Ten minutes later, the closed gates slowly opened, and Putmans, dressed in formal dress and top hat, accompanied by Major Vuitton and Oliver, the representative of the East India Company, and under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, waving the white flag, taking firm steps, raising his head and chest, walked to the dock where the battle flag was hunted and the officers and soldiers gathered.

Zhu Daolin, Simeno and the other five generals stood high on the flagship deck, talking in a low voice while watching Putmans and the others who came from afar.

"I met him four years ago, when I was a member of the Royal Spanish Navy, escorting the Governor of Manila to Batavia to negotiate with the savage Dutch, and among the Dutchmen who greeted us was this Mr. Putmans, who at that time wore the uniform of the Dutch Navy with the rank of colonel, and was said to be a good commander in naval warfare...... It's a pity that there was no chance to fight him. Simeno couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Zhu Daolin was very surprised: "This guy is still from the navy?" ”

"Yes, I am very sure, I think that if he had not been the governor of Formosa, he would probably have been promoted to rear admiral by now, and he would be of the same rank as me."

Simeno's humorous sarcasm caused a burst of laughter from the generals.

The three of Putmans soon arrived, and after boarding the boat along the makeshift pedals, they saw that Zhu Daolin and the generals around him were wearing beautiful and majestic black naval dresses, and they saluted very politely in response, and the anxiety in their hearts suddenly subsided, and they were extremely glad that they had met opponents who understood Western etiquette, not Zheng Zhilong and the Fujian governor, who were self-confident and unable to pay attention to Ming officials.

After the two sides entered the neat and spacious captain's room, Putmans and the others were once again moved by the exquisite colored porcelain tea sets, mellow black tea and pastries, and their original attitude of cheering up and pretending to be trapped and fighting unconsciously softened, and they thanked Zhu Daolin and Simeno and others quite sincerely.

After half a cup of tea, Putmans finally demanded to keep his possessions and evacuate all of them to Batavia, and finally made his attitude clear in a very firm tone: "If our most basic demands are not guaranteed. We will abandon negotiations and choose a glorious decisive battle! ”

Everyone looked at Zhu Daolin nervously, Zhu Daolin put down the teacup very calmly, then sat up straight, and responded unhurriedly:

"I can understand Your Excellency's feelings, and I have made a commitment to ensure the safety of all prisoners of war and not to infringe on their personal property. Since His Excellency the Governor does not agree with the three basic conditions I have proposed, let us start a decisive battle! Before the decisive battle, I am willing to accept all the soldiers and civilians who have surrendered to our army, and as long as they leave the city of Geranza, they will receive our best protection and preferential treatment, and in any case, the war should not hurt innocent civilians. ”

Putmans and the others were completely dumbfounded, and the luck they had held before was suddenly shattered, whether they chose to surrender in despair. Or choose the glorious decisive battle, but can not change the fate of becoming a prisoner of war.

After a long silence, the red-eyed Putmans, under the persuasion of Major Vuitton and Oliver, the representative of the East India Company, finally lowered his arrogant head: "All right! But I would like to ask Your Excellency, what do you plan to do with all the prisoners of war and innocent civilians? ”

Zhu Daolin replied solemnly: "As long as everyone obeys our management, they will not be treated unjustly, after leaving the city of Gelanza and transferring to the Yangtze River Estuary Naval Base of the Ming Empire." All people will have access to loose housing and adequate food, and women and children will be better cared for. The wounded will be treated in the best possible way, and personal property will not be violated in the slightest, but everything that belongs to the governor's palace and the garrison must be confiscated, which is the capture that our army deserves, and Yingzhou Island, which is what you call Formosa, will return to the territory of the Ming Empire. ”

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The surrender of the Dutch. The three divisions and soldiers who were looking forward to making meritorious contributions were very disappointed, and allowing all the Dutch to carry their own gold, silver, jewelry and other property also shrank the wealth that should have been captured by at least one-third, but it avoided the siege and more deaths, and Zhu Daolin was generally satisfied.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Longtan Army 6. After more than 000 soldiers had a full meal, they took the lead in boarding the ship, turned around and went north according to the predetermined plan, and occupied the Changhua area.

More than 3,160 captured Dutch, 800 mercenaries, and four captured warships, escorted by eight Ming warships and 2,000 marines, were sent to the northern port of Tamsui and the surrounding area, officially renamed Anping City, and the surrounding area, all of which were occupied by the 1st and 3rd Marine Divisions.

On the morning of the next day, Zhu Daolin stood at the highest point of Anping City, overlooking the dense crowd of large and small civilian boats and ragged crowds in front of the wharf, quietly listening to the bursts of shouts and suppressed cries sent by the sea breeze, and couldn't help but sigh a long sigh under guilt.

Shi Qingyang, the commander of the Major General of the First Marine Division, who accompanied him, grinned: "The general doesn't have to pity the thousands of Fujian people who don't get in with oil and salt, these thousands of people are almost all scum who are willing to be the minions of the Dutch to squeeze their compatriots, and the general allows them to leave with their own property, which is already very favorable!" ”

On the other side, Sun Siqi, the lieutenant colonel of the Third Division, thought far more than the arrogant Shi Qingyang.

Since yesterday afternoon, Zhu Daolin couldn't help but say that he ordered the captives to be sent away immediately, and sternly refused to intercede for the 800 mercenaries who surrendered, Sun Siqi understood what the ultimate goal of his commander was, so he immediately ordered the men and horses of his headquarters to act separately without waiting for Zhu Daolin to give any instructions.

The troops carried out a strict search and blockade of the villages and towns within a radius of 10 kilometers in the company, and escorted all the men, women, and children of the six major clans to the wharf overnight, paying the price of killing and wounding more than 20 soldiers but also killing more than 200 local powerful soldiers who dared to form an association to resist.

It was precisely because of Sun Siqi's resolute actions that greater casualties and aftermath troubles were avoided, and Zhu Daolin was strongly praised.

Sun Siqi, who was ordered to lead the 7,500 soldiers of the Third Division to Anping, thought more and thought further, and also understood Zhu Daolin's feelings at this moment, after listening to Shi Qingyang's words, he turned to Zhu Dao, and Lin subtly explained:

"The general does not need to blame himself, only half of the more than 2,000 members of these six families have returned to their hometown Fujian Province, and most of them choose to go to Luzon, and the gold and silver they carry and a large number of deerskins, camphor, sugar and other things on the ship are enough for them to live the life of a rich man, and what they have lost is only a little real estate, fields and sugar cane forests that they cannot take away."

Zhu Daolin shook his head slightly: "Isn't what the people of my Ming Dynasty value most is land and real estate?" These people must be resentful when they are forced to leave, alas! I don't know what kind of impact our actions will have in the future, and will it scare the Ming compatriots in Luzon and even the entire Nanyang region? ”

"If there is an impact, that is, the hundreds of people who returned to Fujian Province, because they were too hasty, and the general did not let his subordinates interrogate, I don't know how many Zheng family spies are hidden in them, but my subordinates are convinced that no matter what we do on Yingzhou Island, the Zheng family will never dare to turn against us."

Sun Siqi said quite confidently. (To be continued.) )