Chapter 296: The Governor is also doubting life
"That's ...... Oh, my God! Who is that? ”
"Oh! Oh, God! They actually have nearly a hundred infantry guns that can be easily moved! We're done......"
Governor Putmans, who was holding a clairvoyant mirror and paying close attention to the movement of the docks, saw that the other party easily unloaded one swarthy cannon after another from the battleships, and his eyes were about to fall out at this time!
"The Virgin Mary is above...... Did I do something wrong just now? ”
A feeling called regret slowly grew in Putmans's heart.
"We can't let the Ming army demonstrate so swaggeringly, if it goes on like this, there will be no need to fight at all, and our soldiers will probably surrender immediately!"
"We have to test their combat effectiveness, and then make plans, what if these infantry guns of theirs are useless?"
Governor Putmans was very suspicious, and there was a deep unwillingness in his heart, and he muttered to himself.
One of the main reasons is that they are the innate arrogance of Westerners, coupled with the fact that they have always been unscrupulous, taking and taking away other races, they really can't let go, and they bow their heads and surrender to each other like this.
Colonel Bosten on the side rolled his eyes, as if he had just said this, but it was vetoed by His Excellency the Governor without hesitation.
Governor Putmans was in no mood to heed the slander of the adjutant beside him, and he said to his lieutenant:
"Aren't there still a few thousand of them in our city, made up of those natives? Let them go out and try it and see the combat effectiveness of these Beiming naval officers. ”
"Well, as you wish, Your Excellency!"
Colonel Bosten sighed and walked down the wall in a bit of a daze.
But he knows what the combat effectiveness of these natives is like, they are simply some primitive people, what to use to fight the Beiming soldiers who are armed to the teeth outside the city?
These raw natives who went out of the city to charge were just sent to death, and they couldn't even be called cannon fodder.
However, the Governor's orders were not to be questioned, especially the Governor of Putmans, who had always been known for his cold-bloodedness.
Under the lure of Colonel Bosten's promise of a heavy reward, thousands of simple-minded and well-developed students were summoned, and one by one they shouted excitedly.
They said that with their knives and guns, they could easily kill the attacking Han people to the ground, and then cut off their heads or scalps and return them in exchange for gold and silver supplies.
These indigenous people think so, it makes sense: over the years, those Han people living on Dayuan Island have not been bullied by them so much that they dare not squeak?
Those Han villages, obediently blackmailed by them again and again, where do they dare to fight with their warriors?
And these enemies attacking outside the city, although they are well armed, are they still those weak Han people?
Soon, a group of ragged men armed with knives and sticks ran out of the city of Geranza and rushed towards the Daming Royal Marines who were assembling three or four miles ahead!
"I'm rubbing! This...... Who are these people? ”
"Nima's! Savages? Dare to come and storm our military formation? ”
"Huh! These guys are the raw natives on this Dayuan Island, very murderous, but also very brainless. ”……
Most of the officers and men of the Marine Corps, who were assembling troops, were taken aback by this sudden situation, and then they all felt amused, but they did not dare to laugh out loud because of military regulations, and they endured a little uncomfortable.
"What are these indigenous people doing? Are you tired of living? ”
"Even if you want to die, you shouldn't have some sticks and knives, and you shouldn't kill those who don't have the slightest defense, right?"
Zhong Jixiang was also taken aback, and opened his mouth wide in puzzlement. tower
Zhu Youxiao watched it angrily and funny.
He knows the virtues of these natives, don't look at them like savages, but the slaughter of Han villages is very cruel, and they basically owe a lot of blood debts to the Han people.
He was expressionless and said indifferently: "Judging from the dress of these people, they must be the local Shengfan natives of Dayuan Island, and this time they were just sent to death as cannon fodder." ”
"Since you're here, don't go, order the soldiers, use the crossbow to attack, leave them all behind, and don't let any of them go."
For these raw teams who have no armor at all, a repeater is enough to destroy them easily.
With the order of Colonel Zhu You, the fate of the more than 5,000 natives who were sent to test the firepower of the Royal Navy officers was also decided.
When they rushed to a distance of about 100 meters in front of the Marines who had formed a battle phalanx, the tragedy happened.
With the sound of "rumbling" war drums, in the sky of crossbow arrows, these natives holding high knives and guns fell to a pool of blood one by one with a wail......
A quarter of an hour later, the firing of the repeater crossbow stopped, and the entire battlefield fell into an eerie silence, and the eyes of everyone on both sides were cast on the front of the Daming Marine Corps phalanx, an area of about 100 meters.
There was no one left standing in the area now, and the thousands of natives who were screaming and charging towards the large army just now all fell in a pool of blood.
Blood had stained the land red, and faint moans could occasionally be heard.
A 10,000-person brigade carried out several rounds of continuous crossbow critical attacks, and actually wiped out this group of natives with thousands of people!
Moreover, the soldiers of the Ming Empire, who had completed a round of massacres, kept their faces unchanged, put away their crossbows without delay, and continued to work in an orderly manner, preparing for the siege of the city.
Seeing this scene, as long as anyone with a little brain knows that this kind of iron-blooded warrior will definitely not be some rabble, but a veteran who has gone through a lot of bloody combat experience.
"Oh God...... Is this the army of the Ming Empire? ”
"Who said that the soldiers of the Ming Empire were only composed of a group of uncivilized natives, who were all wearing tattered clothes and fighting with rusty spears?"
The Governor of Puttmans, who was on the city wall, felt his heart fall to the bottom in an instant after seeing this scene.
To tell the truth, it has been half a year since he came to Taiwan, but during this half a year, although Governor Puttmans spent most of his time in the city of Geranza, sometimes inspecting the city of Prominza, or walking around the city of Geranza within a radius of dozens of miles.
But his understanding of the Ming Empire is relatively clear.
In addition, those missionaries who have been to the Ming Dynasty, or the information provided to him by Zheng Zhilong's Zheng family, is not insignificant.
In the impression of Governor Puttmans, the Ming Empire was a country that was huge and prosperous, but somewhat conservative and ignorant.
There was an invasion of the Tatars outside the country, and some time ago a large number of peasant armies in the country broke out, and they themselves were already too busy to expand abroad.
Moreover, the armament of their army is extremely backward, although there are many people and large land, the combat effectiveness of the army is not very good.
But the Northern Ming army that appeared in front of him today made Governor Putmans wonder if he had been deceived by the Zheng family and those greedy businessmen before.
Is this what you are talking about, the Ming army that is so poor that even the broadswords and spears are covered with rust?
At this moment, Governor Putmans couldn't help it, and made him realize the huge crisis now, the other side has so many infantry artillery, so many soldiers......
Although they have not yet opened artillery to attack the city, and they don't know what the firepower of these infantry guns is, if they don't surrender and continue to resist stubbornly, I'm afraid it won't be long before the city of Geranza will be broken by the Northern Ming army.
At that time, even if they were not slaughtered, they would be reduced to prisoners, or even ......
Just thinking about it, the Governor, who was known for his cold-bloodedness, couldn't help but shudder.