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The trees on one side of the road slowly left behind as the pair advanced, the delicate and bright banana trees and the slender and gloomy coconut trees intertwined into an endless hedge, and a little further to the right, you could see the endless blue, as if the team was not in Manila Bay, but on some island in the ocean.

In fact, even the road itself is covered with stunt shrubs unique to the tropics, which look especially muddy after rain, and it seems that there are not many people walking by land on a normal day.

Captain Domingo was at the forefront of the line on a military horse from India, and he had to be on guard in his military uniform because of the warning, and even on horseback in the heat of the weather made him uncomfortable.

The dreary climate left him with some spice to defuse his grievances, and he looked at the ugly lieutenant next to him and quipped, "Looks like you haven't slept well lately." ”

Torribbio glanced at the somewhat arrogant commander angrily, "Captain, you know I've not had a lot of luck these days. ”

"Your Excellency the Governor is really calculating, and the military pay paid to you is finally turned into gambling tax and returned to his hands." Domingo's taunt of his men made Domingo feel good, and he looked back at the Bonbanjan warriors behind him, full of confidence in the battle that was about to begin, "But don't worry, you'll have a lot more money on your hands when you send those Dutch scoundrels to the gallows." ”

His Excellency the Doge offered a bounty of ten pesos for each of the lowland rebels, which was not high compared to the damage they had done to the trade, but it was enough for a gambler like Torribbio, and all he feared was whether he would get more.

"Let's be honest, Captain, will we have a little less troops, I heard the scout who came to deliver the message yesterday said that the other side has at least ten warships."

Torribio probably knew that this amount was almost half of the Dutch East India Company's maritime power in Southeast Asia, and I am afraid that the situation at the port would not be as easy as the scout said.

"Don't worry, Avalos has already sent someone to gather his warriors, he has always been the most faithful servant of the Lord, and we will definitely not suffer in terms of troops."

Domingo said as he looked to the other side, and he was greeted with a flattering smile by a native chieftain dressed in Western attire on a horse, who he called Hernando de Avalos, a loyal servant of God.

Sixteen years ago, he was just a dedicated princely chief, because he led his people to contribute a lot to the colonizers in the massacre of Chinese merchants, and later he was under the care of the Manila authorities, and gradually developed. Now this man is only over forty years old, but most of the tens of thousands of Bonbanja people around Manila have to obey his orders, and the trade share of the Bashi estuary accounts for at least more than 20%, so when he heard that the Dutch and British fleets are coming to attack, Alonso naturally asked him to order 2,000 elite troops to accompany him. The old chieftain was afraid of the pirates, and also for the safety of his own family, even if there were three or four hundred musketeers in his headquarters, he still did not forget to send envoys to the three or four surrounding Bangbanya tribes during the march, thinking that he would gather thousands more troops and horses with him to support the fortress of Cavite, where he also had a business.

It's just that this wishful thinking is probably going to come to naught.

If Captain Domingo had been able to penetrate a few dozen meters deeper into the depths of the dense forest through the cracks in the woods not far from his side, he would have seen a surprising sight of a team of people with hair covered in oil paint watching this team intently, they were neither black nor native, but under the cover of makeup, they could blend in with the jungle better than anyone else, and there were several more of the same team within a radius of miles.

They were the unscrupulous people led by the patriarchs, scattered in the dense forests of the short 20-kilometer journey from Manila to Cavite.

When the teams set out, they received only three orders from Beiwei, one was to block the scouts and emissaries that might be sent by the thieves to help the West, the second was to block all the information that might be coming from Cavite this morning, and the third was to make the clearest reconnaissance of the composition and combat strength of the army from Manila.

The Senate did not want this team to retreat into the turtle shell of the royal city of Manila in advance, nor did it want them to bring too many indigenous coercions, after all, in the past, there were also cases in which Manila was able to mobilize six or seven thousand native soldiers in a small battle, and the Senate naturally avoided this situation, and the purpose of this was to completely annihilate the main force of the Spaniards on Luzon, and it was better to capture a few generals alive, rather than just crushing the vassals of those princely states.

"How many are you doing today?"

"Plus the one just caught in the north, it's already six, but I'm not sure if there is a leak."

Bounded by the location of the northern latitudes, there were two groups of men and horses lurking in the forests further south, and several clergy, believers, and natives had been intercepted this morning, while the north was more to prevent the Spaniards from asking for help from the surrounding princely states.

"The natives are really loyal." This team of bad guys was personally led by Beiwei, but today's events still moved him a lot.

The Spaniards have been rooted here for many years, and although the spread of Catholicism has not had a strong influence among the Chinese, it has obviously had a significant effect among the natives.

In the slaughter of China, the religious princely soldiers played a big role, and their cruelty to Chinese merchants was even higher than that of the colonists.

Along the way, the Turkish chieftains have sent so many emissaries to ask for help, especially the influence of the Spaniards around Manila, which is also a strategy for the colonists to divide and disintegrate in the region, and there is no guarantee that none of these messengers will slip through the net.

"And what about the ones you catch now?"

"Leave one who can understand the words, and dispose of the rest." Beiwei spoke without the slightest emotion, he didn't have too many scruples compared to his companions, everything was in the best interests of the Senate.

"And what about this team? Just let them get to Cavite safely? ”

"We have few people and it is impossible to fight them hard, anyway, Cavite has already been taken, and when they get to the place, they will naturally be entertained by the brothers of the Fubo Army, which is the most beneficial for us." He suddenly remembered something again, turned his head and asked the team member who had just spoken, "Do you estimate that they can bring rations for a few days?" ”

The team member thought for a moment when he heard this, but immediately realized, "Doesn't this have a ready-made tongue, just ask it." ”

He looked back again, and pouted, this time the bound native could understand some Chinese.

…………

Avalos kept his head on his horse, glancing in the direction of Captain Domingo from time to time, hoping not to miss any instructions.

Accustomed to a pampered life, he had not been in battle for many years, but this time in the face of the joint attack of the Spaniards' old enemy, he had to reluctantly go out in person.

Fortunately, there were enough men and horses to go out this time, all of them were the elite who followed him all the year round, and these soldiers were stationed around the royal city on weekdays, and they were an important force for His Excellency the Governor to check and balance the Chinese in the stream, and now, they will once again take on the responsibility of defending Manila.

In fact, there is no need to worry too much about the situation in Cavite, Avalos thought about it, although the fortress of Cavite is not very big, it is also very strong, and I believe that even if there are nearly a thousand pirates who want to land, the defenders will be enough to sustain themselves. What's more, according to the scouts who came to report yesterday, those pirate ships began to fire cannons from a long distance, and it didn't seem to pose much threat to the port.

However, now that he was less than halfway to Cavite, he suddenly looked at Zhang with some uneasiness.

There have been several emissaries sent to the various ministries after dawn, and after receiving the news last night, Manila sent a small team of Che Chi Dan to Krabi first, but according to common sense, someone should have brought the news there. Even if it was inconvenient for the team sent to leave earlier, it was a little strange that the other party was in such a big battle that it didn't even see a single merchant fleeing to Manila along the way.

Reasonably, if there is still a fierce battle over there, it should be like yesterday, and if it has been defeated, it should release the scouts who have reported victory, but it should never be like now.

Since crossing the Imus, the road had been a little too quiet, and even the fishing boats in the bay of Bacoor seemed to be much less, and the chief wanted to see farther, preferably across the bay to know what was going on in the port of Cavite.

Unlike the Spaniards, those who are high up in the world are proud of the experience of the conquerors over the past hundred years, when the king's advance officer Francisco Pizarro led 177 warriors to conquer the Inca Empire tens of thousands of times their population in Cajamarca, and then all their conquests in New Spain, Cebu, and Luzon have put countless convincing seals on this experience, which is one of the convincing seals of the Chosen People.

Fortunately, there is a small village called Cavet in front of it, and there is a church built by Dominia I will build outside the village, and the village is surrounded by cultivated fields, which is a good place to camp and rest.

But Alvalos still had to cheer up and be kind to remind him, because not only had the news from Cavite not come at all, but even the reinforcements had not been seen, and at this time it had been more than half a day since their departure, and the warriors of the nearest tribe should be around here, no matter how bad they were.

Captain Domingo also seemed to think that Avalus had a point, and he only thought about it for a moment before exclaiming, "Hikogoro! ”

"The villain is here, what does the captain command?" A Kishitan warrior dressed as a samurai replied, and it seemed that Chinese words were not barrier-free.

"You take two hundred men and horses to Krabi as soon as possible, and let people come back to report the situation first, no matter what the situation is."

Hikogoro, who had the head of the moon generation, answered again, and two hundred Kiritan soon followed him, half of them were armed with muskets, which was obviously elite.

Two hours later, as soon as the group arrived outside the village of Kavit, Chejdan who recognized them ran out of his hiding place in the woods by the roadside.

The number of people who appeared in front of Hikogoro was led by Yasuke, all of whom were his father's subordinates, and they were also devout believers. Two years ago, he had come here with Dominican monks to preach. After some questioning, he learned that a group of pirates had landed on the beach north of the village this morning, and their church was in that direction, and it was the first to be attacked, and now that the church had been occupied, the situation of the village and Cavite was not clear.

He already felt that something was wrong at the moment, and from Yasuke's mouth, he had already learned that the more than thirty Chechi Dan sent by Manila last night did not seem to have passed here, either Yasuke was too sleepy to hear it, or there was something wrong with these people.

"You didn't send anyone north for help?" Hikogoro was a little puzzled.

Yasuke was a little surprised, "Why, didn't Hikogoro den meet them on the way?" ”

Although Hikogoro felt that Yasuke's words sounded inappropriate, he relied on his large number of people and said, "Where are those pirates?" ”

"It's near the church."

"So Krabi is lost?"

"No one has crossed the sea and don't know, but I think there is no need to cross the sea if they have already lost, after all, in addition to Manila, only Cavite is the richest, if you capture Cavite, there is no reason for the pirates to come here again, Cavit Village except rice and sago, there is nothing to look at, although after the typhoon season comes back a lot of people who do business in Manila, but their goods will not be brought back to the village, and there is nothing to grab, this situation is too common in the local area, So much so that even the pirates should be able to know it well. ”

…………

When Hikogoro and his two hundred men arrived near the church, fifty soldiers of the first team of the second capital of the third battalion of the Fubo army were on guard outside the village of Kavit, and they had only been here for half a day, and they soon noticed the presence of Hikogoro's headquarters nearby, which seemed to prove once again that the Senate was unusually correct in controlling the size of the troops responsible for the search or clearing the front line to more than fifty after the attack in the last law and order battle.

The three teams sent by the second capital were 'mopping' in three nearby villages, and they did not easily kill the villagers who could not resist, and their targets were the rice and sago that even Yasuke did not look up to. The food was forcibly taken or destroyed except for the necessary rations, and of course the warriors would leave the equivalent of the currency—the currency of the Senate—in exchange, which was obviously worth more than the 'bought' grain, and the only disadvantage was that they could not satisfy their hunger.

After destroying the potential supplies of the Spaniards, they were about to leave, and Zhang Zhao, the captain of the Fubo army, was giving the order to withdraw to Cavite.

As a result, Hikogoro saw that there were few people on the other side, and they were all camping and looked defenseless, so he immediately rushed forward with his people, he needed a victory with the right atmosphere, and maybe these people could tell him where the team of Cheshitan had gone last night.

The sound of the trumpet sounded, and it seemed a little intermittent and broken under the blowing of the sea breeze, but as the trumpet sounded, the enemies of the Kiriji Dan samurai quickly formed a phalanx, and they did not look panicked, and the performance of this small group of Fubo troops made Hikogoro's eyelids jump, which did not look like ordinary pirates.

But Zhang Zhao was also in the same mood as Hikogoro at this time, the other party had many more people than himself, and his establishment was obviously not equipped with a radio station that only a chief had in his head, only a rudimentary signal flare could be used, and the effect was quite suspicious. So when facing the Kishitan samurai who was still two or three miles away, his hands holding the command knife were already full of sweat, not much better than when he was captured by the chief for the first time, after all, this was the first time he led his troops to fight, and there was no chief behind him to press the formation.

However, the long monotony of training soon allowed habit to defeat fear and take over, maybe sending them to the village of Cavit was a mistake in scheduling, but it could also be a test for the elders, he thought, and blurted out one command after another, his voice gradually firm and high-pitched.

'Ruler 100 meters, gun up - aim——! ’

When the Chezhi Dans had already entered the firing range, Zhang Zhao did not hesitate to shout the final order in his already hoarse voice.

'Shooting——!!! ’

When Hikogoro finally saw that the pirates on the other side were all holding muskets, the surprise in his heart was only a fleeting moment, but the next moment white smoke rose and the sound of popping followed like jumping beans. Barely aware of the interval, three salvos were completed, and more than forty of the samurai who had walked in the front lay in pools of blood, their bodies exposed with terrible wounds, some still struggling to let out a terrible wail.

Most of these people were musketeers, and they originally wanted to take the other side by surprise, which was the usual tactic of these Japanese samurai, but this time they miscalculated, and they were swept away by such a powerful firearm from what they thought was a safe distance.

When the smoke of the battlefield cleared, Hikogoro finally saw the appearance of the enemy from a closer distance, and at first he was a little puzzled, those people did not have high noses and deep eyes, but immediately he seemed to think of something, and his eyes widened and shouted.

'They're Australians!' ’

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