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  Chapter 821 818 [The army is dispatched]

  Liu Hanyi knew that General Lu Song was a black man, and seeing him now, he really lived up to his reputation, as black as charcoal.

   "General Tie, thank you!" Liu Hanyi cupped his hands.

Tie Hong also cupped his hands in return: "It's easy to say that they are all serving the country. It just so happens that I have been too busy for a long time. There are 3,000 defenders in Luzon, and 300 will be stationed in Manila, and another 200 will be stationed in Tortoiseshell City. I can take two A thousand men will fight against you."

   "Two thousand people are enough." Liu Hanyi said.

Zhang Huangyan suddenly said: "There are thousands of Japanese vagrants in Luzon, most of them are employed by Han landlords, and they take care of the homes of those landlords. Many of them escaped from Japan alone, and there is no money to marry a wife in Luzon. Indigenous women are wives, and those who have done meritorious service can be given land, these ronin must be eager to join the army, and they don't even need to be paid."

   "That's great!" Like Han Xin, Liu Hanyi sent more troops, the better.

   Zhang Huangyan and Tie Hong stayed in Luzon temporarily to recruit Japanese.

  And Liu Hanyi went to Taiwan to persuade the admirals there in the name of court envoys.

  In fact, Taiwan also has an army stationed there. There are 500 soldiers in Taipei and 500 soldiers in Tainan. They mainly fight against the headhunters in the mountains.

  The rogues Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang have developed into large villages in the valleys between mountains. They can vigorously develop into the mountainous area, lay down a piece of land, and the government will immigrate in, and they can also leave some land for themselves. In order to pay less tax on land, the bandits are crazy about having babies. Zhang Xianzhong alone has 16 children, most of whom are born to local concubines.

  Liu Hanyi walked around Tainan and Taipei, not only succeeded in persuading the navy to dispatch, but also borrowed 200 troops in Taiwan.

  Zhang Xianzhong's eldest brother-in-law, Ding Chang, opened a shop in Taipei County to do fur business. He immediately sent someone to the mountains to report the news. Unwilling to be lonely, Zhang Xianzhong came with hundreds of peasants and soldiers, intending to make military exploits to gain status—he wanted to be the mayor of the town.

"Angel Liu, one-third of my more than a hundred farmers and soldiers are brothers who fought in the Southern and Northern Wars. The remaining two-thirds have also been fighting headhunters all year round. I guarantee that everyone is doing well!" Zhang Xianzhong's chest slapped loudly.

   Liu Hanyi looked at this famous "eight thieves" curiously. It is estimated that he has become a big landlord and his life is relatively moist. Zhang Xianzhong has obviously put on weight.

   But it is still very strong, which can be described as big shoulders and round waist.

  Fei Ruhe is recruiting Li Zicheng's troops in Hetao. Since Li Zicheng can be forgiven, it seems that it is not taboo to use Zhang Xianzhong to fight.

  Liu Hanyi asked: "Why did Village Chief Zhang take the initiative to join the army?"

Zhang Xianzhong laughed and said: "Ming people don't talk dark words. One is that it is boring to fight with the natives, and they want to go to Batavia to play tricks. The other is that they want to make meritorious service and become the mayor. The magistrate and the county magistrate are afraid of trouble, so they dare not let me be the mayor. If you have done meritorious service, please ask the angel to say a few words in front of His Majesty. The third is to consider for your children and grandchildren. Although my children can go to school, they are not qualified to graduate as official examiners, and they are not qualified to serve as officials in the Nanjing Imperial Examination. If I have made meritorious service in this battle, I beg Your Majesty to grant me a place in the imperial examination. The fourth child of my family was born smart, studied in elementary school, and took the first place in the examination every year. If I can pass the imperial examination in the future, it will be beautiful."

  Liu Hanyi couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, the majestic Eight Great Kings are now working hard to be the mayor, and actively challenged for a son's imperial examination.

  In fact, Zhang Xianzhong is very satisfied with his current life.

  He now has a group of wives and concubines, three of whom were brought from Hubei, and the rest of the concubines are all indigenous women. Although he is an aborigine, he is also born beautiful and has a special charm. More than a dozen sons and daughters made Zhang Xianzhong even more proud. His Zhang family was enough to spread branches and leaves in Taiwan and become a rich family.

  He has thousands of acres of land under his name, and most of the land is still paying high stepped taxes. But as long as the children are all adults and the land property is shared equally among the children, those step taxes can be exempted, which is nothing more than the household registration of more than ten people.

  Zhang Xianzhong's current ideal is to have more children, let the children have more children, and then continue to open up the mountains and forests. In a few decades, the Zhang family will have thousands of acres of land!

  If the son can take the imperial examination and become an official, and has contacts in the court, then of course it would be great.

  Liu Hanyi smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang is dedicated to serving the country. How can I refuse? Wait for the Luzon army to set off together."

  Liu Hanyi continued to go to Guangdong by boat, persuaded the navy there to send out several warships, and then went to Palembang and Malacca. But Zhang Xianzhong sent people south to call Sun Kewang, who was waiting for orders with more than 80 peasants and soldiers.

  Liu Hanyi made an appointment with various armies and kept gathering along the way. Now the troops are gathering in Guangzhou, and then they will go south to Palembang collectively.

  The Malacca army will also be waiting in Palembang.

  Palembang is only 900 miles away from Batavia by sea, and it can be reached in a blink of an eye by boat, like a sharp sword reaching the throat of the Dutch.

  Liu Hanyi arrived in Malacca by boat, and not only borrowed two warships and a hundred troops, but also learned the latest news about the Dutch fleet.

  After the Dutch occupied Nanbawa, they went to attack Sukadana and forced the Sudan of the country to surrender.

   Today's Kalimantan Island, Brunei, Sulu and Sanfa Sultanate are vassal states of China. The Nanbawa, Sukardana, and Machen Sultanates are vassal states of the Netherlands.

   There is also a landak sultanate that is most suitable for farming and has a natural harbor, but it still maintains an independent state. The Dutch didn't like it at all, because they could only cultivate land, and the production of spices was not much, so they couldn't get much money from hunting.

  After the situation stabilized, the Netherlands left part of the army to guard the gold mine, and the rest of the troops returned. There are also two ships, transporting hundreds of troops, to Ceylon to replenish the castle's troops, in case the Portuguese come back, and at the same time to replenish food for the Ceylon castle.

  At present, half of the troops of the Dutch East India Company are stationed on the east coast of India and Ceylon, half are stationed in Batavia, and there are sporadic troops distributed on small islands rich in spices.

  Liu Hanyi immediately came to Palembang, and soon met Governor Kuang Hong, and Governor Wu Liangfu of the Governor's Mansion.

   Wu Liangfu, the **** who killed Dayuer and Shunzhi, was promoted by Zhao Hanchao because he voluntarily requested to work overseas. His official position is equivalent to the office director of the Palembang Governor's Office. He was still in Palembang, adopted a Han orphan, and married a wife to continue the incense of the Wu family.

"Palembang can send 100 troops," Kuang Hong said. "The Han people in Palembang can recruit at least 1,000 volunteer soldiers. But it is better not to recruit them. These Han people believe in green religion, and the speed of conversion to Taoism is very slow. Before the large-scale reformation, I will not allow them to serve as soldiers, even if they are volunteers. You can go to Banten Kingdom to recruit servants, and Bandan Kingdom is eager to drive away the Dutch."

Liu Hanyi shook his head and said: "No, the Banten people cannot break through Batavia, so they often plunder the surrounding Han farms. This time the war requires the local Han people to provide food. If the Banten people are recruited as servants, it will definitely trigger the Badavia. The dissatisfaction of the Via Han landlords."

Kuang Hong smiled and came up with an idea: "After encircling Batavia, one or two hundred troops can be sent to the Burianan (Bandung) area to incite the Matalan nobles there to rebel. The last time the Netherlands helped the Matalan Sultan In return, Brian'an has been ceded to the Netherlands. There are Dutch castles there, which are relatively rudimentary. It is said that there are only dozens of garrisons. The Netherlands is preaching everywhere in the Brian'an area, and missionaries have also invaded a large number of lands. The aristocratic landowners were very resistant."

Liu Hanyi clapped her hands and praised: "As long as we confirm that we have surrounded Batavia, the noble landlords of Matalan in Brian'an will definitely raise troops again. They don't need their help to attack Batavia. After these people rebel, the flames of war will move toward Spreading to the east, the entire Matalam will be ruled by the rebels. In this way, Batavia is surrounded by the deadly enemy Banten Kingdom to the west, and the Matalan Kingdom full of rebels to the east. Batavia has become a completely isolated city , we can be assured of a bold siege, and we don’t need to send additional people to the coast to instigate.”

  For the sake of safety, Liu Hanyi still went to the neighboring country of Johor to borrow 1,500 Johor soldiers with worrying combat effectiveness.

  Two months later, the various armies converged in Palembang.

  More than 40 large and small ships, 2,000 Luzon Army, 800 Japanese Ronin, 200 Taiwan Army, 220 Taiwan Farmers, 100 Malacca Army, 100 Palembang Army, and 1,500 Johor soldiers. The total strength of the army reached 4920 people.

  In the Netherlands, there are more than 20 large and small ships and more than 1,200 Dutch troops.

  However, Batavia has more than 2,000 Dutch and mixed Dutch civilians, and it should be possible to temporarily recruit thousands of militiamen. In addition, there are slaves, who can also temporarily form an army. There are also more than 2,000 indigenous servants who can be pulled into the battlefield to fight. Counting all the garbage soldiers, the number is about the same as that of the Chinese army.

  In fact, when the navies of Guangdong, Taiwan, and Luzon assembled and marched southward from Guangzhou, they were discovered by the Dutch when they walked near Singapore.

  Governor of Batavia, Carl Rainiers, immediately guessed the target of the Chinese army. While ordering troops from all over Nanyang to assemble, he also temporarily incorporated the merchant ships that had not yet left the port into the naval ranks, and recalled the army guarding the Nanbawa Gold Mine. On the one hand, two merchant ships were dispatched to bypass the southern part of Sumatra and head to India to call for reinforcements.

  At the same time, send envoys to Palembang, hoping to resolve the crisis peacefully.

  The envoy was the writer Neuhof who had dealt with the Datong Army in Malacca and who painted the Nanjing Glazed Pagoda in history and spread it to Europe.

When Neuhoff saw Liu Hanyi, he asked: "The Netherlands and China signed the Treaty of Batavia, and we have a ten-year truce. Why is China sending a large army to Palembang now? China is not keeping its promise to tear up the treaty." ?"

  Liu Hanyi took out the canonized edict and the gold seal of the king of Nanbawa, and angrily said: "Nambawa is already a vassal state of China, and the Netherlands has torn up the treaty by capturing Nanbawa!"

Neuhoff argued: "No, Your Excellency's canonization document has not yet been delivered to Sultan Nanbawa. Before China completed the canonization, Sultan Nanbawa had surrendered to the Netherlands. Now Nanbawa is a vassal state of the Netherlands. We do not The treaty was not broken."

  Liu Hanyi corrected: "King Nanbawa has already presented the letter of credence to China. When the letter of credence was accepted by the emperor of the Datong Dynasty, Nanbawa was already a vassal state of China!"

  Neuhof no longer entangled in this issue: "It seems that this is just a misunderstanding, and there is no need to use force to solve it. The Netherlands can withdraw its troops from Nanbawa. How about the Netherlands and China jointly exploiting the gold mines of Nanbawa?"

   This little Teddy in the Netherlands really wants everything.

  Batavia is about to be attacked by soldiers, and he is still unwilling to hand over the gold mine completely, and wants to jointly develop the gold mine with China.

   Liu Hanyi sneered: "Do you think this will allow me to withdraw troops?"

  Neuhof continued to make concessions: "Since China is unwilling to give up the gold mine, the Netherlands is willing to hand it over and promise not to get involved in the Nanbawa gold mine in the future."

   "I have an army of 30,000 who came from afar, and you want me to go back without letting go of the gun?" Liu Hanyi exaggerated the strength of the troops by six times.

  Neuhof wanted to delay the time, so he said, "Why don't I go back to Batavia first and ask the governor to compensate part of your country's military expenses? Please make a price, how much can I make up for the loss of sending troops?"

   "500,000 taels of silver!" Liu Hanyi said loudly.

  If the Netherlands is really willing to pay so much money, Liu Hanyi will retreat without saying a word, which is enough for him to get a lot of credit.

  (end of this chapter)