Chapter 346: The Fight

In the thick smoke and fire, the Ming army finally cleared out all the buildings outside, blocked one and a half battalions of Dutch soldiers in the inner circle and stopped attacking.

At night, the island calmed down after a day of fierce battle.

The Ming army surrounded the Dutch military camps, and the island gradually became quiet. Only the burning warships on the sea still exploded from time to time. The fire was still burning. Even the sea was lit. The sea was full of burning warship wreckage.

The disadvantages of sailing battleships were completely exposed, and they were afraid of fire. In actual combat, the generals of the Ming army fully grasped the strengths and weaknesses of the Western fleet. If they wanted to defeat the Western fleet with old and outdated warships, fire attack was the only way.

At night, the Dutch in the encirclement launched a tragic breakthrough battle, but was shot back by arrows and guns.

In the morning of the next day, Fujian Governor Nan Juyi came to aid a lot. 20,000 Fujian Biaoying, the town army and the civilians boarded Penghu Island to log on the spot to build siege equipment. With sufficient manpower, Macheng simply ordered the remaining few on the fort.

The door was smooth-bore heavy artillery, and it was removed and dragged to the front of the two armies. Six intact smooth-bore heavy artillery were mounted. The Dutch soldiers, who were full of morale, instantly lost the courage to resist and raised the white flag to surrender.

The fire on the Pinghu Sea has been extinguished, and the civilian ships are salvaging the wreckage, and the bodies are being saved. Ma Cheng stood on the wooden wall and looked at the Pinghu Sea. The ships sank and the wreckage of the broken warships. He felt a pity, but the fire did not burn.

The wish to seize several advanced warships should have been vain, but it still has some hope. The value of the seventeen main battleships can be repaired as long as the keel is not damaged.

Heavy footsteps sounded behind him, and Ma Cheng turned around and saw a team of dejected Dutch officers who were escorted up under the leadership of a colonel. The colonel had brown hair, blue eyes and beautiful mustache, so

The military and civilians from Fujian were amazed. It was the first time in their lives that they had seen a high-ranking official from a red-haired man. More than a dozen school officials and lieutenants were led by the colonel. Most of them were still wearing straight tuxedos and dressed up on Sundays.

With countless pairs of eyes on, Zheng Zhilong rushed over to serve as a translator: "Master of the town, Master of the Ministry, this is Mr. Van Bronville, the commander of the Dutch Expeditionary Force."

Ma Cheng smiled, Nan Juyi glared at his eyes and said, "I am the governor of Fujian, Nan Juyi, ask him who the land under his feet belongs to, and listen to him!"

Zheng Zhilong did not dare to neglect and translated in a hurry, and the colonel replied helplessly: "It is the land of the Ming Dynasty."

Nan Juyi said with satisfaction: "Since it is the land of our dynasty, you are an unrighteous army and a prisoner under the ranks. This surrender is indispensable for apologizing for punishment, and listen to him."

Zheng Zhilong's embarrassing translation, but the colonel was anxious and refused to write a confession, yelling that the defeat was only the expeditionary fleet rather than the Royal Dutch Navy. He had no right to sign a surrender agreement, which was an insult to the Dutch royal family.

The Dutch officers also became excited and shouted that they could not insult the dignity of the Royal Dutch Navy. The military and civilians from Fujian far and near started to discuss, not understanding why these red-haired people suddenly became furious.

Ma Cheng's face turned cold, and the soldiers from both sides pulled out their swords in an orderly manner. The Dutch officers were startled and did not dare to yell again, but they still kept their necks and refused to write a surrender book. Mr. Nan snorted coldly

, Tanran ordered the person to be taken down first, train him slowly, and if you don't want to write, you'll die in prison. Looking at the old man's white and sparse hair, Ma Cheng secretly praised in his heart, this old man is really a rare pragmatic and smart generation

A capable minister.

This old man Nan must have studied the rules of the Westerners in private and quickly grasped the key to the matter. He insisted on forcing the Dutch fleet commander to sign a defeat statement and a defeat agreement. This sign would not be allowed

The rules of the Westerners that colonel is the local supreme commander and can represent the Dutch royal family with full authority. Once the defeat agreement is signed, compensation will be paid. If the Dutch Kingdom has to admit defeat, the Dutch Kingdom will have to admit defeat.

Of course, this was Mr. Nan who was willing to do so. The colonel would not sign even if he beat him to death.

Ma Cheng smiled and said in a deep voice: "Nan Gong, please come to the camp and watch."

Nanju's old man's face turned red and he said with a sigh: "Please please, Mr. Ma."

The two joined hands to enter the Dutch barracks. They were overjoyed to see them and actually seized an intact ammunition depot. The large amount of military ammunition sealed in the warehouse had not been unboxed. The overjoyed Nanjuyiming Governor Biaoying took the initiative to work as a laborer.

, and the boxes of brand new heavy mesh guns and spare naval guns were counted and moved away, but they were stopped by Macheng. Such a huge amount of seizure, the entire Dutch Expeditionary Fleet's complete arsenal is still in his own hands

Only in your hands are solid.

Ma Cheng whispered: "Stop being alone."

Nan Juyi was in high spirits, and he waved his hand to drive away his personal soldiers with a slight surprise. The two walked to an uninhabited place to discuss the use of these arms.

Nan Juyi was finally cautious and thought to himself: "Such a huge seizure cannot be concealed."

Ma Cheng whispered: "Mr. Nan is too cautious."

Nan Juyi thought about it carefully and whispered: "Have you changed by King Xin?"

He always talks with smart people with great ease, and Ma Cheng's expression remains unchanged: "Check his words, observe his actions, and make plans."

Nan Juyi's eyes became fierce and he said furiously: "Ma Cheng, how dare you deceive the emperor?"

Ma Cheng said unhappily: "Your Duke Nan, you are too presumptuous, the emperor is still fine."

Nan Juyi was silent for a moment before whispering: "I wrote a letter from Beijing yesterday, and I wrote to the king and the country."

Ma Cheng was stunned and felt unhappy, but he had no choice but to do anything. King Xin Jianguo was the emperor's intention. The emperor really loved King Xin, the younger brother, and refused to die. He also wanted to clear everything on the way to ascend the throne for his brother.

Obstacle, is there such an emperor in this world who values ​​love and righteousness? Thinking of the incompetent Emperor Chongzhen, who ascended the throne, he overturned his brother's political legacy as soon as he ascended the throne. He is really the number one fool from ancient times to the present.

After a moment of pause, Ma Cheng tactfully advised: "Mr. Nan, the red-haired man has suffered such a loss and will fight back. Leaving this batch of weapons is of great use."

Nan Juyi's face froze and finally nodded: "Well, you fought the battle, you can deal with this batch of weapons."

Ma Chengxi said: "Nan Gong is wise."

Nan Juyi took off his official hat and sorted out his sparse and gray hair. Suddenly, he was old and sighed: "Forget it, I won't block your way. You are a descendant of Ma Fang, a boy from the Qi family, and a young man from the Qin family are mixed with you.

, it will not be a traitor, the world will follow you young people."

Ma Cheng respectfully agreed, this is the deep-rooted concept of the Ming Dynasty. After famous generals and loyal ministers, the possibility of a rebellious minister is extremely low. The nobles of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming generals were passed down from generation to generation, which is extremely

Those who valued their origins, it was difficult to get into the position of a senior general without a good origin. Naturally, all this changed in the Chongzhen Dynasty, and the military power in the hands of these loyal ministers and generals was completely usurped by the Donglin Party.

Two days later, the results of the battle will be counted.

More than 1,800 Dutch corpses were salvaged from Pinghu Harbor, more than 1,000 corpses were buried on the island, and more than 4,000 people were captured alive, including four complete heavy-rail battalions, all of which were blocked in the military camp and were all captured in one go.

A complete ammunition warehouse, with a brand new Spanish heavy-core gun in stock, more than 60 spare naval guns, armored axes and ammunition piled up like mountains, and a large amount of raw silk, tea and porcelain goods in the warehouse are worth one million taels of silver.
Chapter completed!