Xinshun 1730

Chapter 523 Gunshots in the City of Coconut Grove

As soon as Lian Fuguang left, Valkenier immediately called the officer and ordered the officer to lead 25 Dutch soldiers, plus [-] local soldiers, to arrest Lian Fuguang and the rest of the Lei Zhenlan who reported the "behavior" under the pretext of checking the residence permit. A person who is quite prestigious among the lower-level Chinese.

If you want to have prestige at the bottom, you must at least have a certain industry.In other words, the people who can be known by Lei Zhenlan and Jiapitan and report to them must have some property.

It is impossible for Kapitan to know poor people who do not even pay poll tax.

And in this kind of place where dragons and snakes are mixed, if you just show loyalty and dare to do it, but you don't have a business, you can't be a big brother.

The Dutch were understaffed, so there were quite a few native soldiers.However, the anti-Dutch uprising in Surabadi decades ago, the loyalty of many local soldiers was seriously doubted, and no more manpower could be allocated.

This group of soldiers had just assembled, and at the corner of the city, Lian Jieguang, Lian Fuguang's younger brother, quietly retreated into the shadow, where there was a Chinese man not wearing a black shirt.

"My brother went to the Governor's Mansion today. It is estimated that these people are going to arrest Brother Huaiguan and Brother Ban. Go over and tell them. But let me make it clear that my brother also has difficulties."

"We are doing things outside the city. I'm afraid that people in the city will be implicated. My grandfather was captured here from Penghu by the Dutch. He survived hard labor and accumulated a family fortune for several lifetimes. My brother is also afraid that the family property will be ruined, and he will have no face to see his ancestors after death."

The person who sent the letter nodded, and for Lian Jieguang's sake, he didn't comment on Lian Fuguang's actions.

Knowing that Lian Jieguang wanted to stay in the city and had to do other things, he went out of the city and talked with a Chinese man in a black shirt at a nearby sugar factory. The sugar factory that was waiting for people to gather together rushed away.

In the sugar factory, everyone who got the news was also excited.Since there are not many people coming, it is possible to make a vote.

The group of people gathered in the sugar factory is divided into two groups as a whole.One group is people from the imperial court and Lian Huai Guan; the other group is from Huang Ban.

In addition to training quietly these days, they are discussing what to do after they start working.

Although Lian Huaiguan said that the imperial court is different now, and they can fight Japan because of Ryukyu, the imperial court will not ignore them these days.

But Huang Ban was also skeptical in his heart, and didn't trust the court too much.

The leader sent by the Privy Council here is nicknamed Niu Er, not his real name.He is an old man of Jinghai Palace in Taixing for 11 years, and one of the earliest batches of students.

Since Liu Yu resigned from the Navy, he has been involved in various affairs of the Privy Council before he was formally appointed Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council, and has also given strategic guidance to the people on Batavia's side.

At that time, there were also two plans, one was that the imperial court decided to interfere, and the other was that there were disputes within the imperial court and ignored.

Niu Er received Liu Yu's letter and the Privy Council's secret letter, to the effect that although the imperial court did not want the Batavia incident to erupt now, the time had not yet come.

But such things as rebel soldiers were never something that could be pulled up by a few people, but were forced out by the Dutch. When that day really came, they would not be able to catch them without a fight and wait for their heads to be chopped off.

But it is best to keep things under control, and it is best to be prepared to compromise and negotiate.

Therefore, Niu Er adhered to the strategic thinking of the Privy Council and decided to move south after one vote to ambush the Dutch pursuit troops.

Once the ambush is successful, retreat southward to the Gede Volcano area, gather the mountains and forests there, recruit the troops, try to offset the Dutch's weapon advantage as much as possible, and at the same time pose enough threats to Batavia, as long as the court arrives it is good.

According to the stories Liu Yu told him, slaves, volcanoes, resistance... Niu Er felt that he was going to be Spartacus.

Niu Er was born in an academic class, had seen the regular army, and knew that the difference between the regular army and the rebels was not just weapons.

Although there are volcanoes and slaves, the rebels are not gladiators after all, and there is not a group of Thracians who want to "go home". Instead, the "Thraces" here think that "he can replace them", I don't want to go back to my hometown at all.

Regarding the attack on Batavia, I think it is completely whimsical.

The Privy Council also had a similar meaning, and Liu Yu, who had received superficial rebellion studies since childhood, directly ordered to retreat to the volcanic area to the south, relying there to delay time.

The slogan is: abolish poll tax, abolish the Batavia land law, abolish the tribute system, so as to win more support from the Chinese and local people.

At the same time, without overly touching the fragile nerves of the Dutch, the beneficiaries of this uprising can be expanded from the Chinese to a large number of low-level people around Batavia.

Of course, the most critical point here is to be sure that the court will not sell them, and that the court will definitely intervene, otherwise Gede Volcano is too close to Batavia, and the Dutch will definitely be on pins and needles, and they must be encircling and suppressing them with all their strength.If there is no external support, it is bound to fail.

Huang Ban, on the other hand, was overly optimistic about this uprising, thinking that "the Dutch are oppressed deeply, as long as the rebels are together, they will definitely win the battle."

Although Batavia is indeed difficult to play, he admits this.But I don't think that after ambushing the Dutch, they will retreat to the Gede Volcano area. The reason is the same as the reason why the Privy Council wanted them to retreat to the Gede Volcano. The Dutch will not ignore the location of Davia's summer resort.

So after the fight, you should go east.

In Danmu, Semarang and other places in the east, there are also many Chinese, the foundation is better, and it is farther away from Batavia, so there is more room for maneuver.

And the Sultan of the Mataram Kingdom over there knew Huang Ban.Huang Ban's father used to be a taxpayer in the Sultanate of Mataram.The Sultanate of Mataram has also always been dissatisfied with the rule of the Dutch. It retreated to the east and united with the Chinese in Tammu, Semarang, Cirebon, Surabaya and other places to resist the rule of the Dutch together with the Sultanate of Mataram.

Niu Er on the side of the Privy Council also knew in his heart that Huang Ban's strategy was more correct when he didn't know that the imperial court would definitely interfere, or that the imperial court's purpose was not to overthrow the Dutch rule now.

After all, Niu Er and others represent the interests of the imperial court and their long-term goals.In the short term, it is not consistent with the short-term interests of the local bottom-level Chinese.

The appeal of the Chinese is not to go to Ceylon to do hard labor.However, the imperial court hopes that the Chinese will disperse and take root. In the future, as soon as the imperial army arrives, they can directly rule, saving the step of immigration.

But the timing is premature, and the Mataram Sultanate is not a reliable ally.At such an immature timing, it is not a wise choice to instigate the Chinese uprising on the entire Java Island.

As far as the navy is concerned, at least until Japan's compensation is in place, and the plan is to spend millions of dollars on the navy to produce seven or eight 74-gun battleships, the time will really come.

According to private discussions within the navy, the time to go to Nanyang is still short of 500 million taels of silver military expenditure.

People on both sides have been arguing for a few days, and with the news that a small group of Dutch soldiers went out of the city to arrest people, this unresolved debate stopped.

"Bang brother, let's not argue about this matter first. Follow what I said first, get a vote from the red-haired ghosts, and then ambush them. After that, we have plenty of time. Go east to Surabaya, Semarang; Or go south to Gede Volcano, we will discuss it at that time. It is not the time to discuss this at this time."

Huang Ban also nodded and said: "That's right. I'll talk about it when the time comes. Brother Niu, I can't trust me if it's not a brother. It's just that you don't tell the truth. I think you are not an ordinary person who goes to Nanyang. I am not only the brothers under my command, but also many brothers in Cirebon, Semarang and other places in the east. Brother Niu is not telling the truth, and I have to be responsible to the brothers behind me.”

Niu Er smiled and said nothing, it was a tacit agreement.Indeed, the means of these people are quite different from those of the reckless people in the world, which can be seen from the training and shooting.

"I'll talk about this matter later. Let's get rid of this wave of red-haired ghosts first. I think the Dutch are used to walking sideways here. They would never think that we would dare to shoot first. The brothers just don't know how to form a field battle." , I just crouched in the woods and ambushed a wave. When the time comes, catch a few Dutchmen and hold them hostage, and let the Dutchmen throw their hands at you.”

"I'm afraid that the Dutch will divide and rule, and blame the people in the city for our rebellion. Then the Chinese in the city will blame us instead."

Huang Ban snorted and said, "The group of people in the city, if they don't blame us, they will never blame us. They have also suffered. How can they not know that red-haired ghosts are evil?"

"It's our fault, even if we don't do anything, we will blame it. But since Brother Niu said so, then do so."

After deliberation, they decided to actively ambush this wave of Dutchmen near a coconut grove a section of the road from the sugar factory.

There are both staff members and emperor's personal army backgrounds. They are very familiar with such things as fighting, so they chose their positions early.

Niu Er took Zhang Sanbiao and a few others to prepare for the dismantling of the sugar factory, deliberately shaking some letters in English to some inconspicuous places, and intentionally left a gunpowder loaded with lead bullets and then gunpowder. Waste brown bass gun.

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The Dutchman who led the team led two Chinese who had seen Lian Huaiguan, Huang Ban and others, and headed towards the sugar factory that was reported as "suspicious people often haunt".

Ten Balinese soldiers were in front, followed by a small detachment of Dutch soldiers.

It was very close to Batavia, and the soldiers walked very loosely, not worrying that anyone would harm them.

Although there was an accident when people were arrested at the sugar factory last time, the Chinese who caused the trouble did not dare to take the initiative to attack. It was the conflict caused by the Dutch who led the team asking for bribes and then beating people.They never expected to be attacked near Batavia.

In the woods, there were not many people who attacked with guns. Except for the veterans from the imperial court, there were only seven or eight reckless people.

Niu Er knows that when there are too many people, especially those who have not been trained, one more person will lead to more chaos.

Simply let the remaining people lurk behind, shoot and attack in front, and then go to arrest people.

Waiting for the arrogant Dutchman to enter the ambush circle, Niu Er let go of the Balinese soldiers in front, and pointed the brown bass in his hand at a person behind the officer in the team. live in order to be a hostage threat.

Brown Beth's muzzle protruded from behind the tree. Niu Er couldn't help thinking of the fighting methods of the North American Indians that Liu Yu had said, and thought that this was almost the same. There was no difference between this group of people and the group of American Indians. It is impossible to fight in formation.

boom……

He fired the first shot, and there was a burst of gunshots in the coconut grove.The gunfire in the coconut grove was the first shot of the Chinese armed forces in the Dutch colony to resist the colonial rule.

It's just different from those stories to show justice, no one stood up to reason, and there was no "don't shoot before the enemy shoots; but if the enemy insists on imposing war on us, then , let the war begin here".

On the contrary, without further ado, he fired directly from the woods, all aiming at the head.

(End of this chapter)