Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1156 Seizing the Day and Night ([-])

"Open the way!" Captain Xiao Baitu of the Xinke Army waved his hand, and hundreds of soldiers from the Eight Banners of the island, who acted as the vanguard, set out on the road dejectedly carrying their spears.

A heavy rain had just ended in the field, which made the ground look quite muddy.However, in the eyes of the people on the east coast who are marching hard, this little difficulty is nothing.

The strong northwesterly wind is blowing again with a large cloud of raindrops, which is the case this season. The anticyclone from the Indian Ocean retreats to the south and its influence weakens. The strength of the trade winds decreases and the instability increases.At the same time, the southward movement of the equatorial air mass and the expansion of certain low-pressure belts to Mozambique and Xinhuaxia Island brought the so-called summer "monsoon" of westerly-northern winds to the west and north of the islands.

The season is thus characterized by an instability caused by the alternation of the two wind systems, which is felt even in a single day.Especially when the wind blows from the west, it can almost cause a storm, and its most violent time is often at night; while when the wind blows from the high ground (usually southeast wind), the weather is clear, but the sunshine is strong , strong evaporation, and its heat is far more than other parts of the island.

This is the climate of the Daqing Basin in the western half of Xinhua Island. During the hot season, it is so ecstasy, so frightening!No, Xiaobaitu's troops marching from Beiping Fort to the Qilibishina River just lost almost all their supplies due to the bad weather-a number of medium-sized fishing boats from Mianhe Port originally planned to sail It anchored at the mouth of the Qilibixina River, and then handed over a large amount of supplies to Xiaobaitu's troops. Unfortunately, this small fleet was wiped out in the Mozambique Strait due to bad weather, and Xiaobaitu also I just got the news from a surviving sailor, and this undoubtedly made all the soldiers, including him, extremely frustrated.

But even though most of the supplies were lost, Xiao Baitu didn't intend to stop marching immediately.On the one hand, he sent people to Mianhe Port to organize the second batch of supplies, and on the other hand, he ordered the Eight Banners of the island to continue to search along the Tsilibishna River. Quite resolute.

The city was ruled by Chimara Donna, who had established himself as the new king of the Boyla Kingdom in Mahajanga. There were more than [-] people stationed there, but most of them used cold weapons, not a single arquebus.The reason for this situation is mainly because the Second Fleet of the East Coast Navy stepped up its inspections in the Mozambique Strait, and external intervention forces (mainly Britain, France, Portugal, etc., but it does not rule out that Dutch businessmen sell firearms to They) have greatly increased the difficulty of doing business with them, which makes Qima Dongna pay more attention to the stock muskets on hand than ever before. After all, there is no need to replenish these guns. If one is broken, one will be missing, which is very precious Therefore, the more than [-] musketeers under his command are now mostly concentrated in the Mazhenga suppression area, temporarily unable to take care of the periphery.

As for his eldest brother, Marlon Garrifo, he took the remnants of the Manab Kingdom and a large number of troops to swear an oath on the banks of the Sophie River in the north of Majunga, and then went up the river, along the low river valley to the north. Marching east, relying on its powerful combat power to conquer a large number of local tribes along the way.At present, its vanguard has appeared at the source of the Sofia River, and it is very close to Antongil Bay, and basically has breathed the humid air of the east coast-but the future of the Kingdom of Manab is likely to be That's all, they are in this embarrassing position, facing the challenge of the Bezimi Saraka people in the east, and the threat of the Melina people in the south (the Melina people on the Central Plains have not yet unified) However, in the future, the north may also encounter attacks from the Eight Banners of the islands on the east coast, and life is destined to be difficult.

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After walking for a day, on April 4, the army arrived at the outskirts of Qilibishina City. The Eight Banners of the island, which served as the vanguard, fought against the enemy. With the help of superior troops, they won a small victory and returned by beheading more than thirty levels. The Sakarava people also took advantage of the situation and retreated into the city of Qiribishina, which is a mixed civil-engineering structure.

"The remnants of the Manab Kingdom are now divided into two. One occupies the northwest of Xinhuaxia Island, and the other plans to develop to the northeast. Our goal is to seize the opportunity to defeat the Boyla Kingdom, which is not stable, that is, Qimala East Nasuo. This guy just broke through the city of Marenga, and all the wealth accumulated in the local area for hundreds of years fell into his hands. As the saying goes, money touches people's hearts. How about just going to make a fortune?" Looking at the meager supplies carried by the camel caravan, Xiao Baitu felt that he had to come out to boost morale: "Of course, now that the navy has blocked the entire strait, these The natives of Sakarawa are unable to escape, so we are not in a hurry to kill Mazhenga and wring off the dog's head of Chimara Dongna. Since the superior asked us to be more steady and steady, then let's follow this Help the natives play a game. Gentlemen, I intend to capture the city of Qilibishina, which is close at hand, and pull out the first nail going north, do you have confidence?"

"Wan Sheng!" Bingtaro, the "Trust", responded immediately with his officers, followed by Zhai Xiaoshan's troops, and finally the Polish, Ottoman, and Island Eight Banners who responded a little slower.

After simple military mobilization, it's time to fight!This is no trick, because the supply ship sank at sea, Xiao Baitu ordered to take out the only four cannons and some ammunition, and cooperated with the island's Eight Banners native soldiers to launch a fierce attack on Qiribishina City.

Under the command of the officers, six or seven hundred soldiers from the Eight Banners of the island, armed with cold weapons such as spears, machetes, bows and arrows, and holding a bright red flag, screamed and rushed towards the city wall that was no higher than one person. The two Malay tribes who were perhaps brothers a thousand years ago are now their own masters, each holding a weapon and ruthlessly greeted their own blood compatriots. The scene was extremely bloody and cruel. Casualties on both sides is also increasing sharply.

However, it may be due to the lack of troops, or the lack of energy. After the Eight Banners of the Island attacked and fought under the city wall for a while, they were repulsed back irresistibly.Even, a brave Sakarava general rushed out from the gate of the city with a large group of warriors, chasing the retreating island soldiers of the Eight Banners - but he quickly paid for his frivolous behavior For the price, Xiao Baitu ordered the artillerymen to replace all four cannons with explosive bombs and shoot them into the air above the battlefield where the enemy and us were in a mess. Both the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the island and the people of Sakarawa suffered heavy casualties at this moment. The enemy general seemed to have been hit in the head by a flying iron nail, and fell down unwillingly.

"Let you pretend to be aggressive." Xiao Baitu murmured in a low voice, and then walked to the front of the battle, watching Bingtaro and others slowly gather up the retreating island soldiers of the Eight Banners.He didn't lose his temper, but quietly looked at the panicked servants. After a long while, he said weakly: "Change another group of soldiers and continue to attack."

This time the generals of the local soldiers were more cautious. When they rushed under the city wall, they did not swarm up to attack fiercely. Instead, they formed a small group of hundreds of people and cooperated with each other quite methodically.At the same time, the artillerymen on the east bank were also asked to push up the four artillery pieces that had not enough ammunition to provide fire support for them. In this way, the battle went much smoother.

At the critical moment of the fight, the people on the east bank decisively invested nearly a thousand Polish and Ottoman musketeers, broke through the front line of the Sakarawa people in one fell swoop, and quickly expanded it with the cooperation of the island's Eight Banners soldiers, and then completely attacked the In the city, the overall situation is now settled!

The battle finally ended at nightfall. The more than 3000 Sakaravatus guarding the city died in battle, nearly 800 people were killed, 1000 were captured, and more than [-] people fled overnight. The people on the east coast did not pursue, but let themselves go. go.After the enemy withdrew, the city of Qiribishna, which was in a mess, was not completely stabilized until the next afternoon. After the remaining resistance elements were cleared, the population and wealth of the city were almost wiped out. There are still six or seven thousand, the number of hump cattle is four to fifty thousand, and there are also a lot of grain reserves. Xiao Baitu and others who have finished counting are relieved, and their hard work is finally not in vain.

"Send a message to Xinhua Port..." Sitting on a chair inlaid with a large number of precious stones, Xiao Baitu narrated to his adjutant: "Our department conquered Qilibhi, the military town of the Sakarawa natives after a fierce battle. In Nacheng, more than [-] enemies were killed, wounded, and captured. The whole army rejoiced. The battle in the western part of the island may turn into a better situation. The entire Daqing Basin is close at hand. However, the Daqing Basin runs through thousands of miles, and it is not easy to defend. There are no people in the wild. I am afraid that the enemy will attack me, so I ask the leader of the pioneering team to quickly send some new immigrants to the new occupied area. After a few years of operation, I can counterattack and attack the enemy at any time. In the future, I will destroy the chiefdom and open Expansion of territory is not a problem... I respectfully invite Xiao Baitu, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, to submit my request."

It is said that since they planned to test the immigration route through Malacca, the people on the East Coast have launched substantive actions last winter: two special immigration ships of the "Sprint Champion" class set off from Jiaozhou Port, Shandong, and were fully loaded with more than 1600 immigrants from Shandong (large Some of them were officers and soldiers of the Qing army captured in the tug-of-war over the years), after docking in Ningbo, Malacca, and Galle, they followed the counterclockwise circulation of the North Indian Ocean in winter and spring and sailed directly to Xinhua Port, and arrived in early March this year. The entire voyage lasted more than three months.

Currently, two immigrant ships are undergoing maintenance in Xinhua Port, while waiting for the arrival of summer in the northern hemisphere, preparing to follow the clockwise circulation of the North Indian Ocean in summer (the southeast wind is formed by the deflection force of the earth after crossing the equator, and the current in the North Indian Ocean also From counterclockwise to clockwise) return to Ningbo.

Xiao Baitu's idea at this time is to transport more than 1000 Shandong immigrants to the newly occupied Qilibishina City—by the way, he just gave it a new name, Qingyang, to celebrate the victory At the same time, because the city is on the north bank of the Great River, it got its name—he believed that as long as these more than 1000 immigrants were transported here, they would use the old farmland of the local natives for reclamation (what? You ask the local [-] or [-] natives how Deal with it? Of course, send them to the plantation to "work"), and it will take about a year or two to initially control this place, and then use this as a base to go north and continue to approach the city of Mahajanga.

(End of this chapter)