Chapter 486: Contempt
"It's a pity that the cavalry didn't come this time, otherwise none of these pirates would have thought of running. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Lu Fei walked up to the high ground covered in blood, "These would-be robbers still want to compete with the last general in martial arts, and they are simply looking for death." ”
As he spoke, Lu Fei threw the three katanas on the ground, and he continued: "Your Highness, these Japanese katanas are really good, if the previous weapons really can't withstand the chopping of these katanas. ”
In history, the quality of the katana of the Wako is indeed good, but Xiao Ming can't look down on these things now, and the silver, gold and sulfur of the Wako Kingdom are what he wants.
Now that the war is still underway, Lu Fei is here to ask Xiao Ming for his next order.
"Luo Xin, now you cooperate with Lu Fei to immediately take down Michila's contract, and allocate another four thousand people to support Claire, their situation doesn't seem to be good." Xiao Ming said.
From where he stood, Xiao Ming could also see that Claire was commanding the army to fight against the reinforcements of the Japanese Invaders, and the Dutch still suffered in the face of the sheer number of the Japanese Invaders. ”
"Yes, Your Highness!" Lu Fei and Luo Xin responded at the same time.
Then Luo Xin immediately ordered the soldiers to use horses to pull the field guns in the direction of Michira's castle, while Lu Fei gathered 4,000 men and headed in the direction of Claire, and he took the rest of the soldiers to Michira's castle.
After receiving the support of the Qingzhou army, the Japanese reinforcements in the direction of Claire were quickly defeated, and taking advantage of the chaos, Luo Xin and Lu Fei also successfully took Michira Castle.
After the victory, the Dutch army and Xiao Ming continued to send soldiers to destroy the remaining pirates, and most of the soldiers were stationed in Michira Castle.
The war lasted from noon to evening, and when night fell, Lu Fei handed over the data of this battle to Xiao Ming.
"Your Highness, this time we wiped out 6,000 people, and we also captured more than 1,000 Japanese invaders, and the rest of the Japanese escaped all of them, and we did not find the bodies of Sakai and Haruaki Makino." Lu Fei said.
"It's a pity that Sakai, the villain, escaped with his life again." Rod said hatefully.
Claire was still distressed by the loss of more than 700 soldiers, and their strength in the Ryukyus had been further weakened after this rebellion.
And through this battle, he also learned about the strength of this King of Qi's army, which is not a weak brigade.
In his opinion, this army was extremely close to their European musket units.
"Sakai doesn't matter anymore, now that we've recaptured Michira's Castle, the Wako have no place on the island." Claire said.
Xiao Ming nodded, this time the Japanese were defeated, basically lost their combat effectiveness, and they couldn't fight against him who occupied Michira Castle, and now it means that he officially controls the main island of the Ryukyus, and also controls the sea route.
Because during this period, all merchant ships heading south had to pass through the strait west of the Ryukyus, and now he was able to directly cut off the trade between Goryeo and the Wakos, and of course the kings of Chu and Wei were no exception.
"Count Claire, this battle is enough to prove the loyalty of this king to the contract, I hope you can also faithfully fulfill the contents of the contract, from now on, you must stop all trade with the Wakos."
In Xiao Ming's opinion, this battle is the best deterrent to Claire, if he is not too stupid, he should understand what to do next.
With a sigh in her heart, Claire understood that she had no choice now, the Netherlands was thousands of miles away from here, and it was impossible for him to send tens of thousands of troops to East Asia, in fact, it was already difficult to maintain the existing colonies with the decline of national strength, not to mention that Britain was eyeing their colonies.
"As you wish, Your Highness, from now on, the contract will come into effect, and I will fulfill the contents of the contract, and from now on, the main island of the Ryukyus and the Michilarencion will be officially transferred to Your Highness, and at the same time, I hope that Your Highness will send a permanent army of 2,000 men to the city of Geranza." Claire felt a pang of shame in her heart, one nation bowing to another.
And now the European trend of thought believes that "white people are supreme, and the rest are inferior", because there has never been a case of a European losing to a colored person and being forced to sign a bullying agreement on the road of colonization in the past century.
So Claire is now extremely unwilling, although he chose to give in for the sake of the company's interests, but like the mainstream of European thought, he despises people of color from the bottom of his heart.
In his view, these colored people deserved only to be their slaves and servants.
Xiao Ming noticed the fleeting arrogance in Claire's eyes, and he also understood Claire's unwillingness now, because compared to Claire's forbearance, the Dutch soldier's emotions were more direct and clear.
But he enjoyed it, because he wanted to prove that they were losing in technology, not in the color of their skin, and in the future he would make more Europeans understand that and make them put away their arrogance.
In silence, Claire and Rhodes left Michira Castle with the Dutch soldiers.
Looking at the Dutch leaving, a smile welled up on the corner of Xiao Ming's mouth, he had to admit that in the contemporary era of sea navigation is the stage of Europe, but here he will not be absent from this gluttonous feast.
"Your Highness, these red-haired ghosts don't look very happy." Lu Fei scratched his head and said.
Luo Xin pursed his lips, "Of course they are not happy, now that the city of Geranza and the Ryukyu Island are under our control, they can only become our vassals." ”
Xiao Ming nodded when he heard this, "Luo Xin is right, we and the Dutch are just using each other, and we can't completely trust each other, after all, they are Europeans, and they are very wary of people outside Europe." ”
Lu Fei and Luo Xin nodded when they heard this.
After a pause, Xiao Ming continued: "Is the wounded soldier properly settled? ”
"Alright, they're being treated in the castle by a Dutch healer." Lu Fei said.
Compared with the heavy losses of the Wa State, the performance of the Qingzhou Army this time was excellent, after all, the advantage of the range of the flintlock pistol was still reflected in this battle, and relatively speaking, the losses of Qingzhou were not large.
"Your Highness, what about these captive pirates?" Lu Fei asked again.
Xiao Ming walked to a table with a map showing the details of the main island of the Ryukyus, and he said, "Just stay on the island as a slave and use it as a coolie, because there is a shortage of people to load so much sugar cane on the island." ”
"Sugar cane?" Luo Shin's saliva remained, and he said, "Is sugar cane grown on Ryukyu Island?" It's a very sweet thing. ”
Lu Fei had never eaten such a thing as sugar cane, and at this time he was confused.
During the years of the Dutch occupation of the Ryukyus, sugar cane and rice were mainly cultivated on the island, and now is the time of the great harvest of sugar cane, and most importantly, the Dutch have established white sugar factories on the island.