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If before He Ding retreated, the Portuguese could still manage to maintain the situation of the coalition attacking Bandan City. Even if they could not quickly defeat Bandan City, to be honest, as long as they thought of a way, there was still a great chance of defeating Bandan City.
But He Ding's retreat completely shattered their hope of conquering Wandan City.
Not only was there no hope of conquering the city, even retreat was a problem, because when He Ding left, he not only robbed three ships, but also burned most of the remaining ships.
When the light of fire came from the port in the middle of the night, many people realized that something was wrong, especially the pirates, who did not bother to attack Wandan City. Many people ran directly to the port and got on the
The remaining few intact ships left. As for the life and death of the remaining people, their mentality was similar to that of He Ding. It was none of their business!
In just one night, the pirate and indigenous coalition that besieged Bandan City completely collapsed.
This kind of collapse is not a military collapse, but an organizational collapse!
The remaining pirates were looking for ships like crazy, while the natives were thinking about how to leave this place of right and wrong. It didn't matter if there were no ships, they could still go into the deep mountains and forests and walk home.
At this time, everyone knew that this battle could not be fought. The only way to save one's own life was to save one's own life. As for the life and death of allies... who should regard them as allies!
The indigenous and pirate coalition outside the city were completely divided overnight. This was something that the Tang defenders in the city did not expect.
They originally thought that after the first wave of attacks yesterday morning, they would launch a general offensive yesterday afternoon, but they did not wait until yesterday afternoon, so they were suspicious and afraid that they would carry out a night attack or something.
Blasting, digging tunnels and other conspiracies.
So last night, Yang Hong and other officers in the city were quite nervous. They frequently inspected the city to check the situation, which made the soldiers on duty at night keep their eyes wide open to avoid any accidents.
But what they didn't expect was that in the middle of the night last night, a burst of fire suddenly came from the direction of the port. Although they were separated by a distance, they could still tell that there was a fire on an enemy ship anchored in the port.
However, because it was night, they could not see much. They only knew that a fire broke out, but they did not know that He Ding retreated first, snatched three ships of other pirates, and then set fire to the other ships.
It shocked the jaws of other pirates and natives, and attracted countless curses!
Yang Hong and the others thought it was an accident on the enemy's ship that caused the fire.
However, after dawn, Yang Hongcai discovered that the port was in a mess. There were no intact enemy ships left at all, and the only few intact ships were setting sail while setting sail.
, and also opened fire on part of the crowd on the shore.
At the same time, a group of people on the shore also controlled artillery and fired at the ships that left!
It looks like an internal fight!
At the same time, there were more people crowded on the pier, seemingly trying to get on the ship but failing.
What happened?
Yang Hong can’t figure it out!
Not to mention Yang Hong who couldn't figure it out, even the Portuguese who were in contact with him, and even the pirates and natives couldn't figure it out, because last night, their actions were all separate, and each had their own agenda. When He Ding led them,
After the pirates ran away, the parties were basically in chaos. Even at dawn, when they were fighting for the few remaining intact ships, there was a large-scale fight between them.
After the last intact ship leaves the port, there will basically be no intact ships left in the port. At most, there will only be some small sampans and other ships left. However, if you want to take these ships for a long voyage, you are basically seeking death.
There is no difference, and more importantly, these boats seem to be in large numbers, but they are small and cannot carry many people.
However, at this time, there are at least nearly 20,000 indigenous and pirate coalition forces on the land...
He Ding, who was the first to retreat, was actually not many in number, with a total strength of only a thousand. The other pirates who fled after He Ding only had a few hundred people at most.
Most people still stay here!
However, no one of the remaining people is in the mood to besiege Wandan City. Now everyone is thinking about how to leave this ghost place.
Seeing the natives and pirates outside the city evacuating from the city one after another, Yang Hong was undoubtedly surprised. These enemies were really difficult for him to understand. Naturally, Yang Hong didn't know that these people were not in the same group.
They were divided into seven groups, big and small, and no one wanted to suffer, and everyone wanted to take advantage. That's why yesterday's argument occurred!
After the argument, He Ding suddenly led the Fourth Fleet to play a trick on the enemy, which completely brought the coalition that the Portuguese had finally managed to collapse.
At this time, if the Portuguese were given a regretful medicine, they would definitely not find He Ding's Fourth Fleet in the first place without hesitation.
Moreover, the person who originally suggested finding the Fourth Fleet must be hanged directly!
The Fourth Fleet has become notorious in the Indian Ocean and the South Ocean in recent years. It not only robs ordinary merchant ships, but also often engages in gangsterism, and sometimes even goes ashore to plunder. Otherwise, it would not be worthy of the notorious Four Fleet.
A word.
When He Ding was brought here, many people opposed it. They said that cooperating with the Fourth Fleet would be tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger. Otherwise, if Wandan City was not captured by then, he would fall under the hands of the Fourth Fleet first.
, but many people said at the time that although the Fourth Fleet had a bad reputation, it was really strong. With the same strength, the Fourth Fleet's combat effectiveness could be said to be the most powerful among all pirates.
If the Fourth Fleet is involved, the probability of breaking through Wandan City can be greatly increased!
As a result, everyone finally saw how awesome the Fourth Fleet is!
But this kind of awesomeness was not used to attack Wandan City, but to target friendly forces like them. Now it's okay. The fourth fleet came to Wandan City and just grabbed three big ships and ran away.
, and also burned many other medium and large ships.
The Fourth Fleet returned with a full load, but they themselves were struggling!
It is conceivable that after today, the reputation of He Ding and his Fourth Fleet will rise to another level in the Indian Ocean and South Ocean waters. However, naturally it is not a good reputation, but a bad reputation for being gangsters.
The remaining natives and pirates were very miserable, so naturally they had no intention of besieging the city of Bandan. They all began to retreat. Seeing this, the Portuguese no longer pressed, and dozens of Portuguese simply robbed the city.
A small sampan also ran away in a flash!
Although the small sampan is not very good, if you run along the northern coastline of Sumatra Island, you will not die in the sea. With better luck, it will not be a big problem to return to Malacca.
Other pirates and natives, some of the pirates chose to take a small boat, or simply jump into the sea holding a piece of wood, and then paddle to the other side of the Sunda Strait, which is Sumon Island.
Anyway, this place happens to be the narrowest part of the Sunda Strait. The width of the strait is less than four kilometers. As long as you paddle hard, you can reach the other side even if you hold a wooden board.
Although the other side of the strait is currently considered the actual control area of the Tang Dynasty's Wandan Mansion, due to the advent of the war, the soldiers and most of the people who had stayed on the other side of the river had already withdrawn to Wandan City, and at most there were only a handful left.
They are just soldiers and ordinary people. Now they are all hiding, so naturally they will not conflict with the pirates.
Those pirates had a very simple idea. Since Bandan City couldn't be defeated, could they still stay under Bandan City and wait to die?
You know, the Tang Dynasty's fleet will come back at any time. If we wait a few more days, I'm afraid I won't be able to escape even if I want to.
Some pirates chose to cross the strait and then look for ships or simply continue westward, and then reached the areas controlled by some indigenous princes in the eastern part of Sumon Island, and even areas controlled by the Portuguese.
However, some pirates chose to retreat towards the east of Banten Island!
However, the retreat of these pirates is different from that of the natives. The goal of these pirates is actually to find a certain port, and then grab a ship to leave this ghost place. It is reasonable to plunder the finances in the process.
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The natives wanted to leave Wandan City and return to their respective territories to prepare for further encirclement and suppression by the Tang army.
The Tang Dynasty and the various lords under the Bazhang Kingdom on Banten Island were already in a state of war. In the past few years, the Tang Dynasty King's Division in Bandan City has often taken the initiative to attack the surrounding indigenous people.
, I dare not say that they have destroyed countless countries, but at least they have killed several lords.
As for the immigrant population limited to the Tang Dynasty, most of the time even if they defeated the armies of the surrounding indigenous lords, it was difficult to actually control these areas. In the end, they often could only take away some loot and then force them to sign a treaty.
That's all.
The Banten Prefecture of the Tang Dynasty actually controlled only a small area on both sides of the Sunda Strait and Bali. This was not because of lack of military strength, but because of insufficient population, making it difficult to effectively control a vast area.
After all, in the policies of the Tang Dynasty in Southeast Asia and even India, one thing that must be mentioned is that it does not mean that after directly annexing an indigenous country, these indigenous people will be treated as subjects of the empire.
The status of subjects of the empire is noble. As conquered people and uncivilized barbarians, the imperial officials are stupid and it is impossible for them to obtain the status of subjects of the empire!