Li Dingguo handed over a few words to his generals and asked them to camp near the port, and then led nearly 100 soldiers to Surabaya City with Yu Fangqi.

Chinese clans like to form a village to protect themselves, to Nanyang is no exception, the Ming people to Surabaya, it is inevitable that the local indigenous people have conflicts, in order to protect themselves, maintain the results, so also built a village.

Surabaya used to be a swamp, but after years of development, it was gradually able to survive, and the Ming people were good at farming, and the immigrants from Fujian also had a set of rules for doing business.

In order to protect themselves, the Ming people here also built simple villages, but the manpower is limited, and the entire wall of Surabaya is the level of stopping livestock.

Surabaya was originally a wild place, and after the development, the number of Ming people living in it was probably less than 5,000, but because of the massacre of the Dutch, the Ming people of the entire Java fell into panic, and nearly 10,000 Ming people fled here with the old and the young.

The imperial court had already decided to build a fort in Surabaya, which would require a large number of men in the future, so Yu Fangqi resettled all the fleeing refugees and sent 500 sailors to disembark to protect and resettle them.

Although the Ming Dynasty has successively transported a batch of supplies, and the food is still sufficient, these refugees have suddenly suffered accidents, and the soldiers of the Mataran Kingdom often come to harass them, and the refugees are still frightened.

Li Dingguo and Yu Fangqi led the soldiers to the outside of Surabaya City, the place enclosed by the walled wall was too small to accommodate the refugees, and the clans in Surabaya were unwilling to let the refugees in, so the thatched huts and shantytowns outside the walled wall almost surrounded the entire Surabaya City again.

Refugees who heard that the official army had come to Surabaya were already waiting outside the city, and the gate was crowded with anxious and restless people, blocking the water surrounding the road.

Although the water division is also a Ming army, but they said to go, the Dutch are eyeing each other, so that the Ming people in Surabaya still have no sense of security, and the Lu division is different, they feel a little relieved when they see the Lu division, and they don't know why they have such thoughts.

When Li Dingguo came over, there was an excited cheer all around, this time the Ming Dynasty started a war with the Dutch for them, thinking about the previous Luzon massacre, they originally thought that there was no hope, but they didn't want the court to change their style, they were naturally a little excited in their hearts.

Now as long as there are officers and soldiers here, they feel that they have a pillar, and they are not afraid of the Dutch, so they naturally have to cheer.

At this time, four or five old men in the crowd suddenly came out, knelt down in front of Li Dingguo and wept: "I implore the general to save the relatives of the little people!" ”

Li Dingguo hurriedly helped up the leader, and Yu Fangqi next to him said in a low voice: "They are refugees who fled from Batavia, and many of their relatives have been killed, or they have been captured by red-haired ghosts to do hard labor." ”

Li Dingguo heard this, let several people get up, comforted them a few words, and asked Yu Fangqi: "How many Han people are there in Batavia, and how many escaped?" ”

"It is estimated that there are seven or eight thousand Han people in Batavia, counting the surrounding areas, I am afraid that there will be 20,000 people, or even more, after all, there is no household registration to check, some families came in the Song Dynasty, and some people were left by the eunuchs of Sanbao back then." Yu Fangqi said in a deep voice, "However, only 10,000 people have fled, and many of them have fled not from Batavia, but from the areas controlled by the Danmu and other Matalan countries. ”

"In this way, there are at least nearly 10,000 people, and they are still in the area controlled by Heyi." Li Dingguo frowned.

Yu Fangqi nodded, "According to the news brought back by the people who escaped, in order to be able to hold on to the help, the red-haired ghost is frantically strengthening the fortress and looting supplies, and it is estimated that at least thousands of people are being used as coolies. ”

These Dutchmen took their lives very seriously, saying that the company would take money to ransom them, for fear that the Ming army would kill prisoners again, but they treated others very ruthlessly, basically not being human, and killing them when they said they would.

Li Dingguo understood the feelings of these refugees, they had no sense of security and were worried about the safety of their families, but he had just arrived in Surabaya, and there were still many things to do, and there was no time to appease them one by one, so he looked around at his face, and suddenly waved his hand: "Fathers! ”

When the people around heard this, they immediately quieted down, and then heard Li Dingguo say in a loud voice: "Heyi has been cholera in Nanyang for a long time, and this time it is even more killing my people!" ”

He clenched his fists and arched his hand to the sky, "This time the prison country is furious, so he ordered the commander to sweep the Netherlands, and now Malacca has been broken, and Nabatavia is no problem." This commander will definitely lead the officers and soldiers to sweep away the Heyi in the South Seas, rescue your relatives, and ensure everyone's safety. ”

"I've waited to thank the prison country, thank you Dashuai, thank you Wang Shi..."

When the people around heard this, a burst of cheers suddenly erupted, the old men burst into tears with excitement, and the young people raised their arms and shouted.

After finishing speaking, Li Dingguo passed through the crowd, and in the middle of the welcome, he was led to the city by Yu Fangqi, and found a room to sit down in the house of a person who was still like that.

After sitting down, Yu Fangqi hesitated for a moment, but still asked: "Dashuai, that Batavia is the lair of the red-haired ghost in the South Seas, you must not take it lightly!" ”

Li Dingguo understood what he meant, Malacca had been besieged for more than seven months, Batavia was afraid that it would not be easy to fight, and Yu Fangqi was afraid that he would rashly send troops to save people.

This time, as the coach of the Dutch game, he still had a lot of pressure, especially the seven months of playing Malacca, which cost a lot.

Although he explained it to the imperial court, those who didn't understand the situation would inevitably laugh at him for being incompetent, tens of thousands of troops, fighting thousands of red-haired ghosts, and fighting for so long, giving people the feeling of incompetence.

Li Dingguo pondered for a while, "Don't worry, Ben Shuai will not act recklessly." He paused, and suddenly asked, "Commander Yu drew a map of Batavia, and is there a drawing of the fortress?" ”

"Yes! Wait, Dashuai! Yu Fangqi hurriedly got up and took out a few rolls of drawings from the cabinet.

Li Dingguo hurriedly took it, walked to the table and unfolded it, Yu Fangqi said on the side: "This is what I asked my subordinates to draw, in order to write down more details, there is also a flag team, which was caught by the red-haired ghost." ”

Li Dingguo looked at the drawings and looked at the fortress, which was indeed more than that of Malacca, and it was also a fortress, which was difficult to attack.

He now has only 6,000 troops, and if the local Sultan of Mataram supports the Dutch, he will probably not be able to trap the Dutch.

"How many Hoyi are left in Batavia?" Li Dingguo straightened his waist and stopped looking at the picture.

"According to the refugees who have fled, it is estimated that there are more than 3,000 people, all Dutch merchants and sailors, but they are very well equipped and difficult to handle." Yu Fangqi recalled.

The sailor had gone ashore in Batavia, but was shot back by a Dutch platoon, and because he was not equipped with a self-fired firearm, he was no match for the Dutch, and hundreds of people died.

Yu Fangqi glanced at Li Dingguo, and then said: "Big handsome, you are despicable, this is really not easy to fight!" ”

Li Dingguo couldn't help but groan when he heard this, "The fortress is strong, the troops are sufficient, and the resources are abundant, it seems that this time we can only outwit it." ”

Yu Fangqi was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help asking, "How can the big handsome outwitter?" ”

He also thought about outwitting Yu Fangqi, but the Dutch had the advantage of the territory and the support of the local sultanate, so he really didn't come up with any good way.

If he fights for another seven months, it is estimated that the DPRK and China will clamore for a change of commander, and Li Dingguo does not want to fight such a long and rigid battle, but he actually has no bottom in his heart, so he just smiled, "It's just that there is such an idea, whether it will work or not, you still need to try to know." ”

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