Chapter 903: Trojan Horse Slaughters the City
With the influx of Zheng soldiers, the resistance in Santo Domingue soon ended.
After the disappearance of its commander Antonio, the hundreds of Spanish colonial troops in the city were formed into a regiment of Lu'an, and most of them were killed by the black slave posts under the command of the Zheng clan who were the first to rush into the city.
Dozens of people who were hiding in Tibet were also disarmed by the Luzon native soldiers who defected to the battle, and they were held and presented to He Bin's subordinates, who entered the city shortly after.
And those librarians of the merchant houses in the city and scattered merchants and their dependents, originally did not have the will to resist to the death, as soon as they saw He Bin's troops entering the city, they immediately emerged from all the corners of hiding and surrendered to He Bin.
These merchants, who followed the Spanish colonial army to the world, once they lost the protection of their colonial army, immediately became the most tragic existence in the war.
Compared with the Spanish colonial army, these Spanish merchants were hated by the black slave whistles under the Zheng clan.
At the same time, he was also hated by those Luzon native soldiers who saw that the general situation had gone and hurriedly defected.
Because these Spanish merchants did everything, they were both predators of wealth and slave traders who traveled from all over the South Seas.
Not only are they robbing and selling very black people, but also indigenous girls from all over the South Seas are also the targets of their robbery and trafficking.
Among the prostitutes they brought to various places in the footsteps of the Spanish colonial army, there were not only many real women, but also many black girls and indigenous girls.
Now, the brothels of the women who used to only entertain the Spanish colonial army are "full of doors", and they have to break the previous rule of not accepting other people, and open their doors to welcome those oriental benefactors who come in droves to show grace.
Because of Zheng Zhilong's order before, the female family members of the officials and businessmen of the Spanish military merchants who surrendered on their knees naturally could not escape the fate of being robbed by those Zheng Jun sailors who were eager to try the new.
Until the next morning, when Zheng Zhilong personally entered the city, the front of those prostitutes and businessmen was still crowded with people waiting in line.
After all, Zheng Zhilong's army is the foundation of pirates, and they are very brave when they start a war, but the military discipline in peacetime, especially after the war, needless to say, still can't wash away the true colors of pirates.
Two days after Zheng Zhilong entered the city, he gathered and reorganized his troops, and in the early morning of September 15, he once again swore to go out outside the Hongmao City in Tamsui.
At this oath-taking meeting, the Spanish colonial army and the Hongmao merchant merchants in the city who had surrendered to He Bin's department before in Tamsui Hongmao City, a total of 218 men, were all tied up by Wuhua and pressed under the Ming military flag and Zheng's order banner given by the emperor.
For two days, many of them were tortured by the Dutch and confessed to the cities of San Salvador and San Diego.
Now that it is useless, Zheng Zhilong uses them as a reward for the black slave sentries under his command, and lets these black slave sentries carry knives and behead them all one by one.
In doing so, he also wanted to show all his subordinates that if he did not drive out the Spaniards in the north of Dongfan Island this time, he Zheng Zhilong would never withdraw his troops.
After the oath was completed on September 15, Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch envoy, Mr. Waite, reached an agreement that the mercenary escort of more than 100 people under Mr. Waite would change into the uniforms, caps, flags and guns of the Spaniards in Santo Domingo, disguise themselves as the fleeing Spanish defeated army, and flee to Fort San Diego in the port of chicken coop.
Zheng Zhilong said to Mr. Waite and the leader of the mercenary convoy named Cranko: "Mr. Waite! Mr. Cranko! The castle of Santo Domingo has been captured by a large army under my command, and not a single person in the city has escaped, and the Spaniards in the castle of San Diego must not have known about it.
"We Chinese have always paid attention to attacking them unprepared, if you Dutch can pretend to be the defeated army of Saint-Domingo and flee to Saint-Diego, you will be able to deceive the defenders in the city!" Once we succeed in entering the city of San Diego, our army will win!
"I, Zheng Zhilong, have never treated those who have made meritorious contributions in battle, if you Dutch can successfully enter the city and seize the city gate, after the matter is completed, all the gold of the Spaniards in San Diego City will belong to you!"
After saying this, Zheng Zhilong looked at the two of them and asked, "Mr. Wet! Mr. Cranko! What do you think?! ”
Mr. Waite, the Dutch commercial charge d'affaires, still knows Zheng Zhilong well and knows that Zheng Zhilong is a person who attaches importance to contracts and commitments.
Therefore, after listening to Zheng Zhilong's words, Waite said to the Dutch East India Company mercenary leader Cranko, who was still thinking silently:
"Mr. Cranko! I know very well that the promises he made can be trusted! ”
After listening to the words of Mr. Wette, the commercial chargé d'affaires sent by the Dutch East India Company to Dongfan, the leader of the Dutch mercenaries named Cranko, who had a hawk-nosed nose and a short beard, looked at Zheng Zhilong for a moment, and then said:
"The Trojan Horse Slaughter City! This is the fastest way to take Fort San Diego! Your Excellency General Nicholas, you are smart!
"However, after taking the castle of San Diego, in addition to the gold of all the Spaniards in the city, all the Spanish women in the city will also belong to me and my soldiers!"
After saying this, Cranko looked at Zheng Zhilong.
After Zheng Zhilong heard this, he smiled and nodded at him, and then said, "Very good!" Mr. Cranko, you're refreshing! We're sold! ”
In the morning, the leader of the mercenaries of the Dutch East India Company, named Cranko, mobilized his outlaws, changed into Spanish uniforms, military caps, and carried Spanish muskets and military flags, and headed for Fort San Diego.
Two or three miles behind them was the black slave sentry musket team led by Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian.
Behind Zheng Cai, Zheng Lian and others is an army led by Zheng Zhilong, He Bin and others.
Fort San Diego, built by the Spaniards, is located near the mouth of the Jelone River, near the estuary of the Keelung River in the later Keelung port.
Fort San Diego played an important role as a bridgehead for the Spanish to occupy the island and build the city of San Salvador before marching into the main island of Dongfan.
Although the fort of San Diego is small, it is very strong, with red brick and boulder walls, and more than a dozen huge gun emplacements built at the head of the city and in the port.
The so-called governor of the Dutch East India Company, Hans Putmans, had been with a fleet for many days, but nothing had progressed.
The ships of the Dutch East India Company were equipped with long-range naval guns, the so-called Hongyi cannons on the side of the Ming Dynasty, but the castles and forts of the Spaniards were also equipped with such cannons.
Therefore, it is not very difficult to attack Fort San Diego, which is located in the port of chicken coop, from the sea.
Putmans came for more than half a month, and all he could do was to blockade the port of the chicken coop and contain the Spanish troops in Fort San Diego and the city of San Salvador on the island of Slao not far away.
Until the mercenaries of the Dutch East India Company led by Bidno went north to rendezvous, he did not attack Jilong Harbor or Sheliao Island.
Now on the open sea in the direction of Sheliao Island, seven or eight miles away, in addition to the main force of the Dutch army led by Biedno, there are also hundreds of warships of the Zheng family's fleet sent by Zheng Zhilong to blockade it.
It's slightly better there.
Because Sheliao Island is not a stone mountain island, but an alluvial island formed at the mouth of a river.
Although the area of the island is good, the seaside around the island is not suitable for building a large castle.
Therefore, the city of San Salvatore was built by the Spanish in the center of the island.
In this way, the fort built by the Spaniards in the castle was far from the coast, so the threat of the Bidno and Zheng family fleets was not too great.
The forts built by the Spaniards on the port of Sheliao Island were only built in the area around the port.
As for the rest of the island, there were no forts in the opinion of the Spaniards that were not suitable for the landing of large warships.
In these places, the main ships of the Dutch East India Company led by Bidno could not get ahead, but the Zheng family fleet led by Zheng Ming had many small ships.
Including the flat-bottomed boats that are especially suitable for riding the tide rising and rushing to the shore, there are also many in the fleet of the Zheng family's sailors.
Therefore, as long as you are not afraid of casualties, it is not difficult to get on Sheliao Island.
It's just that Zheng Ming received the order not to seize Sheliao Island for the Dutch, but to contain the Spanish troops in the city of San Salvador on the island, as long as they don't reinforce the city of Santo Domingo, he doesn't care about the rest.