The Red Mansions

Chapter 1152 Hauge: What’s unusual about this?
Just as Jia Heng was fighting Hongyi on the big island where Jilong Mountain was located, Dong Qian, the guard general, and Shui Yu, the former Jiedu envoy of the Jiangnan camp, led three thousand naval troops to attack Chican City.

Because of the previous war in the northwest, Dong Qian had been promoted from the original Zuo leader of the Beijing camp guard army (with the rank of general) to the guard general, with an official rank of third rank, equivalent to the guard commander, and led the entire central guard army. The guard troops of the Jingying Festival Commander.

Jia Ling was also promoted to guerrilla general during the war against the captives, and for his subsequent achievements in a series of water battles, he was promoted to the rank of participating general. After this battle, he would obviously be promoted.

The three men led thousands of soldiers and horses towards Chican City, which is located opposite the Taijiang River in the inner harbor and is also a military fortress of the Dutch.

At this moment, Whistler, a close aide of Taiwan Governor Putmans, was stationed in Chican City. He led about [-] Dutch soldiers to garrison here. As time passed, a large number of Han ships were also received to attack the city of Jelandja. Military newspaper.

Hongyi originally had not many troops on the island, and now there were only a few thousand on the entire island. More troops were stationed at the governor's office.

Therefore, when he heard that there was an enemy situation in Relanja City, Whistler immediately summoned his soldiers to prepare to rush to the rescue of his superiors.

However, the "bang bang" sound of firecrackers, accompanied by shouts of killing, came from the direction of the built fort and fortress.

"Sir, the Han people have invaded." At this time, a navy commander with slightly curly hair came in and reported with a frightened expression.

Whistler's expression changed drastically and he said: "Meet the enemy!"

At this moment, the Dutch soldiers and soldiers were holding fire blunderbuss and charging towards the Han army that was rushing to Chican City.

At this moment, the Dutch sergeants guarding the forts and fortresses were already fighting with the Han navy. After the exchange of fire and cannons, there was a close combat. Many Dutch soldiers were hacked and killed by the Han army.

Dong Qian led a group of personal guards and killed everyone he encountered.

When night fell, the Han army also rushed into the military fortress of Chican City, killing and wounding many Dutch soldiers.

Taiyuan Island, Relanjia City
As the war gradually subsided, the navy began to take over the defense facilities of the entire city and implemented martial law throughout the city.

In the evening, Jia Heng and Chen Xiao, surrounded by Jinyi palace guards, strode into Anping Fort in the city. This city built by the Dutch covers a vast area and is steep and tall.

Jia Heng and Chen Xiao entered the city. As far as they could see, they could see both sides of the streets paved with white cobblestones. Many shops with signs in Yi characters were closed tightly to avoid the war.

You can also see some signboards with both Han and Yi characters, probably founded by Han merchants.

While Jia Heng sent people to post notices to calm the people, he also sent Chinese military officials to the official office of the Dutch Governor in Taiwan to clean up the remaining Dutch soldiers and look for relevant Dingkou books to read through.

There were originally many Dutch Red Barbarians living in this city. Of course, there were also Han people among them.

When he arrived at the Governor's Castle, Jia Heng stood for a moment, with complex expressions in his eyes, and said thoughtfully: "The Dutch colonists have occupied this place for decades, and they have returned to the rule of the imperial court."

In the history of this place, since the Jiajing period of the former Ming Dynasty, the Dutch colonists invaded and occupied Tainan. When the world was in chaos and dynasties changed, they never set foot in this place again except during the Taizu and Taizong dynasties to hunt down the remnants of the previous dynasty Zhu Ming. , until it was completely stolen by Hongyi.

Chen Xiao didn't know Jia Heng's emotion, and maybe he still had the obsession of future generations towards the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. If the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are not unified, Honghong will be old. Like the slender eyebrows of the February willow leaves, his eyes flashed and said: "Inside The cleaning is almost done, let’s go to the castle first and take a look.”

Jia Heng nodded, stepped on the cobblestone corridor that was still stained with blood, and entered the snow-white castle with its exterior walls painted white.

At this moment, Jia Heng's bodyguards and Jinyifu guards had taken over the Hezhan government office and were on alert in all directions.

Li Shudao: "Captain, the representatives from the Netherlands want to negotiate with the Governor."

"Negotiation?" Jia Heng glanced at Chen Xiao and said, "Where are the people?"

Negotiations require bargaining chips. Now that the Dutch Red Barbarians have been defeated and they are all prisoners of their subordinates, what qualifications do they have to negotiate with the big Han?

After a while, several big-bodied and round-waisted guards in Jinyi escorted several Dutch men with curly red chestnut hair. They were struggling and mumbling.

He was not dressed as a soldier, but seemed to be a secretarial officer, and Wei Malang, an attaché of the East India Company, was among them.

Jia Heng said: "Go find a translator and translate what they are saying."

At this moment, Li Shu was escorting a middle-aged man who looked like an outsider and said, "Captain, this is a Han civil servant who works under the red-haired ghost."

Jia Heng shouted and asked: "Whose name is yours? Why do you want to work for the Dutch Red Barbarians?"

The middle-aged man said with a flattering smile on his face: "This general, my surname is Li, my name is Li Xuan, he is a distant relative of the Li family."

Jia Heng said coldly: "Tell them that the bandits of the Dutch Red Yi have occupied my Dahan Island for many years, and now it is time to return it."

The middle-aged member of staff quickly turned around and translated for a few people, but the faces of those who were originally struggling looked a little unhappy.

"This general, they said that although they were prisoners, they were civil servants of the Dutch Middle East India Company, not soldiers. They wanted to negotiate with the Han Dynasty on the ownership of Taiyuan Island. Otherwise, if no news reaches the country for a long time, the country will A large fleet will be sent to expedition to Taiyuan Island," the middle-aged member said.

Hearing the name of the East India Company, Jia Heng's heart moved slightly, and he sneered and said, "Are you still threatening now?"

After saying that, he waved his hand and shouted: "Secure him first and keep a good watch on him so that nothing goes wrong!"

He kept these people and wanted to interrogate some intelligence about the Netherlands for subsequent naval battles.

"Yes."

Jinyi Mansion guards escorted several Hongyi officials away.

Chen Xiao said: "Let's go to the official hall of the fort first. All the books and information about the island have been collected there."

Jia Heng nodded, closed the book in his hand, with a hint of curiosity on his face, and said: "Fortunately, there are not many Hongyi residents in the city. These Hongyi residents are all punished with hard labor. In the future, Dadao will expand the city again." , are in short supply of laborers."

The Dutch Red Barbarians have occupied Taiwan for many years. They often oppressed the local aborigines, punished them with hard labor, and built various cities as atonement.

Chen Xiao's eyes flashed and he said softly: "The pirates who were captured before can also be ranked with these red barbarians and be punished with hard labor."

Jia Heng nodded, and the two entered Anping Castle, which was already packed.

Entering the hall, Jia Heng looked at the interior layout with emotion on his face. He called the clerks from the Jinyi Mansion's Experience Department to collect documents from the city.

Just like after Liu Bang entered Xianyang, Xiao He did not touch the gold, silver and jewelry, but immediately collected the atlas and books about the three assistants of Guanzhong in Xianyang City. This was the first-hand information to understand the island after it was colonized.

After Jia Heng came to the desk, he began to look through the information recorded in Chinese characters.

Chen Xiaoxing came closer and said softly: "By the way, the Han merchants in the city want to see you recently."

Jia Heng put down the book in his hand, turned around and asked, "Which merchants are they from?"

Originally, there were merchants operating sea trade ships on the Jilongshan Island. Now that they saw that the Han army had recovered the Jilongshan Island, many people came over and wanted to meet the general who led the Han army.

The people on the island did not know that it was Duke Wei of the Han Dynasty who was personally leading the troops.

Chen Xiao said: "There are heads of the Li family, the Liu family, and the Lin family."

"Li family, the Li family who just helped Hongyi?" Jia Heng's face became colder. He pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Let their family go back first. Just say that Qiu has done nothing wrong after my Han Dynasty Wang Shi entered the country. .”

There are many people in Fujian with the surnames Lin, Li, and Liu, and they like to do business. Although the Dutch rule Damuan Island, they still need Han merchants to traffic some daily necessities from Fujian and Zhejiang to the island for the use of the island residents.

This was because he was worried that the war would affect the safety of his family members, so he took a step ahead and wanted to come over and see him.

And these people are no different from the group of squires who maintain the association, and they have probably helped others in the past.

Jia Heng thought for a while and then said: "Tomorrow night, I will host a banquet in the Governor's Mansion to entertain Han merchants and other prominent figures in the city."

There are many Han merchants and Fujian fishermen on the big island. These people were originally surrounding the Han merchants.

This is the power of feudal clans. If you want to realize the imperial power in the countryside, you cannot do without these rural sages.

Chen Xiao responded softly, turned around and came to the door, instructing the guards of Jinyi Mansion to reply.

Jia Heng said, sat down, looked at Chen Xiao who had left and returned, and asked, "Is there any news from Chikan City in the past two days?"

Chen Xiao shook his head and said, "It's not far away. I don't know if Chikan City has been captured yet, but I just sent someone to check the news."

Jia Heng said in a clear voice: "There are fewer troops in Chican City. The war should be over by now."

At this moment, a guard in Jinyi entered the house from outside and said softly: "Captain, General Dong sent someone to report that Chican City has been recovered. Seven hundred Hongyi were killed and [-] were captured. The rest fled to the sea. .”

Jia Heng looked happy and ordered: "Send an order to the second general to change the flags of the two cities and take over the fortress to prevent Hauge from bringing his navy to the island."

"Yes." The Jinyi Mansion guard cupped his fists and saluted, then turned and left.

Jia Heng turned to look at Chen Xiao and said: "The big islands have been recovered one after another. I will write a memorial and military report to report the victory to the court."

Not only to report victory, but also to state the subsequent management and development strategy of the big island, as well as the subsequent naval division preparation strategy.

Jia Heng said, picked up the brush, looked for the memorial, and began to write a briefing of the war.

The first is to describe the military report. Although the pirate forces were not completely wiped out, the Dutch forces on the island were basically driven away. Then it was proposed that the navy could be used to defend the port. At the same time, it was recommended to establish a governor, establish a third division, and move to Fujian. The people came to the island and turned it into a province, becoming the territory of the Han Dynasty.

After I finished writing the memorial and put down the brush, I didn't know when it was getting dark and candles had already been lit in the house.

As footsteps came, Chen Xiao took a wooden plate and said, "I made some food for you, but there are no good ingredients on it."

Jia Heng smiled, looked at the beauty, and said softly: "I was just saying I was hungry."

Xiaoxiao is really a model of a good wife and mother, who can excel in the hall and in the kitchen.

He came closer and asked, "What kind of food are you cooking?"

"Go wash your hands." Chen Xiao slapped Jia Heng's hand and gave the boy an angry look.While Jia Heng was talking, he called the Jinyi palace guard to bring over a copper basin of warm water, and then washed his hands.

Chen Xiao also picked up the chopsticks and asked softly: "It's all written."

Jia Heng said: "Yes, I've written it down. I'll send someone to deliver it to Beijing as an expedited route of [-] miles tomorrow."

Maybe the Manchu civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty did not understand the significance of regaining the island, and Emperor Chongping only knew that it could serve as a naval force to defend the port for the future boom in maritime trade, but people in later generations knew this significance.

Chen Xiao thought for a while and said softly: "Liu Xiang and others have become lost dogs. They will probably flee to other places. It will take a lot of trouble to completely eliminate them."

Jia Heng said: "Since the three Yang brothers have surrendered, let them send troops and horses to assist the government troops in sweeping across the islands of the Southeast Asian countries."

The so-called fanaticism of converts, such as Song Jiang's conquest of Fangla.

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On the other side, on Penghu Island——

Beijing Wang Shuirong led the Jiangnan Daying Navy and the Guangdong Navy to occupy the island and defeated Liu Xiang's troops. Nujiao Gang, Jinsha Gang, Sihai Gang and other pirate forces were all suppressed and captured by the official army. All.

Shangguan Rui, leader of the Nujiao Gang, was given the title, while Yan Qing led the remaining members of the Jinsha Gang and fled with Liu Xiang's fleet.

At this moment, Liu Xiang led the fleet and fled in a hurry towards the big island. The Yang brothers and the Jiangnan navy were in pursuit. In order to break up the rear, they left behind many slow-moving warships and tribesmen along the way.

If the conflict in the Battle of Penghu is included, more than half of Liu Xiang's navy was damaged, and he had to lead more than [-] troops to withdraw towards the big island.

The fleet fled for half the night until the next morning, when the warm sunshine shone on the sea, and on the winter sea, the cold wind blew on the face, biting the bones.

Liu Xiang was depressed at the moment, his face was pale, and he could hardly even eat breakfast.

Several years of operations were ruined, and all the previous dreams of separatism came to nothing.

The Han army is really hateful!

"Oh!"

Liu Xiang slammed the table angrily, anger boiling on his face and venom in his eyes.

"Master, Anping Island is in front of us." A leader said.

Liu Xiang looked pale and said, "Send someone to report the news."

He came back with a huge defeat this time, and he really didn't know how to meet the Dutch. Unfortunately, he also lost a lot of his red cannons.

"Master, look at the flag above." At this moment, the third master of Liu Xiang's gang, who had outstanding eyesight, looked at the flag with the word "Han" flying on the top of the city and said in shock.

"Boom!"

The fort on the island began to bombard the ships near the coast. Immediately, a warship was bombarded by a Hongyi cannon, and smoke billowed up and rose several feet high.

"It's the Han army. They attacked the city." A leader was shocked and said anxiously.

Liu Xiang also had a look of fear on his face, and exclaimed: "This is stealing our retreat!"

How long did it take for the Hongyi people to be defeated by the Han army?
What about the governor of the Dutch Red Barbarians?
"Master, you shouldn't stay here for a long time. Let's go." Li Kuiqi said with a serious look.

Liu Xiang glanced at the island bitterly, with a trace of unwillingness in his eyes, and said, "Let's go to Manila, Luzon."

Everyone said yes.

Immediately, one warship after another headed towards Luzon Island in batches.

The Han army on the island also discovered the movements of Liu Xiang and others' fleet, and the Hongyi cannon kept firing at Liu Xiang's fleeing ship.

Generals Shui Yu and Dong Qian immediately asked Jia Heng to lead their troops on board ships equipped with Hongyi cannons and pursue Liu Xiang and others.

After chasing for nearly a hundred miles, they finally returned at night after sinking more than a dozen ships. Liu Xiang only led less than ten thousand people to escape to Manila Island.

Governor's Mansion

In the morning, the sun shines on the fortress city, and Jia Heng is sitting behind the commander's desk, handling affairs.

Jia Heng frowned when he heard the report from his soldiers, and said in a deep voice: "Liu Xiang's troops should have continued to escape to the Southeast Asian island country."

"If we don't eliminate them, they will come back once the imperial navy leaves." Chen Xiaoqing said.

"They want to escape, but it's hard to catch up." Heng sighed and said, "After the naval division is formed, we can completely annihilate them, but before that, we can't leave Hauge."

"Hauge has come all the way, and there is no place to replenish the military supplies. If they want to escape back to North Korea, they must land and rob them to replenish their military supplies." Chen Xiao said.

Compared with Liu Xiang and others who escaped to islands like Manila, Hauge and others did not have such good luck. They were not very familiar with the Southeast Asian countries on the sea. Once they were unable to escape, they had no choice but to flee to North Korea.

Jia Heng took the map and looked at it for a while, then asked, "Is there any news from Shihou?"

Liu Xiang can escape, but Hauge, Zhenglan Banner and the North Korean navy have to stay here.

Chen Xiao shook his head and said: "The guards of Jinyi Palace cannot be contacted at the moment."

Compared with land, it is more inconvenient to communicate military information on the sea. By the time both sides receive the news, they have already missed it.

Jia Heng pondered for a moment and said, "Then wait first."

After a while, the guards of Jinyi Mansion came to report, and the guard general Dong Qian came to report.

Jia Heng said: "Let him come in."

Then, with a happy face on his face, Dong Qian hurriedly entered the official hall, saluted Jia Heng and said, "I will finally meet Commander-in-Chief."

Jia Heng smiled and said: "How about the pursuit of Chikan City and Liu Xiang?"

"Chikan City has fallen into the hands of our Han army. More than 800 red barbarians have been captured, countless cannons and muskets have been seized, and there are countless treasures. Commander Jie, please take a look at it." Dong Qian said, and handed over the military report in his hand. Deliver it.

Jia Heng let the guards of the Jinyi Palace take it, read it with a gaze, and said with a smile: "Yes, in this battle, after the cannons and blunderbuss of Hongyi were captured, they were equipped in the army to fight against the Haoge soldiers and horses that could attack at any time."

At this moment, Hauge probably didn't know that the king's flag had changed on the island.

Thinking of this, Jia Heng said: "Go and notify the soldiers and horses in the two cities to take down the Han army flags and cover them up. After attracting the Hauge and Jurchen navy to the shore, we will bring the Hongyi cannon." Naval warships attack."

Although the Jiangnan Navy at the moment does not have many manpower, it still has nearly [-] people. Dozens of warships were mobilized from them, and Hongyi cannons and flintlock guns were used to achieve fire suppression.

It may not be impossible to reap another victory.

Dong Qian took the order and left.

Chen Xiao thought for a while and asked curiously: "Why didn't you use such deception to attract Liu Xiang before?"

Jia Heng shook his head and said: "Deceive Liu Xiang first, but this time you can't seduce Hauge. Moreover, Liu Xiang is very familiar with Hongyi and the ships, and Hauge came all the way, and his eyes darkened. It's easy." Use disguise to deceive, and this strategy can only be used once.”

Chen Xiao nodded and said: "Hauge's troops have not lost too much. If he can hurt his main force, it will be easier to solve in the future."

Jia Heng said: "Well, pack up and go meet the Han merchants on the island later."

Chen Xiao didn't say anything else.

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On the other side, since the three Yang brothers rebelled in the Battle of Penghu, Penghu Island has become difficult to defend, and Liu Xiang led his troops to flee.

Hauge led the Zhenglan Banner of the Eight Jurchen Banners and a large fleet of pirates to escape to the big island. Behind him, the Denglai Navy and a fleet of tens of thousands were proud and proud. Under the leadership of Bowling Marquis Shi Nai, they began to pursue Hauge. Department.

On the endless sea, the warship rides the wind and waves. On the wooden deck, Hauge, wearing blue bubble-stud armor, stands with the Eight Banners generals and looks at the distant land in the distance.

"My lord, the situation is a bit unusual. The sea is too calm." Shi Tingzhu reminded him with a solemn look on his face as he looked at the calm sea.

It is said that the battle on the front line was so earth-shattering that no ships were sent out to patrol the big island behind?
Hauge asked in surprise: "What's unusual about this?"

Shi Tingzhu shook his head and said, "I can't even tell you."

Abate suggested: "Why don't we send someone up to take a look first, and let the Dutch in the city come out to respond."

Hauge nodded and said, "Then send someone to take a look."

As he approached the island, he gradually felt a faint sense of uneasiness.

At this moment, Wu Shojin said: "Your Majesty, Hongyi's people are here."

However, dozens of red barbarian warships were seen in the distance, gradually approaching.

(End of this chapter)