New Shun 1730

As soon as Lian Fuguang left, Valkenir immediately called the officer and ordered him to lead 25 Dutch soldiers and 10 local soldiers to arrest Lian Fuguang and other people who were reported by Lei Zhenlan as "improper" and who were quite prestigious among the lower-class Chinese.

To have prestige among the lower-class Chinese, at least you have to have a certain amount of property. In other words, people who are known and reported by Lei Zhenlan and Kapitan must have some property.

Kapitan cannot know the poor who don't even pay the head tax.

Moreover, in such a place where good and bad people are mixed, if you are just loyal and dare to take action, but have no property, you can't be the boss.

The Dutch were short of manpower, and originally had a lot of local soldiers. But decades ago, when Sulabadi rebelled against the Dutch, the loyalty of many local soldiers was seriously suspected, and no more manpower could be transferred.

As soon as this team of soldiers gathered, in a corner of the city, Lian Fuguang's younger brother Lian Jieguang quietly retreated to the shadows, and there was a Chinese who was not wearing a black shirt in the shadows.

"My brother went to the Governor's Mansion today. I guess these people are going to arrest Brother Huaiguan and Brother Ban. Go and tell them quickly. But I also made it clear that my brother also has his own difficulties."

"We are doing things outside the city, and I am afraid that people in the city will also be implicated. My great-grandfather was captured from Penghu by the Dutch and did hard labor. He survived and accumulated a family business for several lifetimes. My brother is also afraid that the family business will be ruined and he will not be able to face his ancestors after his death."

The messenger nodded and did not comment on Lian Fuguang's actions for the sake of Lian Jieguang.

Knowing that Lian Jieguang had to stay in the city and do other things, he left the city and talked with the Chinese in black shirts in a nearby sugar factory. Then he led the horse and galloped towards the sugar factory where Lian Huaiguan and others gathered.

In the sugar factory, everyone who got the news was also excited. Since there were not many people coming, they could do something.

Now the group of people gathered in the sugar factory are generally divided into two gangs. One group is the people from the court and Lian Huaiguan; the other group is Huang Ban's people.

In the past few days, in addition to secretly training, they have been discussing what to do after the fight.

Although Lian Huaiguan said that the court is different now, they can fight Japan because of Ryukyu, and the court will not ignore them, the people of the Celestial Empire.

But Huang Ban was also skeptical in his heart and did not trust the court too much.

The leader sent by the Privy Council is nicknamed Niu Er here, which is not his real name. He is an old man in Jinghai Palace in the eleventh year of Taixing, and one of the earliest students.

Since Liu Yu resigned from the navy, he has participated in the affairs of the Privy Council before he officially served as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and has also provided strategic guidance to the people in Batavia.

At that time, two plans were made, one was that the court decided to intervene, and the other was that the court would ignore the disputes within the court.

The letter from Liu Yu and the secret letter from the Privy Council received by Niu Er was roughly that although the court did not want the Batavia incident to break out now, the time was not right.

But the uprising was never something that could be started by a few people, but was forced out by the Dutch. If that day came, they could not just sit there and wait for their heads to be chopped off.

But it was best to keep things under control, and to be prepared for compromise and negotiation.

So Niu Er followed the strategic thinking of the Privy Council and decided to move south after doing something, and ambush the Dutch pursuit troops.

Once the ambush was successful, they would retreat south to the Gede volcano area, where they would gather in the mountains and forests, recruit their troops, and try to offset the Dutch weapon advantage as much as possible, while at the same time posing enough threat to Batavia, as long as they could delay until the court arrived.

According to the story Liu Yu told him, slaves, volcanoes, resistance... Niu Er felt that he was going to be Spartacus.

Niu Er was a professional, had seen regular troops, and knew that the gap between regular troops and rebels was not just weapons.

Although there were volcanoes and slaves, the rebels were not gladiators after all, and there was no group of Thracians who wanted to "go home". Instead, the "Thracians" here all thought that "they could replace them" and did not want to return to their hometown at all.

As for the attack on Batavia, they thought it was completely a fantasy.

The Privy Council also had similar ideas. Liu Yu had received a superficial rebellion since childhood, so he directly instructed to retreat south to the volcanic area and rely on it to delay time.

The slogan was: abolish the head tax, abolish the Batavia land law, and abolish the tribute system, so as to win more support from the Chinese and local people.

At the same time, without overly touching the fragile nerves of the Dutch, the beneficiaries of this uprising could be expanded from the Chinese to the large number of lower-class populations around Batavia.

Of course, the most critical point here is to be sure that the court will not sell them out and that the court will definitely come forward to mediate. Otherwise, the Gede volcano is too close to Batavia, and the Dutch will definitely be on pins and needles, and will definitely be surrounded and suppressed with all their strength. Without external support, it is bound to fail.

Huang Ban was too optimistic about this uprising, thinking that "the Dutch oppressed us deeply, and as long as the rebels were together, they would definitely win the battle."

Although Batavia was indeed difficult to fight, he admitted that. But he did not think that after ambushing the Dutch, they should retreat to the Gede Volcano area. The reason was the same as the reason why the Privy Council wanted them to retreat to the Gede Volcano. It was too close to the Dutch ruling center, and the Maowu under the mountain was the location of Batavia's summer resort. The Dutch would definitely not ignore it.

So after the battle, they should go east.

There are also many Chinese in places such as Tammu and Semarang to the east, with a better foundation and further away from Batavia, giving them more room for maneuver.

And the Sultan of the Matalan Kingdom over there knew Huang Ban. Huang Ban’s father once worked as a tax collector in the Mataram Sultanate. The Mataram Sultanate has always been dissatisfied with the rule of the Dutch. It retreated to the east and united with the Chinese in Tammu, Semarang, Cirebon, Surabaya and other places to resist the Dutch rule with the Mataram Sultanate.

Niu Er on the Privy Council side also knew that Huang Ban's strategy was more correct without knowing that the imperial court would definitely interfere, or that the imperial court's purpose was not to overthrow the Dutch rule now.

After all, Niu Er and others represent the interests of the court and their long-term goals. In the short term, it is not consistent with the short-term interests of the local bottom Chinese.

The Chinese people’s demand is not to go to Ceylon to do hard labor. However, the imperial court hoped that the Chinese would spread out and take root. Once the imperial army arrived in the future, they would be able to rule directly, eliminating the need for immigration.

But the time is not ripe now, and the Mataram Sultanate is not a reliable ally. It is not a wise choice to incite the Chinese uprising throughout Java at such an immature time.

As far as the navy is concerned, at least the time has really come until Japan's compensation is paid and the navy is planned to spend millions to build seven or eight 74-gun battleships.

According to private discussions within the navy, there is still a military expenditure of 5 million taels short of the time to go to Southeast Asia.

People on both sides have been arguing for several days. With the news that a small group of Dutch soldiers came out of the city to arrest people, the unresolved dispute stopped.

"Brother, I don't think we should argue about this yet. Do as I say, kill the red-haired ghosts first, and then ambush them after that. After that, we will have plenty of time. We will go east to Semarang Surabaya; Or we can go south to Mount Gede, and we’ll discuss it later. This is not the time.”

Huang Ban also nodded and said: "That's right. Let's talk about it then. Brother Niu, if you are not a brother, I can't trust you. It's just that you don't tell the truth. I don't think you are an ordinary person who goes to Nanyang, and you don't know the world. Not only do I have brothers under my command, but there are also many brothers in Cirebon, Semarang and other places in the east. If Brother Niu doesn’t tell the truth, I also have to be responsible for the brothers behind me.”

Niu Er smiled and said nothing, which was regarded as acquiescence. Indeed, the methods of these people are very different from those of the reckless people in the world, which can be seen from the shooting training.

"Let's talk about this later. Let's deal with this wave of red-haired ghosts first. I think the Dutch are used to walking sideways here. They would never think that we would dare to shoot first. Brothers are not good at arraying in field battles either. , just crouch in the woods and ambush them. When the time comes, they will capture a few Dutch and hold them hostage, and let the Dutch use rat weapons."

"I'm afraid that the Dutch will divide and rule and blame the people in the city for our uprising. Then the Chinese in the city will blame us."

Huang Ban chuckled and said: "Those people in the city will never blame us if they don't blame us. They have also suffered. How can they not know that the red-haired ghost is hateful?"

"It's our fault. Even if we don't do anything, we will be blamed. But since Brother Niu said so, then we will do it."

After some deliberation, it was decided to proactively ambush this wave of Dutchmen near a coconut forest some way from the sugar factory.

There were both staff officers and soldiers who were members of the emperor's army. They were familiar with fighting, so they had chosen their positions early.

Niu Er took Zhang Sanbiao and a few others to make preparations for the abandonment of the sugar factory. He deliberately shook some English letters to some inconspicuous places, and deliberately left one filled with lead bullets first and gunpowder later. Scrap brown bass gun.

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The Dutchman who led the team led two Chinese who had seen Lian Huaiguan, Huang Ban and others towards the sugar factory that was reported to be "frequently haunted by suspicious characters".

Ten Balinese soldiers were in front, followed by a small group of Dutch soldiers.

This place is very close to Batavia, and the soldiers walked very casually, not worrying that anyone would do anything bad to them.

Although there was an incident when arresting people at the sugar factory last time, the Chinese who made the trouble did not dare to attack on their own initiative. The conflict was caused by the Dutch who led the team demanding bribes and then beating people. They never expected to be attacked near Batavia.

In the woods, there were not many people attacking with guns. Except for the veterans from the court, there were only seven or eight rough people.

Niu Er knows that when there are too many people, especially those who are not trained, one more person will cause chaos.

Simply let the remaining people lurk in the back, shoot and attack from the front, and then go over to arrest them.

Waiting for the arrogant Dutch to enter the ambush circle, Niu Er let go of the Balinese soldiers in front and pointed the brown bass in his hand at the person behind the officer in the team. The officer wanted to catch him as much as possible. alive in order to be held hostage.

The muzzle of Brown Bess's gun protruded from behind the tree. Niu Er couldn't help but think of the fighting methods of North American Indians that Liu Yu had mentioned. He thought that this was about the same. This group of people was no different from the group of Indians in America. They cannot fight in formation.

Bang……

He took the lead and fired a shot, and the coconut grove was filled with gunfire. The gunfire in the coconut grove was the first shot of the Chinese armed resistance in the Dutch colonies against colonial rule.

It’s just that unlike those stories that are meant to show justice, no one stood up to make sense, and there was no story of “Don’t shoot before the enemy shoots; but if the enemy insists on forcing war on us, then let the war start here.”

Instead, they fired directly from the woods without saying anything, and they all aimed at the head.