Chapter 596
The two thousand Ming troops suddenly opened fire, and smoke filled the woods. The moving teams were beaten to the ground and scattered in panic.
The coalition forces were old and the marching force was very thin. After one round of guns, most of the coalition forces on the road died. The remaining people were frightened by the attack and the team was in chaos. Many people turned around and ran away.
Tang Tong shouted loudly: "The whole army attacks!"
After speaking, he pulled out his horse and rushed out, with nearly a hundred cavalry behind him flocking to him.
The two thousand Ming troops inserted bayonets, raised their muskets, jumped out of the forest, and rushed into the chaotic coalition like a tiger descending the mountain.
After Zhao Ming led the army to land on the senior officials, he found that Chikan Castle and Rezhalan Castle were not easy to attack.
These two fortresses are both length and Chikan Fortress are located near the sea. They are built on a hill. The army needs to attack a lot. There are also three layers of fort walls. Each layer of fort wall is higher than the outside. If you can't find the correct way to attack, you will definitely suffer heavy casualties.
The Hot Chalan Castle built on Yikun is even more amazing. It is surrounded by sea and the army does not even have a place to spread or cover.
Therefore, Zhao Ming weighed the pros and cons, he could only trap the two forts first, first deal with the Dutch people and the big-brown natives who attacked Miaoli, and then concentrate his efforts to deal with the Dutch people in the two forts.
The Ming army suddenly attacked, and the big-bellied natives who were still in the primitive society were in chaos and fled in all directions. Seeing that the situation was not good, Roskanl led the Dutch to rush through the ambush area and fled to Chikanburg, but was blocked by the chaotic natives and chasing the formation.
At this time, Tang Tong rode a horse and rushed to the front. In a panic, the Dutch had no time to raise his guns to form a formation, and nearly a hundred cavalry had already rushed to the front.
Tang Tong saw a Dutch man wearing a weird outfit and a big hat, and stabbed him with a spear, causing a fierce and strong wind.
After thirty years of war, heavy cavalry charges were no longer popular in the West. Roskarn did not expect that he would meet him. In the future, he could block and dodge. His sharp horse spear had pierced his chest, carried his body, and crashed into the Dutch soldiers behind him.
Under Chikan City, the soldiers of Donghai Town set up a camp, and more than a thousand soldiers of the mainland army and many naval soldiers were stationed in the camp.
At this time, in the camp, Zhao Ming stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the castle on the sand table, and had to admit that the castle was indeed the crystallization of Western military technology.
Such a fortress had already been exerted to its extreme defense before the emergence of new weapons, and it was difficult to conquer both in the West and in the East.
The most correct way to fight such a fortress is actually to be trapped to death. Wait until the enemy you face is out of ammunition and food, and take the initiative to surrender. Otherwise, no matter how you attack, you will suffer heavy losses.
Zhao Ming looked at the two fortresses and frowned. At this time, the curtain was raised. Tang Tong came in with a head and laughed, "Prime Minister, more than 20,000 enemy troops were killed and dispersed by two thousand people in a low position."
The victory of the ambush was expected by Zhao Ming. The Dutch relied on sharp weapons to bully the natives. Once they faced the regular combat soldiers of Donghai Town, they had no advantage in equipment and were at a disadvantage, and their troops were weak, they were no opponents.
Zhao Ming asked: "How is the gain?"
Tang Tong said: "Report to the Prime Minister, he killed more than a thousand people, captured more than 300 enemies, and the rest ran away. Those who were ambushed and ran away, and the brothers didn't have time to capture them."
Zhao Ming nodded slightly, then pondered: "The Dutch among the captives, pulled them to the Chikan Fort, beheaded all of them, and sent people to warn the defenders in the city. The town gave them three days to consider, surrender and avoid death. The town ensured their safety. If they did not surrender, no one would be left after the city was destroyed."
Tang Tong responded solemnly, "The last one will obey the order!"
At this moment, Tang Tong withdrew from the tent and then picked out the Dutch prisoners.
These Dutch prisoners were originally ready to surrender. After all, they came from thousands of miles not to die, but for money and a better life. However, for the sake of need, Zhao Ming, who has always treated Dutch prisoners with preferential treatment, decided to kill the chicken to warn the monkey. Therefore, these prisoners did not receive the treatment of their predecessors and directly pressed to the city and ended their lives by beheading them.
A few days ago, the Dutch Navy was destroyed, which shocked the Dutch in Chikanburg.
Now, seeing the Dutch captives being beheaded, the Dutch in the fort were extremely frightened, but after they received Zhao Ming's warning, the internal MPs' ideas were not unified, and they hyped up and did not respond.
The day after Tang Tong returned to the camp, outside the camp of Donghai Town, a large crowd rushed over, but Miaoli's Donghai Town soldiers and the villagers. After learning that the Dutch were retreating, they took the initiative to attack, defeated the Big Belly King, and then advanced all the way south to the Grandmaster.
Zhao Ming then ordered Li Benshen to hang the head of the Big Belly King under the city, and then killed a few tribal leaders who were provoking trouble to help him, and ordered more than 10,000 people who came to surround Chikan Castle.
At this moment, the Dutch people in Chikanburg suddenly came to their opinions.
On the third day, before the time specified by Zhao Ming was reached, the Dutch in Chikan Castle surrendered to Zhao Ming under the leadership of officer Miao Lanshiting.
At night, in the camp of Donghai Town, Zhao Ming's tent was brightly lit, and many generals and schools gathered together to summarize the battle between the officials and discuss solutions to Rezhalanburg.
While surrendering Chikanburg, Zhao Ming also sent the Dutch Kyuichi to surrender Rezhelanburg, hoping that the Dutch Governor Fels could surrender to Donghai Town.
After Chikanburg surrendered under the intimidation of Donghai Town, Rezellandburg, where Fels is located, rejected Zhao Ming's kindness and decided to resist stubbornly.
At this time, Zhao Ming stood in front of the sand table and said in a deep voice, "The war has been going on. The vassal government has lost eight warships and less than three hundred casualties. With extremely small losses, it has wiped out the Red-Maoyi Taiwan fleet and forced the landing of Chikan Castle. It can be said that it is very smooth."
Zhao Ming did not count the losses of the previous garrison, and of course did not count the captives and the killing of Dadu Shengfan as the capture. At present, he was only counting the combat soldiers.
Zhao Ming changed his subject, "But the red-haired Yi in the Hotzelan Castle is unwilling to surrender, but it is a problem. Look at the Hotzelan Castle, and think how should this town attack?"
Regarding the Hot Chalam Fort, it was indeed a headache. Guo Zhong looked at the sand table and said to the toothache: "This Red-haired Yi built the fortress on the sandbank. The surrounding water was shallow, and the large ship could not reach it at all. When bombarded from a distance, solid bullets could easily form jumpers, and the flowering bullets could not hurt the enemy behind the stone wall."
Chapter completed!