Ming Zuo

Chapter 1185 Xia Country's Hostility

"General, the Xia Kingdom is invincible. Fortunately, we are allies and we must maintain this relationship."

Watching the whole process of Xia Jun's attack, the Dutch officers were all trembling and terrified.

Xia Jun's weapons were completely beyond their imagination.

Even in Europe, the city of Santo Domingo is quite a strong castle.

With the current military level of European countries, it will take at least half a year to break through such a castle, and tens of thousands of troops must be concentrated.

But such a strong castle, in front of Xia Jun's artillery, was smashed to pieces in minutes.

Putmans had already seen with his own eyes that Xia Jun's soldiers began to climb up the city wall.

The Spanish soldiers behind the low wall, who were lucky enough to survive, dropped their weapons and surrendered on their knees.Their terrified eyes proved that they had completely lost the courage to resist.

No trace of resistance can be seen on the city wall.

Even the Spanish soldiers who stood up in a daze were hit by concentrated fire from the Xia army's muskets, and their bodies were beaten into hornets' nests.

"With an ally like this, the future looks bright for the Netherlands."

Putmans thought like the other officers.

He decided to write a report after returning home, reminding the rulers in the country to pay more attention to the existence of the Xia Kingdom.

The resistance of the city of Santo Domingo did not even add up to an hour.

Lausa Gonzalez, together with the fifty-three surviving soldiers, obediently threw away their weapons and became prisoners of the Xia Army.

The Spanish civilians in the city cried loudly, not knowing what fate awaited them.

Gonzalez was led to Zuo Hua.

"Dear General, I don't know where you came from? Why are you attacking Spanish territory?"

The Spaniards are still ignorant of the changes that have taken place on the island of Taiwan.But when he saw the Dutchman beside Zuo Hua, Gonzalez vaguely guessed something.

The other party was just a little captain, Zuo Hua didn't have the heart to discuss anything with him, but gave instructions to the interpreter.

"Ask him, how many troops does San Salvador have? And what's the terrain like?"

The interpreter took the lead and conveyed it to Gonzales.

Hearing that these strange enemies were going to attack the city of San Salvador, Gonzalez was shocked and angry, and shut up.

Zuo Hua has no patience.

"Pull it down and shoot it."

Immediately, two soldiers rushed forward, dragging Gonzales to the distance.

Gonzales panicked on the spot when he saw the ferocious side of the soldiers of the Xia Army.

"I say! I say it all! Please don't kill me!"

Seeing that he finally gave in, Zuo Hua despised him.

"Hmph, bitch."

Seeing Zuo Hua's very bad attitude towards the Spaniards, Putmans was a little strange.

"General Zuo, according to the rules of your Xia army, shouldn't prisoners be treated preferentially? Why are you yelling at these Spaniards?"

Speaking of this, Zuo Hua became angry.

"Thirty years ago, these damn Spaniards injured more than [-] Han Chinese in Manila. How polite are you to these devils? If it weren't for the military law of our Xia army, I would have killed them all." Empty."

Putmans suddenly realized.

He also heard about what the Spaniards did back then, but he didn't take it seriously.

The crimes committed by these European colonists around the world are too numerous to describe.Don't say that the eldest brother is black, it's all a virtue.

But in China, it is definitely not acceptable.

Although Zuo Menggeng has always paid attention to the ideological construction of the Xia army, so as not to let this army become a terrible devil.But when he heard that his compatriots were massacred, Xia Jun couldn't help being angry.

Even if you don't pay back your blood, you won't be too polite to the Spaniards.

"As far as we know, the Spaniards are not strong in Taiwan. You can send this Spanish officer to San Salvador to urge the Spaniards to surrender."

Zuo Hua was quite proud.

"Since the Spaniards are not strong enough, they just fight. Why do we have to persuade them to surrender? Even if we can successfully persuade Taiwan to surrender, what about Luzon? Will the Spaniards give up quickly?"

Putmans was stunned when he heard this, and then he laughed and shook his head.

Luzon's status in Spain is very important, and it is impossible to let it out even if it is killed.

This is also the reason why Xia Guo joined forces with the Netherlands to launch a war against the Spaniards.

If you don't let it out, then grab it.

And this is Xia Guo's plan.

For the Spaniards, there is no need to negotiate a peace at all, just fight.

Not only are we going to fight now, but we will also fight in the future, and even more so, we have to fight all over the world.

After capturing the city of Santo Domingo, the Xia army did not delay.Only one company of soldiers was left to maintain order and help the following officials to straighten the situation.

The army continued to board the ship and headed straight for San Salvador along the coast of Taiwan.

The castle was the center of Spanish rule in northern Taiwan.

The Spanish governor in Taiwan is stationed here.

The city of San Salvador is not on the mainland of Taiwan, but on Sheliao Island (later Heping Island) near the sea.

When the Spaniards invaded Taiwan, they found that the aborigines on the island had very simple weapons and no ability to cross the sea, so they built the castle on Sheliao Island.

In this way, absolute safety can be maintained without worrying about being attacked by the aborigines.

The Spaniards had a good idea, but they didn't expect that one day the enemy would come from the sea.

The small land of Sheliao Island is almost clear at a glance except for some low hillsides in the middle.

When the East China Sea Fleet rushed in, the Spaniards were completely panicked.

Several warships docked in the port rushed to fight, and the ending was no better than the previous one.

The East China Sea Fleet has a total of six third-tier battleships, equipped with breech-loading blasting shells with extremely long range.

The Spaniards in the castle originally had high hopes for the warship, but when they saw that their warship was directly destroyed after being hit by a shell, they were all dumbfounded.

"It's from the Xia Kingdom!"

The governor of Taiwan, Enna Domingo, was finally well-informed and recognized the identity of the enemy.

But that didn't make him feel much better.

"Why did the Xia people attack us?"

There is no friendship between Spain and Xia, but there is no conflict either.For this sudden attack, Domingo was completely puzzled.

But Xia Guo's hostility made him feel cold all over.

The few warships on the sea have all been completely destroyed by the East China Sea Fleet.

The broken logs floating everywhere, and the flags undulating with the waves are all like the situation of San Salvador.

Although the Spanish sailors who fell into the water were rescued by the Xia State Navy, they were all tightly bound one by one, and their fate was beyond their control.

"Mr. Governor, the Xia army has begun to land."

The Spaniards in the castle had no idea what to do and could only pin all their hopes on Domingo.

But Domingo compared the strength of the two sides and felt only deep despair.

(End of this chapter)