Between the northern city wall and the castle, there is a large vegetable field, which is the private land of the Dutch and is usually cultivated by slaves from Bali.
Zhang Xianzhong led dozens of old thieves and hundreds of Japanese ronin, standing in a fan shape in the vegetable field, quietly waiting for the north city gate to open.
It can only be said that the Dutch deserved it. They were usually on guard against foreigners and were afraid of Han Chinese, Javanese, Indians, and Arabs attacking the castle, so they only left one passage and one bridge between the city and the castle.
Zhang Xianzhong had also seen the drawings drawn by hot air balloon observation, so of course he wanted to block this inevitable path.
"Eaaah!"
The city gate slowly opened and Dutch soldiers poured out.
"kill!"
When seventy or eighty Dutch soldiers rushed out of the city gate, Zhang Xianzhong gave an order, and the soldiers standing in a fan shape immediately surrounded and killed them.
These Dutch soldiers rushed out of the city gate in a hurry. They didn't even see clearly in the darkness, but they were attacked with countless weapons.
Clapp rushed forward and subconsciously separated a katana, and then his shoulder was heavily split by the blade. Although the chain armor blocked the blade, it still caused pain to his shoulder, and then another Japanese spear stabbed him.
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"Retreat to the city quickly!"
Krapp yelled in pain, and while he was speaking, he was stabbed in the waist by an old thief.
The Dutch soldiers at the back were crowded in the doorway. They had no idea what was happening in front of them. They only guessed that they must have been ambushed. They turned around in panic and collided with the friendly troops further behind. The doorway was so crowded that they could not move at all.
An old thief slammed into him, and Clapp lost his balance and fell to the ground.
The ronin next to him flew forward, holding the handle of the knife with one hand and the back of the knife with the other, pressing it on his neck and cutting violently. The Dutch army commander raised his hand to push away the katana, but the artery in his neck was cut.
Blood gurgled out, and the strength seemed to disappear along with the blood.
Following the Dutch soldiers who retreated to the castle, there were also slaves from Bali.
Before these slaves could enter the doorway, they were blocked in the city and unable to move forward. They were a little confused at first, but then some of them turned around and ran away.
A Balinese slave named Boya raised his weapon and shouted: "Warriors of Bali, the time has come for revenge, join me in killing the Dutch!"
Bali was called "Poli" in the Han and Tang Dynasties, "Mali" in the Song Dynasty, and "Poli" in the Ming Dynasty.
When Zheng He's fleet visited Bali, King Paramesura held a grand welcome ceremony. Since then, Han merchants have continued to go to Bali to engage in overseas trade.
There is writing in Bali, and like the Luzon writing, it is a variant of the Indian writing.
A nation with writing would not be too poor in farming and textile technology.
In some places in Bali, the Zhenghe Temple is still preserved, and a small number of Han people still live there.
With the addition of Balinese slaves, the war situation was completely stabilized.
The Dutch soldiers blocked in the doorway were attacked from both sides and had no chance to surrender. Many Dutch soldiers were trampled to death by friendly forces after falling down. In the blink of an eye, they were found dead in the doorway.
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South of the city.
Two thousand Datong troops descended on the city one after another, killing more than 4,000 Javanese and forcing them to retreat.
At the critical moment, Sun Kewang came with his troops.
He led hundreds of rogues out, and the Javanese in the eastern section of the south city wall were immediately attacked from both sides. These guys had no morale at all. Those who ran fast hurriedly left the city wall, while those who ran slowly were completely blocked. One after another,
Everyone knelt down and surrendered.
Hearing the shouts of killing spreading from the city wall into the city, the Han rebels and Johor soldiers outside the moat in the west of the city immediately gained the courage to attack the city.
They did not bring rafts or planks, so they jumped into the moat one after another, swam across with bare hands and entered through the city gate.
"Revenge!"
Some of the Han rebels were chased out of the city. They not only hated the Dutch, but also hated the Javanese who attacked them for no reason.
After these Han rebels entered the city, they did not obey the military orders at all, and chased the Javanese in groups. Even the Javanese who had surrendered were served with swords, guns and sticks. Many Javanese were beaten until they could not find their body parts.
Get good bones.
The prince of Johor is even more ridiculous. He led 1,500 Johor soldiers to rob everywhere. When he saw a house, he got into it to get things. In the blink of an eye, he lost the organization of the army.
There was a rush to get hold of the Indian and Arab communities.
Indians and Arabs organized militias to join forces to defend against the enemy, and actually killed hundreds of Johor soldiers who rushed into the neighborhood.
In a situation where the victory was already guaranteed, the prince of Johor was stabbed and fled to Tiet Hong for help. He cried and said: "General, there are enemies over there, and they are very fierce. My army has been broken up. Please general."
Quickly lead the troops and kill them!"
Tie Hong really believed it, brought his troops and charged.
Halfway through the rush, more than a dozen Indians and Arabs, holding torches, knelt in the middle of the street and shouted in Chinese: "We surrender, we did not kill the Chinese, we and the Chinese are all friends!"
Tie Hong stopped marching and sent an order: "Let them put down their weapons and take custody of them all." Then he remembered something, turned around and cursed the Prince of Johor: "Quickly collect your soldiers, don't take advantage of the chaos to rob again!"
The prince of Johor said: "General, don't worry. The general will take the big head of the loot, and we will only take the small head."
The black guy was so angry that he kicked him over: "I'll say it again, listen carefully. I'm asking you to withdraw your troops and stop robbing. I'm not asking you to share the money!"
"Boom boom boom!"
Suddenly there was the sound of artillery, and a shell hit, damaging Tiehong's roof more than ten meters away.
However, it was the Dutch governor who discovered that the city had been breached and the Dutch soldiers had not returned, so he ordered cannon fire indiscriminately into the city.
To the west of the city, outside the moat.
Lieutenant General Zhan led several hundred Datong troops and remained stationary there because there was a forest farther west, and Dutch reinforcements were in the forest.
The commander of the reinforcements was named Dilk, commanding 600 Dutch troops and more than 3,000 Indian soldiers. These Indian soldiers were not from the Mughal Empire, but from small states in southern India, and all of them were from the untouchable class.
"Sir, there's a fight in Batavia, why don't we go to the rescue?" the adjutant asked.
Dilk said angrily: "We only have 600 people. The remaining Indian soldiers have no morale for fighting during the day. Why don't they just collapse when fighting at night? The battle situation in Batavia is unknown. We can't rescue now, otherwise it will be easy to do so on the way.
Being ambushed. Don’t worry, the castle and city of Batavia are very strong and cannot be breached in one night. We will wait patiently until daytime and then cooperate with the friendly forces in the city to fight."
In the direction of Batavia, it gradually became quiet, and the sound of artillery had completely stopped.
Dirk immediately felt relieved and said to the soldiers: "The enemy has been repulsed and the friendly forces are guarding the city wall. Let's wait for dawn together."
In the castle, there were only about 800 Dutch defenders left.
Governor Reniers was worried and said to his adjutant: "The Dutch soldiers in the city should have been killed. The civilians and civilian personnel who have evacuated the castle should all take up arms and hold on. I hope the enemy will suffer heavy casualties during the attack.
We can continue to fight with the reinforcements."
At this moment, Zhang Xianzhong was saying to Tie Hong: "General Tie, your troops are valuable and quick. Give me a thousand soldiers and immediately attack the Dutch reinforcements in the west!"
Tie Hong was convinced by Zhang Xianzhong and immediately said: "Okay, I'll give you a thousand people."
The old thieves under Zhang Xianzhong and the rogues had cleared the ground for several miles after nightfall and continued fighting at midnight. They were already out of breath from exhaustion.
But Zhang Xianzhong did not rest at all. He took dozens of old thieves, hundreds of rogues, and a thousand Datong troops, and went out from the west of the city to raid the Dutch reinforcements. On the way, he met his deputy general Zhan, who also led several hundred Datong troops.
After setting off, the temporary command was naturally taken over by Zhan Zhan.
We walked very slowly at first, after all, everyone was tired, it was equivalent to taking a walk and taking a rest.
After gradually regaining some strength, Zhang Xianzhong said to Zhan: "General Yu, we have strength now."
Yu Zhan nodded and said: "Speed up the march."
When we arrived at the woods, it was almost dawn, and the speed slowed down again, and the soldiers moved forward cautiously and lightly.
The old thieves under Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang were accustomed to the woods in Taiwan and were responsible for exploring the road ahead.
"Ding-dang-dang-dang!"
After walking in the woods for more than twenty minutes, an old thief who was exploring the path raised his foot and kicked a thin rope, and a bell immediately rang on the tree.
The Dutch sentry who was dozing in the tree was instantly awakened by the bell, took out his whistle and blew it hard.
"kill!"
Just as Yu Zhan was about to give the order, Zhang Xianzhong roared.
The Datong Army, Ronin, and old thieves quickened their pace and charged towards the unknown front.
"The enemy is attacking, the enemy is attacking, get up and fight!"
shouted Dutch commander Dierke.
Six hundred Dutch soldiers move "quickly", but the quality of the army is there, and the speed is not fast at all. You can't ask too much of a group of soldiers who are paid a meager military salary and are drunkards and tramps. What's more, they are always on the move during the day.
During the march, I was awakened by the sound of cannon again at night, and finally managed to get some sleep.
The Dutch soldiers quickly gathered there, and the performance of the Indian soldiers was even more disgraceful.
More than three thousand Indian soldiers from untouchable backgrounds woke up from their dreams in confusion. When they heard that the enemy was coming, their first reaction was not to fight, but to drop their weapons and run away.
Love so and so, they are just paid wages, they are very brave when fighting against the wind during the day, but don't run away too fast when encountering a surprise attack at night.
The Dutch reinforcements' camp had only a simple wooden fence.
Faced with the cry of killing in the darkness, the Dutch soldiers fired hurriedly. They fired in the direction of the sound. They had no idea where the enemy was or how far away they were.
There was a burst of gunfire, and only a few unlucky ones were hit.
After the Dutch soldiers fired their guns, they were blind and unable to reload their ammunition. They could only pick up cold weapons and retreat.
Kanjiro held up a Japanese-style spear. The wooden fence in front of him had been pushed down by the Datong army. He jumped over with the gun and rushed to kill with blood boiling. He also couldn't see the enemy clearly and only followed the enemy's cries in pursuit.
Kanjiro's grandfather was just a ronin before, but became a samurai of the Fukui Domain during the Warring States Period.
With the end of the Warring States Period, all feudal lords laid off samurai, and his family became policy-based unemployed.
A few years ago, the Qing'an Incident broke out. A group of unemployed and unlucky samurai attempted to assassinate Tokugawa Ietsuna, who had just succeeded to the throne. Not to mention the failure of the assassination, what followed was a great purge. The shogunate and the feudal lords arrested ronin everywhere.
, Kanjiro could only escape to Ryukyu by boat.
He moved to Luzon, looked after the homes and homes of Han landlords, and then came to Batavia to fight in a confused way.
Kanjiro had stabbed a Dutch soldier to death before, and now he was even more motivated to fight. Because the governor of Luzon promised that as long as the battle was victorious, he would be given a native wife when he returned to Luzon, and he would be given a few acres of land if he made great achievements.
I don’t know how long I chased him in the darkness, but it was already dark.
Kanjiro found that there was no one around him. He had separated from the main force. But further ahead, there was still an enemy on the run. If he rushed forward and chopped off his head, it would be a military achievement!
Commander Dilk was panting and couldn't run anymore. He drew his command sword and turned around to engage in battle.
However, Kanjiro became more energetic as he ran. Ever since he was drafted into the army, he had been able to eat well every day. Now that he had achieved military success in front of him, he felt full of strength.
A Dutchman and a Japanese approached slowly.
The command knife in Dirk's hand is less than one meter long.
The Japanese-style spear in Kanjiro's hand was two meters long.
Moreover, Dirk woke up from his dream and was not wearing any armor at all, while Kanjiro was wearing leather armor.
Dilk slashed with his sword, and Kanjiro used the spear technique "One Pull", causing the spear to stir and interfere. Then, Kanjiro used another move "Draw Down", followed by the special move "Reverse Fold".
The tip of the spear pierced Dirk's abdomen fiercely, pulling out, poking, pulling out, poking... the abdomen was soon stabbed into a sieve.
After cutting off Dirk's head and picking up Dirk's command knife, Kanjiro grinned. He had made a meritorious service. Not only would he have an indigenous wife when he returned to Luzon, but he would also be given several acres of land.
By the way, Kanjiro is no longer called Kanjiro. The Emperor of China ordered that Ronin must change his name.
He followed the surname of the landlord who hired him, and the landlord named him Lin Laoshi...