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Text 829 [Breaking the Governor's Mansion]

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    "Bang bang bang bang!"

    Inside the castle, there were sporadic gunshots.

    After hearing the news, civil and military officials came to the north city wall to check.

    Liu Hanyi asked: "What are the Dutch doing?"

    A watchman who just got off the hot air balloon pointed in the direction of the castle and said, "There are gunshots coming from the position of the Dutch Governor's Palace. At first there were sporadic gunshots, then the sounds became denser, and then became sparser again. It has been going on for a long time.  For more than ten minutes. The defenders of the four bastions of the enemy army went towards the governor's mansion one after another."

    This is the role of the hot air balloon. If you stand on the city wall and observe, you will definitely not be able to see it so clearly.

    "The enemy's internal strife?" Liu Hanyi asked doubtfully.

    Deputy envoy Sun Jie asked: "Is it because the enemy is using tricks to lure us to attack, and then kill us by surprise?"

    "I'll go up and have a look!" Zhang Xianzhong said.

    Soon, Zhang Xianzhong also boarded the hot air balloon, picked up the binoculars and observed carefully.

    Due to the occlusion of the building, it is difficult for outsiders to see clearly what is going on inside the castle.

    Fortunately, the Governor's Mansion was built quite high, and Dutch soldiers could be vaguely seen hiding on the roof of the Governor's Mansion, shooting continuously towards the outside of the Governor's Mansion.  Similarly, there are also soldiers outside the Governor's Mansion, firing guns into it, and bullets leave marks on the outer wall from time to time.

    And outside the Governor's Mansion, there seemed to be more than one force, and they were also firing at each other.

    Zhang Xianzhong said to the flag commander: "Wave the flag and gather troops to attack!"

    It was impossible for the flag commander to listen to Zhang Xianzhong, but he admired Zhang Xianzhong a lot, and chose to carry out half of it, waving the flag order to gather soldiers.

    Liu Hanyi couldn't understand Ling Qi and asked, "What did you say on the hot air balloon?"

    Tie Hong explained: "Gather soldiers."

    Liu Hanyi was overjoyed: "Cun Zhang has been on the battlefield for a long time, so he must be right. Hurry up and gather troops to attack the castle!"

    Zhang Xianzhong slipped down from the hot air balloon and said impatiently: "I can't wait, count as much as you gather, and attack the city immediately. This opportunity must be seized, and the enemy must not be allowed to quell the civil strife!"

    Tie Hong immediately said: "The soldiers here, you and I, go to the nearest bastion at the southeast corner. I will attack the southwest side of the bastion, and you will attack the southeast side of the bastion. Yu Zhan, you continue to gather troops, depending on the situation.  Choose which side to support."

    "yes!"

    Deputy General Zhan took the order.

    Wooden planks, rafts and wooden ladders have been garrisoned in Beicheng District. At this moment, the soldiers rushed out of the city gate after lifting them up.

    The Datong Army, Ronin, and Han Rebels were all crossing the river. The Dutch defenders in the bastions were still hesitating whether to fire.  Because their commanders are attacking each other around the governor's mansion. Some people want to rebel and seize the governor, while others want to quell the chaos and protect the governor. There are no officers in the bastion to command for the time being.

    Even if there is no commander, the first reaction of the defenders should be to shoot and fire.

    The reason why they hesitated was because they still wanted to survive in their hearts, and they didn't want to be besieged by the Chinese army until they starved to death.

    This time, there were a few European soldiers who followed the attack.

    When they voluntarily surrendered in Malacca, they promised to let them continue to serve as soldiers, but at first they were only auxiliary soldiers.  Some of the soldiers of the Datong Army stationed in Malacca died of illness due to acclimatization and illness, so they recruited European auxiliary soldiers to supplement them, and were borrowed by Liu Hanyi to attack Batavia.

    Although these were the Dutch army who surrendered, the Portuguese and Germans were the most numerous.

    At this moment, the ladder was just being built, and before they had time to climb, the European soldiers shouted in Portuguese and German: "We surrendered in Malacca, and served as soldiers for the Chinese emperor. We can have enough food every day and take several times your military pay."  , and can save money to buy silk to make clothes! I have married a wife, a very obedient Malay woman. She washes and mends my clothes and gives birth to my children. Do you want to ask for a wife? Do you want to  Have enough food? Do you want to have a son?"

    There were not many soldiers left in the bastion. Seeing that the enemy was already climbing the city wall, and there were European soldiers shouting, they actually put down their weapons and surrendered on the spot.

    And the Dutch civilians on the city wall threw down their weapons and fled to the Governor's Palace the moment the Chinese army entered the bastion.

    The prince of Johor also came with Johor soldiers. Seeing that the siege was going well, his eyes lit up immediately, and he drew out his scimitar and shouted: "Heroes and fearless Johor warriors, come and kill the Dutch with me!"

    Seeing this, Sun Jie shouted anxiously: "Don't let Johor soldiers enter the castle, they will kill indiscriminately, these Dutchmen are still useful!"

    In fact, there was no need for Johor soldiers to kill indiscriminately. The Dutch soldiers who had defected had already rushed in with the Chinese army.  They killed Dutch civilians when they encountered them, and robbed their property by the way, without any intention at all.He said to the adjutant: "Go out and tell the Chinese that I am willing to surrender and give them all my treasures, and they must guarantee my safety."

    The adjutant turned down from the balcony on the second floor tremblingly, raised his hands and walked forward, repeating what Rainiers said.

    Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help sneering: "Surrender only after hitting the door of the house. If there were such cheap things in the world, I wouldn't be the village head in Taiwan."

    During the night attack, Tie Hong had his left ring finger and little finger cut off. He was very upset with the governor who ordered the resistance. At this moment, he said expressionlessly: "Blast open the gate of the governor's mansion!"

    "Boom boom boom!"

    A few shells flew by, and the adjutant was so frightened that he quickly lay down on the ground.

    The enemy on the balcony on the second floor still wanted to shoot, but the artillery was aimed at the balcony long ago, smashing the stone railing to pieces.

    Sun Kewang took the opportunity to lead the crowd to rush over, and together they smashed open the door blocked by the furniture.  In fact, half of the gate had been blown to pieces, and the rotten cabinets blocked inside were hard to deal with, and soldiers were hiding somewhere and firing guns at the gate.

    Zhang Xianzhong ordered the ronin to climb from all sides, and after paying a few lives, he occupied the messy balcony.

    Governor Rainiers was arrested, but he still wanted to maintain his aristocratic demeanor and refused to kneel down.  He was hit on the shoulder by the butt of a gun, kicked violently in the crook of his leg, and slammed his knee on the ground. He struggled to get up: "I am a nobleman, please give me the treatment I deserve. China is the same as the Netherlands.  In a civilized country, we are not the kind of uncivilized natives. I admit that I have failed, and you can take everything here. But please be kind to me, give me a separate room, and preferably a few more books for entertainment.  My family will send enough silver taels to redeem me at a high price."

    Neuhof shouted: "We all surrender, and the governor ordered us to stick to it!"

    Tie Hong heard the words and immediately ordered: "Catch them, escort them to Nanjing, and hand them over to His Majesty."

    Not long after, soldiers dragged out a corpse, and the director-general committed suicide in the Governor's Palace.

    The congressmen who were arrested by the governor, as well as Mrs. Witherson, were also brought out by the soldiers for questioning.

    Mrs. Witsen is of Japanese-Portuguese-Dutch mixed race. She is petite, fair-skinned, and blue-eyed. She is charming in her twenties, and she winks at everyone as soon as she shows up.

    There is no other meaning, she brought a lot of goods and hid in the castle, the city and her shop property, she just wanted to keep these properties of her own.

    Don't even think about it!

    As long as they hide in the castle, all property will be confiscated.  Otherwise, where will military spending come from?

    Still leave it to the Johor soldiers to benefit. Although these guys are useless, they are still very qualified to fill the scene.  If you don't give me some sweets, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to ask Johor to borrow troops next time.

    Datong soldiers, Han volunteers and Luzon rogues must also be rewarded sufficiently.

    Anyway, from officers to soldiers, they will participate in the distribution of spoils.  Envoys such as Liu Hanyi and Sun Jie value merit, and the rest of the soldiers can get money.

    The imperial court will receive a very reasonable account, as for how much will be divided in private, only the ghost knows.

    It is difficult to find out about things overseas.

    Many Dutchmen were taken away, crying and crying all the way.

    Especially those civilians, most of them are of mixed race. They have lived in Batavia since they were young, and they have no sense of belonging to the Netherlands.  And their "homeland" is no longer theirs, and they don't know what to do in the future.

    Sun Jie took the statistical list, found Liu Hanyi and said: "The castle was confiscated, and many people were killed indiscriminately. Dutch soldiers, there are 426 people left. Dutch civilians, there are 914 people left. East India Company employees, there are more than 30 people left.  .¡±

    Liu Hanyi said: "The governor cannot be killed, he must be released. We need him to sign the armistice treaty. If he is not released, the treaty he signed will be invalid. Instead, let him go back.  Continue to infight.?
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