A necessary war is a just war. Machiavelli's Monarch

Artillery artillery has long been eliminated in the era when Li Xiangqian was a soldier, but in this era, it is an invincible weapon, but in the hands of these new time and space recruits, it is very busy, but fortunately, this actual combat is just a training exercise.

The siege of the city, the snipers cleared the walls, the mortars bombarded the pieces, and then slowly advanced to take the city, but the purpose was not military, but political, to create the impression that the Council of Elders was invincible, rooted in the minds of these red hairs and the local people.

This is due to the temporary lack of long-range force delivery capabilities of the Council of Elders, which has to be done, as long as this idea is established, then at least within a few years, the Council of Elders will be the supreme arbiter in this land, and this will be enough.

Poor Yixin was dazed by such a weapon not long after he took office as governor, but he was also smart enough to know that this was an attack from the outside world, but fortunately, as a force of only a few hundred people, he was still on guard against these natives.

The strange angle of the mortar shells began to extend the explosion point to the originally safe place behind the city wall, and after relieving the people to fire aimlessly at the place where the shells came from, it instead caused the mortars to attack more violently.

"How many cannons are there, it's terrible."

Kuichi gritted his teeth, the city wall could not be climbed at all, and he could only see through a few secret peeps that many soldiers dressed as locals had gathered outside the city, of course, what made Kuichi feel at ease was that the people he could see were basically dressed as civilians and armed with cold weapons.

But where did those cannons come from?

Finally, a cannonball exploded not far away, and the shrapnel directly lifted the head of a small clerk in front of him, making him unbearable.

"Retreat, retreat back to the inner city!"

As mentioned before, the city of Geranza is divided into three layers of walls, the outer city is stationed with those Dutch merchants, trading stations and other places, and the inner layer is the core of the military camp, arsenal, and so on.

Although it was a three-story city wall, in fact, the best arrangement was the outermost layer, in fact, they didn't expect to be besieged at all, and no one thought that they would be attacked by people with a higher level of technology.

Zheng Jiajun's side is also expected to have a telescope, and after observing it, with a wave of his hand, a few men shouted: "Follow me, rob the foreign devils and get money!" ”

The division of labor is also clear, at this time the army of the first is suppressed, temporarily unable to shoot and fire back, although the city gate is closed, but these people hold shields, long ladders, and fire guns, and they are killed.

"The first section of the wall has been taken."

Li looked forward at this, and still agreed, although the scumbag of the synergistic ability exploded, fortunately, he still had the courage to charge, at least the courage to charge under the cover of his own artillery fire, and ordered: "The snipers began to move forward, half of the mortar troops moved to the reserve position at the city wall, and the other half continued to bombard the inner city. ”

Entering the city, the battle has just begun.

After returning to the inner city, he sorted out the team, and watched the natives who were holding swords and backward firecrackers also climbed over the city walls and began to occupy the city, so he was not angry, at this time, because the inner city was relatively higher than the outer city, it was just condescending, and he began to shoot at these natives.

There are quite a few people sent by the Zheng family, but after all, there are some warriors recruited locally, so it's okay for them to fight with the wind, but once they rush into the city, the faces of the lumpenproletarians are immediately revealed, and they begin to lose order, leaving the team, and groups of three or five begin to enter the warehouses, and the merchant houses are robbed, after all, after announcing the retreat into the inner city, all the whites are very well-behaved, and they quickly run in, after all, it is the natives who have come in.

Lost the organization, left the place of refuge, and entered the range of the soldiers under the hands of the people, but these people of the Zheng army were taken care of, not only the subordinates of the people, but also those white merchants, the maritime merchants of this era are basically synonymous with pirates, good people are basically unable to survive, seeing that their property was obtained by these natives, they naturally jumped like thunder, and they did not need to mobilize, so they began to shoot.

"Knock knock," although the distance was a little far, but under the condescending blow, many native soldiers were really hit and fell to the ground screaming.

The mortars originally hit and bombed the outer city walls, and at this time they had just adjusted their muzzles, and they were not yet proficient, in fact, they had not even completed the most basic shooting courses, and they had purely relied on the huge output of the Presbyterian Church to practice them with numbers.

At this time, adjust the firing distance, the explosion of the shells gradually extended, and began to bombard around the inner city, of course, the effect was also there, and the other Dutchmen in the city were all ignorant, how could the rate of fire be so fast? Do you want to let people live?

The artillery in the city has been overturned a long time ago, after all, a dozen mortars, enough shell tubes, enough to slowly plow this small city.

The confrontation that gradually formed, due to the climb to the highest point of the inner city, Yuichi gradually realized that something was wrong, he could already see the mortar position in the distance, and the snipers who were pushed forward, these weapons were unheard of, where did they come from?

I didn't have time to think about it, after fighting for so long, I was defenseless, and I didn't even know who the enemy was, so I was hit by such a blow, and I was already thinking about it in my heart, of course, unlike his subordinate Andre who directly thought that it was not the British who attacked him, he had some information in the end, and the British were still very cautious about their activities in Asia, he thought that the most likely thing was to occupy Macau, the Jesuits who were making money every day, but if you think about it carefully, the Jesuits already have Macau, why do you still come to snatch the birds that don't poop?

The real suspicious people are the Spaniards in the south who occupy the Philippines, they have always had the idea of going north to open up the Chinese market, hum.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and hated: "Damn infidels, the company knows about your behavior and will definitely send troops to the rescue!" ”

He yelled: "Everyone is armed, these Spaniards are pretending to be natives to attack us, we can't let them succeed!" Their weapons are certainly not enough, you see, they are all natives they keep in captivity! ”

The Zheng Jun in front of him made Yu Yi increase his confidence, which Li Xiangqian never expected.

Li Xiangqian had already estimated how the Yi army behaved, and at this time, after seeing them start to hide in the battlements, he began to shoot at the Zheng family's people, and he also nodded, still a little resilient, so it was interesting to fight.

In contrast, he is more concerned about the people sent by Zheng Zhilong, and it can be observed through the telescope that Zheng Zhilong's people may be fed with silver, or they are rich, and they are not very interested in entering the city to rob, maybe they have experienced some fights and killings, and they know that they are going to rob at this time, but they are looking for death, and in the end, they are empty, but they are not beautiful.

However, the newly recruited men in the local area have escaped a group of lumpenproletarians, and they are absolutely reactionary, and Li Xiangqian himself is not interested in these people, maybe some casualties can make them remember for a long time and know the importance of discipline.

"Artillery slow down the bombardment, take turns firing, snipers suppress, slow down the artillery, as for your men, let them be out of the enemy's firing distance, open the city gates, plus rest the roads, now...... Dine. ”

It was also a toss for a morning, it was already noon at this time, and the weather in this kind of place was so hot, Li Qianqian observed that the foreigners in the city were just relying on their anger now, and they would not come with them.

He didn't come to kill people, or even to seize the city, but to conquer people's hearts, and to subdue the people in the city was the goal.

Of course, the food is prepared locally in advance, although the spacecraft can transport mortars at the same time, but also transport some compressed biscuits or something, but after thinking twice, or use the food prepared by the locals, of course, Zheng Cai prepared a good diet for Li Xiangqian, there are still some rich Han people in the local area, once they have money, they also began to raise pigs, and after they have sent people to "do work" before, they are also honest and unkind, directly kill the pigs, and give everyone a tooth sacrifice, as for what fruits are enough.

Li Xiangqian looked at this special hospitality, although he didn't think so, but he also understood that this was a fixed rule of this era, and if you didn't accept it, it chilled people's hearts, thinking that it was going to move you.

Now there is some kind of confrontation, the people in the city dare not come out, but they can't shoot anyone, and Li Xiangqian deliberately let the mortar team slow down the rate of fire and suppress them, as for Zheng Cai's people, after occupying the city wall, they began to do the housekeeping skills, digging the ground, that is, building barricades, to surround these Dutchmen.

At noon, the water should be sufficient, although it is so hot that the whole body is sweaty, I really don't want to eat, but I still force myself to eat, but the big man in the imperial capital is also strange, they are not allowed to go to the water's edge to urinate, but send them to a fixed place, and they are not allowed to move around at will, obey orders.

This is the advantage of mental arithmetic or not, as well as precise calculation, within this operation, many days in advance, Li Xiangqian observed the position, calculated where to arrange the position, and a few days ago, whether it was the Zheng family's people sneaking into the nearby ambush, or communicating the actions of the local Han people, preparing food in advance, they were all in order, and made a plan from last night, gathered local women, rushed to make rice balls, salted fish, at least a piece of meat per person, it was really a good meal.

This is also thanks to the enemy's help in educating the Chinese people, how bad foreign devils are, but it doesn't feel right.

If the natives on the other side, like the tide, carry ridiculous cold weapons, and those ladders or something, come to attack the inner city, and have confidence in it, relying on the city wall with good anti-artillery ability, to stop them, and not to leave hundreds of corpses and never want to touch the city wall, then the hearts of the people in the city will be united.

But now, the initiative is in the hands of Li Xiangqian, he said to fight, he said to stop, at this time everyone eats, those artillerymen are the worst, while eating, while betting with each other, occasionally sending out a shell, although the hit is not very accurate, but also the morale of these Dutch people hurt the most.

The most annoying thing is that they have also started to eat, there are still some grain and ammunition depots in the inner city of Geranza, but there is no need to worry about the lack of food, in this part of Taiwan, as long as you dig yourself, you can also dig groundwater, but, considering that more than 2,000 people, those merchants, sailors are running fast enough, after sneaking into the city, it is almost overcrowded.

The order became chaotic, some people demanded that they immediately send troops out to take back their belongings, otherwise they would go to the company to sue him, and some people angrily shouted that their relatives were killed, and asked him to quickly send troops to drive those natives away and avenge themselves, in short, he became an angry bag, and all the grievances and resentments broke out on him, even if he was the governor, he was also the governor of the small city of Geranza, and some people really couldn't afford to offend the backstage.

It is impossible for people to be idle, there is always something going to happen when they are idle, and if these foreigners continue to deal with attacks, they may not have the opportunity for internal friction, and now, they finally have people who have begun to shout heat.

It should be said that these foreigners still have some good enjoyment, usually there is wine and meat, but that is in normal times, at this time, although Yu Yi watched Li Xiangqian and the others start to eat, and understood that after these natives have eaten enough, they will start to attack the city, and they will also hurry up to prepare meals, but in the inner city, there is only a small room, and the food supply for more than 100 people is already the limit, although the chef took a few soldiers and directly baked bread to eat, but it could not be baked too quickly.

So, a new contradiction broke out, not suffering from a lack of but suffering from unevenness, for the original intention of the one, the food in the inner city is still edible, you can line up slowly, but for the frightened people who are frightened in the morning, it is best to eat something to suppress the shock, so the queue begins.

He originally planned to let his soldiers eat first, so that he could maintain his combat effectiveness, but none of the merchants in the city did not have a background, and when he showed his identity, he asked his people to eat first.

He cursed countless times about the causes of these civil strife, but he still had patience and calmed down, these foreigners also had some intelligence, and knew that if the natives defeated them, there would really be nothing, and they were willing to compromise some.

At noon, it takes time to distribute the bread, and to do it fairly, it is natural that everyone eats a small bite first, and it is better to have a little stomach.

However, by the time he had done everything, the Presbyterian Church's letter of surrender had arrived.