"Father Rodman, I'm leaving everything to you."

Taking advantage of the fact that the other party had not yet launched an attack and there was still a little time to relax, Governor Putmans took out the last magic weapon:

He turned to the priest who was preaching in the city and asked him to go and sue for peace as his messenger.

He thought so, these soldiers of the Ming Empire couldn't be rude to the messengers of the gods, right?

His Excellency the Governor did the same.

Seeing that Father Rodman had agreed, he ordered the respectable priest to be sent off the city wall with a hanging basket.

The silver-haired Father Rodman came to the front of the battle with a white flag, explaining that he had asked to see the commander of the fleet of the Northern Ming Empire.

Soon, he was taken to the front of a Chinese military formation, and saw a young general about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a beautiful black and shiny fish scale armor and a big red cloak.

The burly young general looked Father Rodman up and down for a moment and asked, "Are you the representative sent by the city of Geranza?" ”

"Yes!"

Father Rodman, who had been in the East for many years and was familiar with the Chinese language, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed:

"Your Excellency, a general from the Ming Empire, I am Father Rodman of the city of Geranza, and I have come to negotiate with you this time on the behalft of Governor Putmans."

"Excuse me, are you Your Excellency the General of the Ming Empire?"

"Huh!"

Zhong Jixiang's face showed a faint sneering smile: "Yes, I am the commander of the East China Sea Fleet of the Ming Empire, and I have come this time to declare our sovereignty over this island to you!" ”

"You have illegally occupied this land of our country for so many years, and now it is time to return it to us, and you must compensate us for our losses."

"Your Excellency, this is not fair!"

Father Rodman hurriedly shouted, "When we came here, this was still a borderland, and it took us several years to get this land in order, but you want to go back so easily, how can this work!" ”

"Then I don't care!"

Zhong Jixiang waved his hand and said arrogantly, "Your East India Company is the king and hegemon in your Europe, and I can't control it!" ”

"You Westerners, you shouldn't stretch your hands to the east, you must know that this is the coastal territory of our Ming Empire!"

"Yes...... But the Spaniards also came to Dayuan Island, earlier than us Dutch! Why don't you go to them? ”

Fr. Rodman stood up angrily and protested.

"Soon you will be able to meet our captives, Spaniards!"

Since Zhong Jixiang is nicknamed "bandit", he naturally will not be a good scumbag, he looked at the priest and sneered: "You don't know yet, right? After the cities of Geranza and Prominza were conquered, it was the turn of the Spaniards. ”

"And I can also tell you clearly, whether it is you Dutch or Spanish, I will not allow you to occupy even an inch of land in the east, this is the basic principle of our Ming Empire!"

"Damn it!"

Father Rodman only felt that his heart was in turmoil, and now, he finally knew why the fleet of the Northern Ming Empire suddenly appeared in the port outside the city of Geranza.

It turned out that the commander of the Great Fleet of the Ming Empire was doing this kind of plan, which was to control all the coastal areas of the Ming Empire!

Looking at Father Rodman, who was standing on the spot, Zhong Jixiang said impatiently: "Okay, I've said everything I need to say!" Since you are here on behalf of the governor of the city of Geranza, tell me what you have to say. ”

"Otherwise, in a quarter of an hour, I will immediately order the army and begin the siege."

"Humph! When the time comes, I hope you can be more fatal, and don't get killed by guns. ”

"This ......"

Father Rodman looked at Zhong Jixiang, gritted his teeth, and said, "Your Excellency, we can hand over the two cities of Dayuan Island to you, but please let all our personnel, with their own belongings, leave with our ships. ”

"Leave ......"

"Are you sure you're not here to be funny? Leave? Or leave with ships and belongings? ”

"You're thinking so beautifully!"

Zhong Jixiang couldn't help laughing, then the corners of his mouth were crooked, and he shook his head very calmly: "Do you really think that you still have the confidence to negotiate terms with me?" ”

"I can tell you plainly that I will only accept your unconditional surrender, and I will not accept any of your conditions other than that!"

"This is my clear answer to you, on behalf of the Ming Empire! Now, you're good to go! ”

As soon as Zhong Jixiang's words fell, a general of the East China Sea Fleet standing next to him immediately stood beside the priest and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of please. doll

Father Rodman knew that whatever he said would not have any effect, so he sighed lightly and walked back silently.

……

"What!"

“…… They actually ordered us to surrender unconditionally? ”

"These people from the Northern Ming Empire are too domineering, right?"

In the grand chamber of the Governor's Palace, the voice of Governor Putmans seemed to tear down the ceiling of the conference room.

In front of him, more than a hundred merchants, clergy, and officers, most of them with dead faces, sat quietly and silently.

Unconditional surrender, what it means to them, they know too well.

This refers to the surrender of the defeated side to the victorious side without any reservations, which also means that their property, everything they have, must be delivered to those Ming armies.

This is completely unbearable for them, who are accustomed to commanding and killing local indigenous and Han Chinese people wantonly in ordinary times, and who are accustomed to being high.

A merchant representative of the East India Company, Nix, asked in a trembling voice, "That commander of the Great Ming fleet, did he really say that?" Couldn't he even give us a promise to let us go back to our homeland? ”

"Nope!"

Father Rodman shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Your Excellency the general of the Northern Ming Empire, his attitude is very tough, and he has clearly told me that he will not accept any conditions other than unconditional surrender. ”

"I could tell from his eyes that he was serious."

"This damn bastard is too domineering and unreasonable."

Governor Putmans scolded a little angrily, "We have already admitted defeat, and are even willing to return Dayuan Island to the Beiming Empire, is he still unwilling to let us go?" ”

"From ancient times to the present, we have never had such a war in Europe! When one side surrenders, it is the most basic gentlemanly demeanor to treat the prisoners preferentially! ”

From the mouth of the ruthless butcher of Putmans, the words "gentlemanly manners" came out of the mouth of the Governor of Putmans, which made people feel a little funny.

But no one laughed, but now the enemy is now, they are all worried about their lives.

Once they accept the unconditional surrender, it means that they will hand over their property, and even their lives, to the Ming Empire general outside the city.

Then, whether you can survive or not can only depend on the other party's intentions.

This feeling of being in the hands of the enemy, their own destiny, is too bad for them.

There was silence in the conference room, and everyone was silent.

After a while, looking at the silent Governor Putmans, Father Rodman asked in a low voice, "Your Excellency, are we going to continue to resist now?" ”

"Soon, they'll be shelling."

Fr. Rodman reminded everyone that time was running out and that decisions had to be made as soon as possible, as soon as the other side launched an artillery bombardment, it would be too late.

Now all eyes are on Governor Putmans, who, as the highest Dutch commander in the Mainland, has a decision that affects the fate of everyone here.

Looking at everyone's expectant gazes, the corners of Governor Putmans' mouth squirmed for a moment, and finally he sighed and said with a wry smile:

"Ladies and gentlemen, this decision is too difficult, and although I am the governor of the island of Dayuan in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, I cannot make a decision lightly. Because whatever the decision is, it's too heavy. ”

"I guess let's all vote, after all, it's about our fate, isn't it?"

Everyone didn't speak, just nodded silently, Governor Putmans was right, this decision was indeed too heavy, so heavy that no one dared to say it easily.

A bizarre round of voting, which began at breakneck speed.

Soon, the results came out: no one in the room, anyone, opposed the unconditional surrender.

The Dutch army finally surrendered, before the deadline given by Prime Minister Chung.

After the Governor of Putmans announced his surrender, no sooner had the huge gates of the city of Geranza been opened, and a riot broke out inside!

There were those who tried to escape, and there were also ...... who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to rob, and the whole city of Geranza was in chaos.

In a fit of rage, Zhong Jixiang ordered that all the troublemakers should be killed.

As the 20,000 officers and men of the two Marine Brigades entered the city as a team of 1,000 people, there was an incessant sound of gunfire, screams, and running from the city......

An hour later, all the unstable factors were cleared by the soldiers, and the entire city of Geranza had all fallen into the control of the Ming Royal East China Sea Fleet.

Zhong Jixiang then ordered that, according to the practice of the Ming New Army, arrest and raid homes, screen prisoners, and form a labor camp......