He Bin led the tired but still high-spirited foot soldiers of the Three Guards through the mountainous jungle on the island, and only encountered no more than three garrison camp posts along the way, and these camp posts were all surrounded and annihilated by the well-trained Three Guards, and there was no half of the fish that slipped through the net.

He Bin sneered at this, Putmans was going to pay the price for his carelessness, if he could place a military camp of more than 500 men at the key point leading to Geranza, then if they wanted to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, they would have to continue to make a detour in the impassable mountain jungle. If so, I don't know when I'll be able to get to Geranza. The plan to fight Wallace on land and sea may also be aborted.

"Junmen, there seems to be someone in front!"

"Kill and wipe out all the red-haired soldiers who stand in our way!" He Bin's answer was cold and categorical. At this time, there is no need to hide at all, because as long as you climb over this mountain beam, you will be a flat river, and you can reach the city of Gelansha at a distance of about five miles.

The walls and towers on the inland side of the river were much inferior to those on the seashore, and the low ones were only one or two tall, and the slightly stronger could even climb them with their bare hands. He Bin looked up and forgot to glance at the sky, the sun was preparing to completely jump out of the sea, and the darkness would be completely dispelled. It wasn't the best time to launch a raid, but there wasn't enough time left for them to survive a day, and they would soon be spotted by the Dutch in the city of Geranza.

Sure enough, there were a dozen Dutch sentries on the ridge, and they were shot one by one by the foot soldiers of the Three Guards with powerful and silent crossbows. Soon, they had climbed the last of the ridges, and the city of Geranza was within sight.

"Artillery ready!"

He Bin wiped the sweat on his face and resolutely ordered, they brought five eight-pounder cannons after all the hardships this time, although they may not have a considerable impact on the city wall, but the encouragement of their own morale and the blow to local morale are irreplaceable.

The artillery team that followed He Bin all the way came from the 1st Artillery Battalion in Heisenberg, and its combat style has always been unrestrained.

Of course, the foot soldiers would not have been willing to stay behind the artillerymen, and rushed out like tigers in the mountains, and soon overtook the artillerymen pushing the heavy artillery carts. He Bin was very familiar with the city defense of the city of Geranza, and the location he chose was the lowest section of the city wall.

Five, four, and three miles, it was not until they were nearly two miles away from the walls of Geranza that the Dutch soldiers defending the city discovered the thousands of Orientals who had flocked to the city, all of them wearing bright red uniforms, and from a distance they looked a little bit like the English army.

"Oh my God! Am I dreaming? How could the damned Englishmen be here? ”

On the city wall, a soldier let out a blank exclamation. An officer took out his monocular and observed it for a while, and then he scolded, "You stupid pig, they are all yellow-skinned Orientals, hurry up and warn the governor!" ”

Before the words fell, the cannon suddenly rang out. With a loud rumbling sound, several cannonballs smashed into the city wall with hot air, and the splatters of rubble hit the officer's face, cutting bloody cuts. The officer was so frightened that he immediately subconsciously lay down, shouting: "They have cannons, all lie down, all lie down!" ”

But when they all fell down, the cannon did not sound again for a long time, until the officer could not hold his breath and stood up, and the cannon suddenly rang out again.

Putmans didn't even have a dream just now, and was soon woken up by his subordinates, "Your Excellency the Governor, Your Excellency the Governor, wake up, the eastern wall of Geranza has been attacked!" ”

"What? Where to put the guns? ”

Putt, who was already groggy and full of color, was bounced out of bed. You don't have to listen closely to feel the rumbling of cannonballs.

"The Orientals have attacked the eastern part of the city of Geranza!"

This is impossible, Putmans's first reaction is that this is impossible, because he has arranged a large number of sentinels on the east coast of the island, as long as the Ming Dynasty people land at any place, the city of Geranza will get the news as soon as possible and organize a counterattack.

Just as Putmans was stunned, another soldier suddenly rushed in from outside.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the fleet of the Ming Dynasty people has moved, moved!"

"This group of fools, did they know the alarm only after they landed in the Ming Dynasty?"

The soldier who reported the news was scolded inexplicably, and defended: "Your Excellency the Governor, the Ming Dynasty has not yet landed, and their fleet is moving towards the northern waters, as if it is going to land in the residential area north of the city of Geranza!" ”

Geranza is divided into two parts, one is the tall and sturdy castle to the south, and the other is the mixed area of various inhabitants to the north, including Ming people, Japanese, native islanders, and exiled Westerners.

If the Ming people started from here, they would not get much benefit, but the landing of the Ming army would inevitably cause panic and cause the inhabitants to flee from Gerancha, and at that time, it would be tricky for the Ming army to storm Gerancha from a non-dangerous place in the north.

In fact, these are not the things that worried Putmans the most, what he was most worried about was how long would he be able to hold out once the Ming army besieged the city and lost the Geranza Castle in the residential area?

Putmans did not bother to put on his military uniform, walked out of the resting house quickly, climbed the city wall, and looked out to sea, and saw that the Pingbo fleet had sailed north. At this time, there was a faint sound of artillery in the east, and he realized that the Ming army attacking the east of Geranza had not landed from the fleet in front of him.

Putmans tugged at the collar of the herald's shirt and asked, "Say, how many Ming troops are there in the east?" ”

The herald was so frightened by the governor that his legs trembled a little, and he replied tremblingly: "Yes, there are more than a thousand people, please, please send reinforcements from Your Excellency the Governor, there are too few soldiers on the eastern city wall to stop them!" They also have cannons......"

At this moment, Putmans's mind was running rapidly, weighing the pros and cons, "He called his assistant and asked him to personally select 200 people to send to the eastern city wall, and as for most of the troops in the city of Geranza, he still has to stay to deal with the Ming army." ”

The coasts of the northern settlements were shallow, and large ships could not dock at all, and in order to land, soldiers had to be ferried to the coast by small boats. This process is not something that can be achieved overnight and takes a long time. And this time is one of the reasons why Putmans has always been well-guarded and not very afraid of the Pingbo fleet.

Because Putmans had plenty of time to organize an army to intercept the landing of the Ming people.

In fact, the first line of defense of Gelanza was their fleet, but the fleet was sent to Hangzhou, and now it is far from being able to quench his thirst, so he can only let the city of Geranza be directly exposed to the attack of the Pingbo fleet. The reason why the Pingbo fleet did not dare to land in the deep-water port on the west coast of the city of Geranza was because the hundreds of cannons on the castle posed a serious threat to it.

Eventually, Putmans sent a large number of soldiers into the northern settlement, where the only defensive fortifications that could be relied on were a ring of wooden fences, and the inhabitants began to settle down gradually because of the entry of Dutch soldiers, after all, there was no match for the Dutch on the island, and even the Spaniards in the north were beaten and could not fight back.

However, Putmans's face soon changed color, and he found through the monoculars that the Ming army had transported a large caliber of artillery to the shore, and judging by his experience, most of these guns were more than twelve pounds, and the wooden fences of the residential areas were so vulnerable to the artillery that even the strong walls of the city of Geranza could not be damaged by such artillery fire.

With this discovery, Putmans immediately put away the idea of planning a field battle with the Ming army. Because of the artillery of the Ming army, Putmans, who had rich combat experience, immediately understood that his own field artillery was much less, and if he fought, he would not have an advantage, and once he fought, he might suffer heavy casualties, but the outcome was not yet decided.

Victory at the massive sacrifice of soldiers' lives was not what Putmans wanted, and he would not take it lightly unless the time came to do so.

"Pass the order down, only hold on, not fight! If necessary, you can abandon the residential area and withdraw to the city of Geranza! ”

However, Putmans was soon surprised to find that after the landing, the Ming army was not in a hurry to march, but began to dig trenches, repair barracks, and even soldiers lined up in a phalanx to advance and retreat, and the slogans shook the sky, as unscrupulous as in their own yards.

It's just that Putmans can only stare dryly, so he won't send troops to fight, and the large number of large-caliber field artillery on the other side really makes him suspicious, so the best way to deal with it at present is to wait for work and let them attack.

Immediately afterwards, the artillery battalion of the landed Ming army began to move forward, and at a distance of about a mile from the residential area, began to prepare for firing. There were no batteries in the settlement, and the batteries on the castle of Geranza could not reach such a distance. Therefore, the people in the city could only watch as the Ming artillery was loaded and ready to fire.

The Dutch in the settlement found that the Ming artillery position was not covered by infantry, so some people decided to go out of the city to raid the Ming artillery despite Putmans' orders, and if they could destroy the Ming artillery in one fell swoop, the battle would have been half won.

When the Dutch rushed halfway, they suddenly found that countless Ming artillery suddenly opened fire, and countless scattered bullets shot like hail, and immediately a group of people turned on their backs. The Dutch, who had planned to take advantage of the situation and leave, immediately scattered and fled.

The vast majority of these people were fugitive Westerners, not regular armies, unable to form phalanxes, so the battle was no different from ordinary hand-to-hand combat.