While the Ming army was making preparations, all the Dutch in the city of Resharan were uneasy.

Priest Odyssey and Captain Shavor go to negotiate with Akito, but they do not return, which makes the Dutch in the castle very anxious.

The army of the governor Caron was defeated by the Ming army, and only two ships fled back, and the castle of Geranza had only 400 troops left, and it would be difficult to hold it if the Ming army attacked with all its might. After all, the Dutch were facing a Duke of the Ming Dynasty.

The most famous priest, Odyssey, went to the Ming fleet, and the highest-ranking military officer in the castle of Geranza was Major Philip. Philip was advised to withdraw all the Dutch outside the castle, but Philip hesitated.

Because the negotiators have not yet returned, and the Ming warships have not come to shell, this makes Philip faintly look forward to the possibility of solving the problem through negotiations. Because the Dutch and Zhoushan did not have much deep hatred, and the cause of the incident was only because the Dutch armed sailing ship robbed a Ming Dynasty merchant ship, it was a big deal to compensate some gold coins and apologize to the Ming people, and the Ming people might retreat.

Nearly 2,000 Dutch artisans and merchants lived in Provencha Street, where they had their wealth and their own industries, and even Philip himself had a house in Provencha Street, where he preferred to live when he was not on duty, much more comfortable than the cramped Château de Gerancha. The castle is more focused on military functions, and in terms of comfort it cannot be compared to the interior of the island of Toufan.

If he retreated from there, it would mean losing all the wealth there, which made Philip hesitate. Now that the channel into the inland sea of the Taijiang River is still under their control, the Ming people cannot enter the inland sea at all, and they may not need to evacuate the people in such a hurry.

It was Philippe's hesitation that caused the Dutch to miss the opportunity to withdraw to the city of Geranza.

At night, as a crescent moon leaps out of the sea, the waves begin to surge, wave after wave of waves slap against the rocks on the shore, and the ship shakes violently in the waves, like toys.

On the land on both sides of the Luermen Seaway, two huge fires suddenly ignited, like two huge torches, indicating the direction in which the ship was heading.

Taking advantage of the fierce tide, one ship after another pulled anchor and set sail, heading towards the Luermen Seaway, in order to avoid touching the beach and running aground, they did not dare to walk too fast, and the ships could only raise half sails.

Liu Neng brought back a few Ming people who lived in the local area, and sat on the first few boats with He Bin, serving as a guide to move forward.

On the north side of the Luermen Kaido is the mainland of Dongfan Island, there are not many reefs on the coast, more sandy beaches, and on the north side is Sand Island, and there is such a five- or six-mile-long sea road between the coast and the sand island.

Because of the siltation of sediment, the sea channel is very narrow and shallow, and it is only possible to lift large ships at night when the tide comes. As the years go by, the siltation will become heavier and heavier, if you wait until fifteen or sixteen years later, that is, when Zheng Chenggong attacks the Dutch in another time and space, then only on the fifteenth day of the first month of the month, when the tide is at its peak, the big ships can pass, and in a few years, this seaway will completely disappear with the siltation, and then it can only enter the inland sea of the Taijiang River from the main channel of Dayuan Island on the south side.

At midnight, the fleet began to sail into the Luermen Seaway, and under the guidance of He Bin and others, the entry was relatively smooth, but because the seaway was too narrow, only one ship was allowed to pass at a time, and by the time all the warships sailed into the Taijiang Inland Sea, it was almost dawn.

will not wait for Chen Yue's orders, according to the plan formulated in advance, each will do its own thing.

Chen Yue himself led 3,000 troops on more than 60 two-masted and three-masted ships towards the port of Heliao, and thirteen Galen ships under the leadership of Yang Zhengping were responsible for blocking two Dutch ships and shelling the city of Geranza.

Heliao Port is a small port with a special wharf for mooring ships. Facing Heliao Port, there is a street called Heliao Street, and the people living on the street are all Ming people who have moved to Dongfan, about 100 households and 5600 people. On the north side of Heliao Street in the east-west direction, there is Provencha Street, where the Dutch live, and it intersects vertically with Heliao Street in the north-south direction.

At dawn, as soon as the sky was dark, industrious Ming people rose up and appeared on the street not far from the dock. By enduring hardships and hard work, Ming was able to gain a foothold in the world, scattered all over the East Luzon and Nanyang, and soon established his own home.

Guo Huaiyi is a native of Zhangzhou, who only left Zhangzhou a year ago and came to Dayuan, and currently makes a living as a hired laborer. There is a lot of arable land in the mountains of Zhangzhou, and Guo Huai's family does not have a single acre of land, and he usually works as a hired farmer for the gentry to barely make a living, and the family is very poor, and he can't marry a wife at the age of almost thirty.

I heard that the land of Dongfan Island is fertile, and there are not as many harsh taxes as Daming, and life is much better than that of Daming, Guo Huaiyi resolutely left Zhangzhou and came to Dongfan.

However, the fertile land of Dongfan Island is not all ownerless land, and most of the land that has been reclaimed is in the hands of some immigrants who came in advance, and as a newcomer, he can only choose to work as a hired laborer, so that he can save some money and have capital to reclaim his own land.

Dongfan Island is vast and sparsely populated, and there is too much ownerless land, as long as it can be reclaimed, it will be yours, and you only need to pay taxes to the Dutch at the rate of eleven every year. So for the future, Guo Huaiyi is full of longing. Therefore, even if it is now a cold winter and there is no work in the field, he does not want to be idle. He got up early to the docks to mend his nets, thinking of going to the sea to catch some fish and sell them to the Dutch. In winter, if you don't work in the fields, you can't make money, and you can't sit back and eat.

However, as soon as Guo Huai arrived at the dock, he saw dozens of warships appear in front of him, and then the light was faint in the early morning, and he could see the Ming military flag fluttering on the mast of the ship, Guo Huaiyi suddenly opened his mouth wide.

Under the guidance of the guide, the fleet drove into Heliao Harbor, several dhows were the first to dock, and several groups of soldiers rushed to the pier with muskets and spears in their hands, firmly controlling the pier.

Looking at the Ming soldiers who rushed to the dock, Guo Huai's face changed and he was about to run, "chirp", a crossbow arrow was inserted in front of his foot, and he was so frightened that he quickly stopped.

After Chen Yue got off the boat and went ashore, he saw a man in tattered clothes and cowering in front of him.

"The little one meets the official, and the official spares his life!" Looking at Chen Yue in front of him wearing a python robe, Guo Huaiyi knew that he was a senior official of the imperial court from the color of his clothes alone, and quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"We are the army of the imperial court, and we have been ordered to expel Heyi and solve the problem of our Ming people. You are a Ming man, and you can guide the army, lead our army to occupy Provencha Street, and capture all the Dutch! Chen Yue said to the Ming man in front of him. ()

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