Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 474

Artillery Song Qingshu admits that he is no match for these Westerners. After all, Hongyi cannons and Franc machine guns are all from the West, but the army of guns and beggars is enough to be proud of the world. Although flintlock guns have been invented in the last century, they have been It was not until the middle and late seventeenth century that the west began to install flintlock guns on a large scale, and Song Qingshu's flintlock guns were still an improved type, with a lidded fire box and a more sophisticated trigger device to make them more stable.

Six hundred Dutch mercenaries faced [-] Qi Qi Division who landed in the first wave, and [-] matchlock guns faced [-] flintlock guns. The Dutch mercenaries formed a corpse formation, and in this era, the Western army did not have the same weapon that determines the outcome, the bayonet!

The earliest record of the use of bayonets in the West was in southwestern France in [-]. The Dutch musketeers were still using spears while fighting hand-to-hand. There were too few enemies left. The Seventh Division did not even reload after firing their guns. Li Dingguo was the first to charge forward with a bayonet in his hand.

They took turns shooting, and the distance was less than 20 meters. The Dutch officer on the opposite side had not waited to throw the firecracker and draw out the saber, but was stabbed down by Li Dingguo with a bayonet. He turned around and knocked down another Dutch soldier with the butt of his gun. The soldier finally drew his knife, and before he could cut Li Dingguo to the side, he was stabbed to death by the begging army who rushed up from behind. The moment of life and death, it was this little time, even in the period of the Anti-Japanese War, the famous anti-Japanese sword In fact, it is no match for the devil's bayonet.

The reason why the Dutch mercenaries haven't collapsed is not because of their high morale, but because the casualties came too fast, and they didn't even react. The soldiers simply dropped their guns and turned around and fled to Chixian City, but how could they escape!
That handsome face was already filled with blood at this time, holding up the bloody bayonet, Li Dingguo shouted majesticly.

"Kill Hu!"

Less than half an hour after landing, the flag of the Dutch East India Company hanging on the red fort had been chopped down. The Dutch colony is very similar to the feudal fortress system in the Middle Ages. The residents usually live on the plains. When there is a war , just gathered in the fortress to take refuge, and the big bell rang, but only a small half of the population ran away, leaving a large number of employees and family members of the Dutch East India Company, all of whom were blocked by the beggar army who rushed up, holding bayonets The usually flamboyant Mr. Bai was kicked back. At this time, the Dutch fleet was almost wiped out, burning in the port, and the remaining Dutch sailors stood on the escape boat with their hands raised. At this time, Taiwan The city defense artillery also stopped.

In this battle, more than half of the desired results have been obtained. After landing on the Haiquan, looking at the brightly lit Chixian Fortress in front of him, Song Qingshu shook his head with some unsatisfactory intentions, and said greedily: "If you keep some cavalry, Those Dutch soldiers should not be able to go back in such a complete way, right?"

Thanks to the penicillin, the damage to the horses this time is quite small, and there is no large-scale horse plague. However, they can only carry about [-] horses when they are carried on the ocean. Seeing the vanguard Qiqi Division running and bouncing, they didn't catch up after all. The city continued to shell down. In order to avoid too many casualties, Li Dingguo ordered to withdraw.

Tonight's bloodbath is over here. After all, it is the middle of the night. In addition to setting up enough guard posts nearby, the beggar army and army who have lost energy began to set up tents near Chixian City, and the navy also retreated. Near the ear gate, avoid the shelling range of the Taiwan City Coastal Defense Artillery.

After setting up a comfortable hammock for himself and inspecting Chixian City, Song Qingshu finally stretched out comfortably. This step is a step forward.

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It was rare that he, the marshal begging for work, had a late sleep. It was almost eight o'clock the next day before he was called up by Secretary-General Li Xiangjun. After a good breakfast, Song Qingshu led his generals to parallax the front line again, but Looking over at this glance, Song Qingshu's good mood disappeared again.

This Taiwan city, that is, the Zeelandia city, is not only extremely steep facing the sea, but also so easy to defend and difficult to attack on the land side. Seeing the exposed muzzle of the Franc machine gun and the Dutch mercenaries who are patrolling nervously, it seems that the Henan people have also imitated the residence of the Japanese. There is also a porch built beside the city wall, which is a better cover than the crenel. killed the soldiers in the city.

With this thing, several riots by Taiwan's native residents were defeated.

"This place is too difficult to attack!"

Even Zhou Yuji, the head of the No. [-] Begging Division who is the backbone, couldn't help shaking his head in embarrassment after watching it.

During this time, Song Qingshu can count the results of the battle first. Chixian City is close to Neijiang, and it is the Dutch reserve warehouse. Here, the beggar army copied hundreds of thousands of Dutch silver dollars. There are thousands of skins and animal skins, more than 6000 boxes of sugar, and a lot of valuable spices such as cinnamon and pepper. In this battle, at least 70 million taels can be harvested.

Over 4000 expatriates from various countries were also arrested, but all of them were unshaven, with either yellow hair or red hair, and no black hair. Song Qingshu didn't know which country they were from. Only William, who came with the army, claimed dozens of British people. Get out, and lock up the rest.

More than 600 Dutch mercenaries died, and three hundred and two were killed, and the rest were basically captured. The chief of Chixian City and Major Kuiyi did not die. Li Dingguo shot him in the thigh, and at this time he was simply captured. Bandaged, limped and escorted over, at this moment, Song Qingshu was having a headache facing a large pile of Dutch-language files in the archives of Chixian City.

Here is almost a record of Dutch farms, land and bonds in various places in Taiwan. If these are deciphered, it will be very convenient to receive Taiwan, but this bastard He Bin can only speak Dutch and can't read. Foreign language is not such a popular major in the early years. If you have the skills to decipher, it is estimated that the begging army is enough to sort it out by yourself.

Holding a map of the Netherlands and having a headache, Kui Yi just came in, put down the thing, and Song Qingshu asked calmly, "Are you the leader of the Dutch in Chixian City?"

Before He Bin could translate, Kui Yi had already answered in broken Chinese.

"The next is Kwai I. Manstein, Major of the Dutch East India Company. Your Excellency, you have provoked the East India Company. It will not be long before the company's revenge is coming. You will bring disaster to your empire. If you stop now, there is still time!"

Not to mention, now is the period when China's trade is strong. It is not necessary for the Chinese to memorize words every day to learn English. If you want to do business with Daming, you must first learn Chinese. Listening to Major Kui's threats, Song Qingshu couldn't help but raise his head lol.

"Retaliation? Disaster? You want to threaten Daming just because you have only been independent for more than ten years in the Netherlands, with a population of less than 200 million? Your Excellency, how dare you say that!"

"I won't talk nonsense with you anymore, I will let you go back in a while, and persuade the Governor of the Netherlands to surrender!"

Kui Yi was obviously overjoyed when he heard this, but immediately Song Qingshu poured cold water on his head again.

"Don't you Westerners think that we in the East are all barbarians? This commander will give you a savagery. Regardless of whether the persuasion is successful or not, if you don't come back, this commander will hang you ten Dutch soldiers. Go! "

Song Qingshu is really angry at this point. Even in post-modern times, many of these foreign devils still discriminate against Chinese. The most famous incident of Mercedes-Benz executives scolding Chinese people, these bastards also used this kind of arrogance when they colonized everywhere. Ang played incisively and vividly. The Spaniards carried out several large-scale massacres of the Chinese in Manila. Having seen the bloody massacre of the colonists on the Americas, Song Qingshu didn't have a good impression of this group of colonizers.

At noon, the bastard was sent to the city of Zeelandia with a limp. In the afternoon, Bayintu's cavalry received good news. The three thousand cavalry basically conquered the Dutch estate and sugar cane field in Tainan. Just in time for the autumn harvest, no less than [-] to [-] tans of rice, sucrose, and wheat were seized, as well as venison, and some other livestock meat. And if he eats a Dutchman, the Dutch defenders who are still guarding Taiwan City will lose a mouthful of food.

However, in the evening, Kuiyi returned from Taiwan City and brought back bad news. The Dutch governor of Taiwan, Lu Meier, refused to surrender, saying that he would fight to the end.

This is actually not what Song Qingshu expected. After all, Zheng Chenggong regained Taiwan and was trapped here for eight months. But in this way, the situation faced by the begging army is embarrassing again. The entire staff and the most important southern waterway are still under control. Under the muzzle of the Dutch, and last night with the help of the astronomical tide, the northern channel of Luermen was blocked. Tonight, the channel was blocked, and the Qihuo Army Navy was cut in two. Half of them were trapped in Neijiang, and the other half were still outside At sea, if there is a typhoon or something, Song Qingshu will be in tragedy.

"I still have to think of a way!"

Eyes tilted towards the towering Dutch fortress in the southeast, Song Qingshu knocked his head with a headache...

(End of this chapter)