Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 848 Assassination
Yang Menglong glared at the military envoy who was so hungry that he was about to lose his footing, and said, "Didn't I tell you to wait outside first? I'm very busy!"

The soldier's Adam's apple was moving and he couldn't speak.

Catherine smiled and said, "Yang, do me a favor and take some time to listen to what he wants to say."

Yang Menglong muttered: "You will make trouble for me!"

Catherine was a little helpless: "The Netherlands has a lot of business contacts with Venice. I still want to help with this."

Reluctantly, Yang Menglong closed the document in his hand and said, "Okay, I'll give him five minutes." He glared at the military envoy, "Say it, if you don't stay in Chixian City, run to What are you doing here?"

The military envoy looked at the leftovers on the table and swallowed wildly, unable to look away: "I...I am ordered by the Governor to convey our sincerity to peacefully resolve the dispute over the Taiwan issue..."

Yang Menglong slapped his hand on the table and shouted: "Dispute your sister! I have told you a long time ago that you have invaded the Ming Dynasty's territory. This is a war between aggression and resistance to aggression. It will never end. How can you continue to fight?" Is it a business conflict? Is it not enough for me to fix you?"

The officer trembled all over and said, "No, no, no, I was wrong. I'm here to ask for a decent surrender!"

Yang Menglong's eyes were fixed, and the kid couldn't help but swayed: "Surrender with dignity?"

The officer said: "Arbitrarily breaching the contract to attack the settlements of Taiwan's aborigines and seize their fields are all orders from Governor Kui Yi. We are only following orders! Now we have detained him. As long as the Governor nods, We will hand him over to you immediately, and do whatever you want!"

Yang Menglong smacked his lips and said, "You actually detained the boss, right? That's cruel enough. Tell me, what do you want?"

The military envoy cheered up and said: "We are willing to lay down our weapons, but we hope that you, the governor, can guarantee that we will not be harmed after laying down our weapons, and send a ship to take us back to Batavia!"

Li Yan, who happened to come in to find Yang Menglong because of something, heard this and shook his head slightly. Yang Menglong even sneered and said, "Good guy, so in your European concept, surrender is the player's home, and you can go back to each home after putting down your weapons. Damn it, right? It makes me want to surrender for once!"

Catherine said in a low voice: "According to the ancient European tradition, if one side voluntarily surrenders, the other side must accept it. Instead of inflicting any harm, they must also treat the wounded warmly, treat the wounded, and send them back home after the war."

Yang Menglong said: "This is just the rules of the game between you Europeans. When did you ever show politeness to the Arabs and Africans? If they surrendered, you should kill them!" He said to the military envoy: " I am too lazy to talk nonsense with you, you killed so many people in Taiwan and destroyed so many towns, I must make you pay enough! After laying down your weapons, you must stay in Taiwan for five to eight years of hard labor, using physical strength Work to atone for the sins you have committed!"

The military envoy's face changed drastically, and he shouted: "You can't do this! We have already surrendered and deserve decent treatment!"

Yang Menglong said: "I haven't accepted your surrender yet! You don't have to do hard labor if you don't want to, just pay the ransom. One pound of gold for each person. When you pay, you can go back!"

The poor military envoy rolled his eyes, and jerked away, unconscious.

Catherine looked at the poor fellow with some sympathy, and couldn't help asking Yang Menglong: "Are you really planning to let them stay in Taiwan to serve hard labor?"

Yang Menglong said: "Of course! Now Taiwan has to build several ports, and manpower is needed everywhere. These guys are tall and powerful, and they are full of strength. Where can I find such a good free coolie?"

Catherine said with a wry smile, "But it's against the spirit of chivalry for you to do so."

Yang Menglong curled his lips: "Fuck the chivalry, I don't like this! Someone, wake this guy up for me, and let him go back to Chixian City to convey my intentions!"

Li Yan sent someone to come over and drag the poor envoy down. As for how to wake him up and throw him back to Chixian City, that was the job of the people below.

Catherine became more and more sympathetic to the Dutch, and sighed, "I'm afraid the Dutch will not accept such a condition...they are proud. How can the proud Dutch bear such an insult?"

Yang Menglong was very casual: "If you don't accept my conditions, I will continue to siege them and starve them all down!"

Catherine fought a cold war for no reason, and finally saw Yang Menglong's true face hidden under the cynicism: ruthless, hard-hearted, whoever stepped on his bottom line would be miserable for eighteen lifetimes, such as being trapped in the The Dutch in the red city!

The hapless envoy finally returned to Chixian City in frustration, and brought back the horrific news.Of course, he didn't make the trip in vain, at least he got two big pancakes—seeing that he was so hungry that he couldn't even stand still, the soldiers of the Ming army felt a little sympathetic to him, so they took the two leftover pancakes gave him.After all, this unlucky guy had a good stomach, and the people in Chixian City would not have such a good life. They still had to continue to discuss countermeasures on an empty stomach.Yang Menglong's conditions were too harsh. No matter whether it was hard labor or paying ransom, the Dutch could not afford it. Five to eight years of hard labor would kill half your life if you didn't die!As for a pound of gold... my God, even if they took their bones and sold them, they wouldn't get back a pound of gold!Several people shouted: "It's too much, that devil is too much, we can't accept such a condition!" Some radical officers even said: "We would rather fight to the end than accept such a humiliating condition." condition!"

Nonsense, who is willing to accept such a condition, everyone is out of their minds!But the problem is that Yang Menglong never asked them if they would like it, he only gave two options: accept or not?
In the end, the intestines and stomach defeated self-esteem, and they quarreled for two days hungry. The Dutch sent military envoys again, humiliatingly accepted Yang Menglong's conditions, and surrendered unconditionally.However, they hope to have a more formal surrender ceremony to prove that they have fought bloody battles.For this request, Yang Menglong graciously agreed... Can't you just take off his underpants?
As the Dutch lowered their proud heads, the siege that lasted for more than a month finally came to an end.During the month-long siege, the Heluo New Army fired a total of more than 4000 shells, almost turning the entire Chikan City into scorched earth. The Dutch army who stood firm in Chikan City was killed and injured more than [-] people. They used the tactics of besieging and attacking reinforcements to eat up a regiment of the Netherlands. More than half of the Dutch troops in Chixian City went there without much fighting, and those who were still alive were starving.Yang Menglong ordered a batch of grain to be sent over, intending to let them eat a few full meals and recover a little energy before accepting the surrender. As a result, the Dutch ate up the batch of grain in just one meal, and several of them died of hunger. All of them are dying.

In order to prevent more Dutch soldiers from being held alive and losing potential labor force for no reason, Yang Menglong generously decided to hold the surrender ceremony immediately.Feeling relieved, the full-bodied Dutch soldiers and their families who were half-starved rushed out of the ruins that had tortured them enough, lined up on both sides of the city gate, and handed over their weapons to the Heluo New Army.They noticed that when they handed over the weapons, the Heluo New Army always maintained a contemptuous expression, as if they were very disdainful of the weapons they turned in.Well, the Heluo New Army does have the capital to despise the weapons and equipment of the Dutch army. Compared with the Heluo New Army, the Dutch Army is even more pitiful than beggars!
The unlucky Kui Yi was also escorted out.During the time he was detained, he was not abused. On the contrary, in order to let him live to take the blame for everyone, the Dutch soldiers gave him food as much as possible, and he gained several kilograms of weight.However, his expression was very depressed, as if his dead wife and adulterer swept away all his wealth with him, he shook his head, and he didn't even have the strength to raise his head to meet Yang Menglong's gaze.Yang Menglong walked around him twice, and said with a smile: "You're fat, you've lost a few catties compared to the last time we met! It's okay, I'll lose it, as long as you do hard labor for the first half of the year, I'm sure your figure is better than that of a bodybuilder." fine!"

Kui Yi moved his lips and asked with difficulty: "Yang, what are you going to do with me?"

Yang Menglong said: "What else can I do? Just stay in the hard labor camp and do hard labor! You can go back to Europe after 20 years of hard labor!"

Kui widened his eyes, wanted to roar, wanted to roar, but he couldn't summon up any courage in the face of the forest of bayonets of the Heluo new army.This is Yang Menglong's punishment for him. In front of Yang Menglong, he is not even qualified to be escorted to the emperor as a scapegoat. He can only serve hard labor with those soldiers who were born as ruffians, hooligans, and bankrupt farmers, and endure the whipping and scolding of the supervisor. , The soldiers bullied and insulted him until he died of exhaustion, or endured 20 years of hard labor!

There is no punishment more severe than this!
Yang Menglong waved his hand, and two soldiers stepped forward to push Kui Yi down. He and many generals rode tall horses and walked slowly into the city to inspect the city that was finally captured after more than a month of siege.

The walls of Chixian City are indeed indestructible, and the indiscriminate bombing for more than a month has not been able to blow it down.However, the buildings in the city were obviously not so strong. After more than a month of bombardment, there were not many intact houses that were bombed and burned.Some fragmented corpses could be seen faintly in the ruins, and it was disgusting to look at. The survivors stood on both sides of the avenue, looking at the conquerors who entered the city in fear.These survivors, regardless of gender, were all in tattered clothes, unkempt, and had an unpleasant sour smell all over their bodies, as if they had been picked up from a garbage dump. It was really sympathetic. Among them were the faces of Han people.Looking at those withered yellow faces, Yang Menglong felt a little apologetic in his heart.Although the siege tactics he adopted in order to reduce the casualties of the troops caused the Dutch to climax, it also caused the Han Chinese trapped in the city to suffer for various reasons. They may suffer more than the Dutch. More, I really don't know how they survived.He reined in his horse, looked at a group of ugly Han people, and said with some guilt: "You——"

Among the group of Han people, two eyes flashed, and their hands quietly reached their waists.

Yang Menglong said: "You have suffered!"

Li Yan noticed someone's expression was wrong, he was taken aback, and said, "My lord, be careful——"

Before the words fell, the two guys hiding behind the crowd drew out two flintlock pistols, and pointed their black muzzles at Yang Menglong!Yang Menglong's hairs stood on end. Who would have thought that the Dutch army was disarmed, but two Han Chinese wanted his life? After thinking about it for a while, he twisted his back and got off his horse!
Almost at the same time, boom!boom!Two gunshots were fired in no particular order, and they exploded like thunder. Two balls of blood mist burst out from the horse's neck and Yang Menglong's abdomen in no particular order. Both the man and the horse fell down!

Everyone was stunned, and there was a dead silence!
(End of this chapter)