After dealing with all the Dutch on Provencha Street, at ten o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Yue led the army along the narrow passage to Dayuan Island, looking at the castle not far away, Chen Yue frowned slightly.

As long as you know a little about military affairs, you can see the strong defense of this kind of castle, no matter from any attack, it will be attacked from three directions in front of the city wall, left and right, no, there are also attacks from the second and third layers, this is already a three-dimensional all-round defense system. Although the castle is not large, its defenses are extremely strong.

Now Chen Yue knows, why Europe, which is about the same size as the Ming Dynasty, is a flat river without too many dangers, but it is divided into dozens or hundreds of small countries and has not been unified, I think it is this situation caused by this kind of fortress.

Even if the attacker is dozens or hundreds of times the defender's strength, attacking this kind of fortress requires great sacrifices, which also allows some small countries to survive.

If there is also this kind of fortress in China, such as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, I am afraid that it is as strong as the ancestral dragon, and it will not be able to achieve unification!

After sighing, Chen Yue began to think about how to capture this castle of Geranza. A strong attack will definitely not work, although there are not many Dutch soldiers left, and there are not many defenders in the castle, but a strong attack will inevitably cause too many casualties, and I am afraid that thousands of casualties may not be able to take this castle.

Then the only way to use the nearly 2,000 Dutch captives in his hands as a threat to force the Dutch defenders in the castle to surrender, but whether this method can work or not is not to say, unless it is absolutely necessary, Chen Yue is unwilling to do such a cruel thing as forcing the captives to attack the city.

However, in order for the Dutch to surrender, their last thoughts had to be broken. So the first thing to do was to get rid of the only two Dutch warships left in the inland sea of the Taijiang River. Because of the lack of soldiers, now the city of Geranza can no longer take care of the castle and the warship, if the soldiers are used to operate the warship, the defenders in the castle will be insufficient, so there are only more than 30 people on each warship, but they are only responsible for using the ship's artillery to cooperate with the castle to carry out artillery bombardment of the Ming army, but because the warship is too large, the mooring place is a mile away from the castle of Geranza, and there is a danger of running aground if it is closer.

Under the command of Yang Zhengping, more than 20 small boats loaded with soldiers attacked the two Dutch warships. The guns on the Dutch battleships and castles opened fire on the attacking Ming fleet, but the boats were rowing, which made the artillery accuracy very low, and the shells fell in the sea near the fleet, rarely hitting directly.

Under the fire of Dutch artillery, the Ming fleet gradually approached the two Dutch warships, and because of the lack of manpower, the Dutch warships simply could not get rid of the nimble Ming boats.

The Ming ships were like a swarm of wasps, surrounding the Dutch warships, and the two sides were mixed together, and even the guns on the castle did not dare to fire again, for fear of accidentally damaging their own ships.

Attacking large ships with small boats, attacking from the bottom up, in addition to fire attacks, the only way to climb up is to engage in broadside battles.

The broadside battle is too brutal and the attacking side will suffer heavy casualties, which is generally not taken unless absolutely necessary. Moreover, in the battle at sea, the opposing ship has plenty of room to toss and turn, and it is not easy to get up and take the side. That is, the Zheng family and other Ming Shui divisions, because the ships and artillery are not good, and there are not too many offensive means, will use the tactic of fighting for the side, and Chen Yue does not advocate the use of this tactic.

With all kinds of firearms being produced by the Ordnance Division, the Zhoushan Army opened up a new method of warfare, equipped with small stone throwers on each ship, and attacked with grenades and 10,000 enemy fire and oil bombs!

As the boat approached the Dutch battleship, numerous grenades and gunpowder shells were thrown onto the deck of the Dutch warship.

Violent explosions rang out one after another, and the decks of the Dutch warships were shattered and the flames were blazing.

Looking at the raging fire burning on the Dutch warship, everyone knew that the two ships were finished, and it was a matter of time before they sank.

For the Dutch at the castle of Geranza, the loss of the last two warships meant that the city of Gesharan was already an isolated city, and their contact with the outside world was completely cut off, even if they wanted to go to Batavia for help.

However, even if they could call for help, it would take several months to get from Dayuan to Batavia, and only when the southeast monsoon rose, Batavia's reinforcements could come along the monsoon by boat, and it was already the summer of the following year. And will the castle of Geranza hold out until that time?

However, it was useless to think about it now, the headquarters of the East India Company in Batavia would not have known what had happened on Dayuan Island, and the more than 500 Dutch soldiers and civilians in the castle of Resharan had fallen into despair.

Although the castle has food to last for months and a deep well to drink, the hopeless future destroys everyone's heart. Especially when they saw the more than 1,000 Dutch prisoners who appeared not far from the castle under the escort of the Ming army, the soldiers and civilians in the castle wept.

"He Bin, you traitor, I'll kill you!" When He Bin, who came to deliver the news on behalf of the Ming army, came to the castle of Geranza, Major Philip roared angrily. The Luermen Sea Road is impassable during the day, that is, the Dutch ignore it, unless someone familiar with the inside situation guides the Ming army to absolutely do not know, who else can guide the Ming army to enter the Taijiang Inland Sea through the Luermen Sea Road?

"Major Philip, I was originally a Ming person, and it is natural for me to serve the Ming army, what do you say is a traitor or not a traitor?" He Bin retorted with a smile.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll execute you now?" Philip pulled out his sword and shouted at He Bin.

"The Duke of Qi of the Ming Dynasty said that if I am killed, a hundred Dutchmen will be buried for me." He Bin was not afraid at all.

"You!" Philip's face changed, nearly two thousand Dutch people were in the hands of the Ming army, including his family, killing He Bin, and now he didn't dare to borrow his courage.

"My family has an order, Ling Er and the other red-haired ghosts surrender immediately, he can guarantee your lives!" He Bin's face became serious and announced the purpose of his visit.

"Impossible, we still have the castle of Reshalan, there is enough food in the castle, it will not be a problem to hold on for half a year, and in half a year, the reinforcements from Batavia will arrive, but it is you who should escape!" Philip exclaimed angrily.

"Not to mention that Batavia doesn't know the current situation of the master, even if he does, what can he do? Major Philip, do you know who your enemy is, he is the Duke of Daming, and he has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, not to mention the reinforcements of Batavia, even if you Dutch come to attack, you are not the opponent of the Duke of Qi! The strength of the Ming Dynasty you Dutch red-haired ghosts can't imagine it at all, so don't dream of being able to keep it, it's a foregone conclusion that you will be driven away from the generals. He Bin said coldly.

Listening to He Bin's words, Philip's face changed sharply, at this time he couldn't deny the strength of the Ming army, this ancient Eastern Empire was unimaginably powerful, maybe it was really like He Bin said, that is, the army of the entire Dutch Republic was not the opponent of the Ming Dynasty, what should he do?

"Qi Guogong said, give you three days to surrender, and every more than one day without surrendering, he will kill a hundred Dutch captives until he kills all the Dutch captives in his hands!"

He Bin's last words made Philip's face change greatly!