If you don't count the bastion, the city of San Salvador has a circumference of only 400 meters, and like other colonial cities, many of its inhabitants live outside the city. The city of San Salvador is located in the southwest corner of Sheliao Island, and the ruins of which later became the factory of Taiwan's Chung Hwa Shipbuilding Company have completely disappeared.

At this time, Jilongyu was not a peaceful island formed by land reclamation later, and the islands at the Jilong port are still divided into Badouzi Island, Sheliao Island and Xiaojilongyu. The fortified islands of the Spaniards were Sheliao Island and Xiaojilongyu, but because of the lack of troops, they had abandoned Xiaojilongyu and concentrated all their troops on Sheliao Island.

Since the establishment of the country, Chen Shouxuan has also begun to pride himself as a civilized person, and he is no longer the pirate who used to rob ships when he saw them. Therefore, he first sent a letter of persuasion to the Spaniards in the harbor.

Shou Xu thought about it and chose to write a letter of persuasion in Chinese, believing that there must be an interpreter in the city who could understand Chinese.

The full text is very simple, just two sentences:

"Gonzalo. Captain Portirio:

If you listen to our terms of surrender and surrender the Holy Trinity and the city of San Salvador, I will treat you and your troops with the utmost sincerity. If this is ignored, then the only way to solve it is to resort to force.

Chen Shouxuan is as polite as ever"

Because Shou Xuan could not read or write traditional characters, the letter of persuasion was dictated by him and written by Cai Yuanding, the captain of the Chinese guard. Cai Yuanding added the courtesy as before in accordance with the habits of the Ming Dynasty at the end of the persuasion book. The Orderly asked what it meant to be polite.

Cai Yuanding explained: "My lord, in the past, letters usually ended with a pause and a bow. Now it is simplified to have a courtesy as before, although it is a misuse at the beginning, but it has also become a habitual term of the Ming people after a long time. ”

Orderly thought about it, and yes, although he didn't know Portillio, his first interaction with the Spaniards was the Florida Strait Artillery Battle. Cai Yuanding is also apt to use the utensils here to salute the Spaniards, but it is not as polite as ever.

Shou Zhi grinned and said, "Very well, that's it." ”

Cai Yuanding didn't expect his adult to explain it like this.

After the persuasion was written, it was difficult to find someone to send the letter to keep the order. His key officers were all pirates, and were the sworn enemies of the Spaniards, who showed no mercy to pirates, and were hanged or sold into slavery when caught. He wasn't sure Gonzalo. Will Portirio go mad and execute the messenger. Find a soldier to deliver the letter, this specification is not enough.

In the end, it was Witherling who relieved the siege of Shou Order, and the attack on the Spanish fortress made the Dutch merchant enthusiastic, and he took the initiative to ask Shou Ling for the task of delivering a letter of persuasion.

The Netherlands and Spain were enemy countries, and Withering was a junior merchant of the East India Company, and the candidates and positions were very suitable. The Spaniards were not going to go crazy and kill Dutch messengers everywhere.

Witherling made a big splash in front of the Spaniards in San Salvador City, and returned to the flagship with the Spaniards' reply with a fluttering eyebrow.

Portio's reply was simpler, with only one sentence, also written in Chinese.

"Your Excellency Chen Shouxu,

I cannot and will not surrender the castle as your Excellency commands, for my men and I are determined to hold on.

Gonzalo. Portillio"

Persuasion is just a procedure, and the order is not surprising to the result. Since the Spaniards refused to surrender, then go to war.

The two forts on the sea of San Salvador were Fort San Augustinburg and Fort Milan, and the orderly fleet was led by the flagship Nanhai, followed by the Raphael and the Tempest, and sailed into range of the forts.

The Orderly noted that there were four ships moored in the harbor of San Salvador, a small three-masted battleship, a schooner and two medium-sized junks. The Spaniards built a stone dock in the harbor on a narrow channel, which pleased him and saved him the trouble of building his own dock. The enemy seems to have abandoned the plan of naval battle, and the ship's cannons have been removed, and it seems that they must have concentrated their manpower and firepower in the city of San Salvador.

The Spaniards quickly fired the city's defenses, and they placed several heavy guns of more than 18 pounder in the fort, which had sufficient firepower. In a short time, more than 200 shells fell around the fleet. The Nanhai was hit by 4 shells, but fortunately it was not an 18-pounder shell, the ship's board was not penetrated, one of the sails was broken by the shell, and the Spaniards also cut one of the side support cables of the Nanhai.

During the battle, the Nanhai lost 1 person killed and 4 others were wounded, but fortunately the injuries were not serious. The Raphael and Tempest look similar to the South Seas.

Seeing that it was too much to engage the enemy's fortress with wooden boats, Shou ordered the fleet to change sides and sail out of the fire coverage of the city of San Salvador. He stepped down from the stern tower and gave the order to Chief Staff Officer Harris, "Gather the captains and army battalion commanders to board the ship." ”

Captain of the Raphael, Pierre. Morality. Medina, First Officer and Acting Captain of the Melville, Jacques Murphy. Rosilly, Captain of the USS Tempest, Kevin. Paley, if you add the flagship captain of the South Seas, René. Allems, 3 French, 1 English.

Army Battalion Commander Ludwig. Filhoff, his deputy Chechitan commander Masanobu Hara. Originally, it was not the turn of Che Chi Dan to participate in this kind of joint military meeting on land and sea, but with the fight of several battles, Che Chi Dan's performance was really good, and their status improved to a certain extent.

In addition to the army and navy officers in Jincheng, Shou Xu also invited Wang Huizhi to attend the meeting.

Maiden had the crowd circulate a map of the Dutch on Chicken Coop Island, which showed the Spaniards' firepower as a great reference for the attack.

Allem, as the chief captain of the ship present, spoke, "Admiral, we still suffered a loss in the battle against the Spaniards' fortress. We only have 2 civil war ships, and we can't afford to spend them with the Spaniards. ”

Seeing that the morale was not very high, he said confidently, "Don't be discouraged, everyone. The stronger the Spaniards built the castle, the easier it would be for us to work in the future. San Salvador is certainly in our pocket, and the more enemy artillery there is, the more trophies we have. ”

Captain Pelly of the Tempest spoke, "Admiral, I have no doubt that we will be victorious. But we have to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, and we have very limited manpower. ”

Shou Xiang nodded in agreement, the Senate of Jincheng did not agree to invest too much manpower in Taiwan, and Shou Order's fleet going north this time was the limit of the transfer. Two cruisers, a brig, a whaling ship, and 3 companies of land forces will be the entire strength of Taiwan for a long time, and Jincheng cannot afford to die and cannot fight with the Spaniards.

The Spaniards had castles, while the advantage of the Golden City was the strength of the troops. "We have an army of 280 men, and we can draw about 120 marines. And our allies ......"

Wang Hui Zhidao: "I can send 300 people." ”

Filhoff nodded, "Then we will have 700 men, and we will have more land forces than the Spaniards." ”

Maiden said, "Admiral, we will advance by land and sea, first land on the other side of Sheliao Island, capture the commanding heights of the island, the Holy Trinity Fort, and then transport the heavy artillery of the battleship to bombard the city of San Salvador. ”

"The fleet continues to press off the coast of San Salvador, so that the Spaniards cannot reinforce the fort of the Holy Trinity." ”

Shou Xuan smiled, "You see, more people are better, and the Spaniard's castle is not a problem. ”

The decision was made, and the fleet's chief staff officer, Harris, worked with the army to develop the landing plan and sequence. This time, the northbound army did not carry field guns, and the fleet urgently dismantled four 1-pounder gyroguns and installed them on triangular gun mounts as fire support for the army when it landed. There are 3 more landing craft and 3 more fireboats armed with short guns.

It was too late to land that day, and the fleet found a bay anchorage on the west side of Joncoop Harbor. During the southwest monsoon, the north-facing opening of the bay is not a problem. Regardless of fatigue, he used the longboat to meet the ships in turn, chatted and laughed with the soldiers, and sent some wine.

The next morning, the fleet changed ships outside the view of the Spaniards, and the landing echelon was all on board Wang Huizhi's six ships, as well as the Tempest and Melville.

Orderly commanded the South Sea and Raphael to continue to press under the city of San Salvador and did not come into artillery range. The six junk ships brought by Munda were also grouped with the fleet.

Maiden led the landing echelon around the Bachimen channel on the east side of Sheliao Island, and the farthest part of the cape on the northeast side of Sheliao Island was nearly 1 kilometer away from the Holy Trinity Fort, which basically exceeded the effective range of the fortress.

The first to seize the beach were the marines, followed by the army, and Wang Huizhi's men landed last. The Spaniards saw the landing of the Jincheng army but had no choice, they had only one company of land in total, and they were powerless to attack.

Maiden unhurriedly unloaded the whirling cannon, and only in the evening did he attack the fort of the Holy Trinity. In order to reduce the damage of enemy artillery fire, and at the same time not to worry about the Spaniards going out of the city to counterattack, Maiden directly used a loose attacking formation. From time to time during the attack, the divisions stopped to fire in small formations at the Fort of the Holy Trinity. The Spaniards fought back desperately, but their firepower was really a bit weak, and only 5 Jincheng soldiers were defeated. The rugged terrain and rocky nature of the island created obstacles for the army that were stronger than the firepower of the Spaniards.

The soldiers quickly surrounded the enemy fortress, using grappling hooks and improvised ladders to climb the fort walls and throw grenades into them. It was a battle without suspense, and after Chechitan stormed the Holy Trinity Fort, he quickly killed all the enemies and counted the corpses, and Maiden found that the Spanish defenders had only 32 men, 10 whites and 22 natives, who could not even get together the gunners.

Upon learning that the army had captured Fort Trinity, Guard led the fleet out of the sea off San Salvador and moved to anchor in the Eight Feet Gate Channel. The landed soldiers could rest, but the Mindanao Highlanders carried by the fleet could not, and the orderly urged them to transfer the 18-pounder and 12-pounder guns dismantled by the fleet overnight, and the island was filled with the strange slogans of the highlanders throughout the night.

By daybreak, 6 heavy guns had already arrived at the Trinity Fort, plus the 8 guns that the castle already had, for a total of 14 guns aimed at the city of San Salvador.

The distance between the two cities is only 500 meters, and they are within the range of each other's artillery, but the Trinity Fort has a superior advantage over the city of San Salvador. The artillery cluster fired at Fort San Antonio, where the Spanish Governor's Office in the chicken coop was located.

Although ammunition is also valuable, order is more important than human life. He did not commit the army to charge the city of San Salvador. The shelling continued for two days, until a gap was punched in the walls of Fort Antonio.

Maiden immediately threw his entire army into an assault on the Spaniards, again without regard to the Spaniards' counter-charge, still in loose formation. The city of San Salvador was slightly more adequate, but it did not cause much damage to the soldiers of the city, and there were less than 10 casualties on the way to the charge.

The final battle took place in the monastery inside the city, which was a fortified building. Soldiers fought with swords and grenades to take the city. Gonzalo. Portierio in the convent to the army battalion commander Ludwig. Filhoff surrendered.

The first thing to do after the war was to count the seized supplies, and there were 25,000 silver coins in the city, or 25,000 pesos, worth about 16,000 taels of silver. In addition, there are goods worth 1 million pesos in the city.

In terms of weapons, all 40 artillery pieces and a large amount of ammunition in the city became trophies.

In terms of personnel, captured from Gonzalo. Portillo below 446 people. Among them were 115 Spaniards, 62 Pampanga, 93 Cagayan labourers, 42 women, 116 male and female slaves, and 18 children. In addition to this, there are 42 indigenous shooters in the city.

Seeing that the harvest was abundant and the mood for keeping order was excellent, there was originally some resistance in the Senate to sending troops to Taiwan, but now with these seizures in San Salvador, it can be said that they have made a lot of money. Even his attitude towards the Spanish captives was much better.

The city of San Salvador raised the flag of the Southern Cross bird, and the city of San Salvador was immediately renamed the city of Peace and the port of chicken coop was renamed Keelung Port. The Holy Trinity Fortress was renamed the Sheliao Fortress.

The Spaniards' garrison and inhabitants on Jilongyu were at their peak of 2,000 people, and the entire fleet of the orderly fleet was almost exactly this number at this time, and the buildings left by the Spaniards were completely sufficient, which saved the trouble of building new houses.

Note: The Battle of Keelung basically replicates the historical process of the Dutch attack on Keelung. The Dutch were even more exaggerated, capturing Keelung Fort with only 5 killed and 15 wounded. For the number of prisoners, see Van Diemen's Report on East India Affairs, 12 December 1642, The Dutchman in Formosa, p238. For the seizure of silver, supplies, and indigenous archers, see History of Taiwan, Song Guangyu, p60.