By the time the Marines had rushed up a section of the wall, the dragoons were already rushing towards the fortress. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The defenders of the fortress were about to turn the remaining two cannons around to support the battle for that section of the wall, but when they saw the dragoons rolling in, they changed their minds.

"Quick! Aim at the enemy's cavalry and open fire. Fran, who had just retired from hand-to-hand combat with the Model Army Marines, hurriedly said. It was important to turn the cannon around and attack the Chinese who had occupied a wall, but now those Chinese were engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Spanish soldiers, and the two sides were entangled, making it difficult for the artillery to find a suitable opportunity to fire. In contrast, the dragoons who came at a gallop were a little better to fight. And if the reinforcements of the Chinese cannot be stopped, then the fall of the fortress and the port is almost a certainty.

It's just that the Spaniards have too few artillery at their disposal now, only two cannons, and in the face of the dragoons that are pouring in like a tide, their shooting is like throwing two stones into the tide, although they have knocked down two war horses, but it is useless.

The dragoons quickly rushed to the beneath the contained section of the wall, where a ladder had already been erected. The soldiers jumped off their horses, threw their horses aside, and in a few steps they went up the city wall, some of them rushing towards the place where the battle was still raging, and the other part of them from the other side of the wall and rushing towards the port area.

Watching the Chinese army continue to climb the city wall, and keep coming down from the other side, killing the port area behind, Fran's face turned pale, and he knew that the fall of Cavite was inevitable.

"Commander, the enemy is coming around from the other side, and we are surrounded! There are too many of them, we ......," Ferreira said, a little flustered. Indeed, some dragoons who had rushed into the city had come around from the other side. Although their attacks were not too sharp due to the lack of artillery, these men had cut them off from the port area and surrounded them on this short stretch of wall. Even if the Chinese can't fight, as long as they maintain the siege posture, how long can they hold out without even water?

"Cease fire first, and send emissaries to discuss surrender with them." Fran said with a sigh. Since the defeat is irreversible, there is no need for any more senseless sacrifices.

"But, Your Excellency, they ask for unconditional ...... If we surrender, will they ......?" Ferreira stumbled.

"Chinese are also civilized people and should ...... Besides, now, if we don't surrender, we're really going to die—if we're dead, there's no money left. Fran smiled wryly and said, "Most of the soldiers captured in the last war also came back alive, didn't they?" ”

After the fall of Cavite, the war on Luzon entered a strange state, with the Model Army and the Chinese militia surrounding Manila, but did not attack, but only strengthened the earthen wall around Manila every day. As for the Spaniards, they basically no longer came out to launch any decent offensives. In general, large-scale military operations on Luzon have stopped.

The trenches around Manila have been dug and rammed earth walls have been built, and ships from Taiwan have been bringing more people and supplies here over the years. In addition, the cannons on the forts and forts in Krabi have also been transported here, and even the cannons on the "Santiago" that sank in Krabi have been salvaged and sent here by Zheng Zhihu, and now there are as many as 60 cannons on the rammed earth wall in this circle, which can be called impregnable.

In a blink of an eye, it was almost the end of the year, and on this day, a fast traffic ship sailed into the port controlled by the Zheng family, this ship was the "Feiyan", she brought a letter from Zheng Zhilong to Zheng Zhihu, asking him to temporarily hand over the army to Changle, and follow the ship back to Anping for the New Year, and discuss some things by the way.

Of course, it is important to go home for the New Year, but even Zheng Zhihu understands that the next thing by the way is probably the most critical thing. Zheng Zhihu temporarily handed over the command of the army to Chang Le, instructed him not to take the initiative to launch any attacks, and boarded the "Feiyan".

"Feiyan" close to Anping Wharf when it was already the twenty-eighth of the lunar month, two days ago there was a heavy snow in Fujian, now the snow has not melted, Zheng Zhihu looked around, only to see the land is white, and accompanied his personal soldier Zheng Yong said: "Lao Tzu last year's New Year, in the north, it snowed heavily, frozen like a dog. This year, I was thinking about how I could have a warm New Year, but who knows, when I return home, it will snow! ”

"Second General, the house is much warmer than in Shandong." Zheng Yong also shrunk his neck and replied, "If you want to say that it is warm, it is still Luzon that is the warmest." The villain talked to a native Han man over there, he was thirty years old, and he had never seen snow or ice. And Luzon, I heard that it's not hot in summer, so it's a good place. ”

"In the early years, there was no snow in Fujian. It's not like now, when it's cold like a year. Zheng Zhihu said.

"Second General, it's windy outside, why don't we go back to the cabin." Zheng Yong said.

"What cabin to return? It's coming soon. Well, Yong, do you see someone on the dock over there to pick us up? Go, help Lao Tzu bring the binoculars. Zheng Zhihu said.

There was indeed a four-wheeled carriage on the wharf, and in Anping, except for the Zheng family, no one else had this kind of four-wheeled carriage from the West. So there is no doubt that this is the people of the Zheng family who have come to greet Zheng Zhihu. Zheng Zhihu raised the binoculars handed over by Zheng Yong and looked in the direction of the dock, and saw that the carriages stopped on the dock, and a young man wearing a fur got off the car, and hurried to another car followed by a middle-aged man who was also wearing a fur, but it was not his eldest brother and Zheng Sen.

The boat slowly approached and finally docked. Without waiting for the boat to stop, let alone waiting for the people on the dock to move over the gangplank, Zheng Zhihu slammed into the platform, jumped directly from the boat to the platform, and said to Zheng Zhilong, who came up: "Big brother, you are here on this cold day?" ”

"Dick." Zheng Zhilong glared at Zheng Zhihu and said, "You are also a general soldier now, a member of the second grade, and you are still bouncing on the next boat, and you are not afraid of people's jokes." ”

"Who of them dares to laugh at me!" Zheng Zhihu deliberately narrowed his eyes and looked around, "Ah Sen, do you dare to laugh at me?" ”

"The little nephew doesn't dare." Zheng Sen hurriedly saluted.

"Ah Feng, Ah Leopard, what about you?" Zheng Zhihu said deliberately.

"Not in person." Zheng Zhifeng also smiled.

"Okay, less loaded." Zheng Zhilong said with a smile, "Get in the car first, go back to talk, and don't be afraid of the cold on this dock." Second, it's rare that everyone is back this time, there are some things that can be done in our family, and some things can be discussed. ”