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The envoy landed in a small boat, revealed his identity, and was immediately invited into the city by Zheng Yongshou.

The envoy asked, "Where did the Dutch go?"

Zheng Yongshou said, "To the east."

"Farewell!" The messenger turned and left.

Zheng Yongshou quickly said: "Your Excellency, wait a moment. I will establish myself as the governor. Semarang is willing to submit to the Celestial Dynasty. Please help me pass the news."

"I know, you guard the city and don't let the Dutch break the city." The messenger left in a hurry.

Zheng Yongshou finally showed a smile on his face. The governor told the court that what he really wanted to be was the sultan.There are quite a few city-state sultanates in Nanyang, and he has no plans to expand his territory. He only needs to own Semarang and surrounding villages and towns, because the living space of the Han people is only so large.

Although the Han people in Semarang believe in the Green Religion, they belong to the improved Green Religion.They still keep the tradition of worshiping ancestors, insist on offering sacrifices to Zheng He, and at the same time keep the belief in Mazu.In addition, there are academies and righteous schools, which teach Confucianism.They even mixed Buddhism into it, believing in reincarnation and reincarnation.

What kind of religion is this?

The Chinese fleet did not continue to pursue, but returned to the waters near Batavia.No matter where the Dutch fleet goes, it will go there to support, just wait and see.

But it is said that the Dutch fleet, after leaving Semarang, went straight to Surabaya Port (Surabaya).

Just by hearing the name "Sishui", one knows that there must be Han Chinese.

When Zheng He sailed to the West, according to the Javanese name, it was transliterated as "Sulu Mayi".There are more and more Han people living here, and they feel that the place name is too difficult to pronounce, so they shorten it to "Silimu".Because the port is connected to a river, the intellectuals among the Han people simply named the river Sishui and the city Sishui City and Sishui Port.

The Dutch fleet sailed here, and Balthazar Burt looked at the banner above the city, and fell into despair again in an instant.

The Javanese landlords and nobles, religious leaders and the Han people in Surabaya have joined forces to capture the city.The Europeans and officials sent by the Sudan were slaughtered by the rebels.They couldn't stand the rule of the sultan, the tax was too high, and they couldn't stand the Dutch preaching everywhere.

The Dutch fleet could only continue eastward, and soon came to the waters off Bali.

Can't beat the ports of Semarang and Surabaya, and can't beat the natives of Bali?

The Dutch fleet bombarded the royal city crazily. The Dutch army landed with Indian soldiers and captured the city within two hours. The Sultan fled with the royal family and his relatives in a hurry.

After some burning, killing and looting, some fresh water and food were obtained, and the Dutch fleet circled to Batavia from the south coast of Java Island.

Halfway through the waters of the Banten Kingdom, the Banten Navy did not dare to resist, allowing the Dutch fleet to pass swaggeringly.However, the Dutch reinforcements did not dare to land near Batavia. The fleet sailed close to the coast, and the army was disembarked dozens of miles in advance, and went all the way to support the governor.

"My lord, Bandan bandits are burning and killing people everywhere in the countryside!"

Outside the city of Batavia, Liu Hanyi received an unexpected message.

The Wandan Kingdom, which has been accepted by China as a vassal, not only did not send troops to help, but instead took the opportunity to plunder Han Chinese farms.This was often done before. Han landlords provided food for the Netherlands, and it was normal for Bandan to plunder Han farms, but it is different now.

There is no way to hold them accountable afterwards. Even if China pursues the investigation, Banten Sultan can still blame the thieves, saying that it was not the regular army who looted the Han farms.

The battle was messed up, and the Netherlands' vassal state, Ma Dalan, was fighting a civil war everywhere.And China's vassal state, Wandan, came to take advantage of the fire to rob the manors of the Han people, and they didn't know how to write the word "dead".

After discussing with Tie Hong, Liu Hanyi said to Zhang Xianzhong: "You take people to drive away the Wandan bandits!"

Zhang Xianzhong immediately led his troops to rush there. After marching for about [-] miles, he saw a large area of ​​farmland burned, and some Wandan bandits were chasing livestock.

"kill!"

These Bandan robbers, in groups of three to fifty, scattered across the countryside to rob things.

Since the Han people are helping to besiege the city, the rest are old, weak, women, children and slaves.They were no match for the Bandan bandits at all, so they could only choose to run away, which made the bandits even more unscrupulous, and they didn't even bother to send people to guard.

Zhang Xianzhong gave an order, and four hundred ronin drew their swords and rushed out, running as fast as they could.

The local Han rebels under his command, in order to protect their homeland, also charged wildly, and did not lag behind those ronin.

Only the peasants and soldiers brought by Zhang Xianzhong from Taiwan, in groups of five and ten, maintained their organizational system and were not as messy as other rebels.

The same is true in wars. The ronin and the local Han people rely on blood and bravery, while the Taiwanese peasants and soldiers know how to cooperate with each other.

Zhang Xianzhong was too lazy to do it himself, and more than 20 robbers were killed in front of him.He simply divided his troops into three teams, one to the west, one to the south, and one to the east, chasing and killing the scattered robbers.

"The end of the hero, grandpa, what bastard am I fighting with?" Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

After two full days of hunting, all the troops regrouped and assembled. Two local Han people were killed, and no one else was killed in battle.As for those Wandan robbers, more than [-] were beheaded and killed, and the rest left behind the looted goods and fled.

Zhang Xianzhong withdrew his troops and rushed back to Batavia, continuing to follow the siege.

The food in the city is getting less and less, and it will bottom out in a few days.But the castle of the Dutch refused to take out a single grain of rice.

Suddenly, a wolf smoke ignited in the west, and the sentries discovered the Dutch reinforcements coming on foot.

Tie Hong ordered: "Johor soldiers will continue to garrison the south of the city, and all the Datong troops will be moved to the southwest of the city. Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang will lead the rebel army to the west of the city. Remember, don't let the enemy's reinforcements enter the city. If there are many reinforcements, lead them to the southwest of the city. , I will lead the army to intercept and outflank."

Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang cheered up, they finally had a decent fight.

Governor Rainiers, after seeing the wolf smoke, also realized that Indian reinforcements were coming.He was very entangled in this, whether he should continue to stick to it, or cooperate with the friendly army to fight out of the city.

Commander Clapp was called to discuss, and Clapp said: "With [-] troops, you can defend the castle. The rest of the army, take the militia out of the city to fight. The number of enemies is not very large, and it may be possible to win with reinforcements. Once defeated, Immediately retreat to the castle. Even if you don’t go out of the city to fight, the food in the city is not enough to eat. Those Javanese, Indians and Arabs will give up sooner or later. It’s better to let them go out of the city to fight the Chinese, causing more casualties to the Chinese army .”

"Okay, let's fight like this, I will stay in the castle." Rainiers immediately agreed.

Even if the troops outside died, he led [-] soldiers to defend the castle, and he could defend the castle for a year or two until the food ran out.

Both inside and outside the city are mobilizing troops.

The hot air balloon rose again to observe the movement trajectory of the Dutch army.

Zhang Xianzhong, who was leading troops to the west of the city, saw movement in the city, and immediately ran to Tie Hong himself: "General Tie, if you can't fight during the day, you can attack the city at night tonight."

Tie Hong didn't want to understand: "Why did you seize the city tonight?"

Zhang Xianzhong explained: "When the enemy's reinforcements arrived, they thought about how to cooperate with each other and thought our goal was to fight for reinforcements. They certainly didn't expect us to attack and seize the city at night. Tonight's city walls must be the most lax!"

Tie Hong scratched his head, after a long time he finally cleared his mind, nodded and said, "Then take the city tonight."

Zhang Xianzhong continued: "We can make a noise in the west of the city first, pretending that we are fighting the enemy's reinforcements in the west of the city. The attention of the defenders in the city will be attracted to the west of the city, and they may even go out of the city to help. At this time, we will quietly ambush our troops. In the east of the city. The east of the city is the most difficult to attack, with the most gates, enemy towers, and fortresses. It is absolutely impossible for us to attack the city from there!"

Tie Hong said convincingly: "You are still good at fighting, you are worthy of being the leader of the bandits."

Chapter 823 [The plan changes again and again]

When Zhang Xianzhong offered his advice, by coincidence, the Dutch were also discussing night operations.

The Netherlands often plays tricks at night, but it is not a bad army, but an elite navy of the Netherlands.

During the Thirty Years' War, the Dutch navy repeatedly raided Spanish ports at night.Later, in the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the Dutch navy repeated its old tricks and also attacked British ports at night many times.As long as the night attack is successful, the merchant ship will be burned if it can be burned. If there are enemy ships in the port, it will make a lot of money.

Including the delivery of reinforcements this time, the Dutch fleet also came at night, docked ahead of time from a long distance, unloaded the army and fled immediately, it was difficult for the Chinese navy to find its trace.

Clapp said to Rainiers: "Your Excellency, our army is too bad to fight effectively at night. However, we can march at night, sneak out of the city from the north of the city, and reach the preset location before dawn."

"Finish your plan." Rainiers nodded.

Clapp said: "The previous army mobilization was just to confuse the enemy and make the enemy misjudge that we will go out of the city tomorrow to fight. Therefore, they will focus on the west of the city and launch a surprise attack when we go out of the city tomorrow. And we can advance the time, in the Dispatch the army in the middle of the night, sneak out from the north of the city, and go west along the coast. It is best to join the reinforcements. If you can’t join the reinforcements, you can lie in ambush in the woods to the west.”

"And then?" Rainiers didn't know much about fighting.

Clapp explained: "Tomorrow, the Javanese, Indian and Arab soldiers will be ordered to swagger out from the west of the city. They will definitely be defeated, and what I need is for them to disperse. The Chinese army will chase and kill the defeated soldiers until they reach the city. At this time, our elite ambushing in the woods will take the opportunity to rush out from behind the Chinese army, and the reinforcements will also cooperate with us in fighting!"

Rainiers said: "What if the Chinese army takes the opportunity to occupy the city?"

Clapp said with a smile: "Even if the Chinese army takes the opportunity to occupy the city, they will not be able to occupy the castle. Moreover, the army they left outside the city will be wiped out by us. At that time, it will be our turn to besiege the city and kill all the people in the city." The Chinese army besieged and starved to death."

Rainiers asked: "What if the Chinese commander is on guard and finds us marching at night?"

"Return to the castle immediately!" Clapp said, "We have the support of the city defense artillery, and the moat has boats to support us. We will definitely be able to withdraw safely. In addition, we can send an army at night to make noise from the south of the city and attract the attention of the enemy. South of the city. Our elite went out from the north of the city and sneaked into the woods at night."

……

In the afternoon of that day, both sides were pretending to deploy troops to make deceptive preparations for the night operation.

The plan of the Dutch was to make noise in the south of the city, and the elite sneaked quietly to the woods in the west.

Zhang Xianzhong's plan was to create a commotion in the west of the city, and the elite sneaked quietly to the east to attack the city.

The biggest difference is that the Dutch Army is too poorly organized to fight at night and can only lurk until tomorrow.And the Chinese army is going to fight at night, and it will never delay the time until tomorrow.

Midnight.

The [-] Dutch Army started to move, went out from the north gate of the eastern half of the city, passed through a vegetable field, and came to the moat of the castle.Then cross the bridge and enter the castle, from the gap in the moat in the north of the castle, quietly came to the seaside, and marched westward along the coast.

But Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang led the [-] ronin, and they acted as early as nightfall.Afraid of being discovered by the Dutch defenders, they headed southeast, circled for several miles, and followed the coast all the way to the east of the city.

"kill!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The Dutch took the lead in bombarding the south of the city. 200 Dutch troops, with more than 1000 Javanese soldiers, rushed out of the south gate without warning.

This situation shocked both Tie Hong and Zhang Xianzhong.

Because the final plan after repeated discussions was to let the Johor soldiers and the Chinese rebels make noise in the west of the city to attract the Dutch.Zhang Xianzhong took people to the east of the city to seize the city, and Tie Hong personally led the Datong army, and cooperated in the attack in the south of the city at a critical moment.

Tie Hong had already quietly lurked a few hundred meters outside the moat in the south of the city, waiting for the friendly troops on the west to create momentum. Unexpectedly, the city wall he was facing suddenly opened fire, and it seemed that some enemy troops came out.

A cannonball flew over Tie Hong's head, and the black buddy exclaimed: "I was discovered by the enemy, attack the city immediately!"

"kill!"

The two thousand Datong army, led by Tie Hong, rushed towards the south moat with ladders and rafts on their shoulders.

Clapp, who was standing at the top of the city, was also frightened, and quickly shouted: "The enemy is attacking at night, blow the trumpet quickly, and let the army in the south of the city come back quickly!"

Liu Hanyi is sitting in the camp, but the specific commander is Tiehong's deputy general Zhan.

Hearing the commotion in the south of the city, Liu Hanyi hurriedly went to Yu Zhan and asked, "The time hasn't come yet, why did General Tie strike ahead of time?"

The Datong Army brought a pocket watch.

It is said to be a pocket watch, but it is actually more like a small clock. The dial is as big as two palms.

According to the plan, when the scheduled time came, the Datong Army artillery in the west direction of the city fired first, and the Han rebels and Johor soldiers shouted together.Zhang Xianzhong in the east of the city heard the movement and immediately crossed the moat to attack the city.And Tie Hong in the south of the city chooses how to fight according to the battle situation.

But now that his own people didn't fire, the enemy army in the city fired first.

Yu Zhan had gathered the remaining Datong army long ago, and he said to Liu Hanyi: "Angels continue to sit in the camp, and I will take people to the west of the city to feint. Relieve the pressure on the friendly forces in the east and south of the city. Blow the horn and shell immediately!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The artillerymen lurking in the west of the city fired immediately when they heard the trumpets.

The Han rebel army led by Su Dingguo and the Johor soldiers led by the prince of Johor immediately lit torches when they heard the sound of friendly artillery, and shouted wildly while lighting the fire.Their combat power is too poor, and that's all there is to it.

Dutch officer Matthews is leading the elite, sneaking westward along the coast.

As we walked, a few shells came.

But the fire was blind. The Chinese artillery was afraid of accidentally injuring friendly troops, so they did not dare to fire at the city wall, and all fired towards the sea.

"Quick retreat, the Chinese have an ambush!"

Matthews was so frightened that he turned around and ran away, not daring to run to the west half of the city, and retreated all the way along the coast to the Dutch Castle.

Clapp stood at the top of the city and could see it clearly. Tens of thousands of torches lit up in the west of the city one after another, and they were rushing towards the moat at a fast speed.He instantly "understood" the Chinese's combat intentions, and said to the herald: "Go back and inform the governor that the Chinese army in the south of the city (Tiehong's Ministry) is only a feint attack, and the Chinese army in the west of the city (the Chinese rebels and Johor soldiers) is the main attack. Let the governor stick to the castle, and I can keep the city wall here!"

As he spoke, Clapp pulled out his command knife: "Indians and Arabs, transfer to the east of the city to prepare for a sneak attack. Java soldiers quickly transfer to the south of the city to defend the feint attacking troops here. Dutch soldiers, follow me to the west of the city to deal with the main force of the Chinese!" "

what's the situation?

Zhang Xianzhong heard the movements in the south and west, but he couldn't figure out what happened.

This guy fights ghosts and ghosts, the more unexpected the accident, the calmer he is, and he didn't attack immediately, but lurked outside the moat and stood still.

Sun Kewang leaned over and touched it, and said in a low voice, "Eight Kings, something is wrong."

"Don't make any noise, listen carefully to the movement." Zhang Xianzhong lay on the ground with his ears firmly attached to the ground.

After listening for a while, Zhang Xianzhong said: "The city is mobilizing troops. It seems that there are fewer defenders on our city wall. You can do it!"

The two gang leaders, dozens of long-standing thieves, and eight hundred Japanese wanderers all had branches in their mouths to prevent anyone from yelling accidentally.

They quietly pushed the planks into the water, carried the long ladder on their shoulders, and sneaked across the moat with the planks.

The Indians and Arabs defending the eastern city wall are not paying attention here at the moment, and they are looking west and south to observe the battle situation.They have no intention of defending the city. Once they find something is wrong, they immediately flee back to their community.

In the west of the city, the Dutch elite who sneaked out of the city have already fled back to the castle in a hurry.But the Chinese rebels and the Johor soldiers, each holding several torches, formed a formation of tens of thousands of people attacking the city in the dark. They roared fiercely but did not cross the river for a long time, and they kept making noise outside the moat.

In the south of the city, Tie Hong, who was in the middle, became the main attack for no reason.

This black buddy's brain is not good, the only advantage is that he dares to work hard.As a normal general, if he encountered this situation, he would definitely order to withdraw his troops. There would be no fighting tonight, but he led his troops to attack the city with all his might.

After Tie Hong led his troops across the river, the two thousand Datong troops carried wooden boards as shields and charged towards the south city wall without hesitation.

Just as Zhang Xianzhong led his army across the moat, Tie Hong was already leading his troops to climb the city wall.

Clapp finally realized something was wrong, and roared: "The west is a feint attack, and the south is the main force. Follow me to support the southern city wall!"

The southern city wall is full of Javanese soldiers and Javanese militiamen, shooting arrows sparsely, and the crowd is crowded and they don't know what they are doing.