The Intramuros of Manila, located on the south bank of the Pasig, has not been expanded since its completion, and the north bank of the Pasig River has been built by Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian merchants, forming a small street in the Intramural Manila. Mobile M.

Two-thirds of the street is built around the Chinese-inhabited core of Balian, a small, walled city less than 300 meters from the Pasig River. This city with only walls and no defenses was originally under the management of the Spaniards, and the Chinese could only enter and leave Balian according to the time set by the Spaniards, and they could not buy land outside Balian to build their own village houses.

The Spaniards wanted to limit the number of Chinese immigrants to Manila in this way, and the royal city of Manila, across the river from the Balian City, not only has a city gate and bridge leading to the Balian, but also has two forts sandwiching the Balian City from the left and right. In the Manila Massacre in 1603, the Chinese rebels were bombarded by these two forts in the city, and they learned of the Spaniards' intention to stipulate that the Chinese must live in the city.

After the Four Seas Trading Company and the former Philippine Governor General reached an agreement on the development of Luzon, the management of the Eight Cities was transferred to the Chinese. Since then, the Chinese have the right to buy land to build houses outside of Balian, but for new immigrants, renting in Balian City is not only cheaper, but also more convenient to live in the city, so the number of Chinese residents in Balian City is still high.

In fact, since discovering the mystery of the Fort in Manila's Intramuros Fort, the Four Seas Trading Company has purchased a large area of land in the Dalun Mountain area northeast of Balian in the name of building a company warehouse, trying to establish a city of the Chinese themselves. However, many Chinese immigrants believe that Balian, who lives less than a kilometer away from Ajlos Manila, will make it easier for them to get jobs in the port and Amytro Manila, so they are reluctant to move out of the city.

After the Turen rioted, Guo Qing immediately sent people to publicize the massacre that had occurred here more than 30 years ago in Balian City, so that more than half of the residents evacuated to the Dalun Mountain area with suspicion. However, there were still some wealthy merchants who had close contacts with the Spaniards, who listened to the propaganda of the Spaniards, and hid in the royal city of Manila with their possessions and families.

Although the bay on the east side of Dalun Mountain is not as good as the port built by the Royal City of Manila using the Pasig River, it does not prevent Zheng Zhilong from using the original small fish port here to expand a temporary port. The Ming army also built a 2.5-kilometer-long road between the temporary port and Dalun Mountain for horse-drawn carriages, and built Dalun Mountain into a base for the Ming army on land.

It was also the existence of the Ming army base in Dalun Mountain that made it difficult for the natives to attack Balian, and also made the Spaniards slow to take action against the Chinese residents of Balian.

This made Li Chenfang and other Ming army generals who personally sat in Dalun Mountain extremely disappointed, as a young officer who was personally educated by Chongzhen, Li Chenfangyuan was more nationally conscious in this era. He was still haunted by the Manila massacre of 1603.

As the supreme military governor of the Osaka Governor's Office and the Nanyang Governor's Office in Japan, his ideological style naturally influenced a large number of young non-commissioned officers of the Ming Army. Especially those young officers who had just followed him from Japan to Nanyang, they were the most respected category of people in Japan, but after arriving in Nanyang, those natives were subservient in front of Europeans, but they always wanted to ask for equality in front of the Ming people, which made them feel humiliated.

Therefore, while both the emperor and the representatives of the Four Seas Trading Company wanted to suppress the war between the Japanese and the natives, winning the maximum benefit at the least cost. But for Li Chenfang, the generals of the Ming army, they hoped to expand the war, teach the Spaniards a good lesson, and take the royal city of Manila.

To this end, Li Chenfang assembled the strength of two wings and two artillery regiments in the Dalun Mountain military camp. The artillery regiment of the Ming army was an establishment of 12 guns, with a maximum caliber of 12 catties. But after observing the walls and batteries of the royal city of Manila, he painstakingly removed four 18-pound cannons and two 24-pound cannons from the ship, intending to surprise the Spaniards.

However, under the threat of Zheng Zhilong's fleet, the Spaniards acted as shrunken turtles and did not dare to directly intervene in the attack of the natives on the Chinese neighborhood, so that Li Chenfang led the team to repel several attacks of the natives and began to enter a state of idleness.

When Li Chenfang felt that he was about to stay idle until the end of the war, the Maori Shengjia came to the Dalun Mountain base to ask him whether to attack the Spanish and Turkish coalition forces that were intercepted out of the city.

Li Chenfang's answer was naturally to attack, and he decided to go to the rescue in person with a wing and artillery regiment, suffering from "friendly troops besieged by the native rebels." ”

Of course, the Maori Singer would not stop Li Chenfang's sudden outburst of enthusiasm, and he did not think that he could stop it. The place where Sanada Yukimasa garrisoned was the same distance from the Intramuros of Manila and the military camp at Dalun Mountain, both under 10 kilometers. On horseback, it takes an hour, and the infantry march takes only 2 hours.

Therefore, Maori Katsuya arrived at the Dalun Mountain military camp in the afternoon, and the next day Li Chenfang arrived at the camp of Sanada Yukimasa with reinforcements, in a highland manor on the right bank of the Marikina River. It was probably the property of a Spanish aristocracy, and the entire estate was built and furnished in a Castilian style.

The combined Spanish and Turkish forces were stationed in a plain below the highlands, with a forest behind them on their right flank near the Marikina River, and a field of rice paddies on their left flank. As for the battlefield between the two armies, which was nearly three miles long and five miles wide, it had been cleared by the Spanish army.

Apparently the Spanish commander who commanded the coalition also came with a show of force, and the other side did not seem to object to a battle with the Japanese here.

Li Chenfang carefully observed the other party's military camp in the corner tower of the manor, standing in this position, everything around him couldn't hide from his eyes.

About half an hour, Li Chenfang walked down the corner tower and said to his subordinates: "The number of people on both sides should be about the same, but the number of artillery on the other side seems to be very small, and there are also 4-6 light guns, so our army has an advantage in this regard."

However, I also saw that there were more than 300 horses in the camp of the opposing side, and after deducting the artillery horses, they had at least 100-200 cavalry, and we had no cavalry, so they had an advantage in this point.

This is a battle that we should fight and must fight. If you don't hurt these Spaniards and natives, they may not come back when the army leaves.

The Spaniards were not strong enough in Asia, so they relied mainly on these tame natives to fight for themselves. As long as this native force is eliminated, there should be no resistance in the Neihu Plain area.

Rather than letting them flee back to the Neihu Plain to fight guerrilla warfare with us, it is better to deal with them here all at once, which is also the most time-saving and labor-saving way. Which of you will go to the enemy camp for me and tell the commander of the coalition forces on the opposite side: either lay down your arms and surrender immediately, or prepare to accept our attack at nine o'clock tomorrow morning..."

Sanada Yukimasa, who was standing in the front row of the crowd, immediately said: "Please allow me to accept this mission, and I will let the other party's commander choose to fight." ”

Li Chenfang nodded at him, then took the lead and walked towards the hall in the manor, and said, "Then everyone else will go to the map room with me, and we will discuss the tactics to be used for tomorrow's attack." ”

For Rivera. It was the first time that Captain Antonio had led such a large army on the battlefield. Although there was no shortage of warfare in the Philippine colonies, they had to deal with the natives of Mindanao armed with bows and arrows and short knives, rather than a well-trained army like the Japanese in front of them.

If there is a choice, Rivera. Captain Antonio was willing to fight the other side until the end of the war. But the Japanese army, who had been hesitant before, suddenly hardened a day later, which made him know that this battle was inevitable. While seeing off the officers sent by the Japanese army, Rivera. Lieutenant Antonio couldn't help but say to the Japanese officer.

"Actually, you don't need to work so hard for the people, no matter how much blood you shed, the people will eventually treat you as their own servants. You've got enough of the honors you've received in those natives, is it necessary to keep fighting us? We are not natives who do not understand the art of fighting, and the bloodshed that follows will probably be a very tragic battle for both of us. ”

Sanada Yukimasa turned around, stood outside the camp gate and said to him, "If you don't want your subordinates to bleed, there is actually a way to go. That's now with them to Manila, so we lose the reason to fight you, don't we? ”

Rivera. Captain Antonio shook his head and said regretfully: "I hope you will not regret tomorrow that you have not been able to hold the peace I have given you today..."

For Rivera. The arrogance shown by Captain Antonio, Sanada Yukimasa didn't say a word, so he turned around and left. He felt that it was better to use words to fight back than bullets.

When Sanada Yukimasa returned to the estate in the highlands, the military meeting convened by Li Chenfang had ended, and the two of them, Mori Katsuie and Takano Heita, told him about the main content of the next meeting.

Li Chenfang made adjustments to Sanada Yukimasa's current military layout, and he placed the main forces of the Maori United and the Takano United on the right flank, and let the Sanada United and the two brigades drawn from the Maori and Kono United defensive armies and the left flank form a right-heavy and left-light formation.

Moreover, Li Chenfang also put the artillery regiment and the artillery team of the two wings on the right. Tomorrow's operational deployment is also extremely simple, first bombarding the enemy's left flank with artillery on the right flank, and after the enemy's left flank is disorganized, the Maori and Kono wings attack from the enemy's chaotic left flank to the left, driving the enemy down the Marikina River.

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