1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 495
On the fourth day of December in the 16th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (January 1644, 1), the mother of Xu Du, a resident of Xuzhai Xinting Village, Hongtang, Dongyang, Jinhua, mourned, and tens of thousands of funeral attendees.Someone reported Xu Du's rebellion to Wang Xiong, the supervisor, and Wang Xiong immediately sent troops to arrest him.Public outrage, execution of officers and soldiers, uprising.The rebel army wrapped their heads in white cloth (this refers to the filial cloth wrapped around their heads at funerals, commonly known as "head white" or "head tie" in Dongyang) as their title, so they were called "white head army".Ten thousand people responded.Xu Du was called handsome, and his reign title was "Yongchang", which means that he inherited Li Zicheng from afar.

On December [-], the "Baitou Army" first conquered Dongyang County, and then went down to Yiwu, Zhuji, Pujiang, Yongkang, Wuyi, Tangxi, Lanxi and other counties. The whole Zhejiang was shaken, and the south of the Yangtze River was shaken.

The Ministry of War in Nanjing issued an order to order the guards around Jinhua Mansion to suppress the uprising army. In the first battle, the officers and troops were defeated and retreated to Jinhua.The rebel army approached the eastern outskirts of Jinhua City, and the officers and soldiers did not dare to call for battle, so they retreated into the city, praying for help,

The governor of Fujian received an order from the Ministry of War in Nanjing, and immediately dispatched the firearms soldiers of Zheng Zhilong's department to Jinhua to break up the incident with Xudu's department.

In the school military field outside Quanzhou City, a firearms force of more than [-] people is practicing shooting formations and offensive and defensive formations.The commander-in-chief of Fujian, with the rank of governor of the department, Zheng Zhilong, is sitting on a high platform at this moment, watching the military exercise with a calm face.

In the entire firearms unit, except for [-] Han Chinese, nearly [-] of them are blacks.These blacks are fugitive black slaves recruited by the Zheng Department from Macao over the years by means of buying a lot of money. Because they are treated the same as Han soldiers in the army and have not been discriminated against because of their skin color, they are extremely loyal to Zheng Zhilong, and even more so. It was relied on as a personal guard.

"Captain, the troops have finished their drill, please give me instructions." Chen Hui said loudly.

"En." Zheng Zhilong nodded, looked at the neatly lined musketeers, and nodded with satisfaction, "Hongze (Chen Hui) has worked hard. This time, the Nanjing Ministry of War and Fujian Governor's Mansion pre-assigned my musketeers to Jinhua to fight the rebellion. , I think you know the power of this soldier and horse. You take people, be careful, don't lose the prestige of my Zheng family's army. But don't use too much force, which will cause too much loss. Be sure of it, and you will survive Think about it."

"Yes, Commander!" Chen Hui clasped his fists as he promised, "Going to Jinhua, I will definitely live up to my Zheng Jun's prestige. The general will definitely proceed carefully, and will definitely not easily lose his troops."

"Hongze, the firearms unit we belong to, compare with the troops of Hanzhou, which one is higher?" Zheng Zhilong asked suddenly.

"Captain, this...how can this be compared." Chen Hui said in embarrassment: "After all, the current relationship between our two sides is still friendly, and we have not been able to face the enemy head-on. It is impossible to say which is better..."

"Last year, the Hanzhou people attacked Jiannu twice, capturing and killing thousands of them. Especially they dared to land in Liaodong, flanked Jiannu's rear, and were able to attack Gaizhou City in one fell swoop." Zheng Zhilong said quietly: "The firearms in the audience Troops, dare to confront Jiannu head-on?"

"Why don't you dare?" Chen Hui raised his head and said, "If the people of Hanzhou can do it, we can do the same!"

"Good man!" Zheng Zhilong praised, and said with a smile: "My Fujian is far away from Liaodong, so I wouldn't go there to tease Jiannu. Go down and lead the troops, and make sure to train them more proficiently. Troubled times are coming. , this sincerity preserves the last capital of wealth for us!"

"Brother, aren't the Iron Man Army going?" Zheng Zhibao, deputy commander of the Fujian Navy, asked.

"The thieves who besieged Jinhua were all a mob. Under the fire of muskets, they would surely collapse. Why did they send out an army of iron men?" Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said.

"Third brother (Zheng Hongkui, formerly known as Zheng Zhifeng) wants to meet the battle."

"No need." Zheng Zhilong looked up at the gloomy sky, and said softly: "If you want to go through battles, you will have many opportunities in the future. This world is about to be chaotic!"
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January 1644, 1, southeastern Luzon, Naga.

Cheng Guangyin looked coldly at the group of natives who were kneeling on the ground, holding a long knife in his right hand, with a ferocious face, and softly shouted: "Those who resist, kill! Pull out the women and children, and kill the rest in three ones! "

Hearing this, hundreds of sergeants beside him rushed over and dragged out the native man who was kneeling on the ground. Then they raised their knives and dropped dozens of heads to the ground.

The rest of the natives, women and children kneeling on the ground all had ashen-colored faces, and they dared not make a single movement while lying on the ground.

Since February last year, the black-clothed guards from the state of Qi have told the leaders of the Luzon rebellion that they must temporarily retreat in the face of Zheng Zhilong's forces, and transfer the areas around the inner lake such as Kalamba and the port of Batangas. Yu Zheng Zhilong.Instead, they were asked to move to the southeastern region of Luzon to open up a new base.

Cheng Guangyin, the leader of the uprising, had considered for a long time, and coupled with the reality, he couldn't help but refuse Qi's request.More than a year ago, the speed of Zheng Zhilong's immigration to Luzon suddenly accelerated, not only during the northwest monsoon season from December to March of the next year, he pulled boat after boat of immigrants to Luzon, but also in the southeast between June and July. During the trade wind season, people will also migrate against the wind to the Luzon area.

Today, more than [-] Ming people have gathered in Manila, Quezon (now Quezon City, Philippines), Passy, ​​Muntinlupa (now Muntinlupa City, Philippines), Santa Rosa and other places, and their forces are directly approaching the Ming Dynasty. People control the core - the Kalamba area.Moreover, with the increase of immigrants from Luzon, the expansion momentum of the Zheng family in Luzon has also become more aggressive.

You know, the Zheng family puts out 100 million taels of silver every year for the immigration affairs of Taiwan and Luzon, massive resources, huge transportation capacity, the official background of Ming Dynasty, and the support of the vast hinterland of Ming Dynasty, let alone these riots The people of the Ming Dynasty could not match, even if the strength of Han Zhou was invested here, it was far inferior to the Zheng family.

The wealth and nature will be strong. The [-] Zheng troops stationed in Luzon, facing the several fortified cities occupied by the Ming people, did not attack at all. Normal agricultural production cannot be carried out peacefully, and various developments are also struggling.If it goes on for a long time, I am afraid that Zheng Jun will not need to attack, and he will collapse and disperse internally.

After discussing for a long time with several leaders of the Ming people in the Luzon uprising, they led more than [-] core armed personnel and more than [-] family members and followers, and began the difficult southeast turn.

Zheng Cai, the head of the Zheng family who was in charge of colonizing Luzon, heard about it, and did not keep those rebels who were difficult to transfer, but sent troops to garrison them immediately after they withdrew from the city they occupied.However, although he was a little annoyed by the rioters who emptied most of the treasury in the city, since they could get a large and well-developed land in vain, they let them do their thing.If the other party is forced too far, maybe they turn around and fight Zheng Jun desperately, then the loss outweighs the gain.

The Zheng family's calculations were actually very shrewd. They planned to allow these rebels to move to the southeast of Luzon. After a few years, when they matured there, they would continue to intimidate them and receive another piece of land. Ready site.Just relying on their thousands of people, what kind of splashes can they make?

Under the leadership of the leader Cheng Guangyin, the Luzon Ming people who rebelled went all the way for several months. They captured dozens of large and small tribal camps and small strongholds established by the Spaniards along the way, and captured and killed thousands of natives and Spanish missionaries. , Although countless grains such as rice and corn were seized, their own losses were also huge.

3000 people were armed, and more than [-] people were killed, wounded, epidemic (malaria), and missing, and hundreds of people who accompanied them died on the way in.And the weapons used in the army are also damaged a lot, especially the muskets they rely on, and now there are less than a hundred of them in good condition, and there are not many gunpowder and bullets left.

After beheading dozens of native captives, Cheng Guangyin and his men carefully interrogated the Spanish missionaries captured here, and obtained a piece of relatively good news.In the southeastern coastal area more than 100 miles away from Naga, there is a relatively large Spanish stronghold, where a large amount of Spanish military supplies are stored there.Even, there are often two or three Spanish galleons docking at the pier of that stronghold.If all the ships and people are captured, not to mention that the current predicament can be completely changed, then the ships can also be used to gain contact with the outside world and obtain a large amount of supplies and support.

The plan was made, Cheng Guangyin and other wise leaders immediately decided to go to the Spanish seaside stronghold with only armed men and light clothes, and quickly attack and occupy the stronghold here.

Although taking the risk to go there may be the danger of being unable to attack and being caught in a dilemma under the city, but they have no way out, and they have to put all their eggs in one basket to occupy the next important coastal area.Otherwise, it would not be possible to live a vassal life isolated from the world like many native tribes in the interior of Luzon.

Although, in the world, all living beings are suffering, but there is always a fight.

(End of this chapter)