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With a loud bang, the white smoke rising from outside the wall was dispersed by the gusts of wind on the sea to the west.

The tall, thin chief looked back and smiled triumphantly at the man above him, but the man he looked at with disdain.

"Ban Maji is only like this?" Almudin's dissatisfaction made the man who still had the heart to show off a little angry, even though these tribes mobilized enough native soldiers to participate in the battle, and even mobilized ships to blockade the port of the mountain pass, but it was still not enough for the three-shot master who wanted to occupy this place, and Almudin's attitude was also because he had seen the Dutch's better firearms.

However, this is also a cannon obtained from the city of Manraka, and in the past few years, looking at the entire three-shot ground, I am afraid that it is also very good, even now in the Hongyi fortress at the mouth of the river north of the mountain pass ocean, there is no decent artillery, but the range and accuracy of the musket are indeed better. And now not only artillery, but also dozens of arquebuses put together by various departments of Banmaji are also sharp weapons to defeat the enemy, and now they are also betting on the back of the brigade, compared with the long and short guns and uneven knives and guns of the Chinese in the mountain pass and foreign villages, they are also more sophisticated, and at this moment they are blocking the walls on both sides of the northwest side of the mountain pass and yang, and they are ready to give a strong blow to the Han people who dare to go out of the village to fight. It makes sense that the chieftain of Banmaji had a good face in his tartar face, and it should be known that even Almuddin's own personal guards were only equipped with good swords, and his ability to command three rounds was only the result of manpower and financial resources.

It can be seen that the tribe of Banmaji has indeed made a bloody investment this time, and the port of Antar is a little north of the mountain pass ocean, and it was an important stronghold of maritime trade in the past. In the past few years, it should have been too much for the Chinese merchants in the south to look up to in trade, and the heads of the various departments had long looked at the Han people in Yamaguchi. Therefore, after being called up by Almudin, it can be regarded as pouring out. Now nearly 1,000 warriors have blocked the road leading to the north of Yamaguchiyo, and a cannon of more than 30 people is facing the unreliable wall. The half-hour shelling is only one door, and the fire is not a solid iron egg, which is more deterrent than actual combat. Most of the remaining soldiers were temporarily recruited from the clan, and when they saw that the walls of Yamaguchi-yo were still in order, they had no desire to attack, and they sat crookedly in the shade of the trees one by one.

If it weren't for the fact that this group of people arrived first, and he was employing people again, Almudin would have wanted to learn from the south and take a few people's heads to sacrifice a flag.

"When will the Ledo tribe arrive?"

When the chief of the Ledo tribe, Laduro, turned around and said, "The brigade should have only been on the road the day before yesterday, and it should be able to come out of the woods one day." ”

When Laduro received the news, he led his native soldiers along the Newt Mountains, while his brigade was to march west along the main road in the valley south of the mountains. In the valley at the southern foot of Newt Mountain, there are many gold mines mined by the Han people, and the miners and coolies recruited are mostly the tribesmen of the Ledo tribe, because the gold mining matter of the Han people and their tribes have many conflicts, and it is because of this time that Almudin summoned him, he did not hesitate to pull up nearly a thousand tribesmen. It is said that it is a march, but in fact, it is necessary to clean the gold mines along the way, where it can be reached. Laduro asked his two sons to lead the team separately, in order to catch a few more Han goldsmiths in the mines, just like the barbarians on the northern continent, and the Fan Department here also attached great importance to the search for skilled personnel.

It is also because most of the Ledo tribe are Chinese merchants, so both the equipment and the martial arts of the tribe are much stronger than those who only weave cloth and farm and sell pepper in the port of Banmaji. At least the leather armor worn by the chief's side, even the big powers on Java could equip all of their sergeants.

"When are you going to gather around?"

Marco asked Su Tan impatiently, as the highest representative of the Dutch East India Company here, he did not want to deal with these barbarians. Although the Dutch are not devout in serving God, they are still not comfortable with the prevalence of witchcraft and barbarism among the native people in this area. He would not have been willing to venture to the Far East if it weren't for the abundant annual trade income here. Although the Dutch East India Company was not established for a short time, it did not yet have a firm foothold in Borneo, and the interests of the various shareholders were still in the process of being integrated, so the speed of expansion in the South Seas was not fast compared to that of its European neighbors. At least the Chinese merchants of Yamaguchi-yo, the subjects of the powerful empire from the north did not seem to have any respect for their homeland far away in Europe, and these Han Chinese were a little too industrious compared to the natives, which became a serious threat.

It is no wonder that I heard that many islands and strongholds in the Far East of the United Company are also recruiting Chinese workers for construction, and the shareholders who want to come to the United Company are not whimsical and have their own reasons, but if the diligence of the Han people can be used by the company, it is naturally the best, but if they are allowed to do their own thing, it will inevitably not cause trouble to the development of the company in the future, which is the case here in Yamaguchiyo.

And the bad news does not stop there, recently there is a strange group of Chinese in Kuching, who are not similar to the Han immigrants here, but there are many rumors about them. Some say they have iron ships that can sail at will without fear of the tide, others say that they have indestructible firearms, and some recent merchants have also said that these careerists who call themselves Song people have occupied many places in northern Borneo, and Kuching is only the latest one.

If it weren't for the fact that the pepper-laden ships had already made their way south to Java at this time, Marco would have been willing to go to Kuching to see them, especially the Song firearms that were rumored to be able to defeat the Spaniards. You must know that at this time, Portugal and Spain were kings, but the Dutch warships only dared to look for the Portuguese in Goa and Macao, and Manila would never go, so when it came to the curiosity of the Song people who dared to fight the Spanish warships head-on and still win, as a Dutchman, he would not feel that anyone could be better than himself, and for Mark, only seeing is believing to make the necessary response. Whether the Song people can be united with or a potential enemy, as long as they are the first to send the news back to the company, the future may be very different.

And the threat from Kuching did make it easy for the Dutch to hit it off with Almudin, and the local Han people, relying on their status as subjects of the Celestial Empire, always looked down on the Tu and Hongyi in their hearts, even if they themselves were just overseas outcasts of the empire. The Dutch, on the other hand, have only always maintained a balance between the Turks and the Han Chinese, after all, in terms of numbers, they are the weakest in the region.

However, intelligence from multiple sources shows that the new owner of Kuching does not seem to be willing to accept just a small port, perhaps due to the exchange of language, the Dutch do not know the connotation of 'market village and tun', but the various construction of Kuching port and the repair of external roads are clearly telling the surrounding forces that the Song people are coming.

After all, Marco's limited military knowledge could have made it clear that the port was built for trade, but the road was built inland for the sake of strengthening and consolidating the regime, as his homeland had done now against the Spanish army on the Breda front.

The familiar routine forced Marco to urge Almudin, after all, compared to the outnumbered three-shot master, the Dutch was obviously a little panicked.

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"I don't know what they're panicking about."

Watching another group of people patrolling the city pass through the streets, hurrying towards the walled wall to the north, Mao Wei felt depressed, it was just an ordinary fight, who would have thought that it would lead to such serious consequences. This place is not as good as the Ming Dynasty, and the natives with a little bit of identity are either on their own waists, or they are pretending to be servants with their followers, in short, they all carry knives at any time. In order to show off their might in peacetime, it is common for the natives to use iron skewers to pierce a few holes in their bodies and cross the streets and alleys. As long as it is not deliberate, it is something that can be solved by spending money, and the local government is not a country with strict laws and regulations, let alone a decent government, and it all relies on local self-determination. I didn't expect it to cause such a big trouble this time, and the natives of the three shots actually moved the real character.

A burst of artillery outside the wall to the north was the culprit behind the panic of the marching team, but it was not a few days ago, and it was clear what kind of goods were in the hands of the barbarians of Ban Maji. The cannon rang out, and it could be said that it had limited knowledge, and it could only be heard a hundred paces away, and the muzzle of the cannon shot out some gravel and iron nails, as long as people were guarding behind the wall, there was no risk of injury. And if you want to push that cannon to a distance that is powerful enough, the firearms and crossbows in the stockade are also not vegetarian.

I don't know when my brother will be able to come back. ’

Mao Wei's eldest brother Mao Hong has been going to Kuching for several days, and now the north and east sides of the mountain pass ocean are surrounded by more than a dozen tribes' Tu regiments, and there are Tando patrol ships on the sea, and only the road to Pontianak in the south is still smooth, but it is not safe, and the envoys sent there also set off at the same time as Mao Hong, but Mao Wei does not have much hope that this road can bring back reinforcements. As a competitor in trade, it is unrealistic to expect Pontianak to help Yamaguchi and Yang resolve the crisis, at best, it can be said that it can move a few local Han people.

However, when it comes to warfare, although the Han people in Yamaguchi-yo are all new, after all, they are all fellow villagers who work hard overseas, and they are naturally more united than the natives outside.

It's just that this time, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the owner of the three hairs is 'Xiang Zhuang Dancing Sword is intended for Pei Gong'. For the sake of a tax-collecting minion, where is there a need for such a revival of the people, more than a dozen tribes within a radius of dozens of miles poured out, which has not happened for many years.

For a long time, the Han people of Yamaguchiyang are not ignorant of the contradictions with the natives, but the benefits lie, and everyone is in peace. As long as you pay some silver to the chieftain of the Turkish tribe, you can safely open a mine in this enclosure, and it is not a matter of concern what the people below are. Although this time it was played by borrowing the topic, Mao Wei also had to praise it, 'Almudin is really inciting'.

"I didn't expect the Tanhu on Palm Island to follow suit and oppose us."

Palm Island in the southwest of the Yamaguchi Ocean sea, in addition to a large island there are several smaller islands, because the island is widely named for the palm of the island, the island's Tanhu usually rely on fishing and pearl diving for a living, but also make some dried palm leaf utensils, but because the local Nanzhu trade is mostly monopolized by the Chinese merchants of the Yamaguchi Ocean, the Tan people profit very little, I am afraid that this is also the reason, so Almudin said that the island of the chieftain joined the blockade of the Yamaguchi Ocean. However, with the scale of only 100 people on that island, he did not dare to oppose the Han people, just because he saw that this time the situation was big, and he felt that there was an opportunity.

However, the siege itself is not much of a threat to Yamaguchiyang, although the Tu people have some muskets and arrows, but they don't even have decent clothes and armor, and they are not afraid to fight against the Han people in the walled city, not to mention muskets, even ordinary hunting bows can pose a big threat to them.

The stream that runs through the town ensures a supply of fresh water, and there is enough food in the port. Even if the trade was cut off, there were some fatal things, in addition to the local Chinese merchants, there were also some merchants from the Old Port and Pontianak who were trapped here, and now they still can't get out. Several lucky ships in the harbor are much larger than the local small boats, and they can't go to the ocean if they want to rush, for fear that the natives are approaching the fire attack, and the goods on board are very expensive. After a long time, this port will be abandoned, and how many maritime merchants will be willing to put Pontianak, which is safer in the south, and not go to the mountain pass to find it uncomfortable?

After all, it is because of the Song people, I don't know when the rumors got up, saying that the Song people who recently occupied Kuching in the northeast want to unify Borneo, and also say that the local Han people will respond in groups to welcome the king's division, which is the reason why the local natives are now 'hating the same enemy', otherwise with Almudin's usual style, the natives will not be as monolithic as they are now. Thinking of this, Mao Wei remembered his brother who went to Kuching a few days ago, since the rumors started because of the Song people, Mao Wei's heart inexplicably gave birth to a lot of expectations, this expectation has many years of hard work in this place, as well as thoughts on all kinds of rumors about the Song people.

I hope it doesn't drag on too long. ’

Mao Wei thought to himself, so he heard a person running from behind.

"Proprietor, Pontianak's reinforcements seem to have arrived."