Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 39

For many Europeans, Cossack is not an unfamiliar word.The Cossacks are not a nation, but a military group formed by Russians, Ukrainians, Caucasians, Tatars and other nationalities in order to escape the enslaved rule of the Golden Horde and later Poland.Cossacks are a kind of light cavalry. They mainly use sabers and spears to perform operations such as reconnaissance and harassment. They come and go like the wind and are very mobile.At the same time, relatively, the discipline of this army is very poor, and they often burn, kill and loot.

The two teams of Cossack cavalry that Bai Mingxiu exchanged for still had the faces of Han people, but their temperament was quite close to the real Cossacks.When the Cossack cavalry of the Ming army entered the city of Batavia, these fierce cavalry immediately displayed their abilities and began to continuously destroy and kill any resisting forces in the city.

Before letting them in, Bai Mingxiu called two company commanders of the Cossack cavalry company and said, "You can destroy and kill the enemy, but if you let me know that you killed unarmed civilians in Batavia, Or if there are any sexual crimes and robberies, I will directly shoot the perpetrators and punish their immediate superiors."

The expressions of the two company commanders were not very good, but they still obeyed and left.

At this time, the system said to Bai Mingxiu: "If the Cossacks are trained in this way, I am afraid that this unit will not be Cossacks soon."

Bai Mingxiu said: "That doesn't matter. I don't need a group of thugs in the army. It's just two Cossack cavalry companies. Rather than causing trouble to me, it's better to disband them."

The system tut tut: "You have too many Goldfinger coins, now you are arrogant."

Bai Mingxiu immediately put on a hippie smile: "Master of the system, you are kidding me. I can't be what I am today because of your cultivation and support. To be possessed by such a powerful system as you, I can't do it in my whole life. "

There is nothing wrong with Bai Mingxiu's system, except that he likes to listen to flattery.Especially when it was time to draw prizes or redeem them, Bai Mingxiu immediately became a dog licking with no limit, flattering him infinitely.

The Cossacks threw themselves into the fight, making the end of the street fight even faster.When watching the Cossacks manipulating the horses as if they were their own bodies, they chopped off the heads of anyone who tried to attack them with shining sabers.

Ma Suike and the others were already terrified. With the Cossacks raging in the city, it was impossible for them to rush to the castle by the sea.

Chulin's forehead was dripping with sweat, and she asked Masuike, "Mr. Governor, what should we do?"

Masiike said tremblingly: "We are short of troops, and there are too many Chinese soldiers. They deliberately attacked our colony in the Dutch East Indies. We can only choose to surrender at this time. China... can be regarded as a civilized country, right? Prisoners should be treated decently."

When several ferocious Cossacks rushed over, the people around Masuke raised the white flag.Several Cossacks were stunned for a moment, but still reined in their horses.

"I am Masek, Governor of the Dutch East India Company. I request to meet your commander. On behalf of the Dutch colonial army, I formally surrender to him."

Several Cossacks looked at each other, but no one spoke. A cavalry immediately drove out of the city to report.

Because of Masiike's surrender, the Dutch soldiers in the city soon gradually stopped resisting, threw away their weapons, and were captured by the Ming army entering the city.

When the gunfire in the city gradually subsided, several soldiers of the Ming army took Ma Suike and others out of the city and arrived at the temporary command post of the Ming army outside the city.Bai Mingxiu is waiting here. He is an extraordinarily cautious person. He does not know if there are assassins with ulterior motives when he enters the city. He treasures his little life. Even if he dares to lead the army in battle, he will not show his bravery. .

Under a big tree, Bai Mingxiu was sitting there, with a bonfire burning in front of him.His hands were not tied, but after being searched, Ma Suike came to Bai Mingxiu with a bayonet on his back.

Liang Haisheng, who was acting as an interpreter before, was also here, and he said loudly in Dutch: "Mr. Governor, this is our Crown Prince Zhu Cixuan of the Ming Dynasty. Please salute him and pay him the highest respect."

Ma Suike bowed his head and said, "John Ma Suike, the governor of the East India Company of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, greets you, His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty."

Bai Mingxiu said with a blank face, "It's wrong. First, the defeated salutes the victors to thank you for your life; second, I am the Crown Prince of China. You can say my full name, the Ming Dynasty of China." His Royal Highness."

After hearing the translation, Ma Suike became very angry, "Your Highness, you are insulting me. I am a Catholic, and we can only worship God when we kneel down. By the way, I heard that you You have also been baptized, so you are also a Catholic. You shouldn’t let me, who is also a Christian, perform such obscenity that violates the canon.”

In fact, Ma Suike wanted to complain at the back. The Ming Dynasty was no longer the dynasty that ruled China, and Bai Mingxiu was not a Chinese crown prince at all.It's just that he felt that he said this, and he probably must have explained it here today.

As for the fact that the crown prince Zhu Cixuan is a Catholic, it is still true in theory.Bai Mingxiu had read a lot of books before time travelling, and he also knew that the person he timed through had really been baptized.In the second year of Yongli, the desperate Emperor Yongli sent Chen Ande and a missionary, Boym, to Europe to ask the Pope for help.Of course, it was impossible to get any assistance in this matter. The Pope made a perfunctory move and sent them away.When Chen Ande returned to China, Nan Ming was on the verge of death.

In fact, this Chen Ande is still on Bai Mingxiu's boat. Bai Mingxiu has some knowledge when he sees him, and he is going to send him to Australia for training.

At this time, Bai Mingxiu said very unswervingly: "Sorry, Mr. Ma Suike. I am not a Catholic. As the prince of Ming Dynasty, I am a staunch atheist. Ming Dynasty is a country with freedom of religious belief. When I was baptized and It is not my own will, and I have no intention to serve Jehovah or Jesus, so you can’t use this to prevaricate me. The so-called believers of God have no privileges in front of me. In front of the Ming Dynasty’s national law, who All people are equal. Now, sir, kneel down, and I will sit upright and accept your kneeling."

In fact, in the Nanming court in exile, after Bai Mingxiu became the crown prince to oversee the country, he first put aside rituals such as kneeling and worshiping.When courtiers meet him, they always bow to him, and such etiquette is only required on important official occasions.Bai Mingxiu is very familiar with all kinds of etiquette and allusions in Europe, but he has no intention of Westernizing.Facing the defeated, he just wants the enemy to kneel.

This is the etiquette of the strong - the etiquette of accepting the kneeling of the weak.

(End of this chapter)