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As soon as this remark came out, the gunpowder was not dealt with, and the Dutch soldiers sat together and began to chat.

The Dutch Marine Corps will take more than 20 years to form.In the Dutch army at this time, the navy is the navy, and the army is the army. The navy looks down on the army, and the army hates the navy.

Anyway, the army doesn't want to fight tough battles, and only likes to bully the natives.

If it weren't for the spread of the plague in Tainan, the Dutch army would not even be able to win against the natives of Taiwan. How could they be willing to go head-to-head with the Datong army?

"I heard that we will negotiate today. It would be great if it succeeds. With the repaid salary yesterday, I plan to go to the city to drink and find a woman to sleep with.

"When I earn enough money, I will open brothels in urban areas and catch Malay women as prostitutes in the suburbs. Those brothels run by Klings (Hindus) and Nyonya (mixed-race Chinese) are really good at making money. Jealousy is dead!"

"Haha, if you open a brothel, we will catch women for you. A Malay woman, how about selling you 50 dong?"

"50 dong is too expensive, 20 dong at most. There are Malay natives everywhere in the suburbs. As long as you bring a musket, you can easily catch them."

"Joan, that idiot, actually married his wife last year, and she was a Malay woman. Haha, after his wife became pregnant, he even quit drinking.

I have to go to the city to work. "

"I persuaded him, why don't you enjoy the money? Isn't it bad to drink and go to brothels? This fool exhausts himself to death every day."

"I'm afraid you are all envious in your hearts? After Joan got married, she can wear clean clothes every day, and often washes her hair and takes a shower. She looks clean like a nobleman. How about you? You are all homeless."

"Even if I want to get married, I will not look for a Malay woman, I will look for a Nyonya in the city!"

"Nyonya likes you? They are all very rich."

"When the company sends more soldiers, we will gain a firm foothold in Malacca, and then we will impose heavy taxes on those Nyonya! Let me tell you, I was transferred from Batavia, and the Chinese there have to pay heavy taxes. .We Dutch soldiers have a lot of opportunities to blackmail the Chinese. It’s not like here, we still smile at them when we see Nyonya.”

negotiating table.

Dai Hui, the deputy envoy sent by Honglu Temple, sat at the head of the negotiation, and beside him was Chen Erxun who assisted him in the negotiation.

Dai Hui didn't come to negotiate at all. He said in an orderly tone as soon as he opened his mouth: "You have been surrounded. You only have more than 100 people. You can't defend Malacca at all. Don't think about reinforcements. Bandan's army is attacking Malacca. Davia. Batavia is too busy to take care of himself and cannot spare any troops to rescue you. In order to avoid greater casualties on both sides, as long as you surrender immediately, you will be spared!"

Sanders was startled and annoyed when the passage was translated.

Anger less surprise more.

Batavia is under attack?

If that is the case, Malacca will definitely not be able to wait for reinforcements.Even if the stronghold in India sent troops to rescue, they would definitely go to Batavia first. Sanders pretended to be calm and said: "Fort San Diego is extremely strong, and it is impossible for you to capture it. In order to avoid unnecessary losses, I can call the shots and give you a sum of money, but it is absolutely impossible to surrender."

The two sides talked like chickens and ducks, from the morning to the middle of the afternoon, there was no progress at all, and they could only break up unhappy.

When leaving, Sanders sent some soldiers to hang them from the castle hanging basket.

When the local Chinese leader Chen Erxun sat in the basket, he said to the two Dutch soldiers next to him: "As long as you surrender, each will be rewarded with 5

Shield, and continue to hire you as soldiers, and the military salary is directly doubled compared to before.At that time, you can marry a wife and have children, and your salary is enough to support your family.If you don't work in the city, you can afford to drink every day.Tell these words to other soldiers.Serving as a soldier for the Chinese might even become a nobleman. "

The two Dutch soldiers looked at each other in dismay at what Chen Erxun said.

After surrendering, each person will be rewarded with 50 shields, and the military salary will be doubled directly?

After sending off the "negotiator", the two soldiers whispered:

“Are the Chinese telling the truth?”

"I heard that China is full of gold. If you serve them as a soldier, you might get double your salary. I'm 34 years old and I don't want to go to a brothel anymore. I want to get married and have a son. What about you?"

"But how can the two of us surrender?

"Tell other people, there must be people who are willing to surrender. The Chinese said that it is possible to become a nobleman if you serve as a soldier in China. Even if you can't become a nobleman, you can make more money, and maybe you can wear it. silk."

""

Word of these words spread throughout the castle that night.

Some people were tempted, some people were suspicious, but no one dared to act, and there was not a leading soldier, but an informer appeared instead.

Sanders was very frightened, fearing that the soldiers would mutiny collectively, so he convened a lecture overnight: "There are some rumors among us. Let me tell you,

Those are all fake.The Chinese will not give you double wages, they will kill you instead.To us, they are heretics.To them we too are heretics.The emperor of China caught the heretics and would burn them in the capital of China.Once the castle is breached, you will all die and must defend to stay alive!Of course, you have worked very hard to defend the city, and now each of you will be rewarded with 1 Dutch guilder."

Coaxed and frightened, the soldiers finally dared not surrender.

Although Sanders usually does not regard them as human beings, they are all from the Netherlands after all, and their emotions make them believe what Sanders said.For them, China is too strange, and they cannot believe what the Chinese say.

However, there are very few people who still plan to take risks.

Gide's grandfather is from Portugal, and their family has lived in Malacca for hundreds of years.Since my grandfather's generation, I have mixed blood, mainly Malay blood.

After the Dutch captured Malacca, he was drafted as a half-European because too many soldiers died of illness.

at night.

Gide said to the soldiers guarding the same enemy station: "Jacques, I want to go out and try."

Jacques was surprised: "Aren't you afraid of being killed by the Chinese?"

Ji De said: "What's the future of staying? You can't read, and I can't read. Unless you make great contributions, it is impossible to be promoted. And, can we really hold here? I want to be like a businessman in the city, able to wear Silk clothes! Would you like to?"

"Think!" Jacques said through gritted teeth.

Due to the small number of defenders, they have to take turns at night, so there are only two of them here.

This place is 5 meters above the ground, and they don't have a rope, so they can't find a way to go out and surrender.

The two men took off all their clothes and trousers, tore them into pieces of cloth, tied them up into long ropes, and wrapped the matchlocks of the matchlock gun together for reinforcement.

The upper end is tied to the arrow stack on the city wall, and it hangs down more than two meters from the ground, enough to jump out of the castle along the rope.

They dropped their muskets first, and slipped away without a sound, without being noticed by others.

The two guys were naked and ran all the way down the mountain, but were caught by the sentinel halfway.

"An enemy surrendered? Hahahaha!"

Kuang Hong was very happy to hear that, and said, "As promised, reward them with money!"

1 Dutch guilder, about 10 grams of silver, and a reward of 50 Dutch guilders, is just over ten taels of silver (16 taels per catty).

Hearing that the two defectors had no clothes on, Kuang Hong asked Chen Erxun to get silk and asked them to wear it and negotiate with them tomorrow.

Ji De and Jacques, happily dressed in silk clothes, set off with Dai Hui and Chen Erxun.

A group of people slowly climbed up the mountain and came outside the castle.

It was explained that they were here for negotiations, and bamboo baskets were soon hung from the city.

But Chen Erxun angrily reprimanded: "It's fine once, the second negotiation, why don't you let us go through the door? Let's not talk!"

The Dutch officers and soldiers on the city were baffled by these words.

Chen Erxun turned around and left. Ji De and Jacques took off their hats and shouted towards the city: "We won't talk anymore!"

After they left, the defenders on the city whispered:

"Those two people looked familiar just now."

"It's familiar, it's Jade and Jacques, they must have run away last night!"

"They seemed to be wearing silk."

"Can you wear silk if you surrender? That's something only nobles can wear."

"..."

Chapter 706 [Attack the heart and then attack the city]

In Europe in the seventeenth century, the concept of a country was not strong, let alone a patchwork republic like the Netherlands.

It's okay if it's the Dutch Navy, after all, the salary is much higher.

The poor treatment of the Dutch Army, a group of low-level graduates, and most of them are bachelors, how much loyalty can they have to the Netherlands?

Moreover, they are not soldiers of the Dutch government, but soldiers of the Dutch East India Company.After wearing it, a group of low-level wage earners from the East India Company will definitely be tempted if there is a better way out.

Senior staff such as Sanders obviously feel that the morale of the army is fluctuating.

Even on the second night, a few soldiers slipped out of the city and surrendered to the Datong army, using their clothes and matchlocks as ropes.

Sanders ordered very rudely: "From now on, soldiers will not be allowed to wear coats during night shifts, and all ropes will be collected!"

This order made the soldiers even more dissatisfied, but it was indeed very effective.

Several city gates are all guarded by second lieutenant (corporate commander) level officers, who personally lead troops to guard them, and at the same time give second lieutenants and officers better treatment.other soldiers,

In the absence of ropes, even if you want to surrender, you will not be able to get out, and you will fall to your death if you jump from a height of several meters.

The writer Neuhof wrote the manuscript: "There is a weird atmosphere in the castle, and there is an air of distrust everywhere. The monthly salary of the second lieutenant of the navy is 1

Shields, the monthly salary of naval soldiers is 8 shields.The salary of the army is only one-sixth of that of the navy.It is impossible for a soldier who takes 1.3 guilders (about 0.3 taels of silver) every month to make them dedicate their loyalty...

The Dutch soldiers are really a group of bitter haha, including the navy.

The monthly salary of the second lieutenant (corporate leader) of the Dutch Navy, converted into silver taels, is about 2.7 taels.

The monthly salary of the second lieutenant (corporate leader) of the Dutch Army is about 0.44 taels of silver.

The coolie workers in Nanjing Wharf earn more than 60% per day (the more they move, the more they earn), and at least 1.8 taels a month, and sometimes they can even earn more than 2 taels.

Of course, the Dutch soldiers were provided with food and lodging, and the Nanjing coolies had to take care of their own food and lodging.

But one thing is certain, the income of soldiers in the Dutch Army is far less than that of coolies on the docks in Nanjing.

This is a very outrageous fact, but if you think about it carefully, you don't think it is outrageous.In terms of productivity in Europe at this time, how high can bottom wages be?What's more, the Netherlands is still governed by merchants, so it would be strange not to squeeze it to death.

Those who are willing to be in the Dutch Overseas Army are all rubbish among the rubbish, and what they fancy is only food and shelter.However, you have to buy your own clothes, you have to buy your own shoes, and if you want to drink, you have to buy your own.If you don't go fishing to work in the city, and the natives don't attack them to plunder and exploit them, then everyone will dress like beggars.

"In these two days and nights, there were no enemy troops who surrendered?" Kuang Hong asked.

Hong Xu shook his head: "No, it is estimated that the enemy generals have responded accordingly, and the enemy troops in the city cannot come out."

Kuang Hongdao: "The strategy of attacking the heart has worked, let's start attacking the city again."

Ever since, the native cannon fodder began to attack the city again. With sparse guns and ammunition, they rushed 20 meters outside the castle, and immediately collapsed and came back to receive food rewards.

Malay natives are becoming more and more proficient in their business, and they automatically comprehend the skill of cat waist forward, so that they can effectively avoid bullets.They didn't want to go to the city anymore, and they rushed up and were familiar with the road. After rushing to a certain distance, they turned their heads and fled habitually.

Gradually, when the Malay natives charged, Kuang Hong also included some Johor soldiers.

The combat effectiveness of the Johor soldiers was not much stronger than that of the natives, and they also collapsed after the gunfire became dense after they rushed close.

Taking turns to attack every day, both offensive and defensive sides are used to it.

The Dutch defenders didn't even bother to shoot from a long distance. They waited until the Malay natives and Johor soldiers rushed within 15 meters before they aimed and fired.This round of bullets was like a signal to retreat. The natives and Johor soldiers fled immediately when they heard the gunshots.

Don't think it's too childish, this is a bad era.

When the Netherlands attacked Malacca, the European mercenaries who were the main force in the siege also fought like this.At that time, more than 2 Portuguese defenders and more than 1000 mercenaries attacked. After fighting for almost a year, the mercenaries who died in the battle were only single digits, but more than half of them fell down due to illness.

"What kind of ghostly battle are you fighting? If you attack the city like this, you won't be able to win it for a year." Hong Xu couldn't help complaining.

Kuang Hongdao: "In addition to the Siamese soldiers, soldiers from the other countries will also mix in and take turns to attack tomorrow."

The addition of soldiers from other countries significantly increased the intensity of the siege.

Soon, some soldiers rushed to the city, frightened the Dutch defenders to shoot and reload in a hurry.

The gunpowder in the castle is ground, dried and baked every day, which can barely sustain the consumption of war.

After nearly ten days of continuous attack, more than 300 Malays and Johor soldiers died outside the castle.

Kuang Hongdao: "Let the Datong soldiers and Siamese soldiers all take off their armor, put on the rags of the natives, and start the real siege tomorrow. Anyway, the defenders are all muskets, and it makes no difference whether they wear armor or not."

morning.

First, the Datong Army launched an artillery bombardment, which was a signal of an imminent siege, and the soldiers on both sides were used to it.

When the shelling was over, Hendrick stood in the bastion, watching the attack of the ragged natives.He had already warned the soldiers not to worry about those natives, and aimed specifically at the enemy A.

"The enemy has increased their troops again today, and the number of armored enemy troops has increased significantly," Hendrick said to his deputy, "tell the soldiers, we have too few people and not many gunpowder. Don't waste bullets on the natives, and must aim at the armored soldiers." Those natives are trash, and they will run away when they hear the gunshots. Also, call the civil servants. The enemy has increased their troops today. In order to avoid accidents, let them also come to help defend the city. "

Lao Sanjin was wearing the rags of the aborigines. The smell made him want to vomit, and he didn't know how many days he had sweated without washing.

He carried a bamboo ladder forward, and there were many bamboo forests nearby, and even the houses in the urban area were mainly made of bamboo.

It has been 20 meters close to the castle, and the Dutch defenders have not fired yet.

Lao Sanjin became more and more excited, carrying the bamboo ladder and continuing to rush.Finally, the guns rang out, and soldiers from Johor, Da Ni, Ding Jialu and other countries were continuously shot.

"Something's wrong! Why haven't the natives fled when they heard the gunfire?"

At such a short distance, there is no need for a telescope.