Chapter 59 Section 4 Forced Landing in Chijian Building

After the successful landing of Zheng Jun, the Chikanlou and Taiwan City, which were occupied by the Dutch colonists, were separated and besieged.At that time, Kui Kui, the leader of the Dutch invading army, was stationed in Taiwan City, and there were about 1,100 defenders in the city.According to the leader guarding Chixianlou, the commander of the Dutch invading army is hard to describe, and there are only three to four hundred officers and soldiers in the city.In addition, the only Dutch ships moored near Taiwan City were the two warships "Hector" and "Sgrafland", a pilot ship and several small boats.The Dutch invaders tried in vain to repel the Zheng army by taking advantage of the strong ships and guns and the strong castle, taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Zheng army.

On the sea, the Dutch colonists led several other ships with their main battleship "Hector" to block Zheng's army. Zheng Chenggong gathered 60 warships to surround him and launched a fierce artillery battle.Although the equipment of the warships of the Zheng Army was inferior to that of the Dutch Army, the soldiers were extremely brave. They bombarded the "Hector" from all directions. Sinking, "all cargo and soldiers on board perished" (CES "Neglected Formosa" Vol. 2).The other Dutch ships tried to escape, but they were tightly bitten and besieged by the warships of the Zheng Army. As a result, one retreated to the city of Taiwan, one was swallowed by raging fire, and after being defeated, the other fled to Batavia (now Indonesia) occupied by the Netherlands. Jakarta).On land, on the third day of April (May 1st in the Gregorian calendar), when the Zheng army landed at the end of the northern line (a beach less than one square kilometer), the Dutch colonists sent the captain, Captain Beder (called "Cong Zheng Lu" He (Pu Guizi) led 240 blunderbuss soldiers, and sailed to the end of the northern line by boat. After landing, he marched in two lines, firing guns in succession, full of air.At this time, Zheng Jun had about 4,000 troops at the end of the northern line. Chen Ze, the general of Zheng Jun, attacked from the front with the main force, and sent another 700 to 800 people to bypass the hill from the flanks and copy to the enemy's rear.The Dutch invading army was attacked by the enemy, and 118 people were killed on the spot. Ba Guizai also died, and only a few people fled back to Taiwan City.At the request of Chikanlou defenders, Kuiyi sent another captain, Captain Aldorp, to lead 200 soldiers across the sea for reinforcements, and arrived near Chikan by sampan in an attempt to block the landing of Zheng Jun, but was defeated by Zheng Jun. The attack of the troops was defeated.

After Zheng Chenggong defeated the Dutch invading army, he besieged Chiqianlou with 12,000 troops.The Dutch guard, Bananshiding, wrote a letter to Kuiyi, the chieftain of the Netherlands who was stationed in Taiwan City, asking for help. There were only two sentences in the letter: "Chinese soldiers came from the sky. We are very dangerous, very dangerous!" Prepare a bunch of hay and prepare to attack Chiqianlou with fire.Wu Mai, the coordinator, was sent to inform Chiqian Louhe Chief Bananshiding: "If you don't surrender, you will set fire to the city."It is difficult to describe the situation. Under the situation of "the isolated city is absolutely aided and the city lacks water", he can no longer defend, and was forced to lead more than 300 officers and soldiers out of the city to surrender, and the Chijian Tower was recovered.