Philippine Governor Coqueira decided to reduce the military strength of Northern Taiwan in order to reduce expenses. He ordered the demolition of the city of Sante Domingo in Tamsui, and only the troops were stationed in the chicken coop (Keelung), and the rest of the manpower and materials were transferred back to Manila.

The emptiness of the chicken coop immediately attracted the covetousness of the Dutch, who since last year have been constantly testing the direction of Taipei, and small-scale attacks are very frequent.

So the Spanish warships would routinely cruise north of Taiwan, and the Tamsui region was once their sphere of influence.

The sudden arrival of a large number of immigrants in the Tamsui region immediately attracted the attention of the Spanish cruising warships, so they went deep into the Tamsui River to find out the situation.

It was a thousand-ton Spanish galleon and two six-hundred-ton galen, led by a galleon named "Marilyn" and commanded by Major Calleo Anders.

"Captain Taylor, did you say that fleet belonged to the Zheng family?" Keleo asked.

It turned out that the Spanish patrol ship saw the shadow of the fleet transporting the migrants returning home, so they gathered three warships to come to check.

"Mr. Major, only God may know, the lookout only sees their shadows on the mast!" Captain Taylor, with a full beard, said.

Kelleo smelled a faint smell of wine, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly: "Captain Taylor, it is a military rule set by the Royal Spanish Navy that you cannot drink alcohol during the mission, I hope you can abide by this, if I find out that you have delayed my order because of drinking, I will drop you on the mast to taste the Spanish military regulations." ”

"You're not going to have this chance...... Mr. Major. Captain Taylor grinned nonchalantly, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth.

"Go down! Pay attention to the vigilance of both sides of the strait, and report immediately if there is a situation. Caleb held back his disgust and waved his hand for him to go down.

"This hillbilly who only drinks."

"This boy who can only play prestige."

As Taylor turned, the two men spat out sounds that only they could hear at the same time.

Perhaps it was Keleo's threat that came into play, and soon the sound of a lookout came from the mast behind.

"On the north shore ahead, a large number of people were found, numbering tens of thousands, as if they were logging and building houses."

"What? Tens of thousands of people? Keleo perked up and hurriedly said, "Speed up and go over and have a look." ”

As they got closer, the lookout came with another message: "Mr. Major, these people should be immigrants, and the number is more than twenty thousand. ”

As the distance approached, Kyleo could see through his monoculars that these people did look like immigrants, because most of them were working hard to build houses.

"Oh my God, who did this?"

By all indications, these immigrants must have just arrived. With more than 20,000 immigrants at one time, Kellero could not imagine who had such strength.

The arrival of three Spanish warships also attracted the attention of the remaining security forces.

"Quick, let the people on the shore evacuate!" After receiving the report, Xie Lin, the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the Security Army, ordered: "Warning the incoming ship and stop advancing." ”

The troops remaining in the Tamsui area are none other than the 2nd Regiment of the Security Forces, whose soldiers are armed with Type 37 fixed-load smoothbore rifles, 36 Type 37 guns, and each soldier is equipped with four wooden-handled grenades.

It is understood that the total strength of the Dutch in the city of Geranza and Chiji is more than 2,800 men, and they are armed with arquebuses and bronze cannons.

Western warships are loaded with a large number of artillery, and this kind of common sense Tiance Army has learned, of course, these warships cannot be allowed to approach casually.

All the boats are used to transport migrants, so the remaining forces do not have large boats, only one patrol law enforcement boat.

"Stop the ship and close the artillery door, or we will take decisive measures against you as enemies!" The tweeter began to shout.

The people on the shore began to move away from the river bank under the command of the security forces, and the soldiers of the 2nd Regiment of the security forces also acted urgently, and all the artillery was pushed out.

The loud sound of the tweeter made Kellero very curious.

An interpreter who knew Chinese said to Kellero: "Major Kileo, the Ming people on the opposite shore tell us to stop our ships and close the artillery barn door, otherwise they will regard us as enemies."

"Hmph...... These arrogant Ming people! Kelleo had a look of displeasure on his face.

Although Spain has begun to decline, the pride of the former "Invincible Armada" can still be found in him. So he did not order the fleet to slow down, but continued to approach.

One kilometer away from entering, just listen to the "pass!" A cannon rang out, and the security forces fired a warning shot. A cannonball landed a hundred meters in front of the side of the three Spanish ships, stirring up a column of water.

"Damn, they have artillery, and they actually fired at us!" "Captain Taylor, flag the other two ships and prepare for battle, let them taste the wrath of Spain," Kelleo angrily ordered. ”

"Yes, Mr. Major!" Taylor replied.

They were confident in the strength of their ships, and each Galen ship was armed with twenty-four guns, and the flagship Spanish galleon had thirty-eight guns arranged on two decks, and the number of guns was as high as eighty-six.

Although he didn't know who the people on the shore were, Kelleo had already judged that these people were from Daming.

The Tamsui area is the sphere of influence of Spain, and the indigenous and Ming immigrants were originally the oppression objects of their European colonizers, and suddenly so many Ming immigrants came, and he thought it was necessary to give them a dismount and lay the foundation for the next tax collection work.

Seeing that the three Spanish warships continued to approach, the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the Security Army, Xie Lin, ordered: "Open fire, target the enemy ship!" ”

As for the ship type of Europeans and the nature of Europeans, the Tiance Army has done research internally, and of course Xie Lin will not regard these people as good men and women.

"All of them!" Dense artillery fire suddenly rang out.

The firing sound of the Type 37 artillery was incomparable to that of mortars, so the sound was very loud, and the Spanish warships seven or eight hundred meters away could hear it very vividly.

"God, these Ming people have so many artillery!" Kelleo was taken aback by the dense sound of artillery, and he grossly underestimated the number of artillery on the opposite side.

Thirty-six cannonballs whizzed towards the three Spanish ships, and these shells landed on the front and back of the Spanish ships, causing waves to be stirred up. Only one cannonball grazed the hull of one Galen and fell into the water, and the side of this Galen was scratched with a visible scar.

The warning shell just now was misinterpreted by Keleo as just happening to hit so far, and the maximum range of the bronze cannon could also hit a kilometer away, but only God could know the accuracy.