Li Yan neither agreed nor objected, but only asked a few more detailed questions and ended the meeting. Zheng Zhilong was worried in his heart, this was his only chance to regain control of the Zheng family's fleet, but he didn't dare to be too active. And the generals were very happy, they knew that they still had some use, and maybe they would be able to return to military power in the future.

And Li Yan asked people to sort out Zheng Zhilong's opinions and send them to Zhang Han in Shanghai to send them to Zhang Han. Before the meeting, he received Zhang Han's suggestion, and he also set off directly from Shanghai to Taiwan. As for the ships that transport troops, they are requisitioned nearby, and there are exactly 100 seagoing ships of all kinds gathered there.

These sea ships were all preparing to trade in Luzon, because there were warships from the government to escort them, and the king of the sea, Zheng Zhilong, also surrendered, so the maritime merchants were particularly enthusiastic and wanted to open up business in the South Seas. With these ships, transporting a thousand soldiers, as well as accompanying equipment and rations, should be possible.

Now we have to wait for the first batch of troops from Haizhou to come and converge. Since the main fleet of the naval division was in Shanghai, the marine troops in Haizhou could only move south by land. However, this does not affect the fact that the cargo on the sea ship needs to be unloaded, and the grain and ammunition also have to wait for transportation to be loaded on the ship, and everything takes time, not empty consumption.

It wasn't until half a month later that everything was ready to stop, and on a not very windy day, the fleet finally set sail. First follow the coast to the south, to the vicinity of Ningde, and then sail to Dayuan. Although such a route has not been traveled, the strait is not wide, and with the help of astrology, there will be no danger of getting lost.

It took four days for the fleet to reach the vicinity of the Commander. Here, they joined up with Luo Miaohyun's fleet from Quanzhou, and under the guidance of a navigator who was familiar with Taiwan's waters, they came to Dayuan Bay.

At this time, it had been nearly a month since Zheng Sen occupied the end of the northern front, and it was said that if he had only the original personnel, it would be difficult to hold on to the siege of the Dutch. However, five days after the incident, Luo Miaohyun came to inspect with two warships, and they took advantage of the flexibility of the warships to keep the rear of the enemy ships, and by the way, they destroyed the rudder of a Dutch warship in the open sea.

Taking advantage of the Chinese ship's inability to approach its flank, the Dutch warship reluctantly ran aground near the pineapple sandbar south of the city of Geranza. Luo Miaohyun's boat did not have a deep draft, so he carefully approached from the side and back, and then fired a fire canister. The Dutch had no choice but to abandon the ship, and the crew fled into the city of Geranza before the ship was engulfed in flames.

After Luo Miaohyun understood the situation clearly, in addition to leaving Zheng Sen some food and gunpowder, he also left a warship. It was this nimble ship that kept the two remaining Dutch ships from leaving Dayuan Bay, thus saving Zheng Sen from the danger of being attacked from all sides, and allowing them to hold out until the arrival of the group.

After Zhang Han and the others consulted with Zheng Zhilong's men and Zheng Sen, it was decided that the large force would anchor in the open sea, while the two pulp warships would spend the night at the north mooring, taking advantage of the high tide in the morning to enter Dayuan Bay. The Dutch ships in Dayuan Bay knew the power of this kind of pulp ship, and did not resist much, and directly ran aground in the southeast of the city of Geranza, acting as a fixed battery to provide peripheral protection for the city of Geranza.

In such a shoal, the battleships of the girder did not dare to follow behind, and in the frontal position, they would be attacked by the batteries of the city of Geranza, so they could only give up the plan to destroy these two battleships. Zhang Han signaled that the ships in the open sea would come over first, and when the water rose in the evening, they would pass through Luermen, and the soldiers would be able to land on the main island of Taiwan. At the same time, he sent out small boats to find suitable landing sites, and cruised around the perimeter of Chihkan Castle to cut off the connection between the Dutch and the Dutch.

Fortunately, at this time, the city of Prominsha only existed in high-level discussions, and had not yet begun to build. The city was nothing more than a commercial district and a settlement, with only rudimentary walls and forty guards. The other half of the soldiers were transferred to attack Zheng Sen at the end of the northern line, but for three weeks, they did not make any progress, and paid for 27 casualties in vain.

At night, the whole Dayuan Bay is noisy. Thirty large ships sailed in and landed in small boats at two locations north and south of Chihkan Castle, and the sound of various orders and trumpets came and went. Since the Dutch no longer had a few guards, they could only cower in the thin walls, not daring to move. And the city of Gelanza did not dare to send reinforcements, so the landing of the Daliang soldiers went smoothly.

Then, after the troops landed, according to the plan, some soldiers were allowed to crawl forward to a distance of 300 steps from the walled city at night, digging trenches and sandbags to build a defensive wall. If they were on the battlefield on the mainland, they would basically not have any casualties, but this time it was different, the Dutch also had cannons similar to the Tiger Squat Cannon, and the flowering shells fired were much larger. Several large flowering shells landed around the soldiers, causing more than a dozen casualties.

However, the soldiers of Daliang had undergone rigorous training, and the veterans and officers at all levels had combat experience, so the troops were not deterred by the Dutch artillery. Over time, once the trenches and sand walls were erected, it would be difficult for the Dutch to pose a threat. Because the Dutch shells had long leads, most of them fell to the ground for a while before exploding, so the soldiers could easily dodge them.

After daybreak, the Dutch did not fire much. Because they don't have much ammunition, they have to stop the Chinese attack. They knew from the banner of the army that it was not pirates who were coming, but the troops of the new Chinese regime on the other side.

However, the Dutch miscalculated, and Daliang's army did not attack at all, but hid behind the sand wall and opened heavy artillery. What they didn't expect was that the Chinese actually had fire-breathing bombs that would fly over like hailstones. The bomb not only destroyed many wooden houses in the castle, but also caused a fire. People left their houses to escape the flames, only to be killed and wounded by the rain of bombs, and nearly 20 soldiers were killed or wounded.

From time to time, the rockets of the girder would be fired, which was unbearable for the Dutch in Chikan Castle. Some of the Dutch people fled to the jungle to the east, and they did not care about the murderous tribes of the jungle. Of course, they didn't run out much, and by evening, the east side was also controlled by the Liang army. And more Chinese residents ran out under white flags and surrendered to Daliang's troops. It was these Chinese residents who revealed the reality of the city.

Chinese residents said that there were only about 30 soldiers in the city, dozens of Dutch civilians with guns, and that three of the city's cannons had been blown up, and at most two of them were still usable, and there were few shells left. Because the Dutch had a lot of flowering shells, the rockets ignited the flowering shells that were put together, causing the Dutch to suffer heavy losses. When he learned the news, Mr. Qian, who led the team, decided to attack.

Before they could complete their preparations for the attack, a wealthy Chinese merchant was sent as an emissary in the city to negotiate the terms of surrender. The Dutch made it their condition that their lives and property be safeguarded and that they be sent to the city of Geranza. This rich merchant was forcibly controlled by the Dutch in the city, and although his family was still hostage in the city, he still told the truth about the Dutch's fear and helplessness. He hoped that the war would end as soon as possible, and that if the war continued, what little deerskin and sugar he had left would not be saved.

And the official army of the Great Liang has only one answer: surrender if you want to live, and will not accept any strings attached. And the Dutch were given only a quarter of an hour, after which the shelling would continue and attack at any time. The girder is ready to accept surrender, but there will be no more negotiations.