Yang Yandi carried Yoshida Shichiro to the bow of the ship, and together with Zhao Dahe, interrogated him.

Eventually, all the information was displayed on the conference table in the stern building, where Li Zhaoji made a simple model of the city of Santo Domingo out of books and wooden blocks, while Zhao Dahe informed everyone about the situation.

After all, among all of them, only this one was born in the military and can be regarded as a professional.

In 1626, the Spaniard Valdes set out from Manila in the Philippines and traveled along the east coast of Taiwan to the area of Keelung, where he built the city of San Salvador on Jonlong Island. In contrast to the Dutch, who occupied the Tainan area, the Spaniards chose the right place from the start, and they also chose the wrong place.

It is said that it chose the right place because the port around the chicken coop is wide and deep, and it is a rare good port, while the Dutch occupy the large port, which is located at the mouth of the river and silts up every year, and the city of Geranza is built on a sandbar, so that it has to spend a lot of money every year to maintain the castle.

But the Spaniards also chose the wrong place, because the aborigines of northern Taiwan are much more fierce and unruly than those of southern Taiwan, and after their arrival, they have been constantly clashing with the aborigines and bloody.

Later, the Spaniards came to the mouth of the Tamsui River and established the city of Santo Domingo, but it still did not change the status quo, for the Philippine Governor, the colony of Taiwan is still a point of blood loss, so the Philippine Governor took the initiative to reduce the garrison in the Taiwan colony in order to save money.

As a result, the garrison at the mouth of the Tamsui River was reduced to a minimum, and the main forces shrank back to the city of San Salvador at the chicken coop.

And last year, that is, in August of the 14th year of Chongzhen, Paul, the governor of the Dutch East India Company, launched the first attack on the Spanish colony of Taiwan.

On that occasion, 200 Dutch soldiers participated, and 500 aborigines helped in the war.

Pietro led his troops to fend off the Dutch attack, who were unable to storm the city due to lack of heavy artillery, and Pietro, after running out of supplies, broke through at night and the Dutch were given an empty city. Staying in Tamsui for a while, the consumption was too great, leaving only a small number of people to guard, and the main force retreated to the southern part of the island of Taiwan.

Petro led his army to recapture the city of Santo Domingo.

"The Dutch did a certain amount of damage to the castle before giving it up last year, with gaps in the north and east. The gap in the eastern wall was narrow, difficult to break through with Spanish musketeers, but the gap in the north was huge, where, according to the Japanese captive, Pietro had set a trap. With the help of a simple model, Zhao Dahe introduced everyone.

Yang Yandi said: "In my opinion, there are less than 20 enemies, and such a big city can't be defended, so it's better to attack it from all sides." We have a lot of people, but there are few Spaniards, can we still beat it? ”

Li Zhaoji waved his hand: "It's better to capture everyone alive....... What kind of person is that Pietro. ”

Zhao Dahe said: "According to Shichiro Yoshida, he is the most vicious devil in the world. Just now the big shopkeeper said that it is better to capture everyone alive, I think it is difficult, Pietro will not hesitate to ignite the powder magazine, he is this madman. ”

Li Zhaoji sighed, shrugged his shoulders and said to everyone: "It seems that I can only use some small means." ”

In the afternoon, Shichiro Yoshida waved a white flag and brought representatives of the Oriental Trading Company to the gates of Santo Domingo City.

The city of Santo Domingo is a four-cornered fortress with not very high walls, but very thick, with a gate under a bullhorn fort, behind a moat.

The Spaniards poured a lot of effort into this city, and Yang Yandi and Zhao Dahe, who led the team, saw the artillery in the city at a glance.

"Please inform Second Lieutenant Pietro that these are Ming people, they have come to do business, and they are not carrying weapons." Shichiro Yoshida shouted loudly, beckoning to the guards of Horn Castle.

After a short time, Pietro came to the Bullhorn Castle, looked at the group outside the moat, and asked, "Shichiro Yoshida, why did you get out?" ”

"Second Lieutenant, I accidentally fell off the wall, and you see, I'm all wounded." Shichiro Yoshida struggled to lift his arm, where it was bound by a plank.

"Open the box behind you, take out the contents, and let me see clearly." Pietro shouted.

Yang Yandi and his entourage opened the box, revealing bundles of white raw silk, they spread a layer of mat on the ground, and put the raw silk there little by little.

This is raw silk, the best-selling goods in the world at this time, whether it is here, in Manila, in the Americas, even in Europa, and comparable to the spices of Southeast Asia.

"Why do you have warships?" Petro asked.

"They said that they were the subordinates of Lin Cha, a general appointed by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in a province of Guangdong, who was in charge of the navy and army of the Ming Kingdom in Guangdong, and had the same status as the first officer of Nicholas, a second lieutenant. They had been ordered to trade in Japan, because the ship had broken down and was anchored with us, and they wanted to exchange raw silk for some materials for repairing the ship. Shichiro Yoshida said.

In the waters of the East, Lin Chazhi is an extremely unfamiliar task for Europeans, but Nicholas is not an official, as long as he is begging for a living at sea, even if he doesn't know the Ming Emperor, he will know that Nicholas is an official, he is the king of Minhai, and he is Zheng Zhilong.

"Okay, you can enter the city, but no one else can." Pietro shouted.

"No, we're not going in, please bring out the wood we need." Yang Yandi shouted, and Shichiro Yoshida translated.

"Then what kind of price are you going to sell the raw silk?" Petro came down from the castle, opened the thick door of oak and iron, and said lightly.

Yang Yandi shrugged: "The same price as Manila." ”

Pietro beckoned, and four soldiers armed with arquebuses blocked the front, wanting to search Yang Yandi and others, Yang Yandi let them all do it, and even after the search was over, except for Yang Yandi, Zhao Dahe, and Yoshida Shichiro, the rest of the people returned to the dock.

"Okay, I'm willing to give Manila the same price, what kind of materials do you need?" Seeing that Yang Yandi and the others were so peaceful, Pietro also relaxed his vigilance, took the initiative to come up, squatted on the ground to check the quality of raw silk, and at this time, Zhao Dahe, who had not spoken, suddenly made a move.

His punch smashed directly on the back of Pietro's head, Pietro was dizzy, and he staggered to his feet, but fortunately, Zhao Dahe reacted quickly, and directly smashed another elbow, directly knocking Pietro unconscious, and Yang Yandi grabbed Yoshida Shichiro's arm, ripped off the cloth and plank wrapped around his arm, and took out a flintlock pistol and a dagger from it, and put them on Pietro's head.

"Don't shoot, Second Lieutenant Pietro is in their hands." Shichiro Yoshida said.

The Spanish soldiers above and below the city walls all threw their mouses, and soon a Japanese voice sounded on the city walls, it was the leader of the Kiritan soldiers here, Nakata Yoshito, who was speaking.

"Brother Nakata, I'm fine, they are from the Ming Kingdom and won't kill us. Won't kill anyone here. Shichiro Yoshida said.

Yang Yandi and Zhao Dahe had already dragged the dizzy Pietro back quickly, until they reached the dock and tied it up.

Immediately afterwards, three ships approached the pier, and men with various weapons disembarked from the ships and came to the gates of Santo Domingo.

"This Lord Ming Guo asks you to hand over all your firearms, you can keep your armor and swords, and they protect your lives and property." Shichiro Yoshida continued to promote on behalf of Lee Siu Ki.

After Pietro was taken, the defenders had no intention of fighting, and most of them chose to surrender, and the triangle fort, which was occupied by four Spaniards, resisted stubbornly and refused to surrender, proposing that they would only surrender if Pietro asked them to surrender.

Li Zhaoji did not let people launch a strong attack, but gathered all the prisoners together in the square of Santo Domingo, and doused Ensign Pietro with water in front of everyone.

When Pietro opened his eyes, he saw hundreds of people around him, his own men had been disarmed, Pietro struggled twice, and found that his body was bound by strong cowhide ropes, unable to move.

"Ensign, I have no intention of harming everyone, but I know that you are a determined person, and for the safety of everyone, I can only choose such means." Li Zhaoji said to Pietro.

"You're the leader?" Petro asked.

Li Zhaoji nodded, but Pietro frowned: "You're not Dutch?" ”

Li Zhaoji smiled: "Obviously, I'm not, I have a lot of people from Europe, I'm sure you'll see some next, but they're not Dutch, they're English, Portuguese, and some mixed-race." ”

"And what are you here for?" Petro asked.

Li Zhaoji pointed around: "Occupy this city, own this city." ”

"You are not Dutch, but you are no different from them, and you are my enemy." Petro said.

Li Zhaoji smiled: "It's not the same, we can deal with the Dutch together, as far as I know, the Dutch have already assembled an army and will attack the chicken coop at some point, it may be tomorrow or next month." Just like the last big siege here, let's cooperate, or you will not be a match for the Dutch. ”

"yes, can you tell me how you got the news?"

"Bought with money." Lee gave an unverifiable answer.

Pietro asked, "Then why are you telling me and helping us?" ”

"I said I wanted to own the city. And on this island, the Dutch are the strong, and only when the weak unite can they live a stable life. Li Zhaoji gave his own reasons, this time he did not lie, what he said was completely true, the Dutch wanted to dominate Taiwan, which neither he nor the Spaniards could accept.