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However, Xu Shan's tough attitude also angered Alex at once, as a naval commander of an old maritime power, he has his own arrogance, especially in the face of the Ming people who have been despised by them, oh wrong, now it should be called the Qing people. Alex suddenly didn't control his anger and rushed over, reached out and grabbed Xu Shan's collar and roared: "You little businessman dare to talk to me like this, believe it or not, I'll kill you right now!" ”

"Hahaha! If you have the guts, do it, but if I die. Not only will all your Spanish soldiers here be buried for me, but my lord will definitely lead troops to cleanse the Spaniards of the entire island of Luzon. How did you deal with the Chinese in the past, and how my prince will deal with you Spaniards! Xu Shan laughed and laughed without fear, now that his side has a complete advantage, he is naturally not afraid of the other party at all.

It was at this time that a burst of artillery rang out in the city of Manila behind them, and it was obvious that Xu Shan knew that it was the soldiers of the Marine Army who had begun to attack. "Look, the three thousand soldiers who entered the city in advance are already attacking your barracks, and I think this raid should be smoother. Therefore, I still advise General Alex to take the initiative to surrender, otherwise, my prince will lead hundreds of warships to arrive here, and he will definitely destroy all of you with one blow! Xu Shan said more confidently. The strong strength of the Ponytail Army gave her enough self-confidence.

As soon as he turned around, Alex saw the smoke rising from the city, and he immediately knew that what Xu Shan said was indeed the truth. Alex was even angrier. But there is no way. Now they have more than 3,000 people and more than 30 warships. Neither is it a retreat. If Manila City is taken, they will also be left homeless. They didn't have any reserves of food and fresh water on their warships, and they didn't have too much ammunition, after all, things were too hasty. Even if they take the initiative to attack now, if they can't take it in a short time, then they will run out of ammunition and food.

Thinking of this, I saw Alex holding back the anger in his heart. Gently let go of Xu Shan's neckline, and then took a long breath to calm down. Only then did he speak: "Your Royal Highness wants us to surrender, so let us see how strong you are." If it is really as strong as you say, it is not impossible to surrender, but we also have our own conditions, that is, we can surrender, and we can even hand over our weapons, and those ships in the port can also be given to you, but you must let us go, if we do not agree to this condition, then we will never surrender! ”

Xu Shan hears Alex's request for surrender. I thought there was something wrong with my ears, and the other party actually asked to let them go after surrendering. How can there be such a thing in this world? This is a war, and if you lose, you have to obey the arrangement of the victor, does the other party think that this is a child's play? Although he thought so in his heart, Xu Shan didn't say so, but looked at the other party deeply and asked, "General Alex, is this your final bottom line that you proposed?" ”

"Yes, that's our bottom line, if we can't bring people back safely, then I'd rather they all die here!" Alex's attitude at this time was also very tough. However, he still had other thoughts in his heart, their fleet had already traveled some distance, and there was no need to move fast at this moment, just wait for the moment. He wanted to see what kind of powerful Mawei Navy was so powerful that the pirates were rumored to be powerful, and if it was just an exaggeration by the pirates, then he would rush up and annihilate it in one fell swoop.

Xu Shan saw that Alex was so resolute, so he didn't say anything more, he couldn't do anything about this matter at all. Guessing the time, the Mawei Navy fleet should be almost there, and it will take another hour at most, and you can see the sails of the Mawei Navy from the deck here. Xu Shan didn't say much more, and completed his task, so he returned to his ship, and then turned south and headed towards the Mawei fleet, he still had to report this information to the naval commander, and he didn't know if the prince had come in person in this battle!

At this moment, the fighting in the city is becoming more and more intense, there is no decent resistance on the streets, and under the assault of the elite of the Marine Army, all Spaniards with weapons are treated uniformly and given a free bullet. The more troublesome side is the military camp, although the Spanish soldiers were taken by surprise, but after all, they have a lot of people, and the military camp is relatively large. It was morning, and most of the Spanish soldiers had already gotten up, and when they saw the enemy attacking, everyone quickly took up their arms and began to block them.

"Vigorously, bring the man to the roof on the west side. Mouse, you lead the team to the east. No matter how many enemies come, kill them all! Qiao Shu shouted loudly, he still had this confidence, he had also seen the muskets used by the Spanish soldiers, and they were not at all comparable to the new rifles in the hands of the horsetail soldiers. Until now, Geng Jingzhong has not given this musket a domineering name, it turned out that he remembered one, but Geng Jingzhong was not very satisfied with this musket, and wanted to continue to improve, and when the rear-loading rifled gun was developed, it was rising, so the matter was delayed.

"Yes!" Dali and Mouse are the two captains of the pro-guard battalion, both of whom have the rank of major, which is the treatment of the pro-guard battalion, and the captains of other ordinary battalions are also the rank of lieutenant and captain. Hearing Qiao Shu's order, he replied loudly excitedly. Immediately after that, they straightened up one after another and began to issue orders through their subordinates, and the two teams of 100 men each quickly began to move. At this time, Qiao Shu was not in a hurry to attack the interior, anyway, they occupied the gate, and the Spaniards were bound to counterattack, so an open area here was their best shooting range.

The muskets of the Mawei Army had a range of about 100 meters longer than the Spanish muskets, and they were much more powerful. This is the difference between rifled guns and smoothbore guns, not to mention the fact that the Matail Army uses more advanced paper shell ammunition and mini rounds. The power and rate of fire far surpassed that of the old Spanish muskets, with horse-tailed warriors firing an average of five rounds a minute while Spanish soldiers were able to fire three rounds at most. Therefore. Qiao Shu is ready to wait for work. Make the most of them to their strengths. Annihilate the invading enemy.

"Artillery, keep bombarding, don't stop! Shoot me all the shells! After the two brigades were separated, Qiao Shu led a large army of four hundred people to guard the central passage, arranged in two staggered queues, ready to shoot at any time. But this was not enough, he continued to order the four cannons to continue firing. The prince of his own house is right, cannonballs have a price, people are priceless. All of his subordinates are the most elite fighters in the Mawei Army. The loss of one here is enough for me to feel distressed. The gunners, who had received the military orders, were soon ready again, and at last with Qiao Shu's order, the four Furlong planes opened fire one after another, and four rounds of flowering catapults were fired at the Spanish army. The effective range of the eight-pounder Marine Furlong was similar to the maximum range of the musket, and the four flowering shells fell into the ranks of the Spanish soldiers who met them, and there was a large area at once, which caught him a little off guard for a while, and the commander at the front hurriedly commanded the army to withdraw from the firing range of the artillery, but at this time the army had already killed and wounded hundreds of soldiers, and part of the formation had been broken up.

Since the artillery of the Marine Army had only four guns. There was still a gap in between, so the Spanish commander still directed his soldiers to rush forward. Wait until the Spaniards rush to about two hundred meters. The horsetail warriors, lined up in two columns, immediately opened fire. They did not use the classic three-stage attack of the previous Mingbian Army Shenji Battalion, but lined up in two columns, mainly because their rate of fire was sufficient, and the firepower was much fiercer than that of the Spanish musketeers, and the Spanish soldiers did not expect this result at all, and they were caught off guard for a while, although he tried his best to command the counterattack, but with little effect, this was completely a one-sided casualty. It was at this time that he finally understood the power of the horsetail army.

"Regiment commander, the other party's musket is much more powerful than ours, completely suppressing us in terms of range and power, the soldiers are already unable to withstand it!" On the battlefield where the projectiles were raining, a Spanish officer was reporting to the Spanish regiment commander in front of him about the situation on the battlefield in front of him.

"If you can't stand it, you have to top it, what about our cannons, why don't you pull it up? There were not many yellow-skinned monkeys on the opposite side, and he ordered the troops to rush to the front quickly and kill them all. Those guys are all soft eggs, and when they see us in front of them, they don't have the courage to resist! The regimental commander wiped the blood from his forehead and ordered, when the enemy shelled just now, a sharp stone cut through his forehead, and as a result, a cut was made, and the blood kept flowing, and now there was no time to bandage it. But it was this little stone that completely angered him.

"Yes!" When the subordinate officers heard the order, they immediately went to order the troops to pounce again, but the regimental commander did not wait for his own artillery. Because the cannons in the barracks have not been used for a long time, many places have been corroded, and gunpowder is available, but the cannons are unusable. This is not to blame them, their side is basically just maintaining law and order in the city, and they have not been on the battlefield for many years, and these cannons have long been an ornament.

In both rounds, the Spanish soldiers failed to pull the distance between the two sides to within 100 meters, but caused the Spaniards to lose 300 men. In addition to those who had been killed and wounded by artillery bombardment, they had already lost half of their personnel, and only 400 people could continue the battle. The 300 mercenaries accounted for half of them. The main reason is that these mercenaries have no fighting spirit, and when they were beaten like this, they suddenly lost their courage and ran back desperately, but they picked up a life for them. Qiao Shu saw that the time was almost up, so he ordered loudly: "The whole army will attack, and gradually advance!" ”

By this time, it could be said that Qiao Shu was already sure of victory, but for the sake of insurance, he still ordered like this. Hundreds of fighters steadily advanced forward, firing their guns continuously, tearing apart the enemy who stood in front of them. The Spanish soldiers fell one after another, not that the Spanish soldiers did not fight back, but that their muskets were really limited in power at this distance, and they hit the soldiers sporadically, but they did not cause much damage. There were only a few unlucky people who were hit in the face and fell down screaming, but hearing the constant screams meant that he was still alive.

His Excellency, the commander in the rear, could be regarded as seeing this enemy army, but unfortunately he didn't have time to adjust the formation, and there were too few soldiers available in his hands to confront him head-on, in fact, even if he was well-armed, he couldn't confront the horsetail soldiers head-on. Now, this enemy army has gone deep into the barracks and is finished on its own!

"Surrender!" (To be continued......)