Since the mainland of the Ming Dynasty was too far away from Temasek, it would take too long to dispatch the red shirt regiment from the capital, and everyone in the court would make irresponsible remarks, so they simply dispatched the teaching regiment stationed in the Song Dynasty and Zheng Sen's troops in Taiwan. At the same time, Zhao Jing sent
The navy and imperial army also arrived at Temasek, and the entire Singapore Harbor turned into a large barracks.
The teaching group came on Liu Ziguang's ship, which was an iron-hulled steam stern ship recently produced by Jiangnan Shipyard. It had no masts and sails, only chimneys and tall antennas. Both sides of the ship were densely covered with blastholes, and below the waterline there were
The thick armored belt can withstand the impact of the collision angle. The fuel tank is filled with fierce kerosene from Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province and anthracite coal from Yanzhou City. One refill of fuel is enough to run from Shanghai to Taiwan.
The navy of the Song Dynasty was mobilized, with more than ten cruisers and submarines, hundreds of sailing transport ships, and countless arms and supplies. Three airships of the Song Dynasty were also dispatched, and more than ten hot-air balloons were deployed for reconnaissance. The black people were in full swing.
They helped the army carry supplies, and they were sweating and didn't know how to rest. These two thousand black people are now the Little Red Riding Hoods of Singapore Port. Their leader is the young man named Magoby. He didn't know where he picked up a worn-out Han man.
He put his clothes on and commanded his men to work for the Chinese army in a serious manner. If any black guy was lazy for a little bit, he would angrily run up and kick him, and then clasp his fists and apologize to the dock clerk of the China Merchants Bureau. It was very a bit.
He felt like a Jap, but everyone liked this strong young man very much, praising him for his smart mind and his ability to travel. People often gave him old gauze hats and belts to dress him up more like a Han Chinese.
That day, Magoby was leading a group of black people to work on the dock. Suddenly he saw a tall black general walking down the gangplank. He was stunned at that time, rubbed his eyes and shook his head, and finally shouted:
When they passed by, the black general was none other than General Duncan of the Teaching Corps. He noticed that someone was rushing toward the general, and the horsemen quickly drew their swords to protect them, but Duncan yelled to stop them, and then hugged the person tightly.
The two of them muttered a lot of words in African dialect that others could not understand, and tears were streaming down their faces. Everyone looked carefully and found that the two people were quite similar in height and appearance. After crying for a while, Duncan held him in his arms.
The young man introduced to everyone: "This is my little brother. He was only eight years old when I was kidnapped by slave traders. Now we meet here, what a blessing." Everyone rushed to congratulate General Deng Shen for meeting his brother by chance.
Duncan laughed loudly and took his younger brother to report to Liu Ziguang. Liu Ziguang was also surprised when he found out that there were such coincidences in the world. But what surprised him was what happened later. Neither Duncan nor Magoby were ordinary black people.
Rather, they are noble princes. They are all sons of King Pangolo. Duncan is the eldest son. His original name is not Duncan but Magotou. He is the authentic heir to the throne of Pangolo. He fought against the slave traders fifteen years ago.
He was captured, and moved to Badawi, Taiwan, and the mainland, and finally became Liu Ziguang's sworn brother. After he was captured, the Zangolo tribe went through many ups and downs. The old king died in the battlefield, and the throne was passed to the little prince Magobi. The tribe has always insisted on
The war with the slave traders won the respect of the surrounding tribes, but due to lagging behind in weapons and tactics, he was eventually captured. After being rescued by Liu Ziguang, Magobi immediately organized these black people from different tribes who were wandering in foreign lands.
, just want to please the liberators and strive to return to their hometown as soon as possible.
It turns out that these black people worked hard with this intention in mind. Liu Ziguang looked serious and said to Duncan: "Now all the heroes in the world have joined together and entered the magnificent age of navigation. Since we are in this great era, we should overcome all obstacles and make contributions.
A man's fame can only be gained by riding a horse, so how can he stick to his hometown? There is no place in the world that is not home."
Duncan had been working overseas for a long time, so he could naturally listen to Liu Ziguang's words. He couldn't help but nod his head, and then spoke seriously to his brother. Magoby couldn't listen at first, and he was arguing something, and then
He was finally persuaded by his elder brother Magotou and went there angrily.
Liu Ziguang asked: "How did you persuade him?"
Duncan said: "I told him that his hometown has been occupied by slave traders and he cannot go back. The only way to go back is to follow us and train as an elite soldier to fight back."
Liu Ziguang said: "That's right. It's not that I don't want to send them back. Once the continent is indeed occupied by slave traders, they will still be kidnapped when they return. If you want to gain true freedom, you must completely defeat the colonists and control freedom.
True freedom lies in your own hands."
Magoby explained to his tribesmen the fact that they could not return to their hometown for the time being. The black people were very disappointed and sighed. However, with the arrival of Lord Duncan, the mood became excited again. Many people remembered this psalmist.
The tribe's most courageous and capable prince, Duncan has been away from home for many years. He can no longer speak his hometown dialect, and the hymn dialect is really poor. The black world only has rainforests, grasslands, prey, joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys. Where have you seen ports, ships, airships and castles?
Artillery and other novel gadgets. Fortunately, Magobi was there to translate. The two brothers worked together to create a big and fragrant pancake for the fellow villagers.
Duncan and Liu Ziguang had an in-depth discussion just now, and they believed that these black people must be put to use due to the lack of troops, so Duncan came to do ideological work again. He first expressed his longing for his compatriots and the joy of meeting their relatives, and gave a few words of praise.
As soon as the hometown dialect was spoken, the black people immediately became excited, bared their snow-white teeth and started chattering. Duncan followed Marshal Liu's example and pressed his hands downward slightly, trying to calm the crowd, but how could the black people understand him?
The gestures were still noisy, but Magobi was still considerate and understood what his elder brother meant. He quickly rushed into the crowd and kicked over a few of the guys who yelled the loudest. The effect was immediately apparent, and everyone immediately shut up and stopped talking.
Duncan looked at his younger brother with satisfaction and waved his men to bring thirty barrels of wine to reward everyone. Duncan knew the hobbies of these fellow villagers. When he was in his hometown, he liked to brew local wine with wild fruits and the like, and they all got drunk.
After discussing the matter again, although the drinks brought up now are poor quality, they are still of better quality than the local wines in their hometown. As expected, the black people's eyes lit up when they saw the wine. They took turns scooping up the wine with coconut shells and drank it while drinking.
Listen to the words of brothers Magotou and Magobi.
Duncan said: "It's all thanks to the rescue of the Generalissimo of the Celestial Empire. Now you are free, but on the island not far from here, there are thousands of brothers and sisters who are enslaved by white ghosts. They work from dawn to day every day."
It's late, but you can't even eat, let alone drink. If you work a little slower, you'll be beaten by the whip of the white ghost overseer. He carries the brand of slave, without any personal freedom, and with cattle and horses.
There is no difference, and even in the eyes of white ghosts, they are not as good as these large beasts. When they are unhappy, they will kill one or two black brothers to relieve their boredom. Brothers! You have food to eat and wine to drink now, so how can you do that?
Forget about those compatriots who are suffering? Now the Celestial Empire is going to take action against the white ghosts. If you want revenge, come with me. We will retaliate with tooth. We will also grab the land and women of the white ghosts, burn their houses, chop off their heads, and praise the warriors of Golo.
You, and the warriors from other tribes, do you have the courage?"
Black people like to drink, but their ability to drink is not high. After a few drinks, they become a little foggy. Coupled with Prince Magotou's motivating words, they immediately cheer up. Black people will express their happiness with singing and dancing.
In such a mood, they sang and danced around Duncan and danced the war dance used when the tribe went on an expedition. Everyone was howling and singing songs in their native dialect, and the atmosphere was very lively.
Two veterans of the teaching regiment in the distance watched the demons dancing wildly and couldn't help but comment: "General Deng Shen is so talented. Thirty barrels of wine can mobilize these people."
Another person said: "What are the thirty barrels of wine? It's obviously three barrels of strong liquor mixed with twenty-seven barrels of water. Lao Li from the kitchen told me that Master Deng is not only good at inspiring people, but also has good economic calculations."
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A few days later, the troop transport ship from Taiwan also arrived. In addition to the Fujian and Taiwan athletes, there was also a black armed force of up to 500 people. These were slaves left behind by the Spanish in the plantations in Taiwan in the early years.
After the Spanish were defeated, these slaves were owned by the Zheng family. Zheng Sen saw that the slaves were tall, strong, muscular, and ferocious in appearance, so he selected 500 people to form a black team and used them as a weapon. This time Brother Liu spoke.
When he wanted soldiers to help in the battle, he sent this black team over without hesitation.
Most of the slaves plundered by the Spaniards were in the Congo area in western Africa. They were slightly different from the eastern Africans like Magobi, but at least they were all black. When you see the black slaves wearing cotton military uniforms and straw hats, proudly carrying brand-new bows, arrows and spears.
Brother, all the black people in Zangluo looked envious and asked for the distribution of military uniforms and weapons as soon as possible.
However, Duncan did not agree to arm them immediately, because the quality of this group of people was really poor. The black people were only good at tribal warfare between thirty and fifty people. They did not like to queue up or listen to orders. Instead, they fought independently.
To show his heroism, Duncan sent a hundred soldiers to teach the regiment and trained them desperately, but it didn't work. It took three days just to distinguish the left and right and move in unison. From time to time, some people made mistakes. If this continued, how could they catch up with the attackers of Badawi?
Fighting.
In the end, Duncan got anxious and stopped practicing them marching in formation. He just trained them to advance while beating drums, retreat after winning gold, and fight on their own. This was much simpler, because black people also beat drums to fight in their hometown.
They were able to accept such extremely simple orders, and they learned it in one day. When they heard the drums being played they would rush forward, and when they heard the gongs they would rush back. Only then did Duncan distribute military uniforms and weapons to them, including small coats made of snow-white Songjiang cloth.
, below are blue cloth pants, a straw hat, and no military shoes. Of course, these black soldiers do not need to wear shoes at all. Their iron feet are no problem walking on thorns. Their weapons are spears and broadswords, and
It’s not that we don’t want to give them weapons like ordinary bows and arrows, ballistas, artillery, and firecrackers, but the black people really can’t use them. Even the smartest warriors selected from the team don’t dare to fire firecrackers.
They would always close their eyes when firing, and they would not change no matter how hard they fired. Over time, Duncan also gave up, so he only issued them the simplest weapons.
After two weeks of training, the powerful black army finally formed an army. Liu Ziguang and the Empress of the Song Dynasty attended the army formation ceremony and personally presented the flag to the army. A large red flag was embroidered with a row of strong and powerful characters: "Black"