. Since you are the former governor of Batavia, they are all your subordinates. How about you talk to them about this?"

Valkner's face twitched, thinking that this was really embarrassing.

But he gritted his teeth and agreed.

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The Dutch officer who walked into the Dashun Army camp with a white flag never expected that the person who greeted him in the Dashun Army camp was his old boss, the company's governor of Batavia.

It has been more than two months since the Dutch fleet was tricked out of Ciriwen. Malacca had long known that Batavia had been captured, but guessed that the governor should have been captured. It really didn't expect that Valkner and Liu Yu had reached many deals.

Valkner was awkward to see this Dutch officer, and the Dutch officer was awkward to see the governor, after all, they came to discuss surrender.

Just when he was embarrassed and didn't know how to start, Valkner took the initiative to speak.

"Malacca cannot be defended. We have lost control of the sea. Even if the Chinese do not launch an attack, relying on siege, scurvy will kill all our soldiers."

"Malacca's agricultural conditions are not good, and we need to transport 30 to 50 ships of rice from Java every year. Without control of the sea, it is meaningless to hold on. Don't make unnecessary resistance."

Since the governor said so, the officer also swept away the previous embarrassment and nodded: "Yes. The governor also considered that it was impossible to hold on, and the Chinese siege tactics were almost the same as the French. Their artillery was well-trained, and the trenches dug by the engineers were like The protractor has measured the same. "

"No matter what, we can't hold on. We have completed the company's mission, so we come to discuss the honorable defeat."

Liu Yu and Li Xi were both in the tent. Liu Yu understood what the officer was saying and added directly in Dutch: "There is no honorable defeat."

Valkniel also said quickly: "Yes, yes. This is not an honorable defeat, just surrender. The premise of an honorable defeat is that the attackers cannot quickly take the castle. But if the castle does not cause obstacles and casualties to the attackers, there will be no honorable defeat."

The officers who came to surrender were not too shocked, this was an expected result. Wanting to fight for an honorable defeat is just a way of asking for a price, thinking what if the other party agrees?

If you lose with honor, you can keep your personal belongings.

If you surrender after defeat, you can be arrested and sentenced to hard labor.

The Dutch in the city have actually made the worst plan. Seeing the terrible siege capabilities displayed by Dashun in attacking Fort Santiago, everyone thought that they would rather do hard labor than die like this.