In September of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Liuqiu Island.
Yangshanlu and the others chose to enter from the Luermen Waterway between Lueryu at the northern end and Ka Lao Bay. This is the main channel into the Taijiang River, but if there is no tide, the Luermen Channel is too shallow and difficult to pass through the draught. The deeper ship.
But this time, it happened to be in the tide. All the tall warships were able to pass, avoiding detours. So after seeing such a scene, all the soldiers were saying that God is helping us. Hong Maofan is doomed to destruction!
Then when this huge fleet landed, to everyone's surprise, there was no resistance! Not only did the Dutch not send ships to intercept them at sea, they did not intercept them when they landed! Obviously they saw such a huge fleet, they must be frightened, so they simply contracted their strength and concentrated on the island for defense!
However, Yang Shanlu was confident when he saw it. With the combat power of his Xuanjia army, even if you shrink into the tortoise shell, you will still be caught out!
According to the strength of the Dutch, Yang Shanlu dispatched five thousand Xuanjia troops, and Zheng Chenggong led five thousand people. In this way, a 10,000 army was formed and started to march towards the first Dutch stronghold, which is Chikan Tower.
And after the ten thousand troops landed, the Ming people on the island were very welcome. They were all bullied by the red hairs, but now, there is finally a court army to rescue them!
After arriving at Chikan Tower, as an important stronghold, I finally saw some red hair fans, and they arranged some defenses here.
However, after a brief encounter, these saffrons retreated immediately. Because this place was only for commercial use and did not build such permanent fortifications, all these saffrons retreated to their city of Reranzhe, which is the governor. Let the mansion make the final resistance!
However, the Ten Thousand Allied Forces were very happy after seeing the victory in the first battle, and they all knew that even if the Hong Maofan retreated to the final nest, he would not be able to withstand the attack of the ten thousand army, Hong Maofan's. Destroyed, it's already irreparable!
So next, after lunch, Yang Shanlu led the troops and advanced all the way to the city of Relanzhe in the evening.
The city of Jeranje is the Dutch governor’s palace and the last Dutch stronghold on the island. It was built by the Dutch for two full years. It is divided into an inner city and an outer city, so it is a very A strong stronghold, but now... Can it stop the Xuanjia Army's attack
After Yang Shanlu led the army, he didn't have any nonsense about such foreign invaders, such as persuading to surrender, nothing at all-after camping overnight, he directly ordered the fight on the next day!
Then the Five Thousand Xuanjia Army pushed the new artillery unloaded from the big ship under his command, and began to bombard the city of Relanzhe! Anyway, these new artillery are equipped with wheels, which is very convenient to move.
And I have to say that Yang Shanlu is completely different from those common military heads of Daming. He knows that Zheng Chenggong’s subordinates have a psychological shadow on Hong Maofan (they fought a battle before and did not win), so he is facing this kind of situation now. For a strong fortress, he would let his Xuanjia Army headquarters launch an offensive... What is the Xuanjia Army used for? Isn't it used to conquer tough enemies
Then I saw Yang Shanlu behaved like this, not to mention Zheng Chenggong admired very much, even the old thief Zheng Zhilong was convinced...deserving of Zhen Guo's general, a true hero!
After the Xuanjia Army launched the attack, the Dutch themselves began to panic... because they discovered that the Ming Army attacking outside was an elite they had never seen before! All black armor, a large number of new artillery, so wait until the attack is launched...
"The Governor is not good, those savages have launched an attack on us! It seems that they are still the elite of this country!" At this time, a leader of the Dutch garrison came to report in a panic in the Dutch governor's mansion.
At this time, the Dutch governor’s name was Albert (the Dutch had 12 governors in the history of Taiwan’s rule). This man had dazzling red hair, so his favorite thing to do every day was to fight Take care of his hair, but now... I have no intention of doing this at all.
After learning that the Ming army had officially launched an offensive, the Dutch governor said in a irritable mood: "What are you worried about! Don't you know the combat effectiveness of these savages? So let them fight for a while, and wait until they can't attack for a long time. After the financial situation can't keep up, they will naturally retreat!"
The Dutch governor did not say so, because just in the previous history, after they occupied Penghu in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the Ming army fought several battles with them!
At that time, the Ming army used 200 warships and 10,000 Ming army troops to deal with the Dutch with only 13 warships and more than 900 soldiers. However, they were still unable to attack repeatedly. Eight months after the fierce battle, the military expenditure was as high as nearly Two hundred thousand taels, victory is still far away, and finally can't be sustained.
Of course, the Dutchman has only such a small number of people, isolated and helpless. In the end, the two sides have no choice but to make peace. Therefore, with the above experience, and the strength of the Governor's Mansion is far beyond the Penghu base at the time, the Dutch Governor is still very good at holding on Confidence.
Then, seeing the chief officer so confident, the leader of the Dutch garrison gained some confidence, and quickly went on to make arrangements.
It was just the next scene that subverted the cognition of these Dutch guys. The Ming army outside the city has never stopped since it fired its guns! Has been playing from morning to noon! Cannonballs that cost a lot of money are like no money, and they are pouring over their heads!
Even the Dutchman hiding in the fortified inner city feels like he is on a rough sea, enjoying the baptism of shells...
"How is this possible!" Faced with such a fierce shelling, the Dutch governor who was confident just now would have plucked a pinch of his hair out of his surprise! Is this still that poor and backward country? Even the Netherlands, whose national strength is strong, would not dare to do this! In such a short period of time, it is estimated that tens of thousands of taels have been lost!
But this scene now tells him that the Ming army outside is really different! So for the first time, the Dutch governor's confidence was shaken.
Then this is the case for those who are hiding in the inner city, not to mention the thousand guards who are guarding the outer city. After enjoying the uninterrupted shelling for a long time, it feels like the end of the world is coming! Even looking at more and more turrets, the horse face and other things collapsed, and the military's mind began to become unstable...
Because the confidence they dare to stick to is relying on this solid tortoise shell, but now it seems that even this tortoise shell has to be opened by others!
"Counterattack! Immediately counterattack with our artillery!" After seeing this scene, the garrison leader in charge of the command did not bother to ask for instructions. Instead, he immediately issued such an order because he knew very well that if he didn't fight back, it would be one to three I can't hold on for a moment.
As their permanent stronghold, the city of Jeranzhe still had a lot of artillery, roughly estimated to have 40 or 50 guns, but waited until they pushed the artillery to the wall (in the beginning, they waited until the Ming army launched a charge. After firing the cannon, so the artillery was not on the city wall), and starting to shoot down from high ground, these Dutch guys were taken aback again!
Because after the two sides launched the artillery bombardment, I realized the advanced artillery of the Ming army more...
Originally, they fired from a condescending position. The Ming army fired at an elevation angle. They should have the advantage. However, the actual situation now is that the effective range of the two sides and the power of the shells are almost the same. The defensive side actually does not have the advantage, everyone. Can hurt each other! There is no reason for this...
And you must know that even in this solid stronghold, the Dutch only have so many artillery pieces, and the Xuanjia Army has 20 or 30 artillery pieces on any big ship (new artillery can be used for land, land, and naval battles). , So if it bangs like this...
Just like now, in order to teach these red hair fans, the Xuan Jia army has pushed up hundreds of artillery... We just want to suppress you!
So after a fierce and very short artillery battle, soon the Dutchman's artillery was all misfired! Although the new artillery did not reach the terrible performance of later generations in terms of shooting accuracy! (Optical aiming, computer aiming, etc.) But in this era, he is already a leader, and then he can’t hold back his large number...
One or two shells can't hit you. Can 10 or 20 rounds hit you? Anyway, we are not bad for money... So with the impressive shooting of hundreds of artillery pieces, soon all the Dutch ghost artillery were misfired!
"My lord, we have tried our best, so can we consider ending this battle in a decent way!" Then the garrison leader came to panic again, and hinted like this.
Because this is also very obvious, their original reliance is this strong fortress, the outer city and inner city that took two full years to build, but now the outer city is about to be bombed, and then when it comes to that meeting, it will be strong. The inner city, which is not as good as the outer city, is even more unstoppable, so if you don’t make a decision...
(According to European customs at this time, people like them are all aristocrats, so after the war can no longer persist, as long as the surrender is announced and the command knife is handed over, the general life can be preserved, and there will be no personal insults. This is the so-called decent way)
"You're talking nonsense! Things haven't reached this point yet!" The governor is a little messy! Of course he understood the meaning of the garrison leader, that is, surrender to the Ming army if it doesn't work, and save their lives.
But the problem is that they are smart and noble Dutchmen, sea coachmen! Ruler of the ocean! But now? Actually want to surrender to these backward and ignorant yellow-skinned ghosts
Even think about it again, it's not that they haven't fought with the Ming army. In the original Battle of Penghu, the Ming army couldn't defeat it after eight months, but now, after only a mere half day, they can't stand it? The huge contrast in this really makes him accept that he can’t... And he has to consider that when he returns to the country, he will have to wear the hat of the governor who has been defeated by the barbarians...
But before the garrison leader continued to persuade him, I suddenly heard a strange-tuned cheer from outside. It turned out that the outer city wall finally couldn't bear it, and began to collapse in pieces, Xuan Jia The army has rushed in like a tide! And when there is no block from the strong city wall, their poor manpower is even more unstoppable!
"I authorize you to surrender!" Seeing the terrible situation so far, the governor could no longer be stretched, so he quickly ordered. As for his arrogant self-esteem, it can only be temporarily forgotten.
Then the garrison leader wished to be so, but what made them, including the governor-general, never expected that after the garrison leader went out, he returned soon.
Even when he went out just now, his face was still very relaxed, as if the God he believed in had personally come down to save him! But now, it’s like God told him sad news after he went down to earth—he can do nothing...
Then, seeing the garrison leader coming back so soon, the Dutch governor asked immediately: "What's wrong? Didn't I authorize you to surrender?"
"My Lord Governor, the other party does not accept surrender!" (End of this chapter)