Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 322 Governor Kui Yi surrendered, Governor Batavia subdued
But soon, the nightmare of these Dutch people was over. After an unknown number of rounds of shelling ended, the Ming army on the sea and land finally stopped roaring and extinguished the artillery fire.

But this is not because the gunners were merciful and suddenly turned into the Virgin one by one, but because the cannons at that time were mostly made of cast iron or bronze, and their performance was very poor.

In order to prevent the artillery from exploding and reduce the waste of gunpowder and projectiles, these gunners all chose to temporarily stop shooting. It was time for the infantry to launch a charge to remove the Chikan City bunker.

After all, this is the seventeenth century, not the twentieth century after all. Humanity's military technology has not reached such an incredible level. In this era, it is simply impossible to destroy a fortress with artillery fire.

I saw that after the shelling was over, thousands of elite soldiers drawn from the Fujian Guards hurriedly launched the first round of attacks on the bunker.

Several timid Dutch military officers even approached Governor Kuiyi and proposed to negotiate peace with the Ming army outside the city to see if they wanted money or something, and try to meet the other party's requirements.

Because in the previous shelling, these officers had deeply understood that the balance of this battle was completely tilted towards the Ming army.

A fleet, thousands of cannons, and the soldiers who landed also carried light firearms and guns. This is no longer an enemy that a colonial fortress can handle. It has to be reported to the Federation of the Netherlands, and the Netherlands Parliament decides to send a large army over. No.

But before that, these Dutch soldiers need to think about how to survive. After all, they went thousands of miles away, abandoning their wives and children, not for the glory of the Netherlands. thing.

In the colonial era, all those who left their homeland and went to the colonies, no matter what their status, were forced to commit crimes or owe debts in their home country, or they wanted to go to the New World to make a fortune so that they could return home, or they had to live in the New World. Be a master for once.

These soldiers and officers are naturally no exception. If they hadn’t thought about it, wouldn’t it be good to honestly farm or do small business in the Netherlands? Earned a huge amount of wealth.

Hearing the officers' request, Kui Yi just wanted to raise his arms and shout for everyone to fight for the Netherlands to motivate them, but he saw the soldiers nestling in the corner one by one, trembling like mice caught by cats.

Seeing their faces full of fear, Kui Yi became discouraged. The victory of the battle is not something that the officers can decide. Their knowledge and skills can at most reduce their own casualties and increase the results of the battle.But after all, the battle depends on the courage of the soldiers to fight. Otherwise, not to mention defeating the enemy, it is enough to be lucky enough to keep the formation and prevent them from fleeing.

When he thought of facing the enemy's artillery fire and his own powerlessness to fight back, Kuiyi extinguished the flame of resistance that had just ignited in his heart.

Soon, someone was sent to contact the Ming army. After receiving the Ming army's guarantee of their life safety, Kui Yi decided to lead all the soldiers to surrender.

After Kuiyi surrendered, the Ming army divided its troops into many places one after another, and removed all the strongholds of the Dutch on Treasure Island one by one.

When Kui Yi and more than a thousand Dutch soldiers walked into the wooden prisoner-of-war camp, it marked that Treasure Island, which had been occupied for decades, was finally recovered by Daming on this day.

After spreading the good news of the recovery of Treasure Island to the mainland, transporting the soldiers and officials on the land to Treasure Island, establishing the government, and establishing the rule of the Ming government, Xu Hongji, Zheng Zhilong and others led the navy to continue southward. .

Their journey is not over yet. The Ming Dynasty's maritime territory is more than ten thousand miles long, and their last stop is the South China Sea.

Hundreds of years ago, the islands in the South China Sea were all small countries established by indigenous peoples. After seeing the fleet of Daming, each of them rushed to pay tribute to Daming. However, under the interference of Western colonists, this place is no longer what it used to be. Same again.

Among them, Mindanao and many surrounding islands were brought under the rule of the Spanish colonists. As an old colonial empire, the Spaniards did not leave this land until the beginning of the [-]th century.

Moreover, the strong invasion of the Spaniards seriously damaged the balance of the South China Sea. The small countries in South Asia could not only rely on the majesty of the Celestial Dynasty, but also use the force of the Spaniards to achieve their goals. As time went by, many countries actually forgot about the Ming Dynasty. Majesty, and a few hundred years later, the local aborigines even regarded the Chinese as pigs and dogs and slaughtered them wantonly.

Driving from Baodao all the way to the south and west, riding the wind and waves in the turbulent waves of the sea, within a few days, Xu Hongji and the others came to the sea of ​​Mindanao.

But before they approached the land, a boat spotted them first, and coincidentally, it was a Chinese fishing boat.

Because Mindanao is rich in products and has no government exploitation, Chinese people have immigrated here one after another for hundreds of years. However, most of the land in the world has its own owner, and the more fertile the land, the more so.

Although there is no exploitation by the government, these Chinese who came to Mindanao faced the oppression of the Spaniards and the bullying of the local indigenous people. Unfortunately, the imperial court could not give them asylum, and they did not inform the imperial court when they moved overseas.

Therefore, their lives have been very difficult for many years. Now when they saw the Ming army's fleet, these Chinese fishermen did not even care about the danger, and came up to see Xu Hongji and others, asking them to stand up for themselves.

Xu Hongji didn't want to get involved in this matter. After all, they moved overseas and were no longer under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. They were no longer the people of the Ming Dynasty. He should not care about their life and death. But when he thought that Zhu Cixiang wanted them to promote the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Hongji decided to stand up for them.

So they set off again and came to Batavia, which is the largest stronghold of the Spaniards here. The governor's office that ruled Mindanao and surrounding areas is here. At the same time, it is also the economic center of the Spaniards. Every year, a steady stream of spices, gold and silver are transported from here to mainland Spain.

After the Battle of Treasure Island, Xu Hongji and Zheng Zhilong knew that these foreigners would take hard but not soft, so they used the fleet to blockade Batavia Harbor and sank a Spanish warship anchored in the port.

The governor of Batavia never expected that such a huge fleet would approach the city, so he immediately decided to raise the flag and surrender, agreeing to all Xu Hongji's demands.

(End of this chapter)