Lord of Ming Dynasty

It is only three miles away from here to Chixian City. The artillery enters from this side, and it takes about five miles to go. Expand the road and pave the road. The cannons can be pulled to the back of the ridge on the side of the coastal defense fort with a cart , It is about three miles away from here to Chixian City.

After the road is paved, it only needs to be excavated about 200 meters away to carry out horizontal expansion. There are mounds about several meters high here, which can be used as a barrier to cover the excavation. Digging in from the mound will soon advance to the The scope of the enemy's parapet, there are two enemy parapets, one at 500 meters, has been completely destroyed, there are some ruins, just as the place where the second trench spreads out horizontally.

Here even a [-]-pounder can concentrate the enemy's walls.

"Here, here, do this," Zhang Qiang told Tang Dianfeng bit by bit.

Liu Guoxuan and the others listened carefully. For a long time, when Zhang Qiang raised his head, he met a pair of surprised, adoring eyes from afar.

Yu Xing patted his thigh, "Wow, why didn't I think of that, why are we so stupid?"

His words drew a lot of blank stares.

Everyone's eyes seemed to be, "You idiot, even if you know that everyone didn't think of it, you don't have to say it. Isn't this telling people that we are a bunch of idiots?"

But Yu Xing didn't have this awareness, he was still excited, and looked at Zhang Qiang with soft and adoring eyes.

Originally, what Zhang Qiang saw was the vigilant and indifferent eyes of everyone, and he only cooperated with Zhang Qiang out of helplessness. After all, warlords, even the generals under the warlords, themselves are very vigilant. An outsider will help you fight , what is his intention?Don't you want to benefit from yourself?They are very happy to take things from others, but it is their fault that others take things from them, even if they are to help them.

But at this moment, they looked at Zhang Qiang with less indifference, less vigilance and more approval.

The pirates, heroes, and warlords at this moment can be said to have a rather contradictory character. They agree with the good and the good with them, but they are vigilant at the same time. But for those who are capable, They admire those who can convince them. Heroes cherish heroes, and hot-blooded heroes are probably like this.

Chapter 2 The Dutch Iron Bucket Defense

Don't look for people who build roads, dig ditches, and transport earth and rocks. The third battalion of Jinhua Rebel Army Tang Dianfeng has [-] captive soldiers and [-] militiamen. These people may not be able to fight, but they are still very happy and efficient. Because when they have nothing to do, they do these things.

The Jinhua Rebel Army repaired roads, dredged rivers, dredged silt, opened up wasteland, built water conservancy facilities, diverted water for irrigation, planted trees, built bridges and paved roads, built houses and buildings, built boats and fished in the territory. Many militiamen were prisoners before doing these things.

Where did the militiamen come from? Half of the militiamen were converted from captives, some were recruited from refugees, and only a small part were recruited from local people. Zhang Qiang wanted to let the people in his territory recuperate. So a lot of hard work, dirty work, tiring work, and even dangerous work are done by captives.

Captives are consumables.

This is the understanding shared by Zhang Qiang's group.

But this time, he came here to fight for Zheng Jun, so of course he would not use his forces in vain, Zhang Qiang asked Zheng Tai and Liu Guoxuan to contribute part of their manpower.

The two of them didn't think much about it. They were here to cooperate with Zhang Qiang's Jinhua Rebel Army to liberate Treasure Island for them. It was impossible not to pay, so they quickly mobilized 1 people and put them on the construction site in batches.

Inside Red City, the Dutch Captain John de Boer has silver hair, wearing high boots, white trousers, taupe military uniform, carrying a waist knife, wearing a cowboy hat, and holding a copper monocular in his hand. Observe the Ming army outside the city.

He was restless, frightened, and worried in his heart, but for his further promotion and to save his own life, he tried his best to pretend to be calm, and he didn't even have a vibrato when speaking, and he paused every word, as if Nothing moved him, made him feel panicked.

What is Ming Jun doing?

He is not actually worried, what he is worried about is Governor Kui Yi and his fleet.

Since the fleet left that night one and a half months ago, it has never returned. Since I woke up from that night until the day, I found that countless Ming troops had landed on the coast, destroyed the dock, and controlled the ships on the dock. Since then, Chixian City has been surrounded by the Ming army.

In the first half of the month, since the Ming army did not form an effective encirclement, he could still rectify his troops and make an attack, but the strength of the Ming army was too much, even if they could use the advanced tactics of firing volleys of guns to kill as many as 2000 Ming troops. However, the strong style of the Ming army still caused some damage to his defenders. Several two-pound and three-pound cannons were destroyed or captured. More than 100 people *********** killed, fifty sailors captured or missing.

This is already more than one-eighth of his military strength. He has only more than 800 soldiers in total, and with more than 200 sailors stranded, he has a total of more than 1000 troops.

The Ming army almost reached more than 3 people.

In the first few days, he also sent people to contact Zeelandia City and the expedition team and settlements that went deep into the interior of Baodao, and withdrew those expeditions and settlements into the city, and even searched for some people who had good relations with them on Treasure Island. The tribe's personnel and their families, as well as the former officials and soldiers of the Ming army who had good relations with them, the people of the Ming Dynasty, businessmen, gentry, and landlords.

The population of Chixian City soared from a mere 2000 to 1, and the number of soldiers capable of fighting reached more than 3000.

150 gunners were equipped with 750 coolies from various nationalities, factions, tribes, and countries, young and strong as assistants, and even those with experience in combat, sailors, and gunners were drawn from the original residents to form a second cold weapon force of 800 people , stationed in various important places in the city, and responsible for patrolling the city and maintaining law and order.

As the battle progressed, he had to arm the more than 700 militiamen, issued them spears and broadswords, and sent them out of the city to join a regular army of 200 musketeers and [-] artillerymen. The breast wall resisted the Ming army.

The Ming army did not disappoint them. The attack once a week used 8000 people for the first time and flattened all their obstacles outside the city wall. Although they suffered heavy losses, about 1000 people were killed by artillery fire, and more than 500 people People were killed by militia units and artillery auxiliary units that went out of the city to attack, and more than 2000 people were injured. The corpses and wounded lay on the ground outside the castle. The wailing made some militiamen on the city wall feel unbearable.

At night, the Ming army snatched back the wounded and corpses, and the militiamen felt better.

In the second week, the Ming army launched another attack, this time attacking the castle from three directions, and successfully knocked down the first line of the moat. In addition to sweeping away all obstacles, they also filled in some areas of the moat.

This time the casualties were still more than [-].

The second time the militiamen in the castle were not in as much mood as the first time. The first time they bombed the enemy with artillery, and the second time they fought hand-to-hand with the enemy. The militiamen left 200 corpses and injured more than [-] people. Destroyed two three-pound guns, three four-pound guns, and one six-pound gun. It can be said that the loss was not small. The pain of hitting oneself was so painful that none of the militiamen felt sorry for others, but felt angry and swore Kill more enemies at a time and avenge the dead and wounded.

For the third time, the Ming army dispatched more than 3000 people to attack from the front. Two consecutive waves of attacks caused the militiamen to fall into a bitter fight for the first time. The Ming army tore down the 50-meter parapet and killed more than 500 militiamen. More than 30 gunners were killed, and a ladder was almost erected under the city wall.

This time the Ming army lost more than 2000 people.

But John De Boer's mood became more and more heavy. The enemy was advancing again and again, and the city was about to attack. The parapet had lost its effect, and only the cavalry of the regular army in the city could go out of the city to sneak attack the enemy who was besieging the city. Troops and militiamen can only go to the city wall to guard.

Because of the two attacks, more than half of the militiamen were lost. There were only 2000 militiamen left in the original 1000-strong militia.

John de Boer had to mobilize all the active people in the city again, women to cook, clean the streets, tidy up the stables, feed the horses, children to serve as messengers and sentries, old people to help in blacksmith shops and arsenals, middle-aged people Go to the streets to maintain order, work as porters, responsible for carrying weapons and supplies, young people organize training, shoot, fire, replace militia guarding the city wall, and the regular army is responsible for training and taking care of the defense of key areas.

This time his troops were revived with full blood, but their combat effectiveness dropped drastically. Maybe if he was given another year, he could get [-] regular troops, but did the Ming army give him so much time?

The only thing that reassures him is that Westerners generally pay attention to the storage of grain and food when guarding castles. A castle generally has grain or food that can last for one year, and supplies can even last for three years. Gunpowder and shells for cannons, Sufficient, even after playing for half a year, there is no problem, and the warehouse is piled up like a mountain.

In previous battles, he found that the Ming army did not have many artillery pieces, and most of them were below [-]-pound guns. Such cannons would not be able to break through the city walls even if they fought for a year. It will be destroyed by the cannons of one's own side condescending on the city wall.

Their range and power, and even the quality of their cannons are subpar.

In the latest attack, the enemy concentrated their so-called Hongyi cannons, which were imitations of the twelve-pound cannons captured by the Portuguese, but their quality was not good, and their range was not as far as the cannons made by the Dutch themselves, let alone their own The cannons on one side are condescending, and the range of each cannon is 200 meters longer for no reason.

Although the range of the cannon at this time is far away, the power is not enough, especially the helpless hit rate, which makes people want to hit the wall, but it is still useful in the face of an army like the Ming army that relies on human sea tactics. .

As long as the cannons on the city wall are fired together, no matter whether they hit the enemy or not, the enemy will generally stir up and run all over the mountains and plains. An enemy will also make the remaining enemies retreat in a hurry, and then rush up again to die under the supervision of the officer.

After repeating this three times, the Ming army's attack stopped, and no one dared to charge forward anymore.

But after a long time, the enemy seems to have figured out some rules. They rush forward to fight you hand to hand. morale hit.

This kind of situation should not happen too much. As long as there are only two out of ten attacks by the Ming army, the Dutch colonial army with a small force will suffer heavy losses.Any attack would cause a lot of damage to his troops. He only had 600 regular troops and more than [-] militia auxiliary troops.

The loss of 300 people in one and a half months was a heavy blow to Chixian City, which had a population of only 1.

The Ming army has no shortage of time, but he does.

I don't know when the governor's reinforcements will arrive. How is their battle with the Ming army called the Jinhua Rebel Army? Why haven't they returned yet? Could it be that the entire army has been wiped out?

Since the Dutch attack on the Jinhua Rebel Army started at night, after the brigade fleet left, Zheng Chenggong landed and surrounded the cities of Chikan and Zeelandia in a few days, so most of the defenders in the two cities did not know the exact location In the battle situation, all they can do is to stand by and wait for help.

"500 meters, fortunately, that is within the effective range of the defenders' cannons, and the accuracy is still acceptable,"

John de Boer didn't know why the Ming army had changed its nature and suddenly started digging trenches, but he didn't take it seriously. The Dutch didn't have many other things, but they had a lot of cannons. On the front wall alone, there were 400-pound cannons Six gates, with an average of [-] meters per gate.

There are twelve twelve-pound guns, with an average of two at 400 meters.

Three cannons form a battery to attack long-range enemies.