Hearing Colonel Fernandez's shout, the adjutant subconsciously shuddered. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "Mr. Colonel, I'm really sorry. But we have not received any news that the Governor of Manila, López, is going to send reinforcements, so why did your ministry come to my city of San Fernando? ”

The adjutant shouted stubbornly.

Seeing that this little adjutant dared to ask himself, the anger on Fernandez's face became more and more obvious, and he shouted: "You idiot! Do you think we've come here from Manila to give you a kiss?! Let me tell you, after receiving the news that the Tang army had entered Luzon, His Excellency the Governor, and considering that your city was short of troops, he hastened to send us from Manila to reinforce us. If you bastard delays our garrison, I'm not going to be kind to you! ”

Fernández's words made the adjutant more and more frightened, and he hesitated for a moment, and then immediately replied: "Mr. Colonel, please wait a moment, I will go back to report." ”

The adjutant hurriedly returned to the city, climbed the tower, and immediately said to Lieutenant Colonel Goreco: "Your Excellency, it seems that it is indeed a soldier from Manila, commanded by Colonel Fernandez, who said that he was ordered by the governor of Manila, López, to come to San Fernando to assist in the defense, so as to prevent the Tang army from attacking our city. ”

Goreko frowned: "Isn't it?" How could there be a yellow-skinned monkey to sneak up on Luzon? Why don't we even know about such news? ”

"Your Excellency, although this matter is suspicious, but now that the Fernandez Ministry is outside the city, and the day is big, we really can't let them stay outside the city for a long time."

Goreko rolled his eyes and said, "In this way, let the colonel and his guards come in through the side gate first, and the rest of the people stay outside the city for the time being, and when I ask about the situation, it will not be too late to let them into the city." ”

The adjutant had a look of hesitation on his face, but he immediately went down to carry out Goreko's order.

"Mr. Colonel, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel said that since we have not received an order for the Spanish troops to come and garrison, Lieutenant Colonel Goreco, in order to avoid mistakes, would like to ask you and your guards to enter the city first, and after ascertaining the situation, we will let your whole army into the city."

Fernandez was furious when he heard this: "Is Goreco a fool! Could it be that we, the Spaniards, can still be pretended by the Tang Army? If he dares to do this, won't I punish him when I enter the city? ”

Hearing Fernandez's loud drink, the adjutant shrugged his shoulders and gave an innocent expression on his face, and he replied in a low voice: "Mr. Colonel, I beg your pardon, I am only an adjutant, and I can only act on orders." ”

Fernández was silent, and with an inquiring eye, he looked at Li Dingguo, who had lowered his hat behind his back, but Li Dingguo, who had already heard the words of the translator, nodded to him slightly.

Seeing that Li Dingguo agreed, Fernández shouted back to the adjutant: "Okay, you fools, I won't bother with you." Then lower the drawbridge, and I'll take my guards into the city first. ”

With a bang, the drawbridge was lowered.

Fernández let out a sigh of relief and took the lead on the drawbridge.

At this time, Li Dingguo had also picked out more than 30 flying harrier cavalry with his eyes, followed closely behind Fernandez, and with him, crossed the suspension bridge.

They crossed the drawbridge, and it creaked up and hung in mid-air.

Seeing that the Spanish defenders were so vigilant, Li Dingguo's heart sank, but he was still expressionless, and followed Fernandez through the side gate of San Fernando.

Everything seems to be going well.

After Li Dingguo and more than 30 others entered the city, Goreco came down from the city gate with a smile on his face and walked towards Fernandez with open arms.

"Is this how you greet our hard-working reinforcements?" Fernández looked furious and avoided Goreco's outstretched hand, not shaking his hand with him. "Mr. Colonel, I'm really sorry, please forgive me." Goreco sneered: "We are so vigilant, there is no way, after all, our San Fernando has limited troops, the whole city is only more than 200 Spanish soldiers, and more than 500 indigenous soldiers, if we are not careful, it will be bad if the enemy takes advantage of the weakness to attack." "So, you think we're enemy fakes?" Fernandez replied with a stiff face. Goreko was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "No, Mr. Colonel, you think too much." But, you have come all the way with you, and you must have brought a letter from Mr. Governor, can you show me? Fernández looked him straight in the eye: "What if I told you that Mr. Governor didn't give me any letters?" When Goreko heard him say this, he sneered: "If you really don't have it, then I'm sorry, I can't open this gate for you, I can only grieve you to stay outside the city gate for the time being......" Before he finished speaking, suddenly a cool breeze blew, and the helmet of a flying harrier cavalry fell to the ground by the wind and fell out of the Han man's bun! Goreko's eyes widened instantly. This, what's going on?! And the adjutant next to him immediately reacted, he jumped away like a rabbit and shouted in horror: "Oh no, they are fake Tang Jun!" "Hearing the adjutant's shout, the Spanish defenders in the whole city suddenly became in chaos, and the sirens suddenly rang out." Poof! With a muffled sound, Goreko only felt a sharp pain in his chest, but it was Li Dingguo next to Fernandez, who pulled out his waist knife and stabbed him in half. A large cloud of blood mist erupted from Goreko's chest, and Goreko let out a strange ho-ho sound from his mouth, and fell limply, twitching for a while, obviously unable to survive. "The whole army obeyed the order, and more than 30 people were divided into two parts, one was under the city to block the Spanish troops who came to help, and the other was to seize the city gate urgently with this officer, and we must let our army enter the city!" Li Dingguo wiped a handful of blood foam on his face, and shouted and ordered. "Order!" Fifteen of the strongest Flying Harrier cavalry immediately followed Li Dingguo and rushed to the top of the city with a shout. Under the city, fifteen flying harrier cavalry formed a semi-circular defensive line to defend the city gate. Fernandez, who had not yet come to his senses, was sandwiched between two flying harrier cavalrymen to guard the city gate. Li Dingguo and others, wielding knives and wielding guns, rushed up the city wall with shouts, slashed all the way, and rushed straight to the Spanish defenders who were holding the position of the drawbridge. The Tang army suddenly attacked, and its own commander was suddenly killed, this series of events caught the Spanish army off guard, and the city suddenly fell into a state of chaos. There were many Spaniards who rushed over to engage the Tang army, and there were also many native soldiers and horses, standing in their positions, not knowing what measures to take. At this time, the bloody battle at the head of the city was very fierce. Li Dingguo, as the main general, led the army to rush and kill, he was like an angry tiger, slashing and killing the Spanish soldiers who dared to block in front of him one by one. At such a dangerous moment, seeing the heroic general of the main general, everyone was full of enthusiasm, and they were brave enough to kill the Spanish soldiers above the city gate, and it was difficult to resist and retreat step by step. In front of the city gate, the dozen or so flying harrier cavalry were also fighting with the Spanish soldiers who were constantly rushing in, and the battle was stalemate and tragic. For a moment, the clanging of swords, the popping of knives and guns into flesh, the porphyry of broken bones, and the screams of soldiers dying and wounded sounded, like the joy of death. When he killed the Spaniards who were guarding the zipper of the drawbridge, Li Dingguo was already covered in blood, and he also suffered a slight injury on his body, and the Qingfeng sword in his hand was even more bloody, as if it was forged with blood. Seeing this Tang Army general so fierce, so desperate to die, the Spaniards who guarded the zipper of the drawbridge were greatly shocked by him and were forced to retreat. "Bang bang bang! ......" Suddenly, there was a dense thumping sound. Li Dingguo's heart sank, okay, these Spaniards were finally in a hurry, and in such a situation where the enemy and us were fighting, they actually opened fire and shot, in order to kill this Tang army that had mixed into the city as soon as possible. This is the enemy shooting together, it can be seen that the current Spanish defenders are also in a hurry. The gunshots rang out, and many Spanish soldiers and Tang soldiers fell down screaming together. A stray bullet grazed Fernandez's cheek and flew past, leaving him pale and trembling with fright. Li Dingguo's heart was furious, and he shouted at the remnants of the Tang army: "Quick, quickly cut the zipper and tether of the drawbridge, put down the drawbridge, and let our army enter the city!" The sound of slashing sounded immediately, and the zipper tether of the suspension bridge was quickly cut off. The heavy drawbridge, with a thud, fell from the top of the city. The Tang soldiers who had been waiting outside the moat for a long time could no longer hold back and rushed across the drawbridge with a roar. The Tang army, which rushed across the drawbridge, continued to squeeze in through the side gate and joined this flesh-and-blood battle, so that the originally dangerous city gate gradually formed a balance of power, and, as time went by, the advantage began to favor more and more on the side of the Tang army. Finally, the Tang army completely dominated the city gate, and they opened the city gate with a bang, allowing the Tang army outside to enter the city in large numbers. The iron flow was rolling, and a large number of Tang troops, like tigers out of the mountains, and like floods out of the mountains, surged into the city. Immediately, he shouted and attacked the panicked Spanish defenders. At this point in the battle, the defeat of the Spaniards was assured, and the frightened Spanish soldiers immediately opened the south gate of San Fernando and fled outside. After killing all the remaining Spanish soldiers in the city, the city of San Fernando finally fell into the hands of the Tang army. This short, intense, and thrilling battle for San Fernando has finally come to an end. "Wan Sheng!" "Wan Sheng!" "Kill the Tartars, go to heaven!" "Kill the Tartars, take the fame!" …… The Tang army cheered repeatedly, and the slogans resounded inside and outside the city of San Fernando. It's just that the face of Li Dingguo, the commander of the Tang Army, is full of regret. He knew that as soon as these Spaniards fled, the news that the Tang Army had seized the city under the guise of the Spanish army would be spread to every city where the Spaniards were stationed. I want to do this again in the future, but it is difficult. On the battlefield, it is still difficult to do everything as expected. And what is surprising is that Fernandez, the former Spanish colonel who led the Tang army to invade and capture the city, is still alive. It turned out that when the Tang army around him was about to die, the colonel hurriedly pretended to be dead, lay behind a dead horse, and shrunk to survive, but he didn't expect that he was lucky enough to pick up a life. Perhaps, this is the so-called God's blessing. Soon, various statistical reports were also reported by the officials of the Supervision and Pastoral Affairs Department. In this battle, a total of more than 120 Spanish soldiers, including the main general Goreco, and more than 150 native soldiers and horses, the rest of the Spanish army have fled from the city. The casualties of the Tang army were 22 Tang soldiers killed and more than 10 wounded. These casualties were basically the losses suffered by the Tang Army at the beginning, when they pretended to be Fernandez guards to capture the city. With dozens of lives, in exchange for a complete San Fernando city, and killed several times the Spanish soldiers, these Tang soldiers killed in battle are enough to smile Jiuquan. After a while, the situation of the residents of the city was also reported. In this city, there are nearly 3,000 people, including more than 2,200 indigenous residents, more than 400 Spanish family members, and more than 200 remnants of Chinese descent. When these remnants of Chinese saw that it was actually a Chinese army that had captured the city of San Fernando, they were so excited that they cried and knelt down to bow to the Tang army. They howled and told the Tang army about their suffering and the experience of blood and tears over the years, which made Li Dingguo and the Tang army both emotional and angry. According to the statistics of the Department of Governors, in this San Fernando city, the savings are also very small, only more than 40,000 stones of grain and grass, and less than 10,000 taels of grain, compared with the original city of Laoag, it can be described as half a catty and eight taels. Subsequently, Li Dingguo ordered that all the Spanish men in the city who were taller than the wheels be killed on the street, just like the city of Laoag. In the midst of the wailing, more than 120 Spanish men who were taller than the wheels were beheaded in the street, and the blood was pouring out. Seeing this tragic situation, Fernández and the 100 Spanish soldiers who surrendered were so frightened that they almost became incontinent. At this time, they were extremely glad that they were able to surrender to the Tang army as soon as possible, so as to avoid such a terrible ending. In the following days, Li Dingguo continued to send troops and horses to sweep around San Fernando, and did the same as the city of Laoag, suppressing or conquering the native villages one by one. Moreover, these battles were led by the surrendered Spaniards and Turen soldiers, and when the Spaniards and Turen were consumed, the casualties of the Tang army were greatly reduced. While Li Dingguo continued to attack in all directions north of Luzon, the fleet of sailors led by Li Xiao went all the way south, and finally reached Manila Bay at dusk one day. Originally, Li Xiao could have come faster, but because of the violent storms and rains in Subic Bay in northern Luzon for several days, the whole army had to stay in Subic Bay for several days, and only after the storm had completely passed, did he move south again, all the way to Manila. Seeing the defenseless Spanish ships in the distance in the vast twilight, Li Xiao showed a smug smile on his face.