The sound of artillery outside Batavia lasted for more than two hours, and the Ming army's Weiyuan battleships were like rotating gears, rotating around the cruisers and wheels, and the shells were pouring endlessly.

Five broadside salvos on the left, five broadside salvos on the right, five broadside salvos on the left, and five broadside salvos on the right.

Forty Weiyuan battleships fired ten volleys each on the left and right sides, pouring out a full 40,000 shells, and Zhang Bin finally shouted to stop, not because there were no shells, but because the sky was about to be dark.

He carefully observed the governor's palace and the town hall with a telescope, as well as the warships and warships below, the city walls had been smashed like dogs, and there were shortages everywhere, and the warships and warships were smashed and crumbling.

It's a pity, another ten salvos on the left and right sides is estimated to be about the same, the city wall can almost be bulldozed for him, and the warships and battleships can almost be sunk, and it will be up to them to see what they do when the time comes.

Perhaps, they will retreat into the two small cities behind and resist stubbornly.

He thought for a moment and then ordered: "Leave a hundred wheels here to watch, and the other warships and wheels go to the small fish harbor ten miles away on the left to rest." ”

The boiled duck can't let him fly, this Batavia he is going to make a decision, not only the city, but also the people to bring goods and silver, in this case, if they don't send someone here to watch, they are likely to run away at night.

Last time in the chicken coop, he suffered a loss, let all the Spaniards there run away, and took all the gold, silver, treasures and precious materials with him, leaving behind some goods that could not be moved, and this time he must not let them escape.

He estimated that the harvest would be great, because this was the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company!

Brower really wanted to escape, he thought that the Ming army would definitely not stay outside at night, because it was the sea breeze and waves at night, and it was not clear to see, so many boats parked together were likely to blow all over the place, or even collide together.

Unexpectedly, most of the warships and warships of the Ming army were gone, but more than 100 small boats were left scattered on the sea outside the port, which made him how to escape, more than 20 super battleships and more than 30 armed merchant ships parked under the fortress will be bombarded with holes, if it is surrounded by more than 100 small boats and set on fire, it is estimated that none of them will be able to escape!

This night, Brower couldn't sleep for a long time, he was thinking about what to do tomorrow, if he went on like this, tomorrow the fortress was estimated to be destroyed, and the warships and warships outside were probably about to be bombed, and his only choice was to retreat into the small city behind.

If you retreat to the small city behind, there is an advantage, that is, the super battleships on the sea can't bombard the small city, and the super battleships in the small river in the middle of the city can't get in, so you don't have to worry about the shelling at all.

I just don't know if I can hold it, now his subordinates, including sailors and gunners plus foot soldiers, are less than 10,000 in total, and the Ming army has so many warships and warships, the number is estimated to exceed 20,000, and there is no battery in the small city, can less than 10,000 people hold the attack of more than 20,000 people?

Maybe he can, maybe not, if any country of the European continent powers comes to attack, he is sure that he can definitely defend it, but in the face of the Ming Empire, he is not sure at all, because the Ming army is crazy, they don't want to die at all, in the face of such a fierce enemy, he really has no confidence.

Perhaps, if all the employees of the East India Company should be armed, and there are more than 20,000 ordinary employees in the two cities, and give them some weapons to help defend the city, there may be some hope of holding it.

This night, Zhang Bin couldn't sleep for a long time, not that he was worried that he wouldn't be able to attack Batavia, he ran off the boat to visit Zhao Xing and them.

After the fleet arrived at Xiaoyu Port, he handed over the matter of anchoring overnight to Yu Chenglong, and he took his guards to board the dock of Xiaoyu Port on wheels.

Zhao Xing's residence naturally didn't need him to look for it, because Zhao Xing was already waiting on the dock at this time.

Zhao Xing thought that the Governor would recruit the ship to understand the situation, but he didn't expect that the Governor would come down in person.

Everyone was naturally happy to see each other, but to Zhang Bin's surprise, not long after he came to the small courtyard rented by Zhao Xing, Zhang Cha and the others ran over wet.

After everyone saluted, he couldn't help but be curious: "How did you run out, is it that the gates of Batavia are still open at this time?" ”

Zhang Cha said proudly: "There is something wrong with these red-haired fans, they dug small rivers everywhere in the city, as long as they run into the river, they can easily swim out." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he asked with interest: "Oh, could it be that when the river flows out of the city wall, there is no protection at all?" ”

Zhang Cha pouted, "They did install iron railings, but we broke them." ”

Zhang Bin suddenly said excitedly: "Doesn't that mean that you can let all the Qi family's troops swim into the city!" ”

When Zhang Cha heard this, he said embarrassedly: "Uh, this, my lord, I'm afraid it won't work, a few of us are still hiding, if it is tens of thousands of people, even the blind people on the city wall can find it!" ”

Well, this idea seemed a bit unrealistic, so he had to ask helplessly: "Are you really sure that you can take down the governor's palace, the city hall, and the two small cities?" ”

Zhang Cha nodded solemnly and said, "If the people on their warship don't enter the city, it shouldn't be a problem for us to take the governor's palace, the city hall and the two small cities." ”

Zhang Bin was stunned when he heard this, this is a problem, he also thought that tomorrow he would sink all the warships and warships, and almost destroy the fortress for him, it seems that this can't be done, their warships and warships have five or six thousand people, if they give them all to be sunk, they will definitely enter the city, wouldn't that be lifting a stone to shoot themselves in the foot!

After thinking about it for a while, he beckoned Zhang Cha and the others to surround him, and then whispered: "Let's ...... like this." ”

Early the next morning, Zhang Bin led the fleet to the sea outside Batavia, this night, the hundred wheels were indeed blown to pieces, this is nothing, anyway, they can't participate in the attack, Zhang Bin directly let them go to the small fishing port to anchor and rest, and then he commanded the fleet to start bombardment.

However, the frequency of this bombardment is obviously not as high as yesterday, and even one round of bombardment has to be stopped for a while before the next round of bombardment.

Seeing this scene, Brower on the watchtower of the Governor's Palace couldn't help but show a look of ecstasy on his face, and he judged that the Ming army was running out of shells!

This is entirely possible, because he only brought a total of 80,000 rounds of artillery shells with 50 super battleships and 100 armed merchant ships to attack Formosa at that time, and the Ming army only had a total of 40 super battleships at this time, and it is estimated that it would be good to bring 60,000 rounds of artillery shells.

There is no way to attack without shells, as long as the Ming army runs out of shells, it is estimated that they will have to go back and start again, as long as the Ming army leaves, he will run away with everyone and leave an empty city for them!

At this time, he no longer considered the problem of defending Batavia, according to the posture of the Ming army, he would definitely not be able to hold it, as long as the Ming army came again next time, they would be finished, it was better to transport all the gold and silver treasures and valuable things to the stronghold on the Persian Gulf, it was better than even bringing people and money to be robbed by the Ming army.

Of course, Zhang Bin didn't run out of shells, he just didn't want to sink all the battleships and warships, force the Dutch navy on board to enter the city, and make it more difficult for Zhang Cha and them.

On this day, the Ming army completely lost the fierce momentum of yesterday, and only intermittently came a total of ten rounds of sideboard salvos and ended hastily, so that the ship did not sink and the fortress did not smash.

Brower was finally relieved, it seems that the Ming army is really out of shells, and it is estimated that by tomorrow, the Ming army should retreat, and then it will be able to slip away!

That night, he slept quite soundly, and even in his dreams he had returned home with gold and silver treasures, and the board of directors and council of the company highly praised his decisive retreat, and he was able to keep the position of governor .......

He's dreaming here, but many people don't sleep at all.

At the ugly hour of the next morning, it was the darkest time before dawn, in the watchtower in the northwest corner of the governor's palace, the two sentinels on duty were still in good spirits, staring at the small river under the city wall, but they never thought that two black shadows suddenly appeared behind them, silently touched behind them, and then there was no more.

For them, life was over, and the two black shadows covered their mouths directly from behind, wiped their necks with knives, and then gently put them down, took off their military uniforms and put them on themselves, and stood there with their guns, pretending to look down.

At this moment, dozens of heads suddenly appeared in the small river below, and several ropes were suddenly thrown down the city wall, and the people in the water climbed up after a few swishs like monkeys.

Zhang Cha roughly assigned the task, and the ten squads quickly disappeared into the darkness, and soon, there was a muffled snort in the fortress, and the sentries on duty were shot through the throat by crossbow arrows, and they couldn't even make a miserable scream, so they fell.

The speed of their cleaning was very fast, in less than a quarter of an hour, dozens of sentries on duty outside were cleaned up by them, and the soldiers resting in the barracks were knocked unconscious before they even woke up, and they were tied up in a strong knot, if they weren't worth some money, it is estimated that they would have returned to the underworld by this time!

At this time, Zhao Ru on the side of the city hall also controlled the entire fortress silently, and the two small cities were different, Wang Er and Sun Biao did not attack from all sides, they all concentrated their forces on the innermost city wall, because there was a city gate and a drawbridge.

They quickly cleaned up the sentries on the city wall, and then, they opened the city gate, put the drawbridge down, in the dark, a group of Qi family army elite rushed into the city quickly, they did not act immediately, but waited near the city wall in a whole group, until the sky showed the dawn, they scattered and rushed to the other three sides.

There were finally sporadic gunshots and screams in the two small cities, however, the defenders in the city were not the opponents of the Qi family army at all, because at this time, the Qi family army was holding flintlock pistols in their hands, and they were numerous, there were only more than 2,000 defenders in these two small cities, and the Qi family army had a total of 10,000 people, they were the elite of the elite, and it was estimated that there was no problem to fight four or five at all, let alone four or five to fight one.

Soon, the two small cities were completely occupied by the Qi army, and then the soldiers of the Qi family army entered the fortress of the governor's palace and the city hall through the suspension bridge.

At this time, Zhang Bin had already led the fleet to the sea outside the city, and he did not order the Weiyuan battleship to bombard, but just waited there in a neat formation.

The Dutch naval soldiers were startled after being woken up by the whistle of the sentry, they didn't know that the fortress and the city behind were occupied by the Ming army, but when the Ming army was a psychotic, they came to attack so early, after a panic, they finally got in place, but the Ming warships on the opposite side did not move.

What is Zhang Bin waiting for?

He was waiting for Qi Yuangong to bring Brower out and let the Dutch navy surrender.

At this time, Qi Yuangong had already taken He Bin into Brower's bedroom, and when he saw that Brower was still unconscious, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Why is it so heavy, the Governor is still waiting for him to persuade the Dutch Navy below." ”

When Zhang Cha heard this, he rubbed his hands embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "General Qi, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you wait." ”

After saying that, he glanced directly at the elite of the special operations battalion at the door, and after a while, an elite of the special operations battalion ran in with a bucket of cold water and poured it directly on Brower.

Brower was splashed with a spirit, and opened his eyes leisurely, but as a result, his eyes were full of Ming soldiers!

He puffed up his eyes and looked around, and finally saw He Bin standing next to Qi Yuangong, he couldn't help but be annoyed and said angrily: "You traitor, you actually led the Ming army to attack us!" ”

He Bin said disdainfully: "What a traitor, I am a guerrilla general of the Ming Empire." ”

When Brower heard this, his eyes were about to pop out, and he actually invited a guerrilla general from the Ming Empire to be a translator!

Qi Yuangong didn't know what they were talking about, he saw that Brower was awake, and immediately urged: "Don't talk to him, drag him out, and let him persuade the Dutch Navy under the fortress." ”

Before Brower could understand what was going on, he was dragged out like a dead dog by the two elites of the Qi family's army.

Qi Yuangong directly led someone to drag him to the watchtower, and then said coldly: "Loosen the tie, give him a white flag, let him persuade him to surrender, and don't let him be thrown down from here." ”

The two elites of the Qi family army immediately untied him, and He Bin also repeated Qi Yuangong's words.

Brower even said stiffly: "Don't think about it, you didn't come to carry out a sneak attack until you ran out of shells, and I won't order them to surrender." ”

After listening to He Bin's retelling, Qi Yuangong couldn't help but look at Brower with tears and laughter, and then ordered: "Send a signal to the Governor, come to Wulun and let him see it first." ”

When the guards beside him heard this, they immediately pulled out a command flag and quickly waved it.

Soon, the battleships on the surface of the sea began to circle again, and the roar of artillery immediately sounded.

In fact, at this time, the Dutch navy on the battleship already knew that the fortress behind them was occupied by the Ming army, because their governors were all taken to the watchtower, and they didn't know what to do, and even when the battleships of Weiyuan on the opposite side began to bombard, their return fire was intermittent.

This time all the shells were fired at these ships and ships, but they were bombarded, and after five rounds, some of the ships had already begun to sink.

At this time, Qi Yuangong asked coldly: "How is it, do you want to come for another five rounds?" ”

After another five rounds, it was estimated that the battleships and warships below would be sunk, and Brower looked at the sunken warships in despair, and then said in pain: "Don't open fire, let's surrender!" ”