When it got dark, the pier of the city of Relandia was in a mess.
Dozens of corpses were lying there in various postures on the shore, and the corpses of more than a hundred Dutch sailors were soaked in the red sea water. .
Two of the ten warships had taken on water and were leaning in the water at the dock.
The deck of one of the ships was completely covered by seawater, with only two mainmasts sticking out of the sea, telling others that it was a sea-going ship underwater.
The other eight warships had at least a dozen large holes in their bodies.
The artillery decks inside were basically destroyed, and the cannons and other items were badly damaged.
Most of the mainmasts and sails above were broken and dilapidated.
It was now a luxury for these warships to even move.
With the Dutch warships reaching this point, Qi Wei was completely relieved.
The Dutch were no longer able to attack at sea and cause any trouble to the Polu army.
At this time, the Polu army warship was divided into two parts and began to rest and recuperate.
After a long voyage, the battle would begin when they arrived here.
If there was no rest, they could rest peacefully at night.
The Polu army had no worries, but the Dutch led by Vanderburgh Vandel were in tears.
The sinking of ten ships now meant that they had no choice but to defend the city of Relande, with no way out.
Many Dutch people had insomnia that night.
They really didn't know how long they could hold on and how many troops Mingren had come, which made them unable to sleep or eat well.
Early the next morning, Akito's activities brought life to the bay and awakened the vigilant Dutch.
After a hearty meal, Li Lu ordered his soldiers to board more than ten merchant ships and sail toward the island.
The Dutch, who were watching all this from afar, knew that the Ming people were coming and were afraid that they would attack the city of Relandja.
More than ten merchant ships sailed out of the bay and began to land on the west side of the island.
In addition to the 500 soldiers who stayed in Chikan City, more than 2,000 soldiers and more than 1,000 North Korean soldiers began to disembark.
There is no trestle here, so we can only slowly land in small boats one by one.
Since it is not too urgent, these soldiers put safety first and landed slowly.
In this way, all the soldiers came ashore.
It was already noon, and these soldiers began to cook rice on the beach.
Fandel was surprised to see these thousands of Ming soldiers in the telescope.
Of course, he was extremely puzzled.
Relanje City is a fortified city that cannot be destroyed even by artillery bombardment.
To capture this city, we must first bombard it with huge artillery, then attack the city with a sea of people, or besiege it until the city runs out of ammunition and food.
Apart from these two methods, Fandel could not think of any other method.
In his opinion, the city of Relanja was one of the few fortified cities in the Far East.
But the Ming people on the opposite side were thousands of people coming up.
Could it be that these infantry were the ones attacking the city?
As soon as noon passed, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty began to organize their troops and march eastward.
They neatly dispatched a large formation and marched eastward shouting slogans.
Fandel felt a chill in his heart when he saw this extremely neat military formation with thousands of people moving like one person.
He was a soldier in charge, and of course he knew that the soldiers were trained to this point.
I am afraid that only strict military discipline and hard work day and night can make it possible.
Done.
This does not mean that such soldiers are invincible in the world.
After all, there are also functions such as armor formations, but they will definitely be extremely difficult to deal with.
Just now, the 1,500 soldiers and 700 sailors who were leading the defense attacked together, and the idea of catching the Ming army by surprise was extinguished.
The key is that he doesn't know if the Ming army has any backup.
If he kills these Ming troops, he estimates that he will suffer a lot of losses.
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Then the Ming people still have a large number of backups, and the Dutch still have enough power to defend the city of Relandja. ?.
Maybe Akito's reinforcements would come down in one fell swoop.
After all, he couldn't have any more reinforcements.
The Mingren brigade only walked two miles before stopping.
They were still four miles away from the city of Relanja.
Li Lu ordered the soldiers to start digging from here.
Yes, digging.
There was a reason why the landing was so slow.
He brought a lot of shovels with him, just to dig the soil.
Zhao Lie had no intention of taking the city of Relanzha with the lives of his soldiers.
This was impossible.
There were not so many soldiers to bury.
Every experienced veteran was extremely valuable.
Even the new recruits had many injuries.
If Zhao Lie burns his money, he will go bankrupt.
In this era, the European fortress cannot be taken down without tens of thousands of casualties.
So the siege took too long, and Zhao Lie might have changed over time.
It is even more impossible to use the enemy's capture or the common people to attack the city first.
Where did the Dutch come from in order to get a large number of common people?
In the end, the only way was to dig tunnels and reward the Dutch with homemade airplanes.
For this expedition, a merchant ship was filled with black powder.
Li Lu resolutely followed Zhao Lie's orders.
Even without Zhao Lie's orders, he would not sacrifice his subordinates.
There were more than 4,000 soldiers in Jeju Town.
He could not bear to part with them.
These were invincible elite soldiers in the field and could not die like this. in the attrition of the siege.
Mingren stopped and started digging.
Anyone who was not a fool could understand what Mingren was planning to do.
It was not uncommon to use gunpowder to blow up fortified cities in European wars.
What's more, Li Lu did it with great fanfare without concealing anything.
"Mr.
Vanderburg, these Akito are going to use gunpowder to blow up the castle, what should we do."
Since he had some common sense and knew what Akito wanted to do, Vanderburg still had this knowledge, he asked anxiously.
"Nothing, just wait.
If Akira doesn't have reinforcements, just these soldiers in front of us, we can go out of the city to fight, and the chance of victory is very high.
But if Akira has reinforcements, we can only hold on to the city and defend it."
Fandel said calmly.
Compared to Vanderburg, he was in a calm mood and had a fortified city ahead.
Even if he was the commander of Mingren, he had to find a way to attack the city.
There was nothing surprising about blasting into the city.
Due to Akito's difficulty in dealing with them, if Akito's number increases again, he may not be able to defeat them.
However, if it is these people in front of him, Fandel is still very confident that he can defeat them.
It is better to fight outside the city than to be trapped in the city and eventually be destroyed by gunpowder.
Of course, the main force in the excavation was the North Korean soldiers, who did the dirty work, while the soldiers of the Polu Army were on guard against raids by the Dutch in the city.
Due to the long distance of the tunnel, a lot of wood was needed.
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Under Qi Wei's order, the navy's armor and sailors went ashore to cut down the trees and then sent them to the infantry in small boats.
This was also a tiring job.
However, the Polu Army infantry did not have too many people on this trip, and Zhao Lie repeatedly emphasized the coordination before setting off.
Of course, Qi Wei did not dare to neglect.
If the important event of the Lord's expedition was delayed, Qi Wei knew that even if he is now a navy The deputy general manager will also be reprimanded and punished by Zhao Lie.
Fortunately, there were dozens of armored soldiers on a warship.
It was not too difficult to find a few hundred people to cut and transport the wood.
There were a lot of trees near the bay, so it was relatively quick.
The tunnel was moving underground towards the castle at a rate of dozens of steps per day, while the Dutch watched helplessly and there was nothing they could do.
Five days later, Fandel had observed clearly that the invading Mingren infantry were more than 3,000 people in front of him, and there were no other Mingren soldiers.
As for the sailor Fandel on the ship, he automatically ignored it.
Infantry and boarding battles were absolutely impossible.
It's not the same thing, and it's nothing to be afraid of.
"Your Majesty the Governor, our army will leave the city tomorrow for a decisive battle with the Ming people.
The probability of our army's victory is very high."
Fandel said with confidence.
Vanderburg nodded in agreement.
In any case, he still had full confidence in Vandel.
Vandel's record in Europe and Jakarta showed that this man was smart and capable, otherwise the East India Company would not have spent a lot of money to hire him. .
"But once our army is defeated, it would be better for the Governor to surrender.
After all, it can save his life."
Vanderburg's words immediately made Vanderburgh's hair stand on end, if there was a big defeat. . . .
"Can't we just go out and fight?"
Vanderbilt's voice was trembling.
Only then did he remember that the Ming people opposite him were different from the indigenous people on the Southwest Islands.
This was a well-trained army, not the chaotic ones.
Like a rabble of monkeys.
"Are you waiting to be buried under the ruins?"
Fandel said disapprovingly.
He would rather die in battle than be crushed to death by earth and rocks.
Furthermore, he was still full of confidence in victory.
He had been unwilling to fight before because he was afraid that the losses would be too heavy and Ming reinforcements would take advantage of the situation.
By then, he might not have enough manpower to guard the city wall.
But does he have a choice now?
No, as long as he doesn't want to wait for death, he can only fight with all his strength.
Early on the next morning, North Korean soldiers had just begun to enter the tunnel to start construction, when a melodious horn sound came from the direction of the Relanja Castle in the distance.
The west door of the castle opened, and large groups of Dutchmen began to pour out of it quickly.
Li Lu immediately ordered the recall of the Korean soldiers underground and ordered the soldiers to form a team.
At the order, the underground North Korean soldiers hurriedly ran out, even rolling and crawling out.
After all, the tunnel below was not that spacious.
After all, it was just a passage for transporting gunpowder, not a storage transport.
Soldier.
None of the North Korean soldiers were wearing armor.
The first thing they did when they came out was to rush to the place where the soldiers and armor were piled.
Fortunately, the usual training showed its effect at this time.
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Their soldiers and armor were piled one by one according to the way they left.
The formations were laid out one by one, and all they had to do was get there and help each other put on armor as quickly as possible.
The soldiers of the Polu Army did not wear armor.
You must know that this is the hot south.
If you don't wear heavy armor, you may faint from the heat in less than half an hour.
But all the soldiers kept their armor beside them.
What they did now was to pick up the armor and start putting it on.
Under the orders of General Qian and General Bai, they finished donning their armor as soon as possible and began to form a team.
At this time, the Dutch were also forming a team under the orders of military leaders at all levels.
In fact, the 1,500 soldiers were well-drilled and the team was formed very quickly.
However, the 700 sailors were completely different.
It took a while and gave Fandel a headache
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