'How can it be Kuching?' ’

Didn't you say they came from the south? ’

For the second time, Mao Wei confirmed the facts he wanted to know to the people who passed on the rumor, and this time he did not forget to highlight the geographical evidence. But Mao Wei's heart is still not supportive, the messenger sent to Pontianak is a descendant of the clan, and he is very safe, and his wife's family is more or less related to the Lin clan, the local clan of Pontianak, but if it comes from Pontianak, if it is such a speed, it is either too fast, or the number of people who come to help is not much at all.

The people who came to pass the message were full of slander, 'The north and the east must also come in.' ’

In the past few days, there are more local soldiers from the east and north who have come up one after another than the wild cats that smell the fishy smell in Kuching City, and even the acquaintances of several tribes who usually trade with Yamaguchi-yo have not come again, let alone outsiders?

But thinking about it still suppressed the fire.

"Back to the proprietor, it is true that he came from Kuching, and the official who took the lead claimed to be the deputy governor of the Transshipment Division of West Borneo in the Great Song Dynasty."

A quarter of an hour later, on the only two-story building in the Yamaguchi Harbor, the host and guest teams were seated.

"Now the militia in Kuching is divided into three routes, and when we go south, all three roads have already set off, and at this time we are sweeping the various families in the north."

Mao Wei looked at this group of people suspiciously, dressed strangely, but also spirited, although they all have short hair, but the difference between the hairstyle and the local natives is slightly larger, and there are no tattoos or strange metal ornaments on the skin, at first glance it should be the appearance of the Han people, and the legendary Song people who now occupy Kuching must be similar to the color of the clothes. The few people behind this deputy Tian Metropolitan Prison who looked like pro-soldiers were tall and big, and they were still holding black and shiny things in their hands, which must be the rumored Song Dynasty's firecracker, and the black and bright gun body coupled with the size of the person who came was also reassuring.

"I don't know how many people the eunuch has brought here." Mao Wei raised his eyebrows when he saw Tanaka, for fear that the other party would misunderstand, and said: "It's not that the villain looks down on Wang Shi, it's just that all the surrounding departments of these three hairs have been instigated by Ali Muding, and there are also Hongyi people who are also in it." ”

Although he said polite words, the meaning of Mao Wei's words could not be clearer, 'I'm afraid that Master Wang is here to deliver food'.

Tanaka didn't hide it either, spreading his hands.

"Seven." After saying that, in the hall, it means that everything is here.

Mao Wei was afraid that he had misheard, so he hurriedly looked back at the person who had just spoken, "Is it a mistake?" ’

And the one who passed it on is now also confused, which means 'There really is no more.'" ’

Mao Wei was still thinking about whether there would still be people stationed outside the city and didn't come in, after all, I heard that there are often people in the book who defend the city, and if the troops are enough, they must be horns for each other to better defend. But if you think about it carefully, it seems unlikely, if there is really any large army transiting, whether by sea or land, there is no reason why there is no rumor at all.

Tanaka interrupted Mao Wei's suspicions in a timely manner, "Your brother said that the situation here is extremely important, and Liao Yun's heart is not supportive, so he has to let me wait to come first, there are indeed fewer people, but if it is just to help you defend this city, it is enough." ”

'The tone is really not small', this was the first thought in the minds of all the Chinese businessmen present after hearing this. But what Tanaka didn't tell them was that in fact, the order given by the Transit Division was just to let this elite team of all veterans go out to test it. There were also three people who stayed on the shore after they landed, until they were sure through the high-power walkie-talkie that they had entered the mountain pass and sailed back to Kuching, because they came and went directly to the open sea, whether it was the Tan people of Palm Island or the ships of Zebraji, they did not know about such a journey, which is why Tanaka and others appeared from the south.

Originally, they thought that Yamaguchi Yang would really be lost so quickly, so they organized Han people on the spot, and even if they could not do anything without a mass base, they could still go back to the sea along the same road. Although compared to the elite of the elders around him, the troops from Kuching do not even have many regular troops from Fubo and Zhuri, but even if it is just a militia, with the level that Tanaka has trained these days, it is enough for him to rest assured that he will wait here, but it is not easy to say this to the people of Yamaguchi Yang on the surface, and the other party may not believe it.

Accompanied by Mao Wei, he saw the arrangement of the natives besieging Yamaguchi Yoshi, and Tanaka was noncommittal. But Mao Wei's heart is the bottom, although the power of the Song people's firearms is only a rumor, but the clairvoyant mirror used by Chief Tian to peep into the enemy formation is not much higher than Hongyi in Mao Wei's opinion, and the equipment is excellent, this is Mao Wei's initial impression of Tanaka and his party, not to mention, even if it is only with Yamaguchi's manpower, it is still possible to keep oneself and ask oneself.

Now that the food is still abundant, the manpower has not yet reached the point of being stretched, the most important thing under the stalemate is morale, and it is precisely hope that can boost morale, especially the besieged side, because of the closed news, any hint of intelligence from the outside world can play a vital role, whether it is positive or negative, and this Tian chief brings good news.

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Thick black smoke rose from the razed tribal camp, and all kinds of unburned huts and animal skins were scattered around it. In Huang Hu's words, this is not broken or standing, but also to promote the national prestige of the Great Song Dynasty, if you can stand in the clouds and look down on this forest, you will find that there are three or five places far and near where the black smoke is emitted, and they are gathered at a distance of seven or eight miles, all of which are the places where several tribes live near the left, and it is also a witness to the militia marching all the way.

Crossing another hill, there was the old camp of the Ledo tribe, and I heard from the captured prisoners that most of the men in the Ledo tribe had been transferred from the chieftain's Long March to besiege the mountain pass, and when the militia in the middle marched to Silus, thirty miles northeast of Ledo, the local tribe saw that the limelight was not right, and immediately acted as a guide for the militiamen.

Although it doesn't rain all the time, the roads in the mountains are still muddy during the rainy season, but the muddy roads don't stop the locals from being determined to do their job. In Zhangquan Township, where Ma Run was located, 300 militiamen were dispatched, and there were more than 100 local Han people like Ma Run, who were organized into a separate team. The rest of the people are newly relocated, and they are also organized into a team, these three hundred people are now under the command of Huang Hu, except for the three hundred militia and several newly attached tribal armies, that is, the elite of the Japanese army who has just come from the north by boat, although there are only more than 30 people in the hands of Huang Hu, but they have two rounds of improved Su-17II rifles in their hands, and the more accurate hits are enough to deter those who are unwilling.

After a few days of marching, the tribe that took the lead in the sporadic battles began with more than 20 casualties, of which the militia was only dead, and the rest were newly attached native soldiers. And after the Japanese army took a tough retaliation, even these casualties were gone, and the large and small tribes in front of them either surrendered to the wind, or abandoned their territory and fled deeper into the dense forest.

One by one, the sacks were driven by the newly attached tribal soldiers to carry the natives caught in the village to the outskirts of the village, and Ma Run was stunned when the powder of the white flowers in his pockets was sprinkled on the fields. It's salt, and the pure white color is the refined salt that the merchants of Kuching want to exchange for real money. Song people, no, it was the chiefs who ordered people to sprinkle on the ground in vain. This salt is much more valuable than the crops planted in the field, but after the salt is sprinkled in the field, the surrounding land will not want to grow food for many years, and it is not as easy as imagined to reclaim a suitable field in the mountains and forests.

The production capacity of the new salt factory in Tudong has increased many times compared to the past, and the latest shipment to Kuching just arrived a few days ago.

It's just that the chiefs don't spare the precious salt, and the local soldiers below won't say much.

Chief Huang knew the benefits and disadvantages of the captured natives, "Except for the settlements stipulated by the government, the rest of the settlements are among the bans, as for the disobedience to the heavenly soldiers, you have also seen the end, the court is sympathetic to the people, and can't bear to punish the rebels, but we have a lot of salt." ”

Ma Run listened to it freshly on the side, he had grown so big, he had never listened to such righteous speeches, how the barbarians were disposed of in his opinion did not care, to be honest, how many of the words of Chief Huang could understand were doubtful. Especially in the villages that were completely destroyed in the middle, the inhabitants, especially the men, did a lot of murderous deeds against the Han people on weekdays, and the remnants of the unburned embers were the most resistant.

But the chiefs said that although they were far away, their hearts were not bad, and the chiefs were tantamount to smashing people with white silver, which also taught the little boy a unique lesson. The captured Fan, the wounded were taken care of, there was a special team of people to send them to the rear, those who were not yet minors did not have the slightest tattoo on their bodies were especially treated, I heard that the transfer department Yamen also arranged for them to go to school in Kuching, just like Ma Run's night school literacy class in Zhangquan Township every night before departure, starting with literacy, I heard that the line in Brunei Province is there, and all children who have enrolled in school and read can be of great use in the future, and it is different from the night school in Zhangquan Township that is only taught by Chief Huang, Kuching's Fuxue will be taught not only by the Confucian scholars from Brunei, but also by astronomy and geography, and even the clairtelescopes used by the chiefs and the secret methods of building iron clippers will be taught to everyone.

'From the Zheng Zheng to the government, the documents are hidden in the government', this is the text explained to the militia when the Transit Department issued the mobilization order. Relying on force to attack the implementation of the security system with one hand, and grasping the rules and wealth as the backing for enforcement with the other, this is the meaning of the word government instilled in the new people under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty, and this seemingly familiar and unfamiliar word began to spread among the naturalized people.

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In the middle of the night, the moon was scarce, and the last wave of samurai from the old camp of Sanfa and the rest of the scattered men and horses rushed to Yamaguchiyang, and almost before and after arriving with the elite of the Ledo tribe, who had already swept the Han gold mines in Newt Mountain, they had arrived with a full load.

Early the next morning, when the east was white, the chiefs of the various tribes gathered in the big tent of Almudin, and watched as the man who called himself Sutan pretended to bow to the west. After washing his hands, he returned to his seat, a gift from the Dutch.

Hiding a trace of uneasiness in his heart, he still opened his mouth.

"There are only more than 2,000 people in the mountains and seas, and the warriors in the Sanfa tribe are ten times larger than him, so he should have driven these Han people into the sea a long time ago."

"The golden sand from Newt Mountain, the pearls from Palm Island, and every tree and land on the ground of these three hairs, which one is not the wealth left by our ancestors, why should it be cheaper for outsiders?"

If the obedient chieftains and Almudin do not have the same interests, then there will be people who raise objections, gold mining and logging and farming, the Han people are all given money, as for the pearls, it is also a fair trade, if you really feel that the sale is cheap, the Tan people on the palm island can swim to Siam or further to the Ming Dynasty, it is because they can't do it, they are willing to let people exploit it, in exchange for the local chieftains, it is not the same. If you think about it carefully, maybe some people will slander Almudin, who is also an 'outsider'.

"But I heard that the Han Chinese in Kuching have been killed." A voice interrupted him, and it was the head of the Hewu tribe who spoke, and Natu, who was not a strong tribe but had always dared to be the first, glanced at Almuddin again.

"Dragged down, cut ......"

Under the horrified expressions of the chiefs, Natu's head was quickly returned.

"This person spread rumors and disturbed the hearts of our army, and today he is just using the banner to sacrifice, and the men and horses of the Hewu Department will be the first to attack the city."

Standing next to Natu's head, the Hewu tribe's personal entourage has long lost his temper, Almudin's personal sword has been unsheathed, and the chiefs of other families will not come forward for this matter, who would have expected that this one, who has always only loved money, would suddenly be so angry.

It's just that Marco, who was sitting next to Su Tan, knew that Almuddin had to do this, and the cronies who came with the brigade last night secretly reported to him, saying that the army of Kuching had attacked in three ways, and several tribes in the north had suffered a lot of losses, presumably this news could be spread in all departments early in the morning, after all, it was not only Almudin who arrived last night, and the smaller tribes could directly throw off their hands and run back to their hometown. If you go to a few more houses, you don't have to fight, it's a small matter to end up with a laughing stock, and it's really not a good deal to go head-to-head with the Song people in Kuching, who are known as having excellent firearms.

Fortunately, I heard that the army of the Song people was not much, as long as they quickly captured the mountain pass ocean, divided the treasures in the port, and then drove the troops to turn around against the Song army by taking advantage of the great victory, the odds of victory would be better than those who retreated now and finally suffered the enemy. At least throughout the rainy season, the Song people did not want to take advantage of it. But the Song people came so quickly or beyond Almudin's expectations, and it was also quite useful to use this trick to instigate the various tribes dissatisfied with the Han people to raise troops, but they didn't expect that when the Song people really sent troops, they also made the tribes waver.

It's just that the offensive of the militia on the three routes was quite smooth, and most of the natives who escaped sporadically hid in the mountains and forests, and most of the few families who arrived last night also left early in the morning and did not face the Song army, which made the situation a little worse in the morning. And the inopportune statement of the Hewu Ministry made the production of cannon fodder not waste more time because of disputes.

After the sound of the trumpet, the soldiers were gathered on the front line, and even the natives who had been released to hunt in the four fields a few days ago were all returned to the large camp to the north. The red and white battle flags of the long-extinct Majapahit Kingdom were also found by someone, and they stood at the forefront of the array to make a strong appearance, and it looked quite imposing. At the end of the array, there were nearly a thousand leather-armored warriors and their attendants, and the closest to them were the Dutch musketeers who had arrived from the fortress early in the morning.

After the second trumpet sounded, the team finally began to think about the south.