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Chapter 213: Beating the Dutch Colonists

ps: The second update is here, there is no third update. Today there are so many trivial matters, so you can’t be at peace in the countryside! You have to go out for a trip later. Brothers, please bless me! Let’s go first.

Penghu was already captured by the Dutch at this time, and the Dutch began to build a city at the end of the Fengkou. The Dutch used muskets to force a large number of Chinese people on the island to dig up the soil and stones here.

The East India Company's branch in Batavia ordered them not to build the city largely, so as not to have too much impact on the company's finances. Therefore, the supply of bricks, limes and other materials in this castle is very negative. Therefore, most of the building materials are made of local materials, and are piled up by excavating the site's soil and stones, and then cemented with turf. Although some parts are made of rocks on the mountain, the overall structure is still quite fragile. In addition, Penghu has a lot of wind and rain, and the city walls often collapse, constantly fill soil, and fix them with wooden boards, which is still useless. This "Red-Haicheng" located at the tail of the wind hood can be said to be quite simple.

When the Fujian Governor Zhou Zuo heard that the Dutch occupied Penghu, he immediately asked the Dutch to withdraw from Penghu first and then discuss business.

However, the Dutchman "Relson" who led the team insisted on occupying Penghu.

Originally, the Shang and Zhou Zuo meant to let the Dutch retreat to Taiwanese officials and talk about trade. However, what Shang and Zhou Zuo did not expect was that not long after, the imperial edict came to the capital. The emperor asked him to immediately martial law on the coast and prohibited the Dutch from obtaining any supplies. At the same time, he asked Shang and Zhou Zuo to cooperate in preparing the supplies of the Denglai Navy.

"Denglai Navy? I didn't expect that the emperor would interfere in this matter. He also sent the Denglai Navy. It seems that it is not a big problem to deal with these red-haired men." In the governor's yamen, after Shang and Zhou Zuo received the imperial edict, he knew that there was nothing he had to do about this matter. Next, just prepare the supplies for the Denglai Navy.

Since the Denglai Navy defeated the Jiannu Navy, the Navy has a reputation.

On October 23, the second year of Tianqi, the Denglai Navy marched from north to south and arrived at Mawei Port in Fuzhou. The troops reached 3,000 and more than 200 warships.

Then the Denglai Navy issued an ultimatum to the Dutch, demanding that the Dutch withdraw from Penghu within five days.

On Penghu Island, after receiving this ultimatum, the commander of the Dutch fleet, Relsen, laughed contemptuously, and after sending the envoy away, he was completely unmoved.

"Since they are going to attack us, let them do it! I hope Li's advice will be useful." Reelsheng said indifferently. The adjutant said: "Li is from Ming, and he understands the environment of their country best. As long as we can cause enough trouble to their local government, they will give in to trade with us."

Obviously, the Dutch occupied Penghu because the intention of the drunkard was not to drink, but to trade. However, who gave this idea to the Dutch? Naturally, Li Dan, the pirate who monopolized the maritime trade between China and Japan at this time, was the big pirate Li Dan.

Li Dan also established trade relations with the Dutch when he was trading in Japan.

The Dutch wanted to trade with the Ming Dynasty, but the government refused to let it go. Li Dan gave the Dutch an idea, which was to cause trouble to the local government. As long as the matter was big enough, with the government's ability to seek stability in everything, he would definitely choose to calm down the situation in the end.

Penghu is geographically good and suitable for controlling the Taiwan Strait. However, Penghu does not have a natural port, and the wind is very strong, which is not suitable for large merchant ships to load and unload and transport goods. So at the beginning, Batavia asked Reelsen not to build the city too large, so as not to waste money.

But Lei Ersheng didn't know that they were playing big this time. Li Dan, who was paying attention to the situation in Penghu, also didn't know that he was going to play with him this time.

After Sun Yiguo brought more than 3,000 officers and soldiers from the Denglai Navy Division to Fuzhou, he only took a short rest for two days after replenishing supplies, and then set sail and headed straight for Penghu.

In early November of the second year of the Tianqi revelation, the Dutch was beaten by the Denglai Navy in Penghu.

When the Dutch discovered the Denlai Naval Division, they immediately sent out all their warships, a total of twelve ships, trying to repel the Denlai Naval Division with the tactics of "Fang Fengzhen".

But as soon as the Dutch approached, they found that it was in big trouble.

The Denley Navy also had naval guns. Although there were not many, they could not fight back. Moreover, a large number of warships began to encircle Dutch warships from the flanks.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Reelsheng quickly commanded the retreat. But in the end, he was still one step slower, and the two warships were quickly surrounded by Ming warships.

"Snap the boat." Sun Yiguo's eyes shone, and someone made a flag slogan. Damn it! This is a gunboat!

The two Dutch gunboats surrounded in the middle were soon submerged by the Denley Navy. The ship's side was locked with a large number of hook claws. After pulling it over, the navy officers and soldiers first called the Dutch a round with guns and shotguns of infantry cannons. Then the navy officers and soldiers jumped onto the deck of the enemy ship like wolves and tigers, and slashed the Dutch.

The Dutch were known for being good at fighting on the board, but this time they met the more rogue Denley Navy Division. These northern soldiers were all strong and had no less physical fitness than these Dutch hooligans. They were well-equipped, well-trained, and extremely high morale. The Dutch soldiers on the deck were chopped melons and vegetables and fell into a pool of blood.

Those who are smarter will surrender immediately.

Two Dutch gunboats were snatched up very smoothly.

Reelsheng, who had retreated in a panic with the other ten warships, returned to Magong Bay, which was guarded by Fengguiwei Castle, and was still scared.

If it weren't for running fast, it would have been wiped out.

However, on this sea, it is safer as long as it is not too close to the Ming army warships. After all, their ship speed is still advantageous, and the Ming army warships cannot catch up with them.

Rayer had just breathed a sigh of relief, but the Denglai Navy landed in Penghu.

There are many ports in Penghu, and the Dutch were unable to stop the Ming army from landing on the island.

A crushing war officially kicked off. Denglai Shui Division unloaded more than fifty 1,500-pound ten-pound cannons from the warship. After hearing the news, he rushed to help the Penghu people, and pushed these heavy artillery two kilometers away from the "Red Mao City" and then built an artillery position.

The Dutch troops in the city were only 1,000. Facing the Denglai Navy Division with a force of 3,000, they had no intention of abandoning the city and running away.

The purpose of trading has not been achieved yet, so it is naturally impossible to escape.

The night passed like this, and the next morning, the Denglai Navy was ready to attack the city. More than fifty heavy artillery immediately roared with an order.

The moment the shells hit Hongmao City, the Dutch people's faces turned pale. With just one round of artillery bombing, Hongmao City exposed how bad the project was. Only a dozen shells hit the city walls had broken a gap.

"How could the Orientals have such powerful artillery?" Relson was stunned and immediately shouted: "You can't let these Orientals shoot down like this. Our castle can't withstand the attack of shells at all. Fortunately, these Orientals don't have many troops, so they immediately dispatched infantry to destroy their artillery."
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