Sure enough, Gerard Peak's conjecture was very accurate, Zheng Keshuang was worried about the enemy's warships and the guns on the warships, so he didn't dare to let the ambush artillery fire close to the coast, but even so, if the enemy's warships and warships were close to the coast, then they would also be shelled by the enemy here, they were all old-fashioned cannons, and the cannons removed from the armed merchant ships could not control the artillery confrontation on the enemy's warships at all.

They were no more than a mile away from the coast, and the farthest was no more than three miles, and the guns on the enemy's warships could hit a dozen miles at most, and three miles at the closest.

He only has 15,000 soldiers and horses here, of which 5,000 soldiers and horses are Han soldiers and horses, and 10,000 soldiers and horses are indigenous soldiers and horses close to them, as well as some indigenous people and Han people.

Of the 5,000 soldiers and horses, 2,000 were artillerymen, all of whom were wounded and guilty men who had been withdrawn from the battery, and this ambush was proposed by him.

He fled here, Zheng Zhi was in charge of the port and the city, and he was in charge of striking the enemy on land and preventing the enemy from coming ashore.

A blow, according to the words of the scout in return, only to inflict two thousand casualties on the enemy, the enemy is just confused, and now he has to meet the enemy's counterattack.

As soon as he thought of this, the enemy had regrouped, and the Dutch soldiers, driving the natives towards them, the nearest natives returning fire with bows and arrows and machetes.

He ordered all the native soldiers to rush forward.

20,000 men fought in the darkness of the night for nearly two hours, and then there was no movement, and when the scouts returned, 10,000 of them either fled or were all killed, and the remaining Dutch men of about 3,000 men and horses, and more than 2,000 natives, rushed to their side.

The nine-pounder guns and the general's guns in front, the artillery with guns had already begun to fire at the enemy, a round of solid bullets, did not kill or wound many enemies, but was covered by the enemy's battleships and the guns on the warships, and the artillery that was still resisting loaded grapeshothulars, fought two rounds, and then drew their swords and guns, and fought with the enemy, and the resistance of several hundred people only fought out more than 1,000 natives of the enemy, and the rest came to his side.

The artillery arranged in echelons began to fire, the enemy began to stop and shoot at them with artillery, and the musketeers on both sides fired at each other, because there were trenches on this side, so the casualties were okay, and the enemy was miserable, although this side was bombarded by the artillery of warships and warships at sea, but because of the trenches and scattered arrangements, the enemy could not inflict heavy casualties.

Zheng Keshuang took his family to supervise the battle behind his back, and those who dared to run away were all killed.

The battle lasted until dawn, when the enemy retreated, and about a thousand Dutch soldiers, fled in a hurry.

Zheng Keshuang immediately asked people to hang the artillery that could still be used on the carriage hidden behind him, pulled it away, and withdrew to the city with the remaining more than 2,000 soldiers and horses.

Back in the city, the shore guns purchased from the Ryukyu Kingdom in the port residential area were fighting fiercely with the enemy's warships pouring into the port, and Zheng Zhi did not know where to go, and when he pulled Zheng Zhi's housekeeper, he learned that the British had landed on the side of Leyte Island, and fought fiercely all night, eliminating all resistance, and had come to this side, and was fighting fiercely with the 15,000 Japanese servants led by Zheng Zhi and the soldiers and horses composed of Han Chinese, in a small town fifty miles away.

The steward told him that when he returned, it would be under his command to keep the Dutch and Spaniards at bay.

At the same time, the butler told him that reinforcements from the Ryukyu Kingdom would return to Da at noon and let him support him until noon.

Zheng Keshuang looked at the chaotic port and city everywhere, thinking about how many soldiers and horses he had, where there were 3,000 shore artillery in the port residential area, where the retreating artillery and newly recruited youths composed of soldiers and horses, he had the remaining 2,100 soldiers and horses from last night, plus the 1,000 families led by the housekeeper, there were more than 3,000 soldiers and horses in total.

There were more than 5,000 sailors and soldiers who retreated from the ship in the port, 4,000 were taken away by Zheng Zhi, and another 2,000 soldiers and horses could be recruited.

There were also sporadic 3,000 Japanese servants and Southeast Asian servants in the city, led by 500 Zheng Zhi's family members.

It seems to be a lot, but it is necessary to extinguish the sporadic rebellion, mainly the remnants of the rebellion of the indigenous people and those Han merchants who have been exterminated, and to maintain law and order in the city, although it is useless, but some warehouses, the homes and mansions of some important people need to be guarded, and some important strongholds and street intersections need to be guarded, which cannot be completed without 2,000 soldiers and horses.

The enemy landed from the beach more than a dozen miles away, after yesterday's blockade, this morning should have ended the operation, is rushing to this side, the enemy is composed of indigenous soldiers and Dutch, carrying artillery, and may even have strengthened the Spanish soldiers, the soldiers and horses looked at no less than 5,000 soldiers and horses yesterday, and can only resist step by step.

He called the butler over and instructed him: "Take a thousand men and two thousand soldiers and horses of the Japanese servants in the city to stop the enemy outside the city, and do your best, if you can't do it, send someone back to tell me, send a few more when you send people, send a few more waves, and don't be intercepted on the road." I'll bring you fifteen nine-pounder guns. ”

The housekeeper nodded very firmly, he served them Zheng family from the beginning, and later followed Zheng Zhi, he was very loyal.

The housekeeper took away the soldiers and horses in the city, and Zheng Keshuang immediately sent his guards to the city with 500 people to recruit strong men, form a patrol, stabilize the security in the city, and transfer more than 1,000 Southeast Asian indigenous servant troops back, and sent people to continue to recruit those indigenous soldiers who were still willing to fight for them, barely enough for 3,000 soldiers and horses.

He asked the officials of the Nanyang Kingdom for a thousand dings, opened Zheng Zhi's arsenal here, equipped it, and went to the port with soldiers and horses, the port residential area is only one and a half miles away from the port, the remaining warships and warships in the port are still resisting, and the shore artillery is constantly firing at the enemy's warships that rush into the port, the enemy's artillery is much more fierce than the firepower of the counterattack, and there are still 800 soldiers and horses left of the original 3,000 soldiers and horses, they came just right, and a quarter of an hour later, the rest of the people will also escape.

Zheng Keshuang looked at the warships and wrecks of the enemy and our warships floating on the sea, the enemy's warships that could fight on the sea are still quite a lot, and the merchant ships drove into the port under the cover of the warships and began to land, seeing that the military uniforms and flags were the soldiers and horses of the Spaniards.

"Set up the cannon and bombard the shore for me." Zheng Keshuang yelled behind him.

In an hour, Zheng Keshuang and they completed their preparations, and bombarded the Spanish soldiers who came ashore, because the sky was bright, and the Spanish soldiers had artillery support on the warship, so they were not afraid, and immediately set up artillery to return fire, although they also suffered heavy losses, but they still approached the residential area step by step.

The entire residential area had become a ruin, and the Spanish soldiers stepped on the rubble of the ruins, searching and advancing, and from time to time they engaged in fierce battles with the people led by Zheng Keshuang.

At noon, Zheng Keshuang was lying weakly in a ruin, the housekeeper next to him was covered in gunsmoke, his face was full of blood, and he cried and said to him: "Sixth son, sixth son, can't hold it, the enemy rushed into the city, they killed all the Han people, indigenous people, as long as it is a person, let's withdraw quickly." ”

Zheng Keshuang tugged on his arm and said weakly, "What about my fourth brother?" ”

The housekeeper shook his head, "An hour ago, the fourth prince asked people to send back the news, let us run by ourselves, their side was defeated, no, and there was no response after that." ”

Zheng Keshuang let go of his arm, where is Leng located, and the housekeeper said anxiously: "Sixth son, sixth son, hurry, if you don't run, we will be surrounded by people here." ”

(End of chapter)