When Garon heard this, he quickly asked: "If I go to persuade them to surrender, can I return to Batavia? Can they also return to Batavia with dignity?"
His words were naturally translated by He Bin.
When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he sneered and said: "Your life and death will be decided by the Emperor. How can it be so cheap? You can put them back after you surrender!"
After hearing this, He Bin translated again, and at the same time emphasized what Zheng Chenggong had said before. Even if Jia Long went to persuade him to surrender, it would only increase his chance of survival.
When Garon heard this, he immediately shouted: "You can't treat prisoners like this, we have surrendered..."
This time, without He Bin translating, Zheng Chenggong knew that he had nothing nice to say, so he turned around and left, and at the same time ordered: "Let the Taiwanese people with the best performance escort them and go to Chican City with me."
The Taiwanese people who performed best naturally hated the Dutch devils the most. If they were escorted, one can imagine how they would treat these Dutch devils.
He Bin, who was standing next to him, agreed and turned around to tell the Taiwanese people waiting aside to tell them Zheng Chenggong's military orders. Of course, he also warned at the same time: "These Hong Yi will eventually be escorted to the capital and presented as prisoners to the emperor. You can’t beat him to death, other than that, it’s up to you!”
When the Taiwanese people heard this, they were immediately overjoyed. Of course, they would be most happy to have the opportunity to repay part of their blood debt. Therefore, they thanked Zheng Chenggong one by one.
When Jialong and others saw this scene, although they didn't know what they said, they could tell something from their expressions. They immediately panicked and shouted to Zheng Chenggong: "This general, sir, I am willing to perform meritorious service; the noble general, the villain is willing to persuade them to surrender, the villain is willing to serve the general..."
However, Zheng Chenggong ignored them, got on his horse, and walked away talking and laughing with Zheng Hongkui and others.
Seeing this, He Bin, who was standing by, said to Jia Long, "Don't waste your breath. Your Excellency has already given you a chance, but you didn't seize it."
"..." When Jialong heard this, he was immediately speechless. Seeing the Taiwanese people surrounding him, their eyes were full of anger, and he felt a chill running down his back.
This is what Zheng Chenggong actually meant. For these Hong Yi who dared to come to the Ming Dynasty to do harm to them, it would be good to give them a chance.
If he hadn't decided from the beginning to offer prisoners to the emperor, he wouldn't even bother to talk to these red barbarians. Instead, he would follow what the capital did and just let the Taiwanese people deal with them. Maybe there would be some rape street in Taiwan. When names like this come out, these original foreigners will be more grateful to the court, which will facilitate the court's subsequent establishment of counties.
Regarding this, Emperor Chongzhen once said that after Taiwan is captured, counties will be established and placed under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province. When there are more people in the future, it will be promoted to a mansion. The Fujian Navy will establish a base here, overlooking Nanyang.
With this in mind, he talked and laughed with Zheng Hongkui and others. Taiwan was captured in one day, saving a lot of money and food. As for the casualties, they were within an acceptable range. It could be said that everything went smoothly, which made them all feel extremely happy.
I heard Zheng Chenggong say to the generals beside him: "I have gone to worship at the Martyrs' Shrine in the capital. Most of them are soldiers who died for the country. According to the emperor's previous regulations, the soldiers who died in this battle can also be admitted into the Martyrs' Shrine. The temple. You don’t know that the incense in the Chunglie Shrine is very strong, and the people in the capital will be grateful to the Ming Dynasty Zhonglie. Even the people in the capital area, when they enter the capital, the first thing they must do is to go to the Chunglie Shrine to worship Zhonglie.”
Hearing this, Zheng Hongkui and others were surprised. Of course they had heard about the establishment of the Martyrs' Shrine in the capital through official channels. However, I have never seen it in detail. After all, my imagination of this Martyr's Shrine can only be based on their knowledge, and there is no reference in the past. I think it is just a memorial for those soldiers who died in the war. How many people can go there.
Now when Zheng Chenggong said it, Zheng Hongkui immediately said: "When we have the opportunity to go to the capital in the future, we must go to the Ming Martyrs' Shrine."
"Of course, maybe we will all be in there in the future, so how could we not go and take a look!"
"The incense is so strong. The brothers who died in the battle have an explanation. The spirits in heaven should be happy."
"The court's approach is really good. I can guarantee that brothers will not be afraid of death in the future!"
"..."
Those who can enter the Ming Dynasty Martyrs' Shrine are the Ming Dynasty loyal martyrs recognized by the imperial court. Not only will they enjoy the incense of the Ming people forever, but their families can also enjoy corresponding pensions for the next generation, and they will have no worries about fighting for the country in the future.
Just like that, the war was won, and Zheng Chenggong felt relaxed. He told them what he had seen and heard from the capital along the way. Starting from the things related to themselves at the beginning, they later talked about the natural knowledge in the capital, the emperor's teachings, the prince's inventions, the craftsman's title, etc.
These maritime men far away in Fujian have heard so many unexpected things, and they all listen with gusto. Whether it was the emperor's many initiatives, the prince's title of master, or the many weird things happening in the capital, they were all very surprised and interested.
Later, everyone who heard it had an unprecedented yearning for the capital, and they all wanted to go to the capital to visit. As a result, many people were eyeing the opportunity to go to the capital to offer prisoners.
While talking and chatting, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army, from the Fujian coastal defense guerrillas to the ordinary soldiers, and even the Taiwanese people who came with the army, all looked relaxed, chatting and laughing, as if they were not going to fight, but It's like going on a picnic to enjoy the spring.
When they arrived at Chichan City and joined the Ming army besieging Hongyi, the Ming army officers and soldiers here, plus the Taiwanese people, could be said to be a sea of people, but this large number of people was enough to scare Chi. Inside the city, Hongyi was frightened and panicked all day long.
Finally, a group of Taiwanese people escorted Jia Long and other leaders to the front of the formation for public display. Then, He Bin stepped forward and shouted: "Listen, all of you, the city of Relanja has been destroyed, and all of your leaders have been captured alive. General Your Majesty orders you to immediately lay down your weapons and surrender unconditionally, otherwise, when the city is broken, you will die!"
After the sound of gunfire in Relanje City calmed down yesterday, the Dutch devils here basically knew that Relanje City was probably captured by the Ming army. However, they found it incredible that such a strong city could be captured by the Ming army in just one day. Therefore, no matter what the reason is, they are all imagining that it was the city of Relandja that repelled the Ming army's attack. In addition, those who returned to Batavia from the Japanese country of Nagasaki have already reported to Badawi Ya, there will definitely be reinforcements coming to save them by then.
But now, Jialong and others were being escorted in front of them, and all their illusions were shattered. Compared with the city of Relanje, the city has fewer troops in terms of defense, and the city's defense is also worse. Now there are huge crowds of enemies outside. Even if these Dutch devils are stupid and bold, they still understand that relying on Chikan City is absolutely undefendable.
Even the leader of the Chikan City garrison did not need to explain what was going on. The desperate Dutch soldiers threw away their weapons one after another and used practical actions to explain what they wanted to do.
Seeing this, he sighed deeply. He was considered a veteran colonist. They had bullied the local natives all the way east, and they had even yelled and killed other colonists. But now, in the Far East, they have been destroyed by these Easterners.
Thinking about this, it is difficult to describe the truth and finally learned a lesson of blood and tears: after all, this great empire of the Far East is not comparable to the natives of other places. I used to think that these Orientals were nothing more than this, but now I understand that it is not that these Orientals are nothing more than this, but They didn't care before. Now that I am really careful, this is what I ended up with.
Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered a fact from the past, that is, just one pirate from the East can beat them into submission, huddle in Taiwan, and have to pay the pirate to buy the flag. Doesn’t this just show how powerful this great Eastern Empire is!
If I had known this, I shouldn't have come to this great empire in the Far East. Even if I came, I would have done business in a polite manner from the beginning. Just like the Portuguese, making friends with the officials of the empire and gaining favor is not the same as doing business and making money!
But now, it's all over. It was hard to describe but Ding sighed deeply again. As if it was an afterthought, he made a formality and ordered the door to be opened to surrender. He hoped that for the sake of surrender, the Ming army would be kind to them and save their lives. !
At this point, after Zheng Chenggong went south, he spent more than a month preparing, and then only took two days to conquer the Dutch strongholds in Taiwan, take back the entire Taiwan, and return it to the rule of the Ming Dynasty. This is far better than the original history, which took nearly a year, killed and injured a large number of soldiers, and used the siege method to finally expel the Dutch devils!
In the original history, the Dutch were unwilling to be expelled and sent a fleet to join the Manchu navy to attack Taiwan.
However, one thing that the Dutch devils did not expect was that they helped the Manchus and reoccupied Keelung, Taiwan. As a result, the Manchu Qing Dynasty implemented the most stringent policy of banning the sea and moved all the fishermen along the coast to the inland. As a result, the Dutch devils' income in Taiwan was far less than their expenses, and they had no choice but to withdraw.
As for this dimension, the Dutch soldiers in Taiwan were escorted to Beijing and had no chance of making a comeback. As for Batavia's thoughts and actions, it depends on their own choice.
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