Chapter 3126
Chapter 3126
The face of the Johor ambassador was very ugly, because Schneider's statement was undoubtedly tearing open the old scars of the Johor state in public.
Haihan's armed fleet arrived at Xingdao at the end of 1633, and quickly established fortresses and ports there.At that time, although Xingdao was just a deserted island with few people, it still belonged to the territory of Johor. As a landowner, Johor would naturally not sit back and watch Haihan seize the territory under his nose.
However, with Johor's military strength, it is really powerless to take back Singdao. After several attempts, the Haihan army stationed in Singdao was easily repelled.
At that time, the British who were also interested in Sing Island immediately took the initiative to find Johor and suggested that they jointly send troops to crusade against the Haihan Army on Sing Island.So the two sides hit it off, and in 1635 sent troops from the Johor Strait to attack Sing Tao.
But the direction of this battle did not go according to their wishes. In the short period of more than [-] days of fighting, the coalition forces paid thousands of casualties, but still failed to retake Xingdao, and were instead captured by the Haihan army. Many important figures in the military were killed, and armistice negotiations had to be launched.
As for the outcome of the negotiation, it was clearly written in the "Sing Tao Treaty" that was signed later. Johor paid for the ownership of Sing Tao and surrounding islands in exchange for the safe release of most of the prisoners of war, and Haihan no longer took retaliation for this. Promise of.
After this battle, Haihan not only took control of the strategically important Xing Island, but also successfully deterred the countries in the surrounding areas, not daring to have any unreasonable thoughts about this small Xing Island.
It is worth mentioning that the Portuguese who controlled the city of Malacca at that time were also direct beneficiaries of this war.
At that time, if Haihan was defeated in Xingdao, then the British would enter Xingdao and settle down. Not only the Portuguese sea routes in and out of the Pacific Ocean would be threatened, but even the city of Malacca would be attacked by Johor and the British. , and fell into a precarious situation.
However, this crisis was resolved by Haihan invisibly, and Portugal's influence in the Malacca Strait region has been extended for a long time-it was not until Sing Tao sent troops to control the islands at the northern end of the Malacca Strait not long ago that this situation There has been a change.
The Johor ambassador jumped out and pointed out that the territory was occupied by Haihan. This is indeed an objective fact, but Schneider has the official diplomatic documents signed in the past as evidence, and there is no longer any territorial dispute between the two countries.
If the validity of the "Sing Tao Treaty" is denied, then the original armistice agreement must also be denied, and one of the consequences caused by this is that the two countries will automatically return to a state of war.
Even if the Johor ambassador had a hundred dissatisfaction with Schneider, he did not dare to respond at this time. Otherwise, if Haihan thinks that the armistice agreement is invalid, wouldn't that give the other party a reason to start a war again?The pot was too heavy, he couldn't even carry it on his back.
Schneider didn't get ahead. He stared at the Johor ambassador and said, "I think your Excellency must have not considered this issue clearly and got involved in a moment of confusion. In fact, there are no issues listed in the petition between our two countries. Bar?"
The Johor ambassador hesitated for a while, and finally nodded reluctantly, agreeing with Schneider's statement.
Schneider smiled slightly, and immediately turned his gun to the Siamese ambassador.
In fact, Haihan and Siam have no experience of direct confrontation on the battlefield, but the relationship between the two countries is very subtle, not hostile, but definitely not friendly.That's because Siam and Annan had a long history of fighting, and Annan was backed by Haihan, which made Siam very passive on the battlefield.
In the early years, Annan even handed over a considerable number of Siamese prisoners of war to Haihan in exchange for weapons and equipment.Almost all of these prisoners of war were later sent to mines and various construction sites as cheap slave labor, and only a handful of them were able to return to Siam safely.
In view of such a history, it is of course difficult for Siam to maintain a friendly attitude towards Haihan, but because of Haihan's military strength, no matter how much he refuses to accept it, he can only swallow the losses he suffered in the past.
But some time ago, Haihan directly sent troops to occupy the islands belonging to Siam in the northern part of the Strait of Malacca without saying hello to Siam in the name of suppressing pirates. This also made Siam angry again, thinking that this was extremely serious provocative behavior.
Before today's meeting, the Siamese embassy had already lodged a protest to Hai Han, asking Hai Han's army to withdraw from the illegally occupied Phuket Island.However, this protest did not receive a positive response from Haihan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs only claimed that the suppression of bandits was not over yet, and the withdrawal of troops had to wait for the right time.
In fact, Haihan sent troops to occupy not only Phuket Island, but also two islands, Langkawi and Penang, which belonged to Kedah.
However, Kedah's national strength is weak, surrounded by powerful countries, even if they make a noise, no one will respond, let alone dare to offend the mighty Haihan.Otherwise, once Haihan became angry, not only the two islands would be occupied, but the entire territory of Kedah.
So even when Schneider asked the envoys of various countries to raise their hands just now, the ambassador of Kedah hesitated for a long time, but finally did not dare to make such a move.
"Our country and Siam have always maintained good diplomatic relations. The dispute Mr. Basong refers to should refer to the island in Phang Nga Province in the south of your country?"
After receiving affirmation from the other party, Schneider continued: "As we all know, last year the northern waters of the Strait of Malacca were very uneven. There were armed pirate groups robbing passing merchant ships there. I believe that the countries where you are located have also been affected to some extent."
"In order to protect the safety of the sea lanes, our country sent troops to eradicate pirates. During this process, we found several pirate lairs distributed on various islands. Of course, we must do our best to eliminate evil and completely eradicate their roots."
"At present, the anti-bandit operation on the island is still in progress. In order to ensure that the pirates will not resurface, our country is indeed considering stationing troops there for a long time. But this is to maintain regional security and does not require donations from neighboring countries. , all costs will be borne by our country itself.”
"Our country doesn't expect anyone to be grateful, but for those who express their opposition to this, we can't help but wonder what their motives are. After all, this group of pirates with thousands of people and armed fleets is suddenly in that place It came out, and how to grasp the information of the passing merchant ships, this remains to be further investigated.”
"I think the rampant behavior of these pirates is probably because they have received asylum from certain countries, and they may even be the mastermind behind it!"
How could the Siamese ambassador, Bassong, tolerate Schneider's slander, and hurriedly declared that Siam also hated pirates, and would never condone and condone the existence of pirates.
Schneider sneered and said: "Really? I don't know if this group of pirates are too clever, or the Siamese are very lucky. Among the pirate robberies that can be verified so far, it seems that no ships of the Siamese country have been attacked. Bar?"
Haihan's armed fleet arrived at Xingdao at the end of 1633, and quickly established fortresses and ports there.At that time, although Xingdao was just a deserted island with few people, it still belonged to the territory of Johor. As a landowner, Johor would naturally not sit back and watch Haihan seize the territory under his nose.
However, with Johor's military strength, it is really powerless to take back Singdao. After several attempts, the Haihan army stationed in Singdao was easily repelled.
At that time, the British who were also interested in Sing Island immediately took the initiative to find Johor and suggested that they jointly send troops to crusade against the Haihan Army on Sing Island.So the two sides hit it off, and in 1635 sent troops from the Johor Strait to attack Sing Tao.
But the direction of this battle did not go according to their wishes. In the short period of more than [-] days of fighting, the coalition forces paid thousands of casualties, but still failed to retake Xingdao, and were instead captured by the Haihan army. Many important figures in the military were killed, and armistice negotiations had to be launched.
As for the outcome of the negotiation, it was clearly written in the "Sing Tao Treaty" that was signed later. Johor paid for the ownership of Sing Tao and surrounding islands in exchange for the safe release of most of the prisoners of war, and Haihan no longer took retaliation for this. Promise of.
After this battle, Haihan not only took control of the strategically important Xing Island, but also successfully deterred the countries in the surrounding areas, not daring to have any unreasonable thoughts about this small Xing Island.
It is worth mentioning that the Portuguese who controlled the city of Malacca at that time were also direct beneficiaries of this war.
At that time, if Haihan was defeated in Xingdao, then the British would enter Xingdao and settle down. Not only the Portuguese sea routes in and out of the Pacific Ocean would be threatened, but even the city of Malacca would be attacked by Johor and the British. , and fell into a precarious situation.
However, this crisis was resolved by Haihan invisibly, and Portugal's influence in the Malacca Strait region has been extended for a long time-it was not until Sing Tao sent troops to control the islands at the northern end of the Malacca Strait not long ago that this situation There has been a change.
The Johor ambassador jumped out and pointed out that the territory was occupied by Haihan. This is indeed an objective fact, but Schneider has the official diplomatic documents signed in the past as evidence, and there is no longer any territorial dispute between the two countries.
If the validity of the "Sing Tao Treaty" is denied, then the original armistice agreement must also be denied, and one of the consequences caused by this is that the two countries will automatically return to a state of war.
Even if the Johor ambassador had a hundred dissatisfaction with Schneider, he did not dare to respond at this time. Otherwise, if Haihan thinks that the armistice agreement is invalid, wouldn't that give the other party a reason to start a war again?The pot was too heavy, he couldn't even carry it on his back.
Schneider didn't get ahead. He stared at the Johor ambassador and said, "I think your Excellency must have not considered this issue clearly and got involved in a moment of confusion. In fact, there are no issues listed in the petition between our two countries. Bar?"
The Johor ambassador hesitated for a while, and finally nodded reluctantly, agreeing with Schneider's statement.
Schneider smiled slightly, and immediately turned his gun to the Siamese ambassador.
In fact, Haihan and Siam have no experience of direct confrontation on the battlefield, but the relationship between the two countries is very subtle, not hostile, but definitely not friendly.That's because Siam and Annan had a long history of fighting, and Annan was backed by Haihan, which made Siam very passive on the battlefield.
In the early years, Annan even handed over a considerable number of Siamese prisoners of war to Haihan in exchange for weapons and equipment.Almost all of these prisoners of war were later sent to mines and various construction sites as cheap slave labor, and only a handful of them were able to return to Siam safely.
In view of such a history, it is of course difficult for Siam to maintain a friendly attitude towards Haihan, but because of Haihan's military strength, no matter how much he refuses to accept it, he can only swallow the losses he suffered in the past.
But some time ago, Haihan directly sent troops to occupy the islands belonging to Siam in the northern part of the Strait of Malacca without saying hello to Siam in the name of suppressing pirates. This also made Siam angry again, thinking that this was extremely serious provocative behavior.
Before today's meeting, the Siamese embassy had already lodged a protest to Hai Han, asking Hai Han's army to withdraw from the illegally occupied Phuket Island.However, this protest did not receive a positive response from Haihan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs only claimed that the suppression of bandits was not over yet, and the withdrawal of troops had to wait for the right time.
In fact, Haihan sent troops to occupy not only Phuket Island, but also two islands, Langkawi and Penang, which belonged to Kedah.
However, Kedah's national strength is weak, surrounded by powerful countries, even if they make a noise, no one will respond, let alone dare to offend the mighty Haihan.Otherwise, once Haihan became angry, not only the two islands would be occupied, but the entire territory of Kedah.
So even when Schneider asked the envoys of various countries to raise their hands just now, the ambassador of Kedah hesitated for a long time, but finally did not dare to make such a move.
"Our country and Siam have always maintained good diplomatic relations. The dispute Mr. Basong refers to should refer to the island in Phang Nga Province in the south of your country?"
After receiving affirmation from the other party, Schneider continued: "As we all know, last year the northern waters of the Strait of Malacca were very uneven. There were armed pirate groups robbing passing merchant ships there. I believe that the countries where you are located have also been affected to some extent."
"In order to protect the safety of the sea lanes, our country sent troops to eradicate pirates. During this process, we found several pirate lairs distributed on various islands. Of course, we must do our best to eliminate evil and completely eradicate their roots."
"At present, the anti-bandit operation on the island is still in progress. In order to ensure that the pirates will not resurface, our country is indeed considering stationing troops there for a long time. But this is to maintain regional security and does not require donations from neighboring countries. , all costs will be borne by our country itself.”
"Our country doesn't expect anyone to be grateful, but for those who express their opposition to this, we can't help but wonder what their motives are. After all, this group of pirates with thousands of people and armed fleets is suddenly in that place It came out, and how to grasp the information of the passing merchant ships, this remains to be further investigated.”
"I think the rampant behavior of these pirates is probably because they have received asylum from certain countries, and they may even be the mastermind behind it!"
How could the Siamese ambassador, Bassong, tolerate Schneider's slander, and hurriedly declared that Siam also hated pirates, and would never condone and condone the existence of pirates.
Schneider sneered and said: "Really? I don't know if this group of pirates are too clever, or the Siamese are very lucky. Among the pirate robberies that can be verified so far, it seems that no ships of the Siamese country have been attacked. Bar?"