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Wu Hualong said: "There are only about a hundred red-haired ghosts, and there are two or three thousand natives who serve as dogs for the red-haired ghosts. They have been biting at the back, and they will probably catch up soon.

Li Dingguo asked: "Do you dare to go back and lure the enemy?"

Wu Hualong gritted his teeth and said, "Dare! Even if you die, you must lure the pursuers!"

Li Dingguo immediately set up an ambush, Wu Hualong selected hundreds of warriors, and turned back to lure the enemy.

Mo Na also took the Madou warriors and volunteered to follow.

Mo said excitedly as he walked: "You Han officers and soldiers are really powerful. There are so many armors and firecrackers. The red-haired ghosts will definitely not be able to beat them."

Wu Hualong proudly said: "Your Majesty, there are millions of troops, all of them are such warriors, the red-haired ghost is sure to die this time!"

They walked back about two miles, and bumped into the native soldiers who were exploring the way.

"In front, in front!" shouted the native soldiers.

Wu Hualong also shouted in panic, "Run away!"

Mo Na understood immediately, and said to the warriors beside him, "Let's shout for our lives together!"

"Run, the pursuers are coming!"

There were more than 400 people in Madou Club and Mujia Walking Warriors, and they were all panicking and shouting at this moment.All the Han rebels also shouted, sounding chaotic, enough to show their panic.

There are more than 700 indigenous servants of the four tribes left at this time.

They heard the yelling from a distance, and they all became excited, yelling and chasing after them.There is no formation at all, and the tribe is the unit, chasing wildly in the woods.

And the 12 Dutch soldiers in the rear have left their artillery in Chijian City.Don't be in a hurry at this moment, continue to move forward slowly, and can shoot in formation at any time.

Thousands of fellow soldiers were all hiding in the bushes or behind big trees.

The rebel army that lured the enemy rushed quickly, and the pursuers were hundreds of meters behind them.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Guns rang out in the woods, and the Datong soldiers shot at each other. The native chasers who rushed to the front fell two or three hundred people on the spot.

"Toot toot toot toot toot toot toot toot toot toot toot toot toot~~"

The charge horn sounded, the gunmen loaded their bayonets, and the spearmen held their spears, and immediately charged in free style.

And those native soldiers would have already collapsed when they encountered an ambush!

Did they know that the power of the firecrackers was overwhelmed by the Dutch's firecrackers and cannons.Now that you hear gunshots all over the forest, how can you still have the courage to fight?

"There's gunshots, lots of matchlocks!"

Danker, the Dutch commander, was very frightened by the gunfire, and before the native soldiers fled back, he ordered: "Retreat immediately, retreat to the castle!"

Wu Hualong and Mo Na, leading the Han and indigenous warriors, followed the Datong army in pursuit.

Along the way, I kept encountering native soldiers who knelt down and begged for mercy, and they beat them to death without saying a word.Those Han people who did not have regular weapons, after killing the native soldiers, threw away the wooden sticks in their hands, snatched the weapons of the native soldiers and continued to charge.

The Datong army just rushed, and all the prisoners were handed over to the rebel army.

And the method of the rebel army was to kill all the captives, and they had already killed their red eyes!

Danker led the Dutch soldiers and quickly withdrew to a river where the raft they had crossed before was tied.

Just when Danker was about to board the raft to cross the river, hundreds of native soldiers fled back, obviously trying to get on the raft.

"Raise the gun!"

Half of the Dutch soldiers had already boarded the raft, and Danker ordered the remaining half of the soldiers to raise their guns and aim at his servants.

"Bang bang bang!"

There was a gunshot, and more than a dozen native soldiers fell down. The other native soldiers ran to both sides in fright, and then jumped into the river to swim.

Denker urged: "Hurry up and paddle!"

The number of rafts was not enough, and two batches were scored to cross the river, but it was too late.

More and more Datong troops rushed over from the woods. The overwhelming array made Danker's scalp numb with fright.

Denker stood on the raft and said, "Don't wait for the raft, jump into the river and swim over!"

When Dunker took half of the soldiers and successfully returned to the other side of the river, the remaining half of the soldiers were still swimming in the river.

The Datong army had already rushed to the river, and immediately raised their guns and fired freely.

Some aimed at the enemy on the other side of the river, and some aimed at the enemy in the river.

There was a huge disparity in the number of the two sides, and Danker didn't dare to shoot at each other.He didn't care about Heli's subordinates, and immediately ran away, and a few unlucky ones were shot when they ran.

And the enemy troops swimming in the river, whether they were Dutch soldiers or indigenous servants, were shot and sank from time to time.

Danker came out with 120 soldiers, and when he fled back to Chixian City, only 71 remained.

In Taiwan as a whole, there are still more than 800 Dutch soldiers, more than 800 Dutch immigrants, and more than 1000 slaves.In addition, there are hundreds of Dutch wives who are similar to slave girls, all of whom were snatched after killing all the native men on Xiaoliuqiu Island.

Danker took a boat to the city of Zeelandia and said, "Your Excellency, the Chinese army is here. There are at least several thousand people."

"How many are there?" Felberg panicked.

Denker said: "Nearly half of my soldiers died in battle. Do you want to defend Fort Promincia?"

Promincia Castle is the castle in Chixian City.

Felberg said: "Abandon Promincia Fort, all withdraw to Zeelandia Fort, and concentrate our forces to defend. I will send another ship to Batavia to ask for support!"

This trip to Batavia will take more than two months to go back and forth!

When the two of them were discussing, more than 2000 vanguard troops of the Datong Army had already chased and killed Chikan City.The dozens of defenders in the castle were so frightened that they fled immediately. There was no food in the ruined castle, and they starved to death after besieging them for a month or two.

"Brother Guo! Brother Cai! Brother Liu"

Wu Hualong knelt in front of the castle, looked at the corpse hanging from the wooden pole, and burst into tears immediately.

Apart from Wu Hualong, two other landlords who conspired to revolt escaped, and all the rest hung there to demonstrate.

Li Dingguo came quickly with the main force and asked, "Besides this castle, where else is Chixian City worth occupying?"

Wu Hualong stood up, thought for a while and said, "There are two Niutausi in the suburbs, and there are many Tianzhu yellow cattle in them!"

Niutousi, that is, cattle breeding farms, are all imported from India.

In addition, the Dutch also brought large peas and cabbage to Taiwan, which are now widely planted in Tainan.

Li Dingguo immediately sent troops to occupy two cattle farms, and all the more than 500 Indian cattle in them were confiscated.

As for the city of Zeelandia, there is no way to encircle it for the time being, and the cooperation of the navy is needed.

However, the city of Zeelandia was on the island, so even if troops were not sent to surround it, they would not be able to obtain enough food supplies, so they could only be transported from other places by sea boats.

Chapter 659 [Friends of Life and Death]

Li Dingguo stood on the seashore and observed the city of Zeelandia on the island with binoculars.

The island is located at the estuary of the river. It is a sandbar alluvial by the Taijiang River. It is somewhat similar to Chongming Island.

On one side of the island is the castle and on the other side is the residential area.

Li Dingguo could only see the outside of the castle, but couldn't see what was inside.But just the peripheral defense gave Li Dingguo a headache,

It's this damn bastion group again.

Yes, Bastions!

There is an earth slope on the outermost periphery, and the second line of defense is the city wall.

There is a semi-circular fort in the front of the building, and there are two prismatic firepower platforms on the side. This is the office of the governor and officials of Taiwan.Once the siege party breaks through here, all personnel can withdraw inside.

The first line of defense inside is a semi-circular fort on each side, the four corners are all prismatic enemy towers, and there is a square fire tower on the front.

There is a second line of defense inside, a total of two half-round forts, with four bastions at the four corners.

There is almost no difference between sending 1 people to attack such a well-designed bastion group and sending 10 people to attack. .

The siege artillery of the seventeenth century could not be forcibly destroyed. It was nothing more than filling it with human life and using human life to consume the ammunition of the defenders.Digging a B-shaped tunnel is useless, at most it can break through a few outer defenses.After attacking, there is no way to dig a hole. The four innermost bastions and one half-round fort are too unreasonable.

"If we attack by force, I'm afraid that one of our divisions will have more than half of the casualties to attack. This is because the number of defenders is not large, otherwise it will be useless to fight a division." Li Dingguo sighed.

Wu Hualong said: "The general has been here for a few years. The red-haired ghost's Taiwan City (Zelandia City) has only been built for a few years. The outer semi-circle city wall (Semi-Circle Fort) was also built at that time. Some angular walls (bastions) of the upper city were also added.'

Li Dingguo said: "If you don't fight, you have to fight. You can only besiege the city and fight for reinforcements, forcing the defenders to surrender after running out of food."

Wu Hualong said: "I'm afraid it will take more than half a year to be surrounded. There are wells in the city and a lot of food." Wu Hualong was very angry, "If I knew this, I shouldn't have helped the red-haired ghost build the city!"

For the entire Zeeland fort group, the Tainan Han people were the main builders, and the local aborigines cooperated in doing the hard work. The Dutch colonists only needed to design and command.

At this moment, a group of aborigines came to Chixian City.

They wore linen trousers, most of the men were topless, and the women covered their breasts with a piece of cloth.Moreover, all of them are sallow and emaciated, which can be seen as long-term malnutrition.

Li Dingguo went to meet the leader, and Wu Hualong introduced: "This is the native of Huweilong. More than ten years ago, the red-haired ghosts sent troops to attack, burned all their houses, and robbed them of all their food. A large tribe of thousands of people , Nearly half of them died of starvation that year, and after that, they could only honestly feed the red-haired ghost.

The leader was very excited to see Li Dingguo, wow, danced and danced, and finally knelt down to Li Dingguo on one knee with an earthen spear.

Wu Hualong translated and said: "This is Uma, the patriarch of Huweilong. He heard that the general led troops to attack the red-haired ghosts. He brought all the clan members who can fight. These women and children can also fight, although they usually don't have enough to eat. But they have been insisting on practicing their skills, just waiting for the day when they can kill the red-haired ghosts for revenge. If the general looks down on them, they can help move things. When attacking the city, they can also rush to the forefront.

Li Dingguo looked at these aborigines. They were ragged and emaciated, but even the old and weak women and children looked at him expectantly.

These people really came to fight, and they were determined to die.

Li Dingguo suddenly stopped complaining about Wu Hualong. The Han people launched an uprising in advance, and they must have been forced to die.Just like these natives, if there is hope of revenge, they will fight even if they die.

Because if you don't fight, you will die sooner or later, and you will be exploited by the Dutch until you die!

After pacifying the aborigines, Qian Huanyong, the chief missionary officer, pulled Li Dingguo aside and said, "The people's hearts are available, so we can send people back and contact the navy. The nearby sea is blocked and the Dutch are not allowed to transport food and supplies from other places. Then , Our army has transported food so far, and distributed some to the Han people and indigenous people to help them tide over the difficulties.

"If we distribute food to the common people, we may not have enough food." Li Dingguo said

Qian Huanyong came up with an idea: "Your Majesty treats the families of the soldiers preferentially. The first batch of more than 3000 people who migrated here, each household has food donated by the imperial court.

The family members themselves also brought food reserves.Talk to the soldiers and their families and let them borrow the food and return it after the imperial court replenishes the army.

Li Dingguo nodded and said: "This plan is feasible."

If it was placed in the late Ming Dynasty, let alone borrowing food from soldiers, even if there were rumors of this, the whole army would be full of resentment, and there might even be a direct mutiny.

The Datong court, both the government and the army, has always had a very good reputation.

If it is said to be borrowed, it is borrowed, and it is absolutely impossible to renege on the debt.

Today, the salaries of officials are paid with official tickets, and the military pay of soldiers is paid with military tickets. Both kinds of tickets can be cashed at the nearest Datong Bank.Due to the extremely high credibility of the imperial court, officials and soldiers have the habit of storing bills, unlike in the beginning when they get the bills and redeem them. Because of this, in the face of successive years of natural disasters, Zhao Han can continue to send troops to fight, and not Increase the exploitation of the people.

You must know that due to the severe damage in Henan and Shandong provinces, only half of the land tax will be collected for all land, and the full amount of land tax will not be collected until next year.Many prefectures and counties in Beiping, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Liaoning, Yunnan, and Guizhou are also in the state of land tax reduction and exemption.

Especially in Hebei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Liaoning, and Beiping, the policy of free land tax will continue for several years!

Even Mao Pijiang, an outcast scholar who could not understand Zhao Han's policy of seizing land from landlords, could not help feeling: "Since ancient times, the emperor's benevolent government has not been as good as that of the current dynasty, and farmers are so lucky.

The Annan Zheng family, with a population of 300 million, can support more than 5 standing troops (one-third of the land is used to support the clan and nobles, and officials, scholars and soldiers do not pay taxes).The Annan Nguyen family has a population of 100 million and can support more than 2 standing troops.Annan Mo's family has a population of 10 and can support [-] standing troops.

However, with a population of 9000 million, Zhao Han only supported 20 troops, and he often lamented that the military food was not enough.It is because in a large number of provinces, the land tax is either halved, or not collected at all, and money and food have to be allocated for disaster relief, and money and food continue to be spent on immigration.

Qian Huanyong continued: "While using military rations to help the Han people and the indigenous people, let the missionary officers in the army temporarily act as local officials, and first set up the official shelf here. Especially the indigenous people, I heard that there are more than 200 tribes around There are thousands of people in large tribes and only one to 200 in small tribes. You can ask local Han people to be general guides.

While going into the mountains to distribute food and relief to the aborigines, he preached policies and established villages and towns.Village and town chiefs are all appointed by local people to avoid conflicts.In this way, before the enemy's castle is surrounded, the people here will be used by me!

"Okay, you can handle this matter." Li Dingguo is very good at fighting, but he is not so good at governing the people.

The places that have just been conquered are automatically regarded as military-administered areas, and the army can temporarily appoint officials until the imperial court gives corresponding instructions.

A few days later, Wan Bangyan came with the Taiwan fleet and cruised to blockade the waters near the city of Zeelandia.They didn't dare to get too close. Each bastion of Zeelandia City was equipped with 12 city defense guns. There were nearly a hundred guns in total, which could bombard the sea from all angles.

Similarly, the Dutch warships did not dare to sail out of the port.

Four Dutch warships, one of which went to Batavia to rescue troops.The remaining three ships dare not be tough with the more than 30 ships of the Datong Navy.

After blocking the sea area, they began to transport grain to Chixian City.Every time, the time of high tide is pinched, and with the help of the tide, it lands at Luermen, and continuously transports grain to the Han people and aborigines.

As for the soldiers and their families, this year they will have to tighten their belts and live a hard life until the army rations and supplies are brought in from the mainland.

But the effort is worth it, and the results are immediate.

The Han people and aborigines in Tainan are increasingly exploited by the Netherlands.When the Datong Army came, even if they just announced tax exemption for this year, they would all be grateful, not to mention sending food relief.

The nearby indigenous leaders spontaneously gathered for a meeting, and then came to thank them together.

In front of Li Zicheng, they huffed and knelt on the ground. Mo Na had killed the leader supported by the Dutch, and became the patriarch of the Madou Society himself.He knelt in front of him and said in Chinese: "The general is our great benefactor. From now on, the deer skins we hunt will only be sold to the general. The grain we grow will also be paid to the general. If the general is short of people If you want to fight, just let us know, even if there are not enough warriors, the women in the clan are willing to fight for the general!"

Li Dingguo quickly helped him up, and said to the other leaders: "Brothers, please get up quickly. His Majesty the Emperor said that everyone in the world is brothers.