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"I'm sorry, Mr. Sekela, our two countries were officially in war five months ago. If you need it, we can submit a letter of war to the Governor of Macau as soon as possible, but the war will not be interrupted before this." The commander of the 11th Division of the New Army and the Army Captain Bogdan said righteously, "Mr. Sekela, do you have anything else? For example, contacting surrender, etc."

"No, no need!" Sekela's face suddenly became cold, then stroked the sword on his waist, looked at Bogdan, who was leaning on the saber in both hands and Tian Xing, who was polishing his short spear, and went back without looking back. Although the Portuguese have been tolerant in Macau and tried their best to satisfy the rude blackmail of officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty, this does not mean that they are not bloody, they are poor people who can knead at will!

You should know that in Guilin, Ming Dynasty, they only sent a mercenary recruited on the spot in Macau to defend Guilin City, and defeated the infantry and cavalry of the Sanfan tribes in the field with disadvantages many times in the field. This made them very confident in their own combat effectiveness in the Far East. After all, the military literacy and combat effectiveness of the Chinese were too poor. I heard that their best Eight Banners warriors could not defeat the weak Russian serfs with several times the strength of their troops. Although the combat effectiveness of the East Coast people should be quite strong, their military system, their weapons, their training, and their combat ideas were undoubtedly models of this era, but how many troops could their Far East land have? And I heard that they were still fighting with the Qing Dynasty, which would also occupy a large number of elite troops, so they could not threaten Macau City at all.

There are nearly 4,000 Portuguese citizens in Macau now, and there are three times the number of mixed-race descendants. These people are more loyal to King Alfonso, full of honor, and trustworthy people can form an army that is ten times the size of when they aided Guilin. Why can the East Coast conquer our Macau city?

These white men and their mixed-race descendants who are full of enthusiasm for the king and believe in God are the greatest foundation for the self-protection of Macau City. The Ming, Qing, Dutch, and English in the Far East do not have the strength to compete with this army! Therefore, Mr. Sekela walked away angrily. He planned to go back and report to the governor, and let him send powerful troops. Under the command of aristocrats who are familiar with the military, attack the servants of the East Coast people and completely lift the siege of Macau City. Although they still have a large number of food reserves at present, it is not a problem to surround them like this, especially when the maritime advantage is controlled by the East Coast people, there can be no more trouble on land.

The facts also proved that Mr. Sekela's estimate was completely correct. On November 3, the Portuguese had 1,500 white officers, non-commissioned officers, and veterans as the core, supplemented by a large number of mixed-race whites, Chinese and a few black soldiers. Many of them had experience in fighting against natives, Dutch and English in the Middle East and South China Sea. They formed an army of about 4,000 people, of which the proportion of firearms was relatively high, including more than 400 flintlock rifles and more than 1,300 messile guns, and 10 cannons, more than 3,000 pairs of leather armor, countless spears and swords. Under the command of Baron Banerga, a nobleman familiar with the war, he rushed towards the east coast blocking outside the city.

It has to be said that the people of the East Coast fought against Macau this time, and the intelligence before the war was extremely bad. Liao Xiaoyao only vaguely knew that Macau had a population of "10,000 or 20,000 people" and about ten merchant ships, but no matter how much intelligence there was, they knew nothing. They didn't know at all how strong Macau's military power was and how many white people were. They didn't even take care of the Portuguese organized mercenaries many times to aid the Ming Dynasty, and their combat effectiveness was quite good. If they knew all this in advance, they wouldn't have been so big that they only took 4,000 people from the 11th Division to the south - and it was a cold weapon unit formed based on the collapse of Huang Binqing's troops in Zhoushan - they wouldn't be so naive that Li Chengdong "takes back" Macau at the order, as if the Portuguese had no resistance, so it was not surprising that they were defeated now.

After all, it was the Portuguese's weak attitude towards the Ming court in history. The Qing court's tolerance and weakness gave him an illusion that the Portuguese's strength in Macau is really not worth mentioning. Little did they know that this was one of the Portuguese's base camps in the Far East. In history, even planned to send 1,500 musketeers to Liaodong to help the Ming Dynasty fight. These musketeers were all white Portuguese recruited locally in Macau. If there was no large white population base, how could they get 1,500 musketeers - what would happen to be the historical impression of later generations kill people!

On November 3, in addition to the more than ten artillery deployed on the dividing line, the three or four hundred bird guns of the 11th Division were not enough to withstand almost the same number of Portuguese troops, not to mention that there was a clear gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides. So, they simply lost. The 11th Division was severely injured by the Portuguese, more than 800 people were killed or injured, and more than 400 people were captured. Seven artillery and a large number of supplies were seized by the Portuguese. If the Portuguese had not cared about the Ming court's impression (fear of not having to do business), they would not have allowed the retreating 11th Division officers and soldiers to escape at all, and they might have to chase them to the vicinity of Xiangshan County.

The defeated East Coast army was taken into custody by Bogdan near the county town. At that time, these defeated soldiers were robbing everywhere, so that Tian Xing, who was managing the military discipline, had to arrest a group of beheadings before they could slightly shock the group. The 11th Division had two or three thousand left. After discussing for a while, Bogdan and Tian Xing felt that they could no longer complete the task of blocking Macau. Now they can only count on Li Chengdong to write about the counties around Macau and let them prohibit all kinds of food from leaking out.

However, if such a defeat - which may affect the image of the East Coast people in Guangdong - it is probably quite inappropriate if they do not find the place. Therefore, after collecting all the remaining soldiers of the 11th Division on board, Bogdan asked Captain Ston, who led the team to approve the attack on Tanzai Island, which was the anchorage of Portuguese ships, with only a small ship repair shop and several warehouses on it, and the number of people was small, which was suitable for captaining the army to boost morale.

Captain Ston was skeptical of the morale of the defeated generals of the 11th Division, but Bogdan insisted on attacking. Tian Xing also gave him a few words to his colleagues in the army. Therefore, Captain Ston, who was skeptical, finally agreed to their combat plan. Anyway, the navy has completely controlled the waters around Macau and fight wherever he wants, so - let's try it?

On November 9, just as the Portuguese sent many small boats to smuggle and trade food with some unruly merchants - of course, they also sent envoys to familiar Ming officials to say that they demanded pressure on Li Chengdong to contact the food embargo on Macau - more than 2,000 officers and soldiers of the 11th Division, which had been roughly rectified, landed near the sea of ​​Tanzai Island. In this battle, Bogdan issued a strict order, and Tian Xing also brought some military police to the front line to supervise the battle. He refused to let the failure of No. 3 repeat and add new daily jokes to the naval officers and soldiers.

The attack on the island was generally smooth, probably because of the very few Portuguese people on the island. More than 2,000 officers and soldiers of the 11th Division were eager to avenge their previous shame. Therefore, they quickly conquered the docks with very few defensive forces, repairing ships, warehouses and a small turret, killing and wounding more than 100 enemy troops, while their own casualties were no more than 200, which was quite good. It is worth mentioning that in this battle, Captain Tatsuta led the way and first boarded the enemy's for three injuries. He stabbed and threw short spears in his hand, killing and wounding several enemy troops, which was the best of the three armies.

In addition, there are five or six hundred Portuguese and their descendants on the island, and they are all under the control of the East Coast. Tanzai Island, the anchorage, has now been out of control of Macau City. The flag of the East Coast Republic of China has also been raised in the ship repair station on the island. I wonder what the Portuguese in Macau City opposite will feel after seeing it, and will they still be immersed in the previous victory?

While sending troops to capture Tanzai Island, Captain Ston also sent the "Yaksa" armed transport ship back and ordered him to rush to Ningbo Dinghai Port, asking Commander Liao Xiaoyao to transfer the fourth and fifth teams under his command to the south. The forward team is a mixed army of hot and cold weapons, and has been training Spanish large array tactics for many years. It is the backbone of the East Coast people to control the Black Water. If possible, it is best to transfer one or two servant divisions to come over. As for the local defense after these troops are transferred, it is possible to draw troops from Denglai to fill it. Anyway, now that peace is negotiated with the Qing court, there is no need to hoard a large number of elite troops in Shandong.

After capturing Tanzai Island, the Portuguese did not react much, and the people on the east coast were unable to attack Macau for a while, so things went dead. Shao Shuguang and Tian Xing saw that they were idle, so they took their followers to patrol the Pearl River area, recruiting the sects everywhere to recruit gang people living on the river.

The group of chanting people, which was positioned as "untouchables" in Zhu Yuanzhang's era, now there are quite a few living in the Pearl River Delta. Shao Shuguang has never investigated it and does not know the specific data. However, as far as some scattered news heard from Guangzhou clerks, I am afraid there are more than 100,000 people - not to mention anything else, in history, in the third year of Kangxi, the sea was banned, and Fanyu County moved more than 80,000 chanting people to live ashore at the western suburbs of Guangzhou at one time, which shows how huge the number of people is.

Moreover, the living conditions of these gangs are really not very good. In summer, they may be better, and they can get enough food from the water, but in winter, many people have no food and clothing and live a difficult life. In addition to the difficulties of life, their biggest trouble probably comes from the exploitation of the government - especially the greedy Li Chengdong's troops - and the oppression of the Han people on the land, such as gangs are not allowed to wear new clothes, they are not allowed to settle ashore, and catch fish.

The gains can only be reduced by others. In addition, some sacred people are still fishing slaves of fishermen on land. The fishermen enjoy the power of sacred people, resale rights, inheritance after death, and marriage. They are simply miserable. In addition, over the years, rivers in the Pearl River Delta have been silted, and there are more lands. The water living space of sacred people is becoming increasingly small, but their population is also increasing, which further aggravates the poverty level of the entire sacred people.

Shao Shuguang sometimes thinks that if these scoundrels on the coast of Guangdong go to the east coast, they will definitely have a common language with the Russian non-nationals who immigrated. Nothing else, both sides are groups that have been bullied very badly, and there are many common things between them. Of course, this is just a joke. Even if they really go to the east coast, scoundrels will basically continue to engage in water careers, such as boatmen, boatmen, fishermen, navy, ocean sailors, etc., while the Russians are the main force in developing forests, grasslands, and deserts. There is probably not much intersection between the two sides.

Nowadays, the gangsters in Guangzhou Prefecture are in such an embarrassing situation. Li Chengdong's warlord regime sucks his bones and marrows, and the Guangdong people on the land discriminate and bully them in every way, making their lives very difficult. In addition, the changes in the natural environment in the lower reaches of the Pearl River, it is estimated that some people will follow the people on the east coast. After all, these people have followed pirates, Japanese pirates, and even themselves have been water bandits. There should be no psychological pressure to defect to outsiders.

Of course, perhaps Shao Shuguang and others had too optimistic views, perhaps because the Tan people did not know enough about the East Coast people, or the information of the East Coast people was incorrect, and the living conditions of the Guangdong people in Guangdong were not bad. In short, after half a month, the large ships of the East Coast people walked N round and forth on the Pearl River, and also sent a large number of sailors or officers to recruit people. The settlement fee was too high, and only then did the more than a thousand people who were slimly laid, and they were also a group of extremely poor among the Tan people - far lower than the expectations of the East Coast people.

However, Shao Shuguang and others quickly adjusted their mentality and planned to collect the sacrificial people as a long-term strategy. They could collect one or one, and receive one or one and send one to another. They were temporarily placed in Dinghai County, Ningbo Prefecture, and went to Zhoushan Fishery during the flood season to fish. They learned how to manipulate and drove Western-style soft sailboats as a kind of sailor reserve. When the time was ripe, they would be sent back to the local area in batches, giving them official nationality and work, and becoming the people of the East Coast. I believe that such an arrangement is acceptable to the sacrificial people, and they can settle down on the land, and their income and living standards are far greater than before. In a brand new continent, there were not many people discriminating against them. It was simply an ideal life that the sacrificial people dare not imagine.

On December 3, 1660, after Shao Shuguang and others gathered another group of four or five hundred gangs, several large-scale sailboats headed south from Ningbo Dinghai Port also docked in the Tanzai anchorage. Major Junior, who had been in war for a long time, brought two forward teams to reinforce and took over the command of the front line. After the group of people landed, several sailboats would return to Dinghai Port and pulled 3,000 people from the 10th Division of the New Army and a large number of supplies. For this reason, they even slightly affected the immigration transportation work this year, and the sacrifice was not small! After such a great sacrifice, they naturally had to get enough rewards, such as the Portuguese who failed to make trouble in Macau, otherwise, it would be a great failure!

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