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Between the northern city wall and the castle, there is a large vegetable field, which is the private land of the Dutch and is usually cultivated by slaves from Bali.

Zhang Xianzhong led dozens of old thieves and hundreds of Japanese ronin, standing in a fan shape in the vegetable field, quietly waiting for the north city gate to open.

It can only be said that the Dutch deserved it. They were usually on guard against foreigners and were afraid that the Han, Javanese, Indians, and Arabs would attack the castle, so they only left one passage and one bridge between the city and the castle.

Zhang Xianzhong had also seen the drawings drawn by hot air balloon observation, so of course he wanted to block this inevitable path.

"Eaaah!"

The city gate slowly opened and Dutch soldiers poured out.

"kill!"

When seventy or eighty Dutch soldiers rushed out of the city gate, Zhang Xianzhong gave an order, and the soldiers standing in a fan shape immediately surrounded and killed them.

These Dutch soldiers rushed out of the city gate in a hurry. They didn't even see clearly in the darkness, but they were attacked with countless weapons.

Krapp rushed forward, subconsciously holding a samurai sword away, and then his shoulder was heavily split by the blade. Although the chain armor blocked the blade, it still caused pain in his shoulder, and then another Japanese spear stabbed him.

"Retreat to the city quickly!"

Clapp shouted in pain, and while he was speaking, he was stabbed in the waist by an old thief.

The Dutch soldiers behind were crowded in the doorway and had no idea what was happening in front of them. They only guessed that they must have been ambushed. They turned around in panic and collided with friendly troops further behind. The doorway was so crowded that they could not move.

An old thief slammed into him, and Clapp lost his balance and fell to the ground.

The ronin next to him swooped forward, holding the handle of the knife with one hand and the back of the knife with the other, pressing it on his neck and cutting fiercely. The Dutch army commander raised his hand to push away the samurai sword, but the artery in his neck was cut, blood flowed out, and his strength seemed to disappear with the blood.

With the Dutch soldiers retreating to the castle, there were also slaves from Bali.

Before these slaves could enter the doorway, they were blocked in the city and unable to move forward. They were a little confused at first, but then someone turned around and ran away.

A Balinese slave named Boya raised his weapon and shouted: "Warriors of Bali, the time has come for revenge, join me in killing the Dutch!"

Bali was called "Poli" in the Han and Tang Dynasties, "Mali" in the Song Dynasty, and "Poli" in the Ming Dynasty.

When Zheng He's fleet visited Bali, King Paramesura held a grand welcome ceremony. Since then, Han merchants have continued to go to Bali to engage in overseas trade.

There is writing in Bali, and like the Luzon writing, it is a variant of the Indian writing.

A nation with writing would not be too poor in farming and textile technology.

In some places in Bali, the Zhenghe Temple is still preserved, and a small number of Han people still live there.

With the addition of Balinese slaves, the war situation was completely stabilized.

The Dutch soldiers blocked in the doorway were attacked from both sides and had no chance to surrender. Many Dutch soldiers were trampled to death by friendly forces after falling, and in the blink of an eye they were corpses in a hole.

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South of the city.

Two thousand Datong troops descended on the city one after another, killing more than 4,000 Javanese and forcing them to retreat.

At the critical moment, Sun Kewang came with his troops.

He led hundreds of rogues to fight out, and the Javanese in the eastern section of the southern city wall were immediately attacked from both sides. These guys had no morale at all. Those who ran fast hurriedly left the city wall, while those who ran slowly were completely blocked. One by one, they knelt down and surrendered.

Hearing the shouts of killing spreading from the city wall into the city, the Han rebels and Johor soldiers outside the moat in the west of the city immediately had the courage to attack the city.

They did not bring rafts or planks, so they jumped into the moat and swam with their bare hands to enter through the city gate.

"Revenge!"

Some of the Han rebels were chased out of the city. Not only did they hate the Dutch, they also hated the Javanese who attacked them for no reason.

After these Han rebels entered the city, they did not obey military orders at all and chased the Javanese in groups. Even the Javanese who had surrendered were served with swords, guns and sticks. Many Javanese were beaten until they could not find any good bones in their bodies.

The prince of Johor is even more ridiculous. He led 1,500 Johor soldiers to rob everywhere. When he saw a house, he got into the house to get things. In the blink of an eye, he had lost the organization of the army.

There was a rush to get hold of the Indian and Arab communities.

Indians and Arabs organized militias to join forces to defend against the enemy, and actually killed hundreds of Johor soldiers who rushed into the neighborhood.

In a situation where the victory was already guaranteed, the prince of Johor was stabbed and fled to Tiet Hong for help. He cried and said: "General, there are enemies over there, and they are very fierce. My army has been broken up. Please general." Hurry up and lead the troops to kill us!"

Tie Hong really believed it and charged with his troops.

Halfway through the rush, more than a dozen Indians and Arabs, holding torches, knelt in the middle of the street and shouted in Chinese: "We surrender, we did not kill the Chinese, we and the Chinese are all friends!"

Tie Hong stopped marching and issued an order: "Let them put down their weapons and guard them all." Then he remembered something, turned around and cursed the Prince of Johor: "Quickly collect your soldiers, don't take advantage of the chaos to rob again!"

The prince of Johor said: "General, don't worry, the general will take the big head of the loot, and we will only take the small head."

The black guy was so angry that he kicked him over: "I'll say it again, listen carefully. I'm telling you to withdraw your troops and stop robbing, not to share the money with you!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Suddenly there was the sound of artillery, and a shell hit, damaging Tiehong's roof more than ten meters away.

However, it was the Dutch governor who discovered that the city had been breached and the Dutch soldiers had not returned, so he ordered artillery fire indiscriminately into the city.

To the west of the city, outside the moat.

Lieutenant General Zhan led hundreds of Datong troops and stayed there because there was a forest farther west, and the Dutch reinforcements were in the forest.

The commander of the reinforcements was Dirk, who commanded 600 Dutch troops and more than 3,000 Indian soldiers. These Indian soldiers were not from the Mughal Empire, but from small states in southern India, and they were all from the untouchable class.

"Sir, there's a fight in Batavia, why don't we go to the rescue?" the adjutant asked.

Dilk said angrily: "We only have 600 people. The remaining Indian soldiers have no morale for fighting during the day. Why don't they just collapse when fighting at night? The battle situation in Batavia is unknown. We can't rescue now, otherwise it will be easy in the middle." Being ambushed. Don’t worry, the castle and city of Batavia are very strong and cannot be breached in one night. We will wait patiently until daytime and then cooperate with the friendly forces in the city to fight."

In the direction of Batavia, it gradually became quiet, and the sound of artillery had completely stopped.

Dirk immediately felt relieved and said to the soldiers: "The enemy has been repulsed and the friendly forces are guarding the city wall. Let's wait for dawn together."

In the castle, there were only about 800 Dutch defenders left.

Governor Reniers was worried and said to his adjutant: "The Dutch soldiers in the city should have been killed. The civilians and civilian personnel who have evacuated the castle should all take up arms and hold on. I hope the enemy will suffer heavy casualties when attacking the city. We can continue fighting with the reinforcements."

At this moment, Zhang Xianzhong was saying to Tie Hong: "General Tie, your troops are valuable and quick. Give me a thousand soldiers and immediately attack the Dutch reinforcements in the west!"

Tie Hong was convinced by Zhang Xianzhong and immediately said, "Okay, I'll give you a thousand people."

The old thieves under Zhang Xianzhong and the rogues had spared several miles of land after nightfall and continued fighting at midnight. They were already out of breath from exhaustion.

However, Zhang Xianzhong did not rest at all. He took dozens of old thieves, hundreds of rogues, and a thousand Datong troops and went out from the west of the city to raid the Dutch reinforcements. On the way, he met his deputy Yu Zhan. Yu Zhan also set off with several hundred Datong troops. Naturally, Zhan took over the temporary command.

We walked very slowly at first. After all, everyone was tired. It was equivalent to taking a walk and taking a rest.

After gradually regaining some strength, Zhang Xianzhong said to Zhan: "General Yu, we have strength now."

Yu Zhan nodded and said: "Speed ​​up the march."

When we arrived at the woods, it was almost dawn, and the speed slowed down again, and the soldiers moved forward cautiously and lightly.

The old thieves under Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang were accustomed to the woods in Taiwan and were responsible for exploring the road ahead.

"Ding-dang-dang-dang!"

After walking in the woods for more than 20 minutes, an old thief who was exploring the path raised his foot and kicked a thin rope, and a bell immediately rang on the tree.

The Dutch sentry, who was dozing in a tree, was instantly awakened by the bell, took out his whistle and blew it hard.

"kill!"

Just as Yu Zhan was about to give the order, Zhang Xianzhong roared.

The Datong Army, Ronin, and old thieves quickened their pace and charged towards the unknown front.

"The enemy is attacking, the enemy is attacking, get up and fight!"

shouted Dutch Commander Dirk.

Six hundred Dutch soldiers moved "quickly", but the quality of the army was such that the speed could not be increased at all. You can't ask too much of a group of soldiers who received meager military pay and were born as drunkards and homeless people. What's more, they have been marching during the day and were awakened by the sound of artillery at night. It was difficult for them to sleep for a while.

The Dutch soldiers quickly gathered there, and the performance of the Indian soldiers was even more disastrous.

More than three thousand Indian soldiers from untouchable backgrounds woke up from their dreams in confusion. When they heard that the enemy was coming, their first reaction was not to fight, but to drop their weapons and run away.

Love so and so, they are just paid, they are very brave when fighting against the wind during the day, but don't run away too fast when encountering a surprise attack at night.

The Dutch reinforcements' camp had only a simple wooden fence.

Facing the shouts of killing in the darkness, the Dutch soldiers fired hurriedly. Shooting in the direction of the sound, they had no idea where the enemy was or how far away it was.

There was a burst of gunfire, and only a few unlucky ones were hit.

After the Dutch soldiers fired their guns, they were blind and unable to reload their ammunition. They could only pick up cold weapons and retreat.

Kanjiro held up a Japanese-style spear. The wooden fence in front of him had been pushed down by the Datong army. He raised his gun and jumped over, rushing to kill with enthusiasm. He also couldn't see the enemy clearly and only followed the enemy's screams to pursue him.

Kanjiro's grandfather was just a ronin before, but became a samurai of the Fukui Domain during the Warring States Period.

With the end of the Warring States Period, all feudal lords laid off samurai, and his family became policy-based unemployed.

A few years ago, the Qing'an Incident broke out. A group of unemployed and unlucky samurai attempted to assassinate Tokugawa Ietsuna, who had just succeeded to the throne. Not to mention the failure of the assassination, what followed was a great purge. The shogunate and the feudal lords arrested ronin everywhere. Kanjiro had no choice but to escape to Ryukyu in a small boat.

He moved to Luzon, looked after the homes and homes of Han landlords, and then came to Batavia to fight in a confused way.

Kanjiro stabbed a Dutch soldier to death before, and now his fighting spirit became even higher. Because the Governor of Luzon promised that as long as the battle is victorious, he will be assigned an indigenous wife when he returns to Luzon, and he will be allocated a few acres of land if he has made great achievements.

I don’t know how long I chased him in the darkness, but the sky was already dark.

Kanjiro found that there was no one around him, he had separated from the main force. But further ahead, there is an enemy on the run. If you rush up and chop off his head, it is a battle achievement!

Commander Dilk was panting and couldn't run anymore. He drew his command sword and turned around to engage in battle.

However, Kanjiro became more and more energetic as he ran. Ever since he was drafted into the army, he had been able to eat well every day. Now that he had achieved military success in front of him, he felt full of strength.

A Dutchman and a Japanese approached slowly.

The command knife in Dilk's hand is less than one meter long.

The Japanese-style spear in Kanjiro's hand was two meters long.

Moreover, Dirk woke up from his dream and was not wearing any armor at all, while Kanjiro was wearing leather armor.

Dilk slashed with his sword, and Kanjiro used the spear technique "One Pull" to stir up the interference with the spear. Then, Kanjiro used another move "Draw Down", followed by his special move "Reverse Fold".

The tip of the spear pierced Dirk's abdomen fiercely, pulling out, poking, pulling out, poking... The abdomen was quickly stabbed into a sieve.

After cutting off Dirk's head and picking up Dirk's command sword, Kanjiro grinned. He has made a meritorious service. Not only will he have an indigenous wife when he returns to Luzon, but he will definitely be given several acres of land.

By the way, Kanjiro is no longer called Kanjiro. The Chinese Emperor ordered the ronin to change their names.

He took the surname of the landlord who hired him, Lin, and the landlord named him Lin Laoshi...