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The boat full of Dutch soldiers approached the beach, and the boat was moored in waist-deep water, and the Dutch soldiers on the boat jumped into the water like dumplings, stepping on the sea water to launch a charge on the beach.

"There is the sound of water, they are coming!" In the dark, the Portuguese officers could not see clearly where the Dutch had landed, but they knew that an attacker was coming by listening to the sound of the sea.

"Cast!" A Portuguese officer shouted.

The grass above the beach flickered with fires, and the Portuguese soldiers opened the tinder jars, lit the torches, and suddenly a row of bonfires lit up on the beach, rows of musketeers lit the ropes, and gunners in the woods lit torches.

"Not good!" The Dutchmen, who were about to land, screamed in surprise and turned around and ran to the boat.

Before he could finish speaking, he heard two loud "booms" in the woods, and the overwhelming shotguns were scattered into the sea a hundred paces away, splashing countless splashes, and the Dutchman fell down screaming. Immediately afterwards, the Portuguese musketeers who were waiting on the beach stepped forward, their muskets roaring like thunder, and the white smoke filled the firelight, and countless buckshots pierced into the sea, and the Dutch, fifty paces away, fell into the sea one after another.

"Damn it! Damn the Portuguese! They were prepared! When the news of the failed smuggling landing came, de Knight angrily yelled.

Macau is not so easy to fight, the Portuguese have been in business for more than a hundred years, and if it was easy to fight, it would have been eaten by the Dutch long ago. During the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese only had the right of residence in Macao, and Macau still belonged to the jurisdiction of Xiangshan County on the opposite side, which was called Xiangshan Macao. Later, when the Qing army entered the customs, the famous eunuch Pang Tianshou also went to Macao to borrow troops and borrowed 300 Portuguese musketeers to help in the war, and Pang Tianshou also went to the battlefield in person.

After the Qing army occupied Guangdong, the Portuguese looked down on the barbaric Tatars on the other side, and the Qing court was unwilling to have more contact with the Taixi, so by the time of the Qing Dynasty, the Portuguese had essentially changed from the right of residence to the right of occupation, and their control over Macao had increased significantly.

The Qing government was different from the Ming government, and the Ming Dynasty had sovereignty over Macao, which could guarantee that the Dutch would not land in Macao. However, the Qing government would not care so much, so the Portuguese in Macau strengthened their forts and troops in order to protect themselves.

The Ming Dynasty also needed to trade with the Portuguese, and Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua and others also formed a powerful firearms force through the help of the Portuguese, so the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Portuguese was quite good. But the Ming Dynasty did not have much good impression of the Dutch, and Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong had more contact with the Dutch.

After the Qing army occupied Xiangshan, the Portuguese strengthened the defenses of Macau.

Now the Dutch bumped into it, and it ended up bleeding from the head.

The scheming Tepra pondered for a moment before he spoke: "We are here mainly to get in touch with the Tatars and deal with the Ming people with them. We can send people to the other side, make contact with the Tatars, and let them land with troops! ”

"Good!" De Knight agreed, "As long as the Tatars are willing to send troops, we can not only occupy Macao, but also retake Formosa (Taiwan) with the help of the Tatars!" And the Tatars may give us even more! ”

Van der Sar, a Dutch captain officer, took a group of Dutch soldiers in a small boat and set foot on the land of Xiangshan County on the opposite bank. It was the area of Zhuhai later, but at this time it was only a small fishing village, and it was also an abandoned small fishing village, and the houses in the small fishing village were dilapidated and empty.

An official road passes through the edge of a small fishing village, and this official road is quite lively, with people and cars coming and going from time to time to deliver goods to the shore wharf, and then to Macao on the opposite side; The ships on the opposite side came ashore, and quite a few goods were unloaded from the ship. There are also many fishing boats docked at the seashore, and dark-skinned men carry baskets of fresh fish from the boats.

"What's going on with this abandoned little village?" Van der Sar asked.

Yao Yi, who served as a guide, replied: "This is all caused by the imperial court's sea ban and sea relocation order, and the people are not allowed to live on the seaside, so the fishermen are driven away, and the good fishing village is scrapped like this." ”

"Oh my God! How much profit can be brought by maritime trade, and why did the imperial court ban the sea? Van der Sar was taken aback.

Yao Yi snorted angrily: "What does the Tartar Imperial Court know!" They only know about the forbidden sea, saying that they want to deal with the pseudo-Ming and the pirates, how can they know how much silver the sea trade can bring! ”

Van der Sar asked again: "Since the sea is banned, why do you still have goods coming in?" Can the fishermen still go to sea? Doesn't the imperial court care? ”

"Isn't it that my father saw that the people of Xiangshan were too bitter, and secretly opened the sea ban without telling the court? And I've heard that the sky in Guangdong is about to change! Tartars can't be bouncing in Guangdong for a few days! Yao Yi replied.

Van der Sar's face was very ugly, they Dutch came to the East thousands of miles to get benefits from the Qing Kingdom, if the Qing Kingdom was finished, wouldn't their trip be in vain?

Passing by the Xiangshan Barracks, Van der Sar carefully observed this large barracks and found that it was a large barracks, which could accommodate more than 3,000 people. However, the huge barracks were in a dilapidated state, and the two ragged Green Battalion soldiers stood listlessly at the door, and the barracks were also very depressed, and it seemed that there were few people.

Vandersar knew that the Qing army commander had the habit of eating empty salaries, but this large battalion, which can accommodate more than 3,000 people, seems to have less than 300 people inside, and this empty salary is too outrageous.

"This camp is supposed to be used to guard against the Portuguese, right?" Van der Sar asked.

Yao Yi nodded: "Yes, it is used to guard against the Portuguese." The Portuguese had also sent people to help the puppets before, so the Tartars didn't like them either. It was only when there was a contract between the two sides that the imperial court bent on providing them with grain and other food. ”

"Then why are there so few people?" Van der Sar asked again.

Yao Yi replied: "Half of the people were dragged to Fujian before, but they suffered a big defeat. Now the imperial court said that it would hold Guangzhou, so most of the remaining people were dragged to Guangzhou. Not to mention the soldiers of Xiangshan, the soldiers of Xinhui have also been pulled away. ”

Van der Sar shook his head in disappointment, originally they were still counting on the Qing court to send troops, because the Portuguese also needed supplies from the Qing court, so it was easier for the Qing army to set foot in Macao. But now it seems unlikely that the Qing court will send troops, and there are only so many troops left, and it is not to die if they go to Macao.

When he was talking, he had already walked to the gate of Xiangshan County.

"Yao Gongzi!" The two white servants guarding the gate of the city recognized Yao Yi and saluted.

Yao Yi took the Dutch into the county office, and when she saw the county commander Yao Qisheng, Yao Yi stepped forward and reached the ground: "Father, the people from Hongyi are here." ”

"Come in!" Yao Qisheng stroked his beard and nodded.

Walking into the living room behind the county office, Van der Sar took out the paperwork and presented it with both hands: "This official of the East, we came to the East at the invitation of your country to deal with the common enemy. This is also the only port where we can go ashore, and I hope that your country can make it easier for us. ”

Yao Qisheng took the document written in Chinese and Latin and read it carefully. He has a very complicated mood, to be honest, Yao Qisheng does not have much loyalty to this court, the reason why he joined the banner is to become an official, and being an official is actually to do something good for the Han people. Through the fact that Yao Qisheng can snatch a knife to kill the Qing soldiers and save the girl, it can be seen that he is not loyal to the Qing court, but wants to use another way to do things for the Han people.

It is precisely because Yao Qisheng is not loyal to the Qing court that his official position is getting smaller and smaller. When he was the governor of the state, he abandoned the official and fled because he killed the local tyrant and the inferior gentry; When he was an official in Fujian, he secretly "Tonghaikou" was dismissed; When he arrived in Xiangshan, he ignored the Qing court's ban on the sea and opened the sea ban privately. If it weren't for the changes in history, the Qing court's Guangdong would be out of order, and Yao Qisheng, a seven-rank sesame official, would be removed from his post again.

"You want to borrow troops to fight Macao?" Yao Qisheng glanced at Van der Sar, of course he knew what the Dutch wanted to do, the purpose was nothing more than to have a stronghold here to deal with the Ming army.

"The Portuguese fort in Macau was strong, and it was difficult for our army to overcome. Your country has a treaty with the Portuguese, and you can use the excuse of providing supplies to Macao to infiltrate Macao, and give us an internal response, and you can drive the Portuguese away in one fell swoop! If this can be done, Yao County will make you famous in one fell swoop! Van der Sar said.

Yao Qisheng laughed: "You came to Xiangshan, and you have seen it all the way, the soldiers here have been transferred to Fujian, and it is said that the imperial court has suffered a fiasco, and the soldiers have been defeated." The Ming army will attack Guangzhou in the near future, not to mention the soldiers of Xiangshan and Xinhui, where do we have troops to send here? ”

These words are true, the soldiers of the Xiangshan Green Battalion have been transferred, and even the chief soldier Zhang Guoxun has been transferred to Guangzhou.

Van der Sar shook his head in disappointment: "In that case, can Yao County Commander send someone to lead my fleet?" The islands at the mouth of the Pearl River are in the hands of the Ming State, and if we want to get supplies, we can only enter Guangzhou. However, our army was not familiar with the Pearl River waterway and could not enter Guangzhou to obtain supplies. ”

"This matter is very important, and it is necessary for the official to find someone who is familiar with the Pearl River waterway. In this case, you go back first, and the official will give you an answer tomorrow. Yao Qisheng replied. He knew that he couldn't forcibly refuse the Dutch, otherwise once the Dutch attacked Xiangshan, he would be a small county town, with dozens of officials, more than 100 officials, and more than 100 masters of the Heaven and Earth Society, who would not be able to resist the attack of the Dutch army at all, and he had to slow down the Dutch first.

"Then I'll take my leave! Come back tomorrow to visit Yao County. Van der Sar stood up and took his leave.

After the Dutch left, Yao Qisheng said to his son Yao Yi: "You go and call Li Kaishi immediately!" There is something important to discuss with them! ”

Not long after, Li Kaishi, dressed as a fast catcher, came to Yao Qisheng's county backyard. In fact, Li Kaishi is a member of the Heaven and Earth Society, and Yao Qisheng also knows these things, and the Heaven and Earth Society came to Xiangshan to open the sea ban. On the other hand, Yao Qisheng also secretly had dealings with the Ming army, and if the Ming army took Guangzhou, Yao Qisheng would be ready to surrender.

"The imperial court has cooperated with the red-haired ghost, and the red-haired ghost's fleet has arrived in Macau, and they want us to cooperate." Yao Qisheng told Li Kaishi about the Dutchman's visit. Then, he briefly described some of the conditions of the Dutch and some of the transactions between the Qing court and the Dutch.

"This Tartar court doesn't regard the land of China as its own country at all! Actually sold the land left by our ancestors to the red-haired ghost like this! Li Kaishi said angrily.

"Macau's Franc machine is prepared, and the red-haired ghost can't take Macau. They wanted to enter the Pearl River and go to Canton to get supplies, but they were not familiar with the waterways and wanted us to send people to bring water. Yao Qisheng said.

Li Kaishi was anxious when he heard it: "No! Can't show them the way! If they have not been supplied in the open sea, they will eventually have to retreat their troops and go back to the east. If they are allowed to enter Canton and they are supplied, our sailors will be in danger! ”

Yao Qisheng shook his head: "If you force them to be in a hurry, I'm afraid they will jump off the wall in a hurry!" If the red-haired ghost attacks Xiangshan, Xiangshan will definitely not be able to hold it! As soon as Xiangshan was lost, the Franc machine man on the opposite side might have surrendered! Moreover, the red-haired ghost took Xiangshan, and he could also go to Guangzhou by land to find someone. We rejected them like that, and it didn't do us any good. ”

"Then Lord Yao, what should we do?" Li Kaishi asked.

"Citation! Introduce them to the Pearl River! Find a passage that can easily run aground and bring them in! Then you leave, and they are trapped in the Pearl River and can't get out! Yao Qisheng said his plan.

"That's a good idea!" Li Kaishi was overjoyed, "If we can trap the fleet of the red-haired ghost, our marines will attack at night again, and the red-haired ghost will probably surrender!" There are so many ships, we can capture at least a few of the biggest! ”

"Okay, you go and prepare, the old man will give an answer to the red-haired ghost tomorrow!" Yao Qisheng said.

Li Kaishi thought for a moment and replied: "My lord, in this way, tomorrow you give this reply to the red-haired ghost, and you Xiangshan will provide them with a small amount of supplies first." It is said that the person who draws the water has already been settled, and he can come within three days. ”

"Three days? Can you get ready in three days? Yao Qisheng asked.

"Three days is enough!" Li Kaishi said with a smile.

After Li Kaishi went back, he released a carrier pigeon that specially communicated with Kawashima.

On Shangchuan Island, Tang Wei received a letter from a carrier pigeon.

"Trapping the red-haired man's fleet in the Pearl River? That's a good idea! It's just that our people have to keep up! I don't know where Hu Dedi and they were. Tang Wei muttered to himself.

The clippers on which Hu Dedi and his Marine Special Combat Team were traveling were much slower than the catamaran fast sailing boats, and the Marine Special Operations Team could not have arrived on Shangchuan Island so quickly. However, there are still a group of Marine Corps special operations teams in Wang Xinyu's hands, so Tang Wei decided to go to Zhangzhou.

The speed of the catamaran is very fast, and within four days and four nights, it is completely possible to run a round trip from Shangchuan Island to Zhangzhou, and after passing over, the situation is reported, and when you come back, you can bring back a group of Marine Corps special combat personnel.

"Let's set off, take two days of food and fresh water, and go to Zhangzhou." Tang Wei gave the order. (To be continued.) )