Southern Ming Rebel Army

Opdam said: "Governor, I know that setting up defenses on the beach will not stop the landing troops in the end, but we can take the opportunity to consume the Qian people and gain some advantages for the subsequent defense of the city!"

Ru Hansuige refused after hearing this, saying, "No, I have been collecting intelligence on the Qian people during this period, and the scale of their war has always been large.

The Emperor of the Qian people and the Tatars had a decisive battle in the central region of the empire. I heard that the troops dispatched by both sides exceeded 800,000. This is a huge number. I estimate that the troops landing this time must be no less than 10,000. However, our troops are limited and cannot be easily consumed in a field battle. That will inevitably shorten the time to defend Batavia. "

Afterwards, Ru Hansui ordered the blockade of Batavia. At the same time, in order to prevent the fort from being used by the Qian people, Ru Hansui ordered the destruction of the fort and ordered the remaining more than 400 navy officers to retreat into the city of Batavia.

Opdam strongly disagreed with Ruhansuige's words, but Ruhansuige was the governor and Opdam was only the commander of the fleet, and the garrison on land all obeyed Ruhansuige's command.

Opdam watched the messenger leave in a hurry, feeling extremely worried. The fort had been built with so much effort over so many years, and it was destroyed just like that. He felt very upset.

In fact, according to Opdam's suggestion, the troops could be divided to defend the forts. After all, the forts were located on high ground. It might take the Qian people more time to capture so many forts, and the Qian people might not necessarily attack the forts, after all, the muzzles of the guns were facing the sea.

Moreover, once the artillery was gone, the two galleons that were still being repaired in the port would also be in danger. Opdam sighed and then rushed to the port. He wanted people to sink the two ships and sink them into the port, which would more or less cause more trouble for the Qian people.

At the same time, Zheng Chenggong's vanguard landing troops had assembled in formation on the beach. After the formation was assembled, they began to advance forward to leave more space for subsequent landing troops.

Subsequent small boats continued to dock. Zheng Chenggong stood on the flagship and watched the landing situation closely. When he saw that the landing troops had initially gained a foothold, a smile finally appeared on his face. By now, the battle situation was under his control.

Until dawn, the landing troops still did not encounter any obstruction from the Batavia defenders. At this time, nearly half of the Qian army had landed, and the supplies on the shore had piled up into mountains. Ship after ship of supplies and soldiers were sent ashore.

Zheng Chenggong, who had been tense all night, felt a little tired when he saw that the big thing had been accomplished. After arranging his subordinates to be responsible for the landing, he walked into the cabin and prepared to rest for a while.

But what Zheng Chenggong didn't expect was that not long after he lay down, he heard continuous bombing sounds in the distance, which woke Zheng Chenggong up all of a sudden.

He hurried out of the cabin and came to the deck. Looking up, he saw balls of fire rising from the hillside in the distance.

Chen Yaoce, who was standing by, said in surprise: "Looking at this direction, it seems to be the location of the Batavia Fort?"

Zheng Chenggong pondered for a moment, then raised his mouth corners, revealing a smug smile, and said: "The barbarians are extremely cowardly. As soon as I landed, they were afraid that the artillery would be used by me. They are really destroying their own Great Wall. They are afraid before the battle. Such an action will not only destroy the morale of the army."

Chen Yaoce said excitedly at this time: "Prince, now that the artillery has been destroyed, our warships can dock in the port!"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Chenggong shook his head and said, "No, perhaps these flames are baits of the barbarians. They want to make me think that the fort has been destroyed, and then wait for the warships to enter the port, and then fire all the cannons at once."

Chen Yaoce was startled and bowed quickly, saying, "This is just my humble opinion. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Zheng Chenggong waved his hand and said calmly: "It doesn't matter. As long as the army lands, we will send people to the fort to take a look. If the barbarians defend the fort, it will inevitably disperse the forces guarding Batavia. If the fort is destroyed, our warships can enter the port to rest. In any case, it will benefit our army!"

With the successful large-scale landing of the Qian army, Zheng Chenggong established a huge logistics base at the landing site. After the rear of the infantry was stabilized, he ordered the troops to be divided to clear the outskirts of Batavia first.

When the Qian army rushed into the artillery position, they found that the cannons facing the sea had been destroyed by the defenders. Zheng Chenggong was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately ordered the infantry to attack the port from the rear, while the navy approached the port from the sea.

Zheng Chenggong knew that there were two galleons in the port of Batavia, so he had no reason to refuse the warships that were delivered to him.

It was only after the Qian army captured the port that Zheng Chenggong discovered to his disappointment that the two ships had been sunk by the barbarians in the port. However, looking at the intact mast, Zheng Chenggong decided to send people to salvage it.

Anyway, this kind of bastion is difficult to attack. While the infantry is attacking the city, the navy can send people to repair the galleons.

Zhang Shun looked at the two sunken ships, his eyes moved, and he immediately stepped forward to find Zheng Chenggong, saying that in the previous battle, coupled with the storm, the court's warships had suffered some serious damage, and he hoped that the Prince of Nan'an could give the two ships to the court.

Zheng Chenggong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but then he thought about it and realized that he already had several galleons, and even three three-masted gunboats that were larger than galleons.

Zheng Chenggong laughed and said, "These are just two Western barbarian ships. If General Zhang wants them, I will give them to you."

Zhang Shun was overjoyed and expressed his gratitude immediately. Soon after, Zheng Chenggong felt that this was a disadvantage, so he wrote a letter himself and sent it to the capital.

The letter said: "I, Zheng Sen, led the army to the south. The army has landed in Batavia. The barbarians were frightened and destroyed their own artillery and ships. I ordered people to salvage the sunken ships. Although the barbarians sank the ships themselves, fortunately the hull and mast are still intact and can still be repaired.

I think that the barbarian ships are well made and if they can be presented to the imperial court, they may be of great use to the military, so I take the liberty to present these two captured barbarian warships to the imperial court.

After the letter, Zheng Chenggong further stated that these two ships could serve as examples to help our craftsmen study the shipbuilding techniques of the Western barbarians, learn from their essence, and make up for our own shortcomings.

On the 14th day of November in the seventh year of Zhaowu, all the defenders of Batavia retreated into the bastions, and more than 16,000 Qian troops were at the gates of the city.

The next war might be like the attack on Manila, a boring siege, but Zheng Chenggong was unwilling to give up. If he had to lay siege every barbarian bastion he encountered and wait for the barbarians to run out of food, people in later generations would only say that he was not good at land warfare.

Zheng Chenggong decided that this time, he must find a way to forcefully capture the city of Batavia!