On the training ground of the escort camp, the escort soldiers of the two teams were arranged in three rows of shooting arrays, advancing towards each other, and shooting at each other with flintlock guns loaded only with gunpowder and no bullets. This shooting training continued until the two teams were separated from each other. It will only stop after a few steps. This is Yin Feng's bad idea to train soldiers' battlefield psychological quality. The Portuguese mercenary instructor on the side was shocked to see it.
On the other side, a whole sentry of 120 soldiers were crawling through a quagmire filled with water. Under the officers' sticks and scoldings, no one dared to hesitate for a moment, and they all jumped into the quagmire and crawled forward desperately;
On the side of the river bank of the university grounds, on a beach, numerous pre-buried gunpowder packets were exploded by fuses one after another. The gunpowder packets were filled with feces, chicken blood, mud, etc., and they suddenly flew everywhere. A whistle The convoy soldiers were arranged in a 30X4 horizontal formation, and to the rhythm of drum beats, they marched through this training ground where explosions occurred repeatedly and feces and chicken blood flew everywhere; any soldier in the horizontal formation must throw away everything outside him. Open it and concentrate on the whole action of loading ammunition and shooting; if you hesitate for a moment, the instructor's braid and stick will fall down mercilessly. After a while, all the soldiers' faces will be covered with dirt, and their bodies will be covered with blood and feces. But no one dared to retreat, and they continued to advance while shooting.
Captain Van Leyden, a Dutch officer, looked at the training ground in surprise, his mouth wide open and unable to close for a long time.
Most of the Dutch prisoners of war were released after the East India Company's ransom was paid. The soldiers and officers, together with the ransom of the two battleships Eunice and Orange, paid a total of 150,000 taels of silver. This made the Penghu The war revenue and expenditure were basically balanced, and Yin Feng breathed a sigh of relief. Captain Van Leyden voluntarily stayed and became an infantry instructor of the escort. There were also Dutch sailors who were attracted by the high salary offered by Yin Feng and voluntarily stayed. Teacher at seamen's school.
It took Van Leyden a while to come to his senses and said in Spanish to Yin Feng, who had been observing the training situation: "Commander, your troop training methods are very impressive..."
Yin Feng smiled faintly: "Captain Layton, please give me a straightforward evaluation. My Spanish is not very good."
Yin Feng is learning Spanish with Li Lihua.
In the escort literacy school run by the company, Li Lihua, the only female teacher in Taiwan, is responsible for teaching Spanish classes. It is said that many officers and soldiers take her classes because they want to understand the enemy's language so that they can know themselves and the enemy.
To be honest, Portuguese and Spanish have 70% of the same vocabulary and similar grammatical rules, especially the similarities between Castilian (Spanish at the time) and Portuguese in the 17th century. Very much; according to Yin Feng's personal feeling, the difference between these two languages is far smaller than the difference between southern Hokkien and northern Mandarin in Chinese.
Therefore, Yin Feng mastered Spanish very quickly. Captain Layton thought for a while and then said: "This is your devilish training. This training ground is simply hell! God, Commander, your army will become a very good one." A terrible murderous weapon."
Yin Feng smiled coldly: "Of course, they must become weapons to protect our company's interests from being infringed. Are you right? Captain Layton?"
Captain Leighton chuckled: "Your Majesty, you should rest assured that the Dutch are your friends now. Will you be present when the Dutch Commercial Post is established tomorrow?"
Yin Feng smiled, patted Captain Layton on the shoulder and said: "I have always regarded you as our friend. Your training work is very conscientious and I am very satisfied. However, please tell your company's business agent,
Tonight, I will set out to quell the indigenous rebellion, and Mr. Zeng Jingshan, the company’s general manager, will attend the opening ceremony of the Dutch Commercial Building on my behalf.”
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In the evening, the infantry convoys from three sentries left the camp, carrying a 3-pound bronze cannon, and marched towards Madoushe. At midnight, 400 convoy soldiers and 100 levied auxiliary laborers gathered in a stream.
Bian joined the 100 indigenous auxiliary soldiers sent by Xingang Society.
The company's escort team and the allied forces of the Xingangshe indigenous people spent the night in the area, and on the second day, they quickly approached the main settlement of Madoushe with a rapid march.
On the same night, the first post of the convoy led by Mai De set off to the north, and the professional artillery team also set out. Accompanying the troops were 100 farmers recruited to do coolies, and the fur goods branch of the company's trading department.
The hunter team consists of more than 10 experienced hunters in total. They mainly serve as guides and translators for the escort. This sentry unit of Mede has the best equipment in the entire escort (all equipped with flintlock rifles and paper-based customization).
ammunition, bayonet bayonet), it is also the most diligently trained unit. Many people have participated in the battle with the Dutch on the beach of Penghu Bay. The combat effectiveness is the strongest among the escorts, and it is truly the first post of the Chinese United Company.
In order to meet the needs of landing operations, the warship fleet prepared a large amount of guns, gunpowder and bullets. It was delayed for a while and was dispatched two days after the infantry set off. Xinxing set out with 20 two-masted medium-sized ships and nearly 800 sailors.
Go north to Tamsui, chicken coop.
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At the same time, Guo Yi drove his fishing boat to Shihu and met Du Si Shen Yourong again.
He handed Chen Dong's note to Shen Yourong, and Shen Yourong smiled and gave him 5 taels of silver. Then he asked Guo Yi: "Dongfan, oh, have all the farmers and fishermen on Taiwan Island come back? What is Captain Yin Feng doing?
?Still training his escort?"
Guo Yi carefully put the money into his arms and said, "When I left, there were already fewer people on the streets of Taiwan Harbor. Captain Yin is said to still go to the guard camp every day, but the access control there is too tight."
Yan, Mr. Chen can't go in, so he can't inquire about anything."
Chen Dong is the nephew of Chen Di, a veteran who went to Dongfan with Shen Yourong to fight the Japanese pirates. He spent 10 years on the imperial examination road without any success. He has been working as a private school teacher in Quanzhou, earning meager grain and broken silver every month.
Make a salary. Chen Di and Yin Feng are also close friends. Yin Feng also gave Chen Di his "Journey to the East and West", and Mr. Chen Di also gave his "Dongfan Ji" which recorded the battle of Dongfan.
A book was given to him as a gift. In the middle of this year, Chen Di saw that his nephew was living in poverty, so he recommended him to Yin Feng, who was recruiting teachers, so Chen Dong came to Taiwan.
The problem is that Chen Dong is a man with high ambitions and low ambitions. When he saw that his teacher’s salary was 10 taels of silver per month, which was even less than the stupid big-headed soldier in the escort, he felt insulted and was indignant all day long. A few months ago, he was worried about family matters.
Returning to his hometown in Quanzhou, he met Shen Yourong who was visiting Chen Di. During the conversation, Shen Yourong keenly felt Chen Di's dissatisfaction with Zhonghua Company and Yin Feng, and successfully developed him as his informant. Now, this Chen Dong is the third
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Shen Yourong was looking at the information, nodded and murmured: "It seems that Yin Feng has great ambitions. It will be a matter of time before he rebels against the imperial court! Why can this joint company unite like this? Many businessmen?
At this time, Guo Yi suddenly remembered the scene he saw on the street that day, and hurriedly said: "When I left there, I heard that the Japanese pirates had arrived in Chicken Coop, Tamsui..."
"What did you say?" Shen Yourong slammed the table and asked, "What's going on?"
"It's like this. Yin Feng sent people to mine in the north of Taiwan Island, but one day they were raided by Japanese pirates. Many of them were killed by the Japanese. The remaining people fled back to Taiwan Port. It seems that the indigenous people everywhere began to communicate with the Chinese The company went against it, and several company employees were killed."
Shen Yourong asked: "So, how will Yin Feng respond?"
"Before I came, China Company seemed to have not yet decided what to do."
Shen Yourong lowered his head and thought for a moment, then stood up and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, prepare the boats and go to the governor's office!"
Guo Yi scratched his scalp and said cautiously: "Sir, this season is not a good time to go to Taiwan."
That's right, the last time Shen Yourong fought against the Japanese pirates in Dongfan, it was also in the late winter of the same year. His team was dispersed by a hurricane at the beginning, and he only reached Dongfan after nine deaths.
Shen Yourong shook his head: "No, we can't let the Japanese pirates gain a foothold in Jilongshui. Otherwise, if the Japanese pirates use the northern part of Taiwan Island as their base and harass our coastal areas in the Ming Dynasty, they will cause big trouble."
Guo Yi took a breath and said with a smile: "I thought you were going to take the opportunity to cause trouble for China Company."
Shen Yourong said seriously: "No matter whether the China Company will rebel in the future, they are still my people of the Ming Dynasty. How can I help the Japanese pirates deal with the China Company?"
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On the island of Taiwan, in the Jinbaoli Community on the other side of the chicken coop, hundreds of Japanese warriors were setting fire to the village community buildings. The flames were shooting into the sky and thick smoke was rising.
In Jilong Harbor, there are dozens of Japanese hachiman ships moored, most of which are Chinese-style sailing ships. The three largest ships among them are hung with banners with the words "Exotic Sea Crossing Crimson Seal". These three ships were licensed by the Tokugawa Shogunate The "Crimson Seal Certificate for Foreign Sea Crossing" issued is the so-called "Crimson Seal Ship", which is a ship that is allowed to conduct trade activities in Annan, Siam, Luzon, Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries.
The chief ship owner is Yamada Nagatomo, who was born in Numazu City, Suruga Province (now part of Shizuoka Prefecture). The young man standing next to him, about 16 years old, is named Yamada Nagamasa, his son. Both of them are short in stature, short and lean. Standing on the other side was Yuki Kayama, a retainer of the Shimazu family, the lord of the Satsuma domain. In fact, he was the nephew of Yuki Kayama who died in the battle of Yin Feng's robbery of the Zhuin Ship.
In fact, most of the samurai who landed were from the Satsuma clan. This secret invasion of Taiwan Island was mainly the idea of Kaguyama Yuuki. Yamada Nagatomo's Zhuin ship was on its way to the Kingdom of Ayutthaya (Siam) for trade. Lord Satsuma tried his best to invite him to join. As for why he did this, the reason is very simple, because Yamada Nagatomo is a retainer of Honda Masanobu.
Honda Masanobu (1538-July 20, 1616) was a daimyo in the early Edo period of Japan, a famous retainer of the Tokugawa family, and a samurai who was a hawksmith. At this time, Honda Masanobu was a member of the Tokugawa shogunate. The elder of the family, known as "Tokugawa's wisdom bag", could serve as Tokugawa Ieyasu's think tank and favorite, which means that many of Tokugawa Ieyasu's decisions were made by him, so later generations called him Tokugawa Ieyasu's adviser.
Therefore, the Shimazu family was willing to recruit Nagatomo Yamada to join a gang to come to Taiwan to rob, in fact, it was to please Honda Masanobu, a powerful figure in the Tokugawa shogunate.
At this time, Kaguyama Yuuki respectfully asked Yamada Nagachi: "Sir, do you think it is necessary to send more manpower to burn down all the nearby village communities?
The short and concise Yamada Nagatomo said coldly: "Anyway, they have already made an act of resistance. This is unforgivable! Just go ahead and do it!"