"Knock ......"

A twenty-four-pound solid bullet slammed into a battlement with high-speed kinetic energy, and with a violent crash, countless rubble and rubble flew everywhere.

In a cave that barely could accommodate four or five people, several soldiers shrank inside, listening to the sound of cannons and crashes from time to time, and everyone, including Ankos, showed helplessness, numbness, and even despair on their faces.

Yes, this shelling has been going on for a whole hour, and it has not stopped until now, which has also greatly disappointed the Dutch soldiers, who were expecting the attack of the opposing infantry.

"Phew......"

A stout soldier spat on the ground and roared hoarsely, "I can't take it anymore, I'd rather go out and fight those yellow-skinned monkeys with bayonets than sit here and wait to die." ”

"As you wish, my soldier."

A voice sounded at the entrance of the cave, and then a figure appeared in front of the soldiers.

"Captain?"

It seemed that the rank of captain was worn by the person, and several soldiers were startled at first, and then they were about to stand up, but they were stopped by the other party, only to see the captain bend down and get in, squeezing the already crowded hiding hole.

The captain smiled at them: "Soldiers, I am Captain Oncos, and I am also the lieutenant of Governor Sonod, and now I am ordered to select a hundred volunteers to leave here with me to destroy the artillery of the Ming army outside the city, who of you would like to go with me?" ”

There was silence in the cave, no one answered, and almost everyone looked at Onkos like a madman.

What are you kidding, guarding the city wall is already a high-risk job, and now I have to leave here with you to destroy the enemy's artillery fire, and it's not like this to send you to death, right?

Seeing that no one was silent, Onkos smiled faintly, the reflection of these soldiers was expected by him, after all, it is human instinct to seek advantage and avoid disadvantage, and no one wants to die in vain.

So he went on to say, "In view of the danger of this mission, the Governor has said that every warrior who is willing to go will be rewarded with five guilders. ”

Five guilders?

Now many people's eyes showed a strange look, the Netherlands is now at its peak, and the guilder is quite strong. One guilder = 4 liel (Spanish coin).

And an ordinary Dutch soldier's salary for a month is 3.4 riel, and five guilders is equivalent to their salary for more than half a year.

Seeing that there were still no soldiers standing up, Ankos frowned slightly, and then said: "Of course, this is only a reward given before completing the mission, if you can successfully destroy the Ming army's artillery, you also have a reward, and the governor said that if he can capture the Ming army's artillery, he is willing to give a reward of one hundred guilders for one artillery." ”

"...... Uproar"

Everyone couldn't help but be in an uproar, a hundred guilders, this money is equivalent to their salary for ten years, if they capture a few more cannons, they will earn back the rest of their lives.

The tall Dutch soldier stood up and asked with some excitement, "Captain, is this true?" ”

"Of course, I can guarantee that." Onkos replied in the affirmative.

Swapping a hundred guilders for a cannon worth several thousand guilders is a fool who would not want to do such a business.

Hearing Oncos' answer, the tall soldier nodded: "If that's the case, count me in!" ”

"Count me in."

People die for money, birds die for food, and under the lure of a huge bounty, another soldier soon joins.

In this way, it took only half a day for Onkos to gather a hundred soldiers, and Sonod mobilized another fifty slaves to his name.

He also promised the slaves that if the task was accomplished this time, he would give them the status of civilians in addition to the promised bounty, and under the lure of the bounty and civilian status, the slaves screamed like a well-deflated football.

After two hours of shelling, the Ming army began to attack.

It's just that this attack ran into trouble, and the Dutch also knew that this was their last line of defense, and once they were breached, they could only surrender to the death, so they fought back desperately.

The firecrackers on the city walls were shot down in rows, and even though the sergeants of the first battalion of the attack wore helmets on their heads and stab-proof suits, casualties were inevitable.

Seeing that the attack of the first battalion was blocked, Yang Feng immediately ordered the second, third and first battalions to attack the Dutch army from four directions at the same time.

During the day, although the first battalion launched five successive attacks, the Dutch troops on the city wall were blocked under the city wall, and by the evening when the troops were closed, the four battalions involved in the attack had suffered more than 300 casualties.

As night fell, all the sergeants, except for the sentries and the sergeants on patrol, fell asleep.

A group of Dutch soldiers in blue uniforms and fifty slaves in civilian clothes came out of the castle under the cover of night, and quietly groped towards the first wall......

In Yang Feng's big tent, Yang Feng was convening officers at all levels to discuss the gains and losses of today's battle.

"Geng Bingyi, how did your first battalion fight today? Could it be that you haven't fought for half a month, and you can't even fight? ”

Yang Feng sat on the first seat and reprimanded Geng Bingyi.

"During the third attack, you obviously had more than ten people attacking the city, but the reinforcements behind couldn't keep up in time, and they were driven down by the red-haired devils again, what are you doing as a guerrilla general?"

Seeing Yang Feng furious there, all the generals and officials were silent, and none of them dared to say anything. Don't look at Yang Feng on weekdays, he seems to be very easy to talk, but in wartime, he is extremely strict, once he is caught in the wrong place, he will not save face for anyone.

"And you Huang Jiye, how did your third battalion do it today, as if you didn't have enough to eat, if you can't do it, come down as soon as possible, I'll transfer other troops up, don't stand in the pit and don't."

Huang Jiye drooped his head and didn't dare to distinguish.

"Boom ......"

Yang Feng was about to say something, but a violent explosion was heard in the distance.

"That's the explosion of explosives, what the hell is going on?"

"It's not good, that's the direction of the artillery battalion, something happened to the artillery battalion!"

The officers in the big tent all stood up, the importance of the artillery camp is beyond doubt, and if something happens, it will have a great impact on tomorrow's attack, if the artillery camp is destroyed......

Thinking of this, everyone's faces changed.