Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 491

All the people living in Batavia Castle were Dutch, and others were not allowed to enter at all, but this time Van Diemen made an exception and allowed a group of mercenaries to enter.

The number of mercenaries is around 2000. As Maiden said, the Japanese ronin accounted for more than [-], and the other mercenaries were all black.

In Batavia Castle, Governor Van Diemen never used native soldiers, nor did he use Ming people as soldiers. He didn't trust these people at all.

The Ming people have always been easier to manage, but the natives are completely different. Not only are they incapable of working, but they also have no discipline.

But they are natives, and they cannot kill them all. In order to appease the locals, Van Diemen often arranges some natives as security personnel to manage the Ming people.

Gradually, the natives began to obey Van Diemen. Not only can they get money if they don’t work, but they can also show off their power on the heads of the rich. Who wouldn’t want it!
When Qi Jiguang led the Qi family army to land in Rotterdam, Shi Lang and Huang Fei led two fleets, and they also wiped out the forts on the coast in the other two directions.

After the fort was cleared by the navy, Zhou Da and Huang Degong led the Longteng Army and the Pingkou Army to land respectively.

But both directions of them are steep cliffs, which can be climbed by people, but cannot be landed by war horses.

Both Zhou Da and Huang Degong decided without hesitation to leave the horses on the warship. They personally led the army to land on foot, and then Shi Lang and Huang Fei sent the horses to Batavia from Rotterdam.

Fan Diemen did not expect that Daming would attack Batavia in four directions, and the two directions of them were cliffs. Generally, it is unlikely to choose this direction for landing, and there are not many troops deployed.

As a result, Huang Degong and Zhou Da went ashore without any difficulty, and killed everyone they saw, sweeping all the way, and they were the first to kill under the Batavia Castle, leaving behind them many corpses of the natives.

Standing under the Batavia Castle, Huang Degong and Zhou Dacai discovered that their two armies were the closest to the Batavia Castle, only about three kilometers away.

The most difficult thing to fight was of course Zhu Youjian's journey. It took half an hour to knock down the Rotterdam Gate, and the battleship went straight to Batavia Castle along the water.

As soon as they arrived at the water gate, the shore guns above began to bombard the iron-clad warship. They were condescending and knocked down the observation posts of the Dayu, and the two sentries were killed on the spot.

These are the only two soldiers of the Ming Fleet who have died in battle so far. Compared with the Dutch soldiers who suffered thousands of casualties, they are definitely a complete victory.

Even so, after receiving the report, Zhu Youjian was still furious:
"Decree to blow up everything within one kilometer of the water gate. I want to see where the red hair and the natives are hiding."

"According to the purpose"

As the saying goes, when the emperor was angry and laid down millions of corpses, and Zhu Youjian gave an order, thousands of Ming naval guns began to rage near the water gate.

Then the Ming Fleet used flowering bombs to bomb indiscriminately near the water gate. It can be said that it is difficult to see living people within one kilometer of the water gate.

After the sound of the cannons, Qi's army went into battle. Countless aborigines were killed in the bombing just now. As long as they saw the Ming soldiers, they would immediately run around as if they saw a plague god.

But they all fell under the gunshots of Qi's army, and the Qi's army rushed towards Batavia Castle without stopping.

More than 1 aborigines who escaped from Li Dingguo and his men thought that their lives would be safe, but unfortunately they met Qi's army.

This group of people are summoners, much colder than Li Dingguo and the others. They don't care who they kill or how many people they kill, they only know how to execute orders.

Thousands of rifled guns were put down, and then the cavalry attacked, and the horses quickly shuttled through the indigenous crowd. The cavalry's Mo Dao in their hands flashed coldly, and blood spattered one after another.

This group of barbaric aborigines who hunted down Ming people, burned their homes, robbed their property, and raped Ming people's women finally tasted what real brutality and cold-bloodedness is today.

Thousands of people howled and ran to the river, but they still did not escape. They were hacked and killed one after another on the side and in the river, and the river was stained red with their dirty blood.

If Zhu Youjian was here, he must know that this river is the famous Hongxi River in history, which is also the place where the tragedy of the Ming people happened, but the one who fell into the river today was the aborigine who slaughtered the Ming people.

The Hongxi River tragedy in history has been rewritten by Zhu Youjian, and it will never happen again, but it is those executioners who were slaughtered in Hongxi River today.

When Batavia governor Fan Dimen received the report that the Ming army had already attacked the castle, he immediately ordered the mercenaries to go out of the city to meet the enemy.

And all the Dutch soldiers were standing on the city wall, holding flintlock guns in their hands and waiting for them. With these mercenaries who wanted money and life as cannon fodder, the Dutch soldiers would not easily rush to the front line.

More than 2000 Japanese ronin mercenaries rushed out of Batavia Castle screaming, with samurai swords on their waists and flintlock guns in their hands, and quickly set up formations under the city.

What they were facing was the Qi family army who had just arrived at the castle, and at this time Zhu Youjian, under the protection of a group of guards, also came to Qi Jiguang's side.

Standing on his left and right were Cao Zhengchun, governor of the East Factory, and Qinglong, the commander of Jinyiwei. After they boarded the boat, they hardly took a step away from Zhu Youjian, and the same was true when they got off the boat.

Qi Jiguang looked at these mercenaries coldly, and with a wave of his hand, Qi's army immediately formed an array, and two hundred mortars were installed at the same time.

Seeing the formation of the Ming army, the Japanese mercenaries raised their flintlock guns one after another, ready to shoot at the Ming army at any time.

Facing the Ming army with superior numbers, these Japanese mercenaries were not nervous at all, on the contrary, there was a sneer on the corner of their mouths.

They still don't know that the coach on the opposite side is Qi Jiguang, who has made the Japanese flee at a loss in history. Qi Jiguang has never been a hero in war, and he never fights alone. In his philosophy, as long as he can win a battle, it is more important than anything else.

Qi Jiguang is famous for fighting the Japanese pirates, so of course he would not pay attention to these Japanese vagrants, he waved to Huang Ming, and Huang Ming immediately ran to his side:
"Captain, what are your orders?"

Qi Jiguang pointed to the spear formation formed by Japanese rogues and said:
"Huang Ming, let the artillerymen test the power of the artillery."

"Yes"

Huang Ming hurriedly clasped his fists to accept the order, and then took out the walkie-talkie:

"The artillery is ready, immediately fire at the dwarf on the opposite side."

"Yes"

In the hearts of Japanese people, Ming people are big softies, and they are not afraid at all. Besides, the governor has promised that if he kills a Ming soldier, the governor will reward him with five silver coins.

The leader of the mercenaries is Shankou Cuide. In his eyes, the Ming army on the opposite side is equivalent to pieces of silver coins. He decided to encourage the mercenaries under his command:
"Brothers, look at the other side. They are the softies of the Ming Dynasty. The governor said that killing a Ming army rewards five silver coins. This transaction is a gift for us..."

"Boom"

"Boom"

……

Before Yamaguchi Chitoku could finish his words, countless shells exploded in the Japanese mercenary formation...

(End of this chapter)