Chapter 667: Ambushed
The plan went smoothly. In the Penghu area, with the addition of the Zheng family fleet, the main force of the Dutch fleet fell into a fierce battle.
Until now, the Denglai Navy has not yet joined the battle.
In the afternoon of that day, hundreds of huge fleets of small and medium-sized warships, such as sand ships, black ships, warships, and seat ships, drove into Jilong Port.
The Dutch had been destroyed by Shen Yourong leading the Dengzhou camp in the port of Jilong, and now there is only one wreckage in one place.
There were only more than 200 Dutch people left behind. Seeing such a huge navy attack from afar, they simply gave up their resistance and showed the white flag to surrender.
In terms of surrender, Westerners have always thought more openly than the Ming Dynasty.
They had no idea of being loyal to their country. In the eyes of these left-behind Dutch people, there was no need to die in such a battle that could not be won.
What's more than 200 Dutch people who stayed behind, in fact, only about forty royal naval soldiers, most of them were reserve seamen and sailors recruited from merchant ships.
It is not humiliating to choose to surrender when the other party has an absolute advantage.
Therefore, Tianjin Coastal Defense Guerrilla General He Huchen recovered Jilong Port almost without any injury.
Eight Dutch merchant ships were also docked in Jilong Port. In addition to many materials that were intended to trade in Japan, Manila and other places, a large number of weapons and equipment were also seized.
Among them, the Ming Dynasty purchased precision equipment from Spain for the manufacture of paper lead bullets.
Seeing this, He Huchen was very happy. He planned to come here to do something big, but he did not expect that the Dutch surrendered so simply.
During the operation to recover the chicken cage and the fishing island, only the fishing island was subjected to stubborn resistance from pirates.
However, judging from the news that had just been sent back, the Ming army had already arrived ashore, and the remaining pirates in Diaoyu Island would be wiped out sooner or later.
The Ming army of the Denglai Naval Division was different from ordinary naval officers and soldiers. Yuan Keli's unique training method made them more capable than ordinary garrison officers and soldiers on land.
Fishing Island.
The Ming army had more than 2,000 people ashore, led by the Qingzhou garrison under the command of Zhang Pan, the general of Laizhou. As soon as they got ashore, they defeated the small group of pirates.
Then, the Ming army began to conduct a carpet-style search on Diaoyu Island.
The first thing I went to was Diaoyu Town, the only small town on the island.
The brigade of Ming troops entered the town and was stunned by the scene in front of him. Outside the town, there was a deep pit with hundreds of corpses piled up in a mess.
The pirates obviously wanted to burn the bodies of the murdered people, but they did not burn them all. The scene seemed black and messy.
The guard was silent for a while and sighed:
"Filling the big hole can be considered as burying them for peace."
Then he ordered:
"Transfer my order to search the entire Diaoyu Island and find traces of pirates, leaving no one to comfort the people who are suffering from death!"
"Abide by the order!"
With a command, the Ming army rushed into the town one after another.
In the center of the town, a huge tree stands erected on it, and a woman who seems to be from a wealthy family was tied to it. She was not wearing any clothes and was covered with shocking blood marks on her body.
Obviously, before her death, she was tortured by those pirates a lot.
Seeing this scene, the officers and soldiers of the Denglai Navy Division who entered the island and regained the soil clenched their fists, and flames rose in their hearts, wishing they could remove the pirates from the top.
"Send people to the chicken cage, ask He Guerrilla for instructions, and send a thousand more people to Diaoyu Island. No matter how many hiding places there are on this island, I will kill all these pirates!"
The garrison officer said hatefully, and then an officer and soldier ran towards the mooring place of the warships in the rear.
After hearing the tragic situation of Diaoyu Island, He Huchen was also a little regretful. He immediately sent two additional military ships, each carrying 500 officers and soldiers to reinforce Diaoyu Island.
After regaining Jilong Port, He Huchen was not idle either.
He led thousands of Ming troops ashore to demolish all the forts that the Dutch had not yet built, and started the reconstruction work with the remaining stone and wood. The more than 200 Dutch prisoners were the best workers.
In addition, he sent some small teams to march south, intending to take advantage of the opportunity to recover the entire Ryukyu, and requested the court to formally set up a government office in Ryukyu, and send civil and military officials to guard and take charge of the jurisdiction.
The sun shone into the gaps between the branches and leaves in the dense forest, and a group of more than a thousand Ming troops walked in the mountains and forests in Ryukyu.
Suddenly, a cannon sounded, and the sound of killing sounds suddenly appeared on both sides of the forest.
The Ming army was in chaos and thought it was the Dutch ambush, but soon, countless people in strange costumes rushed out of the mountains and forests.
These people are the mountain tribes who have lived here for generations.
The Gaoshan tribe was very frightened when they heard that the red-haired ghost occupied Northern Ryukyu.
The Gaoshan people have been setting up a large number of traps between the mountain roads leading to South Ryukyu from the chicken coop. I heard that a large group of people were coming, and I thought that the Dutch army was going to occupy the entire Ryukyu.
They were very brave and rushed down the mountain and used the terrain to fight with the Ming army.
However, the Denglai Navy's combat effectiveness is not weak in land battles. Everyone is wearing armor and equipped with a waist knife. After being frightened for a while, they soon began to fight back.
The Gaoshan people used local spear forks as combat weapons, and the sound of cannons sounded from time to time in the mountains and forests, which were also local cannons they made.
This kind of earth cannon is not as powerful as the tiger pier cannon, but it is extremely loud. In the dense mountains and forests, the chaos caused is stronger than lethality.
When the Ming army was frightened, the commander Qian Zong's first reaction was to climb the mountain to occupy the commanding heights and then command a counterattack.
This hit the minds of the Gaoshan tribe. The Ming army encountered a large number of traps while climbing the mountain, and poisonous stings flew out of the dense forest. Once the stings were not wrapped in armor, they would soon lose their combat effectiveness.
During the climbing mountain, the Ming army began to suffer a large number of casualties and showed signs of defeat. Mr. Qian was also filled with fear when he heard the sound of killing around him.
"Who is blocking the official army?"
"Can it be that the Dutch ambushed!"
Many Ming soldiers were entangled in traps, seriously injured and unable to move.
The Qiang General of the Navy Battalion, which commanded this Ming army, had no idea that there were indigenous people in the local area, did not know who they were fighting with, and there were no idea how many people there were on the other side.
Under the courageous attack of the Gaoshan tribe, the Ming army was caught off guard.
In shock, President Qian decided to abandon the wounded and retreat in the direction of the chicken cage.
He Huchen was extremely shocked when he heard this report. He looked at Mr. Qian, who was kneeling on the ground and was slightly injured, and said coldly:
"I don't even know who the other party is. What kind of battle did you fight?"
"Pull it down and kill it!"
President Qian quickly looked up, "General, give Bei Zhi another chance! Bei Zhi will definitely lead his subordinates into the mountains and strangle these thieves!"
He Huchen smiled and waved his hand:
"I will kill you not because you were defeated, but because you can even abandon the wounded! How can you keep you so timid and afraid?"
"Drag down, do military law!"
Mr. Qian was executed, but He Huchen did not dare to act for a moment. Judging from the poisonous arrows on the wounded and their description, he should not be a Dutch.
It seems that there is at least one force in Southern Ryukyu.
Thinking of this, He Huchen said:
"Send an order to find some locals in the chicken coop to see me, and ask carefully what the situation is in the south and who lives."
Chapter completed!