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Chapter 172

It was still raining in Cengang, and a large number of Ming soldiers boarded the sea boats moored in the harbor.

People from Jintang Island suddenly appeared in Zhoushan. Huang Binqing's subordinates also noticed it, but they did not have orders and did not dare to dispatch troops without authorization. Just as they were hesitating, they ordered the flag to come and the entire army went out to sea to rescue Jintang Island.

The soldiers boarded the Shanghai ship. The military academy saw Huang Binqing wearing a straw raincoat standing by the dock. He was no longer confused and got on the boat from the ladder.

Not long after, on Zhoushan Island, the main force of the Ming army came out in full swing and all boarded the ships.

Zhao Ming then said to Huang Binqing: "Master Huang, get on the boat!"

Huang Binqing was helpless, and Zhao Ming held a dagger against his waist. How could he dare to say no?

"Okay, I hope Mr. Zhao keeps his word!" Huang Binqing said, boarding a lucky ship from Jintang Island.

Zhao Ming followed the boat and immediately waved his hand to order, "Rise the anchor and raise the sail, rush straight to Liegang, and wipe out the Red and Mao Yi!"

On the Fu boat, Huang Binqing's flag was hung. It was dark and rainy, and the fire could not be raised. The soldiers beat the gongs and drums to issue orders. Each sea boat pulled up the anchors, raised bamboo sails, and fished out of Cengang and rushed towards Liegang in the southwest.

Nearly four hundred sea boats of all sizes left Zhoushan Island, and the heavy rain in the sky stopped, turning into thin light rain. A large area of ​​moving black shadows moved on the sea, and the scene was spectacular.

The next morning, it had some impact on the Dutch artillery on the rainy day, but the artillery on the lower deck still roared.

Yesterday, three hundred Dutch soldiers almost occupied the top of the mountain and inserted the flags of the Netherlands and East India Company to the top of the mountain, but the Explosive Iron Thunder used by the defenders disrupted the formation of the Dutch soldiers and failed the attack.

In the battle that day, more than fifty Dutch soldiers died, which made Kau feel very distressed.

Although the Dutch killed and injured at least five times the Chinese, Kau still felt that he had suffered a loss.

The Netherlands is a small Western European country. The population of the entire country is only three to four million, which cannot be compared with China. Moreover, no Dutch has sailed for one or two years before reaching China. If one dies less, it is difficult for the company to get supplementary.

For China, the death of fifty soldiers can only be considered an armed battle, but for Taiwan's East India branch, it is already a trauma.

In South China, Dutch soldiers only needed to rogue guns and shoot, and could easily defeat thousands of indigenous people. This time they used artillery and rogue guns, but failed to defeat the Chinese.

This is one of the biggest losses that East India Company has suffered in the past decade since the Liaoluo Bay.

Kaowu stood on the deck and glanced at the top of the mountain with a thousand-mile mirror. "I gave a deep voice to continue shelling, smash the mountain, and launch an attack."

This time, Kau decided to use cannons to completely destroy the resistance of the island defenders, and then order the soldiers to occupy it.

"It's your Excellency!" the officer next to him saluted.

The seven gunships began to roar, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the harbor. The mountain cannon array was destroyed by the Dutch on the first day. The Ming army could only hide in the trenches and be beaten passively.

At this time, Kau was admiring the spectacular scene of cannons bombarding the hills. Suddenly, looking at the Dutch soldiers on the fight, sounded the alarm bell and exclaimed: "There is a fleet!"

Kaowu heard the sound and turned his head to look at it. Sure enough, he saw shadows of sails appearing outside the harbor, which were Chinese hard sailboats.

An officer hurriedly walked to the edge of the strings of the boat, looked out for a while, and walked back to Kauu, "The Commander, it is a Chinese ship, with hundreds of them. We should withdraw from the harbor immediately!"

Kaowu put down the Qianli Mile Mile, but smiled and said, "No, that's the yellow fleet. They came just in time, so that our soldiers could be prevented from suffering casualties!"

After saying that, Kaowu handed Qianlijing to the officer next to him. When the other party saw that there was indeed a big yellow flag on a lucky boat.

At this time, the West had no overwhelming advantage over China in terms of economy, culture and military affairs. Chinese culture is quite strong in East Asia. Western missionaries need to learn Chinese culture and interpret the Bible in Confucian ways. Western barbarians who come to China to do business also need to recognize some Chinese characters and speak some Chinese dialects.

The officer also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

Huang Binqing first approached Zheng Zhilong and contacted the Dutch through Zheng Zhilong's relationship.

The Dutch were actually acquiesced by Zheng Zhilong. For Zheng Zhilong, he was a businessman and focused on interests.

These Dutch people are more difficult to deal with, and long-term wars are not cost-effective, which affects trade. Moreover, Zheng Zhilong also needs the Dutch people to buy the goods from him and then transport them to the West.

When leaving the Dutch in Taiwan, Zheng Zhilong could support the enemy and respect himself. On the other hand, he was convinced that after the Battle of Luowan, he defeated the Dutch. The Dutch paid taxes to the Zheng family every year and had become his business partner.

Therefore, the Dutch actually trusted Zheng Zhilong, and this time it was Zheng Zhilong's connection. With the acquiescence of the Zheng family, they agreed to Huang Binqing to attack Jintang Island.

The officer put down the Qianli Miles Miles, "Didn't the king say that they will wait until we capture Jintang Island and come again?"

Kaowu shrugged, "Who knew? Maybe Huang changed his attention, afraid that we will take over Jintang Island alone!"

"Will you take it alone?" the officer asked.

Kaowu smiled on his face, "The place where the company has built is naturally the company. Zheng Yiguan is now restrained by the Tatars and has no intention of managing the ocean. Perhaps the company's opportunity has come again."

As he was talking, the fleet had arrived outside the Liegang. Zhao Mingyuan thought that the Dutch would withdraw from the harbor when he saw the fleet, and remained vigilant, but he did not expect that the Dutch were still bombarding Jintang Mountain.

"Master Huang, it seems that Hong Maoyi trusts you very much!" Zhao Ming said sarcastically.

Huang Binqing looked at the Dutch in the harbor and knew that they were finished. He sighed: "They are giving Zheng Taishi's face, and I don't actually have much interaction with them."

Next to Sun Si Jiang said, "I was running on the sea. I heard that Hong Maoyi values ​​contracts very much. They formed an alliance with Huang Dashui, which was equivalent to signing a contract, so I didn't take any precautions!"

Zhao Ming glanced at Sun Sijiang and shook his head, "Red Maoyi will only value the contract when your strength is comparable to him. If he has the ability to destroy you, you will see if he will abide by the contract. It will definitely be eaten or forced to sign an unequal treaty that will squeeze you. You still have to abide by such a treaty, and do you emphasize how to abide by the contract?"

Sun Sijiang fell into deep thought when he heard the words. Zhao Ming looked at the seven gunships in the bay, but his eyes showed an excited look. He suddenly pulled out his knife, "The ship orders the fleet to go up and capture the barbarian ships and reward them! Today I will give the red-haired ghost a vivid lesson!"
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