"Report! Chief Wang, the Dutch Red Fan has landed from Lukang, with about 4,000 troops, including 3,000 Dutch Red Fan and 1,000 familiar aborigines, who are rushing towards my Changhua City! ”

"Well, I know, continue to sentry, and report back immediately if there is a situation!"

"Order!"

Looking at the back of the sentinel in a hurry, Lu Huan, the chief of Pingnan Camp C, had a happy smile on his face. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hmph, these Dutch red fans, sure enough, are here. It's just that you want to take advantage of Lord Li's troops to Taipei, so you want to sneak attack my Changhua City and seize my Taichung land, but you don't want to!

Some time ago, according to Li Xiao's arrangement, he deliberately dispersed the soldiers in the city to various parts of Taichung, so that the soldiers in Changhua City stationed in Changhua City were only a few hundred. It is precisely for this reason that the Dutch spies who infiltrated the city have a delusion, thinking that the only remaining troops in Changhua City are a good opportunity to sneak attack and seize it.

But no, the number of troops in the whole C was 30 spearmen and 15 shields, each team of 102 men, a total of 4,590 men, but the total number of soldiers was more than the Dutch invasion force.

There is a saying that the real is false, and the virtual is real, and Lu Huan is sure that such a strong but weak Ming army should give an unexpected "surprise" to the invading Dutch army.

After receiving the news of the Dutch troops dispatched by the personnel of the Security Division, Lu Huancai ordered the soldiers of General C, who were stationed in various parts of Taichung, to urgently withdraw to Changhua City.

The villagers and people on both sides of the official road from Lukang to Changhua City, as well as their grain and livestock, had already been arranged by the officials of the Civil Affairs Department to withdraw into Changhua City after receiving the news of the Dutch army's dispatch, so as to avoid the capture and burning of the Dutch.

Just a few days ago, Lu Huan received a flying pigeon message from Li Xiao, saying that Luo Zheng, deputy commander of the Pingnan Battalion, had personally led all the cavalry to the south by land and rushed to the aid of Changhua City.

Lü Huan was overjoyed when he saw the letter, so he quickly sent an envoy to the north to meet the cavalry going south, and at the same time told them in detail about his own battle arrangements.

"Hmph, damn red-haired fanzi, since you want to kill yourself, then come, Ben will be in this Changhua City, waiting for you to come." The pen on Lu Huan's face became more and more brilliant and ruthless.

Under the accompaniment of the passionate cowhide drums, the Dutch army that successfully landed from Lukang, under the command of the commander-in-chief Baudel, sang a loud military song in unison, and along the official road leading to Changhua City, like a long snake, it wandered away.

The Dutch army on this expedition was in much the same order as in the last expedition, with 1,000 familiar servants at the top, followed by 1,000 spearmen, then 1,500 musketeers, and finally 500 gunners who operated and hauled 100 guns.

Wearing a new shiny steel armor, Baldell led more than a hundred dragoons who were also wearing new armor to the rear of the Dutch army.

The reason why it is important to emphasize that their armor is brand new is that the original armor of the dragoons, including the commander-in-chief Baodel, has been taken away by the Ming army during the invasion of Taichung at the beginning of the year. And the original one hundred and fifty dragoons, because of battle damage and wounds, only one hundred and five remained.

Of course, such a shameful past has been deliberately forgotten by Baudel and the dragoons.

I heard the Dutch soldiers singing in unison the rousing military song "Fan. Nassau", the cruel look on Commander-in-Chief Baldell's face became more and more obvious.

"Damn Li Xiao, damn yellow-skinned monkey, last time the commander was careless, he fell into an ambush plan and was captured by you. But this time, this commander won't fall for your little tricks again. If Changhua City is taken, this commander will definitely slaughter all the residents of the city and kill all of you hateful yellow-skinned monkeys to relieve my hatred! Bowdell was secretly ruthless.

When Commander Baudel was thinking about how to capture Changhua City, Paul, a Dutch firecracker who sang and moved forward with the brigade, was infinitely emotional.

In the last battle to invade Taichung, he was captured as a prisoner, and he didn't want to fight the Ming people again, but as an ordinary soldier, of course, he couldn't decide his own fate, and he definitely couldn't disobey the forcible military order, so he had to go out again.

Looking at the endless new rice fields on both sides of the official road, the scattered rural houses, and the green and vibrant potato seedlings planted in the rice fields, Paul felt as if he was in a dark green ocean, and he felt like he was back in the place where he had returned to the beginning of the year.

The surrounding scenery is almost the same as at the beginning of the year, the only difference is that the potholes and twists and turns of the small dirt road at the beginning have been built by the Ming people into nearly three zhang wide, straight and smooth cement road, marching on such a road with excellent road condition, but it is a lot more comfortable. A group of Dutch gunners pushing artillery were even more smiling, this straight and wide road allowed them to save too much physical strength and consumption.

Paul, who sang military songs and marched on the official road, was inexplicably worried.

Although before the expedition, Commander Baodel swore to them that this time he would be able to successfully take this Taichung land, take Changhua City of the Ming people, and let all the wealth and women of the Ming people be shared among the brave and noble Dutch. But Paul, who had never been able to escape the shadow of defeat and capture at the beginning of the year, was deeply skeptical of Baudel's assurances.

At this time, he even felt a deep sense of guilt.

Thinking that after being captured last time, the Ming people did not embarrass them, and finally let them return to Tainan smoothly. And now, the Netherlands, which claims to be the guardian of the rules of the civilized world, has taken the lead in violating the armistice agreement and once again invading the land of Taichung by the Ming people.

Paul was convinced that such a perfidious break with the covenant was definitely not the approach of a noble gentleman in the civilized world. Such a despicable act would undoubtedly only greatly damage the international prestige and credibility of the Netherlands.

It's just that, as an ordinary soldier, he has no room to speak or resist the military actions to be taken by his superiors.

Paul noted that the morale of the entire Dutch Army was not high on this expedition. Many of the soldiers who were sent back to Tainan after the last defeat were captured soldiers who were released back to Tainan by the Ming people, and they were all the same as themselves, although they were singing military songs, their faces were gloomy, and their eyes were full of deep anxiety and uneasiness.

Paul even intuitively felt that at the end of this official road, there would probably be no victory and glory waiting for the Dutch army, on the contrary, it was very likely that there would be a new defeat, waiting for him.

In the bloody and huge war machine, the fate and life and death of individuals should be insignificant.

I hope that this time, I can go back alive and well, after all, in my hometown outside Amsterdam, my mother and sister are still waiting for my safe return.

May God bless his helpless and godly lamb and return safely to Holland, Paul prayed in his heart.

Along the way, the Dutch army passed through several Ming army watchtowers, and now Baodel, who is very vigilant, hurriedly asked several dragoons to go to see and investigate, and as a result, they all came back to report that these watchtowers were empty, and the items and ordnance had been withdrawn.

When Baudel heard the report, he was extremely proud, and he became more and more convinced that he would return triumphantly on this expedition.

However, Baodel was still extremely cautious, fearing a repeat of the last time he went out and suffered a crushing defeat due to carelessness of the enemy, so when advancing, whether he encountered a watchtower or even passed through a small valley, he first sent cavalry to carefully investigate, and only after making sure that there was no ambush by the Ming army, did he order the army to continue to advance.

This practice, while ensuring caution, undoubtedly slowed down the pace of progress, so that it was not until three hours later that the Dutch army finally saw a vague shadow of a city in the distance.

"Your Excellency Commander, in front of you is Changhua City of the Ming Army."

The familiar sentinel who was out of breath stretched out his finger, but his face finally showed a relaxed look.

Baudel let out a sigh and ordered the whole army to stop advancing and eat some bread and cheese on the spot to replenish their strength.

The Dutch army, who were already exhausted and their legs were like lead, heard this order, and suddenly they were unable to stand up again, and they all sat on the ground crookedly, drinking water and eating bread, and preparing themselves physically for the next battle.

At this time, Baodel took out a clairvoyant mirror and looked carefully at the Ming army's city.

From the clairvoyant mirror, he can vaguely see that the Changhua City, which was newly built by the Ming people, is square, each city wall is about one kilometer long, only three city gates in the west, south and north are opened, and each city gate is built with an urn city, and the city ring has dug a moat, the river is about three zhang wide, and only the suspension bridge connects the city and the outside of the city.

Baodel, who put down the clairvoyant mirror, frowned.

Although the Ming army defended the city with few soldiers, the city was built so thoroughly, and there was a moat to block it, so it was not easy for them to quickly seize the city.

Now it seems that in the absence of other siege methods, the only solution is to collapse the enemy's city wall with artillery and seize the city of Changhua by violence.

After a short time, the Dutch army finished eating and drinking, and the whole army continued to move forward, successfully reaching a distance of one thousand meters away from the west gate of Changhua.

At this time, Baudell saw that the 10 eight-pounder cannons and 20 six-pounder cannons placed on the tower of the West Gate were facing him with the muzzles of the black hole.

Seeing these cannons, Baudel's heart was deeply pierced.

He knew that this was the artillery of the Dutch Army that was captured by the Ming army after the defeat of the last battle, but now it was being used by the Ming army against him.

After a little thought, Baodel sent cavalry to gallop around outside Changhua City, and finally saw the layout of the Ming army defending the city.

It turned out that the Ming army only had artillery on the west gate wall, and the south city wall and the north city wall only had fifteen trebuchets each.

Seeing that these trebuchets that had been killing Dutch soldiers on the hillside last time had been placed on these city walls by the Ming army again, a sneer suddenly appeared on Baudel's fat face.

This kilometer-long city wall has only fifteen trebuchets with a range of no more than 200 meters, and such a defense is too simple.

It seems that compared to the west gate city wall guarded by artillery, the two north and south city walls, each with 15 trebuchets, should be their main direction of attack.

After all, the accurate firing range of the artillery in his own army was more than 400 meters, but it happened to hit the Ming army without the strength to fight back.

However, before attacking, Baodel hesitated for a moment, and first sent a Han messenger to persuade him to surrender.

In his opinion, in this battle where the victory was decided, it would be best if these Ming troops standing at the head of the city could automatically surrender if they could understand the situation and avoid an unnecessary fight.

He whispered to a Han Chinese messenger in a tight-fitting suit, who nodded, and with two dragoons, rode swiftly forward to the moat, where he stood a stone's throw from the gates.

"Who will be the guardian of the city, please show up quickly and answer!"

The Han people shouted at the head of the city, and soon, a general of the Ming army wearing a stainless steel helmet and a phoenix-winged helmet appeared at the head of the West Gate City.

This general is the chief general of the Ming army defending the city, Lu Huan, the chief of the Pingnan Battalion.

"A certain family is Lu Huan, the general who guards the city, you are a good girl, but who is it, what is the matter with me?!" Lu Huan held the battlement with one hand and said coldly.

A smile appeared on the face of the Han general, and he said loudly: "It turned out to be General Lu, disrespectful and disrespectful." A certain family surnamed Gou Ming'an, who is now a Han Chinese in the Netherlands, came today, but he had a sincere word to tell the general. ”

"If you have a fart, I don't have time to listen to your long-winded people!" Lu Huan snorted coldly.

A hint of embarrassment flashed on the face of the Han general, he coughed lightly, and then said loudly: "General Lu, listen to me." Now that your army is weak and has no reinforcements, why should you throw your life away and defend this city that will be destroyed? If the general knows the current affairs, he can immediately surrender the city, and the commander-in-chief of our Dutch army, Baudel, will definitely treat the general well and give him a promotion, but it is not a problem. To the people of the city, they should also open their nets and take their lives. If the general insists on resisting stubbornly, provoking Commander Baldell to be angry and sending troops to capture the city, then the general and the soldiers of your army will not be able to protect their lives, and the people in this city will be afraid that they will also be burned, and it will be difficult for chickens and dogs to stay. ”

"Shut up! You are a man who speaks loudly, our army is a loyal and righteous person, how can you be bewitched! Lu Huan looked angry and scolded: "What kind of thing is Baodel, such a reluctant man who has been a prisoner of our army and is shy to survive, how can he have the face to persuade him to surrender!" Hmph, it's a pity that Lord Li has a benevolent heart, and let this wolf-hearted thing go back, but now it's good, this guy doesn't remember the kindness of our army's life, but tears up the covenant, reneges on the agreement, and turns around to attack our army, which is really a contemptible and shameful white-eyed wolf! You tell him that Lu is in this city, waiting for him to attack! ”

Gou An was angry and anxious, and shouted again: "General Lu, now that the army is besieging the city, the situation is so critical, the general must not miss a thought, and become a lifelong hate, I hope the general will think about it!" ”

When Lu Huan saw this guy, he didn't answer, but took a bow and an arrow, and looked at it kindly, so he shot an arrow with a swish.

When Gou An saw Lu Huan shooting with a bow, his face was already changing in fright, and he hurriedly turned his horse's head and fled with the two dragoons.

When Gou An fled, there was a burst of cheers at the head of the West Gate, and a thousand kilometers away, Baodel, who had seen all this clearly in the clairvoyant mirror, was already gritting his teeth with hatred.

"On my order, the whole army quickly divided into two parts, and went around from the two ends of the western wall, attacked the north and south walls respectively, and directly blasted the city wall with artillery from within the range of the trebuchet. After the city is broken, go straight into the city and sweep away these damned Ming troops. Then, slaughter all the inhabitants of the city, and rob them of their wealth and women! ”

"Yes!"

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