Blood from Daming

Chapter 521 Autonomy
Just when Xue Yun was deeply caught in a dilemma, a white flag was raised on the highest inner fort of Promincia Castle. Many soldiers of the Xue family army saw it, but Xue Yun did not stop his artillery, so the artillery of the Xue family army kept roaring. Not long after, the shelling stopped in the Dutch castle, and Xue Yun asked the Xue family army to suspend the shelling.

Not long after, Gao Wenlu, who had been in charge of negotiating for a long time, left the castle in the north carrying a white flag. After standing outside the castle for a while, he was led to the three-masted battleship Specx by the Marine Corps of the Xue family army. Gao Wenlu boarded the battleship Specx and saw the leader It was General Yan Rong, and Gao Wenlu was quite surprised that General Yan Rong took the lead.

Gao Wenlu performed western etiquette to Xue Yun, and then said to Xue Yun: "General, didn't you say that our two families take a break from fighting, how can you keep your promises?"

Xue Yun said: "The general and Mattisunke only talked about the truce of Promincia Castle, and did not involve the Dutch navy in the inland waters of the Hejiang River at all. I believe that Chief Mattisunke is very clear about this."

Gao Wenlu knew that he was tricked by General Yan, but now he is not here to fight, so he put aside these boring topics, and talked to General Yan about the purpose of his trip: "General Yan, if we continue to fight like this, we will both lose. Why don't we cease fighting?" Bar."

Xue Yun was surprised and said: "General Gao, you didn't come to surrender with the white flag."

Gao Wenlu said: "General Yan, I am flying the white flag to negotiate a truce."

Xue Yun said: "General Gao, General Ben is determined to win Promincia Castle. If you Dutch people refuse to surrender, then go back and tell the Dutch in the castle to let them take up arms and continue fighting."

Gao Wenlu saw that General Yan didn't agree with him, so he had no choice but to follow the bottom line explained by Mattisunke: "General Yan, you and Chief Mattisunke are still relatives, even if we Dutch people are asked to leave Promincia Castle, It should also give Chief Matisunk a decent way to leave."

In fact, Xue Yun didn't want to sacrifice Xue's family's blood and blood to fight the Dutch, so he took the opportunity to step down and said, "General Gao, you go back and tell Commander Mattisunk that Promincia Castle should at least be a peaceful castle, so Promincia Castle should no longer be armed, and this general can only accept Promincia Castle as a city of peace."

Gao Wenlu's expression changed and he said, "General Yan, once we Dutch give up our arms, won't we become fish at the mercy of others?"

Xue Yun said: "General Gao, you misunderstood, except that you Dutch cannot have your own armed forces, Promincia Castle can get a high degree of autonomy, and Promincia Castle can become a symbol of the friendship between Ming and the Netherlands. This general has already thought about it. Master of Promincia Castle."

Gao Wenlu said in surprise, "What the general meant."

Xue Yun said: "This general will turn Promincia Castle into an unarmed pocket country, and its owner is Queen Mathilia."

Gao Wenlu asked: "Your Excellency, the interests of our Dutch people are fully guaranteed in Promincia Castle."

Xue Yun said: "After Queen Liya took over Promincia Castle, you must abide by the laws and systems of the kingdom and obey Queen Liya's rule, but now is a transitional period, and the Dutch in your castle must lay down their arms. Please Make a decision as soon as possible."

Gao Wenlu said: "Your Excellency, General, please allow me to resign and go back and report to Matty Sunke."

Gao Wenlu quickly disembarked and ran back to Promincia Castle, and then rushed into Fort Mitter panting. When Gao Wenlu entered the main hall where Matty Sunke lived, he heard hoarse shouts from the side hall. Gao Wenlu recognized that it was Marty Chief Sun Ke's nephew Lyrk's voice.

Promincia Castle fought a full-scale artillery battle with the Xue family army of the Ming Dynasty under the impulse of Laelke, a rebellious young officer. Laelke fired the three-masted warship in the north when the battle lasted until dawn. The incoming solid bullet hit the left arm, and the entire left arm was smashed to pieces. It was because of Lerk's injury that Mattisunk's peace negotiations were prompted.

When Gao Wenlu came to the main hall where Matty Sunk lived, he found that besides Lerson and several officers and captains, there were many prominent Dutchmen in Promincia Castle. When everyone saw Gao Wenlu coming in, some people were anxious. I have to stand up and hope to know the result of the negotiation immediately.

Gao Wenlu said: "Sir, the condition of the Ming army is that our Promincia Castle is disarmed. They don't have to enter the Promincia Castle, and the people in the castle can decide for themselves whether to stay or not in the future."

Gao Wenlu's words stirred up waves in the main hall, and the Dutch people in the main hall were talking about it. Everyone was still very interested in Xue Jiajun's proposal. The safety of life cannot be guaranteed, and it seems that the negotiation has reached a dead end.

Mathiesunke said: "After giving up arms, how can the interests of our Dutch people be protected?"

Gao Wenlu said: "General Xue Jiajun Yan means that Miss Liya will become the master of Promincia Castle, and those who don't want to stay in Promincia Castle can leave, and those who stay will become Miss Liya's subjects. Miss Ya will be the Queen of Promincia Castle."

When Gao Wenlu said this, Matty Sunke was not able to speak, and the Dutch in the main hall were babbling for a while. They still couldn't figure out whether to continue fighting or give up their arms to support Miss Liya, but there were a few The officer and the captain urged Lelson to continue fighting.

Lelson, the main fighter, hung his head and said nothing, but Matty Sunke said without letting him go: "Sir Lelson, tell me your opinion."

Only then did Leiersheng raise his head, scanned the main hall with his empty eyes, and said, "The Ming army attacked the naval fleet in a surprise battle last night. I'm afraid it will be hard to escape, the soldiers who went out to rescue the fort and the soldiers who guarded the fort died up to 500 people, and many immigrants in the fort were killed or injured, this castle may not be able to hold it."

At this time, Laelke, who had just had surgery on his arm, rushed in and shouted at Raelsen: "Coward, are you afraid of such a small loss? We Dutch won't surrender even if we fight to the last. Ouch!" .”

Raelson bowed his head and was speechless, and Matisunke shouted angrily, "Come on, drag him out for me."

Several Mattisunke's bodyguards supported Laierke, regardless of his jumping and jumping, and forcibly dragged Laierke out of the main hall. There are still [-] Netherlanders in the Promincia Castle, so is it really impossible to defend the Promincia Castle?"

Lersen thought for a while and said: "Your Excellency, but these three thousand Dutch people, as well as many wounded soldiers, old and weak women and children, even if we can defend Promincia Castle, we will still fail in the end, but I am a Soldiers, let the commander decide everything."

Matty Sunke didn't expect this time, Lei Ersheng was still playing tricks on himself, leaving the bad luck that decided the fate of Promincia Castle to himself, Matty Sunke looked at Gao Wenlu, Gao Wenlu, who once invaded Ming Dynasty Radicals, however, appear unusually calm and low-key.

Gao Wenlu said in a low voice: "Sir, the navy in the Inland Sea is gone now, and it is in the hands of the Xue family army of the Ming Dynasty. Even if we support the company's reinforcements, according to the estimation of the subordinates, the size of the fleet according to the company's practice is at most two. As far as three three-masted warships and twenty pirate ships, without the cooperation of the Inland Sea Navy, the fate of the reinforcements may be very worrying."

After many discussions with the Dutchmen in the main hall, Mattisunke and the Dutch people in the main hall had no choice but to basically reach the condition that Promincia Castle gave up its armed forces. However, some people still wanted to keep their guns. Gao Wenlu said angrily that there were no more guns. It's useless to have a bunch of guns. These Dutch people are dead to keep their guns, but they only agree to send their artillery and guns out of the castle, and they firmly do not allow the Ming army to enter the castle of Promincia.

Xue Yun was also anxiously waiting for Gao Wenlu's reply on the battleship Specx. In addition to obtaining four Dutch three-masted warships and burning down a large number of Dutch ships in the first battle last night, Xue Yun's entire marine corps died in triple digits. Two members of the special operations team sacrificed in the artillery battle. The Xue Jiajun naval fleet damaged more than 300 ships and [-] artillery pieces. More than [-] soldiers were killed and nearly [-] soldiers were injured.

The remaining four departments of "Pingnanguan" damaged 130 artillery pieces, more than 300 soldiers were killed and 17 soldiers were injured, and "Weiyuan City" even Xiong Wei and Ji Tianen's departments damaged 250 artillery pieces, killing [-] soldiers. More than [-] soldiers were injured, and dozens of security officers You Qian, Fang Qian, and Zhang Sanzhu Qian were also injured.

The other compensation Xue Yun received was that he got more than a dozen Dutch pirate ships and merchant ships that surrendered, and captured the Dutch navy and the Dutch soldiers who left the fort to attack. There were about 300 Dutch soldiers. In addition, the Dutch fleet burned and sank into the sea. The Frang cannons, these Flang cannons Xue Jiajun fished for three whole years, but the Frang cannons were finally installed on the walls of "Pingnan Pass" and "Weiyuan City", becoming The barrier used to defend the southern gate of Taiwan.

(End of this chapter)