When Zeng Guoquan led the soldiers to rush down the mountain col and prepare to clean up the battlefield, Rong Weishan had already led the soldiers of the special battalion to carry out Brock's body and the dealer Awusi Delhi Mountain.

Bullock had already been killed by a grenade on the spot, and the dealer Awus Derry Hill was only wounded, and he had already woken up at this time, but when he saw the Chinese miners staring at him viciously and the demonic soldiers in gray uniforms, he immediately fainted again.

Tan Tiyuan, Zeng Guoquan and others arrived in Sankouyang with their troops seven days ago. The Chinese there are basically under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Lan Fang, and Lan Fang has a hall in Sankouyang, where more than 4,000 Chinese miners and wharf coolies make a living, second only to the Dong Wanlu Hall next to Pontianak. Originally, I was in awe of these soldiers who were also Chinese, and thought that they were coming to arrest them, so they fled into the hall to prepare to escape, and later Tan Tiyuan sent a few guides to explain, and the other party knew that although this was the army from the hometown court, it was not the original Manchu court, and the hometown had changed dynasties, not the place ruled by the Manchu people, and now the imperial court, that is the country of their own Han people, and now the emperor of the Han family is still the same as everyone, they are all Hakka people in southern Guangdong. From then on, with a reliance, those who are willing to return to China will return to China, and those who are willing to continue to make a living in Nanyang will continue to make a living in Nanyang, and the Hakka emperor will make decisions for everyone and protect everyone from being bullied by foreign ghosts and indigenous barbarians.

Those guides were originally people who could speak well, and some Chinese miners and dock laborers in Sankou Yangtangkou were brought to tears when they spoke, and from the hall master to the helpers, they all complained of their bitterness. Coupled with the dozens of Hakka soldiers sent by Tan Tiyuan, they spoke intimate Hakka dialect with a strong hometown accent, and the poor Hakka people who were present immediately made a living were in a state of great excitement. Tan Tiyuan said on behalf of the imperial court in a timely manner that he was ready to recruit An Lanfang Company, and in the future, the hall owners, incense owners, and deacons of these Lanfang companies could become local officials of the imperial court and help the imperial court manage this place in Nanyang. In addition, the imperial court prepared to enter Nanyang, directly bringing Sarawak and West Borneo directly under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court, and also establishing and recruiting troops in Nanyang to be stationed in Nanyang. Tan Tiyuan persuaded everyone to continue to work hard in Nanyang, not only that, but he was ready to write to the emperor, suggesting that more Hakka villagers should be moved from their hometown to develop Nanyang together, so that everyone can live a better life.

Tan Tiyuan's statement suddenly made the three foreign Chinese workers explode, and they all said that they wanted to get rid of the restrictions of the general system of Lanfang and the high-level of the association, and return to the imperial court. In this way, it reminded Tan Tiyuan and Zeng Guoquan that it seems that the top management of this Lanfang company, especially the big general system, seems to be not very popular.

After some inquiry, the laborers of Sankou finally expressed their dissatisfaction from the bottom of their hearts.

It turns out that today's Lanfang general system has been the 11th term, his real name is Liu Shoushan, and later changed his name to Liu Asheng, during the 10th general system Liu Qianxing ten years ago, Lanfang Company and the neighboring Sultan of Wanna made enemies, and continued to fight, whether it was a warlike army or a lot of money and territory, and the Dutch and the natives of the Sultan of Wanna united to deal with Lanfang Company, and the territory of Lanfang Company continued to occupy, and Lanfang became increasingly difficult. Nine years ago, because Liu Asheng was active and had dealings with the Dutch, Lanfang Company recommended Liu Asheng to Batavia to negotiate in an attempt to restore the lost territory and mines, but Liu Asheng, like the 6th president, surrendered to the Dutch, secretly signed an agreement with the Netherlands, and betrayed Lanfang's interests. When he returned to Dongwanlu, where the Lanfang main hall was located, he lied that it had been resolved and all the mines were returned, and the Dutch East India authorities intended to cooperate, Liu Asheng won everyone's trust and won the trust of the general system to become the next successor.

Because the incumbent general system is old and sick, and there is not much of a director, Liu Asheng, who became the successor of the general system, initially mastered the Lanfang Company, and through a series of suppression of dissidents, co-opting and supporting cronies, after controlling Lanfang, he immediately changed his face and announced that the Lanfang Company was under the jurisdiction and protection of the Dutch colonial authorities, and it was regarded as an autonomous territory within the influence of the Dutch East India authorities. After the news came out, Lanfang Company was taken aback and objected. Li Tianquan, Guo Yazhen and other leaders of several halls, led more than 200 backbone people in the hall, directly launched a coup against Liu Asheng, occupied the headquarters of Lanfang Dongwanlu, Liu Asheng fled in panic, hid in the Pontianak Dutch colonial garrison not far away, and after Li Tianquan and others lost their vigilance, they moved to the Netherlands to rescue the troops, and reorganized the fleeing cronies and others to counterattack back to Dongwanlu. And, sent his subordinates to secretly assassinate Li Tianquan and other hall masters, relying on the power and support of the Dutch, Liu Asheng completely suppressed the opposition, executed all the backbones, and more than 50 people under him were exiled to Aceh.

Later, under the leadership of Liu Asheng, the Lanfang Company further flattered the Dutch colonial authorities and helped the Dutch send troops to suppress the Dagang Company, which was also a Chinese miner. The frenzied Liu Asheng and his son-in-law and other cronies forced the cousins of the Lanfang Company to help the Dutch attack the Dagang Company of the Chinese compatriots at the same time, and killed Zheng Hong, the leader of the Dagang Company, and cut off Zheng Hong's head and offered it to the Dutch for reward.

Originally, the Dagang Company, which was the most powerful company in West Borneo, was jointly suppressed by the Dutch East Indian colonial authorities, the Bullock Dynasty, and the Lanfang Company, and the territory and personnel became less and less.

Three years ago, the Dutch East Indies government sent Andersen to lead troops to wipe out all the Chinese forces and territories in Borneo and establish the hegemony of the Dutch and Indian governments, which was resisted stubbornly by many Chinese forces, but because Lanfang Company, under the leadership of Liu Asheng, always stood on the side of the Dutch and Indian governments and helped the Dutch to continue to attack their compatriots, and finally the Chinese forces either perished or fled West Borneo and went to Sarawak or even Xingjiapo or Taluo. Lan Fang also benefited, and the Dutch and Indian governments agreed to preserve the independence of the Republic of Lan Fang until the death of its leader, Liu Asheng. After this great change, only 25,000 of the 50,000 Chinese in Borneo a few years ago are left.

Hearing this, Tan Tiyuan and Zeng Guoquan were already full of anger. There are still such shameless people!

"Traitor! Shameless traitor! Tan will kill him! Tan Tiyuan was furious and shouted directly.

turned his head to look, Zeng Guoquan and Shi Lifen next to him looked embarrassed, Zeng Guoquan's face was even redder, and Tan Tiyuan suddenly understood. At the beginning, Zeng Guoquan followed his brother Zeng Guofan, who was also a Han Chinese, but he went to help the Manqi people attack the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the captive army, but he was also a traitor among the Han people, and Shi Lifen felt that he was a bit of an outsider after all.

However, Tan Tiyuan was not easy to explain, so he immediately pretended not to know, changed the topic, and shouted: "Would you like to go with me to the headquarters of Na Lanfang, Dong Wanlu, and Pontianak, the West Borneo garrison of the Dutch foreigners, to arrest Liu Asheng and the Dutch who killed my Chinese compatriots, and to avenge the dead Chinese compatriots?" ”

A small part of the soldiers who went out to fight for the captives were also Hakka, and they were also full of anger when they felt the same way, and shouted in unison: "I am willing to take revenge with Commander Tan and exterminate traitors and foreign ghosts and thieves!" ”

The Chinese miners also expressed their willingness to break away from the Lanfang Company and assist the imperial army in quelling the thieves.

Seeing that the military heart was available, Tan Tiyuan also inquired clearly that the strength of the Lanfang Company and the Dutch in Borneo was not strong, and the strength of the troops would not exceed three hundred, so he directly ordered the expedition and divided the troops into two routes.

He led the first detachment of the Nanyang Fleet, together with two infantry regiments, directly south along the coast, rushed to the mouth of the Wanla River to blockade it, and then attacked the city of Pontianak on the left bank of the estuary with warships and infantry, defeated the Dutch, and then deceived Liu Asheng to Pontianak in the name of the Dutch, and captured him halfway, so as to reduce the unnecessary losses caused by the attack on Dongwanlu.

Zeng Guoquan, commander of the 38th Infantry Division, led his division headquarters and the remaining officers and men of the 38th Division to rush to the headquarters of Dagang Company by land, and then rushed to Dongwanlu, the headquarters of Lanfang Company, by land.

Because the soldiers of the captive army led by Zeng Guoquan set off by land, although they walked in a straight line, they would be slower than Tan Tiyuan, and they would not leak the news.

In this way, when the nearly 3,000 soldiers of the captive army led by Zeng Guoquan were about to arrive in Dagang, the scouts found another team on the way, the special battalion led by Rong Weishan, the deputy commander of the special battalion under him. After asking, I found out that the outpost of the special battalion had discovered the headquarters of the Dagang Company, and the families of those Shilongmen Chinese workers had fled there.

So the two armies joined forces and surrounded Bullock and the others who were attacking Dagang Company, and defeated them in one fell swoop!

With the cronies of the dealer Awusi Derishan and Ye Xiangyun of Lanfang Company, Zeng Guoquan asked about the situation of Dongwanlu and Pontianak.

Although Dongwanlu, the headquarters of Lanfang Company, claims to be a soldier for all the people, there are more than 5,000 troops with five or six thousand Chinese, but there are only more than 1,200 soldiers who can really fight, and the others are all full of people, and because Ye Xiangyun has brought out 300 people, there are less than 1,000 people left, and there are only more than 500 people who can really fire with muskets. It's not that muskets are expensive and can't afford them, but the Dutch deliberately restricted the development of the Lanfang Company and prevented them from being able to buy muskets, which were still based on the Lanfang Company's accumulation over the years and the exchange with those Malayaya natives.

The Dutch soldiers in Pontianak were even smaller, with less than 200 army troops. On the other hand, warships occasionally appear at the mouth of the Vanla River near Pontianak, and although there is no official fleet stationed in West Borneo, there are usually armed Dutch merchant ships or one or two small frigates or steamships docked at the estuary docks outside Pontianak.

However, this should have been solved long ago by the First Squadron led by Tan Tiyuan. Zeng Guoquan was really crying and laughing at the "strong troops" of the Dutch and Lanfang companies that were the kings and hegemons in West Borneo, such a large territory, there were not even three or five hundred regular troops, and the strength of this foreigner was really pitiful. But if you think about what you see along the way, except for a few river valley plains and mines where everyone lives, the rest of the place is really uninhabited, and it is all undeveloped virgin forest. And the miners just said that there are only 25,000 Chinese in the entire West Borneo, and the rest are natives, although I don't know how many, but they can basically be treated as stupid beasts in the jungle, and they really don't need many troops.