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Over the past few years, the death rate of officials who came to Wandan to take office is actually not low. More than ten officials have died in office, and most of them died of illness!

Unaccustomed to the soil and water, this is still the biggest enemy for the Datang people to expand their territory in the Southeast Asia. Even the Department of Medicine of the Imperial Royal Institute of Technology has already proposed many countermeasures for this situation.

However, this kind of measure is still based on prevention, mainly to do a good job in hygiene, but the lack of modern medicine is still a big problem. In fact, there is only one way to improve this situation, and that is to completely improve the living environment, especially Hygienic environment.

This is also in most cases, the Datang people who immigrated overseas did not have contact with the local indigenous people, let alone live in the indigenous cities. They all chose new places to open up and build cities and live as strongholds.

Bandan City is the most obvious example. Bandan City was not built in the original aboriginal life gathering place, but a new bastion on the edge. As for the original Bandan City, it has long been abandoned.

Cheng Zhizhai did not want to die in Wandan like Zhu Jiaxiang, and he desperately wanted to return to China!

So the three of them walked out of Zhu Jiaxiang's bedroom and when they came to the side hall, Cheng Zhizhai suddenly said, "No matter what, this official has to go back to China!"

Cheng Zhizhai suddenly said this, and Xia Zhiquan and Yang Hong on the side were slightly surprised. This person suddenly said that he wanted to return to China, but it was easier said than done. He was not an officer like Yang Hong and Xia Zhiquan, but a civilian.

The three people present had different reasons for coming to Wandan to work!

Cheng Zhizhai has been demoted, and it is not very difficult to return to work in China.

Yang Hong is calm. Although he failed in the competition for the head of the main force when he was in China, he had to come to Wandan as a last resort, but this was not a demotion, but a compensation from the superior for his inability to serve as the main force.

Because there is a battle in Banten, and a battle means a military exploit, at least it is much stronger than in the garrison command of the provinces or in the reserve divisions, those are the complete losers of the competition.

Xia Zhiquan, on the other hand, was not the same. They didn't come to Wandan until they were demoted, but they came to work here because they were promoted, and they were also the fleet commanders that the Navy focused on training!

Because the key strategic direction of the navy has now become the South China Sea, and among the two major fleets of the navy at present, the first fleet is responsible for the waters north of Dayuan Island, controls and defends Gyeonggi, controls the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, the Bohai Sea and other domestic coastal areas. In addition, he is also responsible for controlling the waters surrounding Japan.

But on the surface, the First Fleet seems to control a large sea area, and it also controls and defends Gyeonggi, which is very important, but in fact, the above sea areas are almost all the inner sea of ​​the empire, not to mention the domestic coast, not even pirates. Not to mention the navy of the enemy country, and on Fusang's side, they didn't even have a sampan, and they couldn't pose any threat to the imperial navy at all.

Therefore, the daily tasks of the First Fleet have nothing to do with combat. Most of them are just symbolic cruises. This is why in recent years, the Imperial Navy has begun to reduce the fleet size of the First Fleet and increase the fleet size of the Second Fleet. scale.

The Second Fleet is responsible for the sea area south of Dayuan Island. At present, the entire Nanyang sea area is their responsibility. In this place, there are many pirates, and they are also facing the huge threat of the Portuguese. The maritime power of the indigenous countries of the South Seas and the ships that occasionally come to other Western countries are quite complicated and the combat tasks are very heavy.

As the main fleet, the Second Fleet has heavy tasks, but in the operational planning of the Datang Navy, the main fleet is used to conduct decisive battles at sea, and daily patrols and small-scale maritime conflicts are not their tasks. These tasks belong to Overseas Squadron.

The Imperial Navy currently has three overseas squadrons, namely the Ryukyu squadron, the Luzon squadron, and the Banten squadron. Among them, the Banten squadron is of relatively high importance.

Xia Zhiquan can serve as the commander of the Wandan Squadron, but he has squeezed out a lot of competitors to be able to take this position, and if nothing else, he will get his rear admiral title in this position.

Therefore, Strictly speaking, Xia Zhiquan is different from Cheng Zhizhai and Yang Hong.

But one thing is the same. They are all eager to make achievements and build a career. Cheng Zhizhai wants to make achievements and then be transferred back to China to work. Whether it is to return to the economy or to work in a local area, he is willing, as long as he is not in Banten this overseas territory.

Yang Hong wants to make achievements, so he can be transferred to the main force of the front line. In this way, he will have the opportunity to rise to the next level in the fiercely competitive army, cross the threshold of general and become a general, even if it is only a brigadier general.

Xia Zhiquan, on the other hand, wanted to make achievements, successfully promoted to Rear Admiral in the Wandan Squadron, and then sought the position of Commander of the Main Squadron.

Although their identities are different and their political futures are different, their goals are very consistent. Therefore, Xia Zhiquan's plan to attack the natives of Wandan Island and eliminate some hostile lords is the same as the other two. identify.

In this matter, they have common interests!

Now that he has decided to fight, then the next thing is to discuss how to fight, and Cheng Zhizhai consciously shut his mouth on this matter. He is a civil official, and he can decide whether to fight or not, but how? Fighting, specific military operations, he has no authority to intervene.

So after determining the general direction, Cheng Zhizhai shut up and just listened to Xia Zhiquan and Yang Hong, the two heads of the army and navy in the Banten area, discussing military affairs.

Xia Zhiquan's proposal is very simple, that is, to directly mobilize about a thousand troops to carry out a sweeping operation against several nearby hostile lords, break down their cities, destroy their armies, and destroy their lords.

The entire combat process will not last too long, start the battle quickly, and then end the battle!

As for Colonel Yang Hong, he hoped to recruit some of the native lords who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, so that they would also send troops to fight, and the battle should be dominated by the native army, supplemented by their own troops.

This is to avoid troop casualties!

After all, in this battle, the main force participating in the battle will be the Wandan garrison. The navy will only provide a little support, which is not very useful, and the militia can be used as a defensive force and a logistics force, but they can run directly. Fighting on the front line is not enough.

After all, the militia is a militia, and its combat effectiveness is not very strong.

However, whether it is the Army, the Marine Corps, or the militia, if the casualties are too large, it is difficult to explain. It is too difficult for them to replenish soldiers, and they need to be shipped from China. The cycle is too long and the cost is high.

So if there are too many casualties, it is not worth it.

But you don't need to care about the deaths and injuries of those indigenous troops. Anyway, there are many indigenous people, and it is not a big problem to die in the thousands. Moreover, the number of deaths is also helpful for the subsequent situation on Banten Island.

After all, the empire wants land and not people, no matter whether it is the natives who are devoted to the empire or the hostile natives, in the end, they are not needed.

After a day of deliberation, Xia Zhiquan and Yang Hong reached an agreement. The battle is expected to be launched in five days. The expedition force will be led by Colonel Yang Hong in person, and the Wandan garrison regiment of 1,000 people will go into the expedition. , is to stay in Wandan City.

The Banten Squadron also stayed at Banten Port during this period of time to prevent the enemy from taking the opportunity to attack Banten City from the sea. The reason why those pirates were able to attack Banten City before was that the Banten Squadron was not there.

Otherwise, with the Banten Squadron, unless the Portuguese dispatched the main fleet, it would be impossible for the pirate ships and indigenous ships to pose any threat to the city of Banten, let alone a successful landing.

With the navy fleet, the marines and the militia, the security of Banten City can be ensured, and Colonel Yang Hong can safely lead the Banten garrison on the expedition.

At the same time, the Banten authorities also asked the five surrounding indigenous lords who had surrendered to send troops to participate in the war. These five indigenous lords were large and small, and the largest one was Jakarta.

This place was originally a vassal of Wandan. After the Wangdan royal family was wiped out by the Datang Western Company, they took the opportunity to break away from the control of Wandan and began to stand on their own.

Because Jakarta is too close to Banten, they are also the first lord force to be attacked by the Banten authorities. Needless to say, they lost the battle without a doubt and chose to surrender.

At that time, Zhu Jiaxiang abolished the original lord of Jakarta, and supported a collateral royal family as the new lord of Jakarta. As a result, Jakarta became the dog leg of the authorities of the Bandan government of the Tang Dynasty. When in action, they will send troops to fight.

Because the indigenous people in Jakarta are still working hard~www.wuxiaspot.com~ During the war for Datang, a lot of people died, so the Banten authorities are not bad for them, and various trade policies are more friendly to them , and also sold them not good weapons and equipment, not to mention plate armor cold weapons, and also shot them a batch of arquebuses.

Therefore, the lord of Jakarta is actually the first lord of the entire Banten Island to have an established musket unit, which is only a small number, only more than 500 people.

This time, according to the order of the Banten authorities, Jakarta sent most of their main force, totaling more than 5,000 people, including 1,000 arquebusiers, four signature spearmen, sword and shield soldiers, etc.

In addition to the indigenous troops sent by the other four indigenous families, this time, the Banten government has assembled a total of nearly 10,000 indigenous troops. Sweep Operation!

This kind of sweeping operation does not aim at occupation, but aims at destroying the enemy's living force, destroying the enemy's production, and plundering their wealth!

Their first goal was to be the closest, but also to send troops to participate in the siege of Banten City, an indigenous lord force named Puja from the Bajang Kingdom.

When attacking Puja City, the Banten garrison led by Yang Hong did not directly send infantry to participate in the battle, but let the artillery units provide long-range fire support in the rear. The indigenous army led by Jakarta besieged the city for five days and successfully captured the city. , surrounded and wiped out about 5,000 indigenous troops in the city, and then set the entire city on fire.

The city of Puja was completely erased, leaving only a ruined wall to tell the later people about their final fate!

The fact that Puja City was breached and even burned was also an announcement that Datang's revenge against the siege of Wandan City had officially begun!

For a time, the beacon blazes on Banten Island!