Chapter 333 Would you like to be a caged bird or a prime minister?(1/2)
ps: Sorry, yesterday's second chapter was repeated, it has been changed, it has been changed.
"God, let the rain stop. I don't want to come to this damn place again..."
Outside Kluang City, I don’t know how many Zhao soldiers complained.
But I can only complain like this.
Because they could not give up their advantage and bring Abdul Rahman back to life.
Although they did nothing for the past half month, they received half a month of war allowance in vain.
That's five silver dollars.
But what is the comparison between five silver dollars and Abdul Rahman? This piece of fat is enough for them to make a fortune. If he really wants to let him slip away from his mouth, he will regret it.
Zhao Yao wore a raincoat and passed through the muddy hillside road. He slipped on the way, but finally returned to the tent on the upper half of the hillside.
Then he took off his raincoat as soon as possible.
This kind of thing with canvas as the base and with tung oil and fish bladder glue on the outside can indeed keep away from water and moisture, but it is too hot.
This thing is not suitable for use in Southeast Asia, but is very suitable for use in the Northland.
The cool breeze blew on Zhao Yao's naked body, and the latter did not feel cold at all, but felt very comfortable.
After rinsing his body and quickly changing into a dry short suit, Zhao Yao sat at the door of the tent, staring at the rushing rain, and looking at the sky bored.
The rain has been getting lighter these two days, and the rain has turned from moderate to light rain. Zhao Yao sincerely prayed that it would get out early, otherwise he would have had a problem with it.
However, the more soldiers and horses outside Kluang City gathered.
Now, in addition to the Zhao family soldiers, there are also Lan Fang's troops and Mamu's new kingdom army.
Lan Fangren decided to send troops after confirming that the Dutch were really ‘not good’, and there were only less than a thousand people.
The new army of Mamu's kingdom was only 1,000, and half of them were Johor soldiers captured before.
Both of these people have far more symbolic meaning than actual meaning, but their appearance and their existence have already had extraordinary significance.
This will greatly reduce the color of the Zhao family and dilute the presence of the Zhao family.
Even as per the agreement with Zhao Liang, Luo Fangbo decided to add a kick, the publicity had already begun.
Now the military, civilian, business and farmers in the entire Lanfang country know that Lanfang has started fighting with the Dutch and joined forces with the Zhao family's fleet. Now he has entered Johor in one fell swoop, and he only needs to take down a place called Kluang. From now on, Johor will be Lanfang's younger brother.
Perhaps the "true appearance" will be circulated in Lanfang's country soon, but with Lanfang's first promotion, it may not be said that the "true appearance" is "true appearance".
As long as you can get the first move, it will be very meaningful.
The most important thing is that the person who signed the agreement with the Dutch was really Jiang Wubo, an important figure in Lan Fang.
That's Lan Fang's No. 2 boss.
Then the king of the Johor Kingdom, Mamu, would come to Pontianak in person and sign an agreement with Luo Fangbo here. At that point, the fake will be real.
The Zhao family's sense of existence will be greatly weakened invisibly.
Zhao Liang dare not be too slutty now.
Southeast Asia is not Europe and has close contacts with the southeast coast, so he dare not "expand territory and expand territory."
It’s just that Lion Island belongs to Lan Fang.
Otherwise, the news would be back to the mainland and into Qianlong's ears, even if Heshen was on the top, he would not be able to save him.
Outside Kluang City, all militiamen from the Zhao Manor were replaced by Lan Fang's banner.
Compared with the three thousand people who came from the inland, they have completely adapted to the weather in Southeast Asia. Here, it is very common to rain for days, and they can be encountered almost once a year, or even three or two times a year.
However, although the days of rainfall have made the attacking troops outside the city uncomfortable, the Abdul Raman army in the city is also very uncomfortable.
The rain turned the wilderness into a quagmire, and the silt that spread across the ankles made everyone unable to raise the topic of attack or counterattack.
The Johor soldiers guarding Kluang had no intention of attacking at all, so they could only get shot.
After the heavy rain passed, Ren Chong immediately asked someone to build a row of battle sheds in front of the formation.
Transfer one cannon to the battle shed, and then they can open fire at Kluang with confidence.
And what about the Kluang defenders? They didn't have artillery at all.
Most of Abdul Raman's artillery were thrown in Lion Island, and then they were all lost in the offensive and defensive battles outside the city, including the army in Pahang. They themselves had few artillery pieces, and they had to keep some guards. The remaining few were also knocked out in the previous battles.
Now they can only be beaten and cannot fight back. Too many people are secretly blaming their artillery, why are they so useless?
Moreover, although Kluang is a city and a mountain city, don’t think it is so beautiful.
There is no paving stone in this place, and once it rains, there will be water in the city.
And most importantly, the city was besieged for half a month, and the city may still have enough food, but what about the fuel?
The people in Kluang do not burn coal, their daily fuel here is firewood.
There are trees everywhere here. Just chopping a tree can make the whole family burn for a while.
But how many people are there in Kluang?
It only talks about the urban population, and there are less than 5,000 people in a thousand households here.
Because of the war, many people fled the city in advance, but many people also fled into the city with Abdul Rahman.
With more than 4,000 troops, the population of Kluang has increased several times instead of decreasing.
These people eat and drink, and everyone needs fuel.
If it was normal, it would be fine, but now Kluang is completely surrounded and blocked, and the woods that are so close can only be watched with their eyes and cannot reach them.
In the past half month, the fuel problem in the city is imminent.
Abdul Raman was naturally first of all, and then the loyal patriots who followed him could not feel wronged.
The only thing that can be wronged is the large number of ordinary people.
The lack of fuel is first of all, they are responsible for it.
The living environment of these people is not good, because there are few houses and many people in the city, so they can only ask a few families to live in the original family. In addition, the indigenous people are not particular about hygiene, and they urinate and defecate anywhere, throw garbage around. In a relatively closed environment, they will only make their living environment worse.
If there is sufficient fuel, they can also use it to heat up the rice and water to dry the house; without sufficient fuel, they will find it difficult to ensure that they eat, and there is no way to guarantee hot water and other aspects.
They drink cold water one by one, and many people even drink it directly with rainwater, or get water from nearby puddles. They don’t get fuel to bake the wet clothes and residences. This is strange that no one gets sick.
But they are just ordinary people, even if they are sick, they will not receive treatment from doctors.
The few doctors in Abdul Raman's hands were still short of people when he was a nobleman, so how could he care about the common people?
Just when Zhao Liang got up and returned to Shizizhou from Batavia, the disease was already raging in Kluang City, and thousands of people who succeeded and failed fell under the claws of the disease.
The conditions outside the city are quite difficult, but they are really much better than those inside the city.
At least they are sick and some people take care of them, medicine is available, and there is sufficient fuel. Even if they have to soak in mud and sewage every day, only about 200 people have been infected in the past half month.
And it all got better soon.
Where are the people in the city?
The disease raged in the civilian area, and Abdul Raman ignored it at the beginning. When he realized the problem was troublesome, he could no longer control it.
In the end, I could only let the condition develop, and now the condition is spreading to the army.
Abdul Rahman could no longer describe his heart. He once regarded this heavy rain as the blessing of the true god, but now he was forced into a desperate situation because of this heavy rain.
His only hope is the Dutch.
Persist, persevere, and persevere again.
Abdul Rahman firmly believes that the Dutch will come.
This has become his obsession in life, and a servant who persuaded him to take the opportunity to break through was almost executed by him.
Abdul Maji also persuaded Abdul Raman to break through in time several times. If the disease really hits the whole city, it is probably impossible to break through.
Abdul Raman was furious and pointed at Abdul Maji and scolded him for shaking his morale. The two had a very unhappy fight.
And when Abdul Raman really waited for the Dutch, he looked at Rutte in front of him and listened to the translation. An irresistible tyranny suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart.
"Bang bang..."
"Bang bang..."
Abdul Raman pulled out the double-barrel pistol on his waist. I don’t know when he has been on his pistol since.
Four shots were fired in a row, and four shots hit Rutte. The latter was so painful that he couldn't speak. Blood was flowing, and his strength and life were flowing out.
"You, you..."
Rutt only said two words, then opened his disbelief and died. He never expected that he would leave his life here after he walked to Kluang.
He has won the best conditions for Abdul Raman - Abdul Raman retreated to Paheng and handed Johor over to Johor King Mamu.
Although this would cause Abdul Raman to lose his strength, he still maintained a piece of territory. How could the Dutch watch the Chinese's power become bigger and bigger on this land? How could he not support him?
Batavia will support Abdul Raman ten times in the future, and the Dutch are still counting on Abdul Raman to resist Mamu.
To resist Mamu is to resist the spread of Chinese power.
To be continued...