The Dutch relied on their ships' high-altitude artillery and continuously bombarded Zhu Chenggong's fleet. The cannons came like rain.

The water on the sea exploded tens of meters high, and the fleet seemed to be marching in a forest of white water columns.

Even at a distance of more than a thousand meters, the hit rate of the cannonballs was extremely low, but large ships were still being hit and smashed into pieces.

Yang Guimin asked anxiously, "Why don't we fire?"

The guard said, "The Hongyi people's cannons hit far, we need to get closer to hit them!"

Zhu Chenggong stood on the ship's roof, his face unmoved, staring straight at the Dutch ship, secretly calculating the distance in his heart.

Fortunately, the fleet was in the northwest and was in the upper wind. At this time, it was moving very quickly with the wind and the current, and the distance between the two sides continued to close.

Finally, Zhu Chenggong said, "Send the order, fire!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The fleet received the order and quickly began to fire back. More than a hundred large ships pressed towards the Dutch in a crescent shape, and the cannons of all the ships were roaring.

The green smoke of gunpowder filled the sea breeze. Yang Guimin grabbed the side of the ship with both hands and looked hard at the cannons flying in the air. He secretly chanted in his heart, "Hit, hit, hit!"

But a few seconds later, Yang Guimin felt disappointed. He saw white water splashing around the Dutch ship, and large swaths of water almost blocked the hull of the ship.

"boom!"

Yang Guimin felt the hull of the ship beneath his feet tremble suddenly, as the cannons under the ship roared.

A cannon weighing several kilograms turns into a black dot under the action of gunpowder, flashing through the air. The distance of a thousand meters can be easily torn apart in just a few seconds, whether it is a human body or wood.

As the distance between the two sides continued to shrink, the hit rate of the artillery also increased rapidly. Yang Guimin's flagship also received a shot on the bow.

Fortunately, the shell only grazed the bow of the ship and caused no casualties except tearing the entire board on the cabin.

The guards beside him took a step forward and pressed against Yang Guimin, trying to protect him with their bodies. Yang Guimin smiled and said, "There's no need for it. If the cannon fires over, it's useless for you to stick to me like this."

The personal guard knew that this was true. Even if he was wearing iron armor, he would be shattered to pieces if he was hit, so he took a step back, but still stretched out his hands to protect him, trying to push Yang Guimin away as soon as he discovered the cannon.

"Wow!"

Another cannonball hit the sea less than half a meter away, almost touching the hull of the ship. It splashed a large amount of water and covered Yang Guimin's head and body with water.

Yang Guimin wiped the seawater from his face with his hands, spitted and said, "It's so bitter!"

The guard beside him suddenly said excitedly, "Hit!"

Yang Guimin ignored the pain in his eyes from the sea water and looked towards the Dutch ship, "Where?"

Sure enough, Yang Guimin saw that a mast of the largest warship had been knocked down and a large piece of the hull was broken.

Yang Guimin shouted, "Good fight!"

The distance was already 500 meters, the flag on the flagship was waving, and a large group of ships moved towards the Dutch to outflank them. Yang Guimin took a look and saw that out of the mighty one hundred and twenty ships, there were actually less than a hundred ships at this time.

"Boom!"

There was a loud noise, and behind the largest Dutch ship, a Dutch ship suddenly exploded. Half of the hull was torn to pieces, the mast fell down with a "clack", and the hull tilted down.

Yang Guimin praised, "Okay, one more shot, that ship

It sank!"

However, the ship soon turned around and began to retreat with the other ship, without any more hits.

Yang Guimin said angrily, "How could this happen?"

The guard said, "This is King Yanping."

Yang Guimin asked in confusion, "What?"

The guard pointed to the ship's building and said, "Sir, please see, it was King Yanping who gave the order not to pursue those two ships."

Yang Guimin turned around and looked at the flag flying on the ship's roof, but Yang Guimin couldn't understand what it meant, so he could only turn around and continue watching the battle.

It seemed that the focus of Zhu Chenggong's attack was the largest ship. Most of the ships in the fleet were sailing around that ship, trying to surround the big ship in the middle.

The largest Dutch warship lost a mast and its maneuverability was obviously much weaker. It was soon surrounded by the fleet.

The Dutch ship next to the big ship was also seriously injured by the artillery, but it still escaped from the gap before the encirclement was completed and chased the two ships that escaped first.

Seeing that the siege was complete, the guards said joyfully, "We are surrounded. This ship cannot escape with its wings."

Sure enough, after the encirclement, several large ships in the fleet gave up firing and began to quickly approach the Dutch ship. The sailors drew out their long swords and short guns and climbed on the masts by pulling ropes.

The personal guard explained to Yang Guimin, "The encirclement has been completed. It is time to join the gang. As long as our people jump to the opposite ship and the Hongyi people surrender, the ship will belong to us."

Following Yang Guimin's gaze, the two large ships were the first to approach. They were close enough. The sailors pulled the ropes, kicked off their feet, and drew an arc toward the Dutch ship like they were swinging.

The guard smiled and said, "It's done, the Dutch have surrendered!"

Yang Guimin saw nothing and asked hurriedly, "Where did you see it?"

The guard said, "Look, my lord, there are no cannons fired from the Red Yi people's ships right now. They are probably ready to surrender."

Unexpectedly, as soon as the guard finished speaking, a burst of gunfire suddenly erupted in the distance.

The Dutch musketeers gathered under the mast, waiting in a row, and when they saw the sailors jumping overboard, they all fired.

The sailors who jumped overboard were shot backwards by muskets, and those who were not hit were also stabbed to death with short muskets.

The artillery on the second floor of the Dutch ship fired at the same time on both sides. The big ship sandwiched on both sides of the Dutch ship, one on the left and one on the right, was hit hard by dozens of cannons because it was too close. The entire hull was scattered and turned into pieces.

A pile of broken wood floating on the sea.

The sudden change occurred, and the people behind them had almost no time to rescue. After the Dutch sank two large ships, they leaned out from the ships and shot at the sailors who fell into the water.

This scene fell in Zhu Chenggong's eyes. His expression changed for the first time, and anger almost burst out of his eyes. He said to the ordering soldier, "Instruct everyone to lower the muzzle of the gun, hit it at the waterline, and sink it.

"

The flag was raised, and the fleet quickly began to adjust its posture. Sixty large ships were connected from stem to stern, surrounding the Dutch ship in the center.

All the cannons fired almost at the same time, and the cannons in the sky flew towards the Dutch ship.

Where the Dutch ship was, a huge column of water rose up into the sky. The tallest mast flying the tricolor flag swayed and fell down.

When the gunfire stopped and the water spray dispersed, the entire Dutch ship had sunk, leaving only large pieces of debris scattered on the sea.

The naval battle finally ended, the ship sailed past, and the remaining survivors on the water were holding wooden blocks and shouting for help.

water

The soldiers sent out small boats to rescue the survivors, including the sailors from the two previous boats and many Hongyi people.

Zhu Chenggong came down from the ship building, and soon a general came over to report, "In this battle, our army lost thirty-seven ships and three thousand casualties."

Zhu Chenggong pondered for a while and then sighed, "The Hongyi people sent out four ships, but we only sank one, which resulted in the loss of thirty-seven ships and three thousand casualties. No matter how we count this, it is not a victory for us!"

The general said, "Don't worry, my lord, the Hongyi people just think that their boats are bigger than ours and their cannons are better than ours."

Zhu Chenggong chuckled lightly, "Lin Feng, it's not my problem that the Red Yi people's ships have strong cannons. What I'm worried about is that the Hong Yi people's home country is thousands of miles away. How many such gun ships do they have? In addition to

What else can these ship cannons produce? If one day their main force comes to attack, can we stop them?"

Another general came over and said, "King Yanping, we have captured many Hongyi people. What should we do with them?"

Zhu Chenggong said, "Bring one or two little bosses here!"

Soon, two Dutchmen were brought over, and Yang Guimin saw the legendary Hongyi people for the first time. These two people had high noses and deep eyes, with red hair, and their eyes were really weird blue.

As soon as the two Dutchmen saw Zhu Chenggong, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and screamed indiscriminately. Yang Guimin thought to himself, this Hongyi man is really as Yu Shengxiu said, ugly and weird, really weird!

Zhu Chenggong had been doing business at sea for many years and knew a thing or two about the languages ​​of various countries. The Dutch chattered a lot, and a bodyguard beside him translated and said, "Your Majesty, these two red barbarians beg your Majesty not to kill them."

Zhu Chenggong said, "That big ship just now, how many do you have?"

The guard translated Zhu Chenggong's words into Dutch and asked the Hongyi people, and the two people quickly replied.

The guard said, "The ship just now is called 'Hector'. It is a second-class Dutch warship. There are only two here!"

When Yang Guimin heard "two ships", he breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously. Fortunately, there were only two ships. If there were more warships like that, the cost of victory would be high.

Soon, Zhu Chenggong got most of the information he wanted from the two Hongyi.

Although the Dutch have strong maritime power, those four ships are the only force that can be mobilized in the waters near Taiwan. If they want to mobilize the fleet, they will need to mobilize from further south of Luzon Island, which will take at least several months.

On the island of Taiwan, Governor Kessel has about 470 troops, and the most troublesome one is only the city of Geranje, which is a large fortress built by the Dutch in Da Yuan for more than 20 years.

Zhu Chenggong led the fleet and marched toward the southeast. Not long after, a black line appeared from the sky above the vast sea. As the distance got closer, it became clearer and clearer, and a beautiful island appeared in the sky.

Yang Guimin looked at it for a while and saw a black line extending from south to north, with no end as far as the eye could see. The island was lush and lush. He couldn't help but praise, "It's such a beautiful place. No wonder the head of state wants to win this place."

The fleet headed towards the island for a while, then turned around and headed south, heading along the coastline.

After advancing for a while, above the blue sea, the coastline recessed into the island, forming a huge bay.

Further along the bay, a large number of islands are located along what was originally the coastline.

Finally, Yang Guimin saw a huge double-story castle standing on a hill beside the waterway where two long islands were connected.
Chapter completed!