Zheng Zhilong led the fleet to Manila Bay, where he abandoned the ship and landed to prepare to personally command the siege of Manila City.

"Little bunnies, I'm going to be a little late, and I don't have my share in Manila." When Zheng Zhilong went south, he didn't encounter any Xiyi fleet, and he was already itching.

"Commander, it's just that the Spaniards fled too quickly, the nearby Spaniards have fled into Manila, and we haven't fought much, and many soldiers have not fired a single shot until now." Zheng Xing's face was full of lightness, and he didn't have the fatigue of a long-distance run at all.

"I have to be the first to cross into the city of Manila, and no one is allowed to fight with me." Zheng Zhilong didn't know if it was individual heroism or fierce soldiers.

"No, Commander, you are the commander of the entire fleet, and you cannot put yourself in danger." Zheng Xing had read books for several years and knew the importance of the commander to an army, even if the war was won, in case the commander was injured or even died unexpectedly, the army would lose its soul.

"Alright, then I'll personally command the siege." Zheng Zhilong had to take a step back.

Zheng Xing didn't dare to fight anymore, "The commander is the boss, so we naturally listen to you." ”

"Okay, concentrate the artillery outside the southern city, and blast the city gates for me." Zheng Zhilong should give full play to the power of artillery and concentrate on one point in order to break the city as soon as possible.

The soldiers gathered all the sixty guns on the transport ship at the south gate.

The guns were all erected a thousand paces from the city walls, and it was close to noon, and the gunners began to calibrate the guns and adjust their muzzles.

"Boom...... Long ......"

"Boom...... Long ......"

"Boom...... Long ......"

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The Spanish artillery began to shoot first, and their artillery had long been fixed at the head of the city, and Tabora saw that the artillery of the Ming army was concentrated outside the southern city, and knew that it was the main direction of attack of the Ming army.

"His grandmother's, the Spaniards also have artillery." Zheng Zhilong scolded and was surprised to find that Spain still uses solid bullets.

Solid bullets do not explode, they are much less powerful than flowering bullets, and unless they are directly hit by a solid bullet, or land in a straight line in front of them, there is no threat.

"Hurry up, hurry up and shell and suppress the fire of the Spaniards." Zheng Xing was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and before he opened fire, the artillery of the Ming army was the target of the Spanish solid bullets.

"Master, it's not finished debugging yet." The gunners were also in a hurry, adjusting the guns while dodging solid shells fired by the Spaniards.

"Forget about the salvo, it's debugged, hurry up and open fire, the target is the Spaniards' artillery, let the Spaniards taste the blossom shells first." Zheng Zhilong personally ordered.

"Yes, Throne."

"Boom...... Long ......"

"Boom...... Long ......"

"Boom...... Long ......"

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The artillery of the Ming army began to counterattack, and the flowering shells drew wonderful curves and flew towards the city like a rainbow.

The sound of a huge explosion and the flames that rose into the sky suddenly completely enveloped the city.

Because the debugging was not completed, there were only a few flowering shells that fell on the city, but the thick smoke had firmly locked the city, and the Spanish gunners couldn't even find the position of the barrels, and the speed of firing the solid bullets slowed down.

"Well fought, keep shooting, artillery the Spaniards, completely suppressed." Zheng Zhilong is like a hairy boy, he is more excited than the gunner, it seems that he prefers close combat.

The artillery of the Ming army, which had been debugged, was gradually added to the artillery group for firing, and the head of the southern city was completely covered by the flowering shells of the Ming army. When all sixty guns were commissioned, the gunners adjusted their rates of fire, and the guns began to fire in a salvo.

No matter where the flowering bombs landed, sixty flowering bombs exploded at the same time, just like the sky and the earth cracked, the mountains collapsed, and the tide burst the embankment, and the huge explosion sound would cause tinnitus even if it was a thousand steps away.

Not only the Spaniards at the head of the city, but also the soldiers of the Marine Corps of the South China Sea Fleet, were also seen for the first time.

Fortunately, this is the artillery of the Ming Dynasty, and the target is the Spaniards at the head of the city!

After three rounds of shelling, the Spanish artillery on the head of the city had all been muted, either the artillery died, or the artillery became Transformers.

Zheng Zhilong was even more excited, he seemed to be a natural warrior, the more fierce the battle, the more excited he became, "The artillery fire extends three hundred steps, three rounds of shelling." ”

There was no sign of Spain on the city, whether it was soldiers, artillery, or Spanish coats of arms, all of them could not be seen, and the white smoke slowly drifted into the air, but there was a violent burning at the head of the city, and these thick white smoke seemed to never be exhausted.

"Throne, what now?" Zheng Xing had a burst of tinnitus just now, and finally regained his hearing.

"What else can I do? The Spaniards would not have surrendered so quickly, targeting the gates and walls, continuing the shelling. Zheng Zhilong looked at the smoke at the head of the city, he was already looking forward to Manila, and soon it would be replaced by the Ming Dynasty's Sun and Moon Military Flag.

"Boom...... Long ......"

Half of the sixty flowering shells fell on the city walls, and the scattered earth flew like catkins in the wind, but the walls did not move.

"His grandmother's, Manila City is really strong, and it is a waste of Lao Tzu's flowering bombs." Zheng Zhilong scolded.

After four rounds of shelling, the city wall began to collapse, but it was the upper part of the wall that collapsed, and the broken wall was still relatively high above the ground, and it was difficult for soldiers to cross it directly.

"Well done, keep the shelling." Zheng Zhilong is not in a hurry, since the city wall can be blown down, it is a big deal to put a few more cannons, just to get over the addiction of cannons.

After two more rounds of shelling, the city wall finally collapsed, and a gap of more than ten zhang long appeared. Zheng Zhilong was not in a hurry to attack the city, he asked the artillery to extend the artillery fire forward by three hundred paces again, two rounds of artillery bombardment.

After the flowering bomb completely stopped firing, Zheng Zhilong issued the siege order.

He had forgotten his promise to Zheng Xing, and as soon as the soldiers left, Zheng Zhilong took the lead and ran in front of the soldiers.

Zheng Xing was so anxious that he shouted: "Brothers, the commander is going to be the first to enter the city, can we let the commander take the risk?" ”

"No, the commander must not be put in danger." The soldiers replied loudly to Zheng Xing as they ran.

"Yes, you can't let the commander rush to the front," Zheng Xing was anxious: "The first person to enter the city, regardless of officers and soldiers, will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver." ”

"Receive the reward, rush to ......" the soldiers shouted, without slowing down at all, and ran in front of Zheng Zhilong one after another.

"You bunny!" Zheng Zhilong was left behind by the soldiers, so he had to take Zheng Xing out of anger.

"Hey, hey!" Zheng Xing laughed dryly, and saw that Zheng Zhilong had slowed down, obviously unable to enter the city first, so he was relieved.

The Spanish defenders in the city finally woke up from the nightmare, and under the command of the officers, they desperately tried to block the gap in the city wall, but the Spanish soldiers near the city head had been killed by the Ming army's flowering projectiles, and the Spanish soldiers were some distance from the gap in the city wall.

Soldiers on both sides, approaching the walls at about the same time, fired inside and outside the gap.

This is a tragic battle between fire # guns and fire # guns, and no armor can stop high-speed bullets.

The two sides are fighting a war of attrition.

The flintlock pistols of the Ming army had a faster rate of fire than the Spanish muskets, and the number of people was countless times that of the Spaniards, and after paying more than 200 casualties, they finally annihilated 300 Spanish defenders.

After entering the city, Zheng Xing did not choose to attack the city, but left a regiment of soldiers to guard the gap in the city wall, and the rest of the soldiers were divided into two groups and advanced along the city wall to the east and west sides.

After all the marines outside the four city gates entered the city, the Ming army formed small detachments and advanced from the city gate to the center, and as long as they encountered the red-haired and blue-eyed Xiyi, whether they were Spaniards or not, soldiers or merchants, they were all shot and killed.

The natives of the city, as long as they were armed with weapons, whether they were armed with shovels or wooden clubs, were also shot and killed.

In a few moments, the detachment began to meet in the city, and the soldiers had only time to say hello, and began to search for the Spaniards in a new direction, and if they slacked off, they would lose the opportunity to hunt the Spaniards.

After another hour or so, the remaining Spanish soldiers in the city began to surrender one after another, and as the battle came to an end, the detachment began to collect prisoners in the city and calm the people.

Zheng Zhilong entered the city at the end of Shen Shi, and at this time, the gunfire in the city had completely stopped.

Under the guidance of the soldiers, he came to the Governor's Palace in Manila, the soldiers of the Ming army were raiding the Governor's Palace, on the square outside the Governor's Palace, the Spanish coat of arms and flags had been pierced by the Ming army through a few small holes, and the ropes were cut off, and the garbage was piled on the ground, replaced by the Ming army's own military flag, a brand-new sun and moon flag, which was slowly rising in front of the Governor's Palace in front of the sunset.

With the assistance of the Han people in the city, the Ming army quickly wiped out the remnants of the enemy.

The Han Chinese in the city had already made contact with Li Tong, and they were not afraid of the Ming army, on the contrary, they were as elated as if they were celebrating the New Year, and some of them even assisted the Ming army in maintaining order in the city, so that the soldiers of the Marine Corps had enough manpower to suppress the enemy in the city.

Before dark, the loot was initially cleared out.

The Ming army found more than 300,000 taels of gold and 2.3 million taels of silver, which were mainly found in the warehouses of the Governor's Palace.

After interrogation, it was revealed that the gold came mainly from several gold mines in the Southern Ryukyu Islands, and that it was intended to be shipped to Spain with Tabora; Silver mainly came from the Americas, which came with the Tabora fleet across the Pacific Ocean, and was originally intended to buy porcelain, tea, textiles, etc. in the East, and then shipped back to Europe to sell at a high price, and now these gold and silver have become the trophies of the Ming army.

Among the captured men were more than 1,200 Spanish merchants and more than 2,000 soldiers, including Tabola, the governor of Manila.

Tabora is not an ordinary Spanish soldier or businessman, Zheng Zhilong naturally will not do anything with a knife, he is the highest military and political chief of Spain in the Southern Ryukyu Islands, with Tabora in his hand, in the next battle for the island, Zheng Zhilong has the most powerful card in his hand, if you want to kill Tabora, you have to wait until the interests on him are squeezed out.