Gao Minggui looked at the Dutch warehouse in Chihan City. There were all kinds of weapons and weapons, gold and silver jewelry, food, grass and baggage, especially the army rations, which were enough to feed the entire army for half a year.
Yes, the commander of this red-haired ghost is very good. He knows that after surrendering, he must protect the treasury and hand it over to the victor. Gao Minggui looked at Banan Shiding, the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became, "General Ba, I want you to go to the heat."
Are you willing for Deng to surrender in Lanzhe City?"
Surrendering generals in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, like to have generals with higher positions than themselves also surrender, so that their crime of surrender will appear less serious.
Banan Shiding readily agreed and rushed to Relanja City to persuade him to surrender.
Governor Feuerborg was very angry when he saw Banan Siding. After Banan Siding surrendered, the two Dutch warships anchored in Chican Harbor: the "Grafland" and the "Egret" refused to surrender. They risked
He broke through the interception of the Ming Navy and fled back to the city of Relanja, bringing with him the news of Shiding's surrender in Banan.
"Planan Stone, you have tarnished the honor of the military and brought shame to the Prince of Orange flag," Felburg yelled.
"No, Your Excellency the Governor, the Ming army cut off the water source of Chican City. I surrendered after a whole day without water. I think I have fulfilled my duty as a soldier. Your Excellency, the Ming army outside the city is full.
There are more than 20,000 people, but the garrison of Relanja City is only 4,000. Resistance is futile and can only provoke the massacre of the Ming army. I beg you, for the sake of God, surrender." p>
"Surrender? No", Ferborg regained his composure, "Mr. Bananstone, whether you have fulfilled your duties as a soldier will be judged by a military court after the war. As for me, the Governor of Formosa, Nicholas Ferborg
, will fight to the last soldier."
Banan Shiding saluted Ferburg and said, "In that case, Your Excellency, I will go back."
"Why don't you stay and fight with us? It can also wash away the shame of your surrender."
"No," Banan Shiding said firmly, "Sir, I don't want to be captured twice."
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Even though Fairburg lost its troops but refused to surrender, it had something to rely on. This reliance was the city of Relanja.
This city is the center of Dutch rule in Taiwan. The castle is extremely strong and has complete defense facilities. The city has a circumference of more than 200 feet, a height of more than 3 feet, and is divided into three floors. The lower floor is more than 10 feet deep underground. Historical records: "The city wall is built with
Mix sugar water with ash to build bricks, which are stronger than stone."
It is said to be a city, but it is actually a large European-style fortress. The four corners of the city protrude outward, and dozens of cannons are installed. The artillery fire is intensive and has a long range, blocking every surrounding passage. No matter which wall the Ming army attacks the city from, they will be attacked.
Attack from other sides.
In order to protect this administrative center, the Dutch also built a number of fortresses outside the city of Geranje to provide mutual aid.
It's a pity that there are not many defenders for such a strong castle.
After the two disastrous defeats at Weidao and Qikunyu Mountain on the northern front, there were only 800 Dutch native troops left in the city of Geranje. Adding in the 1,800 Catholic native soldiers, the number was less than 3,000.
In order to increase his troops, Feuerborg ordered the conscription of all Dutch civilians in the city.
"Captain Dank, you quickly organize all the male citizens of Formosa between the ages of sixteen and fifty. No matter they were businessmen, scholars, sailors, drunkards or tramps in the past, they are all soldiers now. Tell them,
Those who join the army will receive generous salaries; those who resist will be punished as treason."
"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor."
After a lot of patchwork, Fairburg cobbled together another 1,500 soldiers, increasing the total number of troops defending the city to 4,100.
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Gao Minggui looked at Banan Shiding who returned, "Are you saying that your governor refuses to surrender?"
Banan Shiding failed to persuade him to surrender and was a little worried, "Yes, General, I deeply apologize for not completing the mission."
Gao Minggui laughed loudly, "It doesn't matter, they won't surrender, so beat them until they surrender!"
Afterwards, Banan Shiding wrote in his memoirs: "The Marquis Gao is really a terrible enemy. As soon as he heard that there was a war, the Marquis exuded a terrible aura..."
After deliberation between Gao Minggui, Zheng Cai, Chen Qice and other generals, they felt that it was impossible for the red-haired barbarians to surrender unless they were severely beaten, frightened, and crippled.
"The generals listened to the order and the entire army immediately landed from the south end of Kunyu Mountain. The commander led the Chinese army to station on Kunyu Mountain, and each department was stationed on the two wings of Kunyu Mountain, preparing to attack the city of Relanja."
"The last general takes command!"
The Ming army rested for several days in Yikunyu Mountain, prepared siege equipment, and slowly marched to Relanze City. After more than half a month of fierce fighting, they successively pulled out several peripheral strongholds and reached the city of Relanze. p>
Gao Minggui ordered: "Order the soldiers to dig three trenches, erect more fences, and build forts. I will trap these red-haired ghosts to death."
The Ming army built three forts in the east city, one in the south city, one in the north city, and one in the west city. The sound of the Ming army repairing fortifications was everywhere near Relanzhe.
At the top of the city of Relanze, Governor Ferborg held a telescope and felt chilled in his heart. If the Ming army was allowed to repair the fortifications, Relanze would become a dead city. No, the army had to be sent to harass them, and they could not be allowed to repair the fortifications.
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But who should be sent there? After the battles at Wei Island and Qikun Yushan on the northern front, the Dutch army was filled with a strong fear of war, and the local soldiers were not effective in combat.
After much thought, Fairburg could only send "them".
This "they" refers to a special unit of Taiwan's Tufan Army: the Black Battalion.
The origin of this unit is very tortuous. It was originally the Portuguese slave army of the Portuguese-Brazilian colony in South America. Later, the Dutch West India Company fought with the Portuguese to compete for Brazil and captured this unit. This unit was composed of the Portuguese slave army,
Became a Dutch slave army.
Compared with the East India Company, the Dutch West India Company was a very miserable company, with losses every year since its establishment. In 1645, the Dutch government tried to merge the East and West India Companies. The shareholders of the East India Company were determined
Don’t do it. What a joke, our East India Company has an annual profit of 40%, but the West India Company loses money every year. Once merged, won’t everyone’s profits fall? This is absolutely not allowed! The Netherlands is a republic. The East India Company refused to merge, and the Dutch government had no choice but to ask the East India Company to inject 1.5 million guilders into the West India Company, and also asked the West India Company to sell a number of unnecessary assets to
East India Company to solve its financial crisis.
This army of more than 200 black slaves is an unnecessary asset that has been resold.
The headquarters of the East India Company felt that this slave army had received special military training from the Portuguese, had strong combat effectiveness, and was low-cost. They did not need to pay military salaries and were given food to those who stuttered. They only needed to be rewarded with some trophies for their meritorious service. They were high-quality assets, so they sent them to Formo.
Sa (Taiwan), suppress the rebels.
Although it is a black slave army, the officers are all Dutch.
"Second Lieutenant Cole," Governor Fairburg said to the commander of the black slave army with a smile, "tell those black men that as long as you help the company save Formosa, the company will return their freedom to them."
"Please give me the order, Your Excellency. It is our honor to serve the Republic and the company." Cole is an authentic Dutchman and is naturally willing to contribute.
"Very good." Felbao nodded with satisfaction. "You take your black battalion and two hundred native soldiers to harass the Ming army who are digging trenches and building forts outside the city. Don't let them build fortifications.
Get up.
"Yes, Your Excellency."
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On this day, the night in Relanzha was very dark, and the black night and black skin almost blended into one.
Lieutenant Cole led more than 200 black slave soldiers and 200 native soldiers to sneak to the Ming army camp.
The black soldiers with big shoulders and round waists took out large ceramic jars. These ceramic jars were temporarily modified by the Dutch from piled pottery. They were filled with gunpowder and equipped with match ropes. They looked smaller than the "Zhentian Lei" used by the Ming army, but
It's still big and heavy, and I don't have enough physical strength to throw it.
They lit match ropes and threw them towards the camp.
"Boom", "Boom", "Boom"??
Ming army guerrilla He Tingbin hurriedly came out of the military tent and put on armor to fight. He was unlucky. As soon as he built the fort and lay down to rest, he was targeted by the black camp.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
More than 400 Dutch troops rushed into the camp. He Tingbin's troops had 1,500 men, which far exceeded the Dutch troops. However, they were caught off guard and suffered a heavy loss.
As soon as He Tingbin left the tent, a black warrior swung his head with an axe.
"Bang!"
He Tingbin waved his sword to block the axe.
Hey, what kind of weapon is this? It looks like a spear and an axe, with both ends sharpened like a short halberd. He doesn't know that this is a Western spear axe. Both ends can be used to chop fiercely, and can also push, stab, and stab.
It is especially suitable for defending cities and slashing down from high places. The disadvantage is that it is relatively heavy and cannot be used without a certain amount of physical strength.
Hey, who is this? It’s so dark that you can’t even see his face at night.
He Tingbin fought for a while, but was beaten by the opponent's short shield and axe, unable to fight back, and ran away.
Fortunately, brother troops came to help one after another, so it did not cause a large-scale defeat.
The next day, when taking stock of the battle, one fort was blown up and six heavy cannons were damaged.
"A crime that will lead to death", He Tingbin knelt down to plead guilty.
Gao Minggui was furious, "You dare not set up two posts at night in this important fort place. You are derelict in your duties and will lose the power of our army. Drag us down and kill us!"
The generals begged for mercy but refused to listen.
After a moment, a bloody head was presented to him. All the generals were horrified and no longer dared to be careless.
After beheading He Tingbin, Gao Minggui asked: "Which enemy army attacked the camp last night? I heard it was so dark that I couldn't see their faces at night."
Zheng Caidao: "Commander, this is the black slave army of the red-haired Yi people. In the past, my brother Zhu Chenggong also purchased a batch from the Franco people and formed a battalion. They were all slaves of the Yi people.
Those who are beaten and scolded at every turn are just a bunch of pitiful people. I even take in a few of them."
It turned out that Zhu Chenggong had bought a group of black slaves from the Portuguese and specially trained them to throw "shaking thunder" and named them the "Thunderbolt Black Slaves" army. Later, Zhu Chenggong died in battle, and this army was disbanded.
Zheng Cai took in several domestic slaves.
Yu Tunan, the governor of Taiwan, heard this and said: "Since Jianguo Gong has several black slaves around him, why not let them persuade the black slaves to surrender. They have been repeatedly bullied by the red-haired barbarians, so they may not be willing to sincerely sacrifice their lives for the barbarians."
Gao Minggui thought for a while and said: "Whether it works or not, let's give it a try tomorrow."
The next day, several black slaves in Zheng Cailing's family shouted to the outer city where the black camp was stationed. They said that as long as you surrender, the Ming army will not only not kill you, but will give you freedom and let you go home. If you don't want to go home, you can also
You can receive ten acres of land for farming in Taiwan.
The effect was very good. It was not that the conditions offered by the Ming army were high, but it was a coincidence that the black slaves in Zheng Cai's family, like most of the black soldiers, came from Owinbundu in Angola, Africa.
Tribe.
When a fellow villager meets a fellow villager, tears well up in his eyes, especially in a foreign country.
As soon as the black slaves shouted out a few words in Owenbundu, the morale of the black soldiers at the top of the city immediately rose.
The next day, Second Lieutenant Cole counted the number of people and found that more than 190 of his men had escaped overnight, and there were only more than 30 black soldiers left in the whole battalion. These more than 30 black soldiers did not escape, mainly because of
Because they are not from the Owinbundu tribe and cannot understand the Owinbundu language.
