"Check to see if the Dutch have set up traps. Buried gunpowder."
After taking down the outer city wall of the city of Relanje, the city of Relanje has been exposed to the threat of the grenades of the Ming army.
In order to prevent his horse from stumbling, Zhu Dinghai decisively ordered to stop the attack. At the same time, the soldiers were ordered to check whether there were any mechanisms on the city wall.
Some captured Dutch soldiers and officers were also taken away.
Half an hour later, when it was confirmed by many parties that there were no mechanisms on the city wall of Relanja City, the Ming Dynasty's second thousand-man team climbed onto the city wall. More than 400 grenades were aimed at the city, just waiting for an order. , you can launch an attack at any time.
At this time, the city of Relanja was already in chaos. No one expected that the Ming army was so powerful and occupied the outer wall of the city in less than a day.
Although the city of Relanje still has an inner city wall, and most of the soldiers have withdrawn to the inner city.
But William Orondo knew in his heart that this inner city wall was just a decoration.
Due to the rush of work on the wall, the inner city wall did not reach the expected height at all. Intensity is only superficial. They simply couldn't stand the indiscriminate bombing by the Ming army.
To make matters worse, due to time constraints and absolute confidence in Lingbao, not even a single cannon was installed on the entire inner city wall.
Thus. The Ming army could easily bomb the inside from the outer city wall. And everyone could only kneel down and pray.
Coupled with the previous indiscriminate bombing by the Ming Dynasty, it directly crushed the determination of many Dutch people to resist.
In addition, in less than half a day, the solid outer city wall had fallen into the hands of the Ming army, and now most people had lost their determination to resist.
Many Dutch officers gathered together privately behind William Orondo's back to discuss the terms of surrender.
Even Relanjia City, as the temporary commander of the city, had plans to surrender.
The only thing that influenced him to surrender was his relatives. He was afraid that after surrendering, the Ming army would deprive him of everything.
Money can be spent on guns, but these are the only family members...
"Call the officers and come over."
After a brief thought, William Orondo decided to leave the future of the city of Jelanja to all the officers to judge.
Although he knew that many officers had been bombarded by the Ming army and lost their courage, and the only possibility for holding a meeting was to surrender, William Orondo still chose to hold a meeting.
After all, in this way, everyone will bear the blame for surrender.
Even if the East India Company takes revenge in the future, there will always be someone who takes the blame.
The order to assemble was issued for a long time, but only three officers came, accounting for one-tenth of the surviving officers.
The rest of the officers either couldn't find anyone, or they declined the urgency of the war and couldn't leave the front line.
William Orondo said nothing about this.
The overall situation of this battle has been decided, and our side will definitely lose. Everyone is working for their own interests, so what do I have to impose?
"Now the Ming army has occupied the outer city. According to intelligence, the opponent's losses are minimal. We have tried several times but failed to recapture the city wall.
By occupying the outer city wall, the opponent can attack anywhere in the city without distinction.
If this continues, it will be a matter of time before the inner city is captured and fell.
Rather than losing more soldiers. Not as good as…. "
...
The so-called meeting didn't last long at all. As soon as William Orondo finished speaking, the other three officers directly agreed to surrender. After all, they were all under military control. Although they had a lot of wealth, they were still relatively small compared to those businessmen. The poor people, and they still have a lot of wealth are not in the city of Relanja.
If the city of Relanja is lost, even though you will lose part of your wealth, you can still endure it.
And people from the Ming Dynasty have a good reputation.
Maybe he won't rob his own wealth...
"In that case, it's decided. I will send an envoy to communicate."
After 2 burning incense, the envoy came back and brought the Ming Dynasty conditions.
Everyone in the city of Relanja must leave the city with weapons in the air and surrender unconditionally, otherwise the shelling will start again in half an hour. At the same time, it will no longer accept the surrender of people in Relanja City.
Half an hour can be said to be short or long.
The reason why the Ming Dynasty only left so much time was, on the one hand, to put pressure on the opponent, and on the other hand, to ensure that they could defeat the city of Relanja today.
Even if it cannot be leveled, we must try our best to consume the strength of the Dutch in Relanja City to prevent the other party from causing trouble at night.
After all, this siege battle is different from previous sieges.
In the past, when attacking a city, the defenders had already suffered heavy losses before the city was broken.
However, now, although the Dutch have suffered a lot of losses, the strength of the remaining Dutch cannot be underestimated.
Although in Zhu Dinghai's opinion, these people can only be regarded as garbage, but there are so many ants that they can kill an elephant.
The fate of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty is not comparable to that of this group of red barbarians.
Although the opponent seems vulnerable, if they really fight, even if the Ming Dynasty is willing to spend a lot of artillery shells to blow up the city of Relanja
, and it is difficult to ensure that the other party's desperate jumping over the wall caused losses to the Ming soldiers.
Moreover, these Dutch, especially those Dutch soldiers, were good soldiers. Zhu Dinghai had already planned their whereabouts.
If the Dutch surrender, it will not only reduce the Ming Dynasty's personnel losses and ammunition consumption, but also increase an additional income. Why not?
...
Half the stick of incense passed, but the Dutch in the city of Relanja did not make any move.
The Ming army on the city wall was working hard to build fortifications.
A stick of incense passed, but the Dutch in the city of Relanja did not make any move.
The Ming army on the city wall was still working hard to build fortifications.
Two incense sticks (30 minutes) passed, and the Dutch in Relanja City did not make any move.
The Ming army on the city wall dug out the cannon that the Dutch had buried before. After a simple inspection, the muzzle of the cannon was pointed into the city. "
Three incense sticks (30 minutes) passed, and the Dutch in Relanja did not make any move.
The Ming army on the city wall has completed loading ammunition. Just waiting for an order, the cannon can be fired at any time.
As time passed by, the Ming army on the city wall was also making final preparations.
Suddenly, in the inner city of Geranje, the orange flag of the Dutch slowly fell. It was then replaced by a white flag representing surrender.
Afterwards, the Dutch soldiers held firecrackers over their heads and slowly walked out of the inner city in accordance with the requirements of the Ming Dynasty.
An hour later, after repeated inspections by the soldiers, it was confirmed that there were no Dutch hiding in the city of Relanje, and all the Ming soldiers could not help but cheer.
Taiwan, once again returned to the embrace of the motherland.
"Efforts were made to rescue the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Those Dutchmen who were slightly injured and did not affect the fighting after recovery were properly rescued. Those who were seriously injured and could not fight again after rescue were singled out and found in the name of medical treatment. Give them a ride in a deserted place."
Zhu Dinghai ordered.
This is not because Zhu Dinghai is cruel, but because the conditions do not allow it.
If it weren't for Zhu Youjian, who repeatedly asked not to give up any Ming soldiers,
Zhu Dinghai will also give them a happy life for those seriously injured soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
During the previous military reform of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian ordered the establishment of a medical soldier system.
However, the time was too short, coupled with the lack of training, many medical soldiers only performed rough bandaging.
Although Zhu Dinghai's army also has some doctors who are good at dealing with trauma,
But after all, they are only a minority.
It was already not easy to rescue the Ming soldiers and the slightly injured Dutchmen.
How could there be any spare energy to save those Dutch people who were destined to be worthless?
Rather than letting them suffer to death, it is better to end their suffering as soon as possible.
In this way, it also appears that Ming Dynasty is kind.
