Although, in general, an army, the heaviest casualties suffered in battle, often not in a fierce frontal clashes, but when pursued by enemy forces after a collapse. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 However, the collapsed Spanish army did not suffer as much damage as most armies that collapsed in battle, because they were so close to their own fortresses that they could run within range of their own artillery without having to run far, and the Model Army did not have to brave the fire of the Spaniards to continue the pursuit, and the results were very satisfactory for them.

The result of this battle was indeed very satisfactory to the Zheng family, and it was not all because hundreds of Spaniards were killed in this battle, which put the already understaffed Spaniards in a serious predicament. This can be seen from the fact that after this battle, the Spaniards sent armed civilians to the city walls. What satisfied Zheng Zhihu and even Zheng Sen the most was that this battle knocked out the confidence of the Spaniards to go out of the city and fight in the field. Now, no matter how the Zheng family's people dig trenches and build earthen walls outside the city, the Spaniards are firmly behind the fortress and will not come out.

"Second uncle, this seems to have become the second Jinzhou." On the day when the two trenches were completed, Zheng Du stood on the earthen wall, looking at the fortress opposite, and suddenly said to Zheng Zhihu.

"Didn't you call us Tartars?" Zheng Zhihu frowned, but he continued, "If you want to talk about the current situation, it's really a bit similar. It's just that the Spaniard's hometown is farther away, and it is even more difficult to come to the rescue. ”

The defeat in this battle also caused consternation in the city of Manila, and all those who watched the battle that day in the city understood that in the field, the Spaniards could not defeat the Chinese. At least not with the Spaniards in Manila. Although the Chinese did not attack the city, not even a tentative attack, this gave Franco the opportunity to inform the Spaniards in the city that the Chinese had no way to take Manila's strong defenses, but everyone knew that Manila had become an isolated city, and even if it was strong, it would eventually fall one day without supplies.

More bad news followed by carrier pigeons, and the Dutch fleet blockaded Cebu and demanded that Cebu surrender. Their soldiers, supported by the fleet, landed near Cebu and cut off communication between Cebu and other regions. Cebu is no better than Manila, which has made a lot of preparations for this battle and is itself the ruling core of Luzon, so the reserves of supplies are relatively sufficient, at least enough to support the arrival of the relief fleet sent by the Spanish mainland. But Cebu was different, although Cebu was the earliest Spanish colony in Luzon, but there was not much material reserves, and even before the war, part of the material reserves were transported to Manila, and after the decisive naval battle, while the Chinese fleet had not yet recovered, the Spaniards transported a batch of personnel and materials from Cebu. As a result, Cebu is now almost an empty city. Therefore, in a letter to Governor Franco, the garrison commander of Cebu directly asked the governor to allow them to surrender. Franco actually knew that this was in fact just a notice, in fact, after the defeat in the naval battle, when he still transferred supplies and personnel from Cebu, he had already allowed the Cebu defenders to surrender if necessary.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for him to receive a message from a carrier pigeon from Cebu, officially informing him that the defenders of Cebu had to surrender to the enemy because they had run out of ammunition and food after fighting bravely against the superior enemy forces and inflicting heavy blows on the enemy.

Of course, the bad news is not only this, when the Dutch took advantage of the fire and robbery, the Chinese were not idle, although they did not attack the well-defended Manila, but they constantly launched attacks on some other strongholds controlled by Spain, and these strongholds are not like Manila, there is a strong defense system, plus there is also a lack of sufficient garrisons, many strongholds are even in addition to officers, most of them are indigenous, so such strongholds are naturally difficult to hold, and after a month, in the whole Luzon, The Spaniards were left with only two strongholds, Manila and Cavite.

Immediately afterward, the Model Army's attack on Cavite began, and during the month, the Model Army's engineering units were not idle, and the scale of the newly built temporary port expanded rapidly, and more weapons and personnel were continuously sent to the island, including two 18-pounder guns specially sent to attack Cavite.

The 18-pounder gun was not an army gun. In Zheng Sen's plan, even with enough heavy horses, the army's field artillery would reach its peak at 12 pounder. As for the siege artillery, this kind of heavy artillery, which does not have to worry about maneuverability, can be made for months to be in place. Although this is not present in the Model Army's current sequence, the Universal Siege Cannon in future plans has been set to be a 36-pounder. However, this artillery is still completely in the plan, and there are not even drawings and models, so the Navy's 18-pounder gun was brought in to pass off as a siege gun.

The Navy's 18-pounder guns are no less powerful than the average 24-pounder guns, and they still have an advantage in range, and the batteries in the port of Krabi are arranged in the gaps on both sides of the port, and they are mainly set up to fight against sea targets, while the defense of the port area itself is very limited, only simple small bastions, with a few small cannons no more than 6 pounder on them. The range of the 18-pounder guns was enough to launch an attack at their range.

Of course, compared to other strongholds, Cavite is not too short of manpower in terms of defense, at least.

On the last day of November, just after dawn, the Model Army appeared in front of the small fortress in Cavite. The defenders only fired warning shots from artillery and did not send infantry into battle. The Model Army began to build two forts outside the range of the guns of the Krabi Fortress, and at dusk the Spanish defenders organized an unsuccessful night attack to try to destroy the forts, but they were discovered by the accompanying military dogs, and a dozen or so men died in vain, but nothing was found.

On 5 December, with the help of a large number of Chinese laborers, two 18-pounder guns were pushed up the fort at a height higher than the Krabi Fortress, and at noon that day, the Model Army sent an envoy to the Spanish defenders in Cavite, demanding that the defenders immediately lay down their arms and surrender unconditionally. This reasonable request, aimed at reducing war damage, was flatly rejected by the Spanish defenders. After receiving the reply, the envoy of the Model Army did not say anything, but chose to return immediately. With the return of the emissary, the assault on the military port of Cavite officially began.