In a blink of an eye, it was already March of the 1640 solar calendar, and it should be the early spring season of "February spring breeze like scissors" in the Jiangnan area. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThere may be some cold spring in the morning and evening, but on Luzon Island, it's summer all year round.

Zeng Aniu wiped the sweat from his forehead, took out a bamboo kettle from his waist and drank again. Then he looked at the Turen's stockade, and asked Xiao Yong next to him: "Ah Yong, hasn't this cannon been dragged over yet?" ”

"How can it be so easy, although it is a three-pounder cannon, but you also know this way, let alone let the cannon go, even if it is just to let people go, it is not easy. Anyway, those natives have been blocked in the stockade by us, and they can't get out, so let's wait slowly. Xiao Yong said while chewing betel nut.

"These natives should not dare to come out." Zeng Aniu looked at the stockade and sighed, "Actually, I still hope that they can come outside and fight us, it will be much easier to fight." If they shrink into the stockade and we go in to fight, we must be careful not to be plotted by them. These guys can't beat us, but their poisoned arrows will really kill if they rub a little. ”

Neither of them spoke, and they both remembered what had happened when they attacked a native village, and that time there was a brother who had been hit by an arrow, but only in the foot, and the result was a little slower, but he died in a little more than a quarter of an hour. If the natives are willing to come out and fight, then with their single soft bow that can't shoot twenty paces, there is nothing to fear. However, if they are allowed to hide in the stockade, even if the gate of the village is opened with cannons, after they are killed, the distance between the two sides will be closer, and at that time, the threat of poisonous arrows from the natives will be greater.

"Brother, I'm going to go in in a while, you have to follow me a little." Zeng Aniu said.

"Everyone is a brother, of course we have to take care of each other." Xiao Yong said.

At this time, a shout came from behind: "The cannon is coming, the cannon is coming!" ”

Zeng Aniu turned his head and saw a mule slowly coming over with a three-pounder cannon.

Unlike the completely uncivilized people on the island of Taiwan, the indigenous people of Luzon are not low in civilization, and they have also established their own state, the state of Luzon, and they have the belief of the Heavenly Sect. It was only later, when the Spaniards came, Luzon was naturally destroyed, and the Spaniards, who had a deep enmity with the Heavenly Sect, not only destroyed the Luzon Kingdom, but also moved to Luzon Island with a set of methods that they had used to deal with the Celestial Sect in Spain, and the result was naturally that the local Celestial Sect was wiped out. The monasteries of the Celestial Sect have also been transformed into Catholic churches.

Although theoretically, the level of civilization of the Spaniards is higher than that of the local natives, but after such a toss, the sound of a cannon from a Spanish warship has reduced the civilization of the local natives a lot on the whole. Some tribes, which had already been semi-agrarian, retreated back into the forests, but most of the natives retained their farming habits. It's just that the farming level of these natives is very average. Not to mention that compared with the Chinese, even compared with the past, it is also much worse.

To say that when the Spaniards killed the Chinese, the local natives took advantage of the fire to loot the floating wealth, but in fact, it was basically snatched back by the Chinese with guns half a month ago. But robbery is a really interesting thing, and once you start robbing, it's hard to stop. Most of the original looted floating wealth was snatched back, but in order to get these things back, everyone bought guns and guns, recruited manpower, and spent a lot of money. Of course, you should grab it back. And those natives killed so many Chinese at the beginning, shouldn't they take revenge? Moreover, when armed Chinese came to the door to seek justice, they dared to resist, and even caused new casualties among the Chinese, shouldn't this be punished? Besides, these natives are cultivators, and although the land is not very good, they have a lot of land in their hands, and it is still very good -- therefore, the robbery of the natives, no, no, no, the revenge against the natives has not stopped, but has expanded more and more.

"Kill the natives in this stockade, and these fields outside will be ours!" Mr. Song shouted, "Brothers, Boss Zhang said, if you take the village, everyone can get two acres of paddy fields!" This is a field that can be passed on to children and grandchildren! Cheer up, everyone! ”

To be honest, Zeng Aniu doesn't like to kill, but the temptation of the field is real. If he breaks two more villages, he will be able to accumulate more than ten acres of land, and then he can ask for a daughter-in-law and live a good life.

Zeng Aniu turned his head and looked at Xiao Yong, but saw that he also looked at him with bright eyes.

By this time, several gunners had already pushed the three-pounder gun up. These three-pounder guns were technically unfancy, they were ordinary bronze cast three-pounder guns, they were the earliest products of the Beigang Gun Factory, and in a sense, they were just works for the gunners of the Model Army. Therefore, these cannons are not like the later forged double-layer drill pipe cannons, which have a range and power that surpasses the times. Even because it was used by the model army to train gunners, it was used a lot, and it was not easy to wear and tear, so now it is generally not possible to shoot with a full charge. So if you want to talk about power or something, I'm afraid it's a little worse than similar products of the Spaniards.

However, even so, the power of the three-pounder cannon was absolutely sufficient to deal with the natives on Luzon. The walls of those natives' stockades are also rammed earth, but judging from the situation of the natives' stockades that were laid down before, these natives stole a lot of laziness when they rammed the earth, so the strength of their rammed earth walls is quite poor, and the condition of the earth enclosure of ordinary houses is not too much, although it can barely block the firing of the flintlock pistol, but when it is hit with a cannon, it can almost collapse one side.

The Chinese artillery was all trained on an improvised basis, and their training was actually limited to knowing how to load shells and how to fire artillery. However, this is not a big problem, as the natives are limited in the distance they can shoot with their bows and arrows, even if they are standing on the earthen wall. So the gunners can push the three-inch gun all the way to a place about 50 steps away from the wall, and then open fire, at such a distance, shoot at a target as large as an earthen wall, just like shooting in a football game, in the middle of the goal, only 30 centimeters from the goal line, unless the technology is good enough to be comparable to the national football team of a certain country, if you want to miss, it is more difficult than shooting on target.

Several artillerymen pushed the three-pounder gun in the direction of the earthen wall. The natives on the earthen wall also knew that something was wrong, and they threw their bows and arrows at the cannons. It's just that because the climate of Luzon Island is hot and humid, the more powerful compound recurve bow or something can easily cause various problems such as moisture, mold, degumming, etc., and it can't be used at all. Therefore, the local natives could only use the simplest single bow. Of course, if you can find a fine wood like the European purple shirt, the power of the single bow can also be very great. It's just that the natives have neither such wood nor such technology to make longbows. Therefore, the arrows they shot, even if they were thrown, only flew out more than thirty paces before falling to the ground in less than forty steps.

The gunners stopped fifty paces from the earthen wall and began to prepare for firing.

"Guess how many shots they'll have to fire to bring down that wall?" Xiao Yong said to Zeng Aniu.

"I think three cannons should be enough." Zeng Aniu said.

"I think it's going to be four shots." Xiao Yong said, "Why don't we gamble something?" ”

Judging from the situation of the first few villages, it is generally necessary to break down the wall of the village with three to four guns.

"I don't like to bet." Zeng said, "Gambling is not right. ”

"You're not interesting at all, don't you know it?" Xiao Yong said with a look of contempt.

Zeng Aniu knew that Xiao Yong was not really a gambler, he was just looking for something to distract himself before going to the battlefield. So he said to Xiao Yong: "Ah Yong, in fact, you have to ......"

But at this moment, a burst of gunfire suddenly came from the front, interrupting Zeng Aniu's words. Hearing the gunshots, Zeng Aniu initially thought that someone had accidentally misfired, and then caused others to follow and shoot. But he immediately realized that the shots were fired in the wrong direction. So he hurried to look at the natives' stockade.

A puff of pale blue smoke hung over the earthen walls, and several gunners had fallen beside the three-pounder gun—apparently the natives had fired.

"Straight sissy thief! How did these natives have guns? Where did they get their guns? Xiao Yong scolded.

"The dogs must have sold it to them by the Spaniards." Zeng Aniu also scolded.

"Stop scolding! A few of you go over and shoot them down, and two more people will snatch them back! Tong Hu roared.

Zeng Aniu hurriedly picked up his gun, ran a few steps in the direction of the earthen wall with Xiao Yong, and then half-squatted down and raised his gun to make an aiming gesture towards the earthen wall. Then the others ran a few more steps forward under their cover, intending to drag the downed gunner back to rescue him. Although under normal circumstances, there is no salvation at all.

At this time, the smoke on the earthen wall gradually dispersed, and several natives with guns suddenly showed their heads, ready to shoot at the people who rushed up to save people.

"Papapa......" Zeng Aniu and they fired, and the bullets flew over and hit the earthen wall with a crackling sound. A few natives didn't care to shoot, and suddenly shrank back.

"The second shift is ready for fire cover, and the first shift is quickly loaded with bullets! Class 3, move faster! Tong Hu shouted.