6-31 Anping surrenders

The camp of the Southern Expeditionary Army was camped five miles away from Anping City, and the Spanish 6th Army did not get on the horse to assault after quietly leaving the city, but led the horse and quietly moved forward until there was still a distance of two miles before getting on the horse and assaulting.

The Spaniards prepared a lot of torches stained with pine oil, ready to rush into the camp of the Ming army, set fire everywhere to create greater chaos, and the infantry also brought a lot of arsonist things, if they could burn this fire a little bigger and burn all the baggage of the Ming army, they could only retreat to the other side of the sea.

When the army arrived two miles outside the camp of the Ming army, the cavalry turned over and lit torches, driving the horses to move forward slowly, and the infantry were running behind with swords, shields, halberds, straw, sulfur and so on.

After the war horse was mentioned, the knights knocked the horse's belly with their spurs, the war horse ran quickly, the infantry behind also screamed and ran quickly, with the approach of the big camp, the fast running of the war horse turned into a sprint, the temporary Ming army camp did not have a solid wooden wall and a horse rejection, only a shallow trench was suitable for the cavalry to attack.

Seeing that the camp of the Ming army was getting closer and closer, the Spanish knights who were in sight of victory struggled to clamp their horses' belliaches, hoping to break through in one fell swoop, but when they were still thirty zhang away from the camp, the war horses that rushed to the front were suddenly overturned by a violent explosion, and the cavalry behind could not stop their footsteps, and continued to trample on the mines and thistles laid down, and the war horses were startled by the huge sound and fire, and were no longer under the control of the knights on their backs, and ran around frantically, and the infantry behind were stunned and turned back and fled, this is the order of His Excellency the Governor before leaving, in case the enemy is on guard, not to fight, these people are the backbone of the defense of Anping City, and it is a pity to be lost in the field battle。

The preparations of the Ming army did not stop there, and the ten arc lamps hanging high on the flagpole of the Chinese army suddenly lit up and rolled into a barrel-shaped lampshade, hitting the dazzling light on the open space in front of the camp.

A long column of spearmen drilled out of the trench, and shot at the knights illuminated by the light with a fire gun with a bracket, and after the shooting, they continued to clean, load, and shoot in an orderly manner, and behind them were hundreds of archers, who also shot feathered arrows at the enemy group, and after a dense blow, the cavalry and infantry in front of them were all wiped out, and the cavalry and infantry behind turned around and walked away when they saw that the situation was not good, and the Ming army did not chase after them, but continued to shoot at their backs, as if to see them off.

On the way back to the city, the Spanish remnants were hit by a bow and crossbow by the Ming army lurking in the woods on the side of the road, and the Spanish soldiers did not dare to rush into the woods to fight back, so they could only use bows and arrows to fight back indiscriminately, and the formation was scattered and continued to be defeated towards Anping City, no one appeared, and before they knew it, there were a lot of people in the team who were dressed and equipped with the same equipment, but closed their lips tightly and did not speak

"Comrade-in-arms." After the defeat of the enemy army in the camp, the lights of the Ming army's camp were lit, and the fully armed soldiers came out of the barracks, and under the officer's command, the whole team, checked the number of people, sorted out the weapons, etc., and the engineers simply cleaned up the dead people, dead horses, mines, and thistles in the open space in front of the camp.

The first weapon of the siege, the airship, was launched at the same time, and the heavy bombs were already hung on the bomb rack, and the hot air balloons loaded with airborne troops were also dragged forward under the drag of the airship, and only the power parafoil, which was not good at night fighting, did not participate in the battle.

The gate under the city of Anping opened the drawbridge, put down the defeated soldiers, hurriedly withdrew to the city, and after the last soldier came in, the drawbridge squeaked up and slammed up, the big iron gate slammed shut, and the defenders on the city wall stared nervously at the direction of the Ming army camp in the distance, for fear that the enemy would take the opportunity to attack.

The enemy did not take the opportunity to attack, they were not familiar with the terrain near Anping City, and they did not dare to attack at night, so the defenders were relieved, in fact, the reconnaissance team led by Yang Nanzhen and Wen Getao had already mixed into the city, and these men in Spanish armor disappeared into the streets and alleys as soon as they entered the city, creating chaos everywhere.

The Spanish defenders on the tower of the city did not see the troops on the ground, but they saw that the sky was dark and oppressive, and they pressed it with a posture covered with dark clouds, and the most feared thing was that the satanic helpers of the Ming army came again, and hurriedly sent someone to report to the governor, while raising the bed crossbow on the city wall, ready to shoot, whether it was Satan or a human being, shooting it with an arrow that the priest had done a ritual, it was right.

The bed crossbow was raised at an angle, shooting towards the airship that was getting closer and closer, although there was a sliding thin copper plate at the bottom of the airship to defend against the attack, but it still could not resist the powerful bed crossbow shooting arrows, and after the airship gas leaked, the airship did not crash, but dropped in height, because there were multiple airbags inside the airship, only one group could not lead to the crash, and the attack of Anping City was immediately returned by the airship, and the rocket missile shot condescendingly, and blew up the bed crossbow at the head of the city, and at the same time, there were raging fires everywhere in Anping City, and some people shouted loudly in authentic Spanish: "The Ming army has entered the city!" Lord Gonzalez, who had been waiting for news from the Governor's Palace, immediately led the guards to the city to supervise the battle after receiving the news of the Ming army's siege, but as soon as he walked out of the gate of the Governor's Palace, he was shot by a burst of firearms, and seven or eight grenades were thrown over, which immediately beat the gang to the ground, and the Governor fled back to the Governor's Palace in a hurry under the desperate escort of the guards, but he had already been hit by several shrapnel and could not command the battle.

All the important buildings in Anping City were set on fire, although the fire was not big, but the psychological pressure caused to people was still very great, the Spanish expatriates fled from the house in a panic, crowded the streets were crowded with several patrols at night, and several patrols were also attacked, and the city became a pot of porridge, and the Spanish army quickly realized that the city was mixed with spies, and hurriedly sent troops to search for them in the city.

This Anping City was originally built by Zheng Zhilong, although it was further built by the Spaniards, but the basic shape has not changed much, mixed with the reconnaissance team of Zheng Jun's soldiers, and is also familiar with the terrain, walking through the streets and alleys to avoid the search of the Spanish army, sneaking near the city gate, everyone checked the weapons, waiting for the arrival of the general attack time.

The head of the city had been covered by the fire of the Celestial Army, and the enemy towers built of wood had already been ablaze, and in the face of the overwhelming superiority of the enemy, the Spanish army was helpless, watching the group of airships turn their propellers and slowly cover the moonlight above Anping City.

The lights were bright in the distance, and tens of thousands of Ming soldiers lined up with torches, and drove over with neat steps, but when they arrived at the city, they were not in a hurry to attack, but pushed the swarm of cars over and aimed at the city gate.

The defenders on the city wall had been driven down by bombs, and in their place were airborne troops descending from hot air balloons, and the Ming army occupied the city, but did not attack down, but quickly expanded its position, condescendingly aimed at the city with a long firearm.

The army under the city is pressing, the sky is covered with airships, the city wall is the elite enemy army, I don't know how many spies have mixed in in the city, and the governor is also wounded, although there are still thousands of men and horses in the city, but the futile resistance can only increase the casualties, there is no benefit, even the proud Spaniards began to think about surrender.

There are still some people who insist on resisting, and the reason why they insist on their opinions is that they are afraid that the Orientals will wash Anping in blood after seizing the city, after all, they have done a lot of murder when they seized Anping from Zheng Zhilong, and many Fujian immigrants died in the massacre, and it is normal for people to retaliate at this time.

Fortunately, at this time, the Ming army issued a notice, and a loud general used a loudspeaker to read out the order of the southeast governor of the Ming Dynasty to the city: as long as you lay down your arms, you will not be killed!

But as long as anyone dares to resist, the city will be slaughtered! The Spaniards were hesitating in the direction of the Doge's Palace, and under the light of a group of torches was the pale face of His Excellency Governor González, who was obviously badly wounded, and His Excellency ordered the whole army to lay down their arms and surrender, for the safety of the women and children in the city, they must surrender.

The Spaniards surrendered, in order to protect the safety of women and children, the gentlemen did not feel ashamed, they only hoped that the Ming Dynasty, who claimed to be the state of etiquette, could follow their promises, not harm everyone's lives, and avoid hard street battles, and the soldiers of the surrendered people would undoubtedly have the best ending, Liu Ziguang ordered the Spanish army to be gathered and disarmed, and the people went back to their homes to wait for tomorrow's unified arrangement.

The next day, the previous night's fire had been extinguished, and only curling green smoke drifted into the sky, and a group of unarmed Spanish officers and soldiers gathered in the fountain square in the city, where a grand surrender ceremony would be held.

Liu Ziguang changed into a serious python robe, black gauze waist, with a long sword, sat on the high platform, other ceremonies, according to the specifications of the surrender in Penghu the day before yesterday, the Daxu colored flag, the honor guard was all complete, Governor Gonzalez led several of his subordinates to come over solemnly to bow to Liu Ziguang, and then presented a sword to show surrender, Liu Ziguang slightly bowed behind him, Zheng Sen Zhan took out a piece of paper, and read it in a suppressed tone, to the effect that he affirmed that Taiwan is the sacred territory of the Ming Dynasty, and will not tolerate others to trample on it, and listed all kinds of crimes of the Spaniards, and reprimanded them for the illegality of occupying Taiwan.

This is a prepared surrender document, which can also be regarded as a guarantee, as long as the governor Gonzalez signs it, it means that the Spanish ZF has officially renounced its territorial claim to Taiwan.

Flicking the quill and saying to Liu Ziguang: "Your Excellency, Honorable Marshal, I have done everything you have asked me to do according to your orders, and now it is your turn to fulfill your promise." ”

"The Spaniards seized my land and killed the people, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the crime of living cannot be escaped, except for the expatriates and the people can leave, the people with your Excellency the Governor General need to use practical actions to cleanse your heinous crimes, there are many wastelands nearby, and Taiwan is also relatively short of cattle ......"