Win the Ding 1617

Guo Huaiyi struggled to slowly move his body down from the roof, and descended from a high place along the long bamboo ladder. When he reached the ground, he was still in shock.

Compared with the bloody battle between the two armies, the artillery confrontation just now was worse than it was.

The heavy artillery of the Dutch at the head of the city, through the joint efforts of soldiers, slaves, officials and even priests in the castle, barely adjusted the muzzle, and could bombard the artillery of the South China Army in front of Anping Town together with the eight-pound cannon.

He saw with his own eyes that a cannon hit a corpse first, blowing up a black arm and several bloody arrows.I jumped a few more times in the pile of corpses, smashing a few corpses to death, and those red, black, and purple viscera flowed everywhere.The wild dogs who didn't know where they came from, braved the gunfire and looked for a delicious dinner among the dead people with great interest.

And those sword and shield soldiers, before the intensive artillery fire started, escorted more than [-] captives collected from the dead, and waved their spears towards the city a few times with a strong sense of demonstration. Dao, and then escorted this group of mixed team composed of alpine natives, blacks and Dutch, all the way back to the camp adjacent to Anping Town in a brazen manner!

Those who are waiting for these captives will be working as official slaves or other heavy physical and high-risk industries.

They were able to recover this life on the battlefield, and they had to thank their ancestors for not being too seriously injured.For those who were seriously injured or with mutilated limbs, they were gathered by sword and shield soldiers, and Miao Zhu from Tianhou Palace was asked to come forward and contact the city of Zeelandia, and let them take these hundreds of wounded soldiers back to the city.

Such an approach made Captain Bader scold in his heart.However, knowing that it is a trap and a pit of fire, I still have to jump!If you don't jump, you will lose the morale of the army, and you will be criticized by the people in the entire castle!

After barely receiving hundreds of wounded soldiers of varying severity, Captain Bader gave the order immediately.Open the sluice gates and fill the trenches outside the city of Zeelandia with water to prevent the South China Army from sneaking attacks or digging tunnels to carry out blasting. [

At the same time, the two city walls, the inner wall and the outer wall, especially the position of the artillery, were built high with straw bags and sandbags.Prevent bombardment of broken masonry from jumping and killing personnel.

After completing these defensive measures, Captain Bader ordered to fire!Use cannon fire to show these damn orientals a little "color"!

As a result, the large and small cannons on the inner and outer walls fired at the artillery positions of the South Central Army below the city, and the artillery of the South Central Army also began to fight back. For a while, the city went up and down the city.The cannons staggered back and forth, and the fighting was truly spectacular and tragic!

The Dutch's artillery fire above the city of Zeelandia relied on the advantage of being condescending and easy to aim at, and launched a bombardment of the South China Army artillery team below the city. Huge clods of dirt.

On the other hand, the artillery team of the South Central Army, relying on its own technical advantages, quantitative advantages, and good artillery position cover, launched an artillery attack on the cannons at the head of the city. The head of the city fell.Smashed the gate of the city tower and destroyed the crenels at the top of the city.

The two sides used nearly fifty cannons to bombard each other.

However, such intensive firepower did not cause much casualties and damage to artillery positions.The reason is that both sides piled up a large number of straw bags on their respective artillery positions, and used soil and sand to reduce the lethality of the artillery to the artillery and personnel.After the solid gun hits the ground, if it cannot hit the target directly, it can only rely on the jump of the gun to kill personnel and equipment.The pockets filled with mud and sand can weaken the kinetic energy of the gun.

When Captain Bedel led his troops out of the city to fight, the Dutch at the head of the city discovered this approach of the South China Army's artillery positions, and quickly learned it.In order to strengthen the fortifications of the artillery, the Dutch even moved all the rice in the warehouse to strengthen the fortifications.

As night fell, the artillery fire from both sides gradually subsided.

"Captain, this is our loss today!"

On the first day of combat, the Dutch killed and missing 120 soldiers.More than 360 soldiers were injured, 160 soldiers of the auxiliary troops were injured or missing, and more than [-] were injured. .Three eight-pound guns and one eighteen-pounder gun were damaged, [-] pounds of gunpowder were consumed, and [-] guns were consumed.

Just one day of fighting consumed more than [-]% of the soldiers in the castle, and the loss of artillery and gunpowder was also huge.The screams and groans of the wounded soldiers made the priests in charge of ambulance and medical treatment feel at a loss.

This kind of battle loss made the officers present and the company's senior staff become silent. Since arriving in the east, when has there been such a battle loss?Even in Europe, such a loss is enough to shake the morale of an army.

"Captain!"

A naval officer broke the dull atmosphere in the room with a surprise voice. [

"We found that the enemy's blockade of the sea has not been completed. We can send people to send a ship to Provenza to report to the governor today's battle situation, and ask him to lead the army back to help, or make deployment adjustments!"

The moonlight projected through the narrow opening was very dim. On the long table, the swaying candles stretched the figures of the gentlemen present. People cast their hopes on Captain Bader, hoping that he could Make a decision.

"Okay! Send a boat to pick up the two governors!"

Captain Bader's words relieved him and everyone present.

If the Governor returns to Zeelandia, then it is not their responsibility whether they are defeated or surrendered here!

Captain Bader walked to the entrance and looked down the castle's inner and outer walls, where there was already a sea of ​​lights.

"boom!"

Perhaps because the people in the city were afraid of being empty and lonely, a cannon flew from nowhere and landed on the open space between the outer wall and the inner wall. Several soldiers wailed and screamed, presumably they had been hit. !

"My lord! The gunboat Weinke of Hongmaoyi sneaked out to sea at night, as if heading for Chixian City!"

The Zheng Jiajun spy who was in charge of monitoring Zeelandia City quietly reported the news to Guo Huaiyi.

"The red-haired barbarians suffered a lot during the day, and I think they went to ask their chiefs for instructions on military planes! Don't rest anymore! Go to sea and return to Jinmen immediately! Report the situation here to the commander-in-chief, and ask him to send troops to sea quickly , Take back our territory! Tell the commander-in-chief. I will wait for him under the city of Santo Domingo!"

Guo Huaiyi was full of joy and planned to regain the lost territory in one fell swoop when the general Zheng Zhilong arrived at the city of Santo Domingo built by the Spanish in the old days.But, will Li Shouhan give him this chance?

Just as the two boats under the Dutchman and Zheng Zhilong's men sneaked out their posters and letters at night, Li Shouhan was far away in the city of Santo Domingo, that is, Li Shouhan in Tamsui.He was already sitting in the office of the former Spanish governor, smoking a pipe, watching the military report sent by Zhang Xiaohu, and telling about today's field battle results.

The city of Santo Domingo, built by the Spaniards on the hills beside the mouth of the Tamsui River, changed its owner and flag after only holding on for a few hours, and it became the wartime headquarters of the Southern Central Army.

The city of Santo Domingo in Tamsui was also built on steep hills, with a complete and good fortification system and observation points that can be overlooked from afar.Because it has relatively good ventilation and sanitation conditions and water supply and drainage facilities, Shouhan set up his command post, field hospital, supply base and other institutions here.

At the same time, it is also the office of the Reclamation Bureau.

The Bureau of Reclamation, as a senior member, no, it is a "government" organization in Taiwan.Has started working.The moment Shouhan boarded the Tamsui River Estuary, he changed the land under his feet from Dayuan to Taiwan.

The main job of the Reclamation Bureau is to coordinate and organize the reclamation of the Han people and the relationship with the nearby Pingpu aborigines.Since the Spaniards were in Taiwan, the Pingpu people began to migrate under the double pressure of the Spaniards and Han Chinese.They migrated successively to Guandu, Beitou, and Galaobie (also known as Xiaobali Village, between today's Beitou and Guandu).

On the other hand, the Spaniards appease the tribes of Pingpu aborigines such as Malinkeng (now Qidu) and Jinbaoli (now Jinshan, Taipei County); County Bali Township), Beitou Society, Lizu Society (in present-day Songshan, Taipei City), Dalang Pump Society (present-day Dalongdong, Taipei City) and various tribes.When they gained a firm foothold, they began to follow what Brother Su said. "I bring sword and fire instead of peace." After controlling the Taipei Basin, they tried to use force to further invade the Lanyang Plain, the living world of the Kavalan people.Spanish forces once entered the Yilan area.But soon withdrew because of the toughness of the Kavalan people.

After the armed invasion failed to achieve results, religious and cultural weapons began to be used.For a while, priests' robes replaced military uniforms, and crosses replaced muskets.Before the Spaniards were driven away, several churches had stood among the mountains and plains in this area, and more than 4000 indigenous people believed in Christianity.

However, all this came to an end after Shou Han led the South China Army to arrive.

In the eyes of those natives, this piece of land attracted the eyes of several people because of its fertile and fertile land. First, the Spaniards were driven away by the Han Chinese with red flags.Later, another group of Han people took over here, and the mighty Dutch, who were able to defeat the Han people who were here before, must be the most powerful force in the world, and this group of Han people who drove away Spain was the first.But they defeated the Dutch again in one morning, so it should be even more like a god's power!

"My lord!" The head of the Fuken Bureau was about to come in with the account book to report, but was stopped by Mo Yu, the commander of the guard battalion, "My lord is just reading the military newspaper. If your business is not particularly urgent, just wait a moment." moment."

"This is the number of Han people who settled in various places we collected. There are more than 5 people, and there are more than 4000 people in Kenting!"

Mo Yu pursed her lips, expressing her contempt for Guo Huaiyi's loss of fresh water before, "Not to mention the regular army in hand, even the 4000-odd Kenting can deal with the Dutch!"

Shou Han, who was sitting in the office smoking a cigarette, did not hear their whispers, but devoted all his attention to the military newspaper in front of him.Zhang Xiaohu's military report is very detailed, and a schematic diagram of the battle is also attached.Comparing with the topographic map of the entire city of Zeelandia, Shou Han can clearly understand the whole process of the battle.

Strange!Shou Han was smoking a cigarette, trying hard to recall Zheng Chenggong's record of attacking Zeelandia City when he regained Taiwan.This fortified battle caused Zheng Jun to suffer heavy losses in order to unplug Zeelandia, the last stronghold of the Dutch.The [-] elite soldiers who set out for the expedition faced this bastion under the city of Zeelandia, and their number was reduced by half due to battle casualties and diseases!In the end, Zheng Chenggong had no choice but to order his general Ma Xin to adopt a long-term siege to cut off the water source of Zeelandia City.Let the wells in the castle draw water, and trapped the Dutch to death.

In the same battle, the emperor through the ages who claimed to be capable of writing and martial arts, knew astronomy and foreign languages, dispatched almost half of the country's artillery.Facing hundreds of armed fugitives from Russia, they also suffered heavy casualties, and finally had to sign the so-called "Nerchinsk Treaty of Equality" to recognize the Russians' power over Siberia.

The same is facing the bastion, why is his army like this?

Leaving aside the great achievements of one emperor through the ages, it is also an attack on Taiwan.The Zeelandia city, which almost caused Zheng Jun to bleed dry, is so vulnerable?In the military newspaper, Zhang Xiaohu made no secret of his pride, "If I hadn't kept this castle to complete my lord's strategy of luring the enemy, I'm afraid I could have entered the city today!"

He observed carefully against the map, trying to find something from the map.Suddenly.He seems to have discovered something!There are a few forts missing from this map!It turned out that what Zheng Chenggong attacked that day was a large-scale defense system with Zeelandia City as the main position and Utrechtburg as an auxiliary position next to it.Faced with such a three-dimensional fortification mainly composed of bastions and equipped with more than 150 artillery pieces, Zheng Jun, who lacked artillery, could only fill it with his life.However, Zheng Jun, who has extremely poor land combat capabilities, is undoubtedly the wisest choice to choose the tactics of long siege and long siege.

Zheng Jun, who did not have a modern army mobilization and supply system, was before setting out to recover Taiwan.It gave the Dutch enough time to prepare for the war and reserve and raise supplies.The Dutch not only stored a large amount of food, weapons and other military supplies in each castle, but also transported 3 pounds of gunpowder into the city of Zeelandia, and the stored wood was enough for 8-10 months. , preparing to stick to it for a long time, and at the same time, sent ships to Batavia City to ask for rescue soldiers, blocking the channel with sunken ships.Zheng Jun lost the suddenness of the war. If Zheng Chenggong hadn't led the fleet to smuggle in Luermen and took the initiative, I am afraid that regaining Taiwan would be just a joke.

The thing to do now is to destroy the foundation of the Dutch rule in Taiwan!

"The order!"

Take Kenting as your guide.Select the elite from the Jinwei, Fenghuang, Xuanwu and other battalions, go to various Gaoshan villages, especially those villages that have signed surrender regulations with the Dutch, and only do one thing, tell them.The real master of this land is here!Let them choose sides!For those who surrender, we have high-quality iron pots, cotton cloth, rice, and cane sugar in exchange for deerskin, alluvial gold, medicinal materials, etc. in your hands. For those who are not willing to submit, we also have gifts for you!That is swords and guns and gunpowder pills!

If the naturalized tribes conquer the rebels together, they can get half of the property of the rebel tribe, and at the same time they can get the rights to the tribe's hunting grounds and forests!

However, it was not just Shou Han who thought of the issue of the ownership of these natives!Putmans, who took a boat from Chixian City back to Zeelandia City on Yikunshen Island overnight, also saw the value of these natives.

"Where are the village leaders who came to the local meeting? Are they all there?"

As soon as Putmans entered the city, he didn't care to listen to Captain Bedell's report on the battle situation, and he didn't care to go up the tower to observe the positions of the South Central Army. He asked the group of leaders who attended the local meeting where they were.

"According to the surrender regulations you signed with the East India Company, when the Dutch are fighting against the enemy, all of you must fight against the enemy as friendly troops of the Dutch! Now is the time for you to fulfill this obligation!"

Dozens of Atayal and Pingpu chiefs looked at each other, seeing the fear and anxiety in each other's eyes.

These headmen were fattened and tamed by the Dutch with the Bible and money over the years. They played the role of pawns and thugs for the Dutch rule in Taiwan. The skins passed through their hands and served as taxes for the Dutch, and were exchanged for ship after ship of silver.The Dutch also sold flour, tobacco leaves, salt, sugar, iron pots, cotton cloth, knives and axes brought in from all over the country to various villages through them. In this kind of trading activities of buying cheap and selling expensive, he has become fat.

However, they also saw the battle between the South China Army and the Dutch that day. More than 1000 people went out of the city to fight the South China Army. In the end, less than half of them came back, and most of them came back with injuries. There was a stench of festering wounds, and heart-piercing moans and screams.

"What? None of you fell behind when drinking and eating meat. Today is the time for you to show your friendship and courage to the East India Company, and you are all timid?!"

Putmans' words made the group of native leaders who had never seen ice and snow feel the bitter cold.

"Please rest assured, Governor! We will go back and gather the strong warriors of the clan to hunt and kill the heads of those Han soldiers! Present them as a tribute to your lord!"

Once there is someone who takes the lead, the leaders will follow one after another to show their loyalty.

Putmans bowed his head and chatted with the succeeding Governor John van der Bauer, and Putmans continued to issue orders to these leaders on behalf of the East India Company.

"At the moment there is a war outside, cannon fodder, no, when the artillery fire is raging, there is no need for the leaders to go back in person. Please accompany the warriors who came with the leaders to return to the village community and gather the elite soldiers to go to Provenza, Outside the two castles in Zeelandia, go hunting for the heads of Han sergeants! Every head of a Han can be used to offset the tax of a native! The second one can be exchanged for a silver coin or a catty of salt!" ( To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to m to read.)

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