Chapter 433 Fanaticism

Outside the city, Rhodes returned to his army with a gloomy face.

"Ambassador Rhodes, it seems that your talk has collapsed. I have already said that this Great Yu country is arrogant and ignorant. It is better to use guns and guns to reason with them." Sakai said lazily: "But it's too late, we No chance."

Rhode snorted coldly, "Damn, God knows how these King Qi masters the manufacturing technology of muskets, but what you said is true, this King Qi is too arrogant and ignorant, they think they have mastered muskets. Can technology defeat us Dutch at sea?"

"Yes, yes, let's teach them a lesson at sea." Sakai glanced at the soldiers who kept coming up from the city. These soldiers aimed their guns at them, and now they will lose the battle.

Rhodes turned his head and glanced in the direction of Dengzhou City. He said, "I have to go back and report this to Earl Claire. The three conditions that King Qi demanded are intolerable to us Dutch people."

After all, he and Sakai left Dengzhou City with the army.

At this time, Xiao Ming had already climbed up the city wall, frowning at the equipment of the Dutch army and the six-pound field gun. In any era, the equipment of a country's army is enough to tell how rich a country is.

Now the Dutch soldiers in Dengzhou city are all wearing leather boots, high hats, and gray cotton clothes, which seem to be the standard Dutch military uniforms, which proves the advanced textile industry of the Europeans.

The flintlock guns held by the soldiers are also shiny and shiny in the sun, and this steel alone is enough to reflect the current advanced steel technology in Europe.

On the other hand, the six six-pounder field guns towed by high war horses are evidence of the current equipment of European armies.

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

Putting away the binoculars, Xiao Ming said to Niu Ben: "It's time for Yue Yun to go out. These Dutch people will not compromise until they have seen our battleship."

Niu Ben nodded and immediately sent a scout to the bay to inform Yue Yun.

After coming down from the city wall, Xiao Ming said to Yang Chengye: "The location of Dengzhou will be very important in the future. From now on, you will start building coastal defense batteries to prevent the enemy from attacking us from the sea."

"Coastal defense battery?" Yang Chengye showed a confused look, which was beyond his cognition.

Xiao Ming said: You don't need to understand what a coastal defense battery is. People from the construction battalion will come here to build it. You just need to cooperate. Simply put, this type of battery is for attacking warships at sea, understand? "

"Yes, Your Highness." Yang Chengye nodded.

In the past, the most important threat was the north. Xiao Ming naturally wanted to concentrate all resources in the north to defend against the barbarians, but now the threat from the sea is becoming more and more serious, so he must strengthen the coastal defense of Dengzhou and strengthen the Dengzhou army.

Although the Dengzhou Army is not yet equipped with firearms, Ye Qingyun often goes to Qingzhou for training. Just hand over the firearms to the Dengzhou Army, and Ye Qingyun can train a firearms unit.

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

"No, let's see what the Dutch look like when they see our fleet." Xiao Ming smiled.

Niu Ben and Ye Qingyun looked at each other and laughed maliciously. The thought of Yue Yun's battleships covered in artillery was frightening.

An hour later, Rhodes led the army to the sea, and they returned to the battleship in a small boat.

"Count Claire, I think our peace talks have failed. King Qi proposed that we the Dutch cannot tolerate the bottom line. Two of these three bottom lines are enough to give us reasons to start a war." Rhodes said.

During the time that Rhodes went ashore, Claire had been waiting on the battleship, pinching the curled beard, Claire asked, "What conditions?"

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

"Respect Count Claire, that's why I chose to refuse, not to mention 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 ." Rhodes said impulsively.

Claire patted Rhodes on the shoulder, "You did a good job, whoever made such a request to us Dutch should humiliate him severely."

Sakai's eyes wandered back and forth on Rhodes and Claire, with a smile on his mouth.

He has been a pirate at sea for many years, and he has also traveled a lot with a Dutch pirate, so he is very familiar with the behavior of this group of Europeans.

In his view, these Europeans had a feverish adventurous mood, underpinned by the wealth of the world.

Nothing can stop these mad Europeans for looting their wealth, because they are more mad than pirates, unless they are defeated.

Just like the Europeans he knew, Rhodes and Claire were in a frenzy after learning about the conditions put forward by King Qi, because both Ryukyu and Airline belonged to the Dutch trading company, and both Claire and Rhodes were from Ryukyu and Airline. important stakeholders.

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

"Go to war! Go to war!"

Following Claire, the soldiers on the battleship began to roar, shouting with flintlock guns.

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

"Let's see how good we are."

"..."

The frenzy began to spread on the ship, and Claire shouted with the soldiers, he shouted: "Soldiers, these natives want to take our wealth from us, tell me, what will you do!"

"Kill them all! Kill them all!"

The soldiers roared.

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

"Enemies, enemies!"

When 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 with the binoculars. Rhode also took out the binoculars and looked at the sea to the north.

In Claire's binoculars, fifteen battleships were lined up and heading towards them. The first battleship was huge with three decks, followed by second-class battleships, third-class battleships, and some smaller battleships.

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