It didn't take long for a darkened Raison to stagger.

If it weren't for the support of the soldier next to him, maybe he would have fallen.

"Your Royal Highness, can you give the antidote first?"

As soon as he saw Lu Yan, Lei Ersheng couldn't wait to say.

If he doesn't take the antidote, maybe he'll die soon.

Lu Yan glanced at him, and then said, "If the antidote is given to you, you can't go back to the castle." ”

Rayson only thought about it for a moment, and between his own life and his return to the castle, he quickly chose the former.

"Okay then."

Soon someone brought the antidote and water, and Rael felt much better after taking it.

"We admit that we have lost this war, and I surrender to your army on behalf of my army, and I hope that your army will be able to treat our wounded, many of whom have been poisoned."

Raelsen said with a bitter face.

"There is no problem, the ransom is 1 million taels of silver, and I will release him if it is paid within half a year. During this time, you must rely on your own labor to obtain food. ”

Lu Yan said with a smile.

"Is 1 million taels too much, see if it can be cheaper."

Raelson said with a bitter face.

Now he has only about 200 soldiers under his command.

On average, a soldier costs 5,000 taels of silver, which is too expensive.

Lu Yan sneered, this figure is indeed a bit expensive for Da Ming.

But these Westerners are still very rich, and if they really want to pay the ransom, they can still pay it.

Because the West robbed the Americas of a large amount of gold and silver, silver and gold were not worth much in the West.

Moreover, due to the expedition of the Dutch navy in East Asia, the military salary has always been very high, and the monthly salary of a sailor is generally about 30 taels of silver, which is almost 15 times that of the Liaodong military town.

That is to say, his 10-year salary is 3,600 taels of silver, and 5,000 taels of silver is only his salary for less than 15 years.

Therefore, Lu Yan felt that those Dutch governments gritted their teeth and could still afford to pay for the silver.

But he thought for a moment and said, "Well, for the sake of your friends, I'll be cheaper." 800,000 taels of silver, 5 400-ton Western warships equipped with artillery, 100 Hongyi guns of my designated caliber, and 5,000 brand-new arquebuses. ”

Hearing this, Raelson's face became even more bitter.

It's better to pay 1 million taels of silver.

"Your Royal Highness, your conditions are so embarrassing that I think it will be difficult for Batavia to agree."

Raelson said.

"If they don't agree, then you're going to die."

Lu Yan said with a cold face.

Lei Ersheng was so choked by him that he couldn't speak, and Lu Yan's words were really too unkind.

"I don't have time to ramble on you here, I'll give you a quarter of an hour to consider whether or not to surrender. As for the ransom, you can choose one of these two conditions. Otherwise, we will continue the war. ”

Lu Yan continued.

Raelson only thought for a while, and then said, "We surrendered, but I hope that the ransom will allow the Batavia side to discuss with you again." ”

Lu Yan thought about it for a while, and the most important thing was to end the war in Penghu as soon as possible and rush back to Wenzhou to participate in the war.

As for the ransom, you can smash the Dutch and then tear up the ticket.

"I don't think there's a problem."

Lu Yan said.

"I hope you will keep your promise, Prince."

Raelson said with a serious face.

"Of course, I will abide by it."

Lu Yan said with a smile.

After the two had agreed, Raelson could not wait to order the Dutch soldiers to surrender.

Because many of the Dutch soldiers needed to be treated, otherwise they would probably become blind or be poisoned.

Upon learning that the Dutch were going to surrender, the soldiers burst into cheers.

Siege warfare has been extremely tragic since ancient times, and since the enemy has surrendered, then they can reduce many casualties.

After the Dutch soldiers came out of the castle with their heads down, Lu Yan ordered them to throw their weapons aside, and then walked out in line with their hands raised.

Lü Yan then ordered the poisoned Dutch soldiers to be treated, but some of the seriously wounded soldiers were thrown by him to the civilians to relieve their anger.

For this reason, those Dutch soldiers felt extremely frightened, thinking that Lu Yan wanted to repent, and wanted to kill the prisoner.

Later, I found out that Lu Yan no longer did these things before he put his mind at ease.

Rayson offered to let a soldier go back to Batavia to report the news, but Lu Yan refused.

He would send a merchant ship to Batavia to deliver a message to Moon Harbor.

After doing all this, the next day he couldn't wait to lead the fleet to Wenzhou, where one of the most important wars in the entire Ming Dynasty was going on.

Only by winning this war does he have the capital to negotiate with Daming.

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The port outside Wenzhou was docked with a scarred fleet, which was the main fleet led by Deng Zilong.

Since the Lu Yan uprising, this fleet has fought in the south and in the north.

fought against the sailors of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces, and almost never stopped fighting, making great contributions to Lu Yan.

However, now it also suffered heavy losses, and the "Triumph" and "Santiago" were attacked by enemy arson ships and were burned.

Fortunately, many sailors jumped ship and escaped, and they were all rescued.

The other ships were also scarred, with bullet marks and burn marks all over the hull.

However, they still defeated the various sailors and ensured that the port of Wenzhou Mansion was firmly controlled by Lu Yan's side.

On this very day, the Holy Trinity and the San Jose were patrolling the open sea when they saw a fleet approaching with full sails.

When they saw the flag of that fleet, they all cheered, because it was Lu Yan's flag.

The two fleets greeted each other with their cannons, converged, and sailed towards the harbor together.

Soon a large number of soldiers landed from the dock, and this news was also passed on to Wang Zaijin by some Ming army details.

"The enemy is coming in for reinforcements again?"

After hearing the news, Wang Zaijin couldn't help frowning.

Originally, he thought that it should be very easy to eliminate the rebels, after all, he had gathered more than 100,000 troops in the four provinces, and he was already very worthy of this rebel army.

But after the actual fight, he realized that they still underestimated this rebel army.

Because this enemy also has at least 6,000 cavalry, it is simply inconceivable that a rebel army can have so many cavalry.

All the cavalry of the Ming Army's North Road Army combined, I'm afraid it may not necessarily have this number.

The south is mountainous and hilly, and the cavalry is not particularly suitable for fighting in the south, and all the war horses of the Ming Dynasty are given priority to the supply of Liaodong.

Moreover, these cavalry basically belong to the families of various generals, and it is impossible for them to concentrate these cavalry.

On the contrary, the art of commanding the cavalry of the enemy generals is very old-fashioned, and commanding the cavalry is like an arm.

The cavalry of their two sides fought fiercely at first, but the cavalry of the Ming army was beaten by the enemy and was unable to fight back.

This made those Ming generals cringe, unwilling to send cavalry to fight alone, even if Wang Zaijin reprimanded him again, it was useless.

Because these cavalrymen belong to their families, and they are the guarantee of their power.

In the future, whether they are promoted or degraded, these family members will always follow them.

So now all the cavalry galloping in the field are the enemy's cavalry.

In addition, many generals have reported that the infantry of this army is equipped with the unique weapons of the Qi family's army, and the fighting style is completely the Qi family's army.

Moreover, these soldiers are very elite and skillful in cooperating, and they are not afraid of death when they fight.

The command of the generals is also stable, and there is no flaw at all.

It is estimated that only the elite of the Zhejiang barracks can play a few tricks with them, and the troops of Nanzhili are simply their opponents.

Several of Nanzhili's generals and lieutenants sent troops to compete with them without believing in evil, but they were all beaten by the enemy's artillery and guns until they collapsed.

Then he was covered by the enemy's cavalry and finally returned defeated.

This made Wang Zaijin feel very worried, although Qi Jiguang had been dead for decades.

But Qi Jiguang's prestige is still circulating in the Ming army, and the record of beheading 150,000 with 4,000 people will always be a legend.

Especially those Zhejiang soldiers, who were more deeply influenced by the Qi family's army.

It is precisely because of the influence of the Qi family army that the Zhejiang soldiers are the few troops in the world who are proficient in firearms.

In addition to this, their artillery was very sharp, and the artillery of the Ming army was not their opponent at all, and their artillery always eliminated the artillery of the Ming army outside of range.

Previously, this army relied on these artillery pieces to resist their nearly 70,000 troops with more than 10,000 soldiers.

Later, after they received a lot of support, they fought with them both offensively and defensively, and they were always able to have an advantage in the local aspect.

Several battalions of the Ming army were completely wiped out by them, and if it weren't for the large number of Ming troops, maybe the Ming army would have collapsed long ago.

But even so, the morale of the Ming army was very low.

Now that the enemy has once again received a large number of reinforcements, Wang Zaijin has a feeling that perhaps a large-scale decisive battle will happen soon.

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Wenzhou City had long been occupied by Li Jing, and after receiving the support of Lu Yan's Hongyi artillery, Li Jing defeated Wenzhou City.

The south has always been mountainous, while the eastern part of Wenzhou has a large plain, which is very conducive to the play of cavalry.

Therefore, this place was designated by Li Jing as the place of decisive battle with the enemy.

After learning that Lu Yan came to help, Li Jing and Qi Jiguang were overjoyed.

Although they were often able to win a few battles, they were very careful when they started fighting.

There are so many enemies that one mistake can lead to a heavy encirclement of the enemy.

Now that Lu Yan is here, then everything will change.

While thinking about the strength at hand, Lu Yan and Li Jing made a battle plan to defeat the Ming army in front of them in a battle.

At present, Lü Yan's troops in Wenzhou are about 5,500 Xuanjia elite cavalry, 5,500 Qi family troops, 2,000 fire cavalry, and 1,000 Wei warriors.

But Lu Yan felt that these were not enough, he needed more soldiers.

After discussing with Li Jing and Qi Jiguang, Lu Yan decided to summon all the Qi family army and Xuanjia elite cavalry that could be summoned.

In this way, the number of Xuanjia elite cavalry reached 8,000, and many of these Xuanjia elite cavalry were established after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, but some of them were set by the system to only need 20 points of combat merit because of insufficient combat power, but all of these were given up by Lu Yan.

The Qi family army also reached 7,000, and the firearm cavalry reached 4,000.

In addition, other military exploits were exchanged for 9,000 Beiwei troops, including 5,000 cavalry, led by Yang Zaixing, and 4,000 infantry troops, led by Zhang Xian.

Of course, all sorts of artillery and gunners are indispensable.

Artillery is the real god of war, in the War to Resist Japanese Aid Korea, the most impressive thing for the Japanese people is not the muskets and cavalry of the Ming Army.

It's the artillery of the Ming Dynasty!

They believed that the various artillery of the Ming Dynasty was too fierce, and that the Wa Kingdom was defeated by the Ming artillery, not cavalry or musketeers.

It is precisely because of this that the Wa Kingdom later introduced the Hongyi cannon from the West.

And Lu Yan's troops also relied on a large number of artillery to resist the attack of the Ming army, Hongyi artillery to destroy the enemy's artillery, and then used the fast rate of fire of the Franc machine gun to destroy a large number of enemy fire troops.

Finally, he will send his own firecrackers to decide the winner.

In this way, Lu Yan's troops in Wenzhou have nearly 30,000 people, not including the naval army, and they have the capital to really compete with the Ming army.

So Lu Yan summoned the troops first, ran in the troops first, and then fought a decisive battle with the Ming army a few days later