Blood from Daming

Chapter 505 Seizing Power
In the office of the governor of Promincia Castle, Marty Sunke, the chief officer of the Dutch East India Company in Taiwan, stood there with a livid face, and Raelsen, the commander of the Promincia Castle Fortress, sat downcastly. , The atmosphere in the entire hall of the Chief Executive's Office is very depressing.

Lersen brought 300 Dutch soldiers and armed personnel, and he only brought more than 100 people to escape. If it were not for the naval artillery support, the Dutch soldiers and immigrants who fled back from the east would probably be completely wiped out. In this way, the navy only saved more than 500 people. It is not ruled out that some compatriots were killed by accidental bombing. In addition to the soldiers and armed immigrants who fled back one after another after dawn, more than [-] people fled back to Promincia Castle.

Lersen's sneak attack failed, which directly caused the Promincia Castle to be surrounded. Mattisunke knew that no soldiers would come back. The loss of 900 people was difficult for Mattisunke, the chief of the Dutch East India Company stationed in Taiwan. The number of bears, usually only four hundred mercenaries in the castle of Promincia, plus Mattisunk's guards are less than 900 soldiers, the bastard Raelson lost [-] people at once, and Mattisunk seems to have seen Promincia The end of the castle is coming.

The commander of Promincia Castle Fortress, Leiersheng, knew that he could not escape the guilt, so he had to stand up and say: "My lord, this sneak attack is my responsibility. I underestimated this Ming army. They and the Ming army I met before It is not a concept at all. Like our Dutch army, they are an army with a modern combat level, and their weapons are far ahead of us in some aspects. It is quite backward, and the failure of this battle is inevitable."

Mattisunke frowned after hearing this and said, are you, Ryerson, taking responsibility or are you shirking responsibility? It was he who was in charge, and Gao Wenlu was furious. This Lei Ersheng is a dog who turned his face and refused to recognize anyone.

I tried my best to save him last night, repelling the attack of the Xue family army of the Ming Dynasty, and then rescued Leiersheng, the white-eyed wolf, and fled back to the castle. Moreover, the artillery on the castle missed and smashed right in front of Gao Wenlu. Open, the flying stones hit Gao Wenlu's body, and there are still several lumps on Gao Wenlu's body.

Gao Wenlu was born to bite when he saw thunder, so he said unceremoniously: "Yesterday, your lord said that this Ming army is coming fiercely, and there are many soldiers, generals, and warships. Everyone is not allowed to go out of the fort to fight, but some people just If you don’t listen, the result is as expected by your lord, now you know the cunning of these Ming Dynasty people, as for who bears what kind of responsibility, the board of directors of the company will make a judgment, you and I don’t count.”

After being scolded by Gao Wenlu, Lelson flew into a rage and said, "You are a coward, you are not worthy to blame the heroic Dutch general and his soldiers. You are covering up your mistakes."

Marty Sunke roared angrily: "Enough, Raelson, I, as the commander of the Taiwan region of the East India Company, dismissed you as the commander of the fortress, and handed over your sword representing power."

Lei Ersheng held down his saber and said, "You are just a district chief. You have no right to deprive me of the post of commander. Only the company's board of directors has this power."

Mattisunke looked at the Dutch military officers and officials present and said, "Let's vote with a show of hands."

After a moment of silence in the hall, almost all the Dutch officers and officials raised their hands. Seeing that his subordinates raised their hands one after another, Lersen knew that his situation was over, and he sat down on a chair in a daze, not knowing what happened How long did it take for Leiersheng to find Marty Sunke's bodyguard standing in front of him, and Leiersheng knew that he couldn't shirk, so he had no choice but to take off the saber hanging around his waist representing the commander's power, reluctantly Handed it over to Matisunk's bodyguard.

Lelson no longer had the face to sit in the hall of the chief executive's office, so he had to go to his own residence alone. Mattisun Ke successfully won the military power of Lersheng, and he was secretly relieved, otherwise Mattisunke would have Use violence to take down the rebellious Garrison Commander and pave the way for yourself to take full control of Promincia Castle.

Mattisunke secretly rejoiced that the Dutch fleet just happened to come here, otherwise the military loss last night would have been enough to cause the catastrophe of Promincia Castle. The Dutch also have a population of 4000 here.

Mathiesunke's soldiers are still very sufficient, so Mathiesunke is still full of confidence in defending Promincia Castle, but Lelson's adventurous actions caused Mattissonke to lose the bravest and elite Dutch soldiers. The newly recruited armed immigrants were not comparable to the lost Dutch soldiers in terms of combat discipline or combat ability, which brought great difficulties to the subsequent defense of Promincia Castle.

After communicating with the captains of the ships, the four three-masted warships, more than a dozen pirate ships, and more than 40 large and small merchant ships in the Hejiang Inner Sea all docked in the sea area north of Promincia Castle, forming a corner with Promincia Castle. After agreeing to this plan, the captains of the ships returned to the ships to direct the transfer of the ships.

Now that Matty Sunke has dismissed the disobedient Commander Lei Ersheng, he sees that there is no satisfactory candidate in the hall, so he has no choice but to appoint Gao Wenlu as his deputy, who is fully responsible for the defense of Promincia Castle. In the suspicious eyes of everyone in the hall, he became the actual commander of Promincia Castle.

Gao Wenlu's first task was to recruit troops. Except for the people on the ship, there were only [-] Dutch people in Promincia Castle, and there were Ming Dynasty people who came to Promincia Castle and worked in Promincia Castle. Taiwanese islanders and Ming Dynasty coolies caught at sea.

In addition to the old people, women, and children, the Dutch can make up 1000 to 1000 armed men. The number of Ming Dynasty people doing business and Taiwanese islanders doing business is negligible. There are more than 3000 slaves here, but how dare Gao Wenlu use such a person? Just think about it. At that time, there were more than [-] coolies from the Ming Dynasty. After two years of torture and injuries, two of them died successively. Coolies from the Ming Dynasty, these Ming Dynasty coolies hated the Dutch to death, using these people to guard the castle was a joke, maybe these coolies took this opportunity to riot.

At this time, a military officer came up with an idea to kill these Ming Dynasty pigs. Firstly, it could eliminate the safety hazards such as riots, and secondly, it could save food for the long-term defense of the castle. This suggestion sounded very good, and many Dutch officers echoed it. Gao Wenlu saw Where Matisunke was meditating, Gao Wenlu quickly stood up and spoke.

Gao Wenlu said: "I'm afraid this idea doesn't make sense. If we massacre these coolies of the Ming Dynasty, once Promincia Castle falls, everyone think about what the consequences will be."

The people in the hall of the Chief Executive's Office fell silent for a while, and two radical officers were clamoring that the Promincia Castle was unbreakable, and it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty army to capture the Promincia Castle, but most of them didn't talk to each other, and the two played together. After a while of duo, I felt bored and had to close my mouth.

Chief Marty Sunke finally said: "The coolies of the Ming Dynasty cannot be killed. Maybe these people and the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers can be used as prisoners. When necessary, these coolies can be used as human shields."

As soon as Matty Sunke's words were finalized, Gao Wenlu began to arrange for the officers and officials in the hall to work separately. After these people left the hall, Gao Wenlu carefully said to the chief officer Matty Sunke: "My lord, we must guard Promincia. Is the castle very big, I don't know if your lord is still interested in peace talks."

Mattisunke thought for a while and said: "We failed in the sneak attack last night, and the opponent's conditions may also increase. In fact, the most important thing is that the Xue family army of the Ming Dynasty will not allow us Dutch to gain a foothold in Taiwan."

Gao Wenlu said: "My lord, we came to Taiwan just to seek money, and now it has become desperate. Many immigrants may find it hard to accept."

Mattie Sunke patted Gao Wenlu's arm and said, "Let's wait for a while before we talk. I believe the company's reinforcements will come to support them soon. If the reinforcements can't break the siege, we can negotiate with Xue Jiajun again. I believe the company's board of directors can't blame us."

Gao Wenlu got the words of Matty Sunke and left the hall to do things. Matty Sunke was alone in the hall in a daze. It seemed that it was not easy to survive beside the huge empire of the East. His niece seemed to be a Ming dynasty The general's favorite concubine, maybe Liya can play an unexpected role at some point, but when thinking of the prodigal son of Leiersheng, a black line suddenly appeared on Matty Sunke's forehead.

Xue Yun took a long-distance inspection of Promincia Castle on board the three-masted battleship "Yangtze River". Xue Yun saw that the Promincia Castle was full of Francois machine guns, and the entire castle was carved with layers of hidden fortresses. There were no dead ends on the castle. , It is very easy to mobilize troops. The most frightening thing is that the castle is a retreat-style building. The upper two floors of the castle can also carry out effective attacks on the lower ones.

Liya, who was on the side, was also looking at Promincia Castle, but she looked lonely and sad. Xue Yun didn't want to ask any questions, so he stood quietly beside Liya. The battleship "Yangtze River" fired a cannonball to demonstrate, and the cannonball fired far enough that the shell was only more than one mile away from the "Yangtze River" battleship Xue Yun was on. Wu Dahai was worried about Xue Yun's safety, so he immediately drove the battleship away the coast.

Xue Yun ordered to pass on the word, and all the troops of the Xue family army rested on the spot. Before issuing new orders, they only besieged the castle of Promincia and did not attack it. In addition, they closely monitored the movement of the Dutch ships in the inner sea of ​​the Hejiang River. Xue Yun explained After it was over, he took Liya back to his cabin to rest.

(End of this chapter)