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When Zhang Xianzhong proposed his plan, by coincidence, the Dutch were also discussing night operations.

The Netherlands often played night raid tricks, but not with a bad army, but with an elite navy.

During the Thirty Years' War, the Dutch navy conducted many night raids on Spanish ports. Later, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the Dutch navy repeated its old tricks and also conducted many night attacks on British ports. As long as the night attack is successful and the merchant ships can be burned, the merchant ships will be burned. If there are enemy ships in the port, you will make a lot of money.

Including this delivery of reinforcements, the Dutch fleet also came at night, docked in advance at a long distance, unloaded the army and fled immediately, making it difficult for the Chinese navy to detect its traces.

Clapp said to Rainiers: "Your Majesty the Governor, our army is too bad and cannot effectively fight at night. However, we can march at night, quietly leave the city from the north of the city, and reach the preset location before dawn."

"Finish your plan." Rainiers nodded.

Clapp said: "The previous troop movements were just to confuse the enemy and make them misjudge that we will leave the city to fight tomorrow. Therefore, they will focus on the west of the city and launch a surprise attack when we leave the city tomorrow. But we can advance the time and Dispatch the army in the middle of the night, sneak out from the north of the city, and go west along the coast. It's best if you can join the reinforcements. If you can't join the reinforcements, you can ambush in the woods to the west."

"Then what?" Rainiers is not very good at fighting.

Clapp explained: "Tomorrow, order the Javanese soldiers, Indian soldiers and Arab soldiers to march out from the west of the city. They will definitely be defeated, and what I need is for them to break up. The Chinese army will hunt down the defeated soldiers all the way to the city. .At this time, our elites lurking in the woods will take the opportunity to rush out from behind the Chinese army, and the reinforcements will also cooperate with us in the battle!"

Rainiers said: "What if the Chinese army takes the opportunity to occupy the city?"

Clapp smiled and said: "Even if the Chinese army takes the opportunity to occupy the city, they will not be able to occupy the castle. Moreover, their troops left outside the city will be completely annihilated by us. At that time, we will besiege the city and siege the people in the city. The Chinese army besieged them until they starved to death.”

Rainiers asked: "What if the Chinese commander is on guard and discovers us marching at night?"

"Retreat to the castle immediately!" Clapp said. "We have the support of city defense artillery, and the moat and ships are there to support us. We will definitely be able to retreat safely. In addition, we can send a force at night to rush out from the south of the city to create noise and attract the enemy's attention. Towards the south of the city. Our elites went out from the north of the city and lurked in the woods at night."

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That afternoon, both sides were pretending to mobilize their troops and making deceptive preparations for the night operations.

The Dutch's plan was to create noise in the south of the city, and the elite would quietly sneak into the woods to the west.

Zhang Xianzhong's plan was to create a disturbance in the west of the city, and his elite sneaked to the east to attack the city.

The biggest difference is that the Dutch Army is too poorly organized to fight at night and can only lurk until tomorrow. The Chinese army, on the other hand, wants to fight at night and will not delay the war until tomorrow.

Midnight.

Eight hundred Dutch troops began to take action, exiting from the north gate of the eastern half of the city, passing through a vegetable field, and arriving at the moat of the castle. Then he crossed the bridge and entered the castle. From the gap in the moat in the north of the castle, he quietly came to the seaside and marched westward along the coast.

Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang led eight hundred rogues and took action as early as nightfall. Because he was afraid of being discovered by the Dutch defenders, he headed southeast, walked around for several miles, and followed the coast all the way to the east of the city.

"kill!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The Dutch took the lead in shelling the south of the city. 200 Dutch troops, with more than 1,000 Javanese soldiers, rushed out of the south gate without warning.

This situation shocked both Tie Hong and Zhang Xianzhong.

Because the final plan after repeated discussions was to let the Johor soldiers and the Han rebels make a move in the west of the city to attract the Dutch. Zhang Xianzhong led people to seize the city in the east of the city. Tie Hong personally led the Datong army and cooperated with the siege in the south of the city at the critical moment.

Tie Hong had quietly lurked a few hundred meters outside the moat in the south of the city, just waiting for the friendly forces to the west to build momentum. Unexpectedly, the city wall he faced suddenly opened fire, and it seemed that there were enemy troops coming out.

A cannonball flew over Tie Hong's head, and the black man exclaimed: "We have been discovered by the enemy, attack the city immediately!"

"kill!"

Two thousand Datong troops, led by Tie Hong, rushed toward the southern moat carrying ladders and rafts.

Clapp, who was standing at the top of the city, was also frightened and shouted quickly: "The enemy is attacking at night, blow the trumpet quickly and let the troops south of the city come back quickly!"

Liu Hanyi is in charge of the camp, but the specific commander is Tie Hong's deputy general Zhan.

Hearing the movement in the south of the city, Liu Hanyi hurriedly went to Yu Zhan and asked: "The time has not come yet, why did General Tie take action in advance?"

On the Datong Army side, they brought pocket watches.

It's said to be a pocket watch, but it's actually more like a small clock. The dial is as big as two palms.

According to the plan, at the scheduled time, the artillery of the Datong Army in the west direction of the city fired first, and the Han rebels and the Johor soldiers shouted together. Zhang Xianzhong in the east of the city heard the movement and immediately crossed the moat to attack the city. Tie Hong, who was in the south of the city, chose how to fight based on the battle situation.

But now that our own people did not fire, the enemy troops in the city fired first.

Yu Zhan had already gathered the remaining Datong troops. He said to Liu Hanyi: "The angels will continue to guard the camp. I will lead people to the west of the city to feint attack. General Tie must have been discovered by the enemy, and he must create a greater momentum in the west of the city, so that he can Relieve the pressure on friendly forces in the east and south of the city. Blow the trumpet and start shelling immediately!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The artillerymen lurking in the west of the city fired immediately when they heard the trumpet sound.

The Han rebels led by Su Dingguo and the Johor soldiers led by the Prince of Johor immediately lit torches when they heard the sound of friendly artillery fire, and shouted wildly while lighting the fires. Their combat effectiveness is too poor, and that's all it does.

Matthews, a Dutch officer, is leading his elite troops to sneak along the coast to the west.

As we walked, a few shells came over.

But it was a fool's errand. The Chinese artillerymen were afraid of accidentally injuring friendly forces and did not dare to fire at the city wall. Instead, they all fired towards the sea.

"Quickly retreat, the Chinese are ambushing you!"

Matthews was so frightened that he turned around and ran away, not daring to run to the western half of the city, and retreated all the way along the coast to Dutch Castle.

Krapp stood at the top of the city and saw clearly that tens of thousands of torches were lighting up in the west of the city, rushing towards the moat at a very fast speed. He instantly "understood" the Chinese's combat intentions and said to the herald: "Go back and inform the Governor that the Chinese army (Tiehong Division) in the south of the city is only a feint attack, while the Chinese army (Han Rebels and Johor Soldiers) in the west of the city are the main attack. Let the Governor hold on to the castle, and I can hold on to the city wall here!"

With that said, Clapp pulled out his command knife: "Indians and Arabs, move to the east of the city to guard against sneak attacks. Javanese soldiers quickly move to the south of the city to defend the feint attack troops here. Dutch soldiers, follow me to the west of the city to deal with the main force of the Chinese!" "

what's the situation?

Zhang Xianzhong heard the commotion in the south and west and had no idea what was going on.

This guy fights with ghosts and ghosts. The more unexpected the unexpected, the more calm and calm he becomes. He does not take action immediately, but lurks outside the city guard and stands still.

Sun Kewang leaned over and said in a low voice: "Eight Kings, something is wrong."

"Don't make any noise, listen carefully." Zhang Xianzhong lay on the ground with his ears pressed tightly to the ground.

After listening for a while, Zhang Xianzhong said: "The city is mobilizing troops. It seems that there are fewer defenders on our side of the city wall. You can take action!"

Two bandit leaders, dozens of old thieves, and eight hundred Japanese ronin, all held branches in their mouths to prevent anyone from accidentally shouting.

They quietly pushed the plank into the water, carrying the long ladder on their shoulders, and secretly crossed the moat with the plank.

The Indians and Arabs defending the east wall were not paying attention here at the moment. They were all looking to the west and south to observe the battle situation. They had no intention of defending the city and fled back to their own communities as soon as they noticed something was wrong.

In the west of the city, the Dutch elite who had sneaked out of the city had fled back to the castle in a hurry. The Han rebels and the Johor soldiers, each holding several torches, formed a formation of ten thousand people to attack the city in the dark night. They roared loudly but did not cross the river. They kept making trouble outside the moat.

In the south of the city, Tie Hong, who was in the middle and providing support, inexplicably became the main attacker.

This nigger's brain is not very good. His only advantage is that he dares to fight hard. If he were a normal general, he would definitely order the withdrawal of troops when encountering this situation. There would be no battle at all tonight, but he led his troops to attack the city.

After Tiehong led his troops across the river, two thousand Datong troops carried planks as shields and charged towards the south city wall without hesitation.

Zhang Xianzhong led his troops just across the moat, and Tie Hong was already leading his troops to climb the city wall.

Clapp finally realized something was wrong and shouted: "The west is a feint attack, the south is the main force, come with me to support the south wall!"

The southern city wall is full of Javanese soldiers and Javanese militia, sparsely shooting arrows, and it is crowded and people don’t know what they are doing.

Tie Hong wore a suit of chain armor and a sun hat, and carried a stick to do the first step in person. The city wall is not very high, but this guy is as nimble as a monkey and has already climbed to the female wall in a few seconds.

A Javanese soldier slashed at him with a knife. He grabbed the ladder with his left hand and waved a stick with his right hand, directly smashing the enemy's weapon away.

Then he turned over and rushed into the crowd, holding the stick horizontally and rushing forward. He actually used the stick to push several Javanese people in front of him back.

The two ends of the stick are made of wrought iron and the middle is made of wood, just like a golden cudgel.

A knife struck in the darkness, causing Tie Hong's left hand to suffer pain, but the little finger was cut off, and the ring finger was chopped off until only a trace of skin remained.

"ah!"

In pain, Tie Hong shouted violently, overturned the enemy in front of him, and then swung his stick to sweep across.

After swiping several times in succession, a huge gap was formed more than one meter in front of him, and all the Javanese were scared away.

At this time, Tie Hong had some free time to pull off the ring finger of his left hand, which had only a trace of skin left, and threw it at the enemy. Then he rushed forward with a ferocious smile. In the darkness, no human form could be seen, only white teeth could be seen.

The soldiers of the Datong Army behind them took the opportunity to climb onto the city wall, killing the Javanese defenders who were several times their size and retreating step by step.

East of the city.

Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang had already led the old thieves and rogues across the river and rushed to the city to build a ladder.

"There are enemies here!" a wealthy Arab businessman exclaimed.

"Run!"

The Indians also discovered it and turned around and fled from the city wall. They were not willing to fight for the Dutch.

Seeing that the defenders did not resist, Zhang Xianzhong immediately said to the old thieves beside him after ascending the city: "Go tell Sun Kewang and ask him to support the friendly forces in the south of the city. I will go to the north to block the enemy's retreat!"

This guy made the most correct decision in an instant. He wanted to eat all the Dutch soldiers defending the city.

Clapp led troops from the west of the city to support the south of the city. Halfway through, he heard that the east of the city had been lost. He stopped supporting and immediately ordered a retreat. All Dutch soldiers retreated to the castle. The city and the Javanese, Indians, and Arabs could be abandoned. Only the Dutch soldiers and the castle must not be lost.

The city and the castle are connected by only one passage.

When Clapp came running with hundreds of Dutch soldiers, intending to exit through the north city gate and retreat all the way to the castle, Zhang Xianzhong had been waiting there for several minutes.