The Spaniards invaded Tophan a little later than the Dutch, and it wasn't until the sixth year of the Apocalypse that they established their first stronghold in Tophan.

This stronghold is called San Salvador City, and like the city of Geranza, San Salvador City is also built on an outlying island, this outlying island is called Sheliao Island, which is just at the northern entrance of Jonlong Harbor, which is also an excellent location to choke the entrance to Jonlong Port.

However, this island is completely different from the island where the city of Geranza is located, its area is very large, more than ten times the size of the island, and the city of San Salvatore only occupies a small part of the northwest of the island, and the artillery in the city is not enough to cover the entire island.

Zhang Bin naturally knew this situation for a long time, relatively speaking, the city of San Salvador was much easier to conquer than the city of Geranza, because there was space for landing in the southeast of Sheliao Island, as long as it could land, it would not be difficult to attack from the ground, facing a small city with only a few hundred people stationed there.

Therefore, the day after taking the city of Relanza, Zhang Bin just took a short rest, and then set off with generals such as Yu Chenglong and Qi Yuangong, plus his second brother Zhang Guan's personal guard fleet, he only brought a total of more than 400 warships, and the infantry was only 5,000 Qi family troops under Qi Yuanfu.

It's not that he thinks that the strength of the Spaniards is worse than that of the Dutch, the Spanish garrison in the chicken coop, both in terms of the number of personnel and the number of warships, is about the same as the Dutch garrison of the big man, but the city of San Salvatore is not as dangerous as the city of Geranza, and at the same time, he also has to prevent the Dutch from counterattacking, so he only brought Yu Chenglong and Qi Yuangong and other generals, as for Zheng Zhilong and his fleet, they stayed in the big army.

From the big man to the chicken coop, by sea, more than 800 miles, Zhang Bin did not order to rush at full speed, but ordered all the warships to sail to the wind and slowly and leisurely to the north.

During this period, he also organized a unique competition.

The content of the competition is very simple, it is to compete with strength.

A hundred catties of francs can be carried and carried on their shoulders for ten steps, even if they are shortlisted, each person will be rewarded with one or two silvers.

The three-hundred-pound Franc machine does not need to be carried on its back, as long as it can be carried and carried on the shoulder for a stick of incense for a long time, even if it is the winner, each person will be rewarded with five taels of silver.

500 catties of Franc machine, he estimates that few people can carry it, but, in order to stimulate everyone's enthusiasm, he still set this heavyweight award, as long as you can carry the 500 pounds of Franc machine on your shoulders, stand up, and directly reward ten taels of silver!

As for the thousand-pound Francophone cannon, forget it, this is not a joke, in case someone wants to try it without their own strength, it will be crushed to death.

Such a simple game is naturally full participation, and the result is quite terrifying, among more than 20,000 people, there are as many as tens of thousands of people who can walk ten steps on their shoulders with a hundred pounds of Buddha Lang machine, especially the Qi family army, five thousand elites, and none of them can't carry it.

Although the heavyweight of 300 catties has fallen by 90%, the number of people has reached a terrifying thousand, and even more than 20 people can carry 500 catties!

For this reason, Zhang Bin issued a reward of nearly 20,000 taels of silver at once.

Of course, he is not idle and funny, not only to motivate his subordinates to exercise and enhance their strength, but mainly for the next battle.

According to Zhao Ru's spying, there is a mountain about 100 zhang high more than two miles south of San Salvador City, and it is on that peak that he spies on the enemy's situation, which is very important.

He originally thought that there would be a maximum of more than 100 people who could carry the 300-pound Franc machine, so he was only going to let people carry 10 kilogram Franc machines, but as a result, the number of people who could carry the 300-pound Franc machine reached 1,000 people, so he simply carried 20 guns up, and the base with the giant cannon was also lifted up.

That's it, there are only more than 400 people, and the others are basically useless, in the end, he still selected and eliminated all the Qi family army soldiers, because they are responsible for the ground siege, as for the remaining more than 500 sailor soldiers, those who carry the mother's gun, those who carry the gun, and those who carry the ammunition, are roughly just right.

After four days of sailing, morale was high, and in a burst of laughter, more than 400 warships of the Ming Army's naval division finally arrived near Jilong Harbor.

This time, Zhang Bin did not order all the warships to brave the artillery fire to rush into the port of chicken coop, because there was no need, he was going to take the city of San Salvador first, and then go to the port of the chicken coop to pick up more than ten armed merchant ships of the Spaniards.

More than 400 Ming warships overwhelmed the city, and the Spanish defenders of San Salvador City were naturally frightened, but, very strangely, the Ming army did not rush into the port of Jilong, nor did they attack the city of San Salvador, but instead made a big circle on the sea five or six miles away from Sheliao Island, and went to the east coast of Dongfan.

The general of the Spanish garrison, Valdes, was not a fool, he knew that the Ming army was going to go around to the southeast of Sheliao Island to seize the beach and land, and attack the city of San Salvador from the ground!

However, he knew that there was nothing he could do, because his troops were limited, and the control of more than ten armed merchant ships consumed a small half of the people, and the defenders in the entire city of San Salvador were only more than 800 people.

In the Ming fleet, Zhang Bin stood in front of the handsome ship, carefully observed the coast southeast of Sheliao Island with a telescope, and finally, he pointed to a wide sandy beach and ordered: "Order, the fleet turns to the northwest and marches two miles, about three miles from the coast, and lines up in a circular defensive formation." ”

The flag fluttered, and the entire fleet began to turn, and in less than half an hour, more than 400 warships were in a huge circular defensive formation at the designated position.

Zhang Bin continued to order: "Order, Qi Yuangong and Qi Yuanfu led 5,000 Qi family troops to land on the beach in front of them on centipede boats, and formed a formation on the beachhead to defend against a sneak attack by the enemy. ”

The order flag waved again, and dozens of centipede boats planted the soldiers of the Qi family army to sail in the direction of the beach, and soon, hundreds of soldiers of the Qi family army waded into the water and boarded the beach, during which no Spanish army came out to block the attack, and hundreds of people soon lined up into dozens of mandarin duck formations to protect the beachhead tightly.

Zhang Bin saw this scene from the telescope, and couldn't help but sigh, he was afraid that the Spaniards would desperately block the beachhead, so that the casualties of his soldiers would be large, as long as the landing was successful, then it was only a matter of time before the city of San Salvador was captured, and besides, with artillery support on the mountain, there would not be many casualties among his soldiers.

It seems that the Spaniards did not think of his intentions yet, so they did not fight to the death.

The centipede boat was transferred back and forth more than ten times, and the 5,000 soldiers of the Qi family army finally landed on the beach.

Zhang Bin then ordered: "Order, five hundred wrex to carry twenty thousand pound franc machines and their bases, sub-guns, and ammunition to the beach. ”

What does this word mean?

The answer was soon revealed, and I saw dozens of centipede boats scattered to the bottom of the twenty Daifuku boats, and there were immediately dozens of cables on it to hang the thousand-pound Franc machine and its base, sub-guns, and ammunition slowly put down, and after everything was hoisted down, the wrestlers on the Daifuku ship threw the cables onto the centipede boat, and then jumped into the sea with a thigh-thick log on their backs.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Countless splashes splashed, and more than 500 wrestlers all jumped into the seawater, a pile of more than 10 people, lying on the logs, climbing the tail of the centipede boat and swimming to the beach with the centipede boat.

When the centipede boat approached the beach and the water was only waist-deep, the sailors rowing above took the oars and jumped into the water.

Immediately after that, a group of more than 20 people, thousands of people carried dozens of narrow centipede boats and slowly walked to the beach!

On the beach, more than 500 wrestlers used logs and cables to carry down the 20 jack franc machines and their bases from the centipede boats, and the ammunition and ammunition were also carried off the boat and piled on the beach.

After everything was unloaded, the sailors and soldiers who rowed the centipede boat pushed the centipede boat into the sea, and the twenty jack franc machine and its base, sub-guns, and ammunition were carried onto the beach.

Seeing this, Zhang Bin directly put down the binoculars and ordered loudly: "The command of the naval fleet will be transferred to General Yu Chenglong, the second brother and the sixth uncle, go, follow me to the shore to command." ”

With that, he led a group of guards to the right side of the ship, and slid directly along the rope to the centipede boat that was already waiting below.

It took more than two hours to rush to the beach, and when all the military supplies were moved to the beach, Zhang Bin waved his hand directly and said loudly: "Zhang Cha, Zhao Ru, Wang Er, and Sun Biao, each led ten scouts to disperse the guards before and after, and the rest of the people, carry their things and set off." ”

With his order, Zhang Cha, Zhao Ru and the others each took ten scouts and dispersed forward, backward, left and right, while the others lifted everything together, stepped on the uneven ground, and slowly walked towards the northwest.

It was actually less than three miles from the landing beach to the mountain peak south of San Salvador, but because of the rugged ground, the large amount of supplies it carried, and the thousands of pounds of Franco-machine cannons, the army had to walk for nearly an hour to reach the predetermined peak.

However, fortunately, the Spanish defenders of San Salvador seem to have given up treatment, and no matter how the Ming army tosses on the island, they just hide in the city and don't come out, which saves Zhang Bin a lot of trouble.

Coming to the foot of the mountain, Zhang Bin directly ordered 5,000 Qi family troops to camp on the spot, while the rest of the people followed more than 500 wrestlers, and slowly climbed to the top of the mountain with thousands of catties of Franc machine cannon components.

The location of this mountain is indeed very good, condescending, just enough to cover the entire city of San Salvador with cannonballs, in fact, in another year or two, the Spaniards will build bunkers on the top of the hill around the city of San Salvador to defend, but at this time, they have only been here for more than a year, and the city of San Salvador has not yet been completed, so they naturally do not have the energy to manage the peaks on all sides.

He directly ordered twenty artillery bases to be lined up in a rough phalanx on the top of the mountain, five bases in a row, in four rows, and then put the mother guns on the base, and this artillery array was considered ready.

Zhang Bin looked at the sky, it was still early, about an hour before it got dark, he simply ordered: "Order the Qi family army to send a thousand soldiers up, guard the surrounding hillsides, and prepare for test firing." ”

After a while, a thousand soldiers of the Qi family army set up a mandarin duck formation on the surrounding hillsides, and the Spanish defenders were not afraid even if they all rushed over.

Seeing this, Zhang Bin directly ordered: "All artillery, test fire five rounds, pay attention to adjusting the angle." ”

Soon, a huge roar sounded from the top of the hill, and twenty shells smashed into the city of San Salvatore below.

"Bang bang bang", the ground of San Salvador seemed to tremble, the city walls, houses, and the ground were full of rubble and dust, and the Spanish defenders in the city were scared out of their urine, and the Ming army actually moved the huge cannon up such a high mountain, and they must not be smashed to pieces!

The artillerymen of the Ming army on the top of the hill didn't care if they peed or not, five rounds of shells were smashed down without stopping, and the entire city of San Salvador was suddenly in a mess.

Zhang Bin saw the scene in the city in the telescope, and couldn't help showing a smug smile on his face, he put down the binoculars, and said loudly: "Take turns to bury the pot to cook, load the shells, and fire five salleys every half an hour." ”

He planned to bombard the mountain for a few days first, wait for the buildings in San Salvador City to almost be smashed, and then let the Qi family army attack.

In the face of the bombardment of the Ming army, the defenders of San Salvador City had no way, they knew very well that the Ming army had at least more than 20,000 people, and it was to seek death when they went out of the city to seize the commanding heights.

Will the shells of the Ming army run out?

If it is a salvo of 100 huge guns, even if it is a round every half an hour, it is estimated that in one day, the shells they carry will be almost consumed, but with 20 guns, they can hold out for at least five days!

After three days of continuous bombardment, the buildings in the city of San Salvador were finally smashed, and even the city walls were smashed like dogs, and early on the morning of the fourth day, Zhang Bin finally ordered Qi Changshan to lead 1,200 Qi family soldiers to test the attack to see how much resistance there was in the city.

As a result, it was very strange that more than a thousand soldiers of the Qi family army rushed under the city wall, and the defenders in the city still did not react at all.

Since they are all here, let's rush in, Qi Changshan gave an order, and the soldiers of the Qi family army immediately set up a human wall and climbed towards the city wall.

As a result, the defenders of the city did not react at all.

Qi Changshan simply led the army into the city without doing anything, but as a result, no one saw it!

It turned out that on the night of the third day, the guard general Valdes had led his army out of the city through the northern gate, boarded the war ship at night, and fled!

Zhang Bin saw Qi Changshan and them rushing into the city of San Salvador without hindrance from the binoculars, and he couldn't help but show a strange expression on his face, this Spaniard is too, and he ran away without saying a word.

However, no matter what, the city of San Salvador was finally taken, and there was no hostile force in the whole of Dongfan since then.