Liu Hanyi agreed on a time to start the war, and asked the Han people in Bacheng to connect half a month in advance, in order to keep it as secret as possible and leave room for adjustment.

As it turns out, plans always change.

The Chinese naval fleet was discovered ahead of schedule, resulting in an earlier attack.

Hosaku, who was lurking in the city, found that the Dutch were blockading the port and preventing the remaining Chinese merchant ships from leaving the port, so he hurriedly ran to the countryside to report the news.

It had to be done in advance, otherwise it would have been the Dutch who had to do it first.

Su Dingguo gathered several sons and more than 30 fellow villagers. Only he himself had an arquebus, and the rest were all broadswords and spears, and they were all dressed in cloth, and they did not even have a decent piece of armor.

More than 400 Javanese slaves were also gathered, and Su Dingguo said in the native language: "The emperor of China has sent 100,000 troops over. The Dutch are dead this time, so don't think about taking advantage of the situation. Some stayed in the countryside to protect our farms, and the rest were all transported with the army! Let's go, let's level the Yang family first! ”

Dozens of Han Chinese armed with weapons, and more than 200 Javanese slaves accompanied the army to carry food.

On the way, he met Su Dingguo's younger brother Su Dingbang, who also brought a similar army. In this way, the troops continued to be gathered, and the direction was not Batavia, but the Yang family plantation, which also belonged to the Han people.

The current surname is Yang, the son of Yang Kun, the contractor of the Batavia city walls and canals.

Yang Kun is also in his sixties, and his property is handed over to his son to take care of, and he retires in a newly built mansion in the countryside.

"Kill!"

The earth-shattering shouts of killing came from a distance, and the rebel troops did not know how to fight at all, and began to shout and charge two miles away. not only gave the Yang family time to react, but also tired himself enough, and when he rushed to the wall of the Yang house, he was already out of breath.

Yang Kun was lying on the rocking chair listening to a little song, and was suddenly startled by the sound of killing, and hurriedly shouted: "But the bandits of Wandan are coming?" Gather troops to guard the hospital wall, and let them grab the sugar cane in the field! ”

"Old lady, it's not good, it's a Han from the township!" The butler crawled in.

Yang Kun hurriedly went out to check, took a ladder and lay on the wall, only to see two or three hundred people killed from the east. He hurriedly shouted, "Flee to the city!" ”

The old fellow had no regard for his possessions, so he let a sturdy slave slip away on his back. He didn't run far when hundreds of people came from the north, blocking his escape to Bacheng, and scared him so much that he almost lost his soul.

In order to save his life, the Javanese slave threw down Yang Kun and ran, and the old guy fell to pieces.

Finally got up, the rebels had already killed closer, Yang Kun could only ask loudly: "They are all Han people who go to sea to beg for words, why do you want to kill me?" ”

The leading Han landlord said: "You are an old immortal, how much hard-earned money did you squeeze the villagers when you contracted the city wall and canal?" There are a lot of folks, you took them out to sea, and you forced them to death! Now your son has become a kapitan and a dog for the Dutch, and today he will avenge him as well! ”

Yang Kun hurriedly defended: "The construction of the city wall is due to the Dutch urging the construction period, and the Dutch are also raising taxes in the past two years, and my Yang family has no choice!" ”

"Kill this!"

Suddenly, one person shouted, and the rest of the Han people immediately rushed to kill, spreading their anger against the Dutch on the Yang family's doglegs.

Yang Kun turned around and fled, and before he could take a few steps, he was knocked down by a flat pole, followed by another hoe, and poked into a sieve by more than a dozen spears. His second son and grandchildren were also beaten, and even his old wife was beaten to the point of being half a breath, and then the rebels rushed into the house and looted it.

The rebels had this "great victory", and their morale was instantly high, and they marched towards the city with their heads held high.

There was chaos in the city.

Thousands of indigenous Javanese people were instigated, men, women and children, armed with sticks, and rushed madly towards the neighborhood where the Han Chinese lived. There were also two thousand Javanese servants, armed with machetes and bows and arrows, charging as the vanguard.

Thousands of Han Chinese residents, also in tandem with fine workers and merchants, took up arms one after another, and also built fortifications at the street entrances with furniture and door panels.

The Arabs and Indians in the nearby communities were bewildered and panicked, thinking that the Banten army was coming to attack the city again.

"Take up arms and come out to defend the city!" Indian and Arab leaders have given orders.

No matter what ethnic group you are, as long as you have settled in Batavia, you must have personally participated in the war.

Because for decades, the Banten and Matalan armies often came to besiege Batavia.

The Dutch defenders were outnumbered and fought defensive counterattacks each time.

The battle flowed as follows: the Dutch army defended the castle, and the inhabitants of all ethnic groups defended the city. The Dutch navy attacked the enemy's harbor and burned down the enemy's grain depot as much as possible. When the enemy army was short of food and morale was low, the Dutch defenders went out to win.

One of the most thrilling times, Ma Dalan sent an army of 100,000 to besiege the city, and a large amount of grain and grass was burned and did not retreat, but broke the cauldron and frantically attacked the city.

At that time, the walls of the residential area were breached in many places, and the people of various ethnic groups retreated to the area close to the castle. The Han Chinese and Indians were the most courageous, forming an alliance to help the Dutch defend the city, and even engaged in street battles.

Just when the Dutch castle was in danger, cholera broke out in the army. With a large number of casualties and a plague epidemic, the Sultan of Mataran had no choice but to withdraw his army, and Batavia finally escaped, but the Dutch governor also fell ill and died.

As long as they have been connected in advance and are not caught off guard, the Han residents will not be lambs to be slaughtered.

It is said that it is forbidden for Han people to hold weapons, but at this moment, there are many Han people with large knives and spears. Each street has a Han street chief, and under the leadership of the street chief, women and children carry sticks into battle.

The two sides fought back and forth between the two sides through the barricades built of furniture, and the Javanese servants, armed with bows and arrows, could not attack for a while.

Governor Rainiers, standing on the castle, observing the battle situation with a clairvoyant mirror, complained helplessly: "These Javanese soldiers are really some waste, even Chinese civilians can't beat them." ”

The army commander asked, "Do you want to help?" ”

"Let's shoot a few shots." Reiniers said.

Batavia, Malacca, Manila, and Geranza, these European colonial castles, the main batteries are not aimed at the sea, and they are all aimed at the Han people's settlements.

"Boom, boom!"

More than 20 shells fell in the Han neighborhood, and the roof collapsed a lot, but the Han people did not suffer a few casualties. However, local chaos has been caused, and the timid Hermes-Epitek is running like a fly without a head.

"Boom, boom!"

Artillery rang out again, but a naval battle broke out a few miles away.

Rainiers said: "Leave two hundred men to defend the castle, and the rest will attack the Chinese in the city." ”

Clapp asked, "Don't you stick to the castle?" ”

"From Geranja to Malacca, and Manila, where the Spaniards lost, all of them were besieged by the Chinese army. We are more than a year away from home. As for China's own troops, it only takes a month to come to Batavia, and it only takes ten days to get a smooth sail. The longer the war drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us, and in the end we will definitely be surrounded until we run out of ammunition and food. So, I'm going out of the city to fight! ”

"Don't wait for the Navy to finish?" Clapp asked.

Rainiers asked rhetorically, "Do you think the Navy can win?" ”

Clapp stopped talking.

At its peak, the Netherlands had only 60 warships in Asia, and that was a hundred years later. At this time, the Dutch Asian Fleet had only about 40 warships at its peak, and half of them were distributed in the Indian Ocean. If you really want to fight a big battle, you have to temporarily recruit merchant ships.

With many battles against the Datong Navy, it is no longer the peak of the Dutch Asian Fleet.

In addition, the income and expenditure of the Dutch East India Company (the whole of Asia) showed a total expenditure of about 7 million taels of silver (an average of 700,000 taels per year) and a total income of 9,600,000 taels (an average of 960,000 taels per year) in the past ten years. In other words, the annual net profit in Asia is 260,000 taels of silver.

The annual income has not exceeded one million because corruption is becoming more and more serious, and everyone from the governor to the senior staff is frantically making money.

The expenditure remains high, first, there are wars everywhere, and military spending is rising; second, the structure is bloated and the number of employees is increasing; Third, the company's debt ratio is high, and the interest that needs to be repaid is frighteningly large - the goods are sold, the silver is recorded, and the net profit has not yet been calculated, so the dividends must be distributed to the major shareholders first, and the repayment of debts is the next thing.

Historically, the outbreak of the First Anglo-Dutch War, and in the following years, due to the frenzied construction of warships by the Netherlands after the defeat, the income and expenditure could almost cancel each other, and the total profit in ten years was only 590,000 taels of silver, with an average annual net profit of 59,000 taels (in the whole of Asia).

What's even funnier is that from 1689 to 1790, the Dutch East India Company lost money every year.

At its peak, it had an average annual loss of 2.6 million taels of silver.

In the last ten years of the company's bankruptcy, the average annual loss was 1.29 million taels of silver.

Why can a company continue to lose money for a hundred years before going out of business?

Because it is the company that loses, and it is the major shareholders who make money. No matter how much they lose, major shareholders can pay dividends before closing the accounts, and company executives can also fill their pockets like crazy!

Who pays for the losses?

The common people of the colonies, as well as the numerous minority shareholders of the company, the Dutch who bought the company's bonds, and the wrongdoers who lent money to the company. In the end, the whole of the Netherlands came to take over, because the company was "forced" to be nationalized.

This is the Netherlands ruled by merchants!

Under the concept of putting profit first, the Dutch Asian fleet, which has suffered repeated defeats, has been frighteningly slow in building ships. At present, half of the more than 20 Dutch warships fighting against the Datong Navy are converted from merchant ships, and they are the kind of fast ships, and the timber does not meet the standards of warships at all.

Just over ten minutes into the battle, two Dutch battleships were crumbling.

Naval Commander Balthazar Burt decisively chose to break through, and it was in the direction of the Datong Navy (so it was smooth). After sinking three ships, the Dutch Navy managed to break out from the northwest, leaving two incapacitated ships waiting to be captured.

Balthazar Bert's intention was to break through to the Bay of Bengal first, and then join up with the Indian Ocean Fleet before returning to the attack. Or, attacking Chinese ports and destroying China's port grain storage stations.

The Datong Navy did not immediately pursue it, but first escorted the army to the shore, and unloaded the grain and grass it brought by the way.

Directions to the city.

The governor left two or three hundred men to defend the castle, and the army commander led the Dutch soldiers to kill the Han neighborhood.

"Why didn't the servant army set fire to the house?" Clapp was furious.

But it was the Javanese soldiers who were reluctant to burn down the house and burn a large area, so that they would not be able to rob it.

While urging the native soldiers to burn the house, Clapp led the soldiers to climb the city wall, wanting to kill the Han people directly along the city wall.

"Run, the red-haired ghost is coming!"

The Han people who stood guard on the city wall were so frightened that they ran back and shouted.

The gates were quickly opened, and thousands of Han Chinese swarmed out, fleeing towards the countryside on the outskirts.

Javanese residents and Javanese soldiers took the opportunity to break through the barricades and chase after the Han Chinese. After chasing, they did not chase, but rushed into the houses of the Han people and snatched everything they felt was valuable.

There were only a dozen Dutch cavalrymen, who ran out of the city and along the city walls, and soon caught up with the tail of the Han Chinese.

The brave and fearless Han people in the street battles have become a plate of scattered sand outside the city. Thousands of people with various weapons were chased by more than a dozen Dutch cavalry, and they were hacked to death by the Dutch cavalry when they ran slowly, and hundreds of people were slashed and killed in a blink of an eye, and hundreds of people were squeezed into the moat.

"Dangdang, dang!"

The bell rang at the castle, which was the imminent landing of the Datong army, and the Dutch governor ordered the army to be gathered.

The Indians and Arabs in the city were confused and at a loss for what to do.

The goal of the Dutch has been achieved, it is not necessary to kill all the Han people, but to drive the Han people out of the city. A castle, plus a city, defend for a while, and then look for an opportunity to go out of the city and fight a decisive battle.

This was the usual trick of the Dutch to defend Batavia, defending the city first, attacking the port grain depot with the navy, and killing the enemy when he ran out of food.

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