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Outside Manila, the cannon roared incessantly, and lead bullets landed either on the top of the city or in the middle of the city, smashing wooden houses one after another.

Alonso hid under the walls and shivered, he could not have imagined that things would turn out like this.

A month earlier, the enemy had recruited a large number of natives and began to dig serpentine trenches from the east, south, and west directions at the same time, all the way to the front of the city wall, and then began to build the wall.

Although they kept firing artillery to stop the enemy from building a wall.

But it soon became clear that this was simply a futile move, and there was no use for anything other than consuming gunpowder.

Soon, an earthen wall slightly larger than Manila was erected.

Just like the last time at Penghu, the soldiers set up their artillery on the southern wall and began shelling Manila.

In less than half a day, all the proud artillery at the head of the city was destroyed by the enemy.

Seeing this, Alonso and those Spaniards' faces were as white as snow.

They knew they were going to be finished.

Without artillery, they would not have been able to hold Manila at all.

In fact, to their surprise, the enemy soon launched an artillery bombardment of the walls.

"I don't think it's good."

Iggott said with a pale face.

Alonso glared at him fiercely. Needless to say, he knows this.

"It is impossible for our walls to withstand enemy shelling, in case ...... What should we do in case the enemy comes in? ”

Iggott said.

A fortress can only be called a fortress if it has cannons and muskets. Without the cooperation of artillery, the fortress would not even be as good as the ordinary city walls.

"When they come in, we will beat them out, and even if we want to surrender, we must let the enemy know that we are not to be insulted."

Alonso said with a cold face.

Judging by the enemy's movements, the enemy will not stop until he breaks through Manila.

Although he sent negotiators several times, the enemy refused and insisted that he surrender unconditionally.

In the face of the huge disparity in strength between friend and foe, Alonso actually understands it. It was only a matter of time before Manila fell.

"What if the enemy suffers too many casualties and wants to slaughter the city in anger and shame."

Iggott said.

Among the enemy were a large number of Mongol cavalry. And the Mongol cavalry's favorite thing to do was to slaughter cities.

Alonso hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Several of the enemy's commanders are Han Chinese, and those Mongols should not be able to be the masters." I have heard that the Han people are lenient to the Gentiles, as long as we admit our mistakes. They shouldn't do anything to us. ”

Igot thought it was the same thing, so he didn't raise any objections.

In the face of the artillery bombardment of the Ming army, the Spanish soldiers had no power to fight back.

They could only hide on the city walls or under the corners, trembling and waiting for the moment when the city was broken.

After a long shelling, Manila was blasted through a small section of the city wall.

"Quick, plug the gap for me, and never let the enemy in."

Alonso roared hoarsely.

Soon the Spanish soldiers picked up the dirt bags they had prepared and ran towards the collapsed walls.

At this time, more than a dozen thief pomere howitzers were thrown on the city walls and into the city.

"What is this?"

Looking at the thief pomere howitzer that was thrown in, Alonso said with some confusion.

Soon these thief magic machine howitzers exploded soon. Then a large number of shrapnel flew in all directions.

"Ahh

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“……”

Some Spanish soldiers were caught off guard by shrapnel and then screamed.

But what terrified Alonso even more was that there was a puff of gray and black smoke rising from the places where the pomegranate exploded.

Alonso coughed as he took a puff of the gray-black smoke.

"Ahem...... Cough...... Damn it. What the hell is this? ”

Alonso couldn't help but curse.

He hurriedly crawled out of the place, and it wasn't until he escaped the smoke that his throat felt much better.

But even so, he felt a burning pain in his throat, as if he had been burned by something.

At this time, he looked back and saw that there was poisonous smoke near the gap. For a moment, no one dared to approach the walls to fill the gap.

Seeing this, Alonso couldn't help frowning.

If it goes on like this. The walls will soon be bombarded by the enemy.

Igot yelled at the cowering Spanish soldiers, leaving some of the escaped Spanish soldiers to fill the gap.

But the Spanish soldiers were reluctant to go anyway, and it wasn't until Igot cut off a man's head that some of the Spanish soldiers had to go and fill the gap in the wall.

By this time, however, more shells hit the walls near the breach.

More and more walls were blown down, and from time to time Spanish soldiers who filled the gaps were hit by shells and smashed into meat sauce.

From time to time, the Ming army would also throw in some thief-fighting podium howitzers, injuring some Spanish soldiers who came to fill the gap.

Seeing this, both Alonso and Igot frowned, and it seemed that the city walls would soon be lost.

At this time, some of the wounded Spanish soldiers suddenly noticed that the blood from their wounds was slowly turning black, and they also felt nauseous and dizzy.

"Poisonous! The enemy's shrapnel is poisonous! ”

I don't know which Spanish soldier shouted in fright.

Hearing this, the Spanish soldiers were startled, and they looked at some of the wounded soldiers, and found that the blood flowing from the existing wounds had turned black.

Chemical and biological weapons are extremely deterrent, both ancient and modern.

If it were modern times, there would still be people who would condemn it, but now there are no people who even denounce it.

As a result, the Spanish soldiers refused to go to fill the gap, and no matter how much Igot ordered, it was useless, and even drew their guns against each other.

Seeing this, Alonso hurriedly stopped the angry Igot, since the enemy is already unstoppable in breaking through the city wall, then prepare to defend the city.

As the siege continued, Manila was gradually blasted out of a gap about 100 meters long.

Seeing this, the hearts of those Spanish soldiers sank to the bottom.

And the wounded soldiers gradually became confused, and one of them even lost his life.

This made the Spanish soldiers even more demoralized.

Iggott kept praying to God that God would bless them to keep Manila.

Alonso ordered his soldiers to build a makeshift fortress in the middle of the city, ready to drive them out when they entered the city. ("Conqueror of Empires" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 1oo% lucky draw gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued)