Guo Huaiyi slowly moved his body down from the roof with great difficulty, and came down from a high place along the long bamboo ladder, and was terrified when he reached the ground.

The artillery battle was as good as the bloody battle between the two armies.

The heavy artillery of the Dutch at the head of the city, through the joint efforts of the soldiers, slaves, officials and even priests in the castle, reluctantly adjusted the muzzle, and could bombard the artillery of the Southern Chinese Army in front of Anping Town together with the eight-pounder gun.

He saw with his own eyes that a cannonball first hit a corpse, blowing up a black arm and several strands of bloody arrows. A few more bounces in the pile of corpses, smashing several corpses to the ground, and those red, black, purple entrails flowed everywhere. Wild dogs, who had escaped from nowhere, braved the fire and looked for a delicious dinner in the pile of dead people.

And those sword and shield soldiers, before the intensive artillery fire began, escorted more than 200 captives from the pile of dead people, waved the long knives in their hands towards the city with a strong smell of demonstration, and then escorted this group of mixed teams composed of mountain natives, blacks and Dutch, all the way back to the camp adjacent to Anping Town!

These captives will be awaited as official slaves or in other heavy and high-risk industries.

They were able to pick up this life on the battlefield, and thanks to their ancestors, they were not too seriously injured. For those who were too seriously injured, or whose limbs were mutilated, they were gathered by the sword and shield soldiers and asked the temple of Tianhou Temple to come forward. Contact the city of Geranza and ask them to bring these hundreds of wounded soldiers back to the city.

This approach made Captain Beder scold bitterly in his heart, but knowing that it was a trap and a fire pit, he had to jump! If you don't jump, you will lose your military spirit, and you will be blamed by the people in the entire castle!

After barely receiving a few hundred wounded soldiers of varying severity, Captain Beder immediately ordered the sluice gates to be opened and the several trenches outside the city of Geranza were filled with water. Prevent the South Chinese Army from sneak attacks or digging tunnels to carry out blasting.

Meantime. On the inner and outer walls, especially the artillery positions, they were built high with straw bags and sandbags to prevent shells from breaking through the masonry and causing ricocheting casualties.

After completing these defenses. Captain Beder gave the order to open fire! Give these damned Orientals a little color with artillery fire!

Thereupon. The large and small artillery on the inner and outer walls opened fire on the artillery positions of the Southern Chinese Army under the city. And the artillery of the South Central Army also began to fire back, and for a while, the city was up and down. The shells were staggered back and forth, and the fight was spectacular and tragic!

The artillery fire of the Dutch on the head of the city of Geranza relied on the advantage of condescending and convenient aiming to bombard the artillery of the Southern Central Army under the city, and the eighteen-pound and eighteen-pound shells continued to smash on the front and back of the various gun emplacements, splashing huge clods of earth.

The artillery team of the Southern Chinese Army relied on its own technical superiority, numerical superiority and good artillery position cover to launch an artillery bombardment on the city's head, and for a time, 12-pound and 18-pound shells continued to fall on the city's head, smashing the doors and windows of the city tower and destroying the battlements at the city's head.

Both sides used nearly 50 artillery pieces to bombard.

However, the number of casualties and damage to gun positions caused by such intensive fire was not large. The reason for this was that both sides piled up a large number of straw bags on their respective gun emplacements, using dirt and sand to reduce the lethality of shells to artillery and personnel. After the solid shell hits the ground, if it cannot directly hit the target, it can only rely on the bounce of the shell to kill personnel and equipment. And pockets filled with dirt and sand can weaken the kinetic energy of the shells.

When Captain Bader led his troops out of the city to fight, the Dutch at the head of the city discovered this practice of the gun emplacements of the Nanzhong army, and quickly learned it, and in order to strengthen the artillery fortifications, the Dutch even moved the rice in the warehouse to strengthen the fortifications.

As night fell, the artillery fire on both sides gradually stopped.

"Captain, this is our loss situation today!"

On the first day of the battle, the Dutch lost 127 dead and missing soldiers, wounded more than 70 soldiers, and the soldiers of the auxiliary units suffered 609 casualties and more than 360 wounded...... Three eight-pounder guns and one eighteen-pounder cannon were destroyed, consuming 1,160 pounds of gunpowder and 207 shells.

In just one day of fighting, more than 10% of the soldiers in the castle were consumed, and the loss of artillery and gunpowder was also huge. The screams and groans of the wounded soldiers were overwhelming the ambulance medical chaplains.

Such battle losses silenced the officers and senior employees of the company present, since they had arrived in the East, when had they suffered such battle losses? Even in Europe, such losses are enough to shake the morale of an army.

"Captain!"

A naval officer with a surprised voice shattered the dull atmosphere in the room.

"We have found that the enemy's blockade of the sea has not been completed, we can send someone to send a ship to Provencha, report to the Governor about today's battle, and ask him to lead the army back to help, or make deployment adjustments!"

The narrow window, the dim moonlight, and the flickering candles on the long table stretched out the figures of the gentlemen present, and all eyes were cast on Captain Bader for a decision.

"Alright! Send a ship to pick up the two Governors back! ”

Captain Bader's words were a relief to him and those present.

The Doge has returned to the city of Geranza, and it is not their responsibility to be defeated or surrendered!

Captain Beder walked to the window, and looked over the inner and outer walls of the castle to the bottom of the city, where it was already a sea of lights.

"Boom!"

Perhaps they were afraid that the people in the city would be empty and lonely, and a cannonball flew from nowhere, and it fell into the open space between the outer and inner walls.

"My lord! The red-haired gunboat Wiinke secretly went to sea at night, as if it was going to the city! ”

The Zheng Jiajun spies, who were in charge of monitoring the city of Relanza, quietly reported the news to Guo Huaiyi.

"Hongmaoyi suffered during the day. I guess I'm going to ask their big boss for a military plane! Don't rest! Go to sea and return to Kinmen immediately! Tell the commander about the situation here, and ask him to quickly send troops to the sea and retake our territory! Tell the commander, I will wait to meet him in the city of Santo Domingo! ”

Guo Huaiyi was full of joy and planned to regain the lost territory in one fell swoop when the army of the commander Zheng Zhilong arrived at the city of Santo Domingo, which was built by the Spaniards in the old days. But will Lee Shou-han give him this chance?

Just when the Dutch and Zheng Zhilong's two ships were sneaking out posters and letters at night, Li Shouhan, who was far away in the city of Santo Domingo, that is, Tamsui, was already sitting in the office of the former Spanish governor, holding a pipe and reading the military report sent by Zhang Xiaohu. Tell about today's field results.

The city of Santo Domingo built by the Spaniards on a hill at the mouth of the Tamsui River. After only a few hours of holding out, the owner and flag were replaced, and this became the wartime headquarters of the South China Army.

The city of Santo Domingo was also built on a steep hill, with a complete and good system of fortifications and observation points from afar, because it had relatively good ventilation and sanitation and water supply and drainage facilities. Shouhan set up his own command post, field hospital, supply base and other institutions here.

Meantime. It is also the office of the Reclamation Bureau.

Bureau of Reclamation. As a member of the Chief, no, a government-like institution in Taiwan. Commenced work. The moment Shouhan landed at the mouth of the Tamsui River, he changed the land under his feet from Dayuan to Taiwan.

The main job of the Bureau was to coordinate and organize the Han people's reclamation and relations with the nearby Pingpu aborigines. Since the Spaniards were in Taiwan, the Pingpu people began to migrate under the pressure of the Spaniards and the Han Chinese. They successively migrated to Guandu, Beitou, and Ga Nabei (also known as Xiaobali Society, between present-day Beitou and Guandu) and other places.

On the one hand, the Spaniards appeased the tribes of the Pingpu aborigines such as Malinkeng (now Qidu) and Jinbaoli (now Jinshan, Taipei County); On the one hand, it traced the Tamsui River up to pacify the tribes of the Bali Society (now Bali Township, Taipei County), the Beitou Society, the Li Ethnic Society (in Songshan, Taipei City), and the Dalang Pump Society (now Dalongtong, Taipei City). When they gained a foothold, they began to follow what Su Ge said, "I bring sword and fire instead of peace." "Attempt to further invade the Lanyang Plain, the living world of the Kamalan people, by force, after taking control of the Taipei Basin. Spanish forces once entered the Yilan area. But soon they withdrew because of the strength of the Kamarans.

After the armed invasion failed to achieve its effect, the use of religious and cultural weapons began. For a time, the priest's robe replaced the military uniform, and the cross replaced the musket. Before the Spaniards were driven out, there were already several churches standing in the mountains and plains of the area, and more than 4,000 indigenous people were Christians.

However, this qiē came to an end after the arrival of the Southern Chinese Army led by Shouhan.

In the eyes of those natives, this land has attracted the covetous eyes of countless people because of its fat and rich, first the Spaniards were driven away by the Han people with red flags, and then another group of Han people took over here, and the mighty Dutch, who can defeat the Han people here before, must be the strongest force in the world, and the first group of Han people to drive away Spain, but defeated the Dutch again in one morning, then it should be even more god-like power!

"Your Excellency!" The director of the Reclamation Bureau was about to come in to report with the account book in his hand, but was stopped by Mo Yu, the commander of the guard battalion, "The lord is reading the military newspaper, if your matter is not particularly urgent, just wait for a while." ”

"This is the number of Han people we have collected from all over the country, there are more than 50,000 people, and there are more than 4,000 Kending!"

Mo Yu pursed his lips and expressed his contempt for Guo Huaiyi's loss of fresh water before, "Not to mention the regular army in your hands, even these more than 4,000 Kending, you can also deal with the Dutch!" ”

The Shouhan himself, who was sitting in the office smoking a cigarette, did not hear their whispers, but only devoted all his attention to the military newspaper in front of him. Zhang Xiaohu's military report was very detailed, and a schematic diagram of the operation was attached. Comparing the topographical map of the entire city of Geranza, Shouhan could clearly understand the whole process of this battle.

Strange! Shouhan smoked a cigarette with his head down, and tried to recall the record of Zheng Chenggong's attack on the city of Gelansha when he recovered Taiwan. This battle caused Zheng Jun to suffer heavy losses in order to uproot the city of Geranza, the last stronghold of the Dutch. The 25,000 elites at the time of the expedition faced this fortress under the city of Geranza. Because of battle casualties and disease, half of the casualties! In the end, Zheng Chenggong had no choice but to order his general Ma Xin to adopt a long-term siege method, cutting off the water source of Geranza City, leaving the well in the castle without water to draw, and trapping the Dutch alive.

In the same battle, the Emperor of the Ages, who was known as capable of writing and martial arts, could understand astronomy and foreign languages, dispatched almost half of the country's artillery, and faced hundreds of armed rogue criminals in Russia, and also suffered heavy casualties. In the end, the Treaty of Nebuchu, which was supposedly equal, had to be signed. Recognition of the power of the Russians over Siberia.

In the same face of the fortress, why is your own army like this?

Putting aside the great achievements of the first emperor through the ages, it was also the city of Relanza, which attacked Taiwan and almost made the Zheng army bleed. But so vulnerable? In the military newspaper. Zhang Xiaohu made no secret of his pride. "If it weren't for keeping this castle to complete the lord's strategy of luring the enemy, I'm afraid I would be able to attack the city today!"

He looked closely at the map, trying to find something on it. Suddenly. He seems to have discovered something! There are a few forts missing from this map! It turned out that Zheng Chenggong attacked a large defensive system with the city of Geranza as the main position and Fort Utlitcht as a subsidiary position next to it. Faced with such a three-dimensional fortification dominated by a fortress and equipped with more than 150 artillery pieces of various sizes, the Zheng army, which lacked artillery, could only fill it with human lives. And Zheng Jun, who has extremely scummy land combat capabilities, is undoubtedly the wisest choice to choose the tactics of long-term siege and long-term siege.

The Zheng army, which did not have a modern army mobilization and supply system, left the Dutch enough time to prepare for war and reserve materials before setting out to recover Taiwan. The Dutch not only stockpiled a large amount of food, weapons, ammunition, and other military supplies in the castles, but also brought 30,000 pounds of gunpowder into the city of Geranza alone, and stored enough timber for 8 to 10 months to prepare for a long time, but also sent ships to the city of Batavia to call for help, blocking the channel with sunken ships. Zheng Jun lost the suddenness of the war, and if Zheng Chenggong had not led the fleet to smuggle in Luermen and occupy the initiative, he was afraid that recovering Taiwan would have been just a joke.

What needs to be done now is to destroy the basis of Dutch domination in Taiwan!

"Herald!"

With Kenting as a guide, select elites from the guards, phoenix, xuanwu and other battalions, and go to various Gaoshan villages, especially those that have signed a submission agreement with the Dutch, and do only one thing, tell them that the real owner of this land has come! Ask them to take sides! For those who are obedient, we have good iron pots, cotton cloth, rice, and cane sugar to exchange for deerskins, sand gold, medicinal herbs, etc., and those who are not willing to submit to you, we also have gifts to give! That's knives, guns and gunpowder projectiles!

If the naturalized tribe conquest the rebel thief together, they can get half of the wealth of the rebel tribe, and at the same time, they can get the right to the tribe's hunting grounds and mountains and forests!

However, it is not only Shouhan who thinks of these local belongings! Putmans, who had taken a boat from Chichicheng City overnight and rushed back to the city of Geranza on the island of Kunshi, also saw the value of this group of natives.

"What about the village leaders who come to the local meeting? Where are they all? ”

As soon as Putmansfu entered the city, he did not care to listen to Captain Bedel's report on the battle situation, nor did he dare to go upstairs to observe the position of the Southern Central Army.

"According to the terms of submission you have signed with our East India Company, when the Dutch fight the enemy, you must all be sent out to fight the enemy as a friend of the Dutch! Now is the time for you to fulfill this obligation! ”

Dozens of leaders of the Atayal and Pingpu tribes looked at each other, and they all saw the horror and uneasiness in each other's eyes.

These chiefs were all fattened and tamed by the Dutch for many years, and they played the role of pawns and thugs for the Dutch rule in Taiwan, and countless deerskins, golden sands, rattan products, and animal skins passed through their hands and served as taxes for the Dutch, exchanged for boatloads of silver. The Dutch also sold flour, tobacco, salt, sugar, iron pots, cotton cloth, knives and axes from all over the world to the villages, and in this way, these chieftains, like the Dutch, were fattened in this cheap and expensive trade.

However, they also saw the battle between the Nanzhong army and the Dutch that day, and more than 1,000 people went out of the city to fight against the Nanzhong army, but less than half of them returned, most of them came back with wounds, and the smell of suppuent wounds and heart-rending moans and screams in the castle.

"What? None of you have ever lagged behind when you drank wine and ate meat, and today the time has come for you to express your friendship and courage to the East India Company, and you are all cowardly?! ”

Putmans' words made the group of native leaders who had never seen ice and snow feel the bitter smell of cold.

"Rest assured, Your Excellency! Let's go back, gather the best warriors of the clan, and hunt down the heads of those Han soldiers! As a tribute to your lords! ”

With the leader in the lead, the leaders followed one after another to show their loyalty.

Putmans and the Governor John who took over. Fan. Debaul bowed his head and spoke a few words, and Putmans continued to give orders to the group of leaders on behalf of the East India Company.

"Right now, there is a war going on outside, cannon fodder, no, when the artillery is under fire, there is no need for the leaders to go back in person. Please go back to your hometown and gather the elite warriors to hunt the heads of Han Chinese soldiers outside the castles of Provencha and Geranza! Each Han person's head can be used to cover the taxes of a native! From the second one, you can exchange it for a silver coin or a pound of salt! (To be continued......)