Hearing that the Zheng family army had surrounded the Provencha Fortress, He Bin hurried over with a few of his subordinates. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the barracks outside the fortress, He Bin respectfully paid homage to Zheng Chenggong, "The villain greets the country's surname!" ”

Zheng Chenggong stepped down from the right position, helped He Bin and said kindly: "No need to be polite, thanks to Mr. He's strong support, our army can successfully pass through the Lumen Waterway and surround the Dutch army."

He Bin hurriedly said: "This is thanks to the guidance of the surname of the country, and the little one knows that Luermen can be opened to the boat when the tide is high." Otherwise, where do the small ones understand this, it is all the credit of the country's surname, and the small ones dare not be greedy for merit!"

Zheng Chenggong smiled and said: "This is also thanks to you secretly drawing a hydrological map, so that our army can find out the terrain here." As I said, as long as you can make meritorious service, I will reward you with an official position. After the Great Yuan is captured, I will set up three city ship divisions in the south of the Great Yuan, the middle of the Great Yuan, and the north of the Great Yuan, and you will serve as a division in Taichung, and take charge of the affairs of cargo and sea ships to collect trade. ”

When He Bin heard it, he immediately said excitedly: "Xie Guo's surname is Ye!" Xie Guo's surname is Ye! ”

Zheng Chenggong waved his hand and said, "This is what you deserve, do it well!" ”

He Bin said again and again: "Yes, yes, yes, the little one will definitely do his best!" ”

After Zheng Chenggong finished rewarding, he looked at the Provencha fortress outside the camp and said: "My army still has to garrison Anhui, Jianghuai and other places to guard against the Qing army, and can only lead more than 16,000 sailors and more than 5,000 infantry to attack Dayuan. The number of troops is limited, how many young people do I ask you to gather now? ”

"The surname of the return to China is the master, and the small one has gathered more than 5,000 people!"

"Well, let these people go and build the forts. Tell them to work hard and I won't treat them badly. As long as they participate in the labor, I will subsidize them! Zheng Chenggong said.

He Bin said gratefully: "The national surname is benevolent and righteous, and the little ones have thanked the national surname for them!" ”

The Provencha fortress was built against the mountain, the artillery was condescending, and the firing range was greatly extended.

Even if the gunpowder of Zheng Jiajun's artillery has been improved, it is very difficult to bombard.

In order to gain an advantage, Zheng Chenggong decided to build five batteries to contain the Dutch artillery.

With the help of more than 5,000 strong men of Dayuan, the fort was completed in three or four days.

On this day, Zheng Chenggong sat in the handsome position, waved his finger, and the flag bearer who had already prepared immediately waved the colorful flag in his hand back and forth.

Seeing the signal from the flag, He Wenxing shouted: "Ignite the fire, take off!" ”

Hearing the order, Zhou Quanbin, the newly established Air Force Major General, was busy lighting the coal in the iron furnace.

said that it was the Air Force, but in fact, it was about a hundred people.

Of the more than 20 personnel operating the hot air balloon, the rest are all logistics and ground command personnel.

The two battalion commanders pulled the blowers hard, and the dry hot air balloons gradually became full under the blowing of the heat waves.

This hot air balloon was not made temporarily like the previous attack on Nanjing, but this hot air balloon was carefully arranged.

The outermost layer of the balloon is made of canvas, which is firm, wear-resistant, tight and thick, and the cloth is also coated with a layer of oil to strengthen its sealing.

In the middle is linen, which has high strength, moisture absorption, heat conductivity and air permeability.

The innermost layer is cowhide, which is delicate and durable.

The heat wave rolled up, and the hot air balloon slowly floated as it rocked from side to side.

Air Force Major General Zhou Quanbin threw away the sandbags tied to the bamboo basket one by one.

The weight of the hot air balloon rises slowly.

Seeing the hot air balloon rise into the air with his own eyes, the diminutive Fuso people were so frightened that they all prostrate in front of the huge hot air balloon and knelt on the ground.

Seeing Fusang's five-body throwing himself to the ground like a monkey, although Zheng Jiajun had strict military discipline, these soldiers couldn't help laughing.

Zheng Chenggong saw that his subordinates were all gone, so he hurriedly shouted loudly, and just scolded a few words, he couldn't help laughing.

Zheng Chenggong blushed a little, shook his head, and no longer cared about these arrogant soldiers.

The hot air balloon not only frightened the Fusang people, but also stunned the Gaoshan tribe, the original inhabitants of Dayuan.

Seeing that something could carry people to the sky, they were extremely respectful of Zheng Chenggong in their hearts.

Later, when Zheng Jiajun passed by, they all respectfully went out of the village to greet them.

On both sides of the road, Zheng Jiajun respectfully invited them to rest in the village and prepare meals for them.

The hot air balloon floats high in the air, and the two battalion commanders are sweating profusely to control the frequency of the blower to control the hot air balloon.

Zhou Quanbin took out his glasses, stretched them, and observed the condition of the Provencha Fortress.

The Provencha fortress is 45 zhang around and 3 zhang 6 feet high, and there are 4 turrets on the city wall.

Zhou Quanbin observed and recorded the deployment of the Dutch army over and over again.

After observing it, Zhou Quanbin used the red flag in his hand to convey the message downward.

The observer, who had been observing the situation of the hot air balloon in the sky, looked at it, and while interpreting, shouted over and over again: "Fourteen guns of the fort on the left side of the fortress, about one hundred and twenty people." The second battery on the left had only two guns, about twenty people. Twelve guns on the right side, about a hundred people. Ten middle batteries, about eighty people. ”

Zheng Chenggong heard the order: "First attack the fort on the left with all your strength!" ”

"Yes!"

One hundred and fifty artillery pieces "boom boom boom ......" with the sound of whirring wind, rushed towards the Provencha fortress with an unstoppable momentum.

I watched as the iron ball grazed past the fortress, shattering only a few pieces of the wall.

Zhou Quanbin vigorously slapped the bamboo basket and hurriedly waved the flag.

The observer shouted, "Miss, left deviation by 20 zhang!" ”

Hearing the shout, the gunner hurriedly moved the gun, shook the handle, and lowered the muzzle.

Seeing that the Zheng family's army was beginning to attack the city, Nelson, the defender of the Provencha Fortress, shouted: "Quick, quick, return fire, return fire!" ”

The artillery on the fortress opened fire, thirty shells flew over, and a hundred meters away from the fort lost its impact, fell and smashed to the ground, I don't know where the shells went!

A hundred guns were adjusted, and the guns were fired again.

The effect of this bombardment was obvious, hundreds of shells, and nearly a dozen shells hit the left battery.

Three of the shells blew up a gun on the battery in an instant, killing seven or eight Dutch soldiers.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Quanbin waved his flag excitedly.

"Left three feet!"

Fixed the firing of Zhu Yuan, followed by a continuous artillery bombardment, and the shells rained down on the battery on the left flank in waves.

The artillery burst destroyed the left battery, and not a single Dutch soldier escaped.

The Dutch army saw that the guns and artillery were concentrated in the city to return fire, and went out of the city to snatch the Zheng army's artillery, but were repelled by the Zheng family's musketeers in a row.

I can't beat it, I can't keep it!

Many Dutch soldiers did not dare, they came all the way to the East, and they came to Dayuan to seek wealth, not to send them to death.

They all counseled their chief Nelson, "Sir, Da Yuan is the territory of Huaxia, and now it is unjustified for Huaxia to want to recover Da Yuan and continue to occupy other people's land. We should return the Great Yuan to them! ”

Nelson saw hundreds of soldiers looking at him with muskets in their hands, and they shot without saying a word.

Nelson nodded hurriedly and said, "You are right, Dayuan is the territory of Huaxia, and we should withdraw!" ”

When Zheng Chenggong just wanted to order the artillery battalion to turn the gun muzzle and destroy the battery at the middle gate, a white flag was erected at the gate of the Provencha Fortress! (To be continued.) )