The city of Batavia, as the Xia army entered the city, had become chaotic.

Following the orders of Governor Matt Sokor, the colonial army began to abandon resistance and desperately retreat to the governor's residence and the areas inhabited by Europeans, while the civilians in these two areas spontaneously organized themselves and piled up all kinds of debris in the streets to build barricades for the army to use.

After this, the governor also organized the evacuation of the old and infirm women and children among the commoners to the Batavia Castle in the north of the city, which was the real fortress design, originally built to protect against the threat of the Mataran Sultanate in 1628-1629, but now able to accommodate the civilians for refuge.

Governor Matsokol's plan was to rely on the complex terrain of the city to block the Xia army layer by layer, buy time for the civilians to withdraw into the castle, and once the street fighting in the city was lost, organize all the troops to withdraw into the castle to hold on.

He only cared about the Europeans from beginning to end, and as for those Eurasian hybrids and Madai guests, they were just cannon fodder to deal with the Xia army together.

However, the civilians that Governor Matsokol did not pay attention to did not intend to sit idly by, and they also set their sights on the castle north of the city, wanting to escape into the fortified fortress for refuge, and the escape of these people quickly attracted the attention of the governor, who refused the refuge requests of the Madai guests and natives in order to avoid mixing with the Xia army in the castle, but for those of mixed Eurasian descent, he asked them to join the defenders in exchange for the right to enter the castle.

In addition to those who wanted to flee to the fortress for refuge, there were also many people who took advantage of the chaos in the city to organize a zero-yuan purchase of the shops and rich houses along the street, and they forcibly rushed into the shops and rich houses along the street to rob them, and did not hesitate to kill those who dared to resist, they not only robbed, but also set fire to the houses to create even greater chaos.

For a time, the city was full of flames and chaos, and everywhere you could see fleeing civilians and armed thugs, who kicked open the doors one by one, and immediately burst into the cries of women and the roars of men.

In the midst of the chaos, a mob even targeted the Delombatavia branch of the Amsterdam Exchange Bank on the banks of the canal, and the lawless freaks forced their way into the bank's door, shot and killed the guards inside, and then forced the tellers to open the vault and loot the silver and gold hidden inside.

After running out of the bank, they looked at the chaotic streets, and felt the bulging bags of gold and silver they were carrying, and they couldn't help laughing, almost falling in love with the feeling of being able to do whatever they wanted.

But at that moment, a group of heavily armed Dutch troops rushed out from the side of the bank, and these Dutch defenders who had withdrawn from the water gate guarding the canal were about to withdraw to the city according to the governor's orders, when they were confronted with a shocking bank robbery.

After the two sides saw each other, they were stunned for a few seconds, and then the Dutch officer reacted quickly, shouted, and led the team to kill the thugs.

The rioters who tried to resist were killed on the spot, and in the burst of gunfire, the rioters who rushed out of the bank were shot one after another and fell, and the rest of the people quickly dropped their packages in panic and scattered.

After annihilating the mob, the Dutch army was about to move on, but when he saw the packages full of gold and silver dropped by the mob, the Dutch officer led by the Dutch army saw it, and his eyes lit up, and he hesitated for only a second, and then ordered his soldiers to seize the packages.

After the package was put away, the Dutch officer gritted his teeth and said to his men, "There is enough gold and silver here for each of us to become rich, why should we go to fight against the terrible Han Chinese? The money is divided, take off your military uniform and run for your life!"

When the words fell, he rushed up directly to hold a larger package, said good luck to the others, and left here without looking back, the others saw this, first stunned for a few seconds, and then a group of people rushed up like crazy to snatch up.

The temptation of gold and silver overcame human nature, and in order to rob them of the wealth that they could not earn in their lifetimes, they could not take care of their former comrades, so they drew their swords directly against each other, and immediately launched a full military operation at the door of the bank, and the Dutch soldiers fought each other, and the blood flowed like a river.

On the other side, after receiving the order of the governor, the Dutch army attacking Chinatown did not hesitate to give up continuing to attack the crumbling Han defense line in front of them, covering each other and retreating to the back.

But soon, they realized that it was very likely that the Xia army had invaded the city, otherwise how could the Dutch withdraw their troops easily, and the Han people could not help but cheer with the joy of the rest of their lives.

After the cheers, they looked at the corpses of their compatriots all over the ground, and became a little sad, they had come all the way from their hometown to this strange foreign land, and the compatriots living in the neighborhood had become their new relatives, but many of their relatives had died in this damned war.

With a sad mood, the Han people began to collect the bodies of their compatriots, looking for the wounded for treatment, and at the same time, they also took the opportunity to strengthen their bunkers to guard against the enemy's counterattack.

Suddenly, a young man saw a corpse in the pile of corpses that seemed to be undulating, he hurriedly pushed away the corpse of the foreign devil who was pressing on the "corpse", revealing the man who had almost become a bloody man underneath, he looked at it, and saw that the man's chest did have the ups and downs of breathing, and his face showed a look of surprise, and he hurriedly shouted:

"Come on, there's another living person here, it's Brother Mangs!"

"Lin Mang isn't dead yet?"

"I know, this dog is hard, how can it be so easy to die."

The people around surrounded him as they spoke, and together they dug Lin Mangxiang out of the corpse pile, and then they were surprised to find out how terrible the injuries on Lin Mangxiang's body were, in addition to the knife wound that almost pierced his heart, there were many wounds elsewhere on his body, and ordinary people must have died long ago at this time.

The others were not surprised, and hurriedly went to find the doctor, and worked together to lift Lin Mangxiang up and send him behind the bunker for treatment.

The Han people were busy in Chinatown for an unknown amount of time, and there was a noise outside, and the mayor of Chinatown, who had personally participated in the front line of the battle, cautiously sent a clever young man outside to watch and watch, and it was not long before the young man ran back with a happy face.

As he ran, he shouted happily, "It's Xia Jun, Xia Jun has entered the city!"

"The Xia army has entered the city?!"

The Han people who heard this sentence were all overjoyed, and the Chinese street chief grabbed the young man's arm and asked cautiously, "Are you sure it's Master Wang?"

"It's the king." The young man was overjoyed, and he danced and said, "They all speak the language of their hometown, and they hold a fire gun with sharp knives that they have never seen before, and they are indeed kings."

"Great!" The head of the Chinese street let go of the young man's arm and said happily: "Everyone go out with me to greet Master Wang, we Han people have been oppressed in Nanyang for so many years, if it weren't for the strong imperial court, then the foreign devils would continue to bully us, and now Master Wang has finally come over, and our good days are coming!"

"Yes, let's go!"

The crowd also happily followed the Chinese street chief outward, wanting to greet the arrival of the compatriot army from their hometown, similar things happened in several other Han settlements in the city, the Han people who had not returned to the mainland for decades had a natural affinity for the Xia army, and they spontaneously achieved the degree of eating pot pulp and welcoming the road.

On the other side, the vanguard of the Xia army advancing into the city had also exchanged fire with the Dutch troops retreating into the city.

After retreating from the walls, the Dutch resisted by strong barricades, and they stood on the barricades and condescendingly fired at the incoming Xia troops, who also fought back, suppressing the Dutch fire with volleys and covering the grenadiers to advance forward.

When they advanced to the barricade, the grenadiers lit the grenades and threw them into the barricade, and the Dutch troops had not seen grenades before, and they saw round things falling from the sky, and they were so shocked that they quickly scattered, but before they could run a few steps, the grenades exploded violently, blowing the surrounding Dutch troops to the ground.

The grenadiers then began to climb the barricades with their hands and feet, and they were all specially trained and dexterous, and soon climbed the barricades, but when they poked their heads out, they only listened to the street

Dutch shouts and several gunshots rang out from inside the barracks, and the grenadiers who had climbed up first shook their bodies and fell on their backs.

Seeing this, the rest of the grenadiers did not dare to venture forward, and the officer among them shouted and led the team to withdraw, preparing to find another way to attack.

Although the Dutch barricades blocked the Xia army's offensive for a while, the Xia army soon thought of other ways to break it - they pulled artillery into the city and bombarded the barricades with artillery at close range.

In the roar of the Xia artillery, the strong barricades of the Dutch army were almost as fragmented as paper paste, and the Dutch troops hiding inside suffered heavy casualties, screaming and fleeing backwards.

The Dutch defense line suddenly burst into gunfire, and the Dutch army was able to fight and retreat at first, but as more and more Xia troops poured in, the defeat of the Dutch army also turned into an irreparable rout, and they desperately fled towards the Batavia Castle in the north of the city, or simply took off their military uniforms and fled into the streets and alleys to become a member of the deserters.

The Xia army chased the Dutch army almost all the way to the outside of the Batavia Castle, and the city fire cannon on the castle saw the Xia army chasing after them, and they couldn't care about distinguishing between the enemy and us, so they immediately lit the fuse and fired at the Xia army.

Only a few loud bangs were heard, and several shells whistled and fell into the crowd, instantly cutting off the torsos of dozens of people, and forcibly plowing a bloody path in the crowd.

The Xia army, which was shelled, hurriedly stopped the pursuit and scattered on the spot, they did not continue to attack, but covered each other and retreated, wanting to withdraw from the range of the city's fire artillery.

While the Xia army retreated, the Dutch routs they pursued were able to catch their breath and flee back to the castle, and as the last man fled into the castle, the heavy iron-clad gate was slowly closed.

Standing on the city walls, Governor Matesokol looked at the fallen city outside, his eyes full of grief, thirteen years had passed since he arrived in the city in 1653, and he had made it his new home, but now he could only watch his second home fall into the hands of the enemy.

Who can blame it?

He could not have imagined that perhaps the fall of Batavia was already doomed when he first arrived in the East Indies, when the Xia army seized their stronghold on the island of Taiwan and forced the local governor to sign a surrender agreement.

And now, he will be the next person to sign a surrender agreement with Xia Jun.

Governor Matsokor withdrew his gaze from the burning city, at the shivering inhabitants and routs of the castle, most of the Europeans and a small number of Eurasian people fled to the castle for refuge, they only had time to carry a few rations and personal belongings, fortunately the castle was stocked with a lot of food all year round, even if it was surrounded by the Xia army, they could hold out for at least two years.

Two years is enough time for the news to reach the homeland and make a decision in the local direction.

However, although the supplies are sufficient, the number of defenders is not large, plus the defenders who withdrew into the castle with him in advance, there are only more than 800 soldiers in the entire castle, and only these 800 soldiers want to defend the huge castle, even if it is a fortress with extremely high defense, it is tantamount to a fool's dream.

Moreover, the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the castle was low, and they were extremely confused about the future, and they had no determination to hold on, so Governor Matsokol could only motivate them to wait until reinforcements from India would arrive soon, and let them hold on until the reinforcements arrived.

These words may have had some effect before the city was broken, but now that it was at this point, his empty check had no effect, and the soldiers all showed disdain after listening to his words, and no one responded to him.

An atmosphere of despair hung over the castle of Batavia, overwhelming people.

Outside the castle, the Xia army was not in a hurry to continue the siege of the castle, they set up checkpoints at various intersections leading to the castle, blocked the castle to prevent anyone from entering and leaving, and at the same time organized people to mobilize the residents in the city to extinguish the fire, trying to restore order and rebuild management.

However, perhaps too much fear of the Xia army, some other ethnic groups in the city still relied on the terrain of the city to resist the Xia army, they hid on both sides of the street, and opened fire on the Xia army in the street, suddenly

The cold guns that came made the Xia army suffer a lot of losses.

When the news reached the ears of the Xia Jun's top management, An Chujie and Liu Yang were both furious, and at this time, they also heard the rumors of the massacre circulating in the city, and immediately understood the reason for the resistance of the residents in the city.

However, this is not a reason for them to resist, the two of them summed it up and decided to issue an ultimatum to the residents of the city, they asked all the residents to lay down their arms and surrender to the Xia army in order to save their lives, but if they dare to continue to resist, the Xia army will launch a bloody massacre of the city, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!