The Dutch people felt that they could contact the Japanese and invade the rich areas of the Ming Dynasty together.

Putmans believes that in the past, the Wa State was afraid of the Ming Dynasty and did not dare to have delusions about the Ming Dynasty, but now that the main force of the Ming Dynasty is gone, and even the Houjin invasion of Liaodong cannot cope with it, and the defense of the southeast coast is empty, how can the Wa State miss the opportunity?

After all, the Wa Kingdom had some economic contacts with the Netherlands, and knew that the Wa State had coveted the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and at this time they could take the opportunity to unite with the Wa State that was defeated by the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli period to seize Zhejiang, Fujian, and Treasure Island of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the people who contacted the Wa Shogunate reported that the Wa Shogunate did not dare to provoke the Ming Dynasty and was afraid of repeating the mistakes of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, so they rejected the proposal of the Dutch to jointly attack the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the second general of the Tokugawa shogunate was Tokugawa Hidetada, and the next year Tokugawa Hidetada planned to pass on the position of shogun to his son Tokugawa Iemitsu.

Tokugawa Hidetada understood very well that many daimyo did not obey the rule of the shogunate, and the shogunate could only collect a small amount of taxes from the daimyos, and also needed to set up checkpoints to collect them, and if the shogunate launched a foreign war, as long as the shogunate was defeated, the shogunate would change masters.

In the end, Cohen could only hire some of the Japanese ronins to make up for the lack of manpower in the Netherlands, and they needed the Japanese ronin as cannon fodder.

So Cohen, the governor of Batavia, the Netherlands, planned a fourth attack on Macao, and sent Commander Ray Jason to lead 8 large warships, a total of 13 warships, and join the two English warships of the English East India Company.

This gathering included 800 Dutch elites and 500 Japanese mercenaries, a total of 1,300 people rushed to Macao.

At this time, the total strength of the entire Macao was only about 150 people, and only 50 people could skillfully use firearms.

Carvalho, the Portuguese general who was responsible for the defense of Macao, was not intimidated by the Dutch people, but actively organized defense, especially fortified the core fort of Macao's city defense.

He also called on all the inhabitants of the city to join the war of resistance, so that the city's Chinese-Portuguese mestizos, blacks, and even Jesuits were mobilized to defend themselves against the Dutch attack.

Before the war began, the Dutch annoyed the English who were involved in the attack because of conflicting interests, so their two ships immediately went out to the open sea.

This was not a bad thing for the Dutch people, because they had an absolute advantage in numbers, and it was not a matter of whether the English helped or not.

Moreover, the greedy Dutch were afraid that England would participate in the division of the Ming market, and they could also use it to enjoy the spoils of war in Macao.

After all, there is a huge disparity in strength.

Ray Jason commanded the battleships to attract the attention of the defenders, but on the other side, he had already laid down many small boats and landed on the beach.

With a decisive superiority in forces, the beachhead was easily captured, and two villages were also captured.

After the beach, the Dutch began to attack the city of Macao, where they were attacked by artillery fire from the Fort, paying a heavy price in casualties.

So they decided to capture the commanding heights of Macao, the Dongwangshan Fort, to overlook the fort and gain the initiative on the battlefield.

However, when the Dutch soldiers were going up the mountain, they were unexpectedly attacked by the citizens and black slaves, and they used cold weapons such as swords, halberds, swords and shields to defeat the Dutch people.

In particular, the blacks from East Africa were extremely fierce and terrified the Dutch people, and some Macao women also went into battle to kill the enemy, and their skillful swordsmanship surprised the Dutch soldiers.

By the third day of the battle, the Dutch were unable to penetrate the city. Moreover, Carvalho commanded well, and the attack of the Sydney Delanders was well directed, and the army and civilians were deployed to hold the important position.

At Wang Hongyu's liaison station in Macao, the dozen or so people left behind not only went all out to defend Macao, but also played a mainstay role in the entire preparation for the war.

The key is that Wang Hongyu told Jinni that Delan was going to invade Macau, and Jinnige made Macao prepare in advance, and Macao carried out national mobilization, training for men, women and children, and strengthened protective facilities.

They encouraged the Portuguese, this is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will not sit idly by and watch Macau be taken by the Dutch, as long as they hold their positions, the Ming will definitely be, and soon the Ming battalion will also arrive.

Now that the retreat of the Dutch has been cut off, as long as we entangle the Dutch army, the Ming navy will severely damage the Dutch fleet, and the Dutch who have come ashore have become turtles in the urn.

In addition, the gunners of the new army continued to bombard the Dutch ranks, so that the Dutch could not organize offensive teams, and the blocking leaders kept hunting down the Dutch commanders, so that the Dutch army was always in a state of no command.

Just as the two sides were at a standoff, a Jesuit on the battery fired a cannonball that hit the Dutch arsenal and caused a chain explosion.

The Dutch army was suddenly in disarray, and Carvalho, seeing that the time was ripe, ordered the army and civilians to launch a counteroffensive and seize the initiative on the battlefield.

However, there were many people in the Netherlands, and the commander Ray Jason personally went ashore to encourage the attack.

The 10 soldiers left behind by Wang Hongyu played a key role.

They coordinated with the Macau militia to counterattack the Dutch with the help of the newly dug trenches, and the Lumi guns of the Hun River Army fired at a long range, and a shot hit Ray Jason in the abdomen.

Ray Jason was so wounded that he had to hand over land command to Captain Hans Luffin, and he was sent back to the battleship to command the ship's guns from the sea, but the range of the cannons on the Portuguese Peter's battery was higher than that of the Dutch ship's guns, and it was condescending.

The concentration of Portuguese artillery fire on the Dutch army front, coupled with the fact that the Dutch arsenal was hit by Portuguese artillery, caused a series of explosions, and the Dutch army was already shrouded in smoke and could not see anything.

Ray Jason went to the lookout with the help of his assistant, and observed with a telescope for a long time before he could faintly see the Dutch soldiers scurrying around, while the Japanese ronin mercenaries counterattacked in an orderly manner.

His own 800 elites are not as good as the Japanese ronin who were improvised and organized, and Ray Jason was full of disappointment, and the warriors of the Netherlands were damaged by themselves.

When they conquered the Portuguese colonies, they indulged in burning and looting at will, and they had long lost their organizational discipline, and the Dutch were not as good at fighting as the Portuguese, and the situation was not good, and most of the mercenaries who fought for money had no intention of fighting to the death.

The fact that more than 10 times the number of troops could not take the small city of Macao in three days is of course related to the heroic fighting of the Macao people and the fact that all the people are soldiers, and it is also related to the fact that the Portuguese have been prepared for a long time and have built relatively complete fortifications.

Since more than a dozen members of the New Army were stationed in Macao, they have been guiding Macao's military training and building fortifications, and have repeatedly publicized Wang Hongyu's proposal for Macao people to govern Macao and for Macao people to protect their homeland from top to bottom.

"Battleship! We have battleships! "Ray Jason pinned his hopes on the numerical superiority of the guns of these Karak warships under his command.

"Boom!"

A Dutch warship exploded.