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Text Chapter 449 Prepare to face the battle (third update!)

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    All the subjects of the Song Empire were immersed in the joyful festive atmosphere.

    Although the north wind is blowing outside, everyone is warm at home.

    Zhao Hongyu held a New Year¡¯s Eve dinner and also put on many small programs, such as lottery draws and so on, which was very lively.

    ¡°As for the Spaniards and the Dutch as far away as the Caribbean, their lives were very difficult.

    First, the Spanish last stronghold in the Caribbean was captured by the Imperial Army.

    This declared that the Spanish power in the Caribbean had been completely eradicated and ceased to exist.

    Originally, the Spaniards were planning to put up a stubborn resistance.

    After all, in their remaining colonies, they can still recruit some indigenous people to fight.

    But what the Spaniards didn¡¯t expect was that the empire actually summoned many indigenous people to fight with the army in the colonies it occupied.

    Because the empire is not short of money, the number of natives the empire fights with the army is several times greater than the natives recruited by the Spaniards.

    It is precisely because of these indigenous people who fought with the army that the empire did not suffer much in the tropical rain forests of the Caribbean.

    And, because of these indigenous relationships, all the Spanish ambush came to nothing.

    Finally, when the imperial army approached the city, the Spaniards had to wave a white flag and declare their surrender.

    And those natives who followed the Spaniards to attack the imperial army were left to the natives accompanying the imperial army to deal with them.

    The natives who followed the army were very happy about the empire's approach.

    After all, the two sides have a blood feud, and they have been exploited by the Spaniards.

    Therefore, the empire cannot be kind enough to solve this problem.

    The natives who followed the Spaniards to fight to the end were bloody massacred. Except for a small group who saw that something was not going well and fled into the rainforest, they escaped the killing at that time. Most of the remaining natives fell to the ground.  Under the sword of our compatriots.

    For such a thing, the emperor will not know.

    Only by eliminating security risks can the empire have stronger control over the Caribbean.

    ??????????????????? And those natives who had massacred their feud were in a good mood, and because the empire was happy to give them money, their senses about the empire were suddenly overflowing.

    To them, it doesn¡¯t matter who rules them. The main thing is that the Spaniards mainly bully them and help the Spaniards to fight or do things. The Spaniards are simply free of money.

    But it¡¯s different when it comes to the empire.

    They help the empire fight, and the empire will allow them to take revenge and pay with their heads.

    This is something they have never thought about.

    But if you compare them one by one, the difference is obvious.

    Therefore, these natives immediately accepted the rule of the empire, and even many tribal leaders were thinking about it, hoping that the empire would continue to fight.

    ¡°This way they can continue to fight with the army and pay back the money with their heads.

    What¡¯s more, they found the army commander and explained to him that a certain area was a no-no zone and the Spaniards had never had the strength to conquer it.

    If the empire is willing to pay, then they are willing to send troops to help the empire occupy that place.

    Of course the army commander would not miss such a good thing.

    The famous saying of Zhao Hongyu, the ruler of the empire, is that "there is no shortage of money" and "as long as money can solve the problem, it is not a problem."  ¡¯, so people with these genes have also learned this essence.

    You need money, it¡¯s simple.

    You help me build territory, and I¡¯ll give you money.

    The territory you have conquered allows you to rob it for three days. The gold, silver, treasures, women and slaves you robbed all belong to the tribe.

    An empire only needs land.

    And when fighting on the territory, you can also use your heads to exchange for silver coins when fighting the enemy.

    This made the leaders so happy that they had snot and bubbles in their noses.

    To them, the Empire is simply a good person.

    If this were done to the Spaniards, the Spaniards would not be so generous.

    Therefore, the favorability of these Caribbean Mayan natives towards the empire has been rising steadily, and their loyalty has also increased a lot.

    After all, there are interests involved there, right?

    ¡°And the empire also said that if there are too many slaves in the tribe, the empire will also pay to buy them to solve the problem for the tribe.

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    Therefore, the natives of the former Spanish colonies in the northern Caribbean gathered together to organize a legion of more than 4,000 people, and they went to Mexico in a mighty manner, which was the last territory and stronghold of the Mayan Dynasty today.  .

    The empire only sent observers with the army, and carried a large amount of silver and gold coins with them.

    The empire is very trustworthy and will immediately issue orders to fulfill its promises after every battle. Therefore, this legion composed of many tribal warriors has high morale and strong combat effectiveness.

    In a short period of time, several strongholds of the resistance forces belonging to the descendants of the Maya Dynasty were removed.

    These indigenous people, who were originally descendants of the Mayan dynasty, had been fighting against the Spaniards.

    But they never expected that the Spaniards would suddenly fail, and the Spanish territory would be replaced by a new ruler.

    This ruler actually miraculously gathered all the tribes together to deal with him.

    You must know that it was impossible for the Spaniards to integrate these tribes together at the beginning, because these tribes were entangled in grievances due to historical reasons, and with the help of the Spaniards, they were very difficult to deal with each other.

    It is precisely because of this relationship that the rebels who are descendants of the Mayan dynasty continued to fight against the Spanish after the fall of the Mayan dynasty, and they have not been wiped out for more than a hundred years.

    In fact, the reason is all because the indigenous people who surrendered to the Spanish did not work hard.

    The reason is very simple, the Spanish are too picky.

    "How can it be possible if you don't give any benefits to others, just let others help you fight the war for free?"

    Whoever else would be involved in this matter would be very unhappy.

    Aboriginal people are also human beings. No matter how simple they are, they are not idiots.

    So, the indigenous people also know who is good and who is bad.

    In short, the indigenous people are truly convinced by the empire.

    And because of the surrender of the indigenous people, there was no turmoil in the northern Caribbean.

    The Spaniards thought they could get the indigenous people to cause some trouble for the empire, but they were disappointed.

    The pacification of the north brought not good news to the Dutch in the south.

    Precisely because the empire has no worries, it can devote all its energy to dealing with the Dutch.

    Facing the Dutch who wanted to surrender on terms, Commander Chelsea gave them all away.

    Now the empire is in good shape and has the upper hand.

    Why should he agree to these people¡¯s conditions?

    In his view, the Dutch had no other way out except unconditional surrender.

    There is absolutely no need for me to agree to their request and let them keep their wealth.

    Those wealth all belong to the empire and to His Highness Zhao Hongyu.

    As for these Dutch people, let them leave the Caribbean in despair.

    If they are stubborn, of course I will not mind keeping their lives, because this is not difficult for the imperial fleet.

    You know, now the Dutch have no strength to continue fighting.

    Faced with this situation, the Dutch began to panic.

    They did not want to continue fighting with the empire, but they were reluctant to part with their own wealth in the Caribbean, so the matter of surrender was postponed.

    Of course the empire has a lot of time, they can afford it.

    But the Dutch can¡¯t afford it.

    As time went by, the imperial fleet had occupied many Dutch colonies and slaughtered all the local Dutch.

    Such an approach will of course have adverse effects.

    First of all, because of the massacre, every time the imperial fleet attacked a colony, it encountered strong resistance from the local Dutch.

    This has caused a little trouble for the imperial fleet.

    But in the face of the powerful artillery of the Imperial fleet, these resistances are basically in vain.

    In addition to causing more casualties to the Dutch, it could not cause any losses to the imperial fleet at all.

    ¡°In fact, they couldn¡¯t even stop the Imperial Fleet.

    Thomas, the Dutch governor in the Caribbean, panicked.

    But he is also reluctant to part with his wealth.

     So, he kept sending envoys to meet with Chelsea, but Chelsea did not see these envoys every time.

    This made Thomas very disappointed and frightened.

    Therefore, Thomas began to prepare a way out for himself.

    He first asked his cronies to collect all his money, and then shipped it to a merchant ship.

    Then ordered the merchant ships to leave Cayenne for Egypt.

    He didn¡¯t even plan to go back to the Netherlands because he didn¡¯t want to be blamed by those people after he returned.

    ¡°And with so much money, it¡¯s rare for others to spy on you.

    Therefore, why didn¡¯t he go to Egypt incognito and then go to other countries to become a rich man?

    The money he collected as governor of the Caribbean was enough for him to live comfortably for the rest of his life.

    At the same time, he has not told his wife and may not want to take her with him.

    These things were hidden from many people, including his wife.

    Like Thomas, the administrators of the remaining colonies also began to concentrate their wealth, mobilized the remaining ships under their own command, and began to prepare to escape.

    So do some captains.

    It can be said that the Dutch colonial door is now completely open to the imperial fleet.

    They are defenseless.

    Of course, there are also Dutch captains who are unwilling to fail and want to resist the Imperial fleet again.

    We can say that these people are heroes, or we can say that they are two hundred and five.

    On this day, Chelsea encountered a Dutch warship on the way to Cayenne with his fleet.

    And the commander of this Dutch warship is such a person who is not willing to fail.

    He saw everything happening one by one as his colleagues and superiors were panicking and preparing to flee.

    He also persuaded these people and asked them to resist to the end with the imperial fleet.

    But he was a soft-spoken person after all, so he failed to convince anyone in the end.

    Therefore, since he could not convince these people, he decided to do it himself.

    There are not a few people who hold this idea, but most of them are low-level non-commissioned officers and soldiers.

    In addition, the imperial fleet will massacre cities wherever it goes, so these Dutch people know that even if they surrender, there will be no good results. In this case, they might as well fight.

    ¡°Maybe if you¡¯re lucky, you can actually win.

    God bless, if such a miracle happens, then they will all become heroes.

    In this way, the captain used some means to encourage the lower-level sailors and petty officers to bring out all the remaining warships in the Caribbean.

    Even the original governor and other administrative officials, as well as those ships that did not resist the captains, were brought over by him, and after gathering together, they came towards Chelsea in a mighty manner.

    The total number of warships in this fleet is sixty-three, all of which are composed of Dutch double-deck commercial and warships.

    Because he brought all these battleships out, Thomas and others were completely unable to leave the station and carry out their escape plan.

    As for Chelsea, he just took his thirty-seven warships to Cayenne.

    Therefore, they are at a disadvantage in terms of quantity.

    But the artillery range, speed and other aspects of its warships are much stronger than those of the Dutch warships.

    Therefore, the outcome of this maritime encounter must belong to the Dutch.

    Three hundred miles off the coast of Cayenne, the sailors on the observation deck spotted the Dutch warships arrayed ahead and immediately reported the news.

    "There are sixty-three warships flying the Dutch flag ahead. They are advancing in the direction of our fleet. We are expected to encounter them in an hour."

    Soon, the news reached Chelsea.

    "What, do the Dutch actually have the guts to come out and fight us in the sea now?"

    After listening to the report, Chelsea was stunned at first, and then he had an incredible expression on his face.

    You know, when they occupied the Spanish colonies in the northern Caribbean, the Spanish and the Dutch jointly fought the imperial fleet more than a dozen times, but each time they ended in failure.

    And in these dozen battles, the Dutch will lose a large number of warships, either captured or sunk.  The Spanish lost all their warships.

    It is precisely because of this relationship that the empire was established in one fell swoop.The team's dominance in the Caribbean.

    Since that time, the Spanish warships have disappeared and the Dutch warships have not appeared at all.

    Even though Chelsea, with only thirty-seven warships in its fleet, invaded the Dutch colony and launched a siege, the Dutch never sent out any warships.

    Now the sun is really coming out from the north, and the Dutch warships actually appeared again, and sixty-three of them appeared at once.

    So, it¡¯s no wonder Chelsea can¡¯t believe it.

    "Does the Dutch, whose courage has been broken, still have the courage to fight against the imperial fleet?"

    In this case, I don¡¯t mind showing them how awesome I am!

    Thinking of this, Chelsea walked out of the captain's room: "All gunners are in position, prepare to fight, and notify other ships at the same time!"

    The sailors on the deck began to get busy, and the artillerymen on the lower deck also took up their positions. At the same time, the sailors on the observation deck took out two flags and began to signal the surrounding warships (To be continued. Please search  Piaotian Literature, the novels are better and updated faster!)
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