Greedy and courageous, the morale that was originally sluggish was stimulated by this silver and rose again, and Zheng Jun screamed one by one: "The head has a big scar on the bowl!" At that time, the Huli Mountain position had already been taken.

After the shelling stopped, the soldiers of the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion attacked the top of the hill, first cleared the remnants of the enemy, then cleaned up the debris and corpses, and called the brigade artillery battalion to station.

At 8:20 a.m., the 5th Brigade of the Tiance Army had already landed first, and after the landing, it began to advance to the center and left. The 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the Security Forces was also on land, and four drones were released, while agents from the Bureau of Investigation near the center left reported that the target was still in the city.

The defense of the city was arranged, and the generals dispersed. Zheng Zhilong took his generals and soldiers down the city tower, only to see the commotion at the city gate, the soldiers were receiving the reward, seeing that although his own soldiers were in chaos, but all of them were well-dressed and armored, and the equipment was bright, much stronger than the officers and soldiers, he couldn't help but feel a little comforted.

Although Lu Shi is not the core of the Zheng family, he has not invested less money in it over the years, and his equipment and military salary are all preferential, and he has won several battles for him - he also went to Guangdong to fight Pai Yao, and in terms of combat effectiveness, although it is not necessarily better than the border army, it is much stronger than the official army in the interior of the Ming Dynasty.

Now his only hope is to be able to withstand the offensive of the Tiance army in the land battle, so that Wang Yue will retreat.

"Call Luis Matos and Shintaro to meet me." Zheng Zhilong said to the soldiers.

Luis Matos and Shintaro were the heads of Zheng Zhilong's Black Guard and Japanese Guard.

Zheng Zhilong's black guards were recruited in Macao, and the blacks played a major role in the defense of the Dutch attack on Macau, but their status as slaves did not change. Dissatisfied with their situation, some blacks in Macau often took the opportunity to escape and defect to the Ming army. Because of their prowess and prowess, the fleeing blacks were welcomed by the local Ming generals, who took them in and sheltered them.

Like those Ming generals, Zheng Zhilong organized a black guard of more than 300 people, led by a black man named Louis Matos, by luring and co-opting.

Compared to the whites and Japanese in Zheng's army, this black army was not only poorly paid, but also loyal and reliable, and more importantly, they were proficient in the casting and use of firearms. Therefore, the black mercenaries became a strange soldier in Zheng's army, and Zheng Zhilong attached great importance to them.

Local missionaries have recorded one occasion when the black soldiers fired their guns into the air at dawn during the commemoration of Good Friday. Zheng Zhilong, who was awakened, not only did not get angry, but also specially ordered to give these black soldiers drinks and cakes, and rewarded them with silver to continue their celebrations during the day. It was precisely because of Zheng's conviction that these black soldiers repaid him with their lives, and more black slaves in Macao also came to defect when they heard about it.

These black mercenaries later continued to serve Zheng Chenggong and made great contributions in the war to recover Taiwan.

As for the Japanese Guard, his relationship with the peace of the feudal clans and his former Catholic status were enough for him to recruit hundreds of Japanese soldiers of Christian origin. Therefore, these Japanese soldiers are similar to the rebel army of Amakusa Tokisada, and they are also an army of faith.

Although Matos and Tong Taro are not the core of the Zheng Group, they are Zheng Zhilong's "private soldiers", and they are truly elite people who are completely obedient to him. Most importantly, he didn't have to be wary of these two men betraying him.

Luis Matos and Shintaro arrive in front of Zheng Zhilong, both dressed in Portuguese costumes. Except for the double knife at the waist of Totaro, it is dressed as a European soldier.

Both guards were armed and trained in the same way as European-style armies. Special attention is paid to arquebus shooting, whether it is shooting accuracy or firing speed, it is top-notch, the reason why Zheng Zhilong did not leave Xiamen immediately and stay away from dangerous places has a lot to do with these two teams in hand.

He believed that in the most critical moment, these dead men would die for him.

"The Tiance Army is coming to fight here soon." Zheng Zhilong said to them, "You two have gathered the team and are by my side at any time. ”

"Aren't we going out to fight? Checkmate? "Counting his days under the Portuguese, Luis Matos has been in China for several years and is already able to speak Chinese.

"No, you are not needed for the things to be fought." Zheng Zhilong said with a solemn face: "The Tiance Army is a strange army, you never know how deep their strength is, they will always surprise you without the power to resist, so once you can't do anything, I need you to protect General Ben and retreat to Anping." ”

The Qing army outside the gate was repeatedly defeated by the Tiance army, and although Zheng Zhilong did not fight the land forces of the Tiance army, he remained cautious.

"General, rest assured, with us here, no one will want to hurt you unless they step on our corpses." Iss-Matos and Shintaro said proudly. They didn't know that they had been in the Zheng family for so long, and they were full of confidence in the strength of the Zheng family and their own combat power.

Zheng Zhilong nodded, the Japanese Guard and the Black Guard are Zheng Zhilong's "foreign countries" to put it bluntly. They are all dead soldiers fed with silver, which is Zheng Zhilong's last capital, and their loyalty is still very reliable.

"Matos, let your gunners help defend the city, they still need to operate the three new cannons." Zheng Zhilong explained. Anyway, once you run away, it doesn't matter if you have a few less artillerymen.

"Yes, General." Luis Matos said: "They are all veterans of the Portuguese army, and their skills are trustworthy. ”

Zheng Zhilong ordered the silver to be brought and distributed to the soldiers of the guard according to twenty silver coins per person, and Luis Matos and Shintaro each had a hundred silver coins, and the black men who operated the guns were given a heavy reward: one hundred silver coins each.

After the arrangement was completed, Zheng Zhilong climbed to the top of the city to watch the battle, the 10,000 soldiers commanded by Zheng Zhipeng had not yet set off, and the vanguard of the Tiance Army had already arrived.

In order to prevent Zheng Zhilong's sudden escape, a battalion of the Fifth Brigade arrived near the Zhongzuo Station in advance.

The battalion, led by four armored vehicles and the rest of the infantry, stopped advancing and reported to Feng Yuanshan in the rear after seeing the Zheng army's brigade.

"It's true that Tiance military ships are strong and artillery, but unfortunately they don't know the art of war, so they dare to rush forward with such a few people, and they are not sent to death in vain?" Zheng Zhipeng laughed and cheered for his subordinates.

The leaders also feel that the Tiance army is big, this is simply a tactic to add fuel, and they are outnumbered, are these people here to deliver food?

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