Liu Hanyi knew that the commander of Luzon was a black man, and now when he saw it, he really lived up to his reputation, and he was as black as charcoal.

"General Tie, it's hard work!" Liu Hanyi arched his hand.

Tie Hong also returned the salute: "It's easy to say, it's all for the country, and it just so happens that I've been idle for a long time." If you have 3,000 defenders of Luzon, you will have to keep 300 for Manila and 200 for Tortoiseshell City, and I can bring 2,000 men to fight against you. ”

"Two thousand is enough." Liu Hanyi said.

Zhang Huangyan suddenly said: "There are thousands of Japanese ronins in Luzon, most of whom are employed by Han landlords to take care of their homes and homes. Many fled Japan alone, and did not even have money to marry in Luzon. As long as they promise to give an indigenous woman as a wife, and the meritorious person can still give land, these ronins will definitely join the army enthusiastically, and they don't even need to be paid military salaries. ”

"That's great!" Liu Hanyi, like Han Xin, sends more troops, the better.

Zhang Huangyan and Tie Hong temporarily stayed in Luzon to recruit Japanese.

Liu Hanyi, on the other hand, went to Taiwan to persuade the admirals there in the name of the imperial court envoys.

In fact, there are also army troops stationed in Taiwan, with 500 soldiers in Taipei and 500 soldiers in Tainan, mainly fighting against headhunters in the mountains.

Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang have developed into large villages in the mountains and valleys. They vigorously opened up in the mountains, and when they laid down a piece of land, government immigrants came in, and they themselves could leave some of the land. In order to pay less ladder tax for the land, the rogues are crazy to have babies, Zhang Xianzhong alone has 16 children, most of whom are born to local concubines.

Liu Hanyi traveled to Taipei, Tainan, and not only successfully persuaded the navy to dispatch, but also borrowed 200 troops from Taiwan.

Zhang Xianzhong's brother-in-law, Ding Chang, opened a shop in Taipei County to do a leather business, and immediately sent someone to the mountains to report the news when he heard the news. Zhang Xianzhong, who was unwilling to be lonely, came running with hundreds of peasant soldiers, intending to make military exploits to gain identity - he wanted to be the mayor of the town.

"Angel Liu, one-third of my more than 100 peasant soldiers were brothers who fought in the south and the north back then. The remaining two-thirds also fight against headhunters all year round, ensuring that all of them are good! Zhang Xianzhong's chest snapped.

Liu Hanyi looked at the famous "Eight Thieves" curiously, it is estimated that he is a big landlord, his life is relatively nourishing, and Zhang Xianzhong is obviously blessed.

However, it is still very strong, and it can be described as a big shoulder and a round waist.

Fei Ruhe is collecting Li Zicheng's troops in Hetao, and since Li Zicheng can be forgiven, it seems that it is not taboo to use Zhang Xianzhong to fight.

Liu Hanyi asked, "Why did Village Chief Zhang take the initiative to join the army?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong said with a smile: "Ming people don't say dark words, first, it's boring to fight with the natives, and they want to go to Batavia to do their tricks." The second is that I want to make meritorious service as the mayor of the town, but the prefect and the prefect of the county are afraid of things and dare not let me be the mayor. If you have made meritorious service, please ask the angel to say a few kind words in front of His Majesty. The third is for the sake of my children and grandchildren, although they can enter the school, they are not qualified to graduate as examiners, let alone go to Nanjing to be officials in the imperial examination. If I have made meritorious service in this battle, I beg Your Majesty to give me a place for the imperial examination. The fourth child in my family is smart, studying in primary school, and taking the first place in the examination every year, if he can take the imperial examination in the future, it will be beautiful. ”

Liu Hanyi couldn't laugh or cry when she heard this, the dignified eight kings are now working hard to be the mayor of the town, and take the initiative to fight for a son's imperial examination.

In fact, Zhang Xianzhong is very satisfied with his current life.

He now has a group of wives and concubines, three of whom were brought from Hubei, and the rest of the concubines are indigenous women. Although he is indigenous, he is also born beautiful and has a unique charm. More than ten sons and daughters made Zhang Xianzhong proud, and his Zhang family was enough to spread out in Taiwan and become a big family.

He has thousands of acres of land under his name, most of which is still paying a high ladder tax. But as long as all the children are adults, and the land and property are evenly distributed among the children, those ladder taxes can be exempted, which is nothing more than more than ten people divided into household registrations.

Zhang Xianzhong's ideal now is to have more children by himself, let his children have more children, and then continue to open up to the mountains and forests. In a few decades, the Zhang family will be able to have thousands of acres of land!

If the son can become an official in the imperial examination and have connections in the court, of course it would be great.

Liu Hanyi said with a smile: "Village Chief Zhang is dedicated to serving the country, how can the envoy refuse?" Wait for the Luzon army to set off together. ”

Liu Hanyi continued to take a boat to Guangdong, persuaded the navy there to send a few warships as well, and then ran to Palembang and Malacca. And Zhang Xianzhong sent people south to call Sun Kewang as well, and Sun Kewang was on standby with more than 80 peasant soldiers.

Liu Hanyi made an appointment with the armies from all walks of life, and continued to gather along the way, and now gathered troops in Guangzhou, and then collectively went south to Palembang.

The army of Malacca will also be waiting in Palembang.

Palembang is only 900 miles by sea from Batavia and can be reached by boat in a blink of an eye, like a sword in the throat of the Dutch.

Liu Hanyi arrived in Malacca by ship, not only borrowed two warships and 100 armies, but also learned the latest news about the Dutch fleet.

After the Dutch occupied Ranbawa, they attacked Suqadana and forced the country's sultan to submit.

Today's Kalimantan Island, Brunei, Sulu and the Sanfa Sultanate, are subject states of China. And the Sultanate of Murbawa, Sukkadana, and Mazin were vassal states of the Netherlands.

There is also the Sultanate of Landak, which is the most suitable for agriculture and has a natural harbor, which actually maintains its independent state. The Dutch didn't look down on it at all, because they could only farm there, and there wasn't much spice production, so they couldn't make much silver at all.

When the situation stabilized, the Dutch left part of the army to guard the gold mines, and the rest of the troops returned. There were also two ships, transporting hundreds of armies, to Ceylon to replenish the castle's troops, in case the Portuguese returned to fight back, and at the same time to replenish the Ceylon castle with food.

At present, half of the Dutch East India Company's forces are stationed on the east coast of India and Ceylon, half in Batavia, and sporadic on small spice-rich islands.

Liu Hanyi then came to Palembang and soon met Governor Kwong Hung and the governor of the Governor's Palace, Wu Liangfu.

Wu Liangfu, the eunuch who killed Da Yu'er and Shunzhi, was promoted by Zhao Hanchao because he took the initiative to ask to work overseas, and his official position is equivalent to the director of the office of the Palembang Governor's Office. He also adopted a Han orphan in Palembang and married a wife to continue the incense of the Wu family.

"Palembang can send a hundred soldiers," said Kwong Hong, "and the Han people of Palembang can recruit at least a thousand volunteers." But it's better not to conscript, these Han people mostly believe in the Green Religion, and the conversion to Taoism is very slow, and I will not allow them to serve as soldiers, even if they are volunteers, before large-scale reform. You can go to Banten to recruit servants, and Banten wants to drive out the Dutch. ”

Liu Hanyi shook his head and said, "No, the Bandan people can't break through Batavia, so they often go to loot the surrounding Han farms. In this war, the local Han people needed to provide food, and if the Bandan people were recruited as servant troops, it would definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of the Han landlords in Batavia. ”

Kuang Hong smiled and came up with an idea: "After besieging Batavia, you can divide one or two hundred troops and go to the Buryanan (Bandung) area to incite the Mataran nobles there to rebel." The last time the Dutch helped the Sultan of Mataram to quell the rebellion, Brian ceded it to the Dutch in return. There is a Dutch castle there, which is relatively poorly built, and I heard that there are only a few dozen garrisons. The Dutch proselytized everywhere in the Brianan region, and the missionaries also encroached on the land in large quantities, and the noble landowners of Mataram resisted very much. ”

Liu Hanyi clapped his hands and praised: "As long as we confirm that we have surrounded Batavia, the noble landlords of Mataran in Bryanan will definitely raise troops again." There is no need for them to help attack Batavia, after these rebellions, the war will spread to the east, and the whole of Mataram will be the world of the rebels. In this way, to the west of Batavia is the mortal enemy Banten Kingdom, and to the east is the Mataran Kingdom full of rebel armies, and Batavia has become a completely isolated city, and we can rest assured that we can boldly besiege it, and we do not need to send additional people to the coast to instigate. ”

For the sake of safety, Liu Hanyi still went to the Johor country next door and borrowed the strength of 1,500 Johor soldiers with worrying combat effectiveness.

Two months later, the armies converged at Palembang.

There are more than 40 large and small ships, 2000 Luzon Army, 800 Japanese Ronin, 200 Taiwan Army, 220 Taiwan Agricultural Soldiers, 100 Malacca Army, 100 Palembang Army, and 1500 Johor Soldiers. The total strength of the army reached 4,920 troops.

On the Dutch side, there are more than 20 large and small ships and more than 1,200 Dutch troops.

However, Batavia has more than 2,000 Dutch and Dutch civilians of mixed descent, and it should be possible to temporarily recruit thousands of militiamen. There were also slaves, who could also form an army on an improvised basis. There are also more than 2,000 indigenous servant armies that can be pulled into battle on the battlefield. Counting all the garbage soldiers, the number is about the same as that of the Chinese army.

In fact, when the navies of Guangdong, Taiwan, and Luzon were assembled, they moved south from Guangzhou to the vicinity of Singapore and were discovered by the Dutch.

The governor of Batavia, Carl Rainiers, immediately guessed the goal of the Chinese army. On the one hand, he ordered the troops from all over the South Seas to assemble, temporarily incorporated the merchant ships that had not yet left the port into the navy, and recalled the army guarding the gold mines of Murbawa. On the other hand, two merchant ships were sent to bypass the southern part of Sumatra and go to India to call for reinforcements.

At the same time, an envoy was sent to Palembang in the hope of resolving the crisis peacefully.

The envoy was the writer Neukhov, who had dealt with the Datong army in Malacca and painted the Nanjing glazed pagoda to Europe in history.

When Neukhov saw Liu Hanyi, he asked: "The Netherlands and China signed the Treaty of Batavia, and we have a ten-year truce. Why is China sending a large army to Palembang now? Is China going to tear up the treaty if it doesn't keep its promises? ”

Liu Hanyi took out the edict of canonization and the golden seal of the king of Murbawa, and reprimanded angrily: "Mura Wow is already a vassal state of China, and the Netherlands has tore up the treaty by capturing Mur Wow!" ”

Neukhov defended: "No, Your Excellency's canonization document has not yet been delivered to the Sultan of Murbawa. Before China completed the canonization, the Sultan of Murbawa had already submitted to the Netherlands, and now Murbawa is a subject state of the Netherlands, and we have not torn up the treaty. ”

Liu Hanyi corrected: "King Wow, I have presented my credentials to China. When the letter of state was accepted by the emperor of my Datong Heavenly Dynasty, it was already a subject country of China! ”

Newkhov also stopped dwelling on this issue: "It seems that this is just a misunderstanding, and it will not be resolved at all by force." The Netherlands can withdraw its troops from the Ranbawa, how about the gold mines of the Rannawa and the Netherlands and China jointly mining? ”

This little Teddy in the Netherlands really wants everything.

Batavia is about to be taken to the city, and is not willing to hand over the gold mine completely, and wants to jointly develop the gold mine with China.

Liu Hanyi sneered: "Do you think this will allow me to withdraw the army?" ”

Newkhoff continued to concede: "Since China is unwilling to give up the gold mines, the Netherlands is willing to give up and promise not to get involved in the gold mines in the future." ”

"My army of 30,000 has come from afar, and you let me go back without letting go?" Liu Hanyi exaggerated his strength by six times.

Wanting to stall for time, Newkhov said, "Why don't I go back to Batavia first and ask the governor to compensate you for part of your country's military expenses?" Please ask you to set a price, how much can it make up for the loss of the troops? ”

"500,000 taels of silver!" Liu Hanyi's lion opened his mouth.

If the Netherlands was really willing to pay so much money, Liu Hanyi would retreat without saying a word, which was enough for him to get the credit for pouring the sky.

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