Chapter 417: The conspiracy of Dayuan Island
Two weeks after the exercise, all the Dutch Spanish ships returned to their original stations. The problem that the Dutch would send additional warships to Dayuan Island, which had been what the Zheng family had been worried about, did not appear.
It's just that the Dutch sent an extra 200 people to garrison Dayuan Island, maybe they found something wrong, and came in to check the Zheng family's cargo ships in and out very strictly, but fortunately, there was no evidence for the Dutch to catch.
But this does not mean that the Zheng family has not acted, Zheng Zhilong's right-hand man, Zheng Hongkui has arrived at Dayuan Island at this time.
In a very secret cave, the head of the Zheng family's spies was dressed as a Confucian cedar, and from a distance he looked very much like a middle-aged scholar, but this scholar was not simple, his heart was definitely not as brittle as others saw, and the people who died in his hands were not hundreds but thousands.
It's a spy thing, it's definitely impossible not to kill people, to say that the only thing he makes people look more kind is that he has an easy-going appearance, always looking at you with a smile in his eyes.
This time I came to Dayuan Island mainly to meet the leaders of several villages, the Zheng family must be inseparable from the support of these local people, it is definitely not possible to rely on themselves, with them on the shore to attract the attention of some Dutch, it will definitely relieve a lot of trouble for the Zheng family to land on the island.
Zheng Zhilong sent him to obviously have a new action, the gunpowder transported to Dayuan Island through secret channels has been hidden, and there is also the training of personnel.
A strong helper is definitely much stronger than a scumbag teammate.
The Zheng family knew their strength after fighting with the Dutch, and naturally knew that it was impossible for the resistance forces in these villages to defeat the Dutch, after all, a group of peasants with hoes could not be compared with professional soldiers.
Therefore, training them has become one of the tasks of the Zheng family, and only by training these people well can they effectively contain the Dutch.
"Your Excellency, I've been waiting for a long time." Zheng Hongkui, who was carrying the direction of the cave entrance, suddenly heard a rough man's voice behind him.
"Well, a few strong men, please take a seat. Drink a bowl of tea to quench your thirst. ”
Looking at the four or five men who came, Zheng Hongkui and his calm greetings, and waited until they finished drinking tea before speaking.
"I invite you to come tonight, mainly to discuss the matter of military training, I don't know what you think."
Zheng Hongkui asked what he didn't ask, where did they think. If they had an idea, they wouldn't have followed the old Zheng family to do it themselves, it was because of the lack of a resourceful reader that they had failed in all their previous uprisings.
But from Zheng Hongkui's point of view, asking them can show that they are more sincere, and at the same time, it can also release a signal to tell them that in fact, the Zheng family values them very much and does not mean to be cannon fodder, so that they can not only buy people's hearts but also get their unconditional support, which is Zheng Hongkui's shrewdness.
However, for these people, of course they don't think so much, they only think that the old Zheng family is not thin on them, and they should be the first to look forward.
"Everything is at your command. Do what you say you do. Sure enough, as Zheng Hongkui thought, they didn't have any ideas, and if they had ideas, they wouldn't know how to say it.
"Before we start an incident, we will do some training first, and the training personnel will be arranged by you, but we must not be found by the Dutch to find anything abnormal, otherwise we will lose all our efforts."
The Netherlands can also be said to focus on monitoring these villages, and now as long as they have anything unusual, they will immediately arrest people, and if they are not killed, they will be directly transported to other colonies to work as coolies.
These people have courage and no strategy. If you don't explain it clearly, it will easily be bad, and the Dutch will send more warships to garrison it. It's not that simple to attack again.
It's not that the old Zheng family looks down on them, but it's completely because their past actions are too ineffective.
To deal with the Dutch, the Zheng family is ready to use a combination of hot and cold weapons, of course, the main use of bows and arrows to train these people, how can Australian-made guns be so expensive to give them to use, of course, it is reserved for their own people.
How adults are going to train. Tell me to wait.
"I've already arranged the training task for you, but your recent actions don't need to be too big, we will start in a few days, and everything will be under great orders."
Although the Dutch did not leave warships to garrison after the exercise, they left behind a force of several hundred men. It's to deal with these people.
At present, the Zheng family's supplies have not fully arrived, and it will take time to buffer, not to mention that the military exercise has just ended, and they don't know what the attitude of the Australians is.
Australia's attitude is extremely important, and I heard that Australia recently conducted another recruitment in Hong Kong, so it is not yet known what their purpose is.
But the Australians should have little idea about it, because they have tried it, and the results of the trial show that the Australians don't want to be involved in it.
Even so, the Zheng family still needs to be cautious, this military exercise is to fight pirates, but the intention of threatening the Zheng family is obvious, and the artillery and assault boats are the Zheng family's fear.
If you want to talk about the assault boat, the Zheng family really hopes to get a few, this thing is fast, the artillery can't shoot at all, and it is the most suitable for landing on the island to fight, it is precisely because of this that the Zheng family especially wants to get it.
I don't know if the Australians will sell it, but the Zheng family has sent people to Hong Kong to negotiate, and there is no reply to the previous purchase of the steamboat, and it is difficult to know the answer now that the purchase is proposed now.
Zheng Hongkui came to Dayuan Island in addition to meeting with these people, the main task is to make statistics on the Dutch defense and troops, a war to win is not just rely on a large number of people, the Zheng family and the Dutch have fought many times without much cheap, naturally understand this truth better.
The main reason why Zheng Hongkui went out in person was that the Zheng family took this matter very seriously and could not afford any mistakes, and the heads of these villages also needed a Zheng family heavyweight to meet and give them a reassurance.
The old Zheng family still did a very good job in buying people's hearts, and the leaders of these villages received some gifts after meeting, which were mainly based on materials, because once the money was used, it would also make the Dutch suspicious.
"My lord, I'll take my leave, and everything is waiting for your orders."
Looking at the few people who left, Zheng Hongkui's smiling face suddenly retracted and commanded the people behind him.
"Closely monitor their every move, and if there is any violation of the Zheng family, they will all be killed." Zheng Hongkui is really a decisive person, and he will be merciless to anyone who dares to betray the Zheng family. (To be continued......)