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Lieutenant Colonel Monterey did not fully follow Governor Mairodin's advice, but ordered the sailors to sail seven warships into the Bashi River and anchor outside Manila, trying to rely on the heavy guns of Manila City to save his warships, which were his treasures and gave them to the Qing people, and he was really heartbroken.

After hearing this, the governor of Mai Ruoting scolded angrily, he didn't know that he could drive the battleship to the Bashi River, the city of Manila is thick and the artillery is numerous, the Qing people came from afar, even if the siege is three months, they have not finished the attack, if they capture seven intact warships, it is very likely to retreat. If there is no benefit, how can they easily stop when they come from afar? The city of Manila will definitely be stormed.

After a few boring turns in the spacious room, Mai Ruoting forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, it is impossible to say this clearly, otherwise he will not escape infamy, and now Manila must also rely on Monterey's 2,000 soldiers to defend the city, can not do too much, but God bless Manila

On the morning of the next day, Liu Zhisheng and Lin Wei led the Nanyang Fleet to Manila Port, which was only one kilometer away from the Royal City of Manila.

There were only 16 warships going south, and they had to fight the Dutch Karopa, Liu Zhisheng did not dare to venture into the range of artillery, he could not afford to lose, so he immediately ordered the naval warships to stop far beyond the range of artillery, and ordered Zheng Qingyuan to take the naval soldiers who grew up in Manila to go around to the south to change small rows and go ashore to carry out propaganda, spy on intelligence, and collect small boats.

Spain's powerful Far East Fleet surrendered in Penghu, and the news that the 14th prince of the Qing Dynasty had sent a fleet to Manila to avenge the Han people soon spread throughout the Jiannei, a gathering place for the Han people outside the city.

The information about the Spaniards continued to be sent to Liu Zhisheng and Lin Wei, and when they learned that the seven warships had all sailed into the Bashi River, both of them were relieved, and immediately ordered the fleet to go around to the south, and ordered 6,000 green battalion soldiers and 2,000 firecrackers to land with small rows, and unload the guns on the two battleships ashore, ready to attack the city by land.

Hearing the huge cheers that erupted outside the city, Governor Mai Ruoting knew that it was the Qing people's fleet that had arrived, and immediately ordered to strengthen the guard, but he secretly complained in his heart, why did he forget to move those biological people into the city, or simply kill them? With the support of local people, the Qing fleet will be able to fight a protracted war.

Accompanied by several officers, Governor Mairodin boarded the city wall, ready to boost the morale of the corporaries, and seeing his arrival, Lieutenant Colonel Monterey hurriedly greeted him, and said with an ugly face: "Your Excellency the Governor, the information of Second Lieutenant Piper on Tadpole Island is wrong, and there are more than ten troop carriers in the Qing fleet. ”

Troop carriers? When Mai Ruoting heard this, his face immediately changed, and he grabbed the telescope and looked in the direction that Monterey was pointing, but when he saw a steady stream of brightly armored soldiers landing from the boat, and there was a cannon hanging down from the boat, he took a cursory look, and his heart tightened for a while, not to mention tens of thousands of people.

It seems that the Qing people came to Manila City at all, the Dutch did not come, but the Qing people came first, thinking of the massacre of biological people in Manila on several scales, he couldn't help but feel cold in his heart.

Lieutenant Colonel Monterey said worriedly: "The Qing people dare to carry out such a large-scale expedition to transport troops, and the Far East Fleet is afraid that it has been completely wiped out. ”

Mai Ruoting turned his head and stared at Monterey fiercely, this pig, isn't this a serious demoralization, he hurriedly said in a firm tone: "Impossible, it will never be an invincible existence in the Far East of the Spanish Far East Fleet." ”…,

Monterey secretly sighed to himself, on the ocean, there are too many unpredictable things, the Spanish Armada was also invincible in Europe back then, not defeated by the storm to England, there are too many examples of the weak defeating the strong in naval battles, and no matter how powerful the fleet is, it can't withstand the ravages of the storm.

"Report to Your Excellency the Governor, Lieutenant Colonel Monterey, that there is a biological soldier down there asking to see you." A soldier hurried over to report.

Mai Ruoting and Monterey hurriedly looked in the direction of the city gate, and sure enough, there was a soldier in a straight blue military uniform and holding a red background gold dragon flag standing under the city gate.

After a moment's hesitation, Mai Ruoting ordered, "Hang him up." ”

Zhang Tiansheng is a Han who grew up in Manila, as soon as he was hung up in the city, he tidied up his military uniform, and then walked in front of Mai Ruoting and Monterey in a standard military posture, and after being introduced, he gave the two a standard military salute, and then said in fluent Spanish: "Your Excellency the Governor, Lieutenant Colonel Monterey, I am hereby ordered by the Fourteenth Prince of the Great Qing Dynasty to order all Spanish officers and soldiers in Manila to surrender unconditionally."

Unconditional surrender? Mai Ruoting went crazy with anger, is the fourteenth prince of the Great Qing Kingdom an idiot? Just as he was about to wave his hand and order someone to drag the herald down and kill him, Monterey asked, "You have encountered the Spanish Far East Fleet?" ”

"In the battle of Penghu in Taiwan, the Spanish Far East Fleet was defeated and surrendered unconditionally," Zhang Tiansheng replied calmly.

Mai Ruoting and Monterey almost couldn't believe their ears, to say that it was still possible to meet the storm and surrender in defeat? Just rely on these auxiliary ships of the Qing Kingdom? Monterey grabbed Zhang Tiansheng angrily and roared: "You lie" Zhang Tiansheng didn't argue, just stared at him coldly.

Mai Ruoting immediately calmed down, and ordered the surrounding soldiers to disperse in a deep voice, and then said in a low voice: "Let him go, let him speak"

Zhang Tiansheng tidied up his military uniform for a long time, and then said arrogantly: "In the Battle of Penghu, the Spanish fleet was sunk two ships and six ships were seriously damaged. In addition, in three hours, the Qing navy will attack the city, and I will wait for your reply in the city. ”

Seeing that Zhang Tiansheng was full of confidence, Mai Ruoting and Monterey couldn't help but look at each other, this person was able to say the names of Angel and Carlos, the defeat of the Far East Fleet was beyond doubt, but the surrender of all seemed unlikely.

"Arrogant" Mai Ruoting waved his hand and ordered: "Escort him down." Then he said hatefully: "Siege is not better than naval battle, I want to see how they attack the city." ”

South Gate of Intramuros Manila.

As far as the west gate is concerned, the defense of the south gate is much worse, and there are only more than ten artillery pieces on the city wall.

Fifteen hundred yards away, the artillery on the city wall of Manila began to roar, and Lin Wei, who was in charge of the siege, heard the cannon sound, and secretly said in his heart, it was another group of recruits, but there was a scream in his ears immediately.

Because of the distance, all the soldiers were still marching in formation, and they did not arouse their vigilance when they heard the sound of artillery, but after a loud bang, they saw thirty-pound shells rolling all over the ground, and the three columns were tragically pierced by the shells vertically, horizontally, and diagonally.

Zhao Can, a recruit from Shandong, heard the roar of artillery, habitually stopped, looked up, and found that the bullet point was far away from them, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and was about to move, but felt a black whirring thing flashed in front of him, and then heard a few screams, turned his head to look, he suddenly felt that his stomach was overturned, and the three comrades-in-arms in the three rows in front of him, one had no head, and the other two chests and abdomen were smashed with flesh and blood, and only glanced at the three corpses, and he immediately squatted aside and vomited loudly. ..., the whole team immediately blew up the nest, and many people looked around in horror for a place to hide, but the area within two kilometers of the royal city had long been cleared by the Spaniards and became an empty no man's land, where is there a place to hide? So many people ran back desperately, and the scene was chaotic.

On land, it is not as good as at sea, in naval battles, shells fall into the sea without hitting the target, and on land, shells do not hit people, they will bounce and roll, and the lethality should not be ignored.

Lin Wei saw this situation and understood, the range and power of artillery on the sea and on land are different, seeing the soldiers like herding sheep, he was immediately angry, such soldiers are destined to fight only with the wind, thinking of the situation of Dean Yinzhen standing on the bow of the ship in the Penghu naval battle, he immediately ordered: "All artillery, disperse and shell freely on the spot, and use flowering shells to knock out the artillery positions first." Then he ordered: "Put up the military flag and blow the assembly trumpet."

The loud assembly horn sounded, and the naval soldiers who were originally panicked when they heard the horn, they all stopped hesitantly and followed the horn, but saw the captain Lin Weijun standing upright under the banner of the fierce fluttering navy golden dragon, and a group of deputy brigades, squadron leaders, and detachment leaders were standing closely behind him, looking at them firmly.

This scene is too familiar, all the soldiers immediately thought of the Penghu naval battle, always standing in the bow of the dean, this situation is so similar, many soldiers suddenly feel the blood rolling, the eye frame is hot, immediately accelerate to run to the military flag, the new recruits on the battlefield have a great blind obedience, seeing this situation, almost all the naval soldiers rushed to the military flag at a very fast speed, the command of each detachment and squadron immediately sounded, and the sound of continuous reporting soon echoed on the battlefield.

When the frightened Green Battalion soldiers saw this, they all forgot to flee, and stared blankly at the group of navies who were out of place with them, and this group of navy was so crazy that they gathered the whole group under the enemy's guns

As soon as he saw this situation, he angrily ripped off his official hat and shouted loudly: "Erect a big banner for Lao Tzu, blow the trumpet and gather him, it is better than a group of recruits" ......,