Loading the output of the colonies in the New World for a year, the gold, silver, and precious metals plundered on the corpses of the Aztecs, Mayans, etc., as well as the specialties of the Americas, are probably worth no less than three or four million taels, for many people, this is simply a ladder to the sky, the source of overnight wealth, but for Mao Jue, this is just a thick mosquito leg.

It was the land that was really valuable, as in the United States, where the Spanish colonists plundered the gold, silver and jewels, and in the remaining fertile land, a group of British vagabond exiles founded this great country.

Even when the Spanish authorities in Manila thought that the Ming would be staring at the treasure ship, Mao Jue's real target was their lair.

In the dark night, one after another galleons continued to sail towards the Manila Strait, the head ship was full of Spanish sailors or maritime merchants, these guys are not so patriotic, in a lifetime of Shanxi black coal kiln and pardon plus a bonus of choice, they did not hesitate to choose the latter, with these ghosts to lead, plus this year and there is no telephone, not too developed colonial garrison completely regarded this fleet as a Spanish treasure ship that was defeated by the Ming pirate fleet to return home.

A sailor skillfully operated the sails, the Spanish soldiers on the fortress wall were also yawning and lazily wandering, the recent war between the Ming and Spain, so that everyone is nervous tired, but there is always a coincidence, a Spanish defender bored staring at a certain ship entering the port, as if stared at hairy, a busy sailor also turned his head suddenly.

The two looked at each other for a few seconds, thinking that the exposed sailor was directly screaming, and then took out the flintlock pistol and aimed at it, but the poor unlucky ghost Spanish soldier was too weak in the fugue, and his brain was still in a state of flowering, so he was hit by a bullet, and he was not dead, covering the wound on his stomach, he instantly let out a terrible scream.

What's going on? All of a sudden, the Spanish conquistadors at the head of the fortress wall all ran over with arquebuses and long swords, this scene stimulated the Ming sailors on the bow of the ship, and in the sound of cheering, a series of armor soldiers rushed out of the deck, and the muskets of Sen Ran were crackling and shooting at the town below, and the stray bullets were flying, if they didn't know that they had been attacked, these Spaniards were not worthy of being the conquerors of the world, just call themselves pigs!

"Enemy Attack !!"

Hiding from the shots under the battlements, the Spaniards screamed miserably, and a barefoot handyman in tattered linen clothes immediately ran to the bell tower of the fortress, dragging the heavy bell hammer in the middle, and shook it with a deafening sound that shook the whole bay.

But the bell didn't ring long, and the battleship next to the fortress struck the tower with a shot raised high, and the bell swayed twice and fell down.

On the wall, a few Spanish soldiers pushed the cannon towards the open sea anxiously as if they turned their heads and blocked the entrance, but this time, a ping-pong gun rang out behind them, this time it was not as watery as the gun just now, dense bullets hit the wall, and the back of the Spanish gunner who was still turning suddenly burst out of several blood holes, even if the Spanish plate armor was not blocked, a few mouthfuls of blood sprayed the heaviest thirty-six-pound fortress barrel barrel was red.

The incident happened too suddenly, and most of the defenders of Manila went to Malacca with the fleet to meet the Ming pirates, and the huge sea-facing fortress was only guarded by more than a hundred defenders, so they couldn't take care of it at all.

It has already been ready to show the stuffing at any time, and the two galleons have just entered in front, and the sand boats have been lowered to land from behind, and when the defenders reacted to the guns, there have been more than 100 Ming warriors from the south gate.

However, there are some small episodes here in the capture of the city, the first row of Ming troops put their muskets, insert bayonets and rush in, and the second row follows in, this kung fu, I don't know where the Spanish conquistadors moved the mechanism, bang, the tonnage of iron gate actually smashed down, the two Ming soldiers who were rushing in screamed and were directly crushed to the bottom, and the body was crushed into two knots alive, and died on the spot.

Stunned, he turned around and saw that more than 30 Ming troops were trapped in the fortress by the gate.

I also knew that if the Ming army outside rushed in, I would be finished, and I didn't care about the Ming warship that rushed into Manila Bay, and the captain of the fortress pulled out the Spanish sword that killed the Mayans with a river of blood, and the first one slipped down the stairs, and more than a hundred Spanish conquistadors grabbed their spears and drew their swords to follow him, and they also screamed and killed.

You must know that more than a hundred years ago, the Spaniards conquered the Aztec Empire with a population of 10 or 20 million with a force of six or seven hundred people, and these forces have reached one-fifth of the conquerors.

But it was only when these messy and dirty Spanish soldiers got into their hands that they knew that they were thinking a little too much!

The triangular bayonet formation, which has been integrated into the bones of the Dongjiang Army, has not even been stunned for a short time, leaning on the heavy gate, three rows of cold and shining bayonets stood up directly, in order to show his bravery, the captain of the city was a person who rushed to the front, the raised sword did not wait to fall, and was pushed away by a bayonet, and then the second bayonet was skillfully pierced into his chest.

There was another crisp sound, and the high-grade Spanish plate armor was stunned to pierce a hole, and blood was seen outside, but fortunately, the captain retreated quickly, and the quality of the plate armor was also good, otherwise it would be a transparent hole.

But his good luck ended here, the commander of the Ming formation, who was equipped with a revolver in one hand and a war knife in the other, put a cannon directly in his face, and a muffled sound was full of flowers, and the Spanish captain didn't snort at all, and collapsed on the conqueror behind him.

It is not only the soldiers of the two countries who are competing, but also the combat ideas of the two countries, the level of armaments is competing, the guns are banging on both sides, and people are falling in the exchange of fire, and the spearmen in the front row of the famous Spanish phalanx stabbed over fiercely, and it was indeed a little embarrassing to press a large section of the bayonet, but immediately the revolts of the first few officers found the field back, the distance was only three or four meters, and they sprayed on the face, and the spearmen in the front row of the six rapid fire hits were caught off guard, and lay down a dozen of them wailing.

Taking advantage of that loophole, the warriors of the Ming army, who were inferior in numbers, actually killed, without the spearmen to resist the line, the long swordsman behind him was simply meat, and the Spanish swordsman with a curly beard next to him did not react, and the person in front was gone, and a bayonet pierced his face.

It's been overseas for so many years, and the acquired reflexes made him raise his sword to block it suddenly, but he could block this, but he couldn't block the next one, and with a bang, the bayonet stabbed straight to the chest.

But the Spanish cuirass saved his life again, there was an iron guy to block, coupled with the thick sheep felt sweater inside, the bayonet only pierced more than half an inch, and the strength was exhausted, and in order to defend, the bayonet was only a little bloody and was taken back by its owner.

But the bayonets of the Ming army are a trio! The third bayonet was directly picked up with a nirvana momentum, and with a poof, he was stabbed in the throat, and the eyes of the Spanish soldier protruded outward, and blood came out of his mouth and neck at the same time, and he knelt down softly.

Behind him, a rope sleeve was thrown up and hung on the battlement, the south wall of the fortress without human defense, the Northern Ming Rui Shi carried a flintlock pistol, and climbed up like ants, at the door, the famous Spanish phalanx was broken in half, and was killed by the Ming army in front of him, basically the first gate that the Spaniards relied on to protect Manila was almost.

On the other side, another massacre is going on.

The Spaniards, who are worthy of being the conquerors of the world, were left with two armed merchant ships and a few small galleons in the port, but they were still stubbornly resisting, rushing out of the port, a total of six ships skillfully rowed out a sickle blade, eighty-six cannons on the side, and the muzzles of the guns were murderously facing the Ming army.

However, at this time, there were as many as eleven Ming troops rushing into Manila Bay, and they were facing Manila City in a straight line, and these Spanish ships were facing a twelve-pound to twenty-four-pound shipwrecked cannon, a full 264!

"Fa Ye!"

The two sides roared almost at the same time, and hundreds of cannons together drew the red light of death in the thick night, and finally fell heavily on each other's bodies, countless columns of water splashed up, and the red-hot cannonballs easily cut through the fragile wood, and in the violent groaning, the heavy masts collapsed, and the Spaniards, who had just finished firing their cannons, were torn into red pieces.

In the first round, it seemed that the two sides had dealings, the second round of the Spanish ships were dumb for the most part, and in the third round, there were only two or three guns scattered to resist, but the Ming army did not stop firing cannons, like a chainsaw, the Royal Navy and the fleet directly under the East India Company drew a circle of death in the spacious and calm Manila Bay, and the blazing artillery fire was pressed on the heads of the Spaniards round after round, and in the violent explosion, the Spanish invincible ships across most of the world disintegrated one after another in the harbor, The fragments of broken battleships floated on the sea like the corpses of sailors and mayflies, and they fought eighteen rounds in a row, not only were the six Spanish ships gone, but even the bustling ports of Manila were ravaged by a large area of blood, and I don't know which country's merchant ships and natives' fishing boats capsized together on all fours, and several turrets in front of the port shoals were torn apart by fierce naval guns.

In order to occupy Luzon this time, Mao Jue transferred a whole corps from the Beijing Division Corps, and he also boldly used a demote, this time the leader of the corps was Huang Degong, who was captured in the Battle of Lizhuang.

Changed into Dongjiang Xuan's black military uniform, and the embroidered epaulettes on his shoulders dragged down a string of good-looking golden tassels, and Huang Chuangzi's face was still as dark as ever.

can sit on the sand boat and land on the beach, looking at the Spaniards who fled in panic under the fire of the Ming artillery, this once loyal minister of the Southern Ming Dynasty, his pupils stretched out but could not hide a burst of brilliance.

On the sea, the flames of war have not yet been extinguished, and the sand boats full of soldiers are rushing up to the tidal flats like centipedes, and the dark sun and moon flags of the Ming Dynasty are flying fiercely in the firelight!

(End of chapter)