Wang Xinyu left four Golden Deer-class sixth-class ships to keep an eye on the Dutch off the coast of Nanbokou, and led the team back to Penghu, waiting for the Spanish galleon to carry goods to Zhoushan to return.

On the afternoon of 14 May, Zheng's army, which had all landed, launched an attack on the city of Prominsia.

Promincia was a small city with six small cannons, garrisoned by one hundred and twenty Dutch soldiers, and one hundred and ten women and children in the city.

The artillery that Zheng Jiajun brought ashore was not large, it was all small cannons such as some Franc machines and tiger squat guns, and the 24-pounder naval guns were too heavy, so they did not carry them ashore, and only used small cannons to launch an artillery bombardment on the city of Prominxia.

The power of these small cannons is not very large, the city of Prominxia was built after the Guo Huaiyi incident, this city was built with sugar water, glutinous rice juice stirred oyster shell ashes, after drying as a rock, Zheng Jiajun's Buddha Lang machine, tiger squat cannon and other small cannons have almost no effect on this kind of city. The range of the Dutch cannons in the city was too close, and Zheng Jiajun's tiger squat cannon used Wang Xinyu's improved gunpowder, and the range exceeded that of the Dutch cannons.

The two sides fought lively all afternoon, and fought until the evening, although the cannon roared and the scene was very hot, but it was a bad battle, just like two women fighting, it looked fierce, but in fact the damage was very small.

The Zheng family's artillery was not powerful enough to destroy a fortified city like Promincia Castle; The range of the Dutchman's small cannon was so close that even if it could barely reach the artillery position of the Zheng family army with solid shells, it was already at the end of the crossbow and could not cause any damage at all. After an afternoon of fighting, five or six people were wounded on each side.

Zheng Chenggong would not launch a strong attack on a Western-style castle such as Prominsia Castle, there are two prismatic corner forts on both sides of this castle, if Zheng Chenggong attacks it, the loss will be very large, so he would rather choose to encircle and fight. to force the Dutch in the city to open the door and surrender.

The Dutch had too few troops, and compared with the Zheng army, there was a huge difference in strength, and the Dutch officer in the city, Mao Shiding, did not dare to send troops out of the city to take the initiative to attack the Zheng army.

After nightfall, he sent 200 reinforcements to try to enter the city and increase the strength of the defenders. However, the Dutch reinforcements were stopped by Zheng's army. Zheng Jiajun at this time. In terms of firepower, it was much stronger than the historical Zheng Jiajun, not only with a longer range of artillery, but also with a lot of advanced dog-lock flintlock pistols at that time.

The firepower of the reinforcements sent by Yu Yi was not as good as that of the Zheng family's army, and they were bombarded by tiger squat cannons, three-pounder cannons, and Franc machines, and were hit by bows and arrows, bird guns, and dog-lock flintlock pistols, killing and wounding more than 10 people in one fell swoop.

Hearing the continuous sound of gunfire, the Dutch suddenly felt that the arquebus in their hands was like a burning stick, they did not expect the fire of the Orientals to be so fierce.

Of the two hundred reinforcements, none of them managed to enter the city of Prominisia. The Dutch, leaving behind six corpses, fled back to the city of Resharan with more than twenty wounded soldiers. On the Zheng side, only two people were killed and seven were wounded.

Originally, sixty reinforcements sent by Reshalan City entered Prominsia City in history, so Mao Shiding organized a sixty-man death squad to carry out a counter-assault that night and burned down the horse corridor of the Zheng family's army. Now that history has changed, every time the Dutch reinforcements can successfully enter the city, Mao Shiding only has one hundred and twenty Dutch soldiers in his hands, and he does not dare to divide another sixty people to counterattack.

I saw that the reinforcements from the city of Resharan were sent back. A Dutch soldier exclaimed: "These despicable Orientals have so many fine muskets!" Their muskets, which don't need an arquebus, are better than the ones we have! We also have flintlock pistols in our hands. But our flintlock pistols don't have a higher firing rate than theirs. ”

Mao Shiding comforted the Dutch soldiers in the city and said, "No matter how good the weapons in the hands of the Orientals are, don't be afraid of them!" We have a fortified castle! If they want to storm the city, we'll let them pile up corpses over the city! ”

Besides, Wang Xinyu returned to Penghu and met Liu Guoxuan, who stayed in Penghu.

At this time, Liu Guoxuan was just a general soldier, and when he saw Wang Xinyu, Liu Guoxuan saluted and said: "The last general will participate in Wang Junmen!" ”

"Mr. Liu, please get up!" Wang Xinyu smiled and waved his hand, "Let's go." Let's go inside and talk! ”

Wang Xinyu knows very well that this Liu Guoxuan is also a figure with two ends of the rat's head. This person used to be a thousand general managers under Shi Lang, and later surrendered to Zheng Chenggong. Although he is now in Zheng Chenggong's army, this person's will is not firm, and it is not good for Zheng Jiajun. Sooner or later, this person would defect to the Qing court.

Walking into the council hall, the group arranged seats according to grades and sat down.

"Dongfan Island has already started, is it appropriate for General Liu to go to Dongfan Island?" Wang Xinyu asked.

"Back to Wangjunmen, the last general was ordered to garrison Penghu, and when the second batch of troops entered Dongfan Island, the last general would naturally lead the army to Dongfan Island to meet the prince!" Liu Guoxuan replied.

Wang Xinyu nodded: "General Ben will stay in Penghu for a few days, and when the ship from Zhoushan arrives, he will go to Qiongzhou." This will be followed by an expedition to the South Seas. This time, it is estimated that it will be a year before I can come back! ”

"Wang Junmen has worked hard!" Liu Guoxuan bowed his hand.

Wang Xinyu changed the topic again: "Mr. Liu, no matter what happens in the future, no matter how difficult it is for us, we must not surrender to the Tartars!" Even if it is the last person to fight, he would rather die than surrender! General Ben asked Lord Chen to send a letter to the world, I don't know if General Liu has read it? ”

"Go back to Wang Junmen, the last general has seen it!"

Wang Xinyu smiled and said, "It's good to see it!" That Shi Lang is also on the list of second ministers! General Ben still remembers, General Liu, you used to be Shi Lang's subordinate general, right? ”

Liu Guoxuan's face flushed, and he replied in a low voice: "Back to the military gate, the last general has been under the command of Shi Lang dog thieves for a period of time. However, the thief forgot that his ancestors were willing to take refuge in the Tartars, and he was despised by others, and the last general would have looked at him unpleasantly! ”

"Not bad!" Wang Xinyu nodded slightly with satisfaction, "One day, I will destroy Shi Lang's dog thief!" If he can capture the second thief alive, General Ben will let General Liu kill this thief with his own hands! ”

Resharan City, Dongfan Island.

The reinforcements were defeated. Early the next morning, a Dutch woman who had been captured by Zheng Jiajun was released by Zheng Chenggong, with a letter from Zheng Chenggong to Yu Yi.

When I opened the letter, I saw that it was written: The place where you live is actually rented by your father out of friendship, and this is a temporary residence, and you have not obtained its ownership. And Dongfan is close to Zhangzhou, which should be China's solid land, and it is natural for me to take it back today. I will save his life, return his goods, and let him go, or kill him.

On the 17th, two envoys sent by Yu Yi arrived at Zheng Chenggong. The Dutch envoy first showed Zheng Zhilong's contract with the East India Company, which did not say that Zheng Zhilong had sovereignty over Taiwan. The Dutch envoy said: "Honorable General of the East, your father did not consider Taiwan his territory, so it is completely legal for us to be here. If you are willing to withdraw your troops, we will give you 100,000 taels of silver, and we can also sit down and negotiate, as long as you are willing to withdraw our troops, we can pay you tribute and pay taxes every year. ”

Zheng Chenggong sneered: "Taiwan is our inherent territory, look around!" How many Han people have lived here for generations! You have come here to occupy our territory! Now there's only one thing you have to do: leave unconditionally! If you are willing to surrender in Kaejo, I guarantee your safety, and your personal belongings can be taken back! If we still stay here and refuse to leave, then we will only meet each other in arms! ”

Negotiations broke down, and Zheng Chenggong prepared to storm the city of Prominsia.

The surrounding Han people helped the Zheng army cut wood and build siege tools. Zheng Jiajun also moved down the 24-pounder naval guns and 18-pounder naval guns on the ship and prepared for a strong attack.

"Sir, they're getting their cannon ready!" A Dutch soldier pointed to Zheng Jiajun's position in horror and said.

Mao Shiding picked up the binoculars and saw that Zheng Jiajun had removed the large-caliber long-barreled artillery from the ship and was arranging the heavy artillery position. In the barracks of the Zheng family's army, there are still a large number of people and soldiers who are building ladders.

Seeing those large-caliber long-range naval guns, Mao Shiding no longer thought that Zheng Jiajun had to pile up corpses over the city to break the city. He knew that once it was bombarded by large-caliber red-coated artillery, Promincia City might not be able to withstand three days.

"Let's surrender!" Cat Shiding had no choice but to make this decision painfully.

On the 18th, the Dutch in the castle of Promincia surrendered, and 120 Dutch soldiers, 110 women and children in the city surrendered to Zheng Chenggong. A few days later, the Dutch, black slaves, and whites from other countries scattered around the city returned to Promincia one after another, and they were all detained by Zheng Chenggong.

On Penghu Island, Wang Xinyu has been living here for three days.

On the afternoon of the 18th, Lin Bian, who was sent to Zhoushan by Wang Xinyu, returned to Penghu Island with three Spanish galleons full of goods. Lin Bian gained a lot from this trip, bringing back 5,000 quintals of raw silk, 2,000 horses of silk, 2,000 horses of silk, 3,000 quintals of tea, 10,000 pieces of white porcelain, 8,000 pieces of celadon, 1,000 pieces of precious official kiln porcelain, and 500 pieces of silk from the official workshop. The porcelain of the official kiln and the silk of the official workshop were obtained by Qian Qianyi through some grassroots magistrates.

"These goods were all obtained by Zhang Shangshu through the people of Jiangnan. Mr. Qian Qianyi helped us a lot in this matter. Lin Bian told Wang Xinyu.

Wang Xinyu said with a smile: "Zhang Shangshu has done a very good job in this matter!" As for Mr. Qian, although he used to be a second minister, he is still a meritorious person. ”

However, Lin Bian immediately told Wang Xinyu a bad news: "This time I went to Zhejiang to pick up the goods, it may be the last time!" The Tartars have implemented a more stringent order to move to the sea! All the coastal people must move thirty to fifty miles! It will be difficult for Mr. Zhang and Mr. Qian to get in touch in the future! Even if they are contacted, the goods cannot be delivered. ”

Wang Xinyu said: "I didn't expect the Tartars to implement the sea relocation order so quickly!" Looks like we're going to have to get moving! Otherwise, the route of our sea trade will really be cut off by the Tartars! If we can't get the goods, the loss will be great! (To be continued......)

PS: There are many more changes on Saturday and one more at night