When Zhang Xianzhong offered his plan, it was a coincidence that the Dutch were also discussing night operations.

The Netherlands often played night raid tricks, but not a bad army, but an elite Dutch navy.

During the Thirty Years' War, the Dutch navy made several night raids on Spanish ports. Later, in the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the Dutch navy repeated its old tricks, and also attacked British ports at night many times. As long as the night attack is successful, if you can burn the merchant ship, you will burn the merchant ship, and if there are enemy ships in the port, you will make a lot of money.

Including this time to transport reinforcements, the Dutch fleet also came by night, docked in advance from a long distance, unloaded the army and immediately slipped away, and it was difficult for the Chinese navy to find its traces.

Clapp said to Rainiers, "Your Excellency, our army is too bad to fight effectively at night. However, we can march at night, sneak out of the city from the north of the city, and reach the predetermined location before dawn. ”

"Say your plan." Rainiers nodded.

Clapp said: "The previous troop movement was just to confuse the enemy and make the enemy misjudge that we would go out of the city tomorrow to fight. Therefore, they will focus on the west of the city and launch a surprise attack when we are out of the city tomorrow. And we can dispatch the army in advance, in the middle of the night, and sneak out from the north of the city, along the coast all the way to the west. It's best to be able to meet reinforcements, but if you can't, you can ambush them in the woods to the west. ”

"And then?" Reiniers is not very good at fighting.

Clapp explained: "Tomorrow order the Javanese, Indian and Arab soldiers to swagger out from the west of the city. They're going to be defeated, and all I need is for them to break up. The Chinese army would chase down the routs all the way to the city. At this time, our elite who were ambushed in the woods took the opportunity to kill from behind the Chinese army, and reinforcements would also cooperate with us in the fight! ”

"What if the Chinese army takes the opportunity to occupy the city? ”

Clapp laughed: "Even if the Chinese army takes the opportunity to occupy the city, they will not be able to capture the castle. Moreover, the army they left outside the city will be completely annihilated by us. At that time, it will be in exchange for us to besiege the city and besiege the Chinese troops in the city until they starve to death. ”

"What if the Chinese commander is on guard and finds us marching at night?" ”

"Return to the castle immediately!" "We have the support of the city's defense artillery, the moat and the boats, and we will definitely be able to withdraw safely." In addition, we can send a force at night to kill and create movement from the south of the city to attract the enemy's attention to the south of the city. Our elite went out from the north of the city and lurked in the woods at night. ”

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In the afternoon, both sides were feigning to move troops in a deceptive manner for the night's operation.

The plan of the Dutch was to create a disturbance in the south of the city, and the elite sneaked into the woods to the west.

Zhang Xianzhong's plan was to create a movement in the west of the city, and the elite quietly sneaked to the east to attack the city.

The biggest difference is that the Dutch Army is too poorly organized to fight at night, and can only lurk until tomorrow. And the Chinese army, which is going to fight at night, will not drag on until tomorrow at all.

Midnight.

Eight hundred Dutch troops began to move, going out through the north gate of the eastern half of the city, through a vegetable patch, to the moat of the castle. He crossed the bridge into the castle, and through the gap in the moat to the north of the castle, quietly came to the sea, and marched west along the coast.

And Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang led 800 ronins and acted as early as nightfall. Fearing to be discovered by the Dutch defenders, they went around for miles to the southeast, along the coast to the east of the city.

"Kill!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The Dutch took the lead in the artillery bombardment in the south of the city, and 200 Dutch troops, with more than 1,000 Javanese soldiers, rushed out of the south gate without warning.

This situation shocked Tie Hong and Zhang Xianzhong.

Because after repeated discussions, the final plan was to let the Johor soldiers and the Han rebels make a move in the west of the city to attract the Dutch. Zhang Xianzhong led people to the east of the city to capture the city, and Tie Hong personally led the Datong army, and cooperated with the siege in the south of the city at a critical time.

Tie Hong had already quietly lurked a few hundred meters outside the moat in the south of the city, just waiting for the friendly forces in the west to make a noise, but he didn't expect the city wall he was facing to suddenly open fire, and it seemed that there were still enemy troops to kill him.

A cannonball flew over Tie Hong's head, and the black buddy exclaimed: "Found by the enemy, immediately attack the city!" ”

"Kill!"

Two thousand Datong troops, led by Tie Hong, carried ladders and rafts and rushed towards the southern moat.

Clapp, who was standing at the head of the city, was also frightened, and hurriedly shouted: "The enemy is attacking at night, blow the trumpet quickly, and let the army in the south of the city come back quickly!" ”

Liu Hanyi is sitting in the camp, but the specific commander is Tie Hong's deputy general Zhan.

Hearing the movement in the south of the city, Liu Hanyi hurriedly went to find Yu Zhan and asked, "The time hasn't come yet, why did General Tie start in advance?" ”

On the Datong Army's side, they brought pocket watches.

It is said to be a pocket watch, but it is actually more like a small clock, with a dial the size of two palms.

According to the plan, when it was time to arrive, the artillery of the Datong Army facing the west of the city opened fire first, and the Han rebels and Johor soldiers shouted together. Zhang Xianzhong, who was in the east of the city, heard the movement and immediately crossed the moat to attack the city. Tiehong, on the other hand, in the south of the city, chose how to fight according to the battle situation.

But now that his own people did not fire the cannon, the enemy troops in the city fired the cannon first.

Yu Zhan had already gathered the remaining Datong army, and he said to Liu Hanyi: "The angel continues to sit in the camp, and I will take people to the west of the city to make a feint." It must be that General Tie has been discovered by the enemy, and it is necessary to make a greater noise in the west of the city, so as to relieve the pressure of friendly troops in the east and south of the city. Blow the trumpet and shell immediately! ”

"Boom, boom!"

The artillerymen, lurking in the west of the city, immediately opened fire when they heard the sound of the trumpet.

The Han rebels led by Su Dingguo and the Johor soldiers led by the Prince of Johor immediately lit torches when they heard the sound of friendly artillery, and let out a crazy cry while lighting the fire. Their combat effectiveness is too poor, and that's what it does.

Matthews, a Dutch officer, is leading the elite to sneak west along the coast.

Walking and walking, a few shells hit.

But it was a black light, and the Chinese artillerymen were afraid of accidentally injuring friendly troops, so they did not dare to fire at the city wall, and all of them fired at the sea.

"Quickly retreat, the Chinese have an ambush!"

Matthews was so frightened that he turned around and ran, and did not dare to run to the western half of the city, and retreated all the way down the coast to the Dutch castle.

Clapp stood at the top of the city and saw it clearly, tens of thousands of torches were lit up in the west of the city, and they were rushing towards the moat at a rapid speed. He instantly "understood" the Chinese's combat intentions and said to the herald: "Go back and inform the Governor that the Chinese army (Tiehongbu) south of the city is only a feint, and the Chinese army (Han rebels and Johor soldiers) west of the city is the main attack." Let the Doge hold the castle, and I can hold the walls here!" ”

As he spoke, Clapp drew his command knife: "Indians and Arabs, transfer to the east of the city to guard against a sneak attack." The Javanese soldiers were quickly transferred to the south of the city to defend the feint troops here. Dutch soldiers, follow me to the west of the city and deal with the main forces of the Chinese! ”

What's the situation?

Zhang Xianzhong heard the movement in the south and west, and he couldn't figure out what was happening at all.

This guy fights ghosts and ghosts, and the more sudden the accident, the more calm and calm he becomes, and he didn't make a move at the first time, but lurked outside the moat and didn't move.

Sun Kewang touched the cat and whispered, "Eight kings, something is wrong." ”

"Don't make a sound, listen carefully." Zhang Xianzhong was lying on the ground, his ears pressed against the ground.

After listening for a while, Zhang Xianzhong said: "Troops are being mobilized in the city, and the city wall on our side seems to have fewer defenders. You can get your hands dirty! ”

Two bandit leaders, dozens of old thieves, and eight hundred Japanese ronin, all with branches in their mouths, to prevent anyone from accidentally shouting.

They quietly pushed the planks down the water, carrying long ladders on their shoulders and sneaking across the moat with the planks.

The Indians and Arabs defending the eastern wall were not here at the moment, looking to the west and south to observe the battle. They didn't have much of an eye to defend the city, and as soon as they noticed something was wrong, they fled back to their neighborhood.

To the west of the city, the Dutch elite who had sneaked out of the city had fled back to the castle in a hurry. The Han rebels and Johor soldiers, each carrying several torches, caused a siege of 10,000 people in the dark night, roaring loudly but delaying to cross the river, and all the time they were making noise outside the moat.

In the south of the city, Tie Hong, who was in the center, inexplicably became the main attack.

This black buddy's brain is not good, and the only advantage is that he dares to work hard. If he was a normal commander, in this case, he would definitely order the withdrawal of the troops, and there would be no battle at all tonight, but he led his troops to attack the city.

After Tie Hong led his troops across the river, the two thousand Datong troops carried wooden planks as shields and charged towards the southern city wall without hesitation.

Zhang Xianzhong led the army to just cross the moat, and Tie Hong was already leading his troops to climb the city wall.

Clapp finally realized that something was wrong, and roared: "The west is a feint, the south is the main force, come with me to support the southern wall!" ”

The southern city wall is full of Javanese soldiers and Javanese militia, sparsely shooting arrows, crowded with people who don't know what they are doing.

Tie Hong was wearing a chain armor, wearing a sunshade hat, and carrying a stick to make the first place in person. The city wall is not very high, and this thing is as nimble as a monkey, and it has climbed to the female wall in three or two strokes.

A Javanese soldier slashed at him with his sword, grabbed a ladder with his left hand, and swung a club with his right hand to smash the enemy's weapon into the air.

Then he turned over and rushed into the crowd, grabbed the stick horizontally and rushed forward, and actually pushed several Javanese people in front of him backwards with the stick.

The stick is wrought iron at both ends and wood in the middle, like a golden hoop stick.

A knife slashed in the dark, Tie Hong's left hand was painful, but the tail finger was cut off, and the ring finger was cut to the point that only a trace of skin was left.

"Ahh

In pain, Tiehong shouted loudly, overthrew the enemy in front of him, and then swept away with his club.

Several times in a row, more than a meter in front of him, a huge gap was formed, and the Javanese were all frightened away.

At this time, Tie Hong had free time to tear off the ring finger of his left hand, which was only a trace of skin, and threw it directly at the enemy. Then he rushed forward with a cruel smile, and in the darkness, there was no human form in sight, only Bai Sensen's teeth.

The soldiers of the Datong Army behind him took the opportunity to climb the city wall and killed the Javanese defenders who were several times their size and retreated.

Cheng.

Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang had already taken the old thief and the ronin to cross the river and rush to the city to set up a ladder.

"There's an enemy here!" A wealthy Arab businessman exclaimed.

"Run!"

The Indians also found out, and turned and fled the walls, not wanting to fight for the Dutch.

Zhang Xianzhong saw that the defenders did not resist, and after landing in the city, he immediately said to the old thief beside him: "Go and tell Sun Kewang and let him support the friendly troops in the south of the city, and I will go to the north to block the enemy's retreat!" ”

In an instant, this thing made the most correct decision, he wanted to eat all the Dutch soldiers defending the city.

Clapp led his troops from the west of the city to support the south of the city, and halfway through the run, he heard that the east of the city had been lost. He also did not support anymore, and immediately ordered a retreat, all the Dutch soldiers withdrew to the castle, and the city and the Javanese, Indians, and Arabs could all be abandoned, and only the Dutch soldiers and the castle could not be lost.

The city and the castle are connected by only one passage.

When Clapp came with a few hundred Dutch soldiers, intending to go out from the north gate and retreat all the way to the castle, Zhang Xianzhong had been waiting there for several minutes.

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