Sun Yueling hurriedly ordered his subordinates: "Hurry up and inform Yan Siqi, Dongfang Shengping, and Zheng Yiguan, and let them each find good cover and not be exposed to enemy fire." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

After receiving the order, his subordinates hurriedly went to pass the word.

A moment later, with several deafening loud bangs, the Dutch cannon finally opened fire.

"Boom", in the roar of artillery, large areas of houses in the town of Geranza collapsed, smoke filled the air, and debris flew. After several rounds of shelling, not only the streets of the houses, but even Sun Yueling's subordinates who were hiding in them were also hit by a huge blow, and countless people were killed and injured by the roaring shells.

Some of the artillery guns fired by the Dutch were solid bullets and some were hollow bullets, and the solid bullets were extremely destructive, and whether it was a building or a building, it did not collapse immediately after shelling; Hollow bullets are more lethal, and after exploding, they scatter into thousands of projectiles, making it difficult to dodge.

All of a sudden, the south street of Geranza Town was already a mess, with faint firelight, green smoke everywhere, and countless stumps and broken arms could be seen everywhere.

Sun Yueling's heart was dripping blood, trembling with every roar of the enemy's artillery. Not only him, but even most of his subordinates had long been deeply shocked by such a powerful cannon and lost the will to fight.

After the cannon roared, the second group of Dutch soldiers began to advance in formation, pressing up in the direction of the messy South Gate Street, and under the sound of gunfire, many more people were put down.

Sun Yueling shouted: "Give up South Gate Street, everyone retreat to the North Gate quickly." "Now the South Gate is determined to be unable to hold it, so we can only retreat to the North Gate Street and continue to deal with the enemy. Fortunately, the enemy's artillery bombardment was centered on the south gate, and other areas were not taken into account, presumably because Song Ke thought that as long as he bombarded the south gate and frustrated the confidence of the resisters, he could break through the town of Gelansha in one fell swoop; Or maybe Song Ke was simply trying to defeat those who dared to resist in one fell swoop at the cost of destroying the town's South Gate Street.

Sun Yueling, Yan Siqi, Dongfang Shengping, Zheng Yiguan and others shouted at them after the round in the center of the town: "How is the situation, how are the casualties?" ”

After hearing the answer, he was even more frightened in his heart, under the enemy's artillery bombardment, the original nearly 1,000 men and horses had now lost one-third, and there were less than 700 people left. Among the 300 dead and wounded, Yan Siqi's subordinates were the majority, reaching more than 150 people, and Yan Siqi's subordinates could be said to have lost more than half.

At this point, Sun Yueling made up his mind and shouted to everyone: "The enemy must rush into the town next to fight with us in a short fight, the so-called narrow road meets the brave wins, and now, we can only break the cauldron and fight against the water!" ”

Yan Siqi clenched his fists, his eyes breathed fire, and shouted: "What my lord said is that Siqi is willing to live and die with this town!" ”

Sun Yueling glanced at him gratefully and said, "Brother Yan, you take people to guard West Street; Shengping and Yiguan guard East Street, Beimen Street is personally controlled by Lord Ben, I don't believe that the Dutch are not life, I want to see what they have to do to take North Street from the hands of this official! ”

Everyone agreed in unison.

Sun Yueling raised his arms and shouted: "Kill Hongyi, just today!" ”

"Kill!" Hundreds of people chanted in unison, and the sound shook everywhere.

The town of Geranza has become a battlefield of fighting, and in addition to the South Gate Street, which has been reduced to ruins, the other three main streets in the east, north, and west have also fallen into a state of war.

Song Ke was afraid that the second team of soldiers would not be able to take the entire town, so he immediately ordered the third team to rush forward as well. As a result, the pressure on Sun Yueling's side increased sharply, and he was completely at a disadvantage, and could only rely on the alleys on the streets and the narrow terrain to resist stubbornly.

Fortunately, not all the soldiers of the Dutch musket team were equipped with flintlock guns, except for a few queues, most of the other soldiers were equipped with arquebuses that were commonly used by the Ming army, which gave them a large buffer space not to be completely suppressed by enemy fire, and they could take advantage of the enemy's loading of gunpowder to take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack.

But even so, the battle was extremely tragic.

The West Street led by Yan Siqi was the most tragic place in the battle, although Yan Siqi's manpower had been lost by more than half, but Sun Yueling promptly drew 200 people from the 500 people to replenish him, so that he could recover a lot of combat strength. Sun Yueling was most worried about the East Street controlled by Dongfang Shengping and Zheng Yiguan, because the people guarding the street were the original Minzhuang forces in the town of Gerancha, and these people were not strong in the will to fight, but now under the bombardment of the Dutch, they were even more frightened, and they didn't know how long they could hold out.

And the North Street guarded by him personally, his subordinates are all from Fujian to bring the soap Li good hands and Aotianmen people, although the combat effectiveness is strong, but after all, the number is too small, only more than 100 people, these people under his inspiration, all with the will to fight to the death, even stubbornly stopped the Dutch soldiers in the middle of the North Gate.

The sound of clashing knives and sticks, the firing of muskets, and the shouts of battle resounded over the town of Geranza, turning this usually busy and lively market into a battlefield of fighting. Both sides knew that the stakes were very high in this battle, so they did not hesitate to shed blood and be wounded, but also to strive for the final victory of this battle.

The sun was gradually setting in the west, and the battle had been fought for several hours, and the winner had not yet been decided. But Sun Yueling knew that their side was at the end of the crossbow, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to hold out until the night, but I was afraid that when the sun went down, it would be when they were defeated.

He looked around and saw that there were less than fifty people left around him, and more than half of them had already died under the swords and guns of the Dutch. Just as he was about to raise his gun and lead the rest of the people to forcibly assault the Dutch team, he suddenly saw more than a dozen people rushing from the side alley, and the first two were Dongfang Shengping and Zheng Yiguan, who were covered in blood and wounds at the moment.

Dongfang Shengping ran to his side and shouted sadly: "My lord, Dongjie...... East Street lost ......"

Sun Yueling was shocked when he heard this, what he was most worried about really happened, once East Street was lost, the Dutch could gather forces to storm North Street and West Street, and their defeat was almost a foregone conclusion.

Dongfang Shengping said to himself: "I and Yiguan originally wanted to ...... I wanted to die for my country, but I thought about the ...... of adults So I'm desperate to break through...... Protect the ...... of the Lord," paused, looked up into his eyes, and said bitterly, "We have lost...... Adults better withdraw...... We can't beat ......"

Zheng Yiguan's eyes were also red, and he sighed at Sun Yueling: "My lord...... We...... We can't hold the ...... of Geran."

Sun Yueling looked up to the sky and took a long breath, and said coldly: "Withdraw? Where can we retreat? Even if I can escape back to Fujian, what face will my Sun Yueling have to meet the father of Sanshan? Lord Zhongcheng gave me a heavy responsibility, and I gave him such an explanation? He slammed the spear on the ground and said in a deep voice, "I have made up my mind, and today I vow to live and die together with this town!" ”

"My lord......" Dongfang Shengping and Zheng Yiguan screamed sadly.

Sun Yueling slowly lifted the spear in his hand, pointed obliquely ahead, and said slowly: "If I die here today, I may not be famous in history, everyone, kill the enemy with me!" ”

When everyone saw that the envoy regarded death as home, they were all stimulated with surging enthusiasm, and they all shouted: "What the Lord said is that even if we want to die, we will die vigorously and leave a mark in history!" ”

"Kill!" Sun Yueling took the lead and rushed to the enemy formation first.

The remaining less than fifty people shouted in unison, clenched their weapons in their hands, followed him, and rushed towards the Dutchman.

Determined to die, these men soon broke through to the Dutch and engaged them in hand-to-hand combat.

"Protect your lordship!" Dongfang Shengping shouted loudly, and hurriedly took someone to protect Sun Yueling.

The battle was extremely fierce, and although they were high-spirited, they could not match the numerical superiority of the Dutch, and the Dutch soldiers who had taken East Street had begun to reinforce them, which greatly increased their pressure.

I don't know how many Dutch soldiers have been stabbed, Sun Yueling only feels that the true qi in his body is gradually exhausted, and his follow-up is weak, and the people around him have also fallen a lot, and there are less than twenty people left, surrounded by Dutch soldiers, I am afraid that he will soon be unable to support it.

Is it really going to be ruined here, he screamed in his heart, unwilling, really unwilling to fall short like this.

At this critical moment, a series of shouts sounded in the direction of the north gate behind him, the sound was strange, and the roar was repeated, and it seemed that many people were rushing over.

Sun Yueling looked forward to it and was taken aback, only to see countless people in strange costumes rushing from the direction of the north gate, wrapped in animal skins, with animal tendons on their heads, all of them with fierce expressions, and holding all kinds of knives, forks and sticks in their hands, like a group of wild people rushing out of the primitive tribe.

These people roared and soon rushed into the ranks of the Dutch, cutting down and killing every man, and turned out to be a team that was the enemy of the Dutch.

"Your Excellency...... We are saved! Zheng Yiguan was greatly excited when he saw this, and shouted, "...... Potbelly King ...... It's the Potbelly King's subordinate......"

"The Potbelly King?" Sun Yueling was surprised for a while when he heard this, but then he understood. The big belly king is the leader of the local forces of the Tainan village community, led by the aborigines of Taiwan, this force has always been under the threat and oppression of the Dutch after the Dutch arrived in Taiwan, but I didn't expect that now they actually appeared here and helped the Ming envoys.

Sun Yueling only felt that his blood was boiling, it was really an endless road, and he couldn't help but raise his arms and shouted: "Kill, kill these Western devils for me!" The spear in his hand shot like lightning, and a shot pierced the chest of a Dutch soldier.

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With the support of the leader of the local village community in Taiwan, the battle situation in the town of Gelancha underwent a shocking reversal, and Sun Yueling and Yan Siqi, who had been struggling to support, with the help of more than 400 people brought by the Potbelly King, successfully repelled the attack of the Dutch and won the victory in this defensive battle.

Song Ke also saw the opportunity quickly, and immediately ordered the whole army to retreat after seeing the unfavorable situation, and all the Dutch soldiers fought and retreated, assembled in a defensive formation, and soon withdrew from the town of Geranza.

After this battle, Sun Yueling counted the battle situation and learned that more than half of his nearly 1,000 people were killed in the battle, and only less than 400 people remained, which can be described as a heavy casualty. But the Dutch on the opposite side were no better, and under their stubborn resistance, more than 300 were killed and more than 300 wounded, and the casualties were already more than half.

Neither side took advantage of anything, and both paid a heavy price for the battle.

But Sun Yueling knew in his heart that if it wasn't for the timely arrival of the Potbelly King, their side would have been wiped out by the Dutch sooner or later.

After the battle, Sun Yueling immediately convened a meeting to discuss the aftermath of the battle and the next countermeasures. Of course, the first thing he has to thank is the rugged-faced, tall Tainan village leader in front of him, the big belly king, if he hadn't brought people in time, they would all have been wiped out here, and the Han power in the entire Taiwan would have been completely wiped out.

Therefore, Sun Yueling did not dare to slack off, and personally led many officials to salute the big-bellied king, and helped him to the chief of the hall.

Unexpectedly, the pot-bellied king did not sit on top of the chief safely, but led his subordinates to kneel down to Sun Yueling and salute, speaking the local dialect they did not understand. After being translated by Minzhuang, who was familiar with the local language, Sun Yueling knew that the king of the big belly meant that he was very dissatisfied with the Dutch who were entrenched in the Dayuan, and asked the leader of the Ming Kingdom to make the decision for them and help them deal with the Dutch together.

After listening, Sun Yueling was overjoyed, and he couldn't imagine that the potbelly king had such an attitude. If that's the case, it's hard to ask for. So he hurriedly said to the Min Zhuang who knew the local dialect, and asked him to tell the king of the big belly that he could rest assured that the Ming Kingdom would definitely control all the Han forces in Taiwan to fight against the Dutch, and would support and help the local village community to build a beautiful home together.

Moreover, Sun Yueling emphasized in his words that the people of the Ming Kingdom came to Taiwan to operate, for construction and trade, for friendship and peace, not for war and plunder, and will never interfere with any behavior of the local village community in Taiwan, nor will they oppress any local person, hoping that the big belly king can work hand in hand with the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Dutch invaders.

Under the frank contrast, Sun Yueling and the Potbelly King gained a certain amount of trust, and both of them were very happy. So Li Dan hurriedly ordered someone to prepare wine and food to entertain the leader of the village community in Taiwan.

But after the bloody battle during the day, many of the officials who came with him had lingering palpitations in their hearts, and Lu Wenheng was even more cautious to Sun Yueling and persuaded him: "Sun Zhentai, although the Dutch are retreating now, they do not guarantee that they will continue to attack tomorrow, I think we still have to make arrangements, and deal with them carefully?" ”

Sun Yueling smiled faintly and said to him, "Lord Lu is too worried. He believed that after the Great Day, the Dutch would no longer have the courage to attack us, unless he did not want to stay in Taiwan any longer. ”

"What your lord says is very true!" Yan Siqi also laughed and said, "The Dutch have a solid foothold in Taiwan, and now the army has suffered heavy casualties, if Song Ke is smart enough, he should send someone to negotiate peace with us, otherwise, he will definitely not have a good life in the future." ”

As soon as the words fell, a subordinate suddenly came to report that Song Ke had sent an envoy to invite Master Sun to talk with him.

Sun Yueling laughed and said, "Brother Yan really said yes, admire, admire!" ”

"Talk about it!" Li Kuiqi spat on the ground and scolded fiercely, "When we wanted to negotiate, they didn't agree, and now they want to negotiate, and we don't agree." In my opinion, I will simply send troops tomorrow to capture Fort Geranza in one fell swoop, and completely drive the Dutch Hongyi out of Taiwan! ”

Sun Yueling shook his head and smiled, and said, "Why don't I want to think about what Brother Li said? However, at the moment the Dutch are still strong, and if we defend the fort, we will not be able to help them. After a pause, he continued, "Since neither side can help each other, then negotiation is the best way. ”

Glancing at everyone in a blink of an eye, he said again: "But don't worry, now that the situation is reversed, he can't help but agree to the Ming Dynasty's maritime trade policy and operate in our way." ”