Li Hongtang, under Li Tianyang's order, once again mobilized the whole of the Hongtang. Recalling the last time Hongtang was mobilized, it was when Yuan Laoba Huludao was attacked, and then even if Bengang, Jilonggang and Huludao were all surrounded, it was just a Hongtang team member running left and right.

In addition to the more than 30 warships of Huludao docked in Jilong Harbor, waiting for further instructions from Li Tianyang, the ten warships of Wu Juren's Shark Department had already joined up with the remaining 20 warships of Bengang and were cruising in the waters of Penghu, but they were not stationed in Bengang to defend against the Dutch attack on Bengang.

In addition to businesses and groups like the Portuguese and Defuxuan who are good friends with Qixintang, ordinary people have never been in and out of Bengang, so although there are many rumors of Hongtang Bengang and Jilong Port in Daming pirates, except for Jilong Port, which has been open to the public since the beginning, Bengang is still a semi-hidden town in Hongtang.

In addition to worrying that stationing the Hongtang warship at the Bengang wharf would expose the location of Bengang, Li Tianyang was also afraid that this huge fleet would be besieged by the Dutch fleet in Bengang, and would not be able to advance or retreat, and would become a turtle in the urn of foreigners.

14 warships, this is probably the majority of the Dutch in the Far East, since the Dutch have gathered them together, the plan must be not small. As for the purpose of the Dutch, Li Tianyang didn't have to think much about it, and he could also come to a conclusion, that is, he wanted to occupy a base and open the door to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

Previously, the Portuguese who leased Macau at an annual rent of 500 taels occupied the vast majority of the foreign trade of the Ming Dynasty under the condition of geographical advantages. When Li Tianyang and the others took advantage of the sudden surrender to the Japanese to attack Macao, the shortcomings of the Portuguese's weak forces and lax combat readiness were made public in the eyes of the coastal team, including the British, who were less powerful in the Far East, and a group of Westerners who did not have the calculation of Macao in their hearts.

It's just a pity that there were not many foreign warships along the coast of Daming at that time, although they were also secretly instigating some powerful pirate teams to harass Macao, and even their own side organized a lot of warships to watch on the sidelines, but in the face of the Portuguese who had obviously strengthened their vigilance, and Li Tianyang and their Hongtang pretended to help, they were stunned to let the Portuguese wait for the four warships they came back from all over the country, which made them dispel their vision of coveting Macao.

However, as a military power that has just emerged, although the Dutch have the reputation of "sea coachmen", but in the case of the British controlling the Americas, the Spaniards carving up Africa, and the Portuguese occupying the Ming trade, they will definitely not be willing to let the Portuguese dominate only because they have strong power in the Japanese and India.

This time, their East India Company sent 14 warships to the east, just to get a piece of the trade of the Ming Dynasty, and I am afraid they will not leave if they do not achieve their goal.

In addition, Li Tianyang vaguely remembered the historical texts of the national hero Zheng Chenggong recovering Taiwan from the Dutch, so even if Cao Yongyi broke through the sky and gave a rich reward, Li Tianyang would never help Cao Yongyi.

The Dutch invaded and occupied Penghu Magong Island, this is not the first time, in the 32nd year of Wanli, the leader of the Dutch fleet, Wei Malang, led three warships to occupy Penghu Magong Island, and was finally persuaded to retreat by the old general Shen Yourong.

Now that they have not changed their minds, they are once again entangled in the large fleet to attack Penghu, and they must have made complete preparations.

Although because of Li Tianyang's arrival and changes, although the Penghu Naval Division has declined in recent years, Li Tianyang and the unsuitable and dilapidated warships captured by Hongtang were also handed over to Cao Yongyi as a favor and used as his military merits, so the Penghu Naval Division still has twenty or thirty warships on the warship that are enough to use.

However, what Li Tianyang was worried about was that with his understanding of Cao Yongyi as a person, I am afraid that he, the nominal Penghu garrison officer, was not a military attache who dared to fight to the death and never retreated.

Three days later, the latest news about the Penghu Naval Division came back, and the 3,000 soldiers of the Penghu Naval Division, together with 33 warships, only resisted the situation for less than two and a half days, and then abandoned the camp and fled.

In the end, less than 15 warships were able to escape back to the interior of Fujian, and less than 1,000 sailors and soldiers.

After occupying Penghu Magong Island and other places, the Dutch also temporarily stopped their activities, and instead began to step up the construction of the castle, as if they wanted to make the Magong Island camp a defensive base for the Dutch.

I don't know if the Dutch didn't know the location of Bengang, or if the Dutch couldn't pull out their hands for the time being, anyway, up to now, the Dutch have not made any movement towards Bengang, which is more than 20 miles away, and even sent a warship to investigate.

Li Tianyang, who got the news, couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, fortunately, when he chose Bengang, Li Tianyang and the others paid more attention to the concealment of Bengang, and built Bengang in the interior of Bengang Creek into the five or six miles.

Until now, Bengang has developed and expanded, but it has not extended the residential area and land to the direction of the northern coastline, and they have always paid attention to the defense of the base camp of Bengang, except for a few friendly chambers of commerce and Jesuit Priest Felix, few people can really approach Bengang, making the address of Bengang quite a hidden place.

"Let my third uncle and Wu Shu pay attention to concealment, and when monitoring the foreign warships, don't act rashly, let alone show hostility." Li Tianyang was still not worried about the movements of Wu Juren's more than 30 warships cruising on the sea, and sent a message again, asking them to pay attention to precautions: "I'm worried that the Dutch won't stop there, but the target may not be our Bengang, so unless the Dutch invade our Bengang, at other times, let my third uncle and them not care, let alone take the initiative to make trouble." ”

In Li Tianyang's mind, no matter what the other purposes of the Dutch were, but since they wanted to open the door to trade with the Ming Dynasty, the first thing they had to face was naturally the Francophiles stationed in Macao. Because of reason, in the matter of trade with the Ming Dynasty, the Dutch could not avoid the obstacle of the Macau Franco.

Therefore, in Li Tianyang's calculations, I am afraid that after the Dutch gain a firm foothold on Magong Island, they will definitely go to trouble the Macao Franc Robot and expel the Macao Franc Robot from the Ming Dynasty and occupy it by them.

However, Li Tianyang carefully recalled his poor historical knowledge, except that when Zheng Chenggong attacked Taiwan, the object was recorded by the Dutch, and he did not remember that Macao was once occupied by the Dutch!

Therefore, Li Tianyang was somewhat hesitant in his heart, so he had to let Wu Juren and them focus on the movements of the Dutch people on Magong Island. And their Jilong Port headquarters has always been in a state of combat readiness, and even a few artillery pieces that were transported to the Jilong Mountain garrison were transported back by Li Tianyang and rebuilt in the batteries on the peaks on both sides of Jilong Port.

(End of chapter)