As a famous general in the late Ming Dynasty, Zeng Ying had been fighting wars in the past few years, so how could he not be wary of reinforcements that might be sent from Relanja City?
When the five hundred Dutch reinforcements, carrying torches, left the city of Geranje and were halfway there, suddenly, crossbows, bows and arrows, throwing axes and other cold weapons flew out of the darkness.
"ah……"
Because the Dutch had entered the age of firearms, they no longer wore armor. When they were suddenly attacked, there was a scream.
Fight back, you can't even see where your opponent is? There's no way you can fight back!
After firing a random shot, he no longer cared about reinforcements and hurried back to the city of Relanja.
On the Ming army's side, they originally thought about whether they could follow up. But unfortunately, there were still a lot of Dutchmen in the city of Relanje, and they had no chance despite being well-positioned.
This was an interlude, and everyone's eyes turned to the fort on the top of the mountain.
I saw that the fire dragons from the Ming Dynasty's reinforcements had reached the top of the mountain. There was no need to climb anymore. The city gate had been opened by Li Ding from the inside. In fact, without the need for reinforcements, the war inside the fort was already stable!
When the sky lightened up, the fighting at the Fort was over. Unlike in the original history, the Dutch chose to blow up the Fort after Zheng Chenggong's men invaded.
The reason for this is very likely that in the original history, Zheng Chenggong's army besieged the fort for a long time and finally attacked it by force. For this reason, the Dutch inside had made various preparations and could not hold it.
Just blowing it up was their last resort.
But in this dimension, on the first night when the Ming army arrived, they were attacked from both inside and outside. The Dutch were unable to distinguish the situation at all. In such a confusing battle, it was impossible to blow up the entire fort.
After all, in this era, black powder is used, and the power of the explosion is limited. It is necessary to lay out all parts of the castle in advance and ignite them together to blow up the castle to the maximum extent.
At this time, under the morning light, a new day came. The soldiers of the Ming army, wearing red shirts, stood everywhere in the castle, looking at their comrades inside the castle, escorting groups of Dutchmen out of the castle. Those laborers
, are still busy, carrying all their companions who died in the battle to the empty square in the castle to check their identities.
Zeng Ying arrived at the fort quickly. Both Li Ding and Yu Chong were fine, so they hurried over to greet them and at the same time reported the fighting situation at the fort.
"Two hundred and thirty-six Hongyi prisoners were captured, of which 86 were slightly injured. The number of dead Hongyi people has not yet been counted, and there are probably more than a hundred."
"Thirty-two of our brothers were killed in the battle, sixty-three were slightly injured, and five were seriously injured. There was a madman on his grandmother's side, and he lit a powder keg on fire."
"We didn't have a chance, but the people imprisoned inside rose up and resisted, giving us a chance to take over the city. The man leading the charge is him, his name is Guo Huaiyi, and he is from Xiamen, Fujian."
"Half of the Dutch were killed by them. They were all men!"
"..."
After listening to the report, when Guo Huai saw Zeng Ying looking at him, he quickly clasped his fists in salute and said: "Guo Huaiyi, a common man, has met your Excellency!"
Zeng Ying looked at him and couldn't help but secretly praise him, he was a man. He saw that his body was covered in blood, but it seemed that he was not injured, which meant that the bloodstains on his body were from his enemies.
As the saying goes, heroes value heroes. As soon as Zeng Ying saw Guo Huaiyi, he immediately felt very fond of him. He immediately smiled and said to him: "Yes, he is a man. Are you willing to join our army and serve the imperial court?"
When Guo Huai heard his compliment, he felt very grateful. At the same time, he also said a little curiously: "The common people are willing to serve the Zheng family, but it sounds a bit strange. We in Fujian don't seem to have an accent like adults?"
When Zeng Ying heard this, he couldn't help but have a new understanding of the power of the Zheng family. He had already heard about how powerful the Zheng family was in Fujian. But before, the impression was not deep, at least he couldn't feel it.
, Zheng Zhilong was fighting against the rebels in the north; Zheng Sen was a fellow commander of the Jinyiwei, both of whom were not in Fujian.
But after listening to the words of the man in front of him, he clearly said it was the imperial court, but in the end he still identified the Zheng family!
After thinking about it, he said to Guo Huaiyi: "This general is from Sichuan. He was ordered to be transferred to the Luzon Expeditionary Force as deputy general. The commander-in-chief is Marshal Zheng Zhibao, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Navy. There is no Zheng family here. It is the Southern Navy of the imperial court.
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When Guo Huai heard this one by one, he was immediately shocked: What, the Luzon Expeditionary Force? Does this mean that it is not specifically here to fight the Dutch, but to fight against Luzon?
At this moment, he really couldn't believe it.
As a Fujianese, how could I not know about the several massacres of Ming people by the Xiyi people in Luzon? The Fujian people were disappointed every time by the imperial court's response. They had no hope at all for the imperial court, but then they heard that the imperial court was established.
The Luzon Expeditionary Force!
After being shocked for a while, he still didn't believe it. When he came back to his senses, he immediately confirmed excitedly: "Sir, don't lie to the common people. This is really not from the Zheng family, but from the imperial army, and they are going to fight against Luzon."
Xiyi?"
Seeing how excited he was, Zeng Ying nodded and said: "Your Majesty has decreed that the barbarians in the west of Luzon massacre our Ming people, and this revenge must be avenged!"
As soon as Guo Huai heard this, he was stunned again. He looked at Zeng Ying and then at the other court officers. Suddenly he came to his senses and immediately turned around and shouted: "Seal dog, sea dog, your revenge will be avenged.
You can take revenge..."
Hearing his shouting, many people looked over at him. One of the workers, who was a little younger than Guo Huaiyi, was so surprised that he rushed over and quickly asked Guo Huai: "Brother Guo
, what kind of revenge can be avenged? Can revenge be really possible?"
Guo Huaiyi did not answer his words, grabbed his arm, turned to Zeng Ying and said: "Sir, he escaped from Luzon this time, and his whole family was killed by the Western Barbarians of Luzon. He knows the situation in Luzon and can do something for you."
Efficacy!”
When he greeted the seal before, he shouted in dialect, which Zeng Ying couldn't understand. But when he reported to him now, he used Mandarin. Zeng Ying naturally understood it, and he was very happy at once, so he asked the seal:
: "Who else escaped from Luzon? They were all found and served as guides for the army to conquer Luzon!"
The sea dog was inexplicably excited when he heard it. He nodded repeatedly, but was speechless.
Really, he has never thought about revenge. It's not that he doesn't want to take revenge, but he doesn't have the ability! The pain of missing his dead relatives often tortures him.
At this moment, he suddenly said that this army was going to Luzon to take revenge. He didn't care about anything, he just wanted to take revenge.
When he came back to his senses, he immediately shouted at the top of his voice, quickly summoned five or six people, and then said to Zeng Ying with excitement on his face: "Sir, there are a few more in the mountains, all of whom escaped from Luzon.
Yes, willing to lead the army, we want revenge!"
Others didn't know the whole thing, but when they heard that they could go to Luzon for revenge, they all nodded excitedly, like chickens pecking at rice.
So Zeng Ying asked Li Ding to write down the names of each of them and report back to the army.
At this time, the situation inside the castle has also been taken into account.
More than 1,100 workers were suffocated in the cellar, and more than 200 of them were suffocated to death. These were mostly the most obedient workers. The first ones to enter the cellar, and the group of people furthest from the cellar entrance were mostly local indigenous people.
There were more than 130 workers who died in the war, including those who were seriously injured and could not be treated. There were more than 200 workers who were slightly injured.
Afterwards, military intelligence went to the central army and the fort to clear out the ordnance, especially the artillery, and repositioned it so that the muzzle of the gun was aimed at the city of Relanja below.
It's numb, it's really numb!
After daybreak, all the Dutch people on the Fort Relanja side, including Kui Yi, stared blankly at the other side of the Fort.
On the castle, the flag of the Ming Dynasty was flying, which was very dazzling. You could also see the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty wearing red military uniforms, busy there. You didn't need a telescope to know that the Ming Dynasty army was redeploying artillery.
Kui turned his head and looked to the north, across from the inner harbor of Taijiang River. The artillery of the Ming army had been deployed and blocked the outlet to the sea.
In just one day and one night, the originally thought-fortified city of Relanja was in dire straits!
God, even if you don’t bless me, don’t make things worse!
At this moment, Kui Yi really couldn't understand, how could this happen?
Turning around and looking to the east, on the inner sea of Taijiang River, Ming warships began to gather again.
The sailing battleship that escaped yesterday was said to have damaged a Ming Dynasty-type iron-clad battleship, but there are at least three left, and it seems that the cannons on the armored battleship have a range greater than theirs.
Looking at the Ming Dynasty's posture, are they going to sink all the ships in the port of Relanja City?
If this really happened, there would really be no chance of escape.
With this thought in his mind, Kui Yi turned his head and looked towards the sea.
The fifteen sailing battleships that went out yesterday can still be seen. However, the Ming army is guarded by about two hundred battleships, which scares the fifteen sailing battleships and does not dare to approach at all.
At this time, Kuiyi already had experience. He could tell from so many warships that there were also four weird armored and smoking warships mixed in. If there was no smoke, it would be really difficult to find them.
In addition, the three Portuguese sailing warships are also there.
After watching this scene, Kui Yi suddenly said to his subordinates: "Send more people to negotiate peace with the Ming army!"
After hearing this, his subordinates reminded: "Your Majesty the Governor, the Ming army wants us to surrender unconditionally!"
Unconditional surrender is absolutely impossible to accept!
This is an insult to the Netherlands!
After hearing this, Kui shouted sternly: "Let's talk again. If we don't talk well, then we will stick to it to the end and see how much price they have to pay!"
After hearing this, his men did not dare to contradict the obviously furious Governor, and immediately went to make arrangements.
But this time, those who went back came back much faster than yesterday, and there was only one answer: unconditional surrender!