After resting for a day, the Spaniards marched to Manila, and Zhang Zhijie was already waiting on the city wall with his army.

Soon you can see the shadow of the city wall of Manila, although these Spaniards are a little solemn and curse constantly, but they do not feel that it is difficult to capture the city of Manila.

Because they have already breached the city of Manila, and it is very easy to break it, it can be said that it is effortless, even if now a group of Orientals have occupied the city of Manila, what is the difference between it and the original natives?

It is likely that it is the reinforcements of the natives here, that is, the natives of some nearby island. In any case, they are still native, and natives can't resist muskets!

Even if the Easterners who came this time had improvised artillery and defeated one of their ships by virtue of their numerical superiority, so what? Can they still stop them from attacking the city?

Zhang Zhijie stood on the city wall and looked into the distance with a telescope, and soon found the Spaniards, mainly because their clothing was very different from that of the Luzonians, and it was easy to distinguish them.

The Spaniards, numbering about four hundred, divided into four teams, were running in loose formations toward the city of Manila, far from being within the range of the arquebus, so they were still relatively relaxed.

Although it did not enter the range of the arquebus, it was not far from the range of the artillery, and since it was determined that the Spaniards were attacking the western city wall, Zhang Zhijie immediately transferred some soldiers from the remaining three city walls.

Soon there were 2,000 soldiers on the western wall, and with ten cannons, it should be a big surprise to the Spaniards! It's just a pity, if forty guns and three thousand soldiers gather, these Spaniards will be amazed. However, this is impossible after all, and it is impossible for Zhang Zhijie to give up the remaining three walls and not defend them.

These Spaniards had seen the crowds on the city walls, and it was clear that there were quite a few people defending the city, but these Spaniards were not nervous, and the backward weapons of these natives were like children's toys.

Yes, Luzon is not big in the first place, plus there are fewer wars here, the jungle is dense and the terrain is narrow, and the people here are relatively short, so the range of bows and arrows here is limited, and more attention is paid to lightness! Such a bow and arrow is simply scum in front of the arquebus.

Although the city walls were crowded, these Spaniards were not afraid, just like the last siege, as long as they entered the range of the arquebus, they could stun these backward natives! It will be a one-sided slaughter!

As long as the ammunition is sufficient, no number of natives are enough to kill, because at such a distance, the bow and arrow can't be shot at all, you can only stare dryly, and you can only wait to be slaughtered!

Just when these Spaniards were ready, they were slowly coming into the range of artillery, and soon there were hundreds of calculated households to report quickly.

Hearing that these Spaniards had already entered the firing range, Zhang Zhijie immediately ordered: "Then what are you waiting for, fire a cannon, and kill these foreigners to the Governor!" ”

The Spaniards were advancing, calculating the range, and they did not expect artillery on the walls, because the last time they attacked the city, there were only bows and arrows and trebuchets on the walls.

Surprises always appear inadvertently, just when they are completely defenseless, the mountains shake in an instant, as if thunder resounded in the sky, their faces changed dramatically, this kind of sound is familiar to them, this is the sound of artillery!

Now there are cannons on the walls of Manila, and what does it mean to have artillery? This means casualties! The range of artillery is not comparable to that of arquebuses, which means that they have to withstand artillery attacks when they siege the city, which will definitely cause them to suffer a lot of casualties during the siege.

Only three of the ten artillery shells fell among the Spaniards, leaving a large crater in the ground, and then bouncing incessantly, taking the lives of a dozen Spaniards. This is also due to the fact that they are very loose in formation, and this is a test gun, which is only hit in the corner.

Even this is enough for these Spaniards to change color, "Spread out!" Spread out! The commander began to shout, if it is a dense formation to attack the city, it can only be attacked into scum in the face of artillery!

The already loose formation of these Spaniards became even looser, and Zhang Zhijie smiled when he saw this: "These Spaniards are not stupid!" The formation just dispersed! "It's true that you can avoid casualties, but the density of fire is too low.

The Spaniards quickened their attack, and although they had dispersed, the artillery was still roaring, always bringing casualties every time! Although each round of artillery salvo will only bring single-digit casualties, they Spaniards are not many in the first place!

Every Spaniard's expression was a little heavy, they didn't expect this siege to be so difficult. The other side not only has artillery, but also very advanced artillery, and in the face of such superior firepower, they cannot gain much advantage at all because of their small numbers.

Even if they were able to capture Manila, they would have suffered heavy losses, but did they have any other way out? No! Especially now that they were halfway through the attack, and had lost a lot of soldiers, it would not be worth it to retreat like this.

So they could only continue the attack with the artillery, and after sacrificing dozens of people, they finally approached the range of the arquebus, and they had been bombarded by the artillery, and now it was finally their turn to return fire.

But Zhang Zhijie, who was on the city tower, also smiled, the artillery just now was just an appetizing dish, and the next thing was the main meal! Because next will be a battle of arquebuses!

The arquebuses on both sides fired almost simultaneously, and compared to the faint smoke of gunpowder under the city, the city walls were filled with gunsmoke. Compared with the Ming soldiers in the city, they are covered by the city walls and have dense firepower, and the Spaniards under the city are miserable!

In just one salvo, dozens of people fell, and the original scale of four hundred people was only three hundred people left in the blink of an eye! These Spaniards were stunned at once, and the city was also a arquebus!

How could there be arquebuses in the city, and so many arquebuses! Isn't this a backward Oriental native? How could artillery and arquebuses suddenly appear ?!

Look at the intensity of firepower in the city, no less than one or two thousand people! The advantage is far greater than their strength, and they are still defending the city!

The Spaniards under the city are almost vomiting blood one by one, what is the situation? How did the originally backward city of Manila change overnight, how did it all turn into arquebuses and artillery?

(End of chapter)