Lin Feng led more than 100 large ships to descend from the sky, and the residents outside Manila fled from the wind, and they landed on the south bank of the Bashi River estuary.

On the orders of the governor of Lavizares, Perez and others went to Cebu Island to move rescue troops, prepared to go to sea by speedboat from a secret dock, and quietly went out of the royal city of Manila, only to see hundreds of large ships blocking the mouth of the Bashi River, and a large construction site outside the royal city, thousands of soldiers of unknown origin were swimming around.

Lin Feng personally commanded the construction of strategic fortifications, leaving women, children, old and children on the boat to rest, Xu Ling'er knew that the opportunity to escape had finally come, and under the cover of Luo Aping, she crossed from one boat to another and approached a dock, where several speedboats were parked.

Seeing that there was no one around, Ah Ping said, "Sister Ling'er, you can go down from here." ”

These days, thanks to the cover of the Luo sisters, especially for Ah Ping's behavior of sending letters across the sea, Xu Ling'er is even more grateful, and can't help but say emotionally: "Ah Ping, pick up your sister and niece, let's go together." ”

Luo Aping threw herself into Ling'er's arms and replied with tears in her eyes: "Everything my sister is doing now is for me and Ying'er, she won't leave......"

Xu Ling'er, whose eyes were full of tears, stroked her hair and said affectionately: "May the Bodhisattva bless your sisters and bless Ying'er, I believe we will meet again in the future, please take care!" ”

Luo Aping raised her head, was silent for a long time, and replied shyly: "Sister Ling'er, please help me carry a letter too......

So, Xu Ling'er grabbed Ah Ping's hands and nodded seriously.

"Sister, please help me tell Zhu Hui Gongzi, I, I'm going to get married soon......"

Xu Ling'er understood that Zhu Hui was responsible for taking care of the Luo sisters for five years, and even the grass and trees would be in love for a long time, so she hurriedly took her into her arms and replied softly: "Good sister, I wish you and Ma Gongzi a hundred years of good harmony and old age." ”

Luo Aping handed her a cable and said, "Don't hesitate, sister, you can go quickly." ”

Xu Ling'er let go of Ah Ping, went down the cable into the sea, swam into the dock, and just climbed into a speedboat, and suddenly found that there were several Westerners holding arquebuses ready to shoot......

Luo Aping suddenly heard the muffled sound of a firearm, and couldn't help but scream, at this moment, I saw Xu Ling'er jump into the sea again, and after a while, she surfaced outside the dock.

This is exactly Perez and the others who went to move the rescue troops, they thought that since they had been discovered, they no longer had any scruples, and rushed out of the dock in a panic with a speedboat.

Xu Ling'er climbed into a small boat nearby, shook the oars and chased after Perez and the others, at this time, Luo Aping's cry had alarmed the soldiers on the shore, and they also jumped into the sea and began to pursue.

Perez and the others were about to shoot, because the speedboat was swung back and forth by the impact of the waves, and when they slowed down and tried to aim, the boat driven by Xu Linger crashed into them, and both boats overturned at the same time, and all the people on board fell into the sea.

With the assistance of the pursuers, Xu Ling'er, who had excellent water skills, caught Perez, and several other Western soldiers drowned in the sea.

The news of catching the Western spy reached Lin Feng's ears, and he led eight Australian lords to greet him, but he was surprised to find that this triumphant hero turned out to be Xu Ling'er, and he suddenly understood the reason in his heart, but he still did not expose Xu Ling'er's identity.

Luo Amin was worried that Xu Ling'er would be recognized by Lin Feng, so he hurriedly ran forward, hugged him into his arms, and shouted loudly: "This hero is my sister's maid. ”

At this time, Perez was escorted into the tent, and everyone cheered outside the tent around Luo Amin and Xu Ling'er.

Lin Feng sat on the tiger skin high chair in the middle of the tent, except for Luo Amin, the other Australian owners and generals were divided into two compartments, and the guards stepped forward to work together and pressed Perez to the ground.

"Which of you understands Western?"

After asking this sentence, Lin Feng looked at the two compartments, and saw that everyone was shaking their heads.

"Where is the Lord of the Eight Ao, where is the Lord of the Eight Ao?" Lin Feng continued to ask.

Ma Wu replied, "My sister is accompanying our heroine. ”

Lin Feng stepped down from the handsome chair and ordered to Ma Wu: "Don't go and invite the Lord of Eight Ao to interrogate this Western spy quickly." ”

Ma Wu went out of the tent and went to look for Luo Amin, at this time, Xu Linger had already changed her clothes and was chatting with Sister Amin in the tent.

As soon as he saw Xu Ling'er, Ma Wu hurriedly asked, "Xu Qianhu, if you don't take the opportunity to leave here quickly, what are you waiting for?" ”

"Just now I was complaining about Ah Ping, she shouldn't have secretly let Miss Ling'er go on an adventure, being in a foreign country, the language is not clear, and the environment is not familiar, so I let Miss Ling'er go, I don't worry." Luo Amin replied.

Ma Wu said: "Two sisters, I have already inquired, there is a church in the village not far from here, I heard from the locals that the pastor is from Iki Island, Japan, can speak Japanese fluently, and understands a few words of our language, so I invite Sister Ling'er to the church to hide for a few days, and then find a chance to return to China." ”

The Luo sisters were relieved, Amin told Xu Linger a thousand words and instructions, and Ah Ping reluctantly said goodbye to Xu Linger.

Xu Ling'er walked out of the camp tent, passing by the hot construction site, and saw that the craftsmen were building a ladder for the siege of the city, as a hero who captured Western spies, no matter where she went, someone nodded respectfully to her, just like that, she quietly left the camp, and according to the clues provided by Ma Wu, she soon found the church in the nearby village.

To Xu Ling'er's surprise, the missionary in the church was actually Mr. Mark from Iki Island!

At this time, in Lin Feng's tent, with Luo Amin as the interpreter, the soldiers began to torture Perez, and this Western soldier was tortured, and soon confessed, told the details of the royal city of Manila, and expressed his willingness to act as a guide.

Knowing that there were only more than 200 Western soldiers in Manila, Lin Feng was overjoyed and ordered people to speed up the production of crossbow chariots and ladders for siege.

In that year, when he was entrenched in Akimeura, Lin Feng had been to Manila many times to sell muskets, and he was no stranger to this city, so he held a military meeting overnight and formulated a detailed battle plan: it was decided that the troops would be divided into three ways to storm the royal city of Manila.

Zhuang Gong, Li Chenghuai, Cai De and others led a thousand warriors to attack the gate of the royal city; Xiao Ke led a thousand warriors, with Perez as a guide, and attacked along the Bashi River by warship; Ma Wu led 500 sailors to set up an ambush along the coast, preparing to annihilate the deserters in the city in one fell swoop.

In the early morning of the fifth day after arriving in Manila, after the soldiers had eaten and drunk, with the sound of three cannons outside the gate, the siege column commanded by Zhuang Gong and dozens of warships led by Xiao Ke killed the royal city of Manila together.

Under the guidance of Perez, Xiao Ke's warship broke through from the Bashi River and took the lead in attacking the city, preparing to cross the river into the city.

The Spanish army, under the command of its commander, General Gotte, and more than 100 soldiers blocked the Bashi River with cannons and muskets, and launched a fierce attack on Xiao Ke's warship.

Most of Xiao Ke's subordinates were plundered merchants, where had they ever been in such a position, even those pirate-born warriors, in the face of such a fierce artillery attack, they had already been frightened, and no one dared to cross the river anymore even if Xiao Ke brandished his katana and shouted loudly.

But after all, the number of Spanish soldiers was too small, and the artillery fire was intermittent, giving Xiao Ke and others an opportunity.

Just as the soldiers led by Xiao Ke crossed the river to attack the city, nearly half of them took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the river and escape.

Xiao Ke led the remaining 500 warriors to break through the Spanish defense line and attack the royal city of Manila, when he suddenly found that the guide Perez was missing, and he had to personally lead the team to rampage through the streets of Manila, and was soon surrounded by muskets.

After a fierce battle, Xiao Ke's soldiers were less than 100 men, and he himself was seriously wounded.

Since arquebuses could not be fired continuously, Xiao Ke and the others fought their way out of the encirclement while the Spanish soldiers loaded ammunition and lit the arquebus, and at this time, they met a local who hated the colonists and offered to show them the way, aiming at the residence of the commander, General Gaotai.

General Gao Ti, who was directing the battle, suddenly found that Xiao Ke and others had entered his home, and immediately panicked, and ordered the Spanish soldiers to give up the arquebus, so the commander took the lead and led his soldiers to rush over.

Xiao Ke originally planned to occupy General Gaoti's mansion and seize his family as hostages to force the Westerners to submit, but he didn't expect that these Westerners were also very fierce, and the two sides started another hand-to-hand fight.

Just as Xiao Ke and others were trying to kidnap the general's wife and children, the desperate General Gao Ti pounced on him, and after several stabs, he used his last strength to rush to his front and stab him in the chest, and finally, General Gao Ti also fell in front of his wife and children.

Governor Lavizares, who was supervising the battle at the city gate, learned of the battle in the city, and gave a very decisive order, and set up a cannon at the entrance of the alley near Gaoti's house, razing the general's palace to the ground, and none of the people inside came out alive.

Zhuang Gong used the tactics of crowds, more than 1,000 soldiers were divided into ten columns, and at this moment they were violently attacking the city gate of Manila, some people were shooting with bows and arrows lit on fire, some people braved artillery fire, desperately charged forward, and several columns set up ladders to attack the city.

Governor Lavizares stood on top of the tower and personally commanded the city, more than 100 Spanish soldiers held the city with muskets and artillery, and about 200 local soldiers, who fought along the city walls to deal with the siege of the ladder, and had repelled three large-scale attacks under the command of Zhuang Gong.

Due to Lin Feng and Ma Zhishan personally commanding the battle, very few soldiers under Zhuang Gong escaped, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became, and the governor of Lavizarles was about to be unable to hold on.

At this moment, the battle in the city was over, and many soldiers came to the city's support, so that the governor of Lavizares, who was praying for God's blessing, suddenly came to his senses, and he climbed to the top of the city, and shouted:

"General Gao Ti has been killed in battle to protect your family, and his family members have all been killed, fortunately, the bandits in the city have been completely annihilated, I hope you can be like General Gao Ti, bravely kill the enemy, may God bless us! Bless Manila! ”

There were more and more reinforcements on the head of the city, because Lin Feng was not fully prepared, the chariots and ladders for the siege were all used up, and in the face of increasingly fierce artillery attacks, the soldiers who besieged the city suffered heavy casualties.

At this time, the bell of the Manila church was heard in the distance, and Lin Feng, who was supervising the battle, looked at the sky above the royal city, only to see the billowing smoke gradually dissipate, and he felt very lost in his heart, and shook his head in a trance......

The soldiers who fled back from Bashihe reported to Lin Feng that all the soldiers who had entered the city had been killed, Lin Feng was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly sent people to find Zhuang Gong, Li Chenghuai, Cai De and others who were commanding the battle, and prepared to discuss countermeasures with them.

Lin Feng squatted down, touched Zhuang Gong's pulse, and immediately burst into tears, and immediately gave the order to stop the siege.

The governor of Lavizares had never figured out where these men were coming from, and he did not dare to go out of the city to pursue them easily.

Ma Wu, who was preparing to ambush on the periphery, caught a lot of deserters under Xiao Ke, and had some understanding of the battle situation.

The lost Ma Wu sent his men back to the camp and squatted alone at the entrance of the village, holding his head in his hands and crying bitterly......

Suddenly there was a melodious singing, and Ma Wu, who was in tears, walked towards the village church, stood outside the door and looked at the sun above his head, the sun was just in the west, it was the time of the salute, so he bowed down in the direction of the west, and muttered in his mouth: I testify that nothing is God, but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.

After a while, the people who were worshipping in the church dispersed one after another, and Xu Linger and missionary Mark walked out together.

Seeing Ma Wu crying outside the church door, Xu Ling'er hurriedly asked, "Brother Ma Wu, why are you here?" ”

Wiping away the tears on his face, Ma Wu replied sadly: "Xu Qianhu, Tai O's main attack on Manila failed, thousands of people are stranded on the beach outside Manila, and the situation is extremely critical, how should this be good?" ”

Xu Ling'er turned around and asked, "Mr. Mark, is there any way you can save my compatriots?" ”

Mark was silent for a long time, drew a cross on his chest, and replied: "The priest of Hawksbill Harbour is a Chinese and a good friend of mine, and if Mr. Lin Feng wishes, this priest can shelter your fellow citizens, may the Father of Heaven bless you, Amen." ”

As a man of different faiths, Ma Wu was reluctant to speak to Mark, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but bow down to him and thank him, and then they returned to Lin Feng's camp together.

After the failure of the siege, Lin Feng was very frustrated, although the Spaniards did not dare to go out of the city to pursue, but they were attacked by some local armed forces.

Lin Feng never expected that the situation would change so quickly, and the Luzon people, who had always been deeply influenced by Xu Chailao, originally respected Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, but now most of them have become Christians, and they are very hostile to their team.

Lin Feng, who was desperate, didn't know how to face this situation, and suddenly found that Ma Wu had come back with Xu Ling'er.

So, Lin Feng came to his senses, stood on the high platform, and shouted loudly: "Xu Qianhu, the heroine who crossed the sea to save her father, our great hero, do you know why I want to attack Manila?" ”

Xu Ling'er was taken aback, looked at Lin Feng reservedly, and didn't dare to answer easily.

Luo Amin hurriedly stepped forward, clasped Xu Ling'er's hands, and asked nervously, "Sister, why are you back?" ”

"Amin, the situation is extremely critical now, let the owner of Tai Ao start preparing to evacuate, and Mr. Mark can lead everyone to the tortoiseshell port to take refuge." Xu Ling'er replied.

Finding that Xu Ling'er and Luo Amin were whispering, and seemed to be chatting very speculatively, Lin Feng shouted loudly again: "Please Xu Qianhu to witness for me, Lin Wenjun, the right Qianhu of Jinyi Weibei Town, in order to share the worries and solve problems for the imperial court, and form a civil force, come to recruit the Western thieves who came to attack, and I am only temporarily defeated, but I am not discouraged, I will definitely take this evil breath for the imperial court, and after recovering Manila, I hope that the imperial court can crown me as the governor of Luzon." ”

After hearing these words, Xu Ling'er didn't know what to say, so she glanced at Ma Wu, but still didn't pay attention to Lin Feng.

Ma Wuxi was very disgusted by Lin Feng's words, and for the sake of Sister Amin and these innocent compatriots, he stepped forward and said, "Lord Daao, let's think about what to do now." ”

"Good brother, do you have any great ideas?" Lin Feng lowered his head and asked.

"Mr. Mark can lead everyone to refuge in Hawksbill Harbor......"

Without waiting for Ma Wu to finish speaking, Lin Feng hurriedly asked, "Where is the tortoiseshell harbor?" ”

"Pengassan Bay in western Luzon, Inyain River estuary." Ma Wu replied.

Lin Feng agreed, he ordered the remnants of the soldiers to block the mouth of the Bashi River, and on the other hand, he sent people to the outside of the city gate to beg the enemy and curse the formation, pretending to continue to attack the city, and secretly prepared to evacuate......