Looking at the good news sent back by Pitt, Governor Putmans frowned, these so-called good news were not what he expected. These good news talk about how many enemies have been killed and how many places have been attacked, which seems to be very powerful. Actually, it's all nice-to-have.

"This cunning Pete, still a dog can't change eating."

Having lived in the East for many years, he always likes to bring some words from the Ming Dynasty when he speaks. Putmans felt that he liked the rather conceited Wallace more than the cunning Pete, but that Wallace had taken refuge in the Ming Dynasty, which was an unforgivable mistake, and he would definitely let the betrayer get the punishment he deserved.

Even though it was early winter, the weather in Gerancho was still a bit stuffy in the house, and Putmans unbuttoned his coat and walked out of his room. At this time, he always likes to patrol the walls of Gerancho a few times, blowing the cool and salty sea breeze, and his mood is refreshed.

The governor's mansion was only a few dozen paces from the western wall of Geranza, and he walked up the steps with two servants. In the entire island of Taiwan, there is no city that can compare with Geranza, both in terms of the height and solidity of the walls.

The foundation of the wall is a natural stone wall, which is less labor-intensive and material-saving than those rammed earth walls, and is easy to defend and difficult to attack after being built. Here, the terrain is extremely high, and you only need to stand at the head of the city to see the entire sea for dozens of miles.

Suddenly, Putmans felt a little dazzled, and he rubbed his eyes in disbelief, only to make it clear that he was not mistaken, and countless dense black spots appeared at the junction of sea and sky. As the sea breeze blows, these little black dots grow larger and smaller at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

It's a sailboat! The first thought that came to Putmans' mind after reacting was that this was the triumphant return of the fleet. He took the monoculars from the servant's hand, leveled them at the sea, his eyes close to the eyepieces, and made a brief search on the surface of the sea, until he locked onto the flag on the galleon, and his face suddenly showed a hint of mockery and disbelief.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! The Spaniards are coming! ”

Putmans saw the Spanish flag from the galleon, and this discovery did not panic him, but he also found it a little funny, he knew the strength of the Spaniards in the eastern seas, neither the navy nor the army were their opponents. But what medicine did the Spaniards take now, and they dared to swagger and openly come to the city of Geranza to show off their might?

Hearing the governor's warning shout, the entire city defense soldiers of the city of Geranza moved, reorienting the cannons and clearing the chambers, while pushing the powder kegs and projectiles out of the warehouse...... The infantrymen checked their arquebuses and were ready for the ensuing battle.

Putmans squinted his left eye, his right eye searching the surface of the sea with the monoculars. Suddenly, his face froze, because he not only found the banner of the Spaniards, but he also found more dragon flags of the Ming Dynasty.

And the number of dragon flags far exceeded the number of Spanish flags.

"How is this possible?"

Putmans finally blurted out. He couldn't figure out how the fleet of the Ming Dynasty escaped the search of the fleet led by Pete and the fleet of the Zheng family and came to southern Taiwan. What made him even more incomprehensible was that the Ming Dynasty had always been wary and hostile to Westerners, and would never cooperate with them sincerely. And what we see today seems that the Ming people may have reached some kind of cooperation agreement with the Spaniards.

Whatever the facts, Putmans realized that he was in big trouble. At present, the few remaining ships in the city of Geranza are simply impossible to fight against the Ming and Spanish coalition forces in front of them, and as for the army, Putmans also sent some of them to Pete for use in the war against the Ming army.

However, although the city of Geranza did not have an absolute advantage in naval battles, with abundant supplies and firearms and ammunition reserves, Putmans was confident that he would hold the fortified city.

"Soldiers, the time has come to test you, let the Spaniards and Ming Dynasty people taste the taste of cannonballs!"

Putmans was constantly motivating his soldiers, and most of the officers in the city could see the size of the enemy ships through a clairvoyant mirror, and in order to reduce the morale of this shock, he had to make all the officers and soldiers feel that he had full confidence as a governor.

Sure enough, Putmans' motivation worked. Many officers and soldiers cursed along with them, all shouting that they would beat the Ming and Spaniards into the sea to feed the sharks. Putmans was satisfied with this.

"The cannon is loaded and ready to fire!"

The soldiers immediately replied: "Your Excellency, all the artillery has been loaded and ready to fire!" ”

The momentum up and down was like a rainbow, and Putmans could feel the sense of victory coming from the bottom of their hearts.

"Excellent! Make the first round of salvos! ”

As soon as Putmans's words fell, hundreds of cannons on the fortress of the city wall were fired in unison, and the sound of cannons shook the sky, and a moment later a wall of spray was seen on the sea in the distance, from far and near.

However, the purpose of Putmans' salvo at this moment was not to hit the opposing ship, he just wanted to warn the Ming and Spanish fleets not to get closer to the city of Geranza in this dense salvo, otherwise they would be wiped out by the merciless rain of bullets, leaving no armor behind.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the ships of the Ming Dynasty and the Spaniards have slowed down!"

Several officers were the first to notice the movement of the Ming Dynasty and the Spaniard fleet, and the slowdown meant that the previous drinking resistance had played a role. Putmans curled the corners of his mouth in satisfaction, and a confident and smug smile appeared on his face.

"Well done, boys! As long as they dare to move forward, they will beat all these people who are not afraid of death into the sea and feed the sharks! ”

Putmans' taunt caused the nearby officers and soldiers to burst into laughter, and by this point, the deterrence of the Ming and Spaniards' large fleets had been eliminated, and almost everyone now considered the combined fleet in front of them to be nothing more than a coward who was superficially powerful but in fact vulnerable.

There were even people who spat on the surface of the sea, cursed, and gestured.

Soon, Putmans found in the clairvoyant mirror that the combined fleet had indeed put away its previous full sails, and they kept rowing in circles on the sea, not daring to continue to approach. However, things went too smoothly, which made Putmans feel that there was something wrong, and that this was not necessarily the case.

Thinking of this, Governor Putmans furrowed his eyebrows, and seriously pondered where he had miscalculated. But after thinking about it, I didn't realize what I had missed.

So the two sides were so strangely deadlocked, the city of Geranza was powerless to attack, but the defenders were full of confidence. The Combined Fleet, anchored in the open sea, was constrained by the power of hundreds of guns and did not dare to approach easily. Seeing that the sky was getting dark and the moon was gradually rising, this confrontation continued, and there was no trend to change.

It was fast in the middle of the night, and Putmans sighed tiredly, but he knew that the deeper the night, the more dangerous the reality became. The sea was pitch black, and they could no longer see the changes on the sea surface on the city walls, who knew what tricks the Ming Dynasty and the Spaniards were going to play.

As a result, Putmans ordered dozens of small boats to leave the harbor and closely monitor the movements of the combined fleet of the Ming Dynasty and the Spaniards, until he received a report that the other party had not moved, and his tightly hung heart relaxed a little. But the tense nerves still didn't dare to relax for a moment.

Seeing that the east was already white, and the combined fleet still did not make any moves, Putmans knew that once the sky was bright, it would not be so easy for the other party to try to play tricks. As the sun rose, a faint layer of mist on the sea gradually dissipated, and standing on the city wall, you could already clearly see the fleet anchored in the open sea.

Putmans felt that at this time, the other party could no longer afford to play any tricks, as long as he guarded it strictly, the city of Geranza would be as safe as a mountain. So he immediately ordered half of the officers and soldiers defending the city to rest on the spot at once, and at the same time the governor himself went to rest in the castle built on the inner side of the wall, and as soon as his head touched the head of the bed, he snored loudly.

"He Junmen, how long do we have to walk to get to ......?"

A staff general asked breathlessly. He Bin looked up at the sky that was already white, the darkness was gradually dispelled by the sun that jumped out of the sea, and replied in a slow voice: "Just go over the mountain beam in front of you!" After a day and two nights of rapid marching, can you still have the physical strength to support it? If we can't support it, we can set the time for the raid tomorrow morning, and let's rest in this col today! ”

He Bin's words immediately ushered in the response of his subordinates, "I don't know how many changes will take place in one night, the opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will not come again, we are not tired, we will immediately launch a surprise attack on Hongmaofan after crossing the mountain beam, I am afraid that the Chinese army gate is already waiting in a hurry!" ”

"Good! Just as you wish! Seeing that the morale of the Three Guards Army was worthy of a battle, He Bin couldn't help but sigh in his heart, I really don't know how the Marquis of Zhenyu trained such an iron army, after a day and two nights of rapid marching, there is such a high will to fight.

Because He Bin had worked as a messenger with the Dutch in Taiwan for many years, and had been active in the Taiwan area when he was a Haikou before, he had a very good understanding of the situation on the island. Wallace took his advice, and he himself landed at Penami on the east coast with a group of men, climbed the mountains that ran north and south, and then launched a surprise attack on the rear of Geranza, taking them by surprise.