Chapter 63: The Bloody Battle at the Castle of Santiago Frangi disarmed and surrendered

Seeing that the Fran machine man was also so can't help fighting, the officers and soldiers of the Kiln Gang Marine Corps, somewhat underestimated the enemy, they followed the gun carriage into the castle, but did not expect to encounter the stubborn resistance of the Fran machine man in the castle, although the musket of the Furlong machine man was far from the old-fashioned musket of the kiln gang, but they hid in the ruins of the castle, often appeared suddenly, shooting at close range, or took into account the casualties of some Marine officers and soldiers.

Angered by the officers and men of the Marine Corps, they did not act brutally, they reacted quickly, pointed their guns in all directions, and when they found that the situation was not right, they all fired first, even if there were Furlong soldiers who came out to shoot, basically they would not let him have a chance to fire a second shot. Even if he didn't kill the Furlong soldier who fired the gun at once, a hand** would fly over and blow him up. Those rooms under the ruins who can't see clearly inside will also be thrown into a few hands**. In such street fighting, it is difficult to leave prisoners. The officers and soldiers will not be distracted from the prisoners. In particular, before the departure, the political commissar of the Marine Corps told the officers and men about the large-scale massacres carried out by the Franz people against the Chinese on several occasions, and the officers and men had long been holding back their strength to hate their compatriots. Under such moods, the officers and men of the Marine Corps will absolutely not show mercy.

There are not many real professional soldiers among the Franz soldiers, most of them are businessmen, tax officials, etc., and their families are almost all here, so they rely on the complex terrain one by one for their families and the hope of survival, and they are really fighting to the death. The Marine Commander who stormed the castle ordered everyone not to be in a hurry, but to slowly clean up the remnants of the enemy here. Inside the castle, the sound of gunfire and hands was constantly ringing. However, there is an advantage of this kind of battle, that is, the commanders and veterans do not always have to remind the soldiers not to be soft, because the people they kill are all yellow-haired and blue-eyed, which is different from themselves, and killing them feels similar to the feeling of hunting, and the pressure in their hearts is not so great.

As the battle dragged into the afternoon, the gunfire gradually became quieter. Officers and soldiers found thousands of women and children in the basement. The Marine Corps commander ordered to keep an eye on the men. One soldier said, "Burn them!" They treat us Chinese, but they don't let go of men, women, and children! ”

The commander remembered what Zhang Zhimu often said, "If the dog bites you, you bite the dog too?" ”

Only the Manila Cathedral was not captured. The Manila Cathedral is magnificent and beautiful. However, now the circular tower has been shattered by a shell, and the main church has been hit by several shells, several large skylights have been opened, and black smoke is emitting in many places.

The Marine Corps commander felt a little hungry and ordered one of the battalion commanders who came around, saying, "It's getting late, get rid of this place quickly, and we should eat!" ”

The battalion commander was very happy to lead the troops to kill today, "Head, the meal would have been delivered to the shore a long time ago, if you hadn't eaten first." When we can finish eating, our side is almost finished! ”

"Hmmm! This last bite, you kid want to swallow it alone? ”

"No, no, how dare you! The credit is yours! ”

As the two were talking, a few foreign monks came out in front of the half-collapsed church, holding a kind of flag that they didn't know what, looking for a place to settle down on the steps covered with broken bricks, and walked down step by step.

The Marine Corps commander ordered a Franco-speaking officer to meet him. The general, under the protection of two soldiers with rifles, came to the priest and asked, "This is the battlefield, what are you doing here?" ”

The priest crossed and said, "O merciful God! I want to meet your generals! Please stop killing! ”

"You ought to go to your God about this!"

"I want to meet your general, I have something to tell him!" The priest could not answer the words of the corresponding-eyed generalist. This general, who had been in Little Luzon for many years, hated to kill them all when he saw Francison.

There was no way, so he told a soldier to go back and tell the commander that a priest had come to see him.

The commander said, "Come over and see what he has to say?" ”

The priest came to the commander, who asked: "We are at war!" Tell me what's going on, we're about to attack! ”

"I'm here to persuade you to stop killing. God will punish those who kill! ”

"Oh! So, did God punish those who killed us Chinese? ”

"This!" The priest couldn't answer!

The commander asked: "How long has the priest been in Little Luzon?" ”

"Oh! Very early, decades! ”

"So, when the Franji people killed us Chinese, did you persuade them to reduce their killings?"

"Well, it was different then!" The priest couldn't say.

"Do you think that the lives of your Francos are worth more than the lives of our Chinese?"

"No, no, before God, all men are equal!"

"Good! Father, I'll show you for yourself today, what equality is! After speaking, he turned around and ordered, "Prepare to attack!" ”

"No, no, don't kill those who are going to lay down their arms and surrender! O merciful God! "The priest is in a hurry.

"The people inside are going to surrender?"

"Yes! I came to you on their behalf to negotiate the terms of surrender. ”

"They are not qualified to negotiate conditions, there is only one way to surrender unconditionally!"

"As long as you guarantee their lives and promise them that they can leave Little Luzon, they will surrender immediately!"

"I can promise not to kill them right away, but as a prisoner, I can't leave Little Luzon. Also, those who have killed Chinese before must pay for their lives! ”

"This, I'm afraid it won't work!"

"Tell me, which one doesn't work?"

"Now that they have stopped resisting, they should be allowed to leave here. And for the sins they have committed in the past, give them a chance to atone for their sins! ”

"For the crimes they have committed in the past, we will give them a chance to atone for their sins. They lay down their arms, and we give them a chance to live, and we ask them to obey our management, which is not too much. You hurry back. We give you a quarter of an hour, and if you don't come out and surrender, we'll kill them all!" Don't talk nonsense! ”

The priest led a few of his entourage and ran back in a panic.

The battalion commander was a little reluctant, "Head, do you really want to spare them?" ”

"Humph! Kill not one of the Chinese! The rest is left for Commander Liu and them to do some work. We've all been killed, Commander Liu should be unhappy! ”

"The brothers haven't killed enough of these yellow pigs!"

"Little Luzon is big, there are the most Francos here, and there are other places, when you are tired of killing!" As he spoke, the commander looked at his watch and said, "These guys haven't moved yet, I think, let's prepare to attack!" ”

Before this battalion commander could speak, "Come out!" A soldier shouted.

Sure enough, the priest with a white flag, and the Governor took the lead out of the broken and unseemly church, followed by the Franciscans, who came to the door of the church with their muskets in hand, and put them together in an orderly manner, and then walked out one by one with their heads down.

The officers and soldiers of the kiln gang led the team of prisoners who kept coming out to a more spacious place. After a rough count, there were more than a thousand francrons who came out of here and surrendered.

The Marine Corps commander had Governor Franc brought over. The Governor's clothes, though dirty and torn, were still holding his head high.

The commander asked, "You are Governor Diego Figadu Chacon?" ”

The governor said: "I am the twenty-third governor of Luzon appointed by the king of Spain!" ”

"Do you want to live?" The commander didn't talk nonsense to him.

"I am a Spanish nobleman, a viceroy appointed by the king. You have to give me the respect I deserve! "The Governor still has a lot of backbone.

"From now on, you are just like them," said the commander, pointing to the group of captives sitting on the ground, "you are all captives, no difference!" However, for the sake of being a Governor, do you need to give you a chance to live? ”

"We surrendered with a laid down our arms and deserve a minimum of respect!" The Governor also wanted to maintain dignity.

The commander pulled out his pistol, "bumped", shot him in the foot, and asked, "Do you want to live?" ”

Governor Diego Figadu Chacon jumped up in fright, and after listening to the translation, he hurriedly shouted: "Think about it! I want to live! ”

Governor Diego Figadu Chacon saw it, and if he didn't give in, the next robbery would definitely shoot him in the head.

"Well, you immediately draft an order to order the other Francos in Luzon to surrender to us, and I will spare you from death!" The commander commanded.

"Good! I immediately ordered all of us to surrender. The Governor paused and said, "Then the lives of those who surrender must be guaranteed!" ”

"You are not qualified to negotiate conditions with me, your order can only be exchanged for your immortality!" The commander said as he put the gun in the holster and ordered, "Get him a pen and paper!" ”

Governor Diego Figadu Chacon began to write letters to the Francians stationed there, ordering them to surrender.

There are probably more than 40,000 Francison men, women, and children in the whole of Luzon, and they have more than 20,000 people on the Manila side, and the main military forces are also on this side. There are also nearly 20,000 people scattered throughout Luzon.

After the commander ordered the Governor of Francis to write letters to the Francs everywhere, he commanded his soldiers to carefully search the castle of Santiago. After finishing the work, the soldiers instructed the captives to clean up the corpses, and finally piled the corpses on the seashore and piled them up in several large piles. The Japanese prisoners with strips of white cloth on their heads were left next to the pile of corpses, and the kiln soldiers retreated in unison, and then turned around and fired with automatic rifles, killing all the Japanese next to the corpses. He also ordered Francois to take prisoners and pile the corpses of these Japanese on top of the corpses.

Finally, the soldiers took out gasoline and poured it on the corpses.

At this time, the priest came out again, "wah-wah-wah-wah", and even gestured to see the commander. There was no way, so the commander had to invite him over.

The interpreter said: "The priest meant to give a safe place for the Franz soldiers who died in another country, and asked them to be buried in the mountains." ”

This one said, "Ask him, have they given our fellow man a place to live?" ”

The translator went over, and after asking, he came back and said, "This old thing, don't answer!" I saw that he was burned together! ”

The commander did not speak, and at this time, the soldier led a few Chinese in their forties over, and the soldier reported: "There are a few Chinese who want to see our general!" ”

The commander greeted him and arched his hand: "I am the commander here, may I ask who you are?" ”

"We are representatives of the Chinese in Little Luzon, we have heard that our army of the Ming Dynasty has called, and we want to come and see our army, and we also want to understand the situation!" A man in his forties said.

"Good! Then we are our own people! The commander said, "We were afraid of leaking the news, so we didn't inform everyone before the operation." I beg your pardon! There is one thing, please go back and tell our compatriots that from now on, this Luzon will be the territory of our Ming Dynasty. We will not spare any of the people who killed us Chinese in the past, and all those who encroached on our Chinese property will be spit out to us! In the future, we Chinese will be the masters here! ”

Several Chinese deputies, after listening to the commander's words, knelt down with a "plop" sound, and before the words could be spoken, they all wept silently.

The commander went over to pick them up and said, "We still have a lot to say." But," the commander said, pointing to the piles of corpses on the beach, "it's too hot here, and they must be disposed of first, or it will cause a plague." After burning them, I'll take you to our general! ”

"Good!" Several Chinese said with tears in their eyes.

"Ignition!" The commander gave the order. Several large piles of corpses were set on fire on the beach.

"Phew! Good! You also have today! Several Chinese delegates stomped their feet and applauded.

The captives sat on the ground, looking at the raging fire, and their expressions were dumbfounded, and they didn't dare to squeak! I'm afraid that I'm also a member of the pile. Many people are glad they are still alive.

When the fire on the beach was finished, the ashes were pushed into the sea by a gun truck with a bulldozer. Wait for the low tide of the sea and take them away.

Several Chinese representatives followed the commander on a speedboat and came to the Taiping.

These Chinese delegates were simply stunned by the mountain-like Taiping, and one said, "Oh my God! I thought the Manila galleon was already huge. I didn't expect that the ship of our Ming Dynasty would be so big! ”

When they landed on the deck, it was dark, but the lights on the ship were very bright, and several leaders of the kiln gang already knew that several Chinese representatives were coming, so they met them together in the dining room.

The commander introduced several leaders of the kiln gang to several representatives one by one, and when several leaders came to shake hands with them, they were still nervous even though the commander on the road told them that they should shake hands when they met.

Liu Chenghuang smiled and said to them: "We are a family, so don't be polite." Today, we treat you to an authentic hometown meal! I brought all the Ming Dynasty rice dishes, how about it? ”

"Oops! You can eat what you have at home again! ”

Several tears were wiped over and over again, and one of them sat in a chair and said, "Why do I feel like I'm dreaming?" ”

Another also said, "I also think it's not a dream, right?" ”

Zheng Zhilong joked: "If you taste these hometown things, you will know if you are dreaming!" ”

The dish was almost over, and Fan Chengkun said, "Come on!" Today, while drinking the celebration wine, we said slowly, how about it? ”

"Good! Good! ”

Fan Chengkun picked up his wine glass and said, "Come and give us this glass of wine for our first victory today!" ”

"! Dry! ”

Everyone is drinking it all!

When the wine was dry, everyone just had nothing to say.

The other leaders of Yaogang didn't know about these Chinese, but when they heard that Zheng Zhilong was the Feihong general. Several tears fell again, and one said to Zheng Zhilong: "We, the Chinese in Luzon, are all looking forward to you bringing someone to come over to avenge us." At that time, I also heard that you were coming, but our eyes were almost blind, and we didn't expect you to come! ”

Zheng Zhilong's eyes were also a little moist, "I'm sorry for everyone, I'm sorry for the compatriots who died!" But I can't help it! The imperial court did not allow us to send troops, and anyway, at that time, I was also an official of the imperial court. Alas! Zheng Zhilong's tears still couldn't be held back.

"What a tragic death for us Chinese! It wasn't just the Francos who killed us, but also the local natives and the Japanese who came to kill us. They can't do business with us, so they take the opportunity to rob our shop, commit adultery, burn and kill, and do all kinds of evil. Even the elderly and children are not spared! One said, wiping tears from his eyes.

"This time we defeated the Francis, and their governor has been captured alive by us! Some of the Japanese and locals who participated in the confrontation with us were also executed by us. In the next step, we will also screen among the captives of Francji, as long as they have killed our Chinese, they will all be executed to avenge our compatriots! What other locals, the Japanese, just participated in the killing of our people, don't let one go! "We have printed a lot of leaflets asking those who do evil to turn themselves in before us to register." If you don't turn yourself in, you will be beheaded if you are reported and denounced by others! None of our compatriots can die in vain! ”

"That's right! We've been dreaming of this day! ”

Liu Chenghuang said: "In the future, the management here in Luzon will depend on the joint efforts of our Chinese!" Our revenge is a temporary thing, and it is our long-term major event to build this place into a beautiful home for everyone to live together! ”

"Oops! General Liu, what you said is so good! One Chinese said, "It may be a bit out of place to say this now, but I think I still have to say it." We can't kill all the Francis! ”

After this man finished speaking, a pair of wise eyes watched everyone's reactions.

Liu Chenghuang smiled and said, "This gentleman, if you have something to say, just say it!" ”

"Okay, I'll just say it!" He said, "If we kill all the Francos here, little Luzon will slowly become poor!" You all know the Manila galleon, which is a galleon made by the Chinese hired by the Franco, each ship can carry a lot of goods, and every year from our Manila to Mexico to transport goods bought from China, this share, occupies a large share of Luzon's foreign trade. Of course, it is the Franc machine who makes the most money, but other businessmen borrow a lot. This kind of trade can only be done by the Franc machine for now. This is just one example, there are many more businesses that Francois can do, and we can't replace them. So after we take revenge, don't we cut off all the business? ”

"Huh! Don't worry! Liu Chenghuang said, "We were prepared for this before we came." In the future, little Luzon will never allow the Franciscans to garrison again, but they can stay in the trading house and continue to do business according to our laws. They are Xiyi people, as long as they can make money, they will definitely agree! Rest assured, after we come, Little Luzon will be more developed! ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "In terms of business, we still have many opportunities, and there are more and more! However, there are more than 20,000 francs in Little Luzon, so let's gather them all together and study the matter of trade! ”

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New progress in "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty": the Battle of Yashan, the defeat of the Yuan army, the counterattack of the Song army, and the landing in Fuzhou.