Lord of Ming Dynasty

A law-abiding one is like a brave Ming soldier.

During Zhang Qiang's inspection the next day, these guys were organized into a siege battle.

Two thousand of these people, plus some people who don't know where Zheng Chenggong recruited from, maybe the Filipinos, maybe the Malays, as well as the Dutch, Portuguese, and Spaniards, followed by a team of all Liu Guoxuan's pirates formed the soldiers of the Ming army, dressed in uniform uniforms of the Ming army, and launched an attack on the wall outside the Dutch city.

It can be seen that wooden bridges have been erected on the moat, and many wooden passages have been set up for troops to pass through.

The water of the moat was diverted into the sea.

But there are still many places where the river still has water. Although it is very shallow, it is not accessible to the soldiers. The soldiers only pass through the places that can pass.

Braving the firepower of the Dutch who didn't know when they would leave the city, there were many Dutchmen on the fence, as well as the aborigines on Baodao Island, the people of Ming Dynasty, and the Dutch Western Bridge people.

Of course, fire support from cannons from high places is indispensable.

A group of soldiers with swords and spears, bows and arrows, slingshots, shields, ladders, and cannons in their hands roared angrily, and then, led by the officers, rushed towards the enemy's parapet.

Zhang Qiang saw that the only effect of Zheng Chenggong's siege of Zeelandia City in the past one and a half months was to divert the water from the moat, add several passages to the moat, and then create several gaps in the wall, and these gaps were later replaced. The Dutch in the city blocked it desperately.

In addition, many soldiers died around the moat, and many soldiers died on the other side of the moat, leaving many corpses that could not be removed.

The sound of shouts, the sound of charging footsteps, a group of soldiers who fear death or fear death, just use their chests to meet the enemy's bullets, bows and arrows, and shells.

200 people stayed on the charging road forever, and more than 100 people died when they crossed the river. Their bodies fell into the moat, and they might soon rot and become river mud. Half dead.

Then set up ladders, climb, and soldiers with batons hit the parapet.

A group of Ming people dressed in Dutch uniforms jumped up and fought with Zheng Chenggong's soldiers who were climbing.

White smoke continued to rise from the parapet, indicating that the enemy was firing.

The enemy is not without casualties, but the casualties are very few, maybe there are more injuries, but there are not many who really died.

Especially the regular Dutch soldiers, but a few people, they commanded a group of expatriates and natives of Baodao, and mercenaries fought with the chowder troops sent by Zheng Chenggong.

How to put it this way, the generals on both sides have a purpose, to use cannon fodder to consume the enemy's vital forces, and then finally let the elite soldiers go up to solve the battle in one fell swoop.

Perhaps the Dutch will soon realize that playing a war of attrition with Zheng Chenggong is doomed to failure.

And Zheng Chenggong has long realized that if we can't fight against the Dutch, I will consume you. Anyway, I have a lot of soldiers, and I can consume you to death. Of course, this is the most negative way of playing. Zhang Qiang He won't do that.

"Boom"

Zheng Chenggong is also unwilling to do so.

He pushed the cannon up.

Under the threat of the enemy's long-range heavy artillery, the artillery advanced rapidly until it was less than 200 meters away from the parapet, then stopped quickly and set up positions.

This time took about half an hour, and the advance took less than a quarter. Almost as soon as the soldiers rushed to the parapet, they advanced to 200 meters away from the parapet, and lost about a dozen cannons during the period.

Zhang Qiang took a look. Those cannons were mostly Fran cannons, some were Qianjin Hongyi cannons, not the leaky cannons loaded in the back like Fran cannons.

The cannon opened fire, and immediately the breast wall bricks flew across, and the stumps and arms were broken.

Screaming again and again.

Soldiers on both sides panicked, because no one knew that one's own could beat one's own.

In fact, even if the cannons were not fired now, it would be impossible for the three or four hundred people born to take down the parapet.

Because the enemy also brought in cannons, which were also Francois machine guns. They were dragged by carriages and quickly set up their positions. However, they were located on a high ground and were not blocked by the parapet, so they could bombard the Ming army attacking the parapet below, or the Ming army. artillery positions.

The two sides fought artillery while the Dutch retreated.

Because Zheng Chenggong's main purpose was not to fight artillery, he just wanted to tear down the wall and leave more Dutch defenders by the way.

Now the Dutch defenders are miserable.

The wall fell.

Many people died.

Several gaps were 50 meters wide, some of which were knocked down by the attacking soldiers with wood, and most of which were smashed open by shells.

The Dutch fled frantically to the city gate.

Cannonballs chased after them and exploded.

Zhang Qiang witnessed that about 400 to [-] Dutch people died on the road, and [-] people were killed or injured on the parapet.

The two sides started an artillery battle, the terrain was unfavorable, and the Ming army suffered a lot.

Overhead, heavy artillery from the city walls bombarded them.

In less than one morning, more than half of the entire artillery team was killed or injured, and the rest ran back, and the cannon was destroyed.About fifty large and small cannons.

However, the loss of the Dutch artillery team was not too much. Three or four artillery pieces were destroyed, five or six carriages were destroyed, more than a dozen people were killed, and a dozen cannons remained. Until the end of the battle, they were still bombarding the Ming army.

Chapter 2 Five Tiger Generals Liu Guoxuan

This attack can be regarded as a temptation, a false attack, and a routine attack when Zheng Chenggong is no longer. The main purpose is probably to tell the enemy that you are besieged by us, and we attack you every day. While eating dry rice, there is no work.

Three or four hundred people retreated with minor injuries, and the enemy retreated back to the city in defeat. It was a tie, but there were three and four hundred people left under the nose of the 400 people. The battle was too fierce.

And the biggest injustice is that the enemy's casualties were only three to 400 people.And how many people the enemy left the city in total, counting the artillery of the Dutch, only 800 people.

But the real Dutch didn’t die many, maybe thirty or forty, maybe fifty or sixty, maybe less than that. Zhang Qiang saw that most of the dead were some natives of Daming Treasure Island, or some Japanese wanderers or something. Some wanderers from the west.

This battle was a bit of a loss.

But this is not his own army, if it is his own army, unless it is absolutely necessary, Zhang Qiang will not let them die like this.

"Your Excellency, are you still worried about the siege battle yesterday?" Liu Guoxuan walked up to Zhang Qiang and stood side by side with Zhang Qiang, looking at the Dutch castle.

"No," Zhang Qiang categorically denied it, and asked instead, "Master Liu is so free, why is he free to come and see me?"

Zhang Qiang knew that Zheng Chenggong was very busy, and his main purpose was to develop Baodao into his base, a territory, just like what Zhang Qiang did in Jinhua, Zhejiang.

Treasure Island is now a barren land. Although it has been inhabited for a long time, and even has a long history, most of them are concentrated along the coast, and there are also people who go deep into it. They are some indigenous residents or former pirates, in order to avoid the officers and soldiers of the past dynasties. Captured by the navy, or evading the enemies of the pirates, they ventured deep inland and hid in Milin and deep mountains.

What Zheng Chenggong wants to do is to immigrate the people from the mainland, come here to farm, and advance inland. At the same time, he sends people to suppress bandits and pirates, and recruits some rebellious small forces. At the same time, he also wants to fight Yan Sichen and others. In the future, he also has a territory in Baodao, but compared with Zheng Chenggong, his territory is much smaller.

In fact, it was Zheng Chenggong's subordinates who commanded the battle.

Now his five tiger generals have basically taken shape, and some of them have followed him for many years. This is what Zhang Qiang found out after he landed on Treasure Island for a day and a night.

Except for Shi Lang, all the five tiger generals have arrived.