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Chapter 744 Attacking Taiwan

"You don't have to thank me. There are probably two reasons why I spared your death penalty today. One is that you have indeed pointed out my flaws. I dare not say that I follow advice like a follower, but I am also a person who is good at taking advice. , I’m going back to the foreword. The second and most important point is that you once defeated the fleet of Hongmaozi and exalted my Ming Dynasty’s prestige. I think you are a great hero who has made immortal contributions to my Ming Dynasty, so I can’t bear to Your life, I hope you take care of yourself."

Zhu Yousong said, looking at the Dutch warship in front of him.

These few words deeply moved Zheng Zhilong's heart. He defeated Hongmaozi's Armada in the waters near Jinmen Island. This happened more than ten years ago. It was the Chongzhen era. The memory is still fresh, this can be said to be the most proud feat in Zheng Zhilong's life.

Emperor Chongzhen has become history. He thought that his feat would also become history and be dusted. He did not expect that His Majesty would still remember his merits.Moreover, Zhu Yousong made it clear that the main reason why he didn't lose his head was because of this.

This touched Zheng Zhilong's nerves deeply, and he knelt down on the ground for the second time, weeping with gratitude: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister deserves death, it is the criminal minister who committed the unforgivable crime in a foolish way, Your Majesty is an all-powerful saint My lord, you are an eternal sage who is not close to wine and lust, the offender just now is pure nonsense, I beg your majesty to punish..."

"Okay, if I have something, I will change it, and if I don't have it, I will encourage it."

Whether Zhu Yousong is a faint king or a holy master cannot be determined by Zheng Zhilong alone. The eyes of thousands of people are discerning.Zhu Yousong, who is an emperor, can have such an attitude. Many people feel ashamed, and many people feel ashamed, including Zheng Zhilong.Because he has never seen an emperor treat Ni Longlin's minister with such a broad mind, let alone this minister is still a heinous person.

Then someone sent Zheng Zhilong to the prison of the capital. Zheng Zhilong sincerely repented from then on, and he no longer had a rebellious heart.

At this moment, all the civil and military officers present also understood that Zhu Yousong did not punish Zheng Zhilong according to the law, not because of the merits and face of Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong, but because he had once been defeated by the Dutch colonial bandit Armada, And dare to remonstrate against the dragon scale.

Therefore, this incident will become a good story in the future. Zhu Yousong, a benevolent king, and the image of the holy master who is remonstrating like a stream, is talked about and widely praised.

Near the Penghu Islands in Taiwan, the 2000 naval division of Ming Dynasty was still chasing the Dutch fleet. Commander Van Persie, with a fleet of [-] men, was attacked on both sides. He was chased until he had no power to fight back, and was finally defeated back to Taiwan. Red embedded city.

When Van Persie saw the Netherlands' chancellor to the prime minister, Wei Malang, the prime minister's face became extremely ugly after being astonished. In his opinion, this was incredible.

Their fleet of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is world-class, who can compare?However, it was defeated by this ancient, backward, and even dilapidated eastern power, and it was defeated so badly that the 1000 navy and more than [-] ships were almost wiped out, and two captains died.

"What happened?" Wei Malang even growled.

Van Persie was full of frustration, as if he was a concubine. He explained that the army and sailors had a lot of people, and there were many people who knew how to swim. He was scheming. He accidentally fell into the enemy's tricks. He admitted that it was because he underestimated the enemy this time that he suffered such a disastrous defeat. He begged Wei Malang for his crimes, and tried to make up for his mistakes, so that Wei Malang would give him another chance.

At this moment, someone came to report that a large number of naval divisions of the Ming army had already arrived.

Van Persie gritted his teeth and said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I will go right away and let them come and go!"

"Wait a minute," Wei Malang hugged him, and after turning his seemingly dim little eyes a few times, they suddenly shone brightly, "It's best to prevent them from landing on the island. If you can't stop them, save your strength and retreat into the Castle. Aren’t they many people, know water, and are full of tricks, let them try their best this time.”

"The subordinates understand." Van Persie nodded and bowed.

Even with the navy and the army, there are still 4000 Dutch red-haired people on the island.In addition to the fortifications by the sea, they built two castles at the Lianlian end of the island, one is Taiwan City in Dayuan in the north, and the other is Chixian City in the southwest.

Wei Malang no longer intends to fight water battles with the Ming army, and focuses on these two castles.The castle was built very strong, mainly to prevent the local residents from rioting, and stored a large amount of food, grass and equipment inside, and each castle could accommodate tens of thousands of people for a year.Now he intends to use it to deal with the Ming army who came from afar.

Wei Malang divided his troops and dispatched generals, and still handed over the defense work at sea to Commander Van Persie.However, he withdrew a part of the navy, with a total of 1 soldiers on land, and used these 1 people to guard the two castles.

The remaining 4000 people were handed over to Van Persie. Van Persie took 1500 people to hide in the fortifications on the island, and another 2500 people boarded 300 Dutch warships. He decided to prevent the Ming army from landing on the island by sea and land.

After everything was arranged, Van Persie took the initiative to attack with 2500 sea fleets of 300 people.

Last time he was unconvinced by the loss, this time he wants to compete with the navy of the Ming Dynasty on the sea.

When he led the fleet out for 30 nautical miles, he encountered the navy of the Ming army.

This time the Ming army came more, and the 2 navy of Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang rushed to the front.About ten nautical miles away from them are the Japanese troops of Iron Arm Canglong and Zhao Xiong. The 5000 navy not only brought enough food, supplies, and ammunition, but also 200 troops brought in by 5 large troop carriers. The general is of course Liu Zhaoji, Minister of the Ministry of War.

This time, Zhu Yousong divided his troops into three groups, stormed Taiwan, drove out the red-haired thieves, and regained Treasure Island, determined to win.

Now 2 sailors are leading the charge. The firepower of the Dutch warships is relatively fierce, while the firepower of the Ming army is relatively weak. However, there are more Ming soldiers, and more than 600 large and small warships surrounded the Dutch warships in the shape of a fan. .

Van Persie learned the lesson of the last failure this time, and he did not dare to be careless at all.Three hundred large ships were ordered to stand on the defensive, concentrated their firepower, and bombarded the Ming army ships. It was difficult for the Ming army navy to approach for a while, and the two sides bombarded each other with artillery at a distance of five or six miles.

Zheng Chenggong, Shi Lang, Yao Qisheng, Liu Guoxuan and several other generals discussed together, forcibly breaking in was not the way, the casualties were too great, and it was impossible to rush through.Forming a death squad to dive is also unsuccessful. The red-haired boy has suffered a loss once, and he will never be fooled a second time.The fishing net array is also difficult to use because of the distance.

Soon, they made up an idea based on the wind direction at this time and decided to attack with fire.

Soon, they prepared dozens of small boats filled with fire starters, and after igniting the boats, they rushed towards the Dutch warship...

(End of this chapter)