Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 559
It is rare for a large living person to bombard the city, but it is definitely not unprecedented. It was used by the Mongol Empire before. Soldiers shot into the city with trebuchets, causing the black plague. The terrified Venetian merchants fled back to Europe by boat with the germs, which immediately triggered the Black Death, which almost wiped out one-third to half of Europe's population.

Those who were thrown into the city were also soldiers suffering from the disease these days. The so-called great wizard Tuomeng was just bought by Hong Chengchou with 100 taels of silver and asked him to tell the nobles of the two countries, the big black god The reason why Batavia could not be captured was entirely because the wizards of the other side cast a curse on the armies of the two countries. The devil possessed these soldiers. The only way to throw these soldiers back to Batavia city was to return the curse. Only by giving to the opponent can there be hope of victory.

At this time in Sumatra, there was even a custom of headhunting. The villages attacked each other, cut off the head of the strong man of the opponent, and made it the size of an orange with a secret method, so that it was said that it could absorb the soul of the opponent. Such a secret, the authority of the wizard can be seen. The wizard pointed out that he was possessed by the devil, and even the captured soldiers dared not resist.

This strange and cruel attack continued for about four days. More than 700 sick soldiers were thrown into Batavia. Now, the armies of the two countries have lost tens of thousands of strong men, and in the city of Batavia, there are also corpses piled up into hills. In the ditches and wells, maybe a hand and a half head were fished out and cleaned up. Can't clean up.

However, the nobles are excited now. They haven’t seen the effect of the siege yet, but the curse seems to have been dispelled. The soldiers were thrown away, and the epidemic epidemic in the army was suddenly brought under control, which made them worried. The phenomenon of sick numbers everywhere has also been alleviated a lot.

This is not the blessing of some great black god. After the patients and the source of the disease are removed from the body, the epidemic will naturally ease.

But in the city, as Hong Chengchou expected, the disease began to spread.

Until the [-]s, Westerners hadn't figured out the source of the Black Death. Often, within a few days after a ship docked at the port, the disease would spread. The entire town, rich or poor, noble or poor, had thousands of Tens of thousands of people died under the plague. An epidemic plague can often destroy a region, and the Mayan Empire is said to be a disease brought by the Europeans that destroyed tens of millions of people. At this time, the Dutch in Batavia did not How strong is it?

"AH!!! God, my face!"

In the tower, the obscure Dutch uttered horrified and desperate roars. Facing the dirty water basin, the Dutch mercenaries touched their scarred faces in horror, and their blood-red eyes thought desperately. Facingly, in the city, the originally lively streets also began to become dead silent. Some families and families all died within a day. People walked on the streets like walking corpses, and some people fell to the ground as soon as they walked, and never got up again. The streets and alleys were originally filled with the corpses of the Austronesians. Gradually, the corpses of the Dutch covered it again, and the city was withering at an alarming rate.

In the Governor's Palace of the Netherlands, a quill was scratching anxiously and desperately on the parchment.

"Those savages brought the devil's curse, the sky was as red as a school, and the people had fevers, sores, bleeding, and died, and Lambert Street was filled with corpses, but no one went to bury them, Even the corpse collectors have died one after another, and the grinning grin of death can be seen everywhere, the battle can no longer be fought!"

A few hours later, the letter was packed in a bamboo tube, boarded a small boat, and headed north quickly.

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Thénardier's capital, the Old Port!

These days, the former royal city has completely turned into a military base. There are more than 4 Ming troops from Sulu and Borneo completely occupying this small city with only more than 1 people, and the entire Sulu Kingdom has also fallen into a crisis In the midst of suffering, it is not an ordinary difficulty to provide supplies for an army of [-] to [-]. The dwarf blacks in Borneo are like ants, and they go down to the countryside of Denardi fiercely every day. Snatched away, Prime Minister Suo Li was hanged alive in the square by the Ming army, and the royal family was so weak that they dared not speak at all.

The only people who can laugh in the entire Thénardier are the aristocratic industrial and commercial owners. The GDP of Daming is much higher than that of Thénardier. The prices here are quite cheap. During the war, Song Qingshu’s soldiers let go Sweeping goods has made local businessmen a lot of money.

In terms of military affairs, Song Qingshu still ordered to just watch with his eyes open. More than 2 sailors and dozens of ships and Spaniards were comfortably soaking in the old port, and they looked like they were about to pull out at any time and retreat to the Sulu Islands. The poor navy of the island countries has been exhausted in the Makassar Strait, and the later guys are purely landlubbers who followed the Ming army for nothing.

These days the Dutch are also like a bitch in heat, trying every means to provoke the Ming army, but it is a pity that Song Qingshu is like a master in a martial arts novel, you force you like the wind, and I will stand still!Naval guns and shore cannons formed powerful firepower at any time, and the threatened Dutch did not dare to attack easily.

Two months have passed since the start of the war.

It is approaching the end of December again, and another year is almost over, and the countdown to the demise of the Ming Empire is getting closer. Song Qingshu is a little bored to read the vast seascape outside the old port, frowning, he repeatedly wrote a letter A heavy letter.

Just when he was fighting with the Dutch, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai led the Henan people to fight equally fiercely. In the battle of Jiaxian, Zheng Chongjian's army was defeated. Zuo Liangyukong, who was stationed in Xiangyang, had more than 20 troops, and did not dare to resist at all. He retreated from Xiangyang and Wuchang successively, and left a large area of ​​Huguang territory to Li Zicheng. For food, Li Zicheng's overlord has laid a foundation.

In particular, Li Zicheng defeated Zhongxiang. After the death of Emperor Wuzong Zhengde of Ming Dynasty, the lineage of Ming Xiaozong was considered extinct. The ministers supported Zhongxiang's successor as King Xingxian, who was Emperor Jiajing of Ming Dynasty. Zhongxiang was also regarded as the capital. It rose to Chengtian Mansion.

Unlike Fengyang, Li Zicheng dug up the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum here. He really dug up the ancestral tomb of Emperor Chongzhen. When he got the news, the emperor really fainted from crying this time. He made a crime against himself, but this time when Emperor Chongzhen was full of resentment and wanted to raise his butcher knife, he found that there was no one to kill.

The Chu Palace was breached, and the officials in Chu either died or fled, or surrendered. One Zuo Liangyu dared to kill Zuo Liangyu, and Zheng Chongjian stayed in Tongguan. It really has nothing to do with him, and the emperor is also in Shaanxi This is a chess move, kill him, who will rectify the Shaanxi army?
Just over a dozen days ago, Li Zicheng established his capital in Xiangyang and formally established his political power. He called Fengtian Advocating Justice Marshal of Civil and Military Affairs, and Luo Rucai called him Daitian Fumin Weide General. It was Li Zicheng's important turning point from a bandit to a hegemonic regime. Individual figures have appeared to fight against the imperial court of the capital.

But this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that bastard Zuo Liangyu, who can't hold on to his own Huguang territory, he actually imagined fleeing from the two Huaihe Rivers to Song Qingshu's house to plunder and recuperate, the Dabie Mountain Luotian area, the begging army and the Zuo army have already Several small-scale conflicts were carried out, and Sun Chuanting also returned from Songjiang to the Yangtze River area to personally command, and he also wrote the letter.

After reading the letter, Song Qingshu didn't even think about it, so he just replied and beat him to death!However, after sending the reply letter, Song Qingshu was confused again when he saw Sun Chuanting's tireless and detailed introduction of the situation in the Central Plains.

How to go in the future?
United with Li Zicheng?This guy doesn't seem to be able to tolerate him. If he can't stop the Qing army going south, it's useless to unite and set up his own family in Jiangnan?Still have to face the rolling Qing cavalry, especially those bastards who were as soft as lambs under the command of Ming Dynasty, but are like wolves under the hands of the Qing people. Song Qingshu is not confident about whether he can resist the Qing Dynasty. After all, the beginning of this dynasty in history was too lucky.

The worst thing is to retreat to Nanyang. The situation here is not bad. Now the outer sea island chain is basically under his control. As long as he controls Malacca, it is not the Dutch who block him, but the western hunters forcing him to go there. However, If we have reached this point, can our descendants still call themselves Chinese in the future?
But no matter what, the Strait of Malacca must be controlled, and the southern gate must be closed. With the refreshing sea breeze blowing, Song Qingshu finally sighed and rolled the letter into a ball, and threw it towards the roaring sea below the castle.

A few hours later, in the Dutch fleet that occupied the Makassar Strait, a battleship separated from the fleet with a white flag and headed straight for the old port. Ten minutes later, it was similar to the Spaniard at the time, with white hair The Dutch ambassador was also surrounded by Ming warships, and slowly disembarked in the old port.

The Dutch are also very important to Song Qingshu. For this reason, he personally greeted them from the Denardi Palace. Reluctantly but gracefully, he took off the commander's saber, and handed it to Song Qingshu with both hands.

"General Ming, you have won!"

(End of this chapter)