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

Chapter 837
"Master Hou!"

Amidst cheers, Shi Tianbao strode over, bowed his knees and half-kneeled to salute, and shouted excitedly: "You are here! Your subordinates have been waiting so hard for this day!"

Yang Menglong helped the former captain of the army and looked at him.After more than a month of arduous guerrilla warfare, Shi Tianbao lost a lot of weight. This clean-loving Miao youth has bloodshot eyes, stubbled beard, and dirty clothes that can hardly be seen even three miles away. Smell the sweat on his body.However, it was the sour smell of sweat that gave him an unspeakable charm, which made Zhaji Chongweng a little jealous-this is a real man!Yang Menglong was very satisfied with Shi Tianbao's changes, he thumped Shi Tianbao's shoulder hard, and said, "Good boy, you did a good job! He brought dozens of people to Taiwan, and turned half of Taiwan upside down. Thousands of Dutch people can't even sleep well, it's really you!"

Shi Tianbao is quite modest: "Thanks to the strong support from the rear, we need people to give people, and we need guns to give guns, so we have the current situation. Otherwise, the subordinates can only hide in the mountains and be with wild beasts now!"

Yang Menglong said: "Don't be humble, you really did a good job, and I will definitely reward you heavily in the future. By the way, how is the current situation of the Taiwan Rebel Army?"

Shi Tianbao said: "The current strength of the rebel army has increased to more than 3000. There are Han Chinese and barbarians. They are very high-spirited and full of desire to expel Xiyi and retake Taiwan! However, their equipment is relatively poor and they have no time to train properly. , so the vast majority are organized and undisciplined, and there are only 400 people who can barely meet the order and prohibition. I am afraid that they will make mistakes, so I leave them at a place more than ten miles away from the city of Taiwan to contain the west. Yi, personally bring the most elite part of the troops to Heliao Port, and cooperate with the army to land!" He said proudly: "Just now, we defeated a well-equipped army in the rice fields outside the city. The heavy armored cavalry killed more than 60 of them, captured more than 20 horses, and 64 pairs of armor!"

Zhaji said enviously to Weng: "My boy, you've got all the limelight!"

Yang Menglong said: "That's right, you bombed the fort and occupied the lighthouse, and even defeated the heavy armored cavalry of the Dutch. You have to remember this battle! Where are the leaders of the rebel army? Let me know." them!"

Unable to save him, Shi Tianbao sent people to call over a dozen tribe leaders and introduced them to Yang Menglong one by one.During this process, the Heluo new army continued to land, with guns like forests, and soldiers with towering and murderous auras. Have the tribal leaders who were born and raised in the mountains and forests ever seen such a scene? Forgive them for their bravery and rebelliousness , I couldn't help being terrified and trembling, and I was muttering to hope that the Marquis would not give them some kind of power, they couldn't bear it with their bodies!Fortunately, Yang Menglong was very polite to them...not really polite, but he didn't have the arrogance and contempt for them that ordinary high-ranking officials of the Han nationality had towards the leaders of ethnic minorities. Heroic and tenacious, and what they have done for more than a month has greatly helped the Heluo new army. Finally, he said loudly: "You are all good! You have defended the integrity and dignity of national sovereignty. Yours My name will be remembered by future generations! I will write to the court to ask for credit for you!"

The chiefs heaved a long sigh of relief, the Marquis was very easy to deal with and gave them face!That's great, what they are most afraid of is the kind of bastard who is arrogant and doesn't treat them as human beings!The leaders said in unison: "It's because of General Shi's command and Master Hou's strong support that we won a small victory, and we dare not take credit for it!"

Yang Menglong waved his hand and said: "Don't be humble. I will be rewarded for my merits and punished for my mistakes. Why should I be humble? Now this war is about to decide the winner. I hope you will guard against arrogance and impetuosity and strictly control the troops. Cooperate with our army to annihilate the enemy, and my promises to you will be fulfilled one by one after the war. You will get the hunting grounds, forest farms, fields, hospitals and educational opportunities that you most desire. This land will become the people of the Ming Dynasty. A paradise for reproduction!”

The leaders cheered loudly, hugged each other, and were overjoyed, saying that they were finally going to make it through.If they have a choice, they don’t want to settle in the mountains and forests for generations. They also want to settle on the plains and live a comfortable life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, with abundant grain and livestock. This is not impossible. Well!Well now, I can finally leave this damn mountain and return to the Great Plains, long live!
The deeply encouraged leaders gave Yang Menglong a scimitar and a jar of fine wine brewed from millet, and then returned to their troops with high spirits.Yang Menglong gave them face like this, so they naturally had to reciprocate the favor, restrain their troops, work hard to cooperate with the Heluo New Army, and perform well in front of Yang Menglong, but they must not cause trouble at the last moment!
The Heluo new army camped at the port, established a defense line, and were busy inside and out.As the commander-in-chief of the army, Yang Menglong naturally didn't need to participate in these trivial matters. His personal soldiers quickly set up a tent for him. He called Li Xu and Xu Meng over, and explained a few key points of defense, so that they would be in positions where the Dutch were likely to launch attacks. Strengthen the defense, after finishing these tasks, this surprisingly lazy guy used up his hard work today, yawned lazily, thumped his back, and said, "I'm so exhausted... drink! Drink two glasses and then sleep Dajue!" Called Hong Niangzi and Catherine over, cheerfully said: "Today's operation is really smooth, we should drink two cups to celebrate!" He asked people to fry two small dishes, and then uncovered the jar of millet wine. The cover of the altar, a strong aroma of wine rushed straight to the top of the tent, making his mouth water.

Catherine smiled and said: "Yang, to be honest, your troops surprised me again! You know, the difficulty of the landing operation is very high, and all links must be linked together, and there must be no mistakes, otherwise the landing operation will be very difficult." If it turned into a disaster, even our Venetian navy would have to spend more than half a year on repeated reconnaissance, planning, various preparations, and repeated drills before implementing this kind of operation, taking into account all possible situations until there is Ninety percent of you dare to implement it, but you only spent more than a month to prepare, but you played so smoothly. The Dutch were powerless in front of you. I really can't believe that this is the first time you have implemented such a high-level game. Difficult landing operations!"

Yang Menglong narrowed his eyes with a smile. Obviously, this foreign girl's compliment made him quite happy: "It's not as good as you said! Although we only spent a month of preparation, but things like hydrology, tides, topography, Wind direction, weather and other data are readily available, and countless people who are familiar with the situation in this area are providing us with the most detailed data. When it comes to the situation in Tainan and Taipei, I am afraid that I have more than ten staff members here. The Dutch and the Spaniards who have been around for a long time are still familiar! In addition, there are still rebels who keep making trouble for the Dutch, which greatly consumes their soldiers and energy, and drags their defense system into a mess, making them difficult to deal with. Our army's response to the landing operation was extremely slow, and only then did we have a smooth landing."

Catherine was thoughtful: "Before landing, it's really a good idea to send a small force to sneak into the enemy's rear and buy the opposition forces to make trouble for the enemy, so that their rear will be in chaos first, and they will not be able to concentrate on dealing with the upcoming threat. ! We've tried this before, but it didn't work as well as yours."

Yang Menglong said: "Because we are fighting at home, regaining the territory that originally belonged to us is the desire of all Taiwanese aborigines. They tried their best to help, and the effect is of course good!" One person poured a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Drink, drink !" I picked up the wine glass and took a sip, the aroma made my whole body float!

The red lady also took a sip of the wine and said, "This wine is quite soft and not to my taste."

Yang Menglong called: "Why are you drinking such a strong wine? Millet wine is very good!"

The red lady said: "I just like to drink strong wine, ride strong horses, and fight vicious battles. How about that? By the way, why are you so polite to those aliens? Shouldn't you give them a dismount to frighten them, and then give them Do you want to win them over with some benefits and make them come back?"

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes: "What age is it, you still play this game!"

The red lady said: "This has been done for more than 2000 years!"

Yang Menglong said: "I don't play this game! As long as someone has helped me, sincerely be my friend, or have the same pursuit as me and work hard together, no matter what his background is, I will treat him as a friend. They don’t think they are superior to others because of their origins, even if they are aliens!” He sighed and said, “Actually, there have never been any aliens, but they have lived in remote areas for generations. , Poverty and ignorance, a big step behind us at birth. If you don’t want to keep rebelling like the barbarians in the past 200 years, you should lower your figure to accept them, coexist and co-prosper with them, when all the barbarians put down their hunting knives With a bow and arrow, pick up a hoe and a quill, and the world will truly be at peace!"

Catherine frowned and said: "Yang, you are a kind person, but your thinking will put you in a very dangerous situation! You know, in America and in Africa, there are too many very barbaric countries and tribes, One of their characteristics is that they remember whether to beat or not. You treat them well, they try their best to kill you, but you beat them up and slaughtered a few tribes, and they are obedient to you! You treat everyone with all your heart Well, the result can only be that everyone will treat you as a fool..."

Yang Menglong said: "I'm not that stupid! I treat these barbarians living in remote areas equally because they have the same ancestors as us, and the same blood flows in their veins. It's just that for various reasons, they became We have lost the barbarians, and we have become the masters of this land. There was no way before, but now that we have such conditions, of course we have to pull them back and let them come back, but I am not so polite to foreigners!"

The red lady felt the same: "At least you are not polite to the Japanese and Annan people. If you don't do anything, you will kill them all."

Catherine thought of the Kyushu region of Japan that he had almost turned into a no-man's land, and couldn't help but fight a cold war, and quickly corrected her view of Yang Menglong... His kindness is only reserved for his own nation, and those who he thinks can be owned by this The nation accepted by a huge ethnic group with a population of hundreds of millions, he is not so polite to other nations!She mourned for three seconds in her heart for the Dutch and the Spaniards. The colonization of this guy who has never played cards according to common sense, these two European tyrants are really unlucky to fall into grandma's house!

However, after three seconds of silence, this foreign girl secretly cheered for Yang Menglong, hoping that he would beat up the Netherlands and Spain, and clean up as hard as possible...

Who told the Dutch and Spaniards to use force to force the Bank of Venice to write off the large sum of loans they owed Venice? They deserve it!

(End of this chapter)