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Batavia City, formerly the Dutch Municipal Building.

Zhang Xianzhong had made meritorious deeds in continuous battles, and now he was becoming more majestic. He slapped the table and said, "Angel Liu, these Indian prisoners can't be used any more. They can't work one by one and eat like food. Why don't they all be used as cannon fodder in the siege of the city?"

"Just give me a bowl of gruel every day." Liu Hanyi said.

Zhang Xianzhong said: "I certainly won't let them eat more, but they only eat a bowl of gruel, and they are completely unwilling to work. They are whipped with whips, and they can't even move a few times. If the supervisors don't watch, they will lie down on the ground to dry in the sun. Sun. I also ordered that if you work well, you will eat more. This trick is useful even for Taiwanese headhunters, but it is useless for those Indian prisoners."

Deputy envoy Sun Jie said: "I asked wealthy Indian businessmen that these prisoners are all untouchables and can only do work like digging out excrement and moving corpses. They are not allowed to believe in religion, and they are not allowed to reincarnate. They will be like that for the rest of their lives, no matter you No matter what promise you make, they won't believe it. You said you can eat more if you do a good job, have you ever rewarded anyone?"

"Return rewards? The work given to them is never finished. It's okay if I don't kill them." Zhang Xianzhong said angrily.

Sun Jie said with a smile: "Only when Lord Shang migrated to Mu Lixin can he carry out the reform in Qin. Village chief Zhang can also reward rice and Lixin, regardless of whether the Indian prisoners have completed their work or not. Choose three who have done the most work every day, and in front of the rest Give the prisoners an extra bowl of porridge. If more people are willing to work, reward four people every day. Keep going up, reward ten or twenty people every day. Then divide the Indian prisoners into groups, and which group does the most work? Okay, give everyone an extra bowl of porridge. In order to eat more, the team leader will punish those who are unwilling to work. But remember, even after receiving the reward, they cannot really be fed. Only the hungry people, Then I realized how valuable it is to eat more.”

"Will this be effective?" Zhang Xianzhong questioned.

"Let's try it. Village Chief Zhang is still reluctant to give him a few more bowls of porridge a day?" Liu Hanyi said with a smile.

Zhang Xianzhong said depressedly: "Then give it a try."

The insensitivity of the untouchables in India means that they have no hope at all.

It is pure nonsense to say that the untouchables in India do not resist, work hard and are bullied, and they are all looking forward to becoming a high caste in the next life. According to Hindu teachings, even if untouchables can be reincarnated smoothly, they will at best continue to be untouchables in the next life. If they are not careful, they will be reincarnated as pigs, dogs and beasts.

If untouchables are reincarnated as high castes, then wouldn't some high castes be reincarnated as untouchables? How can upper castes admit this?

If you have no attachment in this life and no hope in the next life, you will naturally lie down.

In fact, of the four major castes in Hinduism, only the first three can be reincarnated, and even Shudras are not allowed to reincarnate.

But at least Shudras can still believe in religion and have a slight chance of advancement. Sudras who have made great achievements or made a fortune, or whose status in the entire village has risen, can apply for "Sanskritization", which is equivalent to "raising the flag" for them. When a Sudra Brahma transforms into a Vaishya, he is eligible for reincarnation. It is said that the ancestor of the old immortal Modi was the Sanskrit who transformed into a Vaishya.

As for the untouchables, they are not even allowed to have religious beliefs, let alone Sanskritization. If an untouchable dares to eavesdrop on a sermon, he will be severely punished and may even be killed!

Sun Jie said: "These hundreds of Indian prisoners can actually be put to good use. First reward Lixin, change their ideas, and make them feel that they are useful. Then let them be tenants in Luzon. They are real tenants, nothing like that. Serfs. As long as they are willing to work and learn to farm, no matter how lazy they are, it will be enough. In the future, when the Datong Army comes to India, these hundreds of Indian untouchable prisoners will be able to recruit and educate more untouchables."

"This is useless, and may even be counterproductive," Liu Hanyi said. "I have also communicated with wealthy Indian businessmen. Anyone who dares to vigorously promote untouchables in India will attract the hatred of everyone. In addition to determining status, caste in India also has similar Guilds in China. Each caste has its own job. Promoting low castes and untouchables indiscriminately is tantamount to taking the jobs of high castes."

But Sun Jie said: "Fight hard and win a few battles, kill more, and we can't do it at our discretion? Don't provoke the Mughals first. Go to the small country in the south of India and let the Shudras and untouchables believe in Buddhism, so that they can have We are eligible for reincarnation. Let’s just give the extra land to them. In order to keep the land and be able to reincarnate, why don’t they help us?”

"It makes sense," Liu Hanyi said. "You can try this method. If it doesn't work, you have to respect the customs and traditions of the Indians."

Christianity, Sikhism, and unpreaching all started to develop in India, and they all followed the path of the bottom class and treated untouchables equally. But when it develops to a certain extent, they all abide by Indian customs and traditions, and Christian untouchables and Sikh untouchables appear... It is estimated that Buddhist untouchables and Taoist untouchables will appear in the future.

Liu Hanyi clapped his hands: "Let's not talk about India for now. Should we attack? In a few days, the rainy season will come. I heard that the rainy season will last for three months."

Sun Kewang said: "It's not easy to fight. The Dutch castle has four bastions. The city wall is short and thick, and the artillery cannot collapse at all. No matter which side you attack from, you will be hit by the enemy's cannons in the bastion. ."

Zhang Xianzhong said: "The method of digging trenches that was used in the past is not easy to use here. There are moats on all sides of the castle, and the moats must be filled in first. One side of the moat is connected to the sea water. The other two sides of the moat are connected to the Tiger Canal. It cannot be directly filled in. A canal must be dug first to divert the water from the Tiger Canal to other places and into the sea."

Everyone was speechless.

If you want to fill in the moat of the Dutch Castle, the amount of work is not very large. You must first dig a canal to divert the water, otherwise the city where the Datong Army is stationed will be flooded.

"Can it be flooded..." Sun Jie said halfway, but he felt funny, "Okay, just pretend I didn't say it."

The castle is close to the sea, so even if it is flooded, it will quickly flow into the sea.

Everyone discussed repeatedly, but could not think of a good way, so they could only continue to besiege the castle until there was no food.

Tie Hong asked: "Do you want another night attack?"

"I'm afraid it won't be easy to fight." Zhang Xianzhong shook his head.

"Boom boom boom!"

Suddenly there was the sound of gunfire from the north of the city, but no one paid much attention.

It must have been the Dutch governor who sent civilians and servants to dig a trench between the castle and the moat.

This situation has happened several times, and sometimes trenches are being dug even at night. As long as the trenches are dug, it will be more difficult for the Datong Army to attack, and even night attacks will be impossible.

The Datong Army's response was to set up artillery on the north city wall and wildly bombard the enemies digging trenches. They came here every now and then, and had already repelled the enemy several times. The Dutch Castle chose to fight against the Datong army.

Not long after the sound of artillery stopped, an officer rushed in: "My lords, there is something strange in the enemy's castle!"

Everyone immediately rushed to the north wall. Zhang Xianzhong was the first to ask: "What happened?"

A lookout who had just climbed out of the hot air balloon pointed at the castle and said: "The sound of gunfire was first heard from the location of the Dutch Governor's Palace. It was sporadic at first, then the sound became more dense, and then became sparse again. It has continued. For more than ten minutes. The defenders of the enemy's four bastions moved toward the Governor's Palace one after another, and then stood near the Governor's Palace to watch the excitement."

This is the role of hot air balloons. If you stand on the city wall and observe, you will never be able to see it so clearly.

"The enemy is fighting among themselves?" Liu Hanyi asked doubtfully.

Sun Jie asked: "Is the enemy using a trick to lure us into attacking, and then catch us by surprise?"

"I'll go up and have a look!" Zhang Xianzhong said.

Soon, Zhang Xianzhong also got on the hot air balloon and picked up a telescope to observe carefully.

He could see three groups of Dutch shooting. One group was defending the Government House, one seemed to want to break into the Government House, and the other group was outside the Government House attacking those who tried to enter the Government House. Both sides hid behind the building, and the fight for a long time yielded no results. The casualties were estimated to be in double digits.

Zhang Xianzhong said to the flag commander: "Wave the flag and gather troops to attack!"

It was impossible for the flag-bearer to listen to Zhang Xianzhong, but he admired Zhang Xianzhong quite much and chose to carry out half of the order, waving the flag order to gather soldiers.

Liu Hanyi couldn't understand the order flag and asked: "What does the hot air balloon say?"

Tie Hong explained: "Gather troops."

Liu Hanyi was overjoyed: "Zhang Cun has been on the battlefield for a long time, so he must not be mistaken. Hurry up and gather your troops to prepare to attack the castle!"

Zhang Xianzhong slipped down from the hot air balloon and said impatiently: "I can't wait any longer. We will gather as many as we can and attack the city immediately. We must seize this opportunity and not let the enemy quell the civil strife!"

Tie Hong immediately said: "Half of the soldiers here, you and I, will attack the nearest southeast corner bastion. I will attack the southwest side of the bastion, and you will attack the southeast side of the bastion. Yu Zhan, you continue to gather troops, depending on the situation Choose which side to support.”

"yes!"

Vice Admiral Zhan responded and took the order.

Planks, rafts and wooden ladders have been stationed in the city. At this moment, the soldiers lifted them up and rushed out of the city gate.

The Datong Army, Ronin, and Han rebels were all crossing the river. The Dutch defenders in the fortress were still hesitating whether to fire. Because their commanders were attacking each other around the Governor's Mansion, some wanted to rebel and some wanted to quell the chaos. There was no officer commanding the bastion for the time being.

Even if there is no commander, the defender's first reaction should be to shoot and fire.

The reason why they hesitated was because they still wanted to survive and did not want to be besieged by the Chinese army and starve to death.

This time, there were several European soldiers accompanying them to attack the city.

They surrendered voluntarily in Malacca and promised to let them continue to serve as soldiers. At first, they only served as auxiliary soldiers. Some of the Datong Army soldiers stationed in Malacca died of illness due to acclimatization, so they recruited European auxiliary troops to supplement them, and were borrowed by Liu Hanyi to attack Batavia.

Although these were surrendered Dutch armies, the largest number were Portuguese and German.

At this moment, they had just started to build the ladder, but before they had time to climb it, the European soldiers shouted in Portuguese and German: "We surrendered in Malacca and became Chinese soldiers. We can eat well every day and earn several times your salary. I still have money to buy silk to make clothes!”