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"Ambassador Rhodes, it seems that your talks have collapsed, I have long said that this Great Chongqing country is arrogant and ignorant, and it is better to reason with them than to use guns directly." Sakai said lazily, "But it's too late, we don't have a chance." ”

Rod snorted coldly, "Damn, God knows how these Qi kings can master the technology of making muskets, but what you said is right, this Qi kings are too arrogant and ignorant, do they think that if they master the musket technology, they can defeat us Dutch at sea?" ”

"That's right, that's right, let's teach them a lesson at sea." Sakai glanced at the soldiers who were pouring up at the top of the city, and they were now turning their guns on them, and now they would lose the battle.

Rhodes turned his head to look in the direction of Dengzhou City, and he said, "I must go back and report this matter to Count Claire, the three conditions demanded by this King of Qi are not tolerated by us Dutch. ”

With that, he and Sakai left Dengshu Castle with their army.

At this time, Xiao Ming had already climbed the city wall, looking at the equipment of the Dutch army and the six-pounder field guns, his brows furrowed, in any era, it was enough to see the richness of a country from the equipment of its army.

Now the Dutch soldiers under the city of Dengzhou are all wearing leather boots, high hats, and gray cotton clothing, which seems to be the standard military uniform of the Dutch, which proves the advanced textile industry of the Europeans.

The flintlock pistols held by the soldiers were also shiny and shiny, shining with metallic luster in the sun, and this steel alone was enough to reflect the current advanced steel technology in Europe.

The six six-pounder field guns, towed by tall horses, testify to the current state of equipment of the European armies.

If two years ago, the army brought by the Dutch this time was enough to easily take the city of Dengzhou.

Putting away the binoculars, Xiao Ming said to Niu Ben: "It's time to let Yue Yun out, this group of Dutch will not compromise until they see our warship." ”

Niu Ben nodded, and immediately sent scouts to the bay to inform Yue Yun.

Coming down from the city wall, Xiao Ming said to Yang Chengye: "The location of Dengzhou will be very important in the future, and from now on, you will start to build shore defense batteries to prevent the enemy from attacking us from the sea." ”

"Shore defense batteries?" Yang Chengye showed a confused look, which was beyond the scope of his cognition.

Xiao Ming said: You don't need to understand what a shore defense battery is, the people of the construction battalion will come here to build it, you just need to cooperate, simply say that this kind of battery is to attack warships at sea, understand? ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Yang Chengye nodded.

In the past, the key threat was the north, and Xiao Ming naturally wanted to defend the north with all the resources concentrated against the barbarians, but now the threat from the sea is becoming more and more serious, so he must now strengthen the coastal defense of Dengzhou and strengthen the Dengzhou army at the same time.

Although the Dengzhou Army is not equipped with muskets yet, Ye Qingyun still goes to Qingzhou from time to time for training, and only needs to hand over the firearms to the Dengzhou Army, and Ye Qingyun can train a firearms unit.

"Your Highness, shall we go after it now?" Ye Qingyun couldn't help but ask when he saw Xiao Ming walking out of the city.

"No, let's go and see what the Dutch will look like when they see our fleet." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Niu Ben and Ye Qingyun glanced at each other and laughed maliciously, Yue Yun's battleships full of artillery were terrifying to think about.

An hour later, Rhodes led his army to the seashore, and they returned to the battleship in small boats.

"Count Clare, I think our peace talks have failed, and King Qi has put forward the bottom line that we Dutch cannot tolerate, and two of these three bottom lines are enough to give us a reason to start a war." Rod said.

During the time that Rhodes came ashore, Claire had been waiting on the battleship, pinching her beard, and Claire asked, "What conditions?" ”

At this time, Rod said Xiao Ming's original words, and Claire's face became worse and worse with Rode's words, and he said: "This stupid King of Qi, doesn't he know that a colony is a continuation of a country's territory?" His demands are simply waging war against us. ”

"Dear Earl Claire, because of this I have chosen to refuse, not to mention the colonies, this trade route is the lifeline of our Dutch, for the route we go to war with the Spaniards, the British go to war, the French go to war, we Dutch are fearless." Rod said impulsively.

Claire patted Rod on the shoulder, "You're doing a good job, and whoever makes such a request to us Dutch should humiliate him severely." ”

Sakai's eyes roamed back and forth between Rhodes and Claire, with a hint of a smile on his lips.

He had been a pirate at sea for many years, and had traveled many places with a Dutch pirate, so he was well acquainted with the way the Europeans behaved.

In his view, these Europeans had a fanatical sense of adventure, and the root of this sentiment was the wealth of the world.

Unless they are defeated, nothing can stop these Europeans who are mad for plundering their wealth, because they are even crazier than pirates.

As the Europeans he knew, Rhodes and Claire were furious after learning of the conditions proposed by the King of Qi, because both the Ryukyus and the shipping route belonged to the Dutch trading company, and Claire and Rhodes were important stakeholders in the Ryukyus and the shipping route.

Even the soldiers of this fleet depended on the Ryukyus and this route for their livelihood, he remembered that in the Netherlands, this was called stock.

"Go to war! War! ”

Immediately following Claire, the soldiers on the battleship began to make noise, shouting with flintlock pistols.

"Throw these natives into the sea to feed the sharks."

"Let's see how good we are."

“……”

The frenzy began to spread across the ship, and Claire chanted along with the soldiers, shouting, "Soldiers, these natives want to take away our wealth from us, tell me, what will you do!" ”

"Kill them all! Kill them all! ”

The soldiers roared.

Claire held her hat high and shouted, "Then let's use artillery fire to tell this group of natives how they should talk to us, let ......"

"Enemy situation, enemy situation!"

While the soldiers were in a frenzy, the Dutch soldier on the watchtower suddenly pointed to the northern sea and shouted, which interrupted Claire's passionate speech.

Claire looked up at the soldier on the top of the mast and immediately walked to the bow of the ship with a telescope, and Rhodes also pulled out his telescope and looked at the northern sea.

In Claire's telescope, fifteen battleships lined up and headed towards them, the first battleship with a huge three-story deck, followed by a second-class battleship, a third-class battleship, and a number of smaller battleships one after another.

"God, who can tell me what the hell is going on!" Claire fell into an ice cave.

(To be continued.) )