1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 349 Relief of Dili
Ambon, March 1639, 10.

It has been three days since the Hanzhou attack fleet occupied Ambon. More than 200 marines drove away many Ternate Sultanate soldiers and Dutch mercenaries, and once again evacuated the city of Ambon.

Qi Dajiang originally did not expect to be able to obtain a large amount of supplies and gold and silver coins from Ambon again, but the Dutch East India Company very thoughtfully prepared 15 guilders and more than 500 tons of rice for the Hanzhou people, as well as the previous purchases. A large amount of cloves, nutmeg and other spices.

Moreover, the Hanzhou people also captured a senior executive of the Dutch East India Company, Mr. Senard Karamet, chief financial officer of the East India Affairs Committee and senior commercial counselor.Looking at this high-ranking East India Company executive who was quite arrogant during the negotiation with the Hanzhou people on the ownership of Dili City last year, Qi Dajiang looked at him with some playfulness, but he was thinking in his heart that capturing such a big man would give Han What are the consequences for Europe.

"As a gentleman, I hope to be treated reasonably by you Hanzhou people during the captivity." Senad Karamet raised his head and said calmly: "In return, after the war is over, I will Give you Hanzhou corresponding monetary rewards."

"Our Hanzhou is not short of money." Qi Dajiang said with a smile that was not a smile: "In addition, what kind of treatment will be given to you, only after we send you to Hanzhou, our commander-in-chief will decide."

"You mean, my fate will be in the hands of your commander, Cao Xiong?" Senad Kalamet breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried that the naval commander of the Hanzhou in front of him would be defeated because of He hated the Dutch East India Company and killed him directly.Then, his life will be safe until Hanzhou.

"Don't worry, our commander-in-chief will not kill you." Qi Dajiang seemed to see that this senior Dutch figure was actually a bit stern, and said with a smile: "Having captured such a big man like you, our Hanzhou will naturally think about it." Get something from you. You say yes?"

"You won't get any useful information from me." Senad Karamet shook his head and said, "As an upright gentleman and a senior employee with integrity, I will strictly keep all the secrets I know. For Protect my honor, I will fight with my life. I swear to God, I will tell you nothing."

Qi Dajiang looked at Senad Karamet with a determined face, said nothing, and left the room with several officers.Before leaving, a Dutch interpreter looked at the senior commercial counselor of the East India Company and said in a low voice, "Oh, God bless you."

"We have to leave tomorrow." Qi Dajiang said as he walked: "The ships on guard at the gorge have already encountered two Dutch merchant ships coming to Ambon. Maybe there will be more Dutch merchant ships coming. If they Unwilling to leave, but gathering together one after another to block our words, that is a very troublesome thing."

"There is still half of the food that has not been loaded on the ship. If we leave tomorrow, we can only burn it." Xu Hongxiang said.

When attacking Ambon a few days ago, it happened that the natives in the city rioted and occupied the city gate. Xu Hongxiang made a decisive decision and commanded the troops to rush into the city, quickly defeating the Dutch mercenaries and native servants, and his own casualties were very slight. He yelled luck.

"Why burn it?" Qi Dajiang shook his head and said, "Give all the food, swords and spears to those rioting natives, and if you want firearms, give them too."

"How to deal with the captive natives?" Xu Hongxiang asked, "Take them all away?"

"Of course!" Qi Dajiang said: "We are short of people everywhere in Hanzhou. These natives are strong laborers. It's a pity to throw them away. By the way, how is the demolition of Amwen City?"

"Most of the city walls have been demolished, and firewood has been piled up in the houses in the city. After we leave, we are going to set them on fire."

"Let those natives throw all the bricks and stones that have been removed from the city wall into the sea as much as possible, and let the Dutch spend more effort to rebuild next time."
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On October 1639, 10, southeast of the Banda Sea.

The seven ships of the Hanzhou Attack Fleet (plus a Dutch merchant ship captured by Ambon) are less than two days away from the supply point of the trip - Niu Island (now Yandana Island, Indonesia). Some relax.They will repair at Niubao (now Vamuli, Yandana Island, Indonesia) for two days, and then go to Hanzhou Beikoubao (now Nulambai Town, Australia) and Cape Fort (now Bamaga Town, Australia) Weiyuan Fort, finally went to Hanxing Island along a series of supply points, and joined Luo Rucheng and others who stayed there to start the immigration transportation task between December and January.

"You say, at this time, will there be many armed merchant ships in the Netherlands going to Ambon to block us?" Qi Dajiang stood on the bow and looked at the boundless sea in front of him, and suddenly said.

"We broke Ambon again, and the Dutch must be furious. Armed merchant ships who got the news would naturally go to Ambon to check it out." Sun Weiqing, the first officer on board, said.

"So, will the Dutch warships that blocked Dili City also go to Ambon?"

"Commander Qi... you want to take us to Dili?" Sun Weiqing asked in surprise.

"I think you can go and have a look." Qi Dajiang said: "We have five warships, two of which are professional warships. If there are fewer Dutch ships in Dili City, it is not impossible for us to give Dili City Untangle yourself."

Sun Weiqing bowed his head and pondered for a moment, then nodded, and said, "How about calling the captains of the other ships and let's do the sum together?"

"Let someone raise the banner and call them here." Qi Dajiang had an irresistible urge in his heart. Perhaps, they could have a chance to rush into Dili Port and see Qi Dalu and the others who hadn't heard from them for almost a year.
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Potatoes have been harvested for the second time in the farmland outside Dili City, and the area of ​​cultivated land has expanded by hundreds of acres compared with March, and nearly half of the rice and sago have been planted.

The marine soldiers who go fishing on the river bank every day, in addition to replenishing food sources, have another main job to guard and monitor whether the Dutch will send a landing force to attack Dili City again.You must know that in order to cope with the basic survival crisis, most of the more than 700 Hanzhou soldiers and civilians and more than 100 Dutch captives in Dili City are working in the farmland outside the southern city.

Xu Chuanxing, the company commander of the [-]rd Marine Corps, sometimes gets a little confused after working in the field for a day. It seems that he is still in Daming a few years ago, renting and planting the farmland of Mr. Yang’s family in the village, living an ordinary and peaceful life. Hard days.

But when he returned to Dili City, looking at the soldiers and country soldiers with knives and muskets on their backs, he came back from his trance. This is Dili City. It is tied to the safety and life and death of the soldiers and civilians in the city.

After dinner, it was the most relaxing time for the soldiers and civilians of Hanzhou in Dili City. They chatted with each other about interesting things that they didn't get much during the day, and occasionally recalled the days of fleeing in Daming.Of course, they will also talk about their future life in the future.

By this time, no one doubted about defending Dili City.The only thing I can think about is when the Dutch blockade will be lifted, and when the mainland of Hanzhou will come to help them.If it weren't for Qi Continent, the most important person in Hanzhou, in Dili City, many people would doubt whether the mainland of Hanzhou had given up on them.

On this day, Qi Dalu and several marine soldiers lit a bonfire on the coast and grilled fish as usual.Although the grilled fish is full of aroma whether it smells or eats in the mouth.But eating too much will always make people feel a little nauseous.

He looked vigilantly at the watchtower on the mountain, but there was no warning signal. Immediately, Qi Dalu took the grilled fish from a soldier and opened his mouth to bite it.

Every time he eats grilled fish, Qi Dalu can't help but think of his fourth brother Qi Tian.When he was still at sea with Liu Xiang, Qi Tian grilled fish for the first time when he landed on the shore, and gave it to his brothers to eat.At that time, I felt that ordinary sea fish was so delicious when grilled with some spices.Later, when a camp was built in Hanzhou, Qi Tian continued to grill fish for everyone at night from time to time.

Who would have thought that a few years later, when he was blocked in Dili City by the Dutch, he would feel sick to his stomach even eating grilled fish.

"Fucking Dutchman!" Qi Dalu cursed bitterly after spitting out a fishbone.

"Captain, in the past few months, the Dutch warships haven't come to harass us very much." A marine soldier said, "They let us eat with peace of mind. Looking at it now, I don't think it's so hateful."

"Why not hate it?" Another soldier said, "If they hadn't blocked us, I would have gone back to Jianye City to reunite with my wife and children. Think about it, the baby is more than two years old, and he should be called my father. I don’t know if my Johor woman taught him or not.”

When Qi Dalu heard this, he immediately missed his wife and the unseen child, and his heart suddenly became sad.

"What is Mr. Xu on the watchtower doing?" At this moment, a soldier looked sideways at the watchtower on the mountain, "What does he mean by waving his hand at us? The Dutch ship is approaching, and they directly beat the gong That's right, we can hear it too."

After hearing this, everyone turned their heads to look at the watchtower on the mountain, only to see the soldiers on the watchtower shouting something, and kept waving their arms at them.yeah, what does that mean?what did he find
"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." At this time, there was a muffled sound of thunder outside Dili Port.

"Someone is firing cannons at sea!" Qi Dalu showed uncontrollable joy on his face, "Hanzhou's fleet is here to rescue us!"

With that said, he dropped the skewer of grilled fish in his hand, turned around and ran towards the observation deck on the mountain.

"Our Hanzhou fleet is here!... They are finally here!"

A few soldiers murmured, and then they followed Qi Dalu and ran towards the mountains one after another.

(End of this chapter)