Colonel Krull, the commander of the garrison in the city of Geranza, saw that the Tiance army was chasing and killing his soldiers, and his eyes were full of anger, and he advised Putmans: "Your Excellency, we cannot be beaten passively, the Chinese only have about 100 people chasing down the city, please order me to send a battalion to eat this enemy and combat their arrogance." ”

His own navy has achieved nothing, and Colonel Krull needs to show the Governor that his army is not to be trifled with.

"Very well, Colonel Krull's courage is admirable, as you wish, but I suggest that an additional vigilante of natives be added along." Putmans agreed without hesitation, isn't there only a hundred enemies? However, the Tiance Army was full of strangeness, so he cautiously increased a team of indigenous strong men captured in recent days to test the firepower of the Tiance Army.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor!" Colonel Krull saluted.

The south gate of the city of Geranza suddenly opened, and a musket team of more than 300 Dutchmen, led by 500 natives armed with various broadswords and spears, rushed out.

"Prepare for battle!" Upon discovering this situation, the company commander of the Tiance Army immediately ordered.

The Dutch army rushed with arquebuses, and the natives rushed with spears and broadswords.

Reaching three hundred meters, the company commander decisively ordered all to shoot, "Da da da!" "All of them!" Gunsmoke rose and gunshots rang out, and orange-red fires that represented destruction flashed from the muzzles of soldiers or vehicle-mounted machine guns.

The effective range of the arquebus is 100 meters, and since it is a smoothbore gun, it usually takes 5 to 60 meters to form a platoon to shoot the enemy effectively.

So the fate of the Dutch troops rushing out of the city was tragic, and the Tiance army pressed as they opened fire, and the dense bullets flew towards the enemy like raindrops.

After a few minutes, the gunfire stopped, and the entire battlefield fell into an eerie silence, and everyone's eyes were on the place where the Tiance Army was one hundred and fifty meters away. There was no one standing there, and the more than 300 Dutch soldiers and 500 natives who had been screaming and charging at the phalanx just now had all fallen in a pool of blood, the blood had stained the land red, and the occasional faint moaning could be heard.

"God...... Is this the army of the Ming Dynasty? Who said that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were simply composed of a group of uncivilized natives who commanded soldiers in tattered clothes to fight with rusty spears? ”

When Putmans, who was on the city wall, saw this, he felt his heart fall to the bottom in an instant. Why the naval fleet caught fire, because it was too far away, so he didn't know, and the power of the Tiance Army's army weapons was the first time he had seen it today.

To tell the truth, it has been three years since he came to Dayuan, but in these three years, Putmans has spent most of his time in the city of Geranza, and even if he occasionally goes out, he only goes to inspect the fortress of Chichi, or walks around the city within a radius of dozens of miles, and his knowledge of Daming is limited to the information provided to him by missionaries who have been to Daming or the Zheng family.

Even though he had just seen the advanced warships of the Tiance Army in Tamsui some time ago, the impression that Daming gave him was difficult to change for a while.

In Putmans's impression, the Ming Dynasty was a huge, but somewhat conservative and ignorant country.

With the invasion of the Tatars outside the country and the uprising of the peasant army inside, the country itself was already too busy to expand abroad, and it was impossible to have the strength to expand externally.

Moreover, their weapons are very backward, and they still use cold weapons such as broadswords and spears, otherwise their court would not spend a lot of money to buy artillery from them.

But the army that appeared in front of him today made Putmans wonder if he had been deceived by the Zheng family and those greedy merchants before, is this the army you said was so poor that even the spears were covered with rust?

Zheng Bin, who had been standing beside Putmans, saw this scene and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency the Governor, I want to leave here now, please order your soldiers to open the north gate immediately and let me and my entourage go out." ”

"You want to be deserters?" Putmans, who was already in a bad mood, could no longer maintain his semblance, and immediately began to ridicule.

Looking at the disdainful look on Putmans's face, Zheng Bin was furious, but he had to hold back his anger and explained: "Your Excellency the Governor, you must know that our identities cannot be exposed, if you let the court know that I am so deeply involved with you, it will inevitably affect the court's opinion of our big boss, especially now that you are fighting with the imperial court's army, if they know that we are involved with you, I am afraid it will be detrimental to the reputation of our big boss." ”

The skirmish just now and the previous naval battle made Zheng Bin frightened, and he was no longer confident in whether the city could be defended.

Zheng Zhilong came to encircle and suppress the Tiance Army Navy this time, and he also came under the flag of pirates, and if the starting point city is accused in the future, Zheng Zhilong can deny it, because this face cannot be torn, so he can't fall into the hands of Wang Yue.

Although Putmans hated this guy who was going to run away when the big war came, he also knew that it was useless to force them to stay, and he also hoped that the Zheng family could help him, so he couldn't offend.

After thinking about it, Putmans said coldly: "Zheng ...... You have to think clearly, once you get out, we don't guarantee your safety, and if something happens, you're responsible. In addition, I hope that a government official can come to help as soon as possible, and there will be a reward in the future. ”

Zheng Bin said proudly: "We are responsible for our own safety, we don't need His Excellency the Governor to worry about it, our big captain's fleet is coming at full speed, please rest assured."

Looking at the arrogant look on Zheng Bin's face, Putmans was eager to punch him in the face, he held back his anger and nodded lightly: "Since you said so, then I wish you good luck, Krull...... You send Mr. Zheng and his men out right away. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!" Krull couldn't get used to Zheng Bin's style, and said coldly.

"Quick, speed up!"

A group of soldiers in camouflage uniforms were running along the walls of the city towards the north of the city, they were ordered to surround the city of Geranza, the task was to complete the siege of the city, for fear that someone would escape from the city, the officers of the army repeatedly urged the soldiers to speed up.

After the dock landing ship and the passenger and cargo ro-ro ship docked, the personnel and materials were unloaded one after another, and the two warships that were lightly armed would be able to gain higher speed and prepare for the attack on the Zheng family's fleet.