Section 453 Countermeasures of the Banten people

Yesterday, Admiral Adi Ben said, "This matter must be considered in the long run," which caused ridicule.

When everyone saw him tonight, their faces were full of scorn, and no one laughed at him for avoiding a fight.

Feng Shui takes turns, and the army commander Ali Khalid who spoke big has aroused everyone's resentment, and he is to blame, if it weren't for his serious BS Chinese, resolutely shouting and beating, causing everyone to miscalculate...... Now he has become synonymous with recklessness and short-sightedness!

People are like this, when they are good, they praise each other as a flower, and when they are bad, they blame him for everything, and they don't want to think about how they could pass yesterday's court meeting if they didn't approve of him.

It's useless to complain about him, wondering what to do?

In front of everyone is nothing more than two ways, one is to continue fighting, the problem is that the other side has such a powerful fleet, it is difficult to beat them at sea, and if they are landed, I am afraid that the Chinese army will not be easy to deal with!

After being bombarded by the Chinese fleet for a day, it seemed that the ears were still roaring, and everyone went from one extreme to the other, that is, they feared the enemy like a tiger.

No one speaks, but they hope that others will say what they want to say --- make peace!

It's all too smart, and it's cold.

If anyone talks about peace first, they are afraid to say to everyone: "Very good, you can go!" "If you are assigned to send an envoy to the southeastern army to negotiate with them, if you give them less benefits, the other party is not satisfied, and if you give more benefits, you will become a traitor, why bother!

Aziz Muhammad, sitting on the throne, was so anxious that he couldn't speak!

The country of Banten is unstable, barely maintained, today the other side is bombarded but not attacked, clearly disturbing people's hearts, there is no way to fight back, not only facing foreign enemies difficult, but also in the domestic careerist power faction also has all kinds of excuses, just afraid that the country will not be a country!

In his opinion, the best way is to make peace with the other side immediately, give benefits to the other side, and end the battle as soon as possible.

Otherwise, the other side sends infantry, even if the infantry can win, but their fleet is completely invincible, they do not need to go ashore, just around their own coast, for a long time, the Banten country across the Sunda Strait, that is, the local government of Sumatra, will definitely be independent, half of the country will no longer exist, how to play?

Little Sudan Aziz Mohammed was precocious and intelligent, and he actually thought more clearly than those wine bags and rice bags.

But he could not speak, and if he had shown his wisdom and foresight, he would not be far from death!

Ali Khalid said: "The enemy is strong, we should not fight hard, I propose, abandon the city of Banten!" ”

"We're going to drag them down on land, and if they dare to go ashore, we'll let them know it's great!" The guy is bragging again.

There was no way out, and the chief minister, Reza Yusuf, decided to abandon the royal capital and send Ali Khalid to intercept it

That night, the palace was brightly lit, everyone was busy packing, and the gold ornaments in the palace that were seen by Chen Tianxiao, the envoy of the southeast mansion, were scavenged by the palace people, and they packed the valuable things in the palace one by one, and urgently mobilized, manpower, livestock, and vehicles were assembled, and the main roads of the city were in a commotion.

At dawn, the long convoy left Banten City and headed inland, and in a carriage sent by the Dutch, Sultan Aziz Mohammed and Reza Yusuf sat together, Reza Yusuf was opposite Aziz Muhammad and said with a dry smile: "Sutan don't worry, we are just temporarily abandoning the royal capital, and we will definitely fight back in the future!" ”

Aziz Mohammed nodded: "As the Prime Minister said, we will definitely be able to defeat the Chinese!" ”

But when he turned his face to look out the window, he revealed a deep worry that was not appropriate for his age!

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Behind the convoy, the city was on fire, Ali Khalid set fire to many places, and the supplies that could be taken away were taken away, and those that could not be taken were burned, and it would not be left to the Chinese army anyway.

Ali Khalid stood on the seaside embankment with a group of officers, looking at the shadow of the sails of the enemy ships in the distance, and he ordered: "Take away all the children and young adults, leave the old ones for them, and take away all the supplies that can be taken, and burn those who can't be taken, especially the grain, and don't let them get a grain of rice!" If they give food to the elderly, they consume their food, and if they don't, they damage their reputation! ”

If the southeastern army kills the old man, they will arouse the hatred of the Banten people and increase the morale of the Banten people.

"This is done all the way inland, and all the wells are hidden if they can be hidden, and those that cannot be hidden are polluted with animal manure; We set up an ambush near the source of the river and ambush them! ”

This tactic is nothing more than a strong wall to clear the field, so as to consume the enemy's logistics and morale, accumulate small victories into big victories, and finally turn defeat into victory.

What's more, the Banten people also kidnapped hundreds of Chinese in the area and took them with them, preparing to use them as meat shields when needed, so as to threaten the southeast army.

In the southeast of Java, when the governor of Java promoted the war strategy of "slow down" and had nothing to do with the surrounding forces, one of his measures must be to "evacuate overseas Chinese" and get the Chinese of all forces back to Java, but there are always Chinese who are smart and helpless, and they refuse to leave anything, and now, their family property has been confiscated, and people have become porters and porters, carrying things for the people of Bandan, and if they refuse to do it, people will threaten to die with knives, and they can only give in.

There is no regret medicine in this world!

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The Southeast Fleet approached the port, and a large number of transport ships were mixed in the fleet, and the main force was Zhou Quanbin's First Army Brigade.

First the artillery was fired, the ports and cities were shelled, and then the transports landed directly in the port!

A large number of infantry disembarked from the transport ship, and Ali Khalid, who was observing the enemy with a telescope sent by the Dutch from a distance, was terrified!

What he saw was a very different Chinese army from the Chinese in Banten, they were tall, sturdy, all wearing armor, and because of the heat, many of them were shirtless, wearing a vest-style armor and wearing helmets, which was the requirement of the Southeast Army: you can wear no clothes, but you must have armor and helmets.

They carry guns and knives on their backs, armed to the teeth!

They had long rifles, shotguns, pistols, blades, daggers, grenades, and some of the strong soldiers had seven or eight muskets---- two spears, four shotguns, and two pistols!

They also rolled out a wheeled cannon, and the rumbling of heavy wheels could be heard in the distance, and Ali Khalid's heart sank.

He noticed a detail through the binoculars, the helmets worn by the Southeastern Army were worn by various things tied to the metal helmets to shade and cool down, and some of them, Ali Khalid recognized, were silk!

Silk is a valuable commodity in foreign countries, and it is a commodity for the rich and noble, but it is really not a matter for a non-commissioned officer of the Southeast Army to take a piece or two of silk.

If the Southeast Army is a luxurious army, there may be arrogance, and the Banten people may win the battle, but the Southeast Army is capable and well-trained, and it can be seen that this is a strong army!

Ali Khalid regrets it, the Chinese are easy to deal with?!