Matsushita Tomaki untied the arquebus and the corresponding weapons, tied the short knife around his waist, and together with a few of his men, he looked close to the round castle, and found that the material used to build the round castle was stone, and inserted the knife and stick into the gap in the stone, and used the ventilation window, the stone protrusion and other places, Matsushita Tomaki climbed up.

The three ropes were thrown down, and the Chezhi Dan climbed up one after another with knives in their hands, and counted the number of people, fifteen people, no more, no less.

"Brother Panasonic, this lid can't be opened, it's blocked inside." One of Matsushita Fuming's subordinates ran over and whispered.

It was the only passage leading downstairs, but there was a wooden cover, and Matsushita Fuming dragged it so hard that he couldn't open it.

"It may be a trap, you listen, there's no sound in the Roundcastle." Matsushita Fuming's heart became nervous and said to the people around him.

"Maybe asleep."

Matsushita Fuming glared at the person who spoke, even if it was just a round castle with ten people, there must always be someone on duty, even if the person on duty was lazy, those ten people couldn't have a person who snored and grinded his teeth.

Chechitan is a mercenary who has experienced all kinds of armies, no matter how disciplined he is.

"What to do, Brother Panasonic." Someone asked.

"If this is a trap, then it must be that when we attack the round fort, the enemy will come out of the lurking place and take us by surprise," said Tomiaki Matsushita. So all that is done now is to retreat, quickly, and signal Captain Thackeray. ”

A torch lit and circled in the night sky, however, as if it were a signal, from behind the rocks on the side of the castel, the torch was also lit, and then several round, sparkling meteors were thrown out and rolled into the bush where Thackeray lurked, with an earth-shattering sound, followed by a scream.

"Look, there's a battle where the ship is moored." A sharp-eyed Chezhidan said, pointing to the landing site.

Matsushita Tomaki showed his composure and said, "Obviously, this is a conspiracy, but fortunately, we are in a favorable position." Listen to me, let's go down the rope and retreat from the north. ”

"It's a cliff."

"At this time, the most dangerous thing is the enemy, and the cliff is our friend."

Matsushita Tomaki was the first to sneak down the round castle, personally surveyed the terrain, tied the trees with ropes, and led his brother off the cliff and hid in the woods amid the sound of gunfire.

But it also means that the sneak attack failed.

In fact, the sneak attack could not have succeeded, because Lee had sent the Spaniards the news of the arrival of the Dutch in advance, and the fort was guarded by the most difficult of the Spaniards, Second Lieutenant Pietro, who led the ambush on Thackeray.

He left only one man in the fort to light the lights at night, and he settled the rest in the woods outside the fort, set up tents, and garrisoned them, and Pietro had not ten men, but thirty-five, except for his old men, who were all carefully selected and brave soldiers who had the courage to fight the natives hand-to-hand.

At daybreak, Petro arrived in the city of San Salvador with nineteen captives and ten heads, reporting to Commander Leo of Pol.

The sound of the explosion last night kept Commander Leo of Pol awake all night, and he was always worried about the loss of the fort, because that was the life of the city of San Salvador, and he was not relieved until Pietro arrived.

"It seems that the yellow-skinned monkeys are credible, and the Dutch are indeed attacking. It's just a pity that he just gave us some cured meats and wine, and didn't give us guns and ammunition. Bordorio stood at the window of his office and said to Pietro.

Outside the window, nineteen captives knelt on the ground, and Pol's Leo, though lacking courage, knew what a superior should be, so he expressed the joy of victory all over his body, and transmitted this emotion to the defenders.

"We're on the defensive, and rum is often more important than gunpowder when we're stuck in a lonely city," Pietro said. ”

Leo of Bol nodded: "It's a pity that this place is locked down, and we can't contact that group anymore." The next job is to defend our territory, Pietro, and as the Ming merchant said, it all depends on whether the Round Castle can be defended, and the only officer under my command is you.

And you've shown what you're capable of, and now I'm confident. The next test is our endurance, Pietro, as you who control everyone's destiny, what else do you need me to give you in this battle? Ammunition, artillery or soldiers, whatever you want, I can be satisfied. ”

"I have only one request, and I think that fulfilling this request will allow us to increase the likelihood of defending this city." Petro said.

Pol's Leo nodded slightly: "Please speak." ”

Pietro pointed to the captives kneeling outside the window and said, "Kill them, kill all the captives, cut off their heads, hang them at the gates, hang them in the round fort, hang them on the trees where the Dutch will pass when they attack, and put them on the boulders where they camped." ”

"Kill the captives?" Leo of Pol was horrified and said, "I'm not a pirate, I can't do this." ”

Pietro didn't seem to hear it, and he suddenly leaned out of his office and shouted to the soldiers outside: "The commander has given the order, kill all the captives, cut off their heads, and we will fight this group of infidels to the end."

Santiago! ”

"Santiago!" The soldiers instinctively followed in unison, but the soldiers stationed in San Salvador were obviously hesitant to give this order, but Pietro had already given an account to his men, and for a moment, the soldiers of the Round Fort drew their swords and axes and slashed at the captives in front of them.

A dull scream was heard, and the bound captives were killed on the spot with little effective resistance.

"What are you doing, Pietro, God, you're damned." Leo of Pol pounced on the window, but was pulled by Leo of Pol, and then the window was closed, and Leo of Pol watched as all the captives were killed.

From this moment on, there was no turning back.

Petro knew what virtues his superiors had, and although the commander of Leo named Pol knew how to be a nobleman and was better at running and keeping accounts, he had no experience in commanding armies and defending cities, and for the Spaniards trapped in the chicken coop, Rio of Pol's cowardice was a bomb that could explode at any moment.

Petro even thought about killing Leo of Bol himself if he dared to surrender, but the problem was that he had to defend Roundfort and could not stay with his superiors.

And killing the captives is the best way, the Dutch will only think that the captives were ordered to be killed by Leo of Pol, once the city is broken, he has no way to live, in order to survive, he can only defend.

When the captives were killed, the Dutch and Spaniards were left to die.

Night fell again, and a man crept into the woods on Chicken Coop Island, with a head in front of Matsushita Fuming, whose face was splitting and had begun to stench.

By the light of the moon, someone saw the face clearly and exclaimed: "This is the head of Captain Thackeray, God, the Spaniards are too brutal." ”

"It's good that we escaped, otherwise we would have died."

"Yes, it's scary to think about being a lonely ghost in this strange place."

Matsushita Tomaki sighed, picked up the head, hung back in its original position, and he returned to the woods.

During the day, the Spaniards were on guard for the Dutch landing, so there was no time to clear out the fleeing Dutch soldiers on the island, and in fact, Pietro did not know that a large group of people such as Matsushita Tomaki remained. After the failure of the sneak attack, the Dutch army chose to dock on the west side of the strait, unloaded supplies and artillery, and adopted a steady posture of entering, without any further risky moves.

"We're not going to die, we're not going to die." Matsushita Fuming said with his fists clenched.

"Then what should we do, maybe we should go back, Brother Matsushita, we won't have anything to eat tomorrow." It was said.

Matsushita Tomaki shook his head: "What are you going to do when you go back?" Looking for death. You know, even Captain Thackeray is dead, and we have sixty men coming, and the Dutch are mostly dead, with their heads hanging from trees, and we are all fifteen of Chechitan, what do you think the governor thinks? ”

"The Dutch are dead, but Chejitan is alive, and they will definitely suspect us of betrayal, and if we go back, we will die." Someone immediately understood.

"So we are going to flee, leave the Dutch fleet, go to Tamsui, and join the Oriental Trading Company, just like our fellow countryman Nakata Yoshito," said Tomiaki Matsushita. ”

"But how do we get to Tamsui, do we have to walk there, I don't know how many natives we have to pass along the way." A young Chezhidan said.

Matsushita Tomaki thought for a while: "In this way, taking advantage of the darkness of the night, crossing from the east bank of the strait to the opposite side, I will take two people back to the barracks and inform them of the truth, only three of our fifteen people survived." After gaining their trust, find a way to get a boat, and you wait for our news on the periphery, and we will find a way to deliver food to you. ”

"That's all we have to do now, and we're going to do everything we can to survive."

Matsushita Fuming nodded, suddenly pulled out his knife, slashed at his arm, and made a cut, he said: "Since you want to act, you have to pretend to be a little bit like it." ”

Across the strait, the Dutch barracks.

After losing He Bin, Guo Huaiyi was also qualified to participate in the military meeting, but he was not qualified to speak, but only listened to Paul's arrangement.

"Tomorrow we will take advantage of the high tide to attack directly, and the Zeeland and The Hague will enter the strait, provide fire support, evade the salted shore defense guns, and then take the port after landing. Thackeray is dead, and Chechitan has seen his body with his own eyes, so we have to advance steadily, first pinning down the main force of San Salvador, and then sending the elite to occupy the Round Fort. Paul made his own arrangements.