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743 Anthony's Backhand

The naval battle on Lubang Island took about two hours from the beginning to the end.

On the sea, a large number of Ming army warships were scattered, rescuing soldiers who fell into the sea and dragging the damaged warships to the shore. Of course, they also included the Dutch and their warships, but they were not called for rescue, but were captured.

Among the thirty Dutch warships and fifty transport ships, only one warship escaped, but was still damaged. In addition to the sunk, three warships and twelve transport ships were not damaged and forced to surrender. In addition, eight warships could be used for repair and fourteen transport ships.

On Portugal, a warship was sunk and five damaged warships were damaged. This was also a thanks to Anthony, the governor of Batavia in the Netherlands, who did not dare to entangle with the Portuguese warships after discovering that the Ming Navy appeared, and wanted to escape immediately. Otherwise, if they continued to fight, Portugal would suffer more losses.

As for the Ming Navy, if the loss of the arson ships was not counted, there would be no warships sunk. There were fifty-six damaged warships, mostly to intercept the breakthrough of the Dutch warships, regardless of the artillery fire that was damaged when they hit.

On Lubang Island, a group of generals had already come to Lu Xiangsheng and reported their respective battle situations.

This battle was beautiful and it was a very good start. Every general had a smile on his face. Even Anders from Portugal was grinning.

For them, the losses were still a bit heavy. However, over the years, the tone that was bullied by the Dutch finally came out, which was so good!

Of course, Lu Xiangsheng was also happy, but he fought more battles, and he had experienced wars that were more important than this. Therefore, he was the first to return to normal. So he heard that he began to issue military orders, and the navy immediately rested and contacted the Ming army outposts on the Manila Bay and the surviving Ming people to prepare for the second phase of the war.

After deploying these, he ordered: "Take a slave chief!"

This military order was passed down, and Anthony, the governor of Batavia in the Netherlands, was taken to Lu Xiangsheng.

With no way out and stubborn resistance and dying, Anthony chose to surrender, so he did not die in the just-concluded naval battle.

At this time, he was escorted by two Ming soldiers and taken to Lu Xiangsheng's side. Anthony watched the Ming soldiers standing straight and motionless along the way. All the equipment was full of elite equipment, and he had to sigh in his heart.

This Far East empire is indeed not comparable to ordinary indigenous people. It can even be said that it is not much worse than the regular army in Europe! The number of troops is still so large that once this huge empire declares war, even if it does not lose this battle, the final result will definitely be that the Netherlands will not be able to gain a foothold in Nanyang.

He sighed all the way and soon begged Lu Xiangsheng.

Anthony tidied up his lower clothes and coughed. Just as he was about to speak, he felt his legs bended into. Then, his body couldn't help but kneel down, and at the same time he heard the shouts of Ming soldiers behind him.

Although he couldn't understand, he could guess it roughly, which should mean asking him to kneel down.

Suddenly, he struggled and shouted, "You can't treat me like this. I am the Dutch Governor of Batavia and the Admiral. You should give me decent treatment..."

The two Ming soldiers behind him, regardless of what he was calling, immediately stepped forward and pressed his shoulder with their hands, and refused to get up.

Although Lu Xiangsheng couldn't understand, there was a translator to convey it to him. After understanding what the red barbarian said, he couldn't help but sneer: "You dare to mention the prisoner, but you don't know the rules of my Ming Dynasty?"

Speaking of this, he clasped his fists and signaled to Annan: "The emperor once said that I am hospitality in the Ming Dynasty. My friends come from afar, and I am very happy. Naturally, I am a good drink to entertain you; but if you come with ill-hearted people, you will naturally be entertained with your fists."

After saying that, he put down his hands, stared at Anthony and sneered: "You red barbarians offend my Ming frontier, kill my Ming people, and dare to join forces with Japan to fight against my Ming Tianwei. Now he has joined forces with the Western barbarians in Luzon to fight against my Ming Dynasty. Do you still want decent treatment?"

The translation next to him will naturally translate Lu Xiangsheng's words to Anthony.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't care what the Western barbarians would answer, and immediately shouted: "Twenty-years-old, let him wake up!"

After slapping, he also wanted to ask about the Western Yi and the situation in Batavia. This was what the emperor told him before leaving.

"As for the order!" When the Ming army soldiers heard Lu Xiangsheng's words, they responded loudly, and then stepped forward simply and grabbed Anthony and the other took action, giving him the "decent" he deserved!

The Ming army beat him up with a "crackling" and hated the harm these Western barbarians had done to their compatriots and comrades, so of course they would not show mercy. After slapping twenty mouths, several of Anthony's teeth fell off and a lot of blood was flowing.

Seeing him in such a miserable appearance, Anders smiled gloatingly. He was dominating in Nanyang, and now he is happy. He dares to be an enemy of the Ming Empire, so he will suffer now!

At this time, he had forgotten that they had thought of being enemies with the Ming Dynasty, but they turned quickly after being taught a lesson. Otherwise, Anthony's fate would also be the fate of their Portuguese.

After the battle, Lu Xiangsheng stared at the slave chief and shouted coldly: "How many troops are there in your nest? Are you willing to surrender?"

Anthony's head was a little confused. After a while, his eyes were focused. After hearing the translation, he did not struggle anymore. He just knelt down there and replied: "Batavia has not many troops, only one hundred. But there are still five hundred servants. In addition, you wise men, women, young and old, have a total of 5,321 men, men, women, young and old…"

When Lu Xiangsheng heard him say this, he didn't know why, and immediately felt something was wrong.

Sure enough, Anthony said at the end, trying to raise his head and look at the tall Ming official in front of him, saying, "If I can't return to Batavia in a month, the subordinates who stay there will execute my military orders and kill all of you Ming people!"

After he finished speaking, the translator was stunned. Unexpectedly, this slave chief had this trick, and forgot to translate for a while.

After seeing Anthony finish speaking, Lu Xiangsheng showed a sneer on his lips, knowing that he would definitely not say good things. When he saw the translator staring at the slave chief with shocked eyes, he knew that he must have guessed nothing wrong.

Sure enough, at this time, the translator had come to his senses and immediately conveyed Anthony's threat to Lu Xiangsheng.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he didn't say anything for a moment, but just stared at Anthony coldly.

Anthony also tried hard to look up his head and looked back at Lu Xiangsheng without showing any weakness.

During this year, especially after fleeing back to Batavia under the Japanese, he told him that the Ming army was much stronger than before. Then, he was soon defeated by the Ming army under Taiwan and wiped out the entire army, and Annan was captured by the Ming army. Anthony felt that he knew too little about this Eastern Empire.

Therefore, he began to pay attention to everything about this huge empire, including past history, customs, today's emperors and everything they can learn.

Coincidentally, Anthony heard the reputation of the Ming emperor loving the people as much as his sons, and also knew the reason why the Ming army attacked the Spanish in Luzon. After analyzing it, he left a backup plan for himself, which was to threaten the Ming people of Badavia to prevent any accidents.

Therefore, his words are not intimidation, they are indeed true.

This is true, so he did not run away to the death, but chose to surrender.

At this time, there was only the sound of the sea breeze blowing the flags, and the sound of the Ming soldiers laughing from afar.

Anders, Zheng Chenggong and others looked at Anthony and Lu Xiangsheng, but they all didn't say anything. One thing was that Anders seemed a little surprised, while Zheng Chenggong and others were angry.

After a while, Lu Xiangsheng shouted coldly: "I will remember you, take it down and treat him well, and don't let him be idle."

Of course, the Ming army soldiers heard what he meant, almost the meaning of death penalty being avoided and living offense was inevitable. So they immediately responded loudly and took Anthony down.

As soon as Zheng Chenggong saw it, he stepped out and asked with anger: "Sir, do you really want to let him go? I am willing to lead the troops to Batavia and rescue the people!"

It’s hard to say whether it can be rescued! And there is a high possibility that it cannot be rescued.

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said, "The most important thing now is the Western Barbarians in Luzon! As for Batavia, it is related to the lives of so many people in the Ming Dynasty. I will report to the emperor and decide it. As for this slave chief, even if he can escape from the heavens this time, he will not have a good life!"

In fact, he had already confirmed in his heart that the emperor would definitely let the slave chief go. The reason why he had to report to the emperor was to safeguard the emperor's reputation of loving the people as his sons, and the emperor decided to take it away. For the sake of the Ming people, let the slave chief go. Not to mention anything else, at least the Ming people rescued will be grateful to the emperor.

And this slave chief, Lu Xiangsheng, could also imagine that using this trick to deal with the Ming Dynasty, his fate would definitely be very miserable! Even if he could escape this time, the emperor's words "If you are far away, you will be punished" are definitely not a joke.

Just as he was thinking, he heard his hands report to the more than 300 Japanese warriors who were captured.

In response to this, Lu Xiangsheng was very straightforward and ordered the Japanese to be killed on the spot and throw their bodies into the sea to feed the fish!

When Anders heard it from the side, he couldn't help but guess in his heart, wondering if these Japanese were unlucky enough. If they had finished speaking before dealing with the Dutch Governor, they might not die.

But it is useless to assume it now. The life and death of these Japanese people will not have any connection with Anders. If you die, you will die!
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