The outcome of naval warfare in this era does not immediately determine the fate of a country like land warfare.

Behind the naval battle is the lasting economic and strategic confrontation between the two countries.

After the Battle of Lebanto, Ottoman did not lose his vitality because it had strong production capacity. Only a year later, a brand new fleet could join the army.

But for a new small country like the Netherlands that has been blocked on three sides, only a successful maritime robbery is enough to cause great damage to its vitality.

A few days after the first confrontation between the Han and the Netherlands fleets on the North Sea, the double-country ships, each with their own scattered ships met and fought at the sea, causing Yang Ce to lose three small boats.

However, the biggest gain has been obtained by Yang Ce, and his flying shark fleet intercepted four merchant ships loaded with oak.

This was enough for Yang Ce, his flying general could not afford another naval battle.

Yang Ce had seen the shore defense fortifications in Amsterdam, so he took the seized cargo ships and the uninhabited warships picked up on the battlefield, and nearly 30 warships and merchant ships sailed south in a mighty manner.

His target was The Hague, a small town without walls.

Although he was besieged in the naval battle, many people died of the Flying General and was still devastated after changing to a new sail, but the leader Yang Ce was in a good mood.

His head was wrapped in white canvas and his left arm was hanging around his neck with canvas. He looked a little embarrassed, but his face was particularly energetic. He pointed to Yang Jizhong, who temporarily commanded the fleet, and said, "Although the flying general suffered this, the Netherlands have compensated me for the materials for repairing the warships. Now they are only left to grab a port to repair the ship."

"You said the Earl's Tomb really has no city wall?"

"That's what the Spanish said." Yang Jizhong nodded and said, "They said the Earl's Tomb is the capital of the Dutch, but the scale has always been very small. It was not until recently that the permit to establish a city was obtained."

The city they are talking about is The Hague, a very small town, but has a high administrative status in the Netherlands.

"They raised the money, but they were unwilling to build the city wall. Instead, they used the money to build a yamen. So the Spaniards always wanted to break through that, so it should be very easy."

"Spanish……"

Yang Ce, with his arms hanging, turned around and walked towards the cabin. After walking two steps, he remembered that his captain's room was burned in the artillery battle. Many documents were gone. He simply stopped and asked, "Where is the Spaniard?"

"I don't know, I know Palma Jr. has been fighting in the Netherlands."

"It seems they have mentioned it." As he said, Yang Jizhong showed a distressed expression and said, "General, their names are hard to remember. You can press them if you don't strode or press them."

Yang Ce looked at Yang Jizhong for a while, sighed helplessly, and raised his hand and said, "Forget it, grab a port to repair the ship first, and then talk about what happened next."

Originally, Yang Ce wanted to contact the Spanish left-behind troops in Yigland to drive the ship directly. It took only four or five days to travel back and forth from Dover. He first defeated the ground and waited for the enemy to mobilize reinforcements on the spot.

When the enemy gathered according to his troops, the Spanish army under his command also arrived, he could snipe the enemy in The Hague with multiple times the strength.

However, I don’t know where the Spanish fighting in the south are now, so I can only go over and try my luck. It’s best to be able to repair the ship in that boat. If I can’t, I will steal the port to inquire about the situation in the war in the Western countries and go to the nearest Spanish occupying port to repair the ship.

They were not far from The Hague. According to the signing of the Dutch captives of the merchant ship, they could see the lights of the distant port on the ship two hours before sunrise the next day.

They were not familiar with the local coastal hydrology and were worried that the large ships with deep draft would touch the reefs. The fleet stopped offshore, put down nearly a hundred large and small landing crafts, and sent two teams of thousands to the beach in three trips.

When they complete the assembly, the horizon turns white and the nearest fishing village has been controlled by pirates.

It wasn't that they wanted to rob the fishing village, but the fishermen who went out to sea saw their movements and were intercepted on the way home. Soon a team of pirates blocked the entire village to inquire about information.

Immediately afterwards, four hundred pirates, led by Yang Jisheng, walked through the ancient noble hunting grounds, and rushed to control the square and various streets before the city residents who woke up early in the morning, and completely blocked the small and cute town.

The old noble living in the city woke up and opened the window and saw a few shirtless or dressed and armored soldiers not far away lifting up and aiming at his gun barrel.

People may never know when Yang Ce's troops occupied the city, but only know that hundreds of town guards in their military camp gathered after hearing the sound of muskets in the city.

A dense formation was lined up to meet Yang Ce's thin black lines.

Soldiers from all over the world were tanned at sea, most pirates were shirtless, and some people put on their snatched clothes and shoes. The military appearance was not awesome, but it had shocking professional skills.

Their line formation was meticulous and met the Hague Guards wearing black clothes and long halberds in five rows. According to the officer's order, the front row soldiers carried Spanish heavy messengers and scattered the distance between the two, and carried out a volley of exactly the same as the enemy entered seventy steps.

While they were shooting, the second row of soldiers with Portuguese muskets, Japanese iron cannons and Daming fuse bird guns followed closely behind them, and carried out the second round of firing on the enemy's charge road.

The two rows of soldiers on their shoulders carried various flintlock muskets and continued to move forward in the smoke of friendly troops. They were among the few elites among Han pirates, using the best weapons and having the best mental outlook. Many people even wore chain mail and other armors. They stopped at a very close distance from the enemy with excellent courage and took the muskets to aim.

Behind them, two rows of musketeers who had completed the shooting were loading on the spot, while paying attention to the situation ahead.

The last row of soldiers were not musketeers, but younger soldiers among the pirates. They had no combat experience and acted as tool men when they stood at the last responsible for the troops in front of them entering hand-to-hand combat or defeating the enemy.

The elite shooting at the front was completed, and the three rounds of musket strikes had defeated the enemy's front. The Hegemony Guards were shot to the ground before they could even realize what had happened.

The person who was hit by a heavy musket was almost dead at this moment. The soldiers who were hit by a light musket fell to the ground and wailed and rolled. Only a dozen people looked at each other, choosing the latter between throwing down their weapons and escaping with them.

Maybe it has nothing to do with courage, but when everyone is stupid, there is a person who is breaking the axes and takes everyone to charge forward.

However, this did not solve the problem. The pirate veteran at the front had already thrown the flintlock gun down. Everyone took out their hand guns and Sang Hai's Ming-style waist knife, and launched a counterattack on them.

Yang Ce, with his arms hanging, took over and inspected this wealthy and beautiful small town under the protection of the guards, and stood in the distance from beginning to end to watch the one-sided battle.

He has fought many wars, and in plunder, he is not less land than naval warfare. He relies on such tactics to fight against enemies of the same force. No matter who his opponent is, he has never lost.
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