.We won we won"

When the last coalition warship lifted the white flag, the officers and soldiers of the entire Ming fleet cheered, and the ecstasy after the victory appeared on their faces. Although the Ming army was full of confidence in victory before the war, the yin haze that was despicable by the coalition forces was still shrouded in the hearts of the officers and soldiers. Now that they finally got avenge, they were naturally very happy.

The soldiers of the Western and Dutch coalition forces who surrendered lowered their heads and were extremely depressed. They understood that not only the fleet was completed, but also the colonies of the two countries in the South China Sea were completed. Without the protection of the fleet, these colonies were like girls stripped naked, without any power to resist.

After the war, the sea was in a mess, with countless wooden boards and corpses floating in the sea. Some alive soldiers grabbed the boards tightly, and as the wind and waves moved up and down, red blood was floating around. Fortunately, the huge sound of cannons had already scared away the nearby sharks. Now it was August, and the sea temperature was not cold, so these soldiers could survive.

Some small Ming army ships rushed into the war zone to save people, but they only rescued the Ming army who fell into the water. All the Ming army's bodies were also salvaged. However, when they saw the West, the soldiers of the Dutch countries seemed to be missing. The coalition soldiers who were struggling to climb the Ming army ships were pushed away without hesitation, allowing them to fall back into the sea. If they really couldn't push them away, they simply shot them with muskets.

"I protest, I protest, I want to see your supreme commander." A fierce noise came from the surrendered "Saint Martin". A Spanish man, who was bearded and in his forties, waved his fists and shouted loudly.

The Spanish man was Aren, the captain of the "St. Martin". This Spanish warship that was damaged at the beginning miraculously survived to the end. However, because it was severely damaged, it could not escape and had to surrender to the Ming army.

As the only first-class warship captain in Spain in Malani, Tang Ahren has a high status. He has lived in Malani for ten years and is proficient in not only local languages, but also Chinese.

The Ming soldiers who were in charge of Tang Ahron were quite surprised that Tang Ahron could speak Chinese. Although he ignored Tang Ahron's protest, he still met his latter request and transferred him to the Navy's flagship Zhennan.

"I heard that you want to see me, what's wrong?" Gu San looked at Tang Alun impatiently. Gu San hated these barbarians to the core. One-fifth of the power of the South China Sea Fleet was destroyed by the barbarians. Gu San's heart was bleeding and agreed to meet Tang Alun. It was just a winner who wanted to see his prey. Otherwise, if Gu San hated the two-country coalition forces, he would directly order the shooting of these surrender barbarians.

Tang Ahlun had learned Gu San's identity from the Ming soldiers who escorted him, and quickly bent down to Gu San and said, "Sir, please show your victor's kindness and order to save our soldiers who fell into the water."

"Save them, why do I want to save them?" Gu San sneered.

"We have surrendered. According to the naval war rules, the winner should rescue the soldiers who fell into the water. This is the way a civilized country acts."

"Bastard." Gu San was furious. These foreign barbarians dared to accuse the uncivilized country of the Celestial Kingdom. He was so angry that he couldn't speak for a moment. He pointed at Tang Alun and just sniffled and panted heavily.

Seeing Gu San's reaction so strongly, Tang Ahlun was also shocked. He remembered his captive identity and quickly explained: "Admiral, I am not accusing the Ming Dynasty of civilization, but I just asked the Admiral to rescue those who fell into the water for the sake of the same civilized country."

Seeing Gu San being so angry that he couldn't speak, a staff officer next to him snorted and continued: "What civilization do you say about the barbarians? If it were civilization, why would you attack our fleet despicable? If it were civilization, why would you attack the immigrant fleet, causing difficulties for tens of thousands of people; if it were civilization, why would you carry out a massacre in Malani? Your actions are crazy and shameless. What civilization can you say?"

"Yes, you are crazy and shameless." Gu San finally breathed.

Tang Ahron was speechless to the Ming Jun’s accusations, but he was really unwilling to see his comrade drown in the sea, so he had to put down his figure and beg forth.

Seeing Tang Ahron's pitiful look, Gu Sanyi softened and sighed: "Okay, I can save people, but, how to deal with you, I need the imperial court's instructions."

Seeing that the Ming army agreed to save the person, Tang Alun was already overjoyed and kept thanking Gu San. Gu San was upset and waved his hand to ask someone to take Tang Alun down, and then ordered: "Tell me, if you meet an angry person, can you save him or save him?"

An officer said unwillingly: "Sir, these barbarians are extremely hateful. They are not ruthless in massacreing the people, so why should they save them again?"

"Forget it, we are not beasts, so how can we not see the rescue? Besides..." Gu San paused for a moment before sneering: "So what if I save you? I have thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of people who have died in the sea. How could the court let these people go for nothing?"

Everyone on the boat nodded. The court's attitude towards Manchus was extremely strict, let alone the barbarians. The emperor was not the kind of pedantic people. It has been explained that the barbarians fear power but do not have virtue, which will definitely lead to the corresponding punishment for these barbarians.

After receiving Gu San's order, the Ming army began to rescue coalition soldiers, and finally rescued more than 1,600 coalition forces from the sea, including the soldiers who had surrendered before. The Ming fleet captured a total of 6,457 people and captured 17 warships. The coalition ships that finally returned to Malani Port were only five, with 1,211 personnel. The rest of the fleets were either sunk during naval battles or sank one after another during the escape. One ten coalition forces of the two countries remained, and all the foundation was lost.

However, the Ming army suffered little losses in this war, only twelve warships, 920 people, and only 2,000 wounded people. As the Ming army strengthened maritime medical security, most of the injured people returned to normal afterwards. Except for a small number of people left behind disabilities and withdrew from the navy, the number of deaths increased by only 32.

The naval battle that took place in the Dongsha Islands of the Ming Dynasty was not too big, but it could only be regarded as a medium-sized naval battle. However, the result of this naval battle was of great significance. It laid the foundation for the East to occupy an advantage in the East-West exchanges later. This dominant position gradually grew with the development of the East, resulting in the loss of the previous colonial advantages of the West, and eventually retreated again and again. In the end, the Ming fleet flag floated in the Mediterranean and began to interfere with European countries.

As the gap between the East and the West gradually widened, many Western countries desperately discussed the secret of the Ming Dynasty's strength, and some European countries even shouted the slogan of full Easternization.

In September of the 17th year of Hongguang, the Ming fleet arrived at Port Malani. At this time, there were 2,000 soldiers in Malani, but more than 1,000 of them had just failed a naval battle. They had no courage to fight the Ming army. The remaining 800 Spanish soldiers were also depressed. After a little resistance, the white flag was lowered at the top of Manila and the Spanish defenders surrendered to the Ming fleet.

The Ming army stopped in Malani and set off again immediately, aiming at the Dutch. After losing the entire fleet, the Dutch lost the courage to resist. Mantaga, Guawa, Sisai and other places fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty one by one like ripe fruits.

At the beginning of the 18th year of Hongguang, the Ming Dynasty accepted all the Western colonies in the South China Sea and declared that the entire Nanyang was the Ming Dynasty's inland sea. All ships could only trade with the Ming Dynasty in Manchujia, Java, and Sishui without the permission of the Ming Dynasty. If they needed to enter the inland sea, they must be disarmed and swore to abide by the Ming Dynasty's laws before they could enter.

Although this provision of the Ming Dynasty caused strong dissatisfaction in the West, after the failure of the West and the Netherlands, no country dared to challenge the authority of the Ming Dynasty in Southeast Asia, and Portugal had to hand over Macau and return to Manchuka. However, as a friendly merchant, Britain, France, Portugal and other countries still allowed the establishment of commercial ports in Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places, which somewhat calmed the dissatisfaction of the countries.

In March of the 18th year of Hongguang, a total of 9,345 soldiers from the West and the Netherlands were escorted to Beijing. The court rejected the request of the two countries to redeem the prisoners with silver, but organized a grand trial. The content of the trial was mainly the massacre of the Ming immigrants by the United Nations coalition forces. After several months, a total of 8,730 people were convicted, including more than 5,300 people who committed minor crimes. These people could be used to pay for their crimes by labor or ransom. More than 2,100 people were guilty of moderate crimes. These people were deprived of the right to pay for their crimes and sentenced to atonement ranging from five to ten years of labor. Another 1,359 people were convicted of major crimes and sentenced to beheading, and nearly hundreds of people were sentenced to absenteeism.

The hundreds of people who were tried in absent this time were mainly massacres against Chinese in Manila in the twelve years of Chongzhen. Nearly twenty years have passed, and most of the Spanish army has returned to their homeland, so the Ming Dynasty had to judge him in absent.

During this trial, the Ming Dynasty allowed personnel from Western countries to participate in the side trial. For the people who were sentenced to death, all the evidence was accurate and could not be said to be leaked.

Seeing more than a thousand people of the same clan were executed in the East, many British, French and other merchants could not help but feel sad about the death of a rabbit, but they really couldn't find any reason to overturn the case of more than a thousand people. They could only propose that the beheading was too cruel, hoping that the Ming Dynasty could change the sentence to the hanging.

After collaboration, the officials in charge of the three ministries rejected the request for a re-sentence of the British, French and other countries' merchants to re-sentence the sentence of hanging. The officials in charge of the three ministries of the Ming Dynasty accepted the emperor's suggestion and convicted more than a thousand West-Dutch soldiers of the coalition forces against humanity, and were not vigilant.
Chapter completed!