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    The shape of Borneo looks like a fat hen, with the chicken head facing the northeast, which is closest to Luzon, and not far to the north of the chicken head, there is a long island, with the northern end of the island about 100 meters away from Luzon.  Manila is not far away, and the southern end of the island is Borneo, so this island looks like a bridge connecting the two islands. Therefore, this island was called Long Bridge Island by the Han people, and in later generations, this island  Also very famous is Palawan Island, known as the "Modern Garden of Eden".

    The southeastern part of Changqiao Island is a fertile plain, and indigenous people have been planting rice here for a long time, and the grain yield is quite high.  However, just a few years ago, Long Bridge Island was occupied by a slave-catching team from Luzon. All the natives on the island were captured and made slaves. Later, the navy took a fancy to the geographical location of the island, so it set up a military port here.  , located on the east coast of the center of the island, a naval fleet with five main warships is stationed, mainly to ensure the safety of the route south of Manila.

    However, not long ago, Long Bridge Island suddenly became lively. Not only did the Navy double the number of warships on the island, but countless ships traveled between Long Bridge Island and Manila every day, and some ships were used exclusively by the military.  Every night, you can see densely packed bonfires surrounding the military port on Long Bridge Island.

    Half a month later, several fleets suddenly left the military port on Long Bridge Island, and then followed the original specific route, approaching Borneo from all directions like fierce sharks.

    After one of the fleets left the port, they immediately headed southwest, then south along the west coast of Borneo, until they anchored at the mouth of a river called the Sarawak River at the base of the fat hen's tail in Borneo.

    In the past, many indigenous tribes lived on both sides of the Sarawak River.  The land is also relatively fertile and is mainly used for growing rice.  However, it is precisely for this reason that the place attracted the attention of the Slave Catching Association, so a slave catching stronghold was established at the mouth of the Sarawak River. After several years of development, the original simple stronghold has developed into a small port.  , with thousands of inhabitants.  Nearly half of them are Han Chinese.

    The fleet from Long Bridge Island anchored at this small harbor at the mouth of the river. Then an elite force of a thousand people disembarked from the ship, led by a burly young general, and entered the port to rest.

    "It's so hot!" After Cheng Huailiang settled the one thousand people he led into the military camp, he looked up at the scorching sun in the sky.  He couldn't help mumbling.

    This time Cheng Huailiang was ordered to lead a team to perform a mission in Borneo. The thousand soldiers in front of him were mainly Han people, and there were also a considerable number of Linyi and dwarf black soldiers from Luzon Island. They were more accustomed to fighting in the jungle and were familiar with the jungle.  They are also very familiar with each other, so this time they were allowed to mix with Han soldiers.

    In addition, it was not only Cheng Huailiang, but also Qin Huaiyu, Fang Yiai and other people who joined the army who came with him.  Most of them also joined this operation, either leading the team alone or cooperating with others, which was their main goal this time.  With the cooperation of some intelligence personnel, they dealt a fatal blow to some natives in Borneo who did not accept the rule.

    This operation, which Li Min named "Cleaning Up", had been planned for a long time, which is not to say that Li Min did not have the ability to attack the natives.  In fact, the natives on Borneo are very weak, and despite the large area of ??Borneo.  But in fact, the degree of land development on the island is very low, and the number of natives is also very small, perhaps even less than a million. This is one of the reasons why Borneo has no slave hunting value.  It is no exaggeration to say that if the millions of natives on the island are gathered together, then Li Min is fully confident that he can defeat the opponent with only 10,000 regular troops.

    Unfortunately, the natives of Borneo are very scattered. Especially the natives in the coastal areas fled to the central region after being brutally captured by the slave-catching teams. Therefore, it is difficult for Li Min to know the exact location where they live. In addition, the island  There are jungles all over the island, so if you want to clear out the natives on the island, the key is to find their exact location and then send the army there safely.

    In order to find the exact location of the natives on the island, under Li Min's order, Wu Meiniang commanded the Four Guards to increase penetration into Nanyang. Not only did they bribe a large number of natives, they even absorbed a group of native spies into the Four Guards.  Among them, for example, Liu Kata, Lu Wan's right-hand man, became the leader of the Kata tribe of his mother clan with the support of the Four Guards, and was also a senior member of the Four Guards.

    Coincidentally, the name of the small port where Cheng Huailiang and his army arrived was Kata Port, and apart from the Han people, the largest number of people in the port were the natives of the Kata tribe where Liu Kata was located.

    Because of Liu Kata¡¯s relationship, the Kata tribe was one of the earliest natives of Borneo to make Li Min, so they received the best treatment. Not only were they allowed to live in the city, but they also had specialized teachers to teach them Chinese. As long as they reached a certain levelWith a certain degree, they can be hired by the Han people to work, so their living standards are greatly improved.  Even the name of the port is named after the Kata tribe to flaunt the friendship between the Han people and the natives.

    "General Cheng, regarding the nearby terrain, we have made a sand table and now put it in the city lord's palace. Please come with me. Then I will explain to the general the route of the trip and the requirements on the way.  Pay attention." Liu Kata is ostensibly the deputy city lord of Kata Port. He is responsible for arranging Cheng Huailiang's army this time. In addition, he is also the intelligence officer of the Fourth Guard, so he also needs to personally lead this operation.

    ¡°Very good, then I¡¯ll trouble City Master Liu!¡± Cheng Huailiang said with a smile.  He knew that Liu Kata was not only an important intelligence officer, but also participated in the mission of discovering Australia and America. Therefore, he was not only highly regarded by Li Min, but also had a considerable reputation in society. Therefore, Cheng Huailiang also expressed his feelings toward Liu Kata.  Very polite.

    Kata Port is not big, so Cheng Huailiang's thousand troops can only be stationed outside the city. There is also a regular army stationed in the city, but there are only two hundred people. However, the walls of Kata City are very strong, and there are still several people standing on the top of the city.  This cannon was mainly used to prevent the native tribes in the center from attacking the security of the port.

    After entering Kata Port, Cheng Huailiang found that this small seaport was not much different from other seaports. Both sides of the street were full of brothels and shops. The main customers of the brothels were the crew members on the ships. They were usually depressed at sea.  I have been working for a long time, so every time I go to a port, my favorite place to go is the brothel. In addition, the brothel also doubles as a restaurant, allowing the crew to relax as much as possible here.

    When Cheng Huailiang rode his horse through the brothels on both sides of the street, it was already the time when the lights were on. The face of the dark-skinned native woman upstairs in the brothel was covered with thick powder and rouge. From a distance, she looked white but black, almost like  It was like seeing a ghost. There were also some Japanese and Persian women. These women were rare in number and more in line with the aesthetics of the Han people, so their business was much better.

    The streets are filled with drunken sailors wearing short clothes and bare breasts. These drunkards come in groups, with their arms folded together, drinking and singing. When they fall in love with a woman in a brothel, they will join their companions.  Say goodbye, and then go in laughing and looking for a night of happiness.  Occasionally, some guys spent all their last penny on a woman's belly, but they stayed in the brothel and refused to leave. As a result, they were carried and thrown to the street by the people in the brothel, causing laughter from passers-by.

    Cheng Huailiang looked at the scenes in his eyes and couldn't help but feel a little envious in his heart. Although the lives of these crew members seemed very corrupt to others, Cheng Huailiang felt that this kind of life was very free, even in the deepest part of his heart.  , he actually longed to live such an indulgent life like these crew members.  Of course, this could only be imagined in his mind, otherwise Qinghe alone could tear him into strips and fry him.

    The main street in Kata Port is not very long, and Liu Kata and Cheng Huailiang were both riding horses, so they quickly arrived at the City Lord's Mansion.  The city lord's palace was built very large and very solidly. It was surrounded by high city walls, and soldiers could be seen patrolling the turrets.

    The reason why it is so solidly built is that in a place like Kata Port where the rule is not very stable, the City Lord's Palace is not only the political center of the port, but also has considerable defense functions. When the outer city wall is breached, it can be moved.  A certain number of residents went to the city lord's palace to continue to resist. It can be said that the city lord's palace is the last line of defense in the city. Only by breaking through this can the entire port be truly occupied.

    When Cheng Huailiang and Liu Kata rushed to the city lord's mansion, the city lord and a captain in charge of the army in the city were waiting for them in front of the gate.  And Cheng Huailiang had no time to be polite to them. He immediately entered a temporary war room in the city lord's palace. In the middle of the room, there was a large sand table with all the surrounding terrain for hundreds of miles marked with soil.

    Cheng Huailiang first stepped forward and took a rough look at the terrain on the sand table, then silently kept it in mind, and then raised his head to look at Liu Kata.

    Liu Kata also took a step forward and said: "General Cheng, you must have received the combat mission notified by your superiors before you came, right?"

    "Yes, our superiors ordered us to wipe out all three native tribes in the upper reaches of Kata City to avoid endangering the safety of Kata City in the future!" Cheng Huailiang said murderously. In fact, there was one sentence he did not say, and that was this  During this battle, their superiors ordered them not to leave any survivors alive, in order to deter the missed natives.

    Liu Kata saw Cheng Huailiang's murderous look, but he was shocked and said: "Great, although these three tribes are quite far away from Kata City, they are located in the upper reaches of the Sarawak River, so it is easy to ride  Small boats attacked us, and half a year ago they even teamed up to launch a raid on Kata City, which almost allowed them to succeed. For this reason, dozens of us were killed.Soldiers, if the general can deal with them in one fell swoop, it will be a great blessing for us in Kata City!  "

    (To be continued)

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