The Mataran people escorted the people to the sea to the north, and this arrangement was even more secure than the people of Dacheng Rice Traveling to go to sea on their own, at least until they returned from buying grain from Indochina, the Mataran people would do their best to ensure the safety of the three "messengers". The initials of the new domain name of this site, K1XSW, the largest free romance Chinese site, hurry up.??? Bayi Chinese??? Net w?w?w?.?8?1?z?w?.c?o?m?And the Mataran people obviously had no suspicion of the identity of Cheng Dapeng and the others, and did not intend to check whether they were carrying any suspicious items on the road. Of course, this may also be due to the current food supply pressure faced by Batavia City, which has made the Mataran people unable to take care of so many details.

Batavia had been under siege for a month, and during that time there had been little outside supplies into the city, and although there had not yet been a real famine in the city, the food supply was already very tight. This was also due to the fact that the East India Company immediately implemented a temporary plan for the unified distribution of supplies at the beginning of the siege, and seized all commercial grain stocks in the city, including the Dacheng Rice Bank, to maintain the survival of tens of thousands of people in the city with the minimum food ration. If there were no such measures, it is estimated that before the Mataran people broke through the city, the people in the city would have been in civil strife long ago.

Of course, if that kind of chaotic situation arises, it will probably be the granary of Dacheng Rice Row. In the same way, the first thing the Mataran people do when they enter the city is to control the food supply channels first, even if the grain stock of Dacheng Rice Store has been moved by the Dutch into the council castle in the center of the city, the Matalan people must first ensure that there is no accident to grain merchants like Cheng Dapeng, otherwise they really can't transport a large amount of grain in a short period of time to feed the tens of thousands of mouths that have suddenly become extra.

When Sukarno left, he specially left a team of soldiers to maintain order outside Dacheng Rice Store to avoid the intrusion of the chaotic people in the city, but it should also have the purpose of surveillance, after all, there are more or less contacts between this kind of big grain merchant and the local ruling body, and the Mataran people are not sure if Cheng Dapeng is really as honest as he seems.

After Cheng Dapeng was sure that he would be fine, he worried about Bart's safety again. However, even if there were no Ma Dalan soldiers guarding the outside of Mi Xing, he didn't dare to sneak out to find out the news. Now the city is full of rebels, and at this time there are really a lot of young people who want to take advantage of the chaos, and a person like him who is delicate and noble and has no power to protect himself, it is better to stay at home honestly.

Since the day before, there have been gunshots and shouts of killing in the city, but they are mainly concentrated in the north of the city. The western part of the city was mostly inhabited by foreign merchants, and the people's willingness to resist was also low, but there was no fierce fighting, and the Mataran people barely encountered much resistance, so they took over the western part of the city. Judging from the appearance of the Mataran people, Cheng Dapeng thought that they had completely controlled the city fortifications in the west of the city, and were not worried that the Dutch in the city would be able to break through to the west, and the hope of survival of Bart and the others was undoubtedly reduced by a few points.

In fact, as Cheng Dapeng speculated, the north of the city with the greatest pressure was lost, and the city defenses in the east and west directions of the city were lost. Although the south of the city was still in the hands of the Dutch for the time being, the high-ranking officers such as Van Dimen and Bart did not intend to withdraw from Batavia, but were determined to fight the enemy to the death in the city. However, many Dutch merchants chose to flee from the south of the city, hoping to avoid being pursued by the Matarans. But this escape route is by no means easy, with only a few plantations and farmsteads in the area south of the city, and a small rainforest thirty miles away, where it is difficult for ordinary people to hide for long periods of time without supplies, and malaria, poisonous insects, and hot and humid conditions can kill those who enter it in a matter of days.

The vast majority of locals and Chinese did not choose to flee, and for ordinary people, staying in the city was more likely to survive than fleeing, after all, the Matarians did not attack Batavia to slaughter the city, but to drive out the Dutch and occupy this trading port city, which could generate huge fortunes every year. The people here, including the Chinese, will be the foundation of the Mataran people in the future, and they have no reason to slaughter the Batavian people who will become the people of Mataran.

For the day of July 1o, the roar of artillery in Batavia barely stopped. It took the Matarans a day and a night to clear the passage through the north gate and begin to bring heavy weapons into the city. The Dutch defenders, who relied only on barricades as defensive barriers, could hardly continue to fight in the face of larger caliber artillery. One by one, the artillery of the Mataran cleared the defenders' street strongholds and suppressed the defenders' retreat to the city center.

During the day's engagement, the defending side paid thousands of lives to stop the Mata Blues' offensive in the outer area about 300 meters from the council castle. And since the Mata Blue Army entered the city, the proportion of casualties they paid has also dropped greatly compared with the previous battle, although in terms of numbers it is still higher than the defenders, but compared to the difference between the two sides before entering the city about ten times the difference in battle losses, the current casualties of just over twice as many have made the commander of the Mata Blue Army laugh.

The Dutch armed men and militiamen who were still stubbornly resisting in the center of the city were less than 2,000 men, and even if you counted the old and weak women and children who could not fight, the total number was 4,500. And the Mada Blue Army now has at least 13,000 or so combatable troops, even if they fill it with human lives, they can fill this hole. For the Matarans, conquering Batavia is basically no longer a problem, and it depends on how long it will take to clear this last obstacle.

However, it is not known whether it was because the Dutch were aroused or because the Mata Blues were slackened when they saw victory in sight, but the last step was extremely difficult, and the battle continued until the night of July 12, when the Mata Blues still did not conquer the last stronghold of the Dutch in the city. The artillery was of limited use to the attackers at this point, as the outside of the council castle was full of rubble, and the shells were no longer noticeable.

At this time, the Mata Blue Army had completed the siege of the city center, but if this nail was not removed, the Mata Blue Army could not claim to have seized control of Batavia. After waiting outside the city for several days, he finally could not hold back, and entered the city on the evening of the 12th, announcing that he would personally supervise the battle when the sun rose, and demanded that the army must take this last stronghold before the sun set.

However, as if it was a taunt from heaven to Lang Sang, it suddenly began to rain that night, and there was no sign of stopping at dawn. Lang Sang's claim to attack when the sun rises has invisibly become a joke.

In any case, as long as there are no knives falling from the sky, this offensive must still be moved. On the morning of the 13th, with the order of Lang Sang, about 5,000 Mataram soldiers launched a final offensive from multiple directions at the same time. Behind them were two groups of three thousand men, and if the first wave of the offensive was repulsed, the latter two reserves would also go into battle in turn, leaving no respite for the Dutch. If nothing else, the Blues should be able to smooth out the stinking and hard stumbling block by midday.

Fan Dimen had given up the command of the second line, and stood on the defensive line with the few remaining Dutch with muskets, looking at the marching horse to beat the blue army, Fan Dimen let go of his voice and shouted: "Gentlemen, the last moment has come, let's bring a few more Nanyang monkeys to heaven together!"

Bart also clutched the weapon in his hand, and although the injuries on his body now made it difficult for him to even stand firm, it did not hinder his belief in fighting to the end. Strangely, at this time, what came to his mind was not the windmill mill and bright tulips of his hometown, but a steaming meal.

"I really want to eat another meal of food sent by Cheng Dapeng!" Bart shook his head helplessly, banishing the illusion from his mind and focusing his mind on the final battle at hand. He knew that maybe in a few moments, he would go to see God, and he should not have the opportunity to taste the Chinese food that Cheng Dapeng got again.

But fate seemed to play a game on both sides of the war, and just as the Mata Blues were about to enter the range of the Dutch defenders' muskets, the signal was suddenly given to withdraw their troops. Both sides were momentarily distracted by the incident, but soon the Mata Blues really changed their front to rear and began to retreat.

"What's going on?" Bart muttered to himself as he looked at the empty city outside.

The Matarans were close to completing their battle plan, but at this juncture they took the initiative to retreat?

After a long pause, there was a cannon shot in the air, followed by a second and a third, and everyone stood up to distinguish it carefully, and finally determined that the sound of cannon fire was coming from the north.

"It's our reinforcements! It's the reinforcements that have arrived!" The first person to react was Fan Dimen, and he was the only one who knew best the plan of action for the reinforcements. Despite being nearly a week later than he expected, reinforcements had finally arrived!

"The main forces of Mataram have all entered the city, and all the logistics personnel and wounded soldiers stationed on the seashore are stationed. If I'm not mistaken, the supplies for the Mata Blues are also stored in the port...... These monkeys are going to be unlucky!" After Fan Dimen sorted out the situation, he quickly began to give orders: "All those who can still fight, immediately form a team, we are going to start a counterattack!"

The Dutch fleet had actually been assembled five days earlier in the Carimo Islands, about 22 nautical miles east of the port of Batavia, and more than a hundred sailing ships, including merchant ships, were carrying about 4,000 fighters and quietly slaughtered them. By the time of the fact, the fleets had swept through all the major ports of Mataran on the line from Timor to Java, even the southern coast of Borneo. With the Blues almost out of the nest, the Dutch faced little decent resistance during the operation and did make a lot of money.

However, due to the uncertainty of the state of the fighting in Batavia, it was difficult for this floating force to grasp the right time to counterattack. They weren't even sure if Batavia, which was under siege by the Matars, had fallen, and if so, it would be useless for them to fight back.

However, according to the plan made in advance, thirty days after the start of the battle, the fleet decided to assemble and launch a counterattack. On the morning of the 13th, when the Mata Blue Army in the city began to assemble, the Dutch fleet also launched a surprise attack on the port of Batavia from the open sea.

As Van Dimen had guessed, after breaking through the fortifications of Batavia, the Matarans had relaxed their guard on the periphery, and the main force was almost all sent to fight in the city, while all that remained in the port were wounded soldiers and men, as well as mountains of war supplies.

Although the Malta Blues stationed in the harbor were soon alerted, there was nothing they could do to prevent the Dutch fleet from approaching the harbor and carrying out the boarding of the 6. The Mata Blues had been so focused on attacking the city of Batavia that they had not bothered to set up shore fortifications and defensive lines on the port side. The unprepared garrison had little chance to show itself in front of the wolf-like Dutch, and the musket array dispersed the panicked soldiers with little effort.

On the orders of the commander, the Dutch, who had just landed on the 6th, immediately began to burn the war materiel on the shore - the vast majority of which was rations for the Mata Blue Army. The fire in the harbor attracted the attention of the Mata Blues in the city even faster than those who returned to the city to call the police, and at the same time that Raden Langsang ordered the attack, the commander on the tower of the city gate had already sent someone to report to him the alarm that the Dutch had boarded the port6.

This news is indeed bad news for Lang Sang, because the port not only has the supplies needed for the maintenance of the Matalan army, but also hundreds of ships used to transport troops and supplies, if these things are lost, it will be difficult for the Mataran army to achieve long-term occupation even if they capture Batavia, not to mention that there is a Dutch fleet on the seashore that does not know where to kill.

With no information on the approximate strength of the Dutch fleet, Langsan made a crucial mistake at this time by ordering the troops attacking the castle of the Council to retreat and immediately go outside the city to stop the Dutch on the seashore.

In Lang Sang's view, there are only a few Dutch armed men left in the city, and it is unlikely that they will turn the tables again, and keeping supplies and ships by the sea is the top priority for the Mata Blue Army. As long as the remnants of the Dutch on the seashore are quelled in one go, it will be too late to go back and clean up the remnants of the city. The defense of Batavia has been broken, can the Dutch still come back to life?

But the Dutch didn't think so, and when they had a chance to live, they immediately launched a counterattack. Because the present situation was part of the plan made by the Dutch before the war.