208 Taiwan Campaign (5)
Bundles of * were thrown in the doorway, the crowd around them was already panicked, and they didn't know what was going on, the Ming army quickly piled up all the dozens of catties* carried on the doorway, and Zheng Ming also took out the fire fold and threw it away.
"Withdraw ......" Zheng Ming shouted, and the girl ran to both sides, and the few people who followed him also followed Zheng Ming desperately.
"Boom Boom Rumbling ......" was piled up there more than three feet high*, and it was immediately ignited, exploded, and a strong shock wave struck, knocking down the people and things around, and at the same time, the cracking sound sounded, and the firelight and smoke also appeared immediately, and the city gate of the city covered by the common people was hit hard, and the wooden gate covered with iron sheets had long since turned into powder, and the masonry door hole above also collapsed instantly, and there was a gap.
"Attacking ......" Seeing the movement of the Dutch, Zheng Sen knew that it must have been Zheng Ming's success, and he immediately issued a military order to attack, the so-called withdrawal of troops just now was just a bluff, and there were already many soldiers sneaking closer.
"Knock knock knock ......" The sound of the marching drum came to mind, and the Ming soldiers who were lurking forward at the moment also jumped up one after another, copied the muskets and tiger squat cannons in their hands, and approached step by step, striking the Dutch defenders at close range.
"Killing ......" Zheng Sen also drew his sword, for him, this is a battle related to the country and the nation, and no one can retreat, and at the moment he is the coach who is also bravely stepping forward to boost morale.
Lost the cover of the city gate, the Dutch soldiers in the city were very panicked, and at this time the Ming army also rushed up, at this moment the defenders could not find where Caron was, Caron had just left the city, and before he had time to ask, he heard a crackling sound, and his people had already flew, were swept away by the shock wave, fell to the ground, were smashed to the ground, and immediately fainted, those captives were scattered and fled, who could care whether Caron was dead or alive.
"Put ......" fifty tiger squat cannons, placed less than seventy steps outside the city, this distance, is the distance of the tiger squat cannons, the artillery in the city wants to return fire, too close, need to adjust the angle, and the musket at this distance, the power is not great, plus there is a knife and shield hand cover, so it formed a bone stuck in the throat of the Dutch army.
Cannonballs shot out from the chambers of the tiger cannons, some fell on the city, some fell on the city walls, some fell under the city, the rumbling sound came and went, and the defenders of the city were also fighting back, but it was difficult to effectively curb the behavior of this group of men and horses.
"Show me...... Bombard it...... "Zheng Sen also commanded the large artillery to bombard the city pass in the back, covering the follow-up advance, there were enough 100 red-coated cannons, divided into five batches, and the continuous round-fire artillery bombardment.
"Rush up......" Hong Xu and his soldiers and horses were getting closer and closer, and soon rushed to the tiger squat artillery position, and when the two sides gathered, they also continued to rush up.
"Bang bang bang bang......" The Dutch also kept shooting to block the offensive of the Ming soldiers, and there were Ming soldiers who fell along the way, but no one took half a step back, they all rushed forward to kill, Zheng Sen personally supervised the battle in the back, whoever dared to take a step back, he would be beheaded immediately, who dared to be cowardly, and could only fight to the death.
"Killing ......" finally came to the time of hand-to-hand combat, the Ming soldiers rushed in through the gap that was blown up, and the Dutch muskets lost their advantage, and they also drew their swords one after another, and started hand-to-hand combat with the Ming soldiers.
At this time, Caron also woke up leisurely, looking at the scene in front of him, he was also heartbroken, how could he open his eyes and see the Ming army, but at this moment, he couldn't think about it, Caron also drew his sword and fought.
Although the Ming soldiers were fierce and fierce, the Dutch army was also mostly a group of outlaws, and groups of Dutch soldiers came from all directions, like spider silk cocoons, besieging and killing the Ming soldiers. Although the soldiers of the Ming army did not have the cover of muskets and artillery, they were also merciless in their swords and swords, fighting with the Dutch soldiers in all directions, and the soldiers kept screaming, and the people present were covered in blood.
"Rush ...... me," Zheng Sen also rushed forward with his men.
But the Ming army around is killing more and more, the Dutch defenders are surrounded, seeing that they are no longer able to break out of the encirclement, at this moment, another army killed in, the leader is Zheng Sen, only to see him He is like a tiger, wielding a long knife, chopping melons and chopping vegetables into the Dutch army crowd, followed by more than 100 pro-guard soldiers, also high fighting spirit, followed by Zheng Sen continued to rush, the Dutch are defeated and retreated.
On the battlefield, the shouts of killing were like thunder, and the Ming army came from the outside, scattering the Dutch soldiers, dividing and surrounding them. The screams on the battlefield came and went, more than half of the Dutch soldiers were killed and wounded, although Caron was also good at fighting, but the Ming soldiers were numerous, and his strength was not strong at the moment, he rushed left and right, but he never broke through the encirclement of the Ming army.
"Let me come ......" The Ming army suddenly separated a road, and Zheng Sen rushed up with a knife and took Caron directly.
Caron's swordsmanship is still very good, but when he is in battle, the sword is obviously not as lethal as the knife, the use of the sound, the sound of the battlefield, the sword qi is vertical and horizontal, the sword light flashes, the two sides come and go, the knife in Zheng Sen's hand, roaring obliquely, the knife is full of light, and it slashes the sword in Caron's hand, and it is pressed hard, Caron almost stumbled to the ground, and finally stabilized, but Zheng Sen will not give him a chance, and the big knife shot again, cutting through the armor on Caron's body.
The more he fought, the more and more injuries on Caron's body became more and more serious, he was already exhausted, how many years, he had never had hand-to-hand combat, basically relying on muskets and artillery, naturally no better than Zheng Sen, a person who practices martial arts and fitness every day, more than 30 moves passed, Zheng Sen took advantage of Caron's turn, he also flew up with a kick, and directly kicked Caron out, Caron hit the city wall, and his whole face was bleeding.
"Kill ......" Zheng Sen took advantage of this opportunity to step forward and wave a knife, directly slashing at Caron's back, almost into the bone, Caron also wailed, and immediately fell to the place with unwillingness, and died here.
And in the inner fort, at this moment, a white flag was also hung, the Dutch finally gave up the last resistance, did not dare to continue to resist stubbornly, and chose a sneak attack, Zheng Sen also stopped the offensive at the moment, and ordered all the Dutch to get out of the inner fort, he can accept their surrender, as for how to deal with it, it depends on Cao Bianjiao's meaning, he can't call the shots, but at the moment he wants to control the city of Promin, which can reduce casualties, he is naturally willing.
A group of Dutch soldiers holding white flags also walked out of the inner fort, raising their hands, accepting the custody of the Ming soldiers, they are the defeated, the defeated have no rights, life and death are in the hands of others.
"Take control of all the dangers, clean up the battlefield, clean up the recalcitrant elements, and at the same time send people to report the victory to the general!" At that moment, Zheng Sen also issued a military order, and the whole person was also relieved.