"Chase away the red-haired ghost!"

"Bulldoze the gold mines!"

The miners surrounded the Spanish barracks and began to shout slogans loudly. However, given that the Spaniards had muskets in their hands, none of the miners dared to get too close and had to hide out of the range of the muskets. At such a distance, you can't throw a stone if you want to, and there is really nothing you can do with these Spaniards except for insults.

When the Spaniards built the barracks, they thought about the problem of defense, so the barracks were built very strongly, and there were shooting holes everywhere, like pillboxes. Ventula and the others fled into the barracks and ordered the soldiers to raise their muskets and aim in all directions to guard against the approach of the Luzons, and then they breathed a sigh of relief and began to count the numbers.

"Six overseers didn't escape." Trencio reported.

"Seven loyal soldiers are missing on our side." Roger also said.

Buntura drew a cross on his chest and said, "It is the Lord Almighty who has called his faithful servant away, Amen." ”

"Amen!" All of them followed the cross, overtaking their comrades who had been killed by the miners.

At the end of the ceremony, Trencio asked, "What are we going to do next?" Do you just hide in this haunted house and wait to starve to death? ”

"No, I don't think we'll have to wait too long, our cargo ship is about to arrive, and if they find out that we are not on the docks, they should report to our fleet, and then the fleet can come and rescue us." Ventula said.

"Who knows if those damn navy will arrive in time, we don't have a lot of food stockpiled here, we can only eat for a week at most." Roger muttered. The loss of several soldiers was very bad news for him. Once the boss knows about it, he will definitely denounce him for being incompetent, and even remove him from his position. You know, these soldiers were not killed in the course of fighting with local forces, but were beaten to death by a group of miners, which was a shame for the Spanish soldiers.

Thinking of the tragic situation of fleeing in embarrassment just now, Trencio was angry, he pointed at Bentura and scolded: "I said Bentura, today's incident is completely caused by you. Just because you are very stupid to smash these Buddha statues in the hands of the Luzon people, they will **, don't you know that in the minds of the Luzon people, the Buddha is sacrosanct? ”

Bentula also knew that he was reckless, he did not expect the miners to dare to resist. However, the matter has already come out, and he can only stubbornly refuse to admit his mistakes, otherwise he will become the target of public criticism. He retorted: "Of course I know the status of the Buddha in the hearts of the Luzon people, and because of this, I cannot tolerate them setting up a shrine in the mine, otherwise we would have to bow to the Buddha of the Luzon people every day when we go in and out, do you think God will forgive us for this betrayal?" ”

"You can stop them, but you can't smash the Buddha statues, it's a completely different thing." Trencio Road.

"When I reason with them," said Bentura, "where are you, Mr. Trencio?" ”

"I'm right behind you."

"Why didn't you speak?"

"Because you, a son of a bitch, don't leave a chance for others to speak at all."

"How dare you scold me!"

"That's how it is, everyone knows you're a bitch......"

"Boom!"

The barracks suddenly became the Colosseum, and Ventura and Trencio were fighting together, while the Spanish overseers next to them stepped forward one after another, smashing black fists at both sides in the name of persuasion. Roger and his soldiers watched the free brawl indifferently from the side, without the slightest intention of interfering to dissuade them. These overseers usually felt that they were nobler than the soldiers, and they shouted at the soldiers, but now that they were making trouble themselves, the soldiers didn't bother to care.

There was a lot of fighting in the barracks, and the Luzon miners who surrounded the barracks outside were also shouting, but no one had the courage to rush forward. After a long time, everyone's enthusiasm at the beginning gradually faded, and the surname Li began to return, and they were worried about the next step:

"If the red hair doesn't come out, what can we do?"

"If it drags on like this, it's time for the red-haired warship to come, right? By then, will they slaughter the village? ”

"Otherwise, find someone to talk and make peace, and forget the previous things......"

"These red hairs are not easy to talk to, I heard that last time a red hair was killed in Wucun, and as a result, Hongmao sent hundreds of people, and brought cannons, and wiped out the entire village of Wucun."

"There are so many of us, can the red hair wipe us all out?"

"People have cannons, but they are amazing, and they can make a hole in the house with one cannon......"

Just when everyone was nervous, a clear road call suddenly sounded outside the crowd:

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, how did you get it like this?"

Everyone turned their heads to look and saw Chen Guanyu wearing a Taoist robe, walking under the escort of several entourage. When he walked in front of everyone, he stood with one palm on his chest and said, "Fellow Daoists, what happened here?" ”

A miner who knew Chinese hurriedly stepped forward and reported: "Daochang Chen, Hongmao committed murder, and our miners resisted and killed several of them. Now the red hairs are hiding in the barracks, refusing to come out, and we are wondering what to do. ”

"Someone's killed? Oh, isn't this what the poor road says, there are demons here. Chen Guanyu said.

"Dao Chief, now that the matter has come out, what should we do, and ask Dao Elder for advice." Qian Wu came over and said that he brought the Buddha statue to the mine today, just in accordance with Chen Guanyu's instructions. Now that things are happening because of him, he urgently needs Chen Guanyu to support him.

Chen Guanyu's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he said to everyone: "Fellow Daoists, let me ask you, do you think that the red-haired people have suffered a loss, will they give up?" ”

"No!" Everyone replied in unison, and those miners who did not understand Chinese also understood Chen Guanyu's words through the translation of their co-workers, and answered together.

Chen Guanyu said: "That's right. The red-haired man is not of my race, and his heart must be different. They killed so many of us without even an apology. But if we kill their people, they will surely take revenge, and everyone will suffer. ”

"Oh, what can I do!" The miners panicked all of a sudden, although they had thought the same before, but it was not as true as hearing Chen Guanyu say this with their own ears. Some time ago, Chen Guanyu was swaggering and deceiving in several surrounding villages, and he was very well-known, and everyone regarded him as a master.

Chen Guanyu said: "Don't panic, the red hair is also a human being, and he also has two legs on top of a body." Since we have already killed a few red hairs, why don't we take advantage of the victory and chase after them, and kill the rest of the red hairs as well, so as to prevent future troubles? ”

"No, Daoist. The red hair has muskets, and small cannons, and if we rush forward, many people will die. Lu Aniu explained on the side.

With so many miners, what does it matter if a few die? Chen Guanyu thought so in his heart, but he definitely didn't dare to say this. He turned his gaze to the soldiers of the survey camp who were following him, and the soldiers turned their heads to look at the Spanish barracks surrounded by the miners in the center, and nodded slightly to Chen Guanyu.

"Poor people have the virtue of a good life, and it stands to reason that they should not meddle in this kind of thing. However, since the red hair broke our rules first, and threatened the life and death of our miners, then the poor road had to take action. Saving all sentient beings is originally the duty of our Daomen. Apprentices, put up the incense case and watch the way the Taoist master does to get rid of demons! Chen Guanyu looked righteous and awe-inspiring, and instructed the soldiers of the Kanyu Battalion.

Hearing that Chen Daochang was going to do something, some miners had already gotten tables, incense sticks, and other items out of nowhere and placed them out of the range of the Spaniards' firearms. Chen Guanyu took a trick in his hand, sacrificed the peach wood sword, and began to recite the words. The miners all held their breath and stood aside to watch Chen Guanyu pretend to be a ghost, with a look of adoration in their eyes.

"Taishang Laojun is as anxious as the law, the sky will send divine thunder, kill the demons, punish the red-haired thieves, and return me to Lang Lang Qiankun!"

As Chen Guanyu's last word came out, he only heard a loud "boom", as if there was really a thunder falling on everyone's side. The miners knelt down and kowtowed in fright, and when they looked up, they found that the Spanish soldiers' barracks opposite were shrouded in flames and smoke, and that both walls were gone.

"Daoist Chen is mighty!"

The miners shouted in unison and rushed towards the barracks. When they rushed to the front, they found that the roof of the barracks had collapsed, and some of the Spaniards in the house had been killed, and some of them were not dead, but they were also stunned, lying on the ground motionless. All the equipment in the room was blown to shreds, and you can imagine how powerful the explosion was.

"Daochang Chen, what's going on?" The miners gathered around Chen Guanyu and asked.

Chen Guanyu smiled slightly: "This is the palm thunder of the poor road, specializing in all kinds of demons. However, this kind of spell is easy to not be used too much, and it will damage the Yin Virtue of Dao Chief. ”

Liao Yiming, a soldier from the survey battalion next to him, pouted, very disapproving. Just now, when he took advantage of the attention of the Spaniards in the barracks to be attracted by Chen Guanyu, he quietly walked around behind and stuffed a small package of explosives under the corner of the barracks. The yellow explosives produced by the Su factory were several times more powerful than the black powder commonly used at present, and this explosion directly overturned the barracks.

Lu Aniu and others inspected the Spaniards one by one in the collapsed barracks, and when they encountered those who were still angry, they pulled them aside, first tied them with ropes, and then brought cold water, splashed them on their heads, and woke them up.

"For God's sake, please don't hurt me!" Ventura, who was also one of those who were stunned, was awakened by a bucket of cold water, and when he opened his eyes to see that all the workers in front of him were Luzon, he was so frightened that he cried out.

"Come a few people, find a place for these red-haired ghosts to be detained, and I will personally interrogate them to see who they are." Chen Guanyu said to the miners.

Since seeing Chen Guanyu reveal the spell of "palm thunder", the miners' worship of Chen Guanyu is like the water of the Yellow River. Hearing that Chen Guanyu was going to interrogate Hongmao personally, the miners quickly cleared the houses of the original overseers and took seven or eight living Spaniards into it.

"Some of the things you want to ask are related to heavenly secrets, and you can't leak them to outsiders, so please avoid them. If you accidentally hear a few words, you must face the wall for three days and recite the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable 10,000 times, otherwise you will be punished by heaven. Chen Guanyu solemnly warned the miners.

I heard that just accidentally hearing a word will face the wall for three days, and the miners are so frightened that they quickly run away. Chen Guanyu arranged for two soldiers of the survey battalion to guard outside, and he took Liao Yiming and others into the house and began to interrogate these Spanish prisoners one by one.

The question Chen Guanyu wanted to ask was naturally not a religious question, but the distribution of the Spanish forces in and around Luzon. Considering that they would definitely have the opportunity to deal with the Spaniards when they came to the front station, Su Hao specially equipped their squad with soldiers who knew Spanish as interpreters. As for the Spanish of these soldiers, it was naturally learned from the missionaries in the country, and although they were not very proficient, it was not a problem to use it for simple conversations.

"Let me ask you, how many fleets and warships do you Spaniards have in the South Seas?"

After Ventula was brought up, Chen Guanyu asked him straight to the point. The people of the Ming Dynasty had a confusing understanding of European countries, and their names were different. However, in the survey camp, Su Hao uniformly implemented the translation of the names of later generations, and asked Matteo Ricci to provide the pronunciation of the original names of each country, so that once everyone has the opportunity to interact with Europeans, they will not know which country the other party belongs to.

The soldier in charge of the translation told Bentura about Chen Guanyu's question in Spanish, and Bentura was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but shout.

"What did he say?" Chen Guanyu asked.

The translator said: "He said that you are not a Taoist, but a spy of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Count him as knowledgeable." Chen Guanyu said contemptuously. He doesn't know whether he is a Taoist priest or a spy now, he has not given up the identity of a Taoist, but what he has done in the past few years is to be a spy, and he also likes such a profession very much.

"Do you Mingguo want to meddle in the affairs of Luzon? I tell you, the Spanish fleet is invincible, and we can destroy your navy, and we will never let you gain a foothold in Luzon. Ventula shouted arrogantly.

Liao Yiming, who was in charge of recording on the side, was annoyed, he put down his pen, walked to Bentula, and without saying anything, he slapped two slaps and slapped him, and Bentula was stunned all of a sudden.

"Tell him, answer whatever you ask, and talk nonsense, master, I cut his balls!" Liao Yiming said viciously to the translator.

The translator told Bentura Liao Yiming's words word for word, and Bentura subconsciously clamped his crotch, and his eyes were suddenly full of fear when he looked at Liao Yiming.

"How many fleets are you here!" Liao Yiming asked loudly.

"Three fleets, a total of 24 ships...... Ventura's obedient reply.

"Where are they all moored, how many cannons are on the ship, what cannons, how many soldiers are there, all of them are recruited for me one by one." Liao Yiming asked. (To be continued.) )