February 15, 1660, at six o'clock in the morning, on the outskirts of Xin'an City.

Four days ago, February 11 was the Spring Festival of the Year of the Rat, and unlike in the past, Xin'an City was full of slaughter, and there was no New Year's atmosphere on the streets.

Of course, this is not all because Xin'an City is in a war cloud-shrouded atmosphere, after all, here, except for a few Han people in a foreign country who remember this day, the locals have no concept of the Spring Festival, of course, there will be no strong festive atmosphere, and in previous years, because of the Chinese New Year, Australians and Han people are on holiday and rest, so even the streets are much more deserted, and this year because the city is clear in advance, the area outside these places is a little empty and quiet, This year's Chinese New Year atmosphere is even more deserted.

However, the garrison, the security camp and the naturalization camp still have a slight flavor of the year in the naturalization village - from the 28th day of the lunar month to the third day of the Lunar New Year, the meals these days are more abundant than before, and the old captain's liquor is served to the people in the naturalization camp and the naturalization village for the first time.

Nowadays, the fact that tens of thousands of soldiers of the Shannan Tribes Alliance are about to besiege Xin'an City is now known to passers-by, and since the 28th and 9th of the previous month, various further actions to clear the walls have been carried out, and in addition to the transfer of personnel, the transfer of property and materials has also accelerated - on the day of the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, according to reports from jungle scouts, a vanguard of several hundred enemy troops has reached the edge of the jungle west of Xin'an City.

Although this person poses no threat to Xin'an City, the enemy has indeed appeared in the distance, so the speed of various relocations in the city has suddenly accelerated, and the transfer of materials in the dock area is also in progress.

During this time, Xiao Pingguo and Wei Hong's brothers were even more busy with their front heels touching their back heels, and the brothers were muttering in private, this Year of the Rat has just started with such a big drama, and sure enough, the Year of the Rat is an eventful year, Xiao Pingguo responded, but it's not a drop, just now there was a telegram from the Red Mansion announcing that you don't know, something happened in Sulu, and the Spaniards and the prime minister surnamed Su were jointly doing something, so the king was a little dangerous, and sent people to Zixia Island for help, so Ren Ke was going to take the garrison to the port of Holo in Sulu to mix and mix, It is said that Brother Zhu and Brother Xu and their new ship are also going to join this operation, do you see? At the beginning of the Year of the Rat, there were two great wars......

Of course, no matter what year, this year must be lived, so on the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Xiao Pingguo, as the governor, held a small banquet in the banquet hall on the first floor of the governor's palace, and invited a group of guests to dinner, attended by the Governor of Pimont, the archbishop and priest of the diocese of Dili, the duchess and her former sister-in-law Zezilia, in addition, there was also the trade representative of the Dutch East India Company in Dili City - Sir Huan Carlos, In addition, the leader of the Loka tribe, Papa Loca, his three adult sons and three adult daughters, as well as the Portuguese, Dutch, and French captains who are currently docked at the Blue Pier, add up to more than thirty people, and all the traversers in Sin'an City came forward to accompany them, so a total of five tables of banquets were set up in the hall, and the Stirling generator in the Governor's Palace was powered at full power, making the entire hall brightly lit, and the cooks, cooks, cooks, and servants went in and out, filled with fairy cave milk wine, The large and small clay pots and glass bottles of liquor of the Duchess and the old captain were placed in the corners of the banquet hall and were ready to be served, and the smell of alcohol and spices in the hall wafted into the corridors, filling the entire Doge's Palace, in stark contrast to the solemn and tense atmosphere outside the Doge's Palace.

Although it is a great enemy, the atmosphere at the banquet is still very good, especially the two Dukes of Pimont, whenever the guests at the banquet talk about the possible imminent war with a worried face, these two are full of confidence with a smile on their faces, and the confidence on their faces is obviously much more obvious than that of Xiao Pingguo Wei Hong, who pretends to be calm - after all, among this group of guests, only Pimont, the Duchess and Father Loka have seen the big killer placed on the lookout of the city tower, which is covered with canvas. So it was impossible without confidence, but Daddy Loka couldn't communicate with that group of guests because his language was a little jerky, so he didn't join the conversation circle of that group.

However, Daddy Loka has his own circle, that is, a group of young Australians, Wei Hong and Yue Chu were surrounded by Daddy Loka and his three sons and three daughters to drink fairy cave milk wine, Yue Chu was still a little embarrassed at the beginning, because he vaguely remembered that the daughters of the three tribal chiefs in front of him who barely covered their upper bodies in clothes all had a leg with him, but the daughters of Daddy Loka didn't care about it at all, plus the effect of alcohol, so Yue Chu also let go later, all in all, That night, none of the three girls followed their father and brother back to the tribal house in the south of the city......

The cool breeze of the morning breeze blows through the city gate tower of Xin'an City, so that the soldiers on duty standing on the city gate tower are very comfortable, at this moment, the distant jungle is shrouded in mist, and the sound of tide is faintly heard along the coastline, and the land is quiet.

Moments later, the first rays of the rainy season shine down on the jungle, dispelling the fog in the distance, revealing lush greenery on the horizon.

Suddenly, birds rose over the jungle to cover the sky, and the soldiers on duty standing on the southwest corner of Sin'an City could see thousands of small birds gathering together in mid-air with the naked eye, like a black curtain in flight, changing shape from time to time, and the sky echoed with the chirping of birds, and after a while, the noise mixed with piercing screams came to the face, which was terrifying and shocking.

"The enemy is coming! Commander! Trumpet! ”

At this time, Chen Jiujin, the commander of the first company of the garrison, who was standing on duty on the lookout of the southwest corner tower, shouted sharply to the trumpeter who was watching in a daze not far away.

The sound of the horn of Wuwu Wuwu immediately spread throughout the entire city of Xin'an, and almost at the same time, the same horn sounded successively from the South Gate Tower, the West Gate Tower, and the distant East City.

All of a sudden, the entire city of Sin'an was in an uproar.

It's finally time to come - but the first reaction of the defenders of Sin'an when they hear the enemy coming: they breathe a sigh of relief.

Because the enemy's attack on Sinanseong was delayed by a week than expected, probably because the torrential rains in the rainy season in the previous days caused flash floods that blocked the roads in the jungle, the enemy brigade did not appear in time near Sinanseong.

Obviously, the waiting process was very painful, causing the defenders of Xin'an to feel more and more anxious, and they even hoped that the enemy would come quickly, whether it was good or bad, and it was better to have a clear letter, than to hang in the unknown as it is now—fortunately, after a few days, the enemy finally appeared.