Chapter 735: Where to Hit Next
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In the past several anti-Chinese incidents, the natives of Luzon rushed into the Chinese settlements, wantonly killed people and set fires, raped and plundered.
The Chinese cry and struggle helplessly, in exchange for more inhumane ravages; And this time, it can be regarded as evil retribution.
After twenty or thirty soldiers of the Qin army were "killed" in the indigenous rebellion, Zheng Sihai not only ordered all the natives outside the city to be encircled, but also the ones in the city, although they did not participate in the rebellion last night, they owed more blood debt.
The Qin army had tens of thousands of troops in Fusu City, which was well-equipped, and it was not difficult to deal with these natives.
Zheng Sihai ordered to close the four doors first, and then catch the turtles in the urn, and don't even think about escaping.
Under the threat of gunpoint, the natives of the city were also driven into the "sheepfold" in the west of the city.
On the periphery of the "sheepfold", the Qin army's rifles, earth-shattering thunder, and rockets slipped so that one ship gun was eyeing each other, and no one dared to rush out of the fence, and those who dared to rush out were shot and killed on the spot.
The port of Fusu is full of ships, most of which were the armed merchant ships of the Zheng family, and now most of them have been converted into logistics supply ships by the Qin army, and now, they are all used to transport people.
All indigenous women under the age of forty-five were to be transported back to Daqin as prisoners of war to work as domestic servants or weavers.
In addition, 50,000 young men were selected and sent back to Qinzhou, from where they landed and then escorted to Changsha by the army of Liangguang to build roads.
The rest was confiscated into the military farms in Luzon, and women over the age of forty-five were used for cooking and laundry.
Of course, it was not so easy to transport such an indigenous person back to Daqin, so many merchant ships also joined in. Most of them directly paid for indigenous women, and then shipped them back to Daqin to be sold.
Aquino considered himself lucky, as he was still the leader of the servant army, still the general of the conquest, and his men had increased even more. Up to five thousand people.
These 5,000 people and their families, as the only lucky ones, were both apprehensive and full of luck.
Zheng Sihai personally said in front of thousands of servants: "You should be glad that you didn't fall into the same fate as them." This Admiral warns you that if you do not carry out your orders and violate military law, you and your families will be ten times worse than them. ”
Thousands of servants, including Aquino, fell to their knees in fright, kowtowing their heads, and Aquino pleaded assure, "Lord Admiral." We must obey orders, we must be sure, and we will never dare to disobey. ”
"Actually, if you don't obey orders, the official doesn't care too much, if you obey, there are benefits for you, if you don't obey, even if you flee to the deep mountains and old forests. We will surely send you to death. ”
"We listen, we listen, we must listen"
Zheng Sihai placed the families of these servant soldiers in the city, and if anyone defected in the execution of the order. Deal with their dependents immediately.
They also implemented a joint system in the servant army, where one defected and the other team was beheaded, so that they could keep an eye on each other.
This made the army of thousands of servants extremely hard.
In the military reclamation farm. The Qin army is only responsible for monitoring from afar, and the work of the nearest supervisor is all borne by these servant soldiers, who is lazy. Aquino and the others were whipped hard, even more ruthlessly than Qin Jun's attack.
The ships in Fusu Port were still busy loading people, but a ship of Daqin merchant ships returning from Malacca brought a heavy news that the Dongwu Kingdom had invaded Siam again on a large scale, and they had all hit the capital of Siam, Ayutthaya.
Ayutthaya is the name given to the capital city of Siam by the Nanyang Chinese, and the Siamese themselves call it Ayutthaya City, which is about a little north of Bangkok in later generations, which means "invincible city".
This "invincible city" did successfully resist the onslaught of the invaders during the first two invasions of the Donggo army, and finally repelled the enemy.
But will it be so lucky this time?
Of course, whether Siam can keep the capital or not, this is not what Zheng Sihai and they care about.
What they were concerned about was whether it would be good or bad for Siam to resist this attack by Dong Wu.
Zheng Sihai once again summoned the generals of each battalion to discuss the matter, and Wang Guichen immediately said angrily: "Lord Admiral, the invasion of Siam by the Dongwu Kingdom at this time is clearly slapping our Great Qin in the face, it is bearable, which is unbearable!" Please give me three battalions of men and horses, and then I will kill them in Ayutthaya, and show me some color caves. ”
Zhao Han groaned: "General Wang said that Dongwu Kingdom is slapping Daqin in the face, and it barely makes sense. The envoy of Siam has just arrived in Nanjing to complain to His Majesty about the crime of invading Siam, and asks His Majesty to administer justice for Siam;
His Majesty also promulgated an edict to the world to discuss the cave country. At this time, the king of Dongwu, Ta Long, did not obediently go to Nanjing to ask for guilt, but brazenly sent troops to invade Siam, which is equivalent to shouting at Daqin, and did not take my Daqin in his eyes. ”
This is also the reason why Wang Guichen was furious, and he immediately hit the snake and said: "So you also agree to send troops to the Ayutthaya Mansion immediately?" ”
"Definitely." Zhao Han shook his head and said, "The whole Nanyang is like a game of chess, where the first move should be played, and where is the back hand, which requires the overall layout, first sort out the order, otherwise the headache will be the head, the foot will be painful, but it will disrupt our pace." ”
Shi Lang also said: "The last general also feels that now is not the time to attack the Dongwu country. In the entire Indochina Peninsula, the strongest is now the Dongwu Kingdom, which accounts for two-thirds of the Indochina Peninsula, and his invasion of Siam is not necessarily a bad thing for Daqin;
It is not difficult for us to destroy small countries such as Siam and Champa, but we lack a righteous name to send troops. Let the Dongwu Kingdom attack them first, or even destroy them first, and then Daqin will be famous for sending troops.
Moreover, now that the country is stepping up the construction of straight roads, and the southwest has not been changed to return to the stream, without the cooperation of the army, it is difficult for us to really destroy the Dongwu country. ”
Zhao Han said: "What General Shi said is that small countries like Siam and Champa are nameless, and after they are destroyed, it will be difficult for the people to return to their hearts and be difficult to govern." If the Dongwu Kingdom destroys them first, and then Great Qin sends troops, it will be more beneficial for Great Qin to rule these places in the future. ”
Wang Guichen said: "Although what you said is also reasonable, but our 10,000 army can't always toss in Luzon, Your Majesty wants to build roads, it will cost a lot of silver and hundreds of thousands of labor, but we are counting on our Royal Navy." Luzon can't toss any oil and water here for the time being.
General Hai went to Baguio to look for gold mines, and he has been going there for more than a month, and he has not even heard any news, and he doesn't know when he will find it, and it is not so easy to find it to be mined. Since everyone said that we would not fight our country, we might as well continue to go south and go to Java Island to settle accounts with the Netherlands. ”
Zheng Sihai shook his head and said: "The strength of the Dutch on Java Island should not be underestimated, we have to let some of the men and horses stay in Fusu City, with half of the men and horses of the South China Sea Fleet, it is not easy to defeat them."
His Majesty's decree made it very clear that the British had agreed to cooperate with us, and the Portuguese believed and were willing to join, and it was not too late for the British and the Portuguese to gather their warships and attack Java together, so that we could also feel the combat methods and abilities of the British and even the Portuguese, so as to know ourselves and the enemy, and accumulate experience for the future westward expansion. ”
Daqin's Royal Navy is still very young, and it can even be said that it is a fledgling, and it is correct to learn from the Western powers, at least to understand each other better.
Qin Mu warned them more than once, don't be arrogant, don't give up humbly learning the attitude of others at any time, only in this way can you make yourself stronger.
In future naval battles, it is impossible to block the enemy in the harbor and fight like this time, so that the power of one's small and medium-sized warships can be brought into full play.
In the future, naval battles with Western countries will be more in unfamiliar waters of the Qin army, so it is never wrong to know more about the opponent.
Wang Guichen said: "The army of 10,000 people, all staying in Fusu City, is a bit of a waste of troops, since the Dongwu Kingdom and the Dutch are not suitable to attack for the time being, we might as well find a few soft persimmons to pinch first, so that we can get more silver and labor for Your Majesty to go back." ”
Zheng Sihai laughed and said: "That's nature, being idle is also idle, you have to let everyone go out for a walk." ”
"Lord Admiral, where to fight?"
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(To be continued......)