Chapter 508: After the Occupation

This matter is so incredible for the Ming Dynasty, a city in Fujian was actually occupied by the Francophone people, more than 100 years since the founding of the country, such a thing is almost a fantasy, in fact, whether it is Spain or Portugal, the two countries with the hottest maritime colonization at that time were the idea of the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Empire at this time was not the Manchu Qing Dynasty hundreds of years later, nor was it the Inca Empire that seemed to be a primitive society in the Americas at the same time, This is still a feudal empire at its peak.

After several tentative attacks and provocations, the whites were disgraced and learned enough lessons, so they could only do business honestly and dare not make any more moves. Their actions towards the Ming Dynasty were even inferior to Japan, which was much more backward than them, that is, the Ming Dynasty's most troublesome plague, and the coast of the Ming Dynasty was invaded by wandering samurai and pirates from the war-torn island nation of Japan.

Because of the peace for a long time, the guard and the army are not afraid to talk about any training, barefoot is not afraid to wear shoes, and was defeated by those outlaw Japanese ronins, and then because of the troubles, Emperor Jiajing covered his ears and stole the bell to ban the sea, the ban on the sea further weakened the daimyo's defense of the sea, and at the most serious time, even by these Japanese invaders occupied several county seats, killing nearly hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians.

However, this is all the Japanese can do, if there is no uncertain factor that suddenly appeared in Jiang Feng, according to the original history, there will be a famous general of Qi Jiguang who fought against the Japanese, and with a little rectification of the team, the Japanese plague that ravaged the Ming Dynasty coastal area will be swept away.

After the appearance of Jiang Feng, history naturally deviated from the original direction, after the naval army of Huazhou became stronger, the Japanese who originally had some right to speak on the sea immediately became one of the main reasons for disrupting the maritime trade, and carried out the key clearance, and the Japanese were either bought as slaves, or recruited by the maritime merchants of Fujian and Guangdong, and more people were sunk at the bottom of the sea.

The coastal plague was only stifled after just showing a little sign, and the officials and people of the Ming Dynasty did not feel deeply about the so-called plague, and the next sea was peaceful, everyone was busy making money, and no one thought about training or anything like that in the peaceful season.

Therefore, the "Spaniards" invaded Zhangzhou City, and this matter was like stabbing a sharp thorn on the thick-skinned giant beast of the Ming Empire, which made it hurt all of a sudden, and it hurt terribly.

The foreign policy of the Ming Dynasty is extremely tough, and it can even be said that it is a little stiff, and it will never compromise with the outside world, and things like cutting land and seeking peace will not happen, because the Song Dynasty was facing the invasion of several barbarian countries in Liao, Jin, and Yuan, and retreated step by step, but the other party advanced step by step, until the destruction of the country, it is precisely because of this lesson, so whether the Ming Dynasty is a monarch or a minister, or those who do not have official positions, they are adhering to tough policies and concepts externally, and whoever has any compromise strategy is a traitor.

Therefore, when the news of the so-called Spanish occupation of Zhangzhou City spread, the whole Fujian was shaken, and the two guards closest to Zhangzhou City got the news on the third day, that is, they gathered 6,000 men and horses to prepare to recapture Zhangzhou City.

The maritime merchants wanted to be the masters of Zhangzhou City themselves, so they used silver to move up and down, so that most of the actual power to do things here fell into the hands of the helpers controlled by them.

The government has a shortage of personnel, low efficiency, everything can only be done by relying on help, after Zhangzhou City is occupied, naturally there will be no valuable information to be sent, the general of the guard, he estimates that there are at most four or five hundred ghost soldiers in Zhangzhou City.

Because the Spaniards and Portuguese can have such a great strength in this area at most, as for why such a few people can still take the big city of Zhangzhou, no one feels strange, the armament is so lax, as long as there is a deliberate pirate to fight a surprise attack, the dozens of officials in the city are of no use.

However, none of them thought that there were not four or five hundred people in Zhangzhou City, but a full three thousand two hundred, although not all of them were white, but as long as they stood in the outermost circle, they were all white, and the people inside worked harder on weekdays, and no one would have any doubts.

There was no surprise in the course of the battle, when the 6,000 Ming army encountered the 2,000 barbarian soldiers with distinct armor, the huge gap between the number and the estimate was already a great weakening of their morale, and when the battle came, although the Ming army had the advantage of numbers, they encountered the combination of spears and muskets with the 'Spanish invasion army', and the Spanish phalanx can be said to be one of the most advanced military technologies in this era.

At the beginning of the battle, the Ming army took out all kinds of firearms and prepared to fight a round first, whether it was effective or not, not to say, at least to give the other party a deterrent. Unexpectedly, before entering the firing range, the opponent's fire shot first started, and the Ming army had already suffered a big loss in the first round of the battle.

The musketeers retreated to the square after three rounds of shooting, the Ming army had already been killed by hundreds of people, and the next battle was even more boring, the phalanx was like a hedgehog, the hedgehog's spikes could still fly out, the distance was far away, and they were hit by the firecrackers, and the distance was close, because of the blocking of the spears, they were still beaten by the firearms.

When the rhythm of the drums of the footsteps of the control team accelerated, the Ming army was dispersed, and the generals could not restrain the fleeing soldiers at all, but fortunately, when the Spanish team was pursuing, there was no speed, because although more than a thousand people died, most of them still ran.

After this battle, the whole Fujian fell into a short period of aphasia, the Spanish army was actually more than 2,000 people, and the combat effectiveness was so strong, the power of firearms was huge, for a while, the Ming army in Fujian thought that they could solve this inexplicable Western army, but after this incident, plus the other party has already controlled the big city of Zhangzhou City, it cannot be solved by relying on its own strength.

Urgent letters were sent to Nanjing and Jingshi through various means, but to the relief of the Fujian officials, the "Spanish army" seemed to be content with the occupation of Zhangzhou City, and showed no signs of further expanding the occupied territory, which allowed them to calmly mobilize forces to defend and eliminate them.

The people of Zhangzhou have been under the Ming Dynasty for nearly 200 years, and the rule of foreign races is something they have never experienced. Zhangzhou people's most intuitive impression of foreigners is the Japanese invaders, although the Westerners have also dealt with each other in the past, but they are all merchants, it seems to be quite harmonious, those Japanese invaders after occupying the village, every time it is said that the Japanese invaded, the city gate was closed, and everyone was nervous The situation is still fresh in the memory.

Many people think that these "Spaniards" will be the same as the Japanese Kou, in the city of Zhangzhou, there are many people who are panicked, many people know that after the fall of the city, the first reaction is to run with their families, but the five hundred cavalry in the city are not vegetarian. They took control of several gates of Zhangzhou City in the fastest time, and no matter how many citizens wanted to leave the city, they would not let them go. Some people also thought that because of the confusion of the crowd, the reaction of these cavalry was not too fierce, and they could rush out.

Unexpectedly, the cavalry, who were restrained at the beginning, unceremoniously drew their swords and slashed after being impacted, and suddenly they were out of their minds, and the chaos at the various city gates was not good, but the cavalry did not have any intention of pursuing after the people left.

As with any breached city, the hooligans in the city reacted even faster than the officers and soldiers and the occupying army, and they soon gathered together to rob houses and houses, taking the opportunity to make a fortune, according to the past situation, at this time the army was in chaos, no one cared about it, it was the opportunity to make a fortune. In the past, when it was rumored that the Japanese were about to enter the city, these scoundrels also took advantage of the panic in the city to loot a few times, and there was no trouble for them afterwards.

The beginning of this looting was also quite smooth, several big families in the city just took care of the tidying up, unprepared, and after a few years of peace, they lost their precautions and were made a lot of money by these scoundrels.

The speed of the so-called 'Spanish occupation army' is also very fast, when they have not come out of the house, the heavily armed soldiers outside have surrounded here, these scoundrels have no integrity at all, and immediately said that they want to take refuge, thinking in their hearts, the other party always needs some dog legs to support the scene, and they are the first to take refuge, and they will definitely not treat themselves badly.

The answers were ropes and flails, and these scoundrels were all taken to the yamen gate of the Zhangzhou prefect, and their heads were cut off with a chatter, and their heads were tied to thick bamboo poles, and then erected all over the city, and after the poles were erected, a soldier who lifted his face armor and showed a white face read the discipline of Zhangzhou City in a stiff voice below, and the chaos immediately subsided.

The ghost face revealed after lifting the mask made the people in Zhangzhou believe that this must be an army from Spain, but they didn't know that more "Spanish soldiers" had the same yellow skin, black hair and black eyes under the face armor......