Chapter 235: Invincible Force
Lin Maiden's Temple, the Ye family who had not yet set off, all gathered in this place, and in the square outside the gate of Lin Maiden's Temple, hundreds of coffins were quietly placed.
These people were all soldiers of the Fuxing Company who died in the battle outside Ganmaxi, and the total number was as many as 217, including 121 Chinese, 78 French soldiers, 15 Quang Nam soldiers, and 3 Ho Xi Wenhua Shantang soldiers.
If you count the number of wounded, in the battle of Ganmaxi, the Ye family dispatched 7,550 people, and the total casualties were as high as 2,700 people.
That's a big loss!
Most of these casualties were inflicted when they were fighting against the Bugis elite Tigers.
However, the losses of the Bugis were even heavier, with more than 4,000 of the 25,000 troops killed on the spot, and more than 6,000 were not treated at all.
There were also almost 3,000 people who died in the jungle on the way to escape, and more than 3,000 people may have managed to escape, and the remaining 7,000 or 8,000 people were all taken by Ye Kai to the gold mines and coal mines in Laobe and other places.
25,000 people went on the expedition, more than 3,000 fled back, and the once famous Bugis came to an end!
Otherwise, the Dutch would not have disarmed the 300,000 or so Bugis and sold them as slaves, and it is said that the Siamese went to Johor to buy thousands of Bugis as slaves.
The fifth uncle and grandfather of the Ye family trembled and read the sacrificial text in a mournful voice, in fact, many people didn't hear it clearly, because there were too many people, but they were still infected by this solemn atmosphere, and even children didn't run around.
"The loyal saint Lin Niangniang is above, my sons and daughters of the revival company are brave and good at fighting, defending their ancestors and defending their bloodline, please allow them to enter the temple and enjoy blood food forever!"
After the fifth uncle finished reading the last sentence, he knelt down towards the statue of the Holy Maiden Lin, and all the Ye family members in the square also knelt.
Zhao Zhenren took a divination made of sheep's horn and threw it, and then looked up to the sky and shouted, "Lin Niangniang said, good son, just eat blood, please enter the temple and enjoy the incense forever!" ”
"Enter the temple!"
"Enter the temple!"
A stone tablet engraved with the lives of the sacrificed soldiers was carried into the temple, and even the names of the French soldiers who died were there, and they will enjoy the incense of the temple forever, and together with Miss Lin, they will be worshiped by all the descendants!
"Lift the coffin!" The little group, who has already given a big name and is now called Ye Mingqi, shouted milkily, and with his shouting, "Get up the coffin!" It also resounded in the square.
The one carrying the first coffin was Ye Kai, on his left was Ye Fulai, the father and son were in the front, and behind him were the deputy directors, officials, and directors of the Fuxing Company, and even Jiang Wubo was among them.
The soldiers who died in the war will be buried in the Lin Maiden Temple, specially set aside as the honorary cemetery of the cemetery of the dead soldiers, Ye Kai has promised that he will not enter the Ye family temple after his death, and will also be buried here.
A terrible cry sounded, this is the family members of the fallen soldiers, the crowd followed the coffin slowly towards the cemetery, the atmosphere was solemn and sad.
Many of the wounded soldiers, who had difficulty walking, also walked quietly in the crowd of people seeing them off, and everyone's eyes were full of tears.
Ye Adi was lame, raising his right hand and crying mournfully, his luck was very good, the picric acid bomb that was close at hand only blew him up!
Although he lost a piece of skin on his face and some flesh on his legs, the others did not even break a finger, and the other Sultan Ibrahim, who was bombed, had his armor blown into several pieces.
Now he is the deputy company commander of the grenadier company, and after receiving a large reward, the Nyonya Lin Eniang, who used to look down on him, posted it again, but Ye Adi rejected Lin Eniang's overtures!
He is now assigned a Bugis woman, and his ideal marriage partner is to go back to Jiaying Prefecture to find a daughter from a wealthy family.
Ye Zhenwu and Liu Chonghan also carried a coffin together, and lying in this coffin was the son of an elder of the Zhang family in Kuala Terengganu.
He was the company commander of the Terengganu Battalion, also known as the 4th Battalion, and in the final white-knuckle battle, he single-handedly killed five Bugis warriors, and his intestines fell out of his body, and he still insisted on fighting.
In order to wash away this sense of humiliation, the Terengganu battalion is the most heroic existence in this battle, more courageous than the third battalion of Chen Wenqi, the ace of the Ye family, and they have won the respect of everyone.
Ye Zhenwu and Liu Chonghan also saw the faltering Ye Adi, and both of them nodded lightly at Ye Adi.
A person who dares to detonate a picric acid bomb at a distance of two or three meters must be a warrior who will be respected by everyone.
The Frenchman Nicolas, who was already known as a madman. Shire. Oudinuo, it is said that when Ye Adi was still in the hospital bed, he asked to form a life and death brother with Ye Adi according to the rules of the Chinese.
This mad officer, who dared to bring the grenadiers to the middle of the line to be shot, and attacked with lead bullets whistling overhead, greatly praised Ye Adi's actions, calling him a model of grenadiers, and it is said that in the elite army of the Europa, such a person is also the elite of the elite.
Ye Adi also nodded lightly in response, his tears flowed down again, Ye Zhenwu and Liu Chonghan, the young masters of big families, they would not have looked at him before, but now, he Ye Adi, a child whose ancestors have been poor for generations, has won their respect.
He suddenly remembered what Mr. Ethnology had said to him, a man's fame is taken from a horse, and if he is a man, he should protect his family and defend the country and support the Nanyang Chinese.
"You don't see the weak crown of the Han Dynasty, please take the long tassel
You don't see Ban Dingyuan's peerless light cavalry urging the battle clouds
The boy should be in critical condition, how can he let the Confucian crown miss this life! ”
I don't know why, Ye Adi remembered what was taught in the clan science, and it was said that it was a war song made by the chief chief.
At that time, he just yelled along with everyone, and he didn't understand the meaning of these lyrics at all, but now, Ye Adi feels that there is nothing more suitable than this song.
Ye Adi was humming softly, and a soldier next to him, who was also lame, paused for a moment, and also began to hum softly, and gradually, although some people began to hum!
From sixty or seventy-year-old people to three or four-year-old children, the singing is getting louder and louder, and the expressions of the people are getting more and more resolute!
Tens of thousands of Chinese people hugged two hundred and seventeen coffins, singing military songs over and over again, everyone's face was in tears, but the more they sang, the more determined they became, and a fearless feeling soared into the sky!
The Ye family's Chinese.
Wake up!
They are no longer the silent majority!
It is no longer a wandering person who only knows how to make money and save money, and who have no ideals, no country, they will be an invincible force.
The Malay natives who remained in Pattani stood on the side of the road, watching in horror as the torrent of Chinese people marched towards the cemetery.
These people were not very convinced, but the Chinese easily defeated the Bugis they looked up to, and showed such a momentum, and the little unconvinced and rebellious thoughts in the hearts of the indigenous Pattani Malays are dying!
In the midst of the Malay procession, several merchants with obvious Siamese appearances were watching the line in amazement, and a Siamese who seemed to be the leader muttered in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, no one can easily defeat them anymore, they cannot be our friends, and they must not become our enemies! Because they have Thonburi the Great in their midst, and they are going to have their own country! ”