Blood from Daming

Chapter 527 Fleet
The Taiwan officials entered into a period of peace between the Xue family army and the Dutch. After the Dutch announced their surrender, the Xue family army also resumed the supply of food and vegetables to Promincia Castle. The two sides maintained normal exchanges for a month and began to have more Dutch The people accepted that the castle of Promincia would be the city of freedom, of trade, of peace, and above all the trading pearl of the Orient ruled by the Dutch.

At the end of February in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the Eighteen Zhi Fleet of the pirate Zheng Zhilong passed the sea of ​​Promincia Castle. Headed by the "Yellow River", and the four three-masted warships "Taishan", "Huashan", "Hengshan" and "Hengshan" newly incorporated into the Xuejiajun Navy, as the main force, they led the five fleets of the Xuejiajun to face Zheng Zhilong's ten ships from the north. Bazhi Pirate Fleet.

Zheng Zhilong Shibazhi's pirate fleet slowed down the speed of the fleet. About three quarters of an hour later, the pirate fleet headed by Zheng Zhilong raised the flag and sailed around the outer sea area of ​​Promincia Castle. Xue Jiajun's naval fleet is on standby to prevent any changes in Zheng Zhilong's Shibazhi pirate fleet.

Xue Yun watched Zheng Zhilong's fleet from the west gate tower of "Weiyuan City", beside him was his concubine Liya and a group of generals from the Xue family army, and Peng Langjun, a special intelligence officer who had just been promoted by Xue Yun to be a general, was also beside him, but Peng Lang Jun's participation in the general was given and accepted by Xue Yun privately, and he is completely a black general who has not registered with the court.

Peng Langjun said: "General, the gun coats of Zheng Zhilong's pirate fleet have faded, and they obviously came here with malicious intentions. Now we have six three-masted warships, while the enemy doesn't have a single three-masted warship. fight, and be able to defeat them.”

Xue Yun said: "Zheng Zhilong and his group of pirates are indeed here to take advantage, but I have solved the internal problem of Promincia Castle and added four more three-masted warships. The six three-masted warships of Xue's army alone can reach Zheng Zhilong's troops. The largest pirate ship is [-], and the one with the three-masted warship has an advantage in fighting, plus Xue's army navy and shore artillery support, Zheng Zhilong's pirates will not fight this battle."

Peng Langjun said: "General, this Zheng Zhilong will have a battle with our Xue family army sooner or later, if we don't deal with Zheng Zhilong today, if our navy leaves in the future, when Zheng Zhilong's pirate fleet comes again, I am afraid that the Xue family army defenders will be in big trouble. "

Xue Yun turned sideways to Lian Xiongwei, deputy commander of the Taiwan Southern Military Region, and said, "General Lian, if the enemy from the sea attacks here, do you have the confidence to defend "Pingnan Pass", "Weiyuan City" and Promincia Castle?"

Lian Xiongwei said: "Don't worry, the general, the final general vows to live and die with Taiwan."

Xue Yun said: "General Lian, it's good that you are determined, and you have to be more confident. In defense, you need to work together to find a way. I believe that the enemy who invades will be bleeding."

Lian Xiong Wei quickly expressed his understanding of General Xue Yun's meaning, Xue Yun said: "General Peng, our navy is strong outside but capable in the middle, and the experience in large-scale naval warfare is basically blank. Now we have a foothold in Taiwan, and the country is full of stabs. It can be regarded as fulfilling the promise to our Xue family army. In the case that Zheng Zhilong pirates did not take the initiative to attack, our Xue family army provoked a naval battle. We are afraid that the survivors of the Manchurian country who served in the fleet will have other ideas. To fight Zheng Zhilong and these pirates, we still want us The real Xue family's navy will do it."

Peng Langjun said: "General, the Zheng Zhilong pirates are stationed in Yaogang not far from our Xue family army. There are pirates and their families. If we want to unify Taiwan, there will still be conflicts with Zheng Zhilong pirates."

Xue Yun said with a smile: "Zheng Zhilong is not a fool. He sees that the officials have no advantage to take advantage of, so he will go to the coast of Fujian to make plans. Maybe it won't be long before Zheng Zhilong will move the pirates and their families out of Yaogang. Our Xue family army is in Taiwan. The next step is to deal with the Spaniards in northern Taiwan."

At this time, a sea ship sailed slowly with the "He" flag, and soon the gun-coated sea ship was docked at the wharf outside Dagang under the supervision of Xue Jiajun's navy. He Bin, one of the Eighteen Pirates of Hong Kong that Xue Yun negotiated with, soon received the cavalry of the Xue family army to take He Bin to the tower of the west gate of "Weiyuan City".

When Xue Yun saw He Bin, he went straight to the point and said, "Boss He, you Shibazhi came from bad people. Did my Xue family army meet a bad neighbor?"

He Bin quickly said: "General Yan, you have misunderstood. Our Shibazhi is just passing by the senior officials. We are afraid of misunderstanding. Our Shibazhi Zheng sent He to explain."

Xue Yun said: "From Chief He's words, this general has misunderstood you Shibazhi, but your fleet should sail in the open sea, so why go to the inland sea?"

He Bin said embarrassingly: "General Yan, I'm really sorry, but the leader of the ship was greedy and made a mistake and took the wrong route. Please forgive me, General Yan. In addition, we Shibazhi also congratulate Xue's army for subduing the officers and raising the prestige of the Ming Dynasty. From then on Westerners dare not underestimate me, the Ming Navy."

He Bin saw that the Dutch beauty who accompanied General Yan last time was also standing aside, which made He Bin unclear about the real identity of this Dutch beauty. When talking about the Dutch, he left a lot of verbal leeway.

Xue Yun said: "Chief He, our Xue family army will conquer the entire Taiwan Island sooner or later. I don't know that Chief He and Shibazhi

Any thoughts on this matter. "

He Bin said: "General Yan, Leader Zheng asked He to bring a message. Shiba Zhizhi is not in Taiwan Island. I hope that Xue's army will allow us Shibazhi to live in Yaogang temporarily for two or three years. We Shibazhi will evacuate Yaogang as soon as possible. "

Xue Yun said: "Boss He, you General Zheng's favor has been taken, you may as well speak up if it is useful in the future, as long as you can do what you can, this general will definitely return a favor."

He Bin said: "He will definitely bring General Yan's words. If General Yan has nothing else to do, He will take his leave."

Xue Yun said: "Boss He has a good journey. If Boss He doesn't think the shallow water temple on Taiwan Island is small, my Xue Family Army will welcome Chief He anytime."

He Bin said: "Thanks to General Yan's respect, He will think about it carefully. Now that He still has to chase the fleet, he will bid farewell to General Yan first."

With the departure of the Zheng Zhilong Shibazhi pirate fleet, the sea turmoil between Xue Jiajun and Zheng Zhilong pirates disappeared, and the officers returned to calm again. Xue Yun knew that sooner or later he would collide with the Dutch East India Company fleet that came to support Promincia Castle. Therefore, the training of Xue Jiajun's navy is very tight.

In Xue Yun's heart, he hoped that the Dutch support fleet would arrive sooner, because Xue Yun believed that with the support of the artillery fire from the shore, the current Xue Family Army Navy could defeat a conventional Dutch support fleet, so that he could also deal with it earlier. The troublesome matter of Promincia Castle freed up hands and feet to deal with the Spaniards in northern Taiwan, completely controlled the entire Taiwan island under the leader of the Xue family army, and then built Taiwan island into a base for counterattacking Ming Dynasty to conquer the world.

On the day NO.15 in March of the Seventh Year of Apocalypse, the Dutch reinforcements that Xue Yun had been waiting for finally arrived. 27 Dutch warships came from the sea off Promincia Castle, including three three-masted warships, so the atmosphere of the entire staff suddenly became tense. Woke up, Xue Jiajun's naval reinforcements, who had just completed the sea competition, were ready to attack the Dutch reinforcements at any time.

Admiral Putmans led the Dutch navy support fleet, but the Dutch naval fleet commander Putmans felt something was wrong as soon as he came to the waters of Promincia. Why did the Ming army have six three-masted warships? When did the Ming Dynasty lag behind? Three-masted battleships will also be built.

When I came to reinforce Promincia Castle this time, the boss of the East India Company in Batavia told me that as long as we arrived in Formosa (Taiwan) Promincia, we would meet the chief Mattisun Ke there to attack from inside and outside. The Ming army who dared to attack Promincia Castle could be easily wiped out.

Indeed, for Putmans, a young officer who has just taken up the post of the commander of the Dutch Navy Fleet, he knows that the Ming Dynasty navy is indeed some vulnerable small ships, so Putmans seems to think that the reinforcement of the Promincia Castle is very important. With a good chance to gain military merit, he rushed to the waters of Promincia day and night with good wishes.

However, the reality of Promincia waters shattered Putmans' dream. He never thought that the weak Ming Dynasty army actually had six three-masted warships, more than 100 pirate ships and hundreds of armed merchant ships. No matter how arrogant Mance was, he knew he was in trouble.

Next, the officers under Putmans reported that the six three-masted warships were the warships of the Netherlands, and they did not know how they fell into the hands of the Ming army. Pig, without Mattisunke's internal and external attack by the Dutch Navy in the Hejiang Inland Sea, this battle would have been impossible to fight.

But worse news came again. His subordinates told Putmans that the flag of Ming Dynasty was flying over Promincia Castle, which meant that Promincia Castle had fallen, and Putmans seemed to have fallen into it all at once. Ice Hole, standing on his flagship in a daze, it took a long time for Putmans to return to his normal posture. At this time, his subordinates reported to Putmans that a small ship flying the flag of the Dutch East India Company was heading towards the fleet. Come.

(End of this chapter)