648 The city was broken and surrendered

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Thundered!

Thirty mortars at the mortar positions continued to fire shells, and this was already the eighth round.

The western part of the castle of San Domingo has already seen large cracks, and even a small collapse has occurred in one section.

And Yu Zong has also taken two thousand soldiers of the marine battalion, led the red-haired ghost soldiers under the city and the city to shoot for a long time.

"It's over, Henry missed."

At this time, Brian stood on the city wall, looked three miles to the west with his glasses, saw the battle between Henry and the soldiers of the Marine Battalion who stayed behind, and said in despair.

Bang!

"Lieutenant Colonel, be careful."

Another mortar shell that bombarded the castle walls, this time completely smashing a section of the city wall.

Brian was not far from the collapsed section of the city wall, and almost fell with it, but fortunately, a red-haired ghost soldier next to him pulled him in time.

This completely collapsed wall, more than three meters wide, completely collapsed from top to bottom, and enemies outside the city could fight their way into the castle by simply jumping over the broken stone and bricks.

"Pete, let the third battalion quickly plug this gap immediately, and never let the enemy rush in."

Brian's eyes narrowed the moment he saw this section of the city wall collapse, but he still didn't give up the last struggle, and shouted to the adjutant beside him.

"General, the city wall has collapsed, let's rush!"

The 2,000 soldiers of the Marine Battalion, who were already waiting outside the city, excitedly asked for instructions to the sect after seeing the city wall collapse for a while.

"Wait, don't be in a hurry, let the mortar positions continue to bombard the city wall, strive to collapse another section of the city wall, and then we will attack.

This section of the collapsed city wall is still too small, and we have to pay a lot of price if we want to attack it. ”

Yu Zong was very calm at this time, and he was not carried away by the victory in front of him, as an officer who could be selected to the Marine Battalion by Li Zixiao in the White Dragon Army.

Yu Zong has a more adequate understanding of firearms warfare than other generals in this era, and knows that firearms warfare is completely different from cold weapons.

The gap in the city wall in front of them, which was only three meters down, if they rashly attacked it, it would not become a meat grinder to strangle their living strength.

The enemy only needs to send a few dozen musketeers to guard this gap in the city, and if Yu Zong wants to storm it, they will have to pay a very big price.

Therefore, at this time, Yu Zong chose to hold back and did not immediately attack, but let the mortar positions behind him continue to shell.

Once they attack the castle later, the mortar positions behind them will not be able to continue firing shells, as they may injure themselves.

At this time, Yu Zong expected that the mortar position could collapse another section of the city wall, so that they could attack the castle at a smaller cost.

Thundered!

There was another roar, another round of mortar shells like small footballs, and they fell on the walls of the castle of San Domingo, and the red-haired ghosts were no longer afraid to stand on the walls.

After nine rounds of firing, the breeches of the thirty mortar guns all turned red, which was actually beyond the limit of what they could shoot shells in such a short time.

If there were one or two more rounds of firing, it was estimated that there would have to be a lot of mortar firing and exploding.

The explosion of this mortar cannon is very terrifying, it is like an explosive bomb exploding around you, which can directly kill people.

Therefore, by this time, the two hundred soldiers of the Marine Battalion who were still on the mortar artillery position were all trembling.

All of them were looking forward to the fact that this round of shelling would definitely collapse another section of the city wall.

Otherwise, they will have to continue shelling, even if two or three mortars blow up, they will not stop.

Bang!

Perhaps the heavens heard the cries of these soldiers of the Marine Battalion, and after this round of shelling, another section of the city wall full of cracks finally collapsed after it could not bear it.

"Collapsed, collapsed."

The 200 officers and men of the marine battalion on the mortar artillery position shouted excitedly and hugged each other excitedly when they saw the section of the city wall that had collapsed again.

The section of the city wall that collapsed this time was more than five meters long, and the interval between the previous section of the collapsed city wall was almost six or seven meters.

"Trumpeter, blow the trumpet, attack, rush with Lao Tzu, kill the red-haired ghost!"

At the moment when the second section of the city wall collapsed, Yu Zong outside the city finally let out an excited roar, and took the lead and rushed out first.

Toot toot!

Then, a loud horn of attack was also sounded.

"Kill!"

Immediately, nearly 2,000 soldiers of the Marine Battalion, following behind Yu Zong, roared excitedly, and rushed into the gap in the two collapsed city walls.

Bang bang bang!

Soon, at the mouth of the two wall collapses, fierce gunfire and explosions rang out.

"General, Yu Zong, they collapsed the walls of the red-haired ghost castle and led people to attack."

"Well, I also saw it, give the order to go down, let the artillery stop the shelling, the rest is up to Yu Zong's kid, I believe he will not disappoint Ben General."

At this time, Lu Hai also saw the scene of the city wall collapsing and Yu Zong leading people to attack on the new three-masted gunboat in Tamsui River.

Then he let the fleet howitzers stop the shelling to prevent them from being bombed by mistake.

Bang bang bang!

Yu Zong brought nearly 2,000 soldiers to the army, and at the gap in the two sections of the city wall, he launched a fierce battle with more than 500 red-haired ghost soldiers led by Brian.

The advantage of Yu Zong's side is that there are many of them, and they all have flintlock pistols in their hands, and they also carry a large number of iron-shelled mines, and their firepower is extremely fierce.

On Brian's side, relying on the terrain inside the castle, he can find more cover and reduce casualties.

Brian personally commanded, and the red-haired ghosts resisted very tenaciously one by one.

Yu Zong and the others encountered stubborn resistance at the two gaps in the city wall, and they were unable to attack for a while, and they also paid a lot of casualties.

"Grenadier, throw bombs on Lao Tzu, quick!" Yu Zong yelled.

Then, dozens of land soldiers behind them lit the iron-clad mine fuse they carried, and after a moment's delay, threw it into the gap in the city wall.

Boom Boom!

A moment later, a series of explosions occurred in the gap in the city wall, and Yu Zong immediately stood up and shouted, "Everyone rush with me!" ”

This time, with the help of the iron shell thunder explosion to open the way, Yu Zong finally led the people to rush into the gap in the city wall and enter the castle.

Immediately after, fierce shouts and killings rang out in the castle, as well as a continuous burst of gunfire.

It lasted for more than half an hour before Yu Zong and the others completely controlled the advantage in the castle.

While killing and injuring a large number of red-haired ghost soldiers, they also besieged the last hundred red-haired ghosts led by Brian in a dilapidated building in the center of the castle.

"Lieutenant Colonel, let's surrender, I don't want to die yet!"

"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel, we lost, there's no point in resisting, let's surrender, my wife and children are still waiting for me to go back."

Inside the dilapidated building, there were red-haired ghost soldiers who couldn't help it first, and Brian pleaded.

"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel, surrender!"

With the two red-haired ghost soldiers who spoke first, and then there were more and more red-haired ghost soldiers around, they pleaded with Brian one after another, they didn't want to fight anymore.

In this battle, they have obviously lost completely, and there is no chance to turn the tables at all, and if they continue to fight, the enemy will kill them completely if they are angry.

"Hey!"

Seeing the pleading eyes of the soldiers around him, Brian sighed, he knew that this battle could not be fought anymore.

"I'm worried that these enemies outside won't accept our surrender!

So, I'll go out and talk to their commanders to see if they're willing to accept our surrender.

If the other party's conditions are not harsh, we can accept their surrender, and if the other side must kill us, then we will fight to the end.

Pete, if I can't come back later, it means that the enemy outside has not agreed to our surrender, so you can fight to the death with the big guy! ”

Brian said, glancing at a pair of double-faced faces around him.

"Lieutenant Colonel, let me go." Adjutant Pete's eyes moistened, and he said.

Brian shook his head and said, "Only now can I go in person to show our sincerity, otherwise people will have a reason not to accept our surrender." ”

After saying that, Brian asked people to wave the white flag, slowly walked out of the dilapidated building, and the marine battalion soldiers outside shouted: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Brian, the military commander of this castle, I want to see your commander." ”

After a while, Brian was brought to Yu Zong by two Marine battalion soldiers.

Yu Zong's face was fierce, looking at Brian, and several generals of the Marine Battalion around him also glared at him angrily, because of this battle, the Marine Battalion paid a lot of price.

"You're the military commander of this castle, and I heard you're going to see me? Can you understand me? ”

After a moment, Yu Zong finally spoke.

"Yes, my name is Brian, the military chief of this castle, I can hear the general, I know Chinese, but I can't speak."

Brian's words were said in Dutch, and after he finished speaking, an adjutant standing behind Yu Zong immediately translated Brian's words into Chinese and said them.

At this time, it is not very difficult to find someone who understands Dutch, after all, it has been decades since the red-haired ghost appeared in the Ryukyus.

During this time, they maintained trade with the Ming merchants, many of whom learned Dutch to facilitate trading with the Dutch.

"Hey, yes, I can understand Chinese. Brian no, tell me, why are you here? ”

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Yu Zong's mouth, sat down on a stone bench next to him, looked at Brian, and asked.

"General, on behalf of our side, I have proposed to surrender to you, and we hope that after surrendering, we can get reasonable treatment from you."

"Oh? At this time, I remembered to surrender. Tell me, what kind of reasonable treatment do you want? ”

The faint smile on Yu Zong's face did not disappear, and even slowly turned into a sneer, and he continued to ask Brian.

When Brian heard Yu Zong's words, he immediately felt playful, and then continued: "First of all, you must ensure the safety of our surrendered soldiers, and you must not beat, abuse, and humiliate them.

Second, to provide us with food, not to force us to do high-intensity physical labor, not to ......"

"That's it!"

Brian's words were only halfway through, and he still had a large list of unspoken demands later, which was rudely interrupted by Yu Zong.

"General, I still have a lot of requirements to say! Moreover, it is very rude for you to interrupt someone like this. ”

Brian said very bluntly.

"I'm Cao, this guy is a two-hundred-and-five, the team general, my subordinates can't stand it anymore, please allow me to beat him up."

At this time, a short-tempered subordinate next to Yu Zong couldn't help but stand up and forced towards Brian step by step.

"Yes, beating this girl to death, what the hell, he has water in his brain, he dares to make such a surrender request at this time, it's really laughing to death."

"That's right, I don't know if I'm alive or dead!"

The other generals of the marine battalion around also coaxed one after another.

"Zhuge Tan, retreat."

"Yes!"

But Yu Zong's cold snort suddenly made the general of the Marine Battalion who was approaching Brian obediently retreat.

Yu Zong stood up, his face expressionless, his eyes glowing with a cold light, walked up to Brian step by step, and said in a cold voice, "Lieutenant Colonel Brian."

All the requests you made before, in my opinion, are all.

In our China, there is an old saying, 'the general of the defeated army, how dare to speak bravely', and now there are only two roads in front of you.

One is to continue to resist stubbornly, and when we have rested, we will destroy you in one fell swoop, and then you will have only one way to die.

The second way is to surrender unconditionally.

Do you know what it means to surrender unconditionally? It's just that we won't agree to any of the bullshit conditions you said before. ”

"You ......, this is not fair, this is not the bearing that a general should have, we surrendered, you can't ask anything more from us!"

By this time, Brian was not reconciled and continued to fight.

"Haha, Lieutenant Colonel Brian, go back, I'll let you go back, I'm generous enough, wait until we rush in and slaughter you cleanly."

If you don't want to die, go back and let your men fly, unfurl the white flag, throw out the muskets, and then march out in line with your heads in your hands.

I may be able to promise that as long as you are obedient and do not flee secretly, I will promise not to kill you. ”

"No, it's not fair!" Brian continued to shout unwillingly, but was pulled out by the Marine Battalion soldiers.

"What? Did the other party really say that? Then let's fight with them! ”

As a result, when Brian went back, after Yu Zong's words were conveyed to the more than a hundred red-haired ghosts, someone roared angrily.

It's a pity that it was someone else who made such radical remarks, and more people asked Brian: "The other general really said, don't kill us?" ”

"Yes, the general said that as long as we are obedient and do not run away, he will not kill us."

"Okay, then I choose to surrender!"

"What, Louis, I already knew you were soft." The radicals immediately shouted loudly.

For the red-haired ghost soldier who chose to surrender, he just glanced at him lightly in a blink of an eye, his eyes were full of sarcasm, and he turned around and walked out directly, throwing the musket out first, and then playing the white shirt that he had prepared long ago.

"I also choose to surrender."

Immediately, someone immediately followed the man's footsteps, took the initiative to throw out a musket, and raised a white shirt as a white flag.

"Me too."

"Me ...... too"

Then, the surrendering procession grew larger and larger, and finally even the radicals were gone, they were afraid, and finally obediently embellished at the back of the surrendering procession.

Half a day later, there was no longer a single red-haired ghost soldier in the dilapidated building who chose not to surrender, and Brian chose to surrender last.

"General, good news, Yu Zong took the castle of the red-haired ghosts, eliminated and captured all the red-haired ghosts in the castle, and no one escaped."

Soon, Lu Yuan also received the good news.

"Okay, Yu Zong really didn't disappoint the general, and ordered the warship to dock in the harbor, let's go ashore!" Lu Yuan also said excitedly.

(End of chapter)