The garrison of Manila City was extremely strict, except for the forts and forts on the high places outside the city, the strictness of the city's defense alone was extremely harsh. Not white, or the mixed-race children of white fathers, are not eligible to live in Manila's royal city of Spain!

And the artillery fire on the land batteries is definitely stronger than that of ships on the water, both in terms of range and the power of shells.

Therefore, Gonzalez did not really care about the state of the fort's defense, and the reason why he was so active was to come out and show off his might.

Manila was mainly guarded by Spanish soldiers, and after the defences of the colonies were reduced, Manila now had about 1,500 Spanish soldiers, as well as about 600 Japanese mercenaries and about 900 indigenous troops. In the massacre of the Chinese, they did it together, and the Spaniards got the lion's share of the plunder, and they drank more or less broth.

"Lieutenant, is that our ship?"

Just as he turned back from North Harbor, a soldier suddenly shouted, and Gonzalez looked back, and sure enough, he saw the Galen ship in front, which was one of the gunboats moored in Manila Harbor.

However, they did not seem to be in a good condition, and it was clear that they had gone through a fierce battle, and there were two fewer than when they went out, one of which was also a Galen ship of about thirty guns.

"Ha, Governor Coquela will be sad, it seems that although he won the battle, he also suffered a lot of losses!"

Gonzalez laughed as he urged the poor horse: "Safreno, go back quickly, I have to report the good news to the Governor as soon as possible!" ”

For the Governor, who had been in a state of panic lately, he learned of the return of his fleet. He will be happy, even if he knows that the fleet has suffered certain losses, but at least the return of the main force will give him some peace of mind.

As Gonzales thought, he learned that his fleet had returned. Governor Coquela was delighted, and he generously rewarded Gonzalez with a handful of gold coins, much to the pride of Gonzalez's foresight.

But what happened next made them not happy.

It is somewhat strange to see the ships entering the harbor from the lookout post on the lighthouse. Because there were not many sailors on the decks of these ships, perhaps because of the strong winds, a few sailors covered their faces with turbans, as the Arabs did. Only a few people stood in front of the bow with stiff smiles on their faces, and if not for the Spanish military uniforms on their bodies, they looked like typical Iberians. It's almost like one thinks they're dull Britons.

If it was another ship, of course the pilots would have to go up to inspect it, but this was a Spanish warship, and judging by the appearance, the naval battle in the chicken coop made the sailors above not in a very good mood. No pilot wanted to touch the head, so they naturally approached the dock.

"The Spaniards really don't know how to fire?" A white man with a gloomy face muttered on the bow of a big ship: "They really won't tear us to shreds with the cannons on the batteries?" ”

"Don't worry, Enrique, we'll be fine, the Spaniards aren't that smart, or their Armada wouldn't have been defeated by the British. If you're still worried. Just think of those cute glittering gadgets, I bet with them. God will also be on our side. ”

"Domingo, do you think the reward promised by the Earl of the Ming Kingdom will be fulfilled?"

"You just arrived in Macau, and you don't know the credibility of that earl, in the coastal area of the Ming Kingdom, every word that lord says is a shining gold coin!" The persuasive Domingo patted his companion on the shoulder: "Do you know how many Europeans want to get the Count's promise...... Yes. By the way, there is a Spaniard. Is that Louis? Garcia, the one you know, the one who now owns a fleet, who was desperate and ran into walls at every turn, only because he got acquainted with the count's butler, he has the wealth and power he has today! ”

"Really, so Louis? Garcia, the magical king of the East that the liar said, is the Earl! But isn't he an earl, Louis? Why does Garcia say he's king? ”

"He is only an earl in the Ming Kingdom, but his territory and the people under his rule are much larger than many of our European kings! He is the king of the sea, the supreme king! ”

"That's right, I've seen the Spaniards with upside-down friezes, God forbid, they don't feel pain when they're hung on the gallows, you scoundrels!"

"It's their own reasoning, they dare to slaughter that Count's compatriots in the South Seas, damned Spanish scoundrels, and as long as they don't change their way of doing things, God's wrath will surely turn their country into the Dead Sea!"

Spain was never a good neighbor to the Portuguese, so the two Portuguese who came to Macau to try their luck did not have any good feelings for the Spaniards, and even wished that the Spaniards would lose Manila - they Portuguese had just lost Malacca, so it was fair.

When the ship finally came ashore, a group of Spanish soldiers approached, but before they could make any moves, hundreds of heavily armed Tiger Guards emerged from the bottom of the ship!

"Bang bang bang!"

The sound of muskets rang out instantly, although the fire of the guns, the Tiger Guard was weaker than the Spaniards, but the fire of the muskets, including the fire rifle shooting on the undulating ships, the Tiger Guard was definitely not inferior to the Spaniards, not to mention, they were hundreds of people rushing up!

The Spanish soldiers, wailing and tossing in a network of lead fire, instantly became a group of dead bodies!

"God, these barbarians!"

The fighting style of the Tiger Guard made Enrique extremely uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but scream. In his opinion, this is not an above-board battle, but murder!

"God, can you please not say your stupid thoughts, this is the East, one of the most famous military strategists here, a nobleman surnamed Sun, he has a famous saying, the art of war is deception!" Domingo couldn't stand his companion a little and took his hand: "And don't forget, we are now the accomplices of the barbarians!" ”

"Then what are we supposed to do, join the barbarians and open fire on the Spaniards?"

"Do you think they need us to do this, at this time, all we have to do is keep smiling, lest the barbarians kill us because we look like the Spaniards......"

"Shut up, you two!"

Their nagging was unbearable, so at last someone stopped them. This time, dozens of Portuguese, French, and even British were recruited from Macao and Hoi An, and they were originally placed on various ships to pose as Spanish sailors, but the vast majority of sailors were still filled by sailors from the Fisheries Administration Bureau. This strategy worked wonders, and a total of four of them successfully entered the port, and then began to attack the docks.

There were also fortifications of the Spaniards at the pier, but at this time, the gun doors on four ships were opened, and the gunners, desperate to do so, did not even care whether the salvo would cause permanent damage to the hull structure, desperately pouring ammunition towards the pier. In the blink of an eye, the fortifications on the dock were shrouded in smoke, and the Tiger Guard also began to charge under the cover of smoke!

On the four ships, there were a full 3,000 tiger guards, and after more than three months of beach-grabbing and landing training, they could make the most standardized assault maneuvers even with their eyes closed. By the time the Spaniards' batteries realized that something was wrong and began to fire on the ships that had stopped in the harbor, they had already captured the docks and carried the twelve-pound guns ashore!

Not long after, the ships belonging to the Spaniards began to be shot, and Domingo, Enrique and others fled before the battery opened fire, and the group shrank behind the bombed ruins. Domingo was bold, he looked up and looked at the battlefield, only to see the Ming people who got down from the ship, in a strange posture, with small steps and fast steps, rapidly advancing in the direction of the fort.

Instead of the usual arrays of Europeans, their ranks spread out, using various obstacles to cover their bodies. Artillery fire and fire, from time to time, could knock out some of them, but the vast majority, nevertheless smoothly advanced, killing any Spaniard who dared to stand in their way.

This also includes those indigenous people who were under the command of the Spaniards.

The guns they were carrying seemed to be lightweight, and the four of them were able to move quickly with a single rack, and in a matter of moments they were already very close to the battery, and the Spanish defenders of the battery began to adjust their muzzles and turn their targets from the port to them.

But at this moment, there seemed to be some chaos on the Spaniard's battery, Domingo glanced back, and a little sail shadow appeared in the distance, it was the real fleet of the Ming people, and it was these fleets that made Domingo full of confidence in this raid.

The Spaniards' batteries were in a difficult situation, and if they concentrated all their artillery on the Ming people who had landed, it would mean that the enemy's fleet would come into range and use the ship's guns to counterattack them. And if the enemy ships are bombarded, the landing Akito, who is rapidly approaching them, will not be able to cope with it. They could only split the artillery in two, with the help of a small number of soldiers guarding the battery, and simultaneously attack on both sides.

It was never wise to do so, especially since they were not facing ordinary Ming soldiers, let alone the natives or barbarians they imagined. In fact, the training of the tiger guard is strict, and it is the crown of this era, that is, the European countries, and it cannot be compared with them, what the tiger guard lacks is only the precipitation brought by the times.

Therefore, in the face of the artillery fire on the fort, the tiger guard not only did not retreat, but launched a fierce attack. On the one hand, the twelve-pound marching cannon was used to return fire and suppress the battery to attract the opponent's firepower, and on the other hand, the commandos began to launch a decisive impact!

Courage, determination, training, and great firepower, combined with sheer superiority in numbers, were fatal to the Spaniards, who were caught off guard. In a short time, the first battery was breached, and immediately after, the Tiger Guard mounted the artillery on the battery and began to bombard the second battery! (To be continued)