Zheng Xing's gaze had not yet left the Taiwanese tea in his hand, and he nodded slightly: "I took a regiment of soldiers to personally attack the port and receive the landing of the fleet." ”

There were eight pieces of fire from the Spaniards in the port, but they were all old-fashioned guns, and after being fixed on the shore, the muzzles could only be turned in the direction of the sea, but they could not be turned around, unlike in the port of the Great Man, where the Dutch guns could be turned.

As the oldest qualified invader of the East, Spain had been overtaken by the Dutch in terms of ships, artillery, the number of Oriental diǎn, and the volume of trade.

When the Spanish soldiers discovered Zheng Xing, the Ming army had already rushed to the outskirts of the port and surrounded the port from afar.

Zheng Xing relied on the advantage of his large number of soldiers to disperse the soldiers of the entire regiment, and more than a thousand people shouted to rush to the port from three directions to minimize the dead spots of shooting.

The Spaniards saw that the Ming army was numerous, and they did not know how many times it was theirs, so they had to rely on various houses in the port to try to stop the advance of the Ming army.

The artillery on both sides has completely stopped firing, Zheng Zhilong is worried that the artillery will hurt his brother, after all, the number of Ming troops is much larger, the Spaniards saw that the ships of the Ming army withdrew from the range of artillery, and they could only stop shelling, their artillery could not turn, and watched the Ming marines ravage the port, but they could not do anything, and finally, the gunners also picked up the fire # guns and joined the defense of the port.

After a fierce battle for nearly an hour, the Ming army, after paying the price of dozens of casualties, finally broke through from the periphery and began to enter the port, and launched a close battle with Spain.

After retreating slightly, the Spanish soldiers re-established their defensive formation under the cover of their houses.

"Damn, these Spanish soldiers can really stand up to death, brethren, with grenades." Zheng Xing was in a hurry, and with only one hundred and ten Spanish soldiers, he stumbled the soldiers of an entire regiment of him.

In fact, the Spaniards can't say that more than 1,000 soldiers of the Ming Army have swooped down on the port from the beginning, and they are also bitter, that is, the Dutch, and they can rarely afford so many soldiers at a time, and these soldiers are different from the natives, they all have fire # guns, and the rate of fire of fire # guns is faster than their own.

These Ming soldiers, as if they were crazy, stormed the interior of the port one by one, if they had not used the help of earth walls and other barriers ◎dǐng ◎diǎn ◎ small ◎ said, .¢.o★s_ (); Under the cover of obstacles, the port is afraid that it has already fallen.

Less than an hour after the battle, the Spanish soldiers had already suffered a large number of casualties, and the defensive formation was broken by the Ming army, and it was not until the gunners joined the battle that they reluctantly re-established a new defensive formation.

But the Ming army had already entered the port and occupied the same favorable terrain as they did.

How many people died, they did not know and did not have time to count, the Spaniards could only reload and shoot mechanically.

Zheng Xing's shout woke up the soldiers of the Marine Corps, each of whom had ten grenades hanging from their waists.

"Bang, bang, bang......"

At first, the soldiers only threw sporadic grenades, which were not the same as flintlock muskets, but they exploded in large pieces, and Spanish soldiers could be killed or injured by fragments of grenades or shock waves even if they hid behind the earthen wall.

The Ming soldiers found that grenades were more effective than flintlock pistols, leaving only a small number of soldiers to continue firing and pinning down the Spanish soldiers, most of whom ventured forward and threw their own grenades.

German, the Spanish governor in Santo Domingo, had long known that the port was being attacked, and the intense sound of artillery at the beginning turned to a dense burst of gunfire, apparently approaching the port from afar.

But he only had to stare dryly, the city of Santo Domingo was already surrounded, and it could be seen with the naked eye that there were at least hundreds of soldiers outside each city gate, which was several times more than the soldiers in the city.

If the soldiers outside the city did not attack the city, Gelman would be thankful.

Gelman estimated that this was the other side sending reinforcements in the siege, and if the Spanish soldiers in the city did not go out of the city to reinforce the port, the port would inevitably fall, and if the soldiers in the city went out of the city to reinforce the port, the other side's soldiers were waiting outside the city.

Sheep into the tiger's mouth.

Gelman could tell it with his toes.

If the port is not reinforced, will the city of Santo Domingo be able to hold after the port falls?

Gelman was restless, but there was nothing he could do, if the port was lost and the ships were captured, even if the castle could be defended, they would be trapped on this small island, not to mention making money in business, and it was uncertain whether they could return to Spain.

The sound of explosions faintly coming from the port was loose for a while, and every explosion seemed to fall on Gelman's heart, he wanted to lead his troops out of the city several times to reinforce the port, but seeing that the Ming troops outside the city were armed with flintlock guns, Gelman did not lose his mind in the end.

"Which country's army is this? Why didn't we get a diǎn message beforehand? Gelman vented his anger on the guards.

"Sir, the other party is playing the Sun and Moon Flag, which we have never seen before." The guards were also a little aggrieved, the enemy outside was suddenly besieged the city, the inside of the city and the outside of the city were temporarily lost, all the messages were interrupted, how did he know which country's army this was?

"Sun and Moon Banner?" Gelman muttered to himself, his mind was spinning rapidly, but there was no valid information, he should have never heard of this kind of military flag or national flag, "Immediately mobilize the men in the city, and make sure to find out which country's army this is." ”

"Yes, sir." The guard said yes and hurriedly ran away.

After about half a pillar of incense, the guards returned, "Sir, I asked all the Spaniards in the city, and they all said that they had never seen this kind of flag, and later, a Han man said that it might be the banner of the Ming Dynasty, or a pirate of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Pirates?" Gelman frowned, he didn't know who had such a lot of money and could afford to raise so many pirates, "The pirates have grown to so many people, we don't know?" Besides, what pirate could afford to buy so many # guns? ”

"Sir, the Han people said that 'day' and 'moon' together are the word 'Ming', which should be the army of the Ming Dynasty, but the army of the Ming Dynasty used to play the dragon flag, and I don't know why it was replaced by the sun and moon flag."

"Da Ming? Yes, it must be Da Ming, only Da Ming will have so many troops, so many fire # guns, and artillery......" Gelman's face turned pale, "Have we offended Da Ming recently?" ”

"Probably not, sir."

"How do you know if there isn't?" Gelman angrily reprimanded the guard, "You've been with me all the time, how do you know that nothing happened in Manila?" ”

"Sir, if there is a fight between Manila and the pirates of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will not send an army, and if there is a war with the Ming army, Manila will not fail to inform us, after all, we are the closest to the Ming here, at least Manila will use our port."

Seeing that the guards' analysis was reasonable, Gelman fell silent for a while, and after a long time, he shuddered: "This Daming, why did you come to attack us?" ”

"Sir, I think about it, it must be for this matter," the guard began to tremble, "more than twenty years ago, we killed a large number of Han Chinese in Southern Ryukyu, at least tens of thousands, and the Ming must have fought against us for this matter." ”

"More than twenty years ago?" Gelman was a little puzzled, "What happened more than twenty years ago?" How did I not know? ”

"At that time, the governor was still in Spain, and of course he didn't know that Manila did not publicize this matter in order to cover up his crimes." The guards' eyes became more and more blank, as if Da Ming must be avenging this matter, and he could become a ghost under Da Ming's gun at any time.

"What happened more than 20 years ago, do you remember it?" Gelman still had a glimmer of hope, hoping that Da Ming had forgotten about it, or didn't know about it at all.

"Sir, it is said that the Han people attach great importance to history, you see, no matter where they go, they are living in their own circles, since this incident has happened, the Han people will not forget it, and I have heard that ......"

"What exactly have you heard? Why do you talk in a slurred manner? "Gelman was very dissatisfied with this guard today.

"I heard that their emperor would have raised troops in Nanyang a long time ago to avenge the dead Han people."

The guard's words were like a bomb, blowing up the last remaining hope in Gelman's heart without a trace, "It's Manila's fault, why should we take responsibility?" ”

"Sir, Da Ming doesn't think so, anyway, the people were killed by Spain, they can't find the real murderer, they will only anger all the Spaniards, just like the Spaniards killed the Han people back then, whether they were at fault or not, as long as they were Han Chinese, they would be directly arrested and beheaded, and now it's our turn......"

"Shut up, you get out of here." Gelman was completely angry, the Ming army had not yet said that it was all killed, but he was panicked, besides, since the guards knew the detailed cause and effect, it was likely that he was one of the murderers, and they caused the trouble, but now they have to bear the blame themselves.

"Sir...... "The guards are not leaving, nor are they staying, so they have to look at Gelman with a blank eye, looking forward to his latest instructions.

Gelman sighed lightly, it was useless to say anything now, "You go and tell the defenders in the city, once the Ming army attacks the city, you must guard the gates of the city, in case the Ming army breaks through the city, it is absolutely not allowed to surrender." ”

"Does the commander want the soldiers to be martyred? What about the merchants in the city? ”

"Do you think the Ming army will allow us to surrender once the city is broken?" Gelman's words seemed eerie, as if they were coming from a dark room.

"Sir, I'm ...... I see. The guards saluted Gelman and turned to go out.

"Wait," Gelman said weakly, "you must go and check whether the army outside the city and in the port is the Ming Dynasty at any cost." ”

"Yes, sir."

By the time noon and the hour passed, the gunfire and grenades had completely ceased, and the port had fallen.

Nearly 100 Spanish defenders, only about 20 remained, and finally cowered in a few huts near the fort, seeing that the Ming army seemed to be gathering more and more, while the Spanish soldiers in the city had not been reinforced, they knew that if they continued to fight, they would inevitably destroy the fate of the whole army.

In despair, the Spaniards hoisted their white flags, raised their hands one by one, and walked out of the hut on which they had been despaired.