The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 492 Capture Success
In less than two hours, Ding Yi took control of the whole city.

The city of Zeelandia, which had been managed by the Dutch for many years, finally fell into the hands of the Chinese.

The fort quickly fired to the southwest.

Boom, boom, boom, three shots in a row.

The sailors hiding nearby hurried to this side.

When Putesman and Pilut saw a large number of Ming people's ships docking, and a steady stream of infantry stepping on the collar, the neat steps, the cold iron armor, and the murderous army array deeply felt this. Only the strength of the army.

They have fought countless naval battles with the Ming army, and several times with Zheng Zhilong. All the Ming troops combined are not as elite as the army in front of them.

Only the disembarkation discipline has reached or even surpassed the army forces of European powers.

Putesman's eyes were full of shock, while Pilut was full of envy. He also hoped that he could command such an army instead of the rotten fish and stinky shrimps under his original command.

Putesman felt more deeply the strong desire of the Ming people to occupy this place.

A total of [-] soldiers and horses disembarked continuously.

Seeing so many elite soldiers, Putesman can be sure that except for the powerful European countries that can send more than [-] elite troops, there is no army from any country that can take back the city of Zeelandia on land.

The East India Company simply couldn't do it.

The company's army units are all retired soldiers from various armies, and even a group of rogues.

It is also impossible for an army with more than [-] people to land here.

You must know that the entire East India Company had an army of [-] at its peak, and it had to guard various strongholds.

From now on, the big officials will be ruled by Ming people.

Putesman smiled wryly: "General Ding, congratulations, your powerful army will occupy this hot land forever."

"General Putesman, we will always be friends. You must not forget this." Ding Yi said sincerely: "If, I mean, if you are not happy in Europe, Daming and I will always welcome you. you."

A strange smile appeared on Putesman's face: "General Ding, you are worthy of Ming."

Seeing Ding Yi's army, Putesman also felt Ding Yi's ambition.

If you have such an army without the same ambition, you must be a bad general.

He suddenly looked forward to it.

Three hours later, various statistics were presented to Ding Yi and the others.

This time, the city of Zeelandia was captured at the lowest cost. Ding Yi suffered more than 40 casualties, of which 300 were killed in battle. The Dutch suffered more than 100 casualties and more than [-] were killed in battle.

860 four Dutch soldiers were captured.

Because of today's rest, the vast majority of the navy did not carry weapons, and they were all arrested.

Zhao Dashan immediately took control of the weapon warehouse, and most of Ding Yi's casualties occurred during the fight for the weapon warehouse.

The Dutch saw that they could not take down the weapon warehouse, and the Ming army rushed in later, so they had to surrender one after another.

In addition, hundreds of Dutch family members were arrested, as well as local and aboriginal elders and Han elders. (They all help the Dutch manage the local people).

Some of the Dutch also fled, fleeing east to the castle of Promencia.

The Dutch had two main defensive points in Daju, and a Prominian castle to the east, across the sea from Zeelandia.

Some people ran eastward.

There are more than 100 people in Promincia Castle, less than [-] people.

After taking the city of Zeelandia, there are simply too many families there, because many family members of officers and soldiers are in the hands of Ding Yi.

Immediately, Ding Yi sent someone to surrender.

The people of Promincia Castle refused to surrender at first.

Ding Yi was also polite, and immediately found some family members and escorted them to the fort.

In less than 3 minutes, a white flag was raised in the fort.

When some Dutch officers came out, they were still yelling, explaining that people don't talk about martial arts, they are despicable and dirty.

Two days later, all the Dutch surrendered and gathered in Zeelandia.

At this time, it was only outside the Granville.

The battleship Granville is the second largest warship of the Dutch in Taiwan. It has 24 guns and 88 sailors and soldiers.

Ding Yi was not in a hurry, and believed that they would come back sooner or later, after all, the family members of some of them were in Zeelandia.

After this battle, Ding Yi got 1215 Dutch sergeant prisoners, 368 Dutch family members, and 7 Dutch warships.

Among them, the largest battleship Pross is a three-tier sailing battleship, with two decks and 50 artillery pieces, all of which are 42-pound and 32-pound cannons. The combat effectiveness is very strong.

Ding Yijue's [-] silver is too worthwhile.

Only the city of Zeelandia has been built by the Dutch for several years, but it has not been completed yet, and there are still projects in the later stage. It has spent an unknown amount of manpower and financial resources.

Not to mention that the Pross is in Europe, worth at least 10 taels of silver.

After all the military operations were over, on the one hand Ding Yi waited for the Granville to return to Hong Kong, on the other hand he summoned all the Dutch officers and soldiers.

Ding Yi told the big news.

If you are willing to go back to the Netherlands, I will contact the East India Company and your company will pay you to redeem you back.

If the East India Company refuses to pay, I will give you a free ship and enough food to send you out of the port and return to Holland by yourself.

If willing to stay and fight for me.

Soldiers pay ten taels of silver per month, and officers pay extra.

This silver is converted into Dutch guilders, which is equivalent to three times the wages given by the East India Company.

There was a sudden commotion among the Dutch soldiers, and many people talked about it.

Of course, because many Dutch soldiers are not well disciplined, Ding Yi also stated that they will use strict training to drill them, and if they can't stand the pain, they should not stay.

Everyone has seen Ding Yi's elite soldiers and horses, and they also know that this kind of training must be very difficult.

Soon, the crowd was clearly divided into two waves.

Three out of ten asked to leave, and seven out of ten were willing to stay.

To Ding Yi's surprise, there are many in the navy who are willing to stay, which makes Ding Yi very happy.

Zhao Dashan thought for a long time, but still couldn't hold back, and asked Ding Yi carefully, would the salary of Heshan people be too high?Do we brothers have any objections?
Ding Yi glanced at him in disappointment, and said earnestly: "Dashan, in the entire Dongjiang Town, I like you the most, and I think you are the most like me. You let me down so much."

Zhao Dashan blushed deeply, feeling ashamed.

"In the future, when you are here, you should use the Dutch to beat the cooked ones, and use the cooked ones to beat the raw ones. First, consume all the Dutch."

Zhao Dashan suddenly realized that he was not despicable enough.

Two days later, the Granville returned to Hong Kong and joined the surrendering army, so that all the Dutchmen and warships were in Ding Yi's hands.

Ding Yi asked for his willingness to leave, and didn't waste time asking the East India Company, as it would take another year to come back and forth.

Just give them boats and food, and send them away.

Because there were nearly 400 people leaving, Ding Yi gave two boats.

Moreover, they are all his own boats, and he did not give them to the Dutch. After all, the Dutch boats are better than some of his old boats.

The remaining nearly 900 people, after three months of queue training, will be used intensively by the infantry and navy to ensure their combat effectiveness. In addition, Ding Yi will make better use of them.

On November 11, Putesman left Daguan with more than 18 people including some family members.

Ding Yi gave him enough fresh water and food.

(End of this chapter)