After the 20,000 Ying Long Army of the Fourth Army landed in Taiwan from Chichi, they were like fierce tigers like mountains, and they went all the way to Taiwan City.

"Doodoo Doo"

The enemy is coming, everyone retreat!

In a small stronghold near Taiwan City, only a hundred Dutch soldiers did not have the courage to stop it at all, and they fled to Taiwan City in a panic before the arrival of Ying Long's army!

This was not the first, and almost all of the Dutch strongholds along the way were like this, and no one had the courage to resist a full 20,000 Ying Long army.

After a stick of incense, Yan Yingyuan and Feng Houdun came to this stronghold with Ying Longjun.

Looking at the empty stronghold, Feng Houdun felt extremely speechless: "This is too fast, it's been a day, and the Ying Long Army hasn't fought a single battle!" ”

It's no wonder that Shen Jingchao and Zheng Sen and other navies are too ruthless in Chichicheng, the artillery fire in the sky, the rumbling explosion, even the Dutch who are hundreds of miles away can hear it, just with such a dense artillery fire, the Dutch are afraid, where is there still morale to resist.

"In front of us is Taiwan City, the main city of Taiwan, and the Dutch should all be cowering there, this time they don't think they will run away again!" Yan Yingyuan smiled confidently.

Indeed, what can the Dutch do but defend Taiwan City, once Taiwan City is lost, the Dutch on Taiwan Island can only be cornered.

Feng Houdun also smiled, with a hint of bloodthirst.

Many soldiers of the Ying Long Army also licked their lips, their fighting spirit boiled, and they finally had a chance to make a move.

Faced with 20,000 Ying Long troops, the Dutch were besieged in Taiwan's most important stronghold, Taiwan City.

"You go, let the people in the city lay down their arms and go out of the city and surrender!" Yan Yingyuan was ready to let a Dutchman into the city to persuade him to surrender.

This Dutchman was one of the 100 surviving Dutch soldiers in Chichicheng, and it just so happened that this Dutch soldier knew Chinese, so Yan Yingyuan made this move.

As soon as the Dutch soldier was released, he immediately ran towards the city of Taiwan.

"Big brother, we have 20,000 Ying Long troops, we can take down the city by rushing up directly, why do we want to release the prisoners to persuade us to surrender?" Feng Houdun didn't pay attention to the thousands of Dutch soldiers in Taiwan City at all, his heart was hot, and he was eager to start a war immediately.

Yan Yingyuan shook his head and explained with a smile: "There will always be casualties in the war, if the Dutch can come out and surrender, it is naturally the best, if they are stubborn, it will not be too late for us to attack!" ”

Although Yan Yingyuan didn't take the thousands of Dutch in his eyes and wanted to spill the blood in his heart, as the commander of an army, he couldn't ignore the casualties of his soldiers, and unnecessary casualties were not needed for the corresponding dragon army.

"Wait a minute, the Dutch in the city will not necessarily surrender!"

"Yes, big brother!" Feng Houdun's heart was itching, but he still endured it with difficulty, faintly hoping that the Dutch would not surrender, he had not fought for several months, and he was very uncomfortable.

The nearly 6,000 Dutchmen who were guarding the city of Taiwan naturally did not go out of the city and surrender so easily.

Although Taiwan City is close to the sea, it is not directly close to the sea, but is built in a dangerous place in the north of Taiwan more than ten miles away from the sea, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack!

"Without the support of warships and artillery, the Ming people want to capture Taiwan City, there is no possibility! I, Viscount Tobus, will represent the great Netherlands and teach the arrogant Ming people a hard lesson! The Governor of Taiwan, Viscount Tobus, shouted with a hideous face.

Viscount Tobes had already understood clearly that the defeat of Chiji City was due to the bombardment of thousands of cannons on dozens of warships on the sea, and it was not captured by the landing Ming army.

And now, without the support of warships and cannons on the sea, Tobus has absolute confidence to rely on nearly 6,000 soldiers and 50 cannons to hold the city of Taiwan.

It's not that Viscount Tobbs is arrogant, although the Ming army that came to attack is more than three times his number, but you must know that his soldiers are not only all equipped with muskets, but also replaced with the most advanced flintlock muskets a few months ago, which is easier to fire and greatly increases firepower.

In the past, Viscount Tobbs had fought with the Zheng family in some places in Nanyang, and the Zheng family's sailors were good, but their land army still used swords and weapons, and Viscount Tobbs did not take it seriously, he felt that the Ming army must be the same, and the nearly 6,000 elite flintlock pistols under his command could completely defeat the 20,000 Ming army.

Viscount Tobbs's idea was undoubtedly excellent, but what no one had yet told him was that the Ying Long army of the Ming Dynasty had long been equipped with flintlock pistols, and they were made of better steel flintlock pistols, which had a longer range and greater power than the flintlock pistols in the hands of their Dutch soldiers.

It's just that because of the artillery fire of Chichicheng, the Dutch in the small strongholds along the way were too frightened, and before Ying Long's army arrived, they retreated to Taiwan City in a panic, so they didn't understand.

Of course, it's not that no Dutch have seen the weapons carried by the soldiers of the Ying Long Army this time, at least the Dutch soldier Yan Yingyuan put into the city to persuade him to surrender has definitely seen it, but unfortunately the Dutch soldier was too frightened, and he only cared about persuading him to surrender, and he didn't have time to tell Viscount Tobs in detail, so Viscount Tobes actually didn't know what kind of weapons the Ming army used to land in Taiwan, otherwise he would definitely not have the confidence he has now.

Viscount Tobbs didn't even dare to go to the castle and take a look through binoculars, so he directly ordered fifty cannons to fire outside the city, first giving the Ming army outside the city a dismount, and also relying on the power of the cannons to boost the morale of his soldiers.

"Boom, boom, boom" The Dutchman's fifty cannons were just enough to reach the Ying Long army outside the city.

Fifty shells exploded in the middle of Ying Long's army, killing and injuring many Ying Long's troops.

"Withdraw!" Yan Yingyuan immediately led Ying Long's army to retreat beyond the range of the Dutch's cannons.

"Yes, damn Dutchman!" Feng Houdun spat fiercely and scolded.

A shell exploded not far from him just now, and if he hadn't pounced quickly, he might have been crushed.

"Hmph, it seems that the Dutch have no intention of surrendering, so let them see the power of my Ming Yinglong army!" Yan Yingyuan's face was gloomy and murderous.

Since the Dutch refused to surrender and suddenly opened fire on Ying Long's army, then Ying Long's army did not have to be polite.

"Order the artillery battalion to prepare, and after the whole army assaults for a thousand meters, shell the city of Taiwan, destroy the artillery of the Dutch, and blow up the city gate at the same time!"

With Yan Yingyuan's order, the entire army of Yinglong Army was prepared, especially the artillery battalion, and all eighty field cannons were assembled on the spot.

"Rush!"

After the artillery was assembled, the 20,000 Yinglong army began to charge fiercely towards the city of Taiwan, with the infantry in front and the artillery battalion behind.

The artillery battalion carried a field cannon for every four men, and constantly braved the fire of the Dutch.

The Dutch who held the city of Taiwan had 50 fortified guns, and their firepower was not weak.

There were constantly dead and wounded soldiers of the Yinglong Army in the charge.

Fortunately, the Dutch fortress guns were very bulky and difficult to operate, and it took an average of forty breaths to carry out an artillery bombardment.

"Rush!" Taking advantage of the gap between the Dutch artillery fire, Ying Long's army charged quickly.

Soon, Ying Long's army broke into the city of Taiwan and fought against the Dutch on the castle!

"Bang Bang Bang"

White smoke billowed and lead bullets flew, and soldiers on both sides were killed and wounded and fell to the ground.

Although the Dutch were stationed at the height of the castle, in the face of the more sophisticated flintlock pistols and absolute superiority of the Ying Long army, not only could they not take advantage of anything, but they were severely pressed by the Ying Long army, and the casualties were much heavier than that of the Ying Long army.

At this time, the artillery battalion also broke into the range of the field artillery, and the assembled 80 field cannons were lined up in four columns, and the muzzles of the guns were unanimously aimed at the city of Taiwan.

"Bullet!" The artillery battalion general shouted the order.

Soldiers of the artillery battalion urgently reload shells.

"Ready, fire!" The command flag was waved down suddenly, and eighty cannons roared in unison.

The city of Taiwan was in flames, especially where the Dutch had placed 50 fortress guns, and it was the main target of the Fourth Army's artillery bombardment.

"Ah" some Dutch gunners were torn apart by shells of the 4th Army.

After this round of shelling, six Dutch artillery pieces were destroyed.

"Fight back! Fight back! Destroy their cannons! "The general of the Dutch artillery immediately ordered the gunners to shift the muzzle of the guns and aim at the Yinglong army artillery battalion two thousand meters away!

Unfortunately, the Dutch's fortress artillery was very heavy, more than 3,500 catties, and it was not easy to move, and the field artillery of the Fourth Army had a faster rate of fire, and it only took about twenty breaths to carry out a round of shelling.

"Fire!" The artillery battalion staff officer constantly ordered the artillery battalion to open fire.

When the Dutch finally moved the muzzle, the artillery battalion of the Fourth Army had already carried out four more rounds of shelling, a total of five rounds of shelling, and had already destroyed more than half of the 50 artillery pieces of the Dutch.

"Fire!"

"Boom, boom, boom" There was a fierce artillery battle between the artillery of both sides!

"Ah" The Dutch screams of the Dutch continued to echo in the city of Taiwan, there were only more than 20 cannons left, and the Dutch artillery battalion, whose rate of fire was far lower than that of the field artillery of the Fourth Army, could not be the opponent of the Fourth Army artillery battalion at all, and the Fourth Army artillery battalion could destroy several Dutch artillery pieces in each round of shelling, on the other hand, the Fourth Army could only fire once after two rounds of shelling.

Soon, most of the Dutch cannons were destroyed, and only ten were left, and I believe that in less than fifty breaths, all the Dutch cannons would be destroyed by the Yinglong military artillery battalion!

"Lord Viscount, the enemy's artillery fire is too powerful, and the same is true for infantry muskets, guys can't stand it!" A Dutchman, frightened, ran to report to Viscount Tobbs.

"What! Why is this happening! Tell me, O God, why is this happening! Viscount Tobes yelled.

In fact, long before the soldiers came to report, Viscount Tobes heard the dense gunfire outside the city, and also saw the dense artillery fire constantly bombarding the artillery positions of the great Netherlands, but Viscount Tobes couldn't believe all this at all, and only thought that he was dreaming.

No wonder Viscount Tobbs would rather believe that he was dreaming than believe that he heard and saw everything, after all, he could not have thought of why the Ming army would have such fierce artillery fire to follow, after all, according to the marching speed of the Ming army, it was impossible to carry a cannon with a light weight to follow.

In the face of the soldier's report, it was useless for Viscount Tobus to deceive himself, he had to believe that the Ming army that came to attack not only had muskets in their hands not weaker than them, but also artillery fire was above them.

"Lord Viscount, all our artillery has been destroyed, the enemy has carried out a heavy artillery bombardment of our castle, the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, and soon the enemy will attack the city!" Only a moment later, another Dutch soldier came to report in horror.

"Nope! God, what are you kidding! Viscount Tobes roared in despair, was he and his soldiers going to end up like this!

Viscount Tobes was tempted to go up to the castle to see for himself, but he did not dare, for he had already heard the fierceness of the enemy's fire, and he was not confident that he would survive.

Yes, the Viscount Tobbs, the governor of Taiwan, sent by the Dutch, was afraid of death, and very much of it.

In fact, if it weren't for the relationship with the Duke of Havelan, Viscount Tobes would not be the governor of Taiwan at all, this is all because of the Duke of Havelan's special promotion.

After the artillery battalion of the 4th Army destroyed all the Dutch artillery, the artillery fire continued and hit the bombardment of the city gates.

After a while, the gates of Taiwan were blown open by heavy artillery fire.

"Kill" Ying Longjun swarmed in, and as soon as he entered the city of Taiwan, he was like a tiger entering a wolf pack, and began to constantly chase and kill the Dutch soldiers in the city.

The Ying Long Army was well-trained, well-armed, and experienced in a hundred battles, whether it was long-distance shooting or close-range combat, the Dutch soldiers were no match for Ying Long's army.

The close combat lasted only a few moments before the Dutch collapsed.

Viscount Tobus was desperate, he felt that this was a joke that God was playing on him, he originally thought that it was a very simple task to garrison an island with only more than 200,000 natives, but he was wrong, this island belonged to the mysterious Eastern Empire, their soldiers were not opponents at all, nearly 6,000 soldiers were guarding the fortified city, but they couldn't hold out for even half a day under the attack of the Ming army.

"Lord Viscount, we have no hope, for the sake of your lives and the lives of the soldiers, let's surrender!" A Dutch soldier suggested, looking expectantly at Viscount Tobbs.

Surrender?

Viscount Tobbs was stunned for a moment, and then as if grasping a life-saving straw, he saw the hope of survival.

"Yes, yes, we surrender, we surrender to them!"

Under the leadership of Viscount Tobbs, the remaining more than 2,000 Dutch soldiers raised the white flag and surrendered to the Fourth Army.

Since then, Taiwan has won a great victory, nearly 10,000 Dutch soldiers on the island have been wiped out, and Taiwan has finally recovered after being occupied by the Dutch for more than ten years, and returned to the arms of the Ming Dynasty!

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