In front of the Dutch muskets, the casualties of the death squads were extremely large, and before they could get close, they had already lost nearly half of them, and the whole roundabout road of fifty zhang was full of the corpses of the dead recruits, and usually, by this time, the morale of the death squads had been reduced to a minimum, and they were very easy to be defeated.

To the confusion of the Dutch, the death squad did not retreat, and rushed to the front of Qianhu with a lead bullet in the upper arm, and blood poured out, at this time, he actually endured the severe pain and raised the long knife in his hand, and rushed into the gun array to hack to death a Dutch soldier who had time to shoot in the future.

"Kill! Avenge the dead brethren! The roar of a thousand households echoed in the square.

"Kill!" The red-eyed soldiers of the death squad frantically jumped into the enemy line with Qianhu. This kind of offensive without retreating was mainly due to Zhu Jun's training method, he divided all the soldiers into a team of twelve, and the training of each army was the same, and the rewards and punishments were synchronized, so that each soldier and the soldiers of the same army formed a deep brotherhood.

"Kill!" Two hundred soldiers armed with broadswords and spears rushed into the enemy line, and erupted in a frenzied roar of awe-inspiring rage.

On the palace wall behind them, a golden dragon flag fluttered in the wind on the inner city tower, and Zhu Jun's figure gradually appeared on the city gate tower.

"Hooray!" The square resounded with cheers.

The commander Tongzhi had already drawn out the long knife at his waist: "Brothers, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, for the emperor, for the revenge of the brothers, kill!" ”

The situation of the battle has changed, the death squads are unscrupulously clash left and right in the enemy formation, the Dutch soldiers who are not ready for melee combat are in chaos, and the commander Tongzhi hopes to launch a charge to expand the advantage, since the long-range firepower is suppressed by the Dutch, then he has to fight in close combat.

"Kill!" Everyone drew their knives and guns. Rush into the enemy line like a tidal wave.

After a brief moment of panic, the Dutch began to stabilize their position, and the enemy was in sight, and they were forced to abandon the long-range attack, and instead held the barrel of their guns, using the heavy handle of their guns to fight with the death squads. Soon, another group of Ming troops rushed in, and the brutal melee combat began to enter the white-hot stage.

The situation became more and more unfavorable for the Dutch. More and more scattered Ming troops joined the war groups in the streets.

"General. We need support! A soldier with a bloody face hurriedly retreated from the battlefield. He said to Major General Kent: "The corps has met with strong resistance. Now the Ming army began to counterattack. Our muskets simply don't work. We're caught in the middle of a white-knuckle battle with the enemy. ”

Kent was furious. A bad premonition became a reality. He said loudly, "You go and tell the colonel." We don't have reserves. You can let his organization retreat in an orderly manner. ”

Behind Kente. A small boat appeared on the surface of the sea calmly. A herald landed on the beach. He handed a letter to the adjutant in his hand.

Kent took the letterhead and unwrapped the seal on the East India Company logo. Unfolded the letterhead and looked at it carefully. A moment later. The letterhead was torn to shreds by Kent. It was finally left on the beach.

"We're finished." Kent told the lieutenant very calmly after venting his anger.

"The Ming fleet attacked the port of Malacca. They deceived the defenders with merchant ships, and when they approached the dock, they suddenly attacked, and all the 500 soldiers guarding the harbor were annihilated, and they captured all the people, the old men, women, and children, and the harbor was ransacked, and everything that could be removed was dismantled and loaded onto the ship, and those who could not be removed were burned, and we were finished. ”

Kent's wife and three children were also in port. Now that he had become a prisoner of war in the Ming army, Kent spoke calmly, as if telling a very ordinary story to his adjutant: "The governor of Malacca escaped by chance, and he is now on a sea boat to Java." Kent paused here and suddenly asked, "Adjutant, do you have a wife and children?" ”

"Nope." The adjutant felt that it was too heavy, and cold sweat was already breaking out on his forehead, and if this news got out, the entire expeditionary force would be affected.

Kent seemed to age a lot. He nodded unconsciously. Patting the adjutant on the shoulder: "You should be glad that you don't have a wife and children yet." The corners of Kent's mouth twitched as he finished saying this, and his hands trembled uncontrollably. His cloudy eyes finally couldn't help but blur, and he took the towel handed over by the adjutant and wiped the liquid that overflowed from the corners of his eyes: "They also captured a warship anchored in Malacca, and four thousand expatriates were escorted onto the ship by them. ”

"We've got to rescue them, and we've got five more warships anchored here." The adjutant shook his fist and said angrily.

Kent shook his head: "It's useless, many family members of the expeditionary force have been captured by them, and if this news gets out, we simply don't have the morale to fight another naval battle." Moreover, the enemy's fleet is loaded with our parents and brothers, and no one wants to shoot at them. ”

"General, the Governor of Malacca will inform the Javanese Board of Governors, and they will send a fleet to reinforce us, and if they can capture an equal number of civilians, they may be able to exchange our expatriates from the Orientals." The adjutant said unwillingly.

"The Javanese fleet is at war with the Spanish fleet, and they can't get any more warships out there." Kent painfully decided: "I think we should make peace with the Ming army." ”

Outside the palace walls, more and more Ming troops from various streets in the city rushed to join the battle, and the white-knuckle battle was gradually coming to an end, and the soldiers on both sides began to leave the battlefield exhausted, leaving only corpses on the ground.

After counting, the Dutch died 732 people, and the Ming army was not much better, a total of 650 people fell under the spire of the Martyrs' Shrine.

The two sides began to enter the confrontation stage, and just when Zhu Jun summoned Li Xiao to plan a counterattack, an unexpected news came. The Dutch raised a white flag and claimed to demand peace talks.

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!" A smile appeared on the faces of the courtiers, and everyone understood that the Dutch were not defeated, and the reason why the Dutch were in a hurry to sue for peace was probably because they received news from Malacca, and it was inferred that the sneak attack on Malacca was successful.

The ministers finally breathed a sigh of relief. They all went to the table to celebrate.

Zhu Jun's mood gradually brightened, and he summoned Arms to summon the Dutch envoy.

"Your Majesty, I am Kent, the commander of the Malacca fleet of the Dutch East India Company." Kent stood under His Royal Highness and took off his hat to Zhu Jun, and he coughed and continued: "I protest against your illegal robbery of Dutch citizens, which is not in accordance with your noble status, and is no different from pirates. So I hope that you will be able to release the captured Dutch citizens, and we will be willing to cease hostile acts towards your territory. ”

Kent spoke in tongue-twisted Spanish, and when he explained his intentions, the Western advisor Arms relayed it aloud in the temple.

Arms made Kent clear, and there was a hearty laugh in the hall, not only Zhu Jun, but also the ministers standing on both sides couldn't help but be cold.

"You're not here to surrender?" Zhu Jun was surprised, now the Dutch outside the city have gone, not only have they lost their supply bases. And the morale has fallen to the bottom, to the point where this group of idiots is still thinking about protesting and talking about conditions.

"Your Majesty, I'm here for peace talks." Kent said stubbornly.

"Then ......" Zhu Jun stood up. He didn't look at Kent either: "It seems that there is no need for us to continue talking, I only like to be surrendered, and I have no interest in peace talks." You go back and reorganize the army, and we will fight again! ”

"Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, it is not the king's ministers, and you and other districts of Xiyi dare to talk about peace without shame, it is really a frog at the bottom of the well, and Yelang is arrogant." The head of the military department couldn't help but stand up and say coldly.

"Xiyi is ignorant, Your Majesty doesn't have to pay attention to them. He wants to fight, and I will accompany him to the end. "Someone started shouting.

"If you can't trust people, you should add knives and axes, and you should use military disasters to make them, and if there are offenders, you should be punished!"

Since the Southern Song Dynasty was conquered by the Mongols, the capture of Yingzong by the Thorns, coupled with the rise of the Manchus in Jianzhou, made the Ming Dynasty scholars quite wary of foreign races. There is no longer the Tang Dynasty's open-mindedness to tolerate the world, more of a non-our race, its heart must be different, so after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the foreign race has always adopted a hostile attitude, whoever takes the lead will fight whom, who is disobedient will send troops to recruit, there is no room for maneuver.

"Your Majesty, tell me about your conditions, just like doing business. As long as you are willing to release people. Everything can be discussed. The ministers' opinions were not translated by Arms, but Kent could sense the hostility of the men. After weighing up, he intends to make some concessions.

"There are no conditions to negotiate, and if you don't surrender and don't lay down your weapons, I'm not interested in talking." Zhu Jun's attitude is very tough and domineering.

It's not that Zhu Jun doesn't want to talk, but hopes that his tough attitude will allow him to make enough money for formal talks.

"We will not surrender because we are not defeated." Kent was in charge.

"In that case, let's go on with the war." Zhu Jun brushed his sleeves and left.

Kent was sent out of the city by seven or eight guards, and when he returned to the deck of the battleship, the adjutant reported another piece of unfortunate news.

"General, our supplies are almost exhausted, and there is a shortage of fresh water, gunpowder, medicinal herbs and food in the fleet. Many of the wounded soldiers are now unable to receive effective treatment. ”

Kent entered the command room without saying a word, he had no choice, the fleet had been at sea for more than 20 days, and it was inevitable that the supplies on the ship would be exhausted, and now the fleet had lost the supply of the port of Malacca, and could not capture the city in front of him, even if he wanted to sail back to Java for repair, he would probably have to sail in the sea for a month, and the materials of the fleet could not support such a long voyage, and now their only chance was to negotiate with Zhu Jun.

The more the day dragged on, the more difficult the Dutch would become, they lacked food to feed the thousands of soldiers and sailors of the expeditionary force, medicine to treat the wounded, gunpowder to protect themselves, and even fresh water was scarce, because the despicable Ming army liked nothing more than to wait for the Dutch to wait for water at the water source outside the city, and for every dozen barrels of fresh water they had to face a fierce battle.

Three days later, early one morning, Kent again asked for a summons from the Ming Emperor, and this time, his attitude was much more humble.

"Your Majesty, we are willing to surrender to you, of course, not unconditionally, and I hope that you will allow us to have weapons so that we can be safe."

Zhu Jun stood proudly on the Dan Hall with the smile of the victor: "If you don't put down your weapons." I won't talk to you, the sailors of my expedition will be here in a few days, and they've brought your relatives with them, so if you want to keep these Dutch safe, you'd better get your soldiers to lay down their arms. Because war does not take care of the elderly, the weak, the women and the children. ”

"My soldiers can't lay down their arms." Kent knew that once he laid down his arms, the entire expeditionary force would be put in a position to be slaughtered at will, which he could not accept.

Over the next few days, the Ming army organized several small-scale harassments and began to frantically attack the Dutch looking for fresh water, so that the Dutch had to exchange dozens of corpses for several buckets of precious fresh water. The sailors of the Ming Dynasty returned, and everything was like a drama, and the fleet of the Ming Dynasty returned to anchor unscrupulously from the waters of the Dutch fleet three nautical miles away. The Dutch did not intend to attack, for the fleet was not only well stocked, but also had thousands of Dutch citizens, many of whom were family members of Dutch officers. Once an artillery bombardment is launched, it will not only provoke a counterattack by the Daming Marine, which is well stocked, but also risk killing all the Dutch in the fleet in a fit of anger.

Kent began to babble, always muttering to his adjutant that we were finished, and when the adjutant reported something to him, he would suddenly doze off in a trance. As Kent said, all the members of the expeditionary force knew that they were indeed finished, the enemy was getting stronger and stronger, their side had lost any supplies, even the breech guns were in short supply, and most fatally, their families were still in the hands of the enemy.

"We are willing to lay down our arms, Your Majesty. You must keep us safe and release our families. Kent appeared under Zhu Jun's Dan Hall again, and said in a pleading tone.

In the afternoon of the same day, five Dutch warships and nearly 20 armed warships approached the coastline, and the dejected Dutch soldiers and sailors dropped their iron anchors, mounted their sampans, and landed one by one with empty hands under the supervision of the Ming army.

Then 3,000 Dutch soldiers and sailors were escorted into the valley by the Ming army, where they began their long career as captives.

"What's your name?" Arms sat in his spacious office, keeping a register of every prisoner he was escorted into.

"Crum." The captive replied in horror. Behind him. A heavily armed Ming soldier held a single knife in one hand, the tip of which was very close to his body.

"What kind of work have you ever had? What position did you hold in the Expeditionary Force? "Arms took every captive very seriously. He was honored to be able to judge these Dutch people as high as God and to decide their future fate.

"I worked as a winemaker in the port of Rotterdam, and because I owed a sum of money, I joined the East India Company to feed the crews and sailors of the fleet."

"Very good, you can go!" Arms carefully wrote down his profession and specialties behind Cram's information, raised his head and said to the guards in Chinese, "Let the next one in." ”

The results of this battle were extremely rich, a total of six Western warships, 73 seagoing ships of various kinds, 7,300 taels of gold, 900,000 taels of silver, and countless treasures of all kinds of goods and treasures piled up in the port of Malacca, with an estimated value of at least millions of taels of silver, and even a gilded bronze bell in the governor's office of Malacca was brought back as a trophy.

In addition, there are various weapons piled up in the warehouses in Malacca, and there are 110 artillery pieces alone.

"Your Majesty, according to statistics, we have a total of 3,900 prisoners of war, including 1,132 sailors, 230 gunners, 1,453 full-time sailors, 20 or 30 winemakers, bakers, accountants, etc., and a considerable number of sailors and sailors have worked as carpenters, tanners, shipwrights, goldsmiths, watchmakers, and so on." Arms made a serious report to Zhu Jun.

Zhu Jun flipped through Arms's report with great interest: "Your investigation is very detailed, I want to appoint you as the deputy minister of the West, a high-ranking official of the third grade, and your salary will be doubled, and from now on all Dutch prisoners of war will be handed over to you to manage, and you can set your own jobs for them according to their talents." ”