I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 248
Chapter 247

Compared with a few days ago, the west port area of ​​Batavia has undergone earth-shaking changes. The messy buildings originally built around the pier have basically disappeared, replaced by neat wooden buildings, and the warehouses of the original port have also been relocated as a whole. In the farther suburbs, the warehouses are now turned into open squares, and the prisoners of the Dutch colonial army and Chinese laborers are now dredging the waterways and expanding the docks to allow ships with larger tonnages to dock.

Since Xie Jinglin left, the military and political power here has been concentrated in the hands of Li Weiluan.In the past few days, the soldiers in the jumping camp have not been idle, but have attacked from the west to take down a large area.

With the establishment of the Yecheng Executive Committee, the Yecheng Executive Committee led the establishment of the Civil Affairs Bureau, followed by the Urban Management Bureau. Now Lin Bufan is also the director of the Civil Affairs Bureau of the Executive Committee. Li Sixi was appointed by the Urban Management Bureau. Of course, Li Sixi, like Lin Bufan, is now acting as the chief of the bureau, and Cheng Shijie's authorization is definitely needed for the official appointment.

The Ning Navy has always adopted the policy of separating the military from the government. The Tiaodang Battalion has only about [-] soldiers in total. They are in charge of these large areas. If they occupy too much land, their forces will be seriously dispersed. Then if they are attacked by the Dutch and the locals Wang's counterattack, if not done well, he will be killed alive.

When Li Sixi acted as the director of the Urban Management Bureau, he established the Yecheng Urban Management. Naturally, these urban management will not have the urban management uniforms of Liaodong, but use Chinese women to temporarily rush to make [-] sets of Tsing Yi blouses with red armbands to show the difference .

"Director Lin, call the Chinese farmers. This general has something to say to them!"

"Okay, I'll do it right away!"

Lin Bufan asked: "General Li, do you want to collect taxes from Chinese farmers?"

Li Weiluan shook his head and said, "It's not to collect taxes, but to form the Chinese People's League!"

Lin Bufan shook his head and said, "There are three types of Chinese in Batavia!"

"Three?"

Li Weiluan asked: "Which three kinds?"

"Some have a very good relationship with the Dutch. They claim to be born overseas, believe in Catholicism, and receive Western education. They are more Dutch than the Dutch; another kind of Chinese is called Baba Nyonya, and these people are Chinese and Javanese. They no longer consider themselves Chinese, and there is no difference in appearance from the locals. Only those Chinese who immigrated to East India in recent years are easier to manage, but because they have been in East India for a short time, they actually do not have much personal property! "

Li Weiluan smiled lightly: "They will cooperate!"

It must be emphasized that Ning Haijun and Cheng Shijie are not philanthropic, nor do they have the patience to treat others with sincerity, so they just kill those who follow me decisively and those who oppose me perish.

Even if it is for the Chinese, Ning Haijun will not compromise unconditionally. The Chinese who committed crimes in Luzon will also have to serve their sentences and be sent to reform through labor. The same is true now in East India. If the Chinese farmers are willing to cooperate, then Li Weiluan will welcome it very much. If Chinese farmers are unwilling to cooperate, then Li Weiluan will also welcome it.

You must know that Ning Haijun's knife can also kill people. During Luzon's management, if a Chinese killed an aborigine, it was not considered a crime, because the law only protected the Chinese and Ning Haijun, not everyone.In Daming, the law of Daming is actually very double-standard.

It is impossible for all of them not to cooperate, there will always be people who are willing to cooperate, and those who are willing to cooperate need to be rewarded.Then those farms that are unwilling to cooperate are the rewards for these people.

Cheng Shijie never thought of himself as a good person. A good person would suffer at any time. He would rather be a villain who took advantage of it than a good person who suffered a disadvantage.

Therefore, in Liaodong, in Luzon, including the current Batavia, that is, the Coconut City, there is only a cold system, and there has never been any legal principles that are nothing more than human feelings.

In Liaodong, as long as you abide by the law, keep yourself safe, and work hard, you can be protected by the law and get the reward you deserve.On the contrary, if you deliberately find loopholes in the law to benefit yourself, you will probably not be able to survive in Liaodong and Luzon.

In Liaodong, honesty is the code of conduct that everyone must pay attention to. If a businessman is short of money, if he sells inferior products, if an official corrupts the law, or even if a student cheats in an exam, he will be severely punished by the law.

Making mistakes in Liaodong is not terrible, as long as it is an unintentional mistake, most of them can be forgiven, but if it is deliberate, even if the victim does not trouble you, the judge will trouble you, and the price may be beyond imagination. and.

It's the same in East India. Ning Haijun doesn't need to be so tender and affectionate. For those who don't cooperate, he doesn't have time to play the seven captures of Menghuo. If the status of those who don't cooperate is important, then find someone to replace them. If the status is not important .For a long time to come, it is estimated that there will be a shortage of construction workers in East India.

On the second day, when Chinese or Chinese farmers around Batavia gathered in Yecheng Port, Li Weiwan said straight to the point: "Ning Haijun is as big as you can imagine, we came to Yecheng It was not a whim, but because our immigrant ship was treated unfairly in Batavia. I believe that this kind of injustice can also be felt in your daily life. Now it is time to change. Of course, this may be There is danger, but it is also an opportunity. If you are interested, you can come to me at any time, and opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared."

Probably because he was not used to Li Weiluan's style of doing things, he was uneasy, and even the farmers who were about to spend money to eliminate disasters suddenly looked at each other, wondering what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.

This is the role of the executive committee. They found local snakes Li Sixi and Lin Bufan.

Especially Li Sixi and Lin Bufan, they had already put on their official uniforms, which looked like white pheasants embroidered on the patches. Anyone who knew the rules of officialdom knew that these were the official uniforms of fifth-rank officials.

"Master Li, congratulations!"

"Master Lin, congratulations!"

"Master Li, what does the court general mean..."

"Yes, we want to know too!"

Lin Bufan and Li Sixi looked at each other, don't you know?

Some people may really not know, but there must be some people pretending to be confused. The Chinese in Batavia are actually different from the Chinese in Luzon. Spain has occupied Luzon for more than 70 years. Deep-rooted, especially the Spanish method is very simple and rude, adopting a large-scale massacre against the Chinese.

But the Netherlands has only occupied Batavia for more than ten years, and the Dutch's methods are relatively more subtle. They just adopted the same massacre against the Li Shichang family, without expanding the scope, and specifically selected a few or a dozen families to massacre, and targeted each other. The banner of crime has divided the Batavian Chinese.

Some took the initiative to seek refuge with the Dutch to seek wealth, while others spent money to buy peace.

Li Sixi actually knows what Li Weiluan means. In fact, he and Lin Bufan can also take the lead in forming the militia, but it needs checks and balances. He surrendered to the Ning Navy early and obtained the right to manage the city. If knives, guns and sticks are placed in the Central Plains, this official position is roughly equivalent to the commander of soldiers and horses in the five cities.

Li Sixi was also very content. He had already had soldiers before he could control the militia. I am afraid that Li Weiluan and Ning Haijun would not be happy about it. The Civil Affairs Bureau managed by Lin Bufan is roughly equivalent to the political affairs department, and this official position is also impossible to control the army.

In fact, some Chinese representatives soon understood: "General Li wants us to stand up and form a militia army, maintain local law and order, and collect taxes?"

"clever!"

Li Sixi looked at the other young man and said with a smile: "Guo Bingren, you guessed well, are you interested?"

Before Guo Bingren had time to speak, the others started shouting.

"Isn't this against the Dutch?"

"Are the Dutch going to let it go?"

"Next, we don't know who will win and who will lose!"

"The Dutch have joined forces with Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong has brought more than 1000 ships. Can the Ning Navy beat them?"

"It's too early to stand in line!"

"We don't get involved in politics, whoever wins we stand on the team!"

"Why don't we spend money and eliminate disasters..."

"Confused, isn't it enough for us Chinese to suffer from the Dutch? Instead of being ruled by the Dutch, I would rather be loyal to Hai Guogong. At worst, I will go bankrupt and start all over again. This is all I have to say. Please do your own thing and leave..."

Guo Bingren got up and clasped his fists, then turned and left, leaving a look of surprise, astonishment, mockery, and resentment in his eyes.

In fact, this scene has always been in Li Weiluan's eyes.

Guo Bingren clasped his fists towards Li Weiluan and said, "General Li, the grassroots are willing to spend their entire family to build a militia, and I hope the general will allow it!"

"Can!"

Hearing Li Weiluan's voice of agreement, Guo Bingren was ecstatic.

What does it mean to shoot the bird that stands out?
As the so-called wealth and wealth are sought in insurance, there are as many benefits as there are risks. If Guo Bingren becomes the leader of the militia, the Guo family will directly skyrocket from a small unknown family.

Guo Bingren is naturally willing to fight.

Li Weiluan looked at Guo Bingren and said: "Our Ning Navy is different from the Dutch. The Dutch are short of manpower and weak in national power, so they have to rely on the local king to rule East India. We Ning Navy doesn't use it. You should know that our Ming Dynasty has 2 troops. There is a large population, and there are many Chinese in East India, so we don’t need to rely on the earth kings. These earth kings must be eliminated, and those half-hearted Chinese farmers may not be used to our working methods. It’s okay, you can take it easy. Get used to it slowly."

Cheng Shijie's biggest advantage is the population. When there are many people and little land, the population is a burden, and when there are few people and many land, the population is an advantage.The traditional Chinese pay attention to subtly and subduing the world with the kingly way. The Chinese in East India have lived under the colonial rule of the Dutch for a long time. Most of the time, they have to swallow their anger and be cautious.

He and Li Shiji were ordered to form the Yechenghua People's League. According to the establishment of the Ning Navy, the militias were divided into two bureaus, with a total strength of more than [-] people.

Guo Bingren and Li Shiji were only responsible for recruiting Chinese young and strong into the militia, while the training of the troops and the appointment of grassroots officers were in charge of the jumping camp.

In fact, the command of this militia belongs to Li Bingren and Li Shiji in name, but in fact it is still in the hands of Ning Haijun.

Contrary to imagination, this militia group of more than [-] people did not undertake the defense task of Yecheng Port, but went out to fight directly, using local indigenous tribes and uncooperative Chinese farmers as training targets.

Zheng Zhilong in Batavia Harbor, Zheng Zhilong had the idea of ​​surrendering Cheng Shijie.

Three battles and three defeats made Zheng Zhilong fearful of the Ning Navy, especially now that the Ning Navy has landed in Batavia Westport, and there are five to six thousand people in the landing force. These five or six thousand Ning Navy are elite troops. They had defeated more than 6000 Dutch colonial troops, including a regiment of energetic Dutch infantry.

Even if Ning's navy is defeated at sea, Zheng Zhilong's forte is not to fight on land. His reason is that even if he wins the naval battle, it is useless.

The timid and selfish can always find countless excuses for their actions.

Shi Daxuan was shocked when he heard Zheng Zhilong's voice, and hurriedly said: "Everyone in our Zheng Group can surrender, but the admiral cannot surrender. If other people surrender, Cheng Shijie will not be able to kill them all. If the admiral surrenders, even if Cheng Shijie doesn't do it directly, They will also send people to do it secretly!"

How could Zheng Zhilong not understand what Shi Daxuan said? In fact, he himself did the same thing. The huge Zheng family fleet and the Zheng family group were originally the legacy of his adoptive father Li Dan and brother-in-law Yan Siqi. After years of deployment, he The influence of Li Dan and Yan Siqi has been completely eliminated.

Li Dan's son, Li Guoji, is only a shareholder in name, without any real power, and Yan's influence is almost gone.Once Cheng Shijie surrendered, Cheng Shijie would definitely take the same method to deal with him.

He was also actively preparing for war. He used the Dutch's shipyard repair shop to start building fireships on a large scale, and then deployed sea mines on a large scale.

The mines this time are different from the last one. Instead, the mines are connected with ropes tied with heavy objects to prevent them from floating around. After the enemy fleet is lured into the ambush circle, the water ghost team will cut the ropes and let the mines float in. Channel, seal the channel.

Those mines generally sank to a depth of three feet, and it was difficult to find them without paying attention. Once they hit, no matter how big the ship was, it would be ruined.But the rocket ship is very light, the draft is very shallow, and it can come and go freely on the water.

On October 29, the seventh year of Chongzhen, the main battleship of the Ning Navy appeared on the sea more than ten kilometers away from the port of Batavia. Zheng Zhilong bit the bullet and released hundreds of mother and daughter ships, preparing to set fire to the Ning Navy. .

However, the problem is that Zheng Zhilong miscalculated this time. The Ning Navy formed a sea whirlwind formation on the sea. This formation is more like a variant of the cavalry cavalry. Huge circular array.On a warship sailing at high speed, use broadsides to deal with densely packed fireships.

In this way, these Zheng's fireboats feel as big as a bucket. When they deal with enemy warships, they usually use the wind direction and the speed of the enemy ships to hit and burn or blow up the enemy's warships.

However, under the blow of the whirlwind formation of the Ning Navy, what they faced was a sideboard naval gun with twelve naval guns and a terrifying range of 2000 meters. Will damage the maneuverability of the fireship.

The most important thing is that this whirlwind array can avoid the attack of the fireship at any time, and once it enters the center of the circle, the fireship will be covered by the port gun.

Under such overwhelming blows, the sailors of Zheng's Fleet who controlled the fireboat uttered screams and were beaten to the point of inhumanity. The out-of-control fireship lost its direction, turned around in place, and even collided with each other. , Bào zhà exploded, turning into gorgeous fireworks on the sea.

The trump card of Zheng's fleet failed.

Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu were not surprised by this. For a well-disciplined army, the fireboat tactics can't play a big role, or most of the tactics are not very effective. spell.Zheng Zhilong didn't expect those fire ships to achieve results, as long as they could attract the firepower of the Ning Navy, reduce casualties, and allow the fleet to successfully break through the fiery dead line formed by naval gun fire, it would be enough.

Obviously, those desperate fireboats did it. In order to deal with them, Ning Haijun's firepower was forced to disperse. Although the round formation seems to be invulnerable, any point of the thin round formation can be used as a breakthrough.With the interference of Zheng's fireboats, loopholes appeared in Ning Haijun's originally impeccable firepower network.

The main fleet led by Zheng Zhilong successfully narrowed the distance to 300 meters. After entering the effective range of the 300-meter broadside, he roared and ordered to open fire.

Hundreds of Zheng's main battleships turned clockwise, revealing the densely packed artillery on the port side.The gunpowder had already been installed in the barrel, and the loader used iron tongs to hold the lead balls that were reddened by the charcoal fire one by one and put them into the barrel without even igniting. As soon as the shot balls rolled in, the port side immediately exploded like a volcano There was a large curtain of fire, the sound of guns shook the sky, and the red shot put out thousands of strange ballistics, smashing hard at the battleship of Ning Haijun!
Although most of the shells of Zheng's fleet shot into the sea, a puff of white smoke rose first, and then a column of water rushed up.However, a part still hit the warship of the Ning Navy. The hit part made a toothache cracking sound, the flames rose, and the red-hot lead ball was too hot, and it smashed into the wooden hull. There is something strange.

However, although this kind of lead bullet can damage the main battleship of the Ning Navy, as long as the main battleship of the Ning Navy is not burned by the shells, basically there is not much damage.

The sailors on the Ning Navy battleship, to be precise, are marine soldiers who are responsible for putting out the fire. Prepared sandbags are stacked on the deck of the Ning Navy's main battleship. These sandbags are filled with sand and have two functions.

Li Zhixiang looked at several battleships that were hit by artillery, and marine soldiers quickly extinguished the location of the fire, especially because each battleship carried marine soldiers, and while extinguishing the fire, it did not affect the battleship's operations.

In the past, the establishment of the warships of the Ning Navy has always been superstaffed, with two or even three people for each post. Now, with the rapid development of the Ning Navy, the number of sailors is seriously insufficient, and there can only be one. There is a hole in the radish, but the problem is that damage management personnel are indispensable positions on warships. Li Zhixiang is also wondering whether a 50-man marine sentry will be carried on Ning Navy warships in the future.

Ning Haijun has a very high hit rate at a distance of 400 meters, especially the high-explosive bombs, which are specially aimed at firing below the waterline.The cylindrical cannonball scraped across the sea and slammed into the hull of the ship, and exploded violently. While blasting the sailors in the cabin of Zheng's warship to pieces, it also blasted horrible holes near the waterline, and the sea water poured in. The sailors who were not killed suddenly fell into the sky.

The loss of Zheng's fleet continued to rise in a straight line. General Song Fuguo under Zheng Zhilong's command stared blankly at the sea. Blood and raging flames stained the strait red. Change color for it.

Terrible shells bombarded. Once hit by Ning Haijun's naval guns, even the largest battleship would be seriously disabled. It was formation after formation that turned into burning wreckage.

In order to avoid these bloodthirsty naval guns, many warships collided with each other in a panic, even collided with the shells, and broke apart with a terrible sound, announcing that there was another sunken ship and dozens of dead in this strait. The soul of the sea.

"boom……"

Right here, the battleship Song Fuguo was on seemed to be erupting in the bottom of a volcano. The terrifying explosion shock wave shattered the cabin partition and lifted a large deck into the air. The sailors nearby immediately became trapeze.

Song Fuguo felt that his head had been hit hard, and his world was spinning. Before he passed out, he saw many warships bursting into flames like his warships. The sound of explosions and screams came and went, which was thrilling...

When Song Fuguo thought he was doomed, he was covered by a fishing net, and soon he found that he was rescued by Shi Daxuan, one of the Eighteen Zhi, and Zheng Zhihu's son Zheng Yi was rescued at the same time.

"Thank you Brother Shi for saving your life!"

Song Fuguo is Yan Siqi's old department. He joined Zheng Zhilong at the earliest time. He is considered to be a strong general under Zheng Zhilong's command. He ranks very high. Ranked in the top ten.

Shi Daxuan smiled and said, "Brother Song, you are welcome!"

Song Fuguo cried and said with a mournful face: "My fleet is finished!"

"Not only yours, but also mine!"

Shi Daxuan ranks higher in the Zheng Group because his younger brother Shi Daxuan is Zheng Zhilong's adviser and is very trusted by Zheng Zhilong. However, in this naval battle in Batavia, his more than 100 warships were only half an hour away. , now there are less than [-] warships, and Song Fuguo is even worse, with only five warships.

At this time, the naval battle had turned into a massacre, a one-sided massacre, a massacre of an enemy ten times its own by the party occupying an absolute disadvantage.

Song Fuguo turned to Shi Daxuan and said, "Master Shi, you should go and persuade Lord Admiral!"

"I can't persuade you!"

Speaking of this, Shi Daxuan's expression turned a little ugly. He looked at Zheng Yi beside him, and said with a wry smile: "Zheng Yi is still the nephew of the admiral, if not, his head has already moved!"

At this time, Zheng Zhilong was already like a red-eyed gambler, he put everything on his hands regardless of the consequences, he knew very well that he could not lose, and if he was defeated again and again, he would have no chance.

"Master Admiral, stop fighting, let's retreat!"

Zheng Zhibao was about to cry, they had exhausted all means, but at this time the warships of the Ning Navy were still cruising on the sea, bombarding Zheng's fleet from time to time with an elliptical whirlwind formation.

In every round of bombardment, dozens or several warships will be sunk. The key issue is that as time goes by, the distance between the two sides will become farther and farther. It's been lost.

Now they are faced with an embarrassing problem. The naval guns in their hands cannot reach the Ning Navy warship, and every time the Ning Navy warship fires, it will cause them heavy losses.

Zheng Zhilong was very angry. If it was someone else, he would have beheaded the opponent, but the person who proposed to retreat was Zheng Zhibao.

"asshole!"

Zheng Zhilong didn't kill Zheng Zhibao, but kicked Zheng Zhibao, knocking Zheng Zhibao over.

Zheng Zhilong roared at Zheng Zhibao: "Don't retreat! Attack me! I want to skin Cheng Shijie, I want to eat his flesh..."

Zheng Zhilong's almost crazy demeanor and fierce eyes made everyone shudder.Normally, once he gets angry, countless confidant soldiers will march forward bravely, tearing down the enemy army and venting his anger for him, but now no one listens to his orders, and everyone knows that this battle cannot be fought at all. The problem they face now is not how to win, but how to get out!

Zheng Zhibao winked at Zheng Zhilong's confidant, the Captain, who took a step forward and knocked Zheng Zhilong unconscious with the handle of a knife on the back of his head. Zheng Zhibao took the opportunity to order: "Master Admiral is injured, retreat! Retreat!"

Zheng Zhilong planted a lot of mines in the Batavia Bay, which caused great trouble for the Ning Navy. Two warships of the Ning Navy that were pursuing were blown out by the mines, and fierce sea water poured into the cabin.

Fortunately, the damaged cabin was closed in time to avoid the sinking of the battleship.

Seeing the rout of Zheng's fleet, Brewer was very desperate.

What Zheng Zhibao didn't expect was that although he escaped with Zheng Zhilong, more Zheng's warships surrendered to the Ning Navy.

"We surrendered! Stop attacking and let us live!"

The sound of begging and surrendering was also mixed with heart-piercing cries.These guys run across the South China Sea, killing people, stealing goods, and committing many evils. One is more brutal than the other. However, facing a powerful enemy that they cannot defeat, they are not much stronger than a cowardly little daughter-in-law.All their courage, will and pride have long been shattered by Cheng Shijie, they no longer dare to have the slightest thought of confronting Cheng Shijie, they just want to survive!
After thinking for a long time, Cheng Shijie agreed to accept the surrender of Zheng's battleship.

These warships of Zheng's fleet, trembling, carefully avoided the wreckage of the warship and the ubiquitous mines, and sailed to the outside of Batavia Harbor, where they would surrender to the Ning Navy.

Looking at the Zheng family flags that were thrown into the sea one after another, it also heralds the end of an era.

Of course, the Batavia naval battle also heralded the rise of the Ning Navy and the opening of Cheng Shijie, the new sea king era.

(End of this chapter)