Zhu Cijiong was very surprised to get the secret report from Dongfan, such a great opportunity naturally could not be missed, it happened that the relevant generals were there, he simply turned this discussion into a swearing-in meeting, let everyone plan how to send troops, and immediately waved Dongfan after the discussion!

The generals were also very excited, and when they were discussing just now, there was a problem that could not be solved, that is, how to take the city of Geranza as quickly as possible, so that the Dutch had no time to react. You must know that now the Dutch Eastern Second Fleet is in Manila, if you can't take the city of Geranza in a short time, the Dutch will definitely give up attacking Manila and come directly to reinforce the east, at that time it will be uncomfortable, while attacking the city and dealing with the Dutch fleet, it is equivalent to being attacked on both sides.

Now it's different, the Dutch actually ran to attack the Spaniards, the city of Geranza has a total of only five hundred defenders, and He Bin has a secret route map, as long as you are careful, it is not impossible to break through the city of Geranza in one fell swoop.

As for the problem of the Spaniards in the north of the east, Zhu Cijiong was originally going to deal with it after driving the Dutch away completely, anyway, Spain no longer has much strength at sea, and it may not be possible for the Ming to go to Europe to fight him, but in the southeast sea, the Spaniards are no longer afraid.

It's different now, while the Dutch are fighting in front, Daming can completely clean up with the Spaniards, once and for all!

In this kind of good situation, there is no need for too much planning, as long as you look at the right time and rush forward, you can definitely solve the battle quickly.

The most discussed issue was timing, and now that the Spaniards had two castles in the east, it would be better to surround it from behind while the Dutch were attacking the other.

This point in time is a bit difficult to grasp, because now there are no planes or satellites, and the reconnaissance of the enemy situation can only be seen by eye, and there is no cover everywhere on the vast sea, and sending people to reconnoiter will definitely be discovered, in case it is not good to arouse the vigilance of the Dutch.

In the end, Xu Tianqi proposed a good way, it is not possible to investigate at sea, but you can reconnoiter from the inside of Dongfan, his people have already familiarized themselves with the roads inside Dongfan, and they can find a hidden place to go ashore, and then pretend to be local civilians, and arrive by land to investigate, even if they are seen, it is nothing, they will not even be afraid of a few civilians.

Zheng Zhihu led 25 super battleships and more than 1,000 small boats of the Nanyang Naval Division to go first, and took Xu Tianqi and a group of Jinyi secret agents to find out the situation in Santo Domingo and San Saldoba.

As for the main force of the follow-up departure, the lineup is more terrifying, there are 50,000 elites of the First Legion of the Praetorian Guard led by Qin Liangyu, and 50,000 elites of the Second Legion of the Praetorian Guard led by Shi Kefa, and there are 100,000 Beiyang Naval Divisions led by Huang Long and 50,000 Nanyang Naval Divisions led by Zheng Xing and Zheng Ming, and there are 75 first-class sail battleships, more than 1,000 armed Dafu ships, and more than 1,000 other small warships!

Zhu Cijiong gathered all the sailors and 100,000 elite imperial guards of the Ming Dynasty this time to conquer in person, and it was necessary to recover Dongfan in one fell swoop, and at the same time, he also wanted to let the Dutch and Spaniards know that the Ming Dynasty was no longer a self-styled feudal dynasty, but a maritime power that could compete with them in the world!

On the Ming side, Zheng Zhihu had already taken the lead in setting off for Penghu, and Zhu Cijiong was also gathering troops in Dongdaying, waiting for fifty battleships to be launched and go to sea, taking Dongfan in one fell swoop, and deterring the maritime powers, so what about the Dutch and Spaniards?

Putmans and Liu Xiang are also assembling at the moment, but they are gathering on an island in the northwest of Dongfan, Putmans analyzed the defense of Santo Domingo and San Saldorba, and was ready to take down Santo Domingo near Tamsui first. Because the city of Santo Domingo is a lonely fortress surrounded by some low walls, it is easier to take down, but the city of San Saldoba is different, not only the main castle is lined with forts, but also three forts are built around it, and it is very difficult to attack, and it will be impossible to take it for a while.

Putmans is not a reckless person, he is more strategic, and it is not difficult to take down a lonely city like Santo Domingo as long as it is rushed, but it just consumes a little more cannon fodder. But Liu Xiang still knows a lot about this person, if he wants to make it clear that he will be cannon fodder, then he will definitely not go, besides, even if he is deceived into Santo Domingo City, if the loss is too large during the attack, it is absolutely impossible for Liu Xiang to rush to the front as cannon fodder in San Saldoba, which has more firepower. Therefore, he planned carefully before the attack, trying to take the city of Santo Domingo with minimal losses.

Liu Xiang can be said to be a combination of treacherous cunning and fierce cruelty, although he has gained a lot of benefits from the Dutch, but it is impossible for him to stupidly send people to the Dutch as cannon fodder, listening to Putmans's attack plan for Santo Domingo, he feels that he does not look like he wants to be cannon fodder, so he readily agreed to rush forward to be the 'main force' of the attack.

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The head of the Spanish city of Santo Domingo, Tamsui Governor O, he is not having a good time now, because the southeast sea is basically controlled by the Dutch, he can say that there is no business here, and he can usually harvest some food from his jurisdiction, and even the soldiers' salaries have to be transferred from Luzon, and it is sad enough to be a colonizer to do this.

He didn't know that this was not the saddest thing, and there were even saddest things waiting for him.

On this day, he was standing on the main fort of Santo Domingo and boringly looking at the sea with a telescope, when suddenly, a row of black dots appeared on the sea in front of him. He was pleasantly surprised, there had been no business for a long time, and he had also heard about the robbery of Dutch merchant ships, could it be that they couldn't do it anymore, so these maritime merchants ventured here to do business? If so, great!

The ideal is beautiful, the reality is cruel, when the row of black dots slowly approached, he finally saw clearly, the merchant ships are there, but they are not here to do business, the first is a Dutch super battleship, followed by a bunch of Dutch armed merchant ships, this posture, it is clear that it is to attack his Santo Domingo City!

Ao shivered in fright and yelled: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, notify everyone to prepare for battle." ”

With his roar, several heralds ran under the fortress, shouting as they ran: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, prepare for battle." ”

After all, the regular Spanish army was stationed in the castle, and when the heralds heard the shouts of the heralds, they immediately drilled out of the barracks to gather the whole team, and for a time the whole city of Santo Domingo suddenly became lively, and the musketeers ran up the city wall under the command of their respective leaders, scattered, loaded and ready for battle, and the artillerymen also ran to their respective positions with shells and gunpowder.

Ao watched the Dutch fleet nervously with binoculars, fortunately, they only came with a super battleship, a dozen or so armed merchant ships, and the strength was about fifteen hundred, he should be able to deal with it.

The Dutch did not rush head-on as soon as they came, but stopped at a distance of about five or six miles from the city of Saint-Domingo, and then all the merchant ships moved to the right, and moved sideways for about four or five miles, and then sailed directly to the coast.

Oh, shoot it, Ao couldn't help but curse in a low voice, the Dutch are going to put down the musketeers and attack by sea and land!

Sure enough, as the armed merchant ships approached the coast, numerous landing boats were lowered, and groups of musketeers began to land and assemble.

Seeing this, Ao immediately ordered: "All the musketeers go to the right wall and assemble. ”

The armed merchant ships dropped about a thousand musketeers and began to sail back, back behind the super-battleships.

Ao knew that the battle was about to begin, and he quickly ordered: "All artillery is loaded with live ammunition and ready to fire." ”

The herald waved the flag, and the artillery on and below the main fort began to reload their shells, and the battle was about to break out.

The Dutch did not hesitate, and when all the merchant ships had returned, the super-battleship led them towards the city of Saint-Domingo, and as soon as they approached the castle about three miles away, they immediately turned their rudders.

Ao ordered without hesitation: "All artillery fire, fire continuously, do not stop." ”

The artillery in the castle was the first to think of the roar, and hundreds of shells flew towards the Dutch fleet at sea, and the Dutch side was not to be outdone, all the ships opened fire, and a denser scatter of bombs covered the castle.

The hit rate on both sides was not high, the shells on the Spanish side only hit a few dozen shells, on average, each ship only hit a few shells, and it would be good to be able to smash a few small holes in the side and sail of the ship; The scattered shells of the Dutch did not have much effect, after all, this is a castle with a radius of tens of thousands of square meters, and the scattered shells of more than a hundred guns cannot cover it at all.

Seeing this, Ao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and since a super battleship should not be much of a threat, he set his eyes on the musketeers on the right, and the Dutch musketeers had already dispersed and slowly approached the castle.

However, the Dutch played a bit strangely, after all, when they reached about five hundred meters, they no longer moved forward, but scattered in several rows, stood there with a row of guns, and kept putting them on the city wall, and the Spanish soldiers on the city wall were naturally not to be outdone, and began to fire back.

Ao always felt that something was wrong, what effect could the Dutch attack like this, at most it was just to kill and wound a few people, and they would suffer greater casualties as an attacker, playing a war of attrition? Do they consume it?

Just when Ao didn't know why, countless figures suddenly burst out of the dense forest two miles to the left of the castle, a large area of black oppression, that number, at least twenty or thirty thousand people!

A herald next to him immediately shouted in horror: "Sir, look to the left!" ”

Hearing this, Ao raised the telescope and swept to the left: "Oh, the one who bought the cake, quickly give the order, and transfer three hundred musketeers to the left city wall, quickly." ”

He knew that this was probably the end, even if all the musketeers were transferred over and a few could be killed, he was just doing his best.

Sure enough, the three hundred musketeers had just run to the left and had not fired two shots before the enemy had already rushed to the bottom of the city wall, and the zipline covered the city wall like a spider's web, and countless pirates climbed up the wall like ants.

Seeing this, Ao closed his eyes in despair and ordered in pain: "I order, everyone, surrender!" ”