There were a huge number of captives floating on the sea, as well as more than fifty sailing ships that had surrendered, all as a result of the shouting of loudspeakers.

The coast guard warships are also equipped with strong sound equipment, which can remotely control and direct long-distance emission of up to 152 decibels of warning sounds, voice and other sound waves. The device can provide shout warnings to targets up to three kilometers away, which is how these captured sailboats came from.

These captured sailing ships were also engaged in the work of salvaging people who had fallen into the water, and the entire Zheng family fleet finally escaped with only more than 100 sailing boats, the largest of which was only more than 200 tons.

More than 18,000 were killed or drowned, about 6,000 fled, and 36,000 were captured.

The Tiance Army dispatched two passenger and cargo ro-ro ships, four maritime surveillance warships, four air-cushion landing craft, two personnel landing craft, and six patrol and law enforcement boats to transport the prisoners back and forth between the Chiji fortress and the sea battlefield, and the entire salvage work continued until half past eight in the evening.

All the captives were imprisoned in the Akakashi Fortress, which had been destroyed by the Dutch, and the small Akakaku Fortress was instantly overcrowded.

The navy is a technical branch, and the generation difference between the two sides is too large, which led to the Zheng family's fleet coming violently but almost all of them were wiped out, but it did not cause any losses to the Tiance army, and the Tiance army naval fleet won the naval battle at the cost of zero casualties.

The main battlefield of the naval battle took place in an area between twenty-two and thirty kilometers away from the city of Geranza, the sea was open and the city was on high ground, and the sound of artillery from the southwest rang out all afternoon, and of course Putmans in the city guessed that Zheng Zhilong was coming.

According to Zheng Bin, the Zheng family sent thousands of warships this time, and Putmans couldn't help but be full of confidence. Unfortunately, in the evening, after the cannonfire stopped, the naval fleet of the Tiance Army brought back a large number of prisoners one after another, and Putmans's heart gradually fell into the abyss.

The Chiji fortress and the harbor are very close to the city of Geranza, and it can be seen clearly through the monoculars that the Zheng family's fleet is defeated, and the Tiance Navy fleet is cleaning the battlefield, and after Zheng Bin's confirmation, the clothes of those captives are the Zheng family's people, and dozens of sailing ships transporting the captives also belong to the Zheng family.

"Gentlemen and ladies! I have to keep you updated. The city of Gelanza has been surrounded by the Chinese Tiance army, our fleet has been completely destroyed, and Zheng Yiguan, who led a thousand warships to rescue the city of Geranza, also ended in failure. Tell me all about it, what are we going to do? ”

It was already completely dark, and several huge candles burned in the living room of the Doge's Palace, where all the heads and faces of the city of Geranza were gathered.

In addition to the more than 2,000 soldiers in the city, there were now more than 3,000 Dutch people, including merchants, clergy, and family members, and Putmans gathered all the representatives of these people to discuss how to deal with the crisis.

Everyone in the living room was in the dark face, and these people had not yet recovered from today's panic. It was really these fleets of the Ming Kingdom that came too suddenly, and everyone was caught off guard.

After a long time, a merchant said tentatively: "Your Excellency the Governor, our city of Gelansha is a strong city, even if those Ming troops have the advantage, but it may not be easy to rush in, we can hold on until the arrival of local reinforcements." ”

"It can't be!" Colonel Krull, the commander of the garrison, who was sitting next to Putmans, said: "You must know that it will take eight months to a year from Europe at the earliest, and our food may not be able to support it for such a long time, and you must know that it is not only us who live in the city, but also a large number of natives and farmers who have come from the Ming Kingdom to reclaim the wasteland. ”

"What's so hard about this, just kick them all out, and kill them all if necessary."

As the businessman's words fell, everyone's faces immediately changed. You must know that there are at least four or five thousand local natives and Han people in the city today, and they all kill them.

At this time, a cold voice sounded: "Mr. Bute, don't forget that there are tens of thousands of Ming troops outside the city, if you let him know that we killed and slaughtered their people, have you thought about the consequences?" ”

Hearing this, the air in the living room immediately froze. The businessman's heart also jumped sharply, and he laughed dryly: "This ...... They can't get in again, and those barbaric natives will kill them, so what are they afraid of. ”

"Hmph...... If they break through the city of Geranza, do you want everyone to bury your stupidity, Mr. Bout? The cold voice continued.

"Uh...... In that case, forget it, it's just a proposal anyway, isn't it? The businessman, Bout, bowed his head in embarrassment and stopped talking.

Putmans turned his gaze to the right: "Father Van Persie, do you have any good ideas?" ”

The middle-aged man dressed in clerical attire raised his head and said, "Your Excellency Governor Putmans, I would like to ask now, can't we talk to them?" At least we have to figure out why they're here and what their purpose is, and we can make a decision after we understand all of this, otherwise what's the point of us just sitting here talking. ”

"I'm sorry I forgot to inform you." Putmans shrugged and said, "Half a month ago, I went to Tamsui to meet the leader of the Chinese, the commander of the Tiance Army, Wang Yue, and he issued me an ultimatum to us Dutch to leave Taiwan within half a month, which is also the reason for the reorganization of the city of Geranza during this time. ”

"In that case, maybe we can talk to them about our conditional surrender!" The priest Van Persie came up with the idea that surrender is not a big deal for Westerners when there is no way, especially since the clergy will even receive preferential treatment after surrendering, so Father Van Persie has no pressure to say the word surrender.

"Impossible...... We still have 2,500 elite soldiers, and fortified castles, and I can't account to the king and the higher ranks of the company if we surrender without firing a single shot. Putmans shook his head like a rattle, and if he really surrendered without firing a shot, even if he could return to the top of the local company, he would not be spared.

With the dispute between the two, the people present were also divided into two factions, one group advocated conditional surrender, and the other group insisted on waiting for the arrival of reinforcements. Let's wait until tomorrow to see what the Ming army does, and then we will make a decision. ”