Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 233
However, Zheng Zhilong no longer needs to pretend to be "harmless to humans and animals" at this time, nor does he need to pretend that everything depends on Hans Putmans and the Helan people. It can be said that it is time to "picture the poor" "See you".

Under the command of Zheng Zhihu, ten giant steel cannons blasted the city wall of San Salvador City one after another. A hole was quickly blown out of the city wall of San Salvador City. The city wall collapsed, exposing the buildings and streets in the city.

Zheng Zhilong turned to look at Hans Putmans beside him, smiled and said: "Governor Hans, now is the time for the Helan people to show their talents!"

When Hans Putmans heard this, he naturally understood that Zheng Zhilong wanted him to take Helan soldiers to explore the city first. Although the city wall has been blown up, the situation inside the city is unknown. If there is an ambush by the French army, there will inevitably be casualties.

But even if you know, what's the use?How could Hans Putmans dare to disobey Zheng Zhilong's orders now?
Hans Putmans had no choice but to bite the bullet and nodded in agreement. He gave orders to his Helan soldiers and sent a thousand Helan soldiers as forwards to rush into the city to explore the way.

The result was naturally not what Hans Putmans expected. As soon as the Helan soldiers rushed into the city, they heard the sound of dense firecrackers coming from the city, which made Hans Putmans clenched his teeth nervously. .

About a quarter of an hour later, a Helan soldier appeared at the breach in the city wall, waving in this direction.

Hans Putmans was relieved when he saw this, and said to Zheng Zhilong: "Zheng, it seems that the Franji people inside have been defeated by our army, we can enter the city!"

Zheng Zhilong nodded, but did not give any orders to his subordinates. Instead, he looked at Hans Putmans with a smile and said nothing.

Hans Putman immediately understood what Zheng Zhilong meant. He still wanted the Helan soldiers to push forward, so he had to let the remaining [-] Helan soldiers enter the city first, but he himself stayed behind. He stopped and didn't dare to follow.

Zheng Zhilong looked at this foreigner who cherished his life and couldn't help but sneered and ignored him. When there were no more gunshots in the city and white flags were hung on the city walls, Zheng Zhilong then led his army through the city gate opened by Helan soldiers. Go into the city of San Salvador.

Before Zheng Zhilong entered the city, he asked Zheng Zhihu to fire several flares into the sky. There were no special flares in this era, so it was more like a few rounds of fireworks.

In any case, these fireworks bombs were enough to send a signal to Zheng Zhibao at sea. After Zheng Zhibao saw the signal, he immediately ordered all warships to stop firing, and then led the fleet to slowly enter the port and dock.

At this time, in the city of San Salvador, the weapons of the Franco soldiers have been confiscated. Alcarazo, the commander of the Franco, has long lost his hat. He is covered in dirt and looks quite embarrassed. He stands with his head lowered. The front of the robot army.

The Holanders stood in two rows facing each other on both sides of the road into the city, each with their heads held high and their chests high, looking energetic. Hans Putmans had a smile on his face, and he couldn't stop praising loudly: "Well done, boys, you have another great victory!"

Zheng Zhilong's expression was as usual, showing no signs of joy or anger. It seemed that the victory over San Salvador City did not make him feel very excited.

In the past, Hans Putmans would have taken charge of the aftermath of the war, but now Hans Putmans did not dare to make the decision without authorization. Instead, he turned back to look at Zheng Zhilong, with a smile on his face. Asked: "Zheng, what should we do with these Franji people?"

Zheng Zhilong glanced at the defeated remnants of the hundreds of Franjis and the dejected Alcarazo, and directly ordered Zheng Zhihu: "Catch them all and send them back to the capital after Dongfan Island is recovered." , leave it to the imperial court!"

Hearing this, Alcarazo was startled, suddenly came to his senses, looked up at Zheng Zhilong and shouted: "Zheng Yiguan, how could you do this to me? I am the governor appointed by the King of Spain himself. You have no right." Deal with me, or declare war on the Spanish dynasty!"

Hans Putmans was also taken aback. He hurriedly ran to Zheng Zhilong and dissuaded him in a low voice: "Zheng, according to international conventions, you should repatriate Alcalazo and let him face trial in the Kingdom of Spain. That’s right!”

After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong seemed to have heard some big joke. He laughed loudly, then looked solemn and shouted coldly: "International Convention?! A convention without the participation of Ming Dynasty deserves to be called an international convention?! You secretly invaded our Ming Dynasty’s territory, and now you are my Ming Dynasty’s war criminals. You must obey my Ming Dynasty’s orders whether you want to kill or behead!”

After saying this, Zheng Zhilong took two steps forward, stared at Alcarazo with narrowed eyes, and said: "You said that I was declaring war on the Spanish dynasty. You are right. I will tell you today, if you dare to stop me Anyone who leads the Ming Dynasty's army will be shattered into pieces and die without a burial place!"

Alcarazo was suddenly startled, his legs went weak, his face turned earth-colored, and he slumped to the ground.

Zheng Zhilong didn't rest for a moment. After lowering Alcalazo and Franji into prison, he left a thousand Ming troops to guard the city of San Salvador, and led most of them to Tamsui to attack the city of Santo Domingo.

Hans Putmans did not expect that Zheng Zhilong would not give up after capturing the city of San Salvador, and would even go to attack the city of Santo Domingo. It seems that Zheng Zhilong did not take all the power of the Franji people on Dongfan Island Pulling it out will never give up.

Before Zheng Zhilong set off for the city of Santo Domingo in Tamsui, he also asked Zheng Zhihu to fire several flares to control Zheng Zhibao's fleet and set off to the waters along the Tamsui coast to coordinate the attack on the city of Santo Domingo from the sea.

The chicken coop is not far from Tamsui. There was such a big commotion in the city of San Salvador in the chicken coop. How could the city of Santo Domingo in Tamsui not notice it?
Gesman, the governor of Santo Domingo City, has sent people to investigate the situation near San Salvador City. At this time, he already knew the news that San Salvador City was besieged by Zheng Zhilong and Hans Putmans. Now he was as anxious as fever. The ants on the pot are like swarming around.

The city of Santo Domingo was built later than the city of San Salvador. The city is not large and there is no bastion. The strongest building is a main castle in the city. In addition, there is only a governor's residence and a servant's residence in the city. , and the strength of the city wall is far inferior to that of San Salvador, so it is impossible to resist the attack of Zheng Zhilong and Hans Putmans.

Gesman had no choice but to send people to Manila for help. However, what shocked Gesman was that the city of San Salvador was captured by the coalition forces of Zheng Zhilong and Hans Putmans before it could hold out for even an hour. Gesman After learning the bad news, he made a quick decision, packed his luggage and ran away by boat.After Gesman, the governor-general of Tamsui, abandoned the city and fled, the more than a thousand soldiers and servants under him naturally dispersed. By the time Zheng Zhilong led his army to the city of Santo Domingo, the city of Santo Domingo was It has become an empty city.

Zheng Zhilong sent people to search for traces of the Francois in the city of Santo Domingo. In the end, only a dozen Francois soldiers and servants were captured. The reason why these people did not leave was because some of the servants had nowhere to escape. , and some people are greedy for property and want to find some money in the chaos, so they delay their escape.

After Zheng Zhilong took over the city of Santo Domingo, he moved directly into the governor's palace, and then sent people to prepare meat and wine, and asked his subordinates to start cooking. Although he attacked the city of San Salvador and the capital of Santo Domingo It didn't take much time, but the whole day's running around did make the army a little tired.

Most of the supplies in the city of Santo Domingo had been moved away by the Francois, but Zheng Zhilong's fleet had ships transporting supplies. After the ships docked, people brought wine, food, rice and vegetables ashore. Zheng Zhilong held a banquet that night to celebrate.

Hans Putmans was also in a good mood at this time. Now that both Franji cities have been captured and the Franji people have been expelled, no one on Dongfan Island will oppose the Helan people anymore. .

Of course, Hans Putmans did not expect that the Zheng family would share a share of the pie with the Helan people on Dongfan Island in the future, but he believed that as long as he strengthened cooperation with the Zheng family and maintained a good relationship, a kind of harmony could still be achieved. A win-win balanced situation.

But what he never expected was that Zheng Zhilong had no intention of continuing to cooperate with the Helan people, nor did he intend to let the Helan people stay on Dongfan Island. Not only that, Zheng Zhilong was not going to deal with the Helan people in the next step. But now they are attacking the city of Relanja of the Holan people.

After drinking for three rounds, Zheng Zhilong put down his wine glass, slowly looked at Hans Putmans, and said: "Governor Hans, now that the Franji people have left Dongfan Island, I wonder how you and the Lan people are doing. Planned?"

Hans Putman was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to Zheng Zhilong with an astonished expression, "Zheng, what do you mean by this?"

Hans Putmans naturally knew that Zheng Zhilong's words had a profound meaning. He rolled his eyes and hurriedly said with a smile: "Now that the Zheng family has taken over Dongfan Island, then we and the Lan people will naturally regard the Zheng family as Following the horse's lead, we will join forces from now on to create great achievements together!"

Zheng Zhilong sneered, shook his head slowly, and said: "There is no need to create a great cause together. Since Governor Hans said you are willing to obey my arrangements, my plan is to ask you to leave Dongfan Island. I have already As I said, this Dongfan Island is the land of our Ming Dynasty, how can we allow you and other Thai and Western barbarians to stay here!"

After saying this, Zheng Zhihu who was beside Zheng Zhilong immediately got up and drew his sword, and the guards standing in the house also aimed their firecrackers at Hans Putmans.

Hans Putmans did not expect that Zheng Zhilong would fall out at any time, and looking at his posture, it seemed that it was no longer easy to talk and negotiate. He immediately became angry and said: "Zheng Yiguan, you have no credibility, you are so Lifting it is like killing the donkey by removing the mill!"

When Zheng Zhilong heard what Hans Putmans said, he burst into laughter on the spot, "You old red-haired ghost, why are you scolding yourself in a hurry? If you don't know how to use our Ming Dynasty idioms, why don't you stop talking about it!" "

How could Hans Putmans not know that he had made a slip of the tongue and used the wrong word? Now that he was being ridiculed by Zheng Zhilong, he was even more blushing. He could only imitate Alcarazo and say harsh words to scare people: "Zheng Yiguan, you are now betraying your trust." This move will definitely lead to punishment from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands will definitely take revenge on Daming and make Daming and you pay a heavy price!"

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but snorted coldly after hearing this, "You Taixi people are just good at talking. If you want revenge, then come and I guarantee you will never come back!"

Hans Putmans, let me tell you, now that your city of Geranze has been captured by our army, your two Galenic warships cannot even think of escaping. These are the things you should do for you. The price you pay for what you have done over the years! "

Then Zheng Zhilong asked Zheng Zhihu to capture Hans Putmans and imprison him. As for the Helan soldiers outside, they were also captured by the Ming army. These Helan soldiers were drinking wine and eating meat. Celebrating the victory, there was no defense at all, and the Ming army was easily subdued.

At the same time, Zheng Zhibao, who was staying on the warship, received the signal and directly sent people to climb onto the two Galen warships of the Helan people to seize the ships.

But he didn't expect that there were many Helan soldiers and crew members staying on top. As a result, the seizure of the ship did not go smoothly. After realizing Zheng's hostility towards him, the two Helan Galen warships immediately set sail and began to head to the southern seas. Escape.

At this time, the north wind was blowing, and the Helan people's two Galen warships were heading south with the wind, sailing at full sail, and soon sailed two or three miles away. At this time, the eight steam paddle-wheel warships of the Zheng family were just sailing south. The sail had just been hoisted, but it didn't even move much. This made the Orchid people on the boat suddenly feel lucky. It seemed that they could escape easily this time.

However, then they saw bursts of black smoke suddenly rising from the towering columns of Zheng's eight steam paddle-wheel warships, and then Zheng's eight steam paddle-wheel warships chased them. And the speed is getting faster and faster. At this speed, it will be a matter of time before they are caught up.

The captains of the two Helangelen warships immediately ordered to fire on the eight steam paddle-wheel warships of the Zheng family, and at the same time began to turn the rudder and adjust the sails to avoid the bombardment from the eight steam paddle-wheel warships of the Zheng family. From this point of view, and The Lan people still have a certain advantage. After all, they only have two warships, and the Galen warships are still very flexible at sea, while the Zheng family has eight warships, with dense targets and easier to hit.

The two Helangelen warships gradually adjusted to a tilted angle, aiming their broadsides at the eight steam paddle-wheel warships pursuing behind them. They could not only continue to move forward under the propeller of the sails, but also exert their maximum firepower. , so that all artillery can be fired at Zheng's eight steam paddle-wheel warships.

On the other hand, Zheng's eight steam paddle-wheel warships were sailing forward because they wanted to catch up with the Helan warships. The cannons on the sides were unable to work, and they could only use the steel giants on the front deck of the bow. There are only eight cannons in total, so they are somewhat disadvantaged in terms of firepower.

(End of this chapter)