"It's unclear whether they know the plan of action of the indigenous forces, but according to the reports of those who have rushed to the gathering site to reconnoitre, the Chinese near the gathering site are extremely heavily guarded, and the indigenous forces are secretly assembling around the gathering site, so it seems that this vicious battle is inevitable."

Hu Zhen stood up and said, "How far is that place from here?" We won't have time to get there? ”

Chen Zichao took out a map and pointed to a place and said: "It's here, there is still one day, enough for us to take a boat first, and then land and walk there!" ”

"This is so important for us to win over the Chinese in Nanyang! Now that the sun has set, we must immediately mobilize our forces and rush to the meeting site overnight, even if it is to prepare for a fierce battle, to stop the actions of the indigenous forces! ”

"Yes!" Liang Kunri responded loudly, and after following Hu Zhen to the land of Singapore, he was not interested in preparing a bank, starting a company, a rubber factory, or investing in shareholders, but when he heard that it was possible to start a vicious war with the indigenous forces, he immediately became energetic.

For thousands of years, the Chinese have lived in Nanyang in a very low-key and difficult way, mostly forming small groups with regional clan ties as the link, and in the face of the oppression and massacre of the indigenous and European colonizers, they have always been submissive, and rarely all of them have united in action.

Although this unprecedented gathering of Nanyang Chinese leaders limited the participation of Hu Zhen's suddenly appeared team and many small groups of Chinese forces, it covered more than half of the forces of Nanyang Chinese after all, and it was an unprecedented event.

Hu Zhen led his troops to the Malay Peninsula on the second night.

The meeting took place in a large mansion in the remote wilderness of the Malay Peninsula, and after dark, the large mansion was surrounded by figures of Chinese armed men of various factions who were in charge of guarding.

Suddenly, a fast horse galloped from the road in the distance.

Immediately, the Chinese armed men who were on guard came up to stop them, shouting loudly: "Stop, who are you?" ”

"I'm also Chinese, and I have an emergency to tell all the bigwigs gathered here!" As soon as the knight on the horse spoke, his voice was full of Chinese accents.

But the Chinese in charge of the guard did not let down their vigilance, after all, the fight between the major Chinese gangs was a common thing, and more than a dozen Chinese on guard ran over with various single-shot rifles, muskets or bows and arrows, aimed at the knights, and shouted: "What emergency?" ”

"We have received rumors that there are indigenous intentions to disadvantage the bosses of this gathering, and they want to surround this place with arms!"

"Indigenous? Attempts against us? Where did you know about the wind? ”

"Our Mr. Hu arranged for someone to find out the news!"

"Mr. Hu? What kind of character is he? ”

"It doesn't matter who our Mr. Hu is, now the situation is very urgent, and the natives have been outflanked, so hurry up and report it!"

"Hmph, if we don't know where you come from, how can we easily disturb the big guys who are deliberating? Who can guarantee that you are lying about the military or if you have other intentions? ”

"Go and report it, or it'll be too late!"

"Don't say any more, for the sake of you being Chinese, we'll let you go away, you go away now! Otherwise, you're welcome! ”

But instead of leaving, the knight jumped off his horse and persuaded him bitterly: "Truly, the natives are coming around, and it will be too late for you to report it!" ”

"Get me away!" A dozen men gathered around him and surrounded him in the middle.

As the two sides were shoving, the fire flashed in the darkness in the distance, and the sound of dense bowstring pulls and firearms fired sounded in the air.

"Lie down, everybody!" In the midst of the lightning, the knight moved quickly, screaming and lying down on the spot.

In the darkness, countless bullets and arrows swept in, and more than a dozen Chinese who were still looking for the source of the gunfire did not have time to lie down, and they were all overturned in an instant.

"Native, a large group of indigenous killers are coming, shoot back!"

The knight was none other than Chen Zichao, and he took out two pistols and fired fiercely in the direction of the source of the gunshot.

The Chinese guards who were not hit thought at first that it was the men and horses brought by Chen Zichao to open fire, but when they saw Chen Zichao shooting desperately at the gunshot, they immediately understood what was going on and followed Chen Zichao to fire.

However, the natives who suddenly appeared were numerous and prepared, but after a while, the Chinese guards on the periphery were beaten to pieces, and a large number of indigenous armed men rushed inside.

At this moment, the Nanyang Chinese magnate was discussing in the courtyard of the mansion where they gathered, discussing how to strengthen cooperation in the future, but suddenly heard the movement of gunfire outside, and it suddenly became a mess.

Everyone didn't know what was going on, and some people thought it was a deliberate movement made by the bamboo net dragon hall, and they were about to question the principal, and more people pulled out their weapons one after another, intending to rush out.

Li Haoran, the hall master of the Zhuwang Dragon Hall, who initiated this gathering of Chinese leaders, was shocked when he heard the movement outside, jumped up and asked his subordinates urgently, "What is going on?" What's going on out there? ”

At this time, a person covered in blood staggered in from outside the door and reported to Li Haoran: "Hall Master, someone just now said that a Chinese named Hu Zhen sent him to warn us, saying that there are natives who are coming to attack and disturb us, and the people who are guarding outside have not had time to come in to report to the hall master, so the natives have attacked in a big way......"

"Hu Zhen? The natives came to besiege in a big way? ”

The Chinese leaders in the hall of the villa, in addition to the heads of the four major families of Chen, Wu, Li, and Zheng in the Zhuwang Dragon Hall, there were also the leaders of the Nanyang Main Hall of the Heaven and Earth Society, the Qiankun Society, the Bagua Society, the Tiandi Society, the Three Points Society, the Triad Society, the Circle Society, the Elders' Association, the Hanliu Society, and the leaders of the 28 factions of the Chinese clan associations in various places.

In the British and Dutch colonies, the Chinese were the most economically powerful, and although the natives had no way to make a living and were not strong in economic ability, they were numerous and powerful, and they were eyeing the huge wealth of the Chinese. Therefore, with the tacit consent of the British and Dutch colonial authorities, there were some incidents of indigenous attacks and plundering of the Chinese from time to time. Today's events are clearly planned by the natives for a long time.

Seeing everyone's frightened looks, Li Haoran bowed his hand to everyone and said: "I don't know what's going on, the news of our gathering has leaked to the indigenous side, but please rest assured, this gathering was invited by the Bamboo Net Dragon Hall, and we will try our best to ensure that everyone is thorough no matter how many people die!" ”

"Li Xiang's words are serious, since there are natives who don't know whether they are alive or dead to come to harass, it is useful for us, just open your mouth!"

Although many of the Chinese leaders at the gathering complained that Li Haoran had not arranged it well, causing the natives to come and make trouble, but the matter has come to this point, and they can only take one step at a time.

But the natives outside were clearly prepared, not only outnumbered, but also well-armed, and once launched, they launched an overwhelming attack from all directions.

The Chinese bigwigs who came to the party could not sit still, and sent their retinue one after another, armed with weapons, to join the ranks of resistance against the natives.

The Li family's guards on the periphery and the new recruits could not stop the fierce attack of the natives at all, so they had to retreat step by step, retreating to the edge of the wall of the mansion, relying on the wall to resist the onslaught of the natives.

Li Haoran saw that the situation was not good, so he asked the housekeeper to take someone to open a secret tunnel in a room, and led all the Chinese bigwigs to get out of the tunnel.

However, shortly after the butler entered the tunnel, gunshots were heard in the tunnel. After a while, the butler crawled out of the tunnel with serious injuries.

It turned out that the natives knew the secret tunnels of the mansion here from somewhere, and had sent people to wait in ambush in the tunnels, and as soon as someone appeared in the tunnels, they opened fire and hit hard, but fortunately, the housekeeper saw the opportunity quickly and quickly escaped back.

Seeing that the matter had come to this point, Li Haoran had no choice but to order his subordinates to quickly blow up the tunnel, so as not to be attacked by the natives using the tunnel as an offensive route.

Some of the Chinese bigwigs couldn't help but jump out, go out with their entourage, and rush at the indigenous team.

But the natives had no choice but to rely on the strength of the people, and with a counter-charge, they beat back the counterattack of the Chinese with dense firepower. The Chinese side failed to break through, but lost thirty or forty people.

Just when Li Haoran was thinking hard and couldn't get out, the people on guard outside remembered that Chen Zichao, who had just come to report the news, was also in the ranks of resisting the natives, so they immediately brought him to see Li Haoran.

"Thank you master for sending you to report the news!" As soon as Li Haoran saw Chen Zichao, he opened his mouth to thank him.

Chen Zichao didn't have any polite words, but said straightforwardly: "Mr. Li, the situation is urgent, don't say these polite words first, our people will not arrive until sunrise tomorrow, and we must survive tonight no matter what, so that we can wait for the reinforcements brought by our Mr. Hu personally!" ”