Steel Dynasty - Chapter 431

[Chapter 431: Intimidation by Strength]

Intimidation The sea breeze blew in from the sea with a hint of salty and wet smell.

Ye Qingyun’s words silenced Rhodes.

Whether to wait six days was a difficult question, because he knew that six days would be enough time for reinforcements to arrive here.

And once reinforcements arrive, it’s impossible to predict whether the owner of the land will choose to negotiate or fight them.

It’s just that there are not many options now. The artillery at the top of the city has proved that this place is special. He must understand this place in time to formulate the next strategy.

So he said: “Okay, we are willing to wait for six days, hoping that I can see King Qi in six days.”

After speaking, Rhodes waved his hand and directed the Dutch army to retreat.

“Ambassador Rhodes, are we going to withdraw to the sea?” Sakai asked in confusion as he looked at the Dutch soldiers who began to evacuate to the beach.

“Yes, the purpose of our coming here is not to fight, but to figure out the problem of matchlock guns, and the artillery at the top of the city proves that this place is very dangerous. We cannot risk provoking an unknown enemy.” Rhodes said.

Sakai shrugged when he heard this, but muttered “coward.”

Although he was dissatisfied, Sakai still followed the Dutch to retreat to the beach. Before leaving, he looked at Dengzhou City unwillingly. If he captured this city By establishing a stronghold, the Yamada Daimyo’s plan would be easier to implement.

The troops under the city withdrew to the sea. Ye Qingyun breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately sent people to the bay to inform the King of Qi and explain what happened this time.

“The Dutch want to see my king?”

Yang Chengye followed the scouts to the bay.

“That’s right, Your Highness, we said His Highness would arrive in four days, but the Dutch actually evacuated. In my opinion, the purpose of the Dutch is really not to start a war with us.” Yang Chengye said.

Xiao Ming nodded and said: “This is a wise choice. It seems that this group of Dutchmen are just trying to find out the true and falsehood of this king.”

In Xiao Ming’s view, the Dutchmen rashly attacked Chu because of their weakness .

The king started a war to stop the king of Chu from taking military risks. The king of Chu could not see through this, but he could see it clearly.

Not to mention the age of sailing warships, even in the age of steamships, it was extremely difficult to project troops across half the world.

Therefore, the Dutch know very well that they will not have reinforcements. Once they fail in East Asia, they will completely withdraw from this area.

Yang Chengye had no idea about the Dutch or the Netherlands at all. He then asked: “Your Highness, no matter what these Dutch people are planning, we don’t have to be afraid of them as long as the Qingzhou Army arrives.” “

You’re right, since we are waiting for this When the Qingzhou Army arrived, I went to meet the Dutch ambassador to see what they wanted. “Xiao Ming said that the arrival of the Dutch soldiers was the first collision between him and foreign civilization.

Deciding to meet with the Dutch, Xiao Ming stayed in the bay and waited for reinforcements to arrive. The next day, twenty merchant ships loaded with artillery entered the military port. This was the first batch of artillery shipped from the military workshop.

Yue Yun was excited when he saw the artillery arriving. He immediately transported the artillery and ammunition to the battleship with the soldiers and equipped it. Without the naval gun, the Galen ship was just a toothless tiger. Now that the naval gun is on the ship, it is real. Tiger now.

What was delivered this time was the first batch of naval guns, with a total of more than 300 guns. Two more batches of naval guns will arrive one after another.

But even these three hundred guns were enough to arm five or six small Galenic ships, and that was enough.

In the next few days, artillery pieces from the military workshop arrived one after another, and twelve Galen ships were successively equipped with naval guns.

Niu Ben also led the Qingzhou Army to follow the merchant ship to the bay.

“Your Highness, we can go to war at any time.”

Yue Yun said excitedly after the naval gun was hoisted.

Niu Ben basically figured out the source of the crisis at this time. He said: “Your Highness, the supply of this war is the top priority. Now the Dutch expedition cannot be our opponent. We only need to win Ryukyu. This The Dutch cut off their supplies, and their defeat was not far away.”

When the Qingzhou Army arrived with live ammunition, Xiao Ming no longer worried about the safety of Dengzhou City. He said, “It’s not the time to start a war yet. The Dutch have traveled so far to get here. It’s for money. They won’t rashly start a war with us. This is the purpose of the negotiation proposed by the Dutch Ambassador. We only need to show our strength to the Dutch, and they will understand what choice to make.”

“Your Highness, are you ready? A soldier who conquers others by fighting.” Niu Ben said with a hearty smile, “Your Highness is more thoughtful. As long as we can negotiate, there is no need to start a war.”

Xiao Ming smiled and nodded, and said: “Let’s go, today is the day. Let’s go meet the Dutch ambassador the next day.”

After leaving the temporary residence at the military port, Xiao Ming and Niu rushed towards Dengzhou City.

In the military port, 10,000 Qingzhou soldiers were gathering. They were lined up in pairs carrying shiny flintlock rifles. Niubeng gave an order, and the soldiers followed Xiao Ming and his party towards Dengzhou City.

Yue Yun and other naval soldiers also boarded the battleship, ready to attack at any time.

As promised, Rhodes arrived outside Dengzhou City on time. Unlike last time, this time he was allowed to enter Dengzhou City.

Entering Dengzhou City, Rhodes’s eyes quickly showed contempt. In his eyes, this city was much poorer than any other city in the Netherlands.

However, his contempt soon turned into panic. When he arrived in the middle of the city, suddenly a large number of soldiers carrying muskets poured in from the west gate of the city and rushed towards the wall of the east gate.

“Oh my god, this is a flintlock gun, how is this possible!”

Rhodes couldn’t believe his eyes. He rubbed his eyes and looked again. It was true, the firearms carried by these soldiers were indeed flintlock guns.

At this moment, Rhodes’ heart sank. Although flintlocks had long been popular in the military in Europe, the appearance of flintlocks in such a backward area was enough to shock him.

Just when he was surprised, suddenly there was the sound of horse hooves, and a group of people appeared in front of him on horseback.

“Ambassador Rhodes, the person in front of you is our Prince Qi.” Ye Qingyun said loudly.

Rhodes looked at the young man at the head with some disbelief. Such a young man was actually the king of a piece of land.

He took off his hat and performed an aristocratic etiquette to Xiao Ming, and said: “His Royal Highness King Qi, I salute you on behalf of Earl Clare.”

Xiao Ming’s eyes turned around Rhodes. This is a typical European, wearing He was also more sophisticated. At this time, he got off the horse and said to Rhodes: “Ambassador Rhodes, I heard that you want to see me. I wonder what you Dutch people want to see me for. Do you want to do the same thing as me and the King of Chu?” Sign an unequal treaty with you?”

(End of Chapter)