Chapter 504: The End of Famosa
Chapter 504: The End of Famosa
Except for the wounded, there is a death-like silence. The officers beside Aberqua also exuded death-like despair.
There is no need to fight any more here, the Westerners do not have the consciousness to fight to the last man, but because Aberqua did not nod, otherwise they would have gone out and surrendered a long time ago.
The Yong army, which occupies such an advantage, will not attack at night. The few remaining Franc officers waited anxiously, waiting for Aberqua's final decision.
Aberqua, on the other hand, was as silent as a stone. When the east turned white, Aberqua suddenly moved, and said, "Stay here." ”
Aberqua took off his armor one by one, and pulled out a suit of clothes from somewhere, and when he put it on, he dressed as if he were going to a ball, and took a long stabbing sword with him.
Such a bayonet sword is good for duels, but when used on the battlefield, it may not be able to pierce the armor of the Yongjun.
"Your Excellency?" The officers couldn't figure out what Aberquer was trying to do for a while. Asked suspiciously.
"When I'm dead, yours can make whatever decisions you can." Aberqua was as calm as ice, as if he wasn't talking about his own life and death. He calmly walked to the door as if he were going to a ball.
At this moment, these officers still do not understand what Aberqua thinks.
Aberqua wanted to die.
Suicide is an unpardonable sin in Christianity. So Aberqua didn't kill himself, he just wanted to die in the battle.
There are many times when the old and the young think differently.
Aberqua is in his fifties, which is enough to live long enough in this era. Aberqua pondered repeatedly at night, even if he didn't die here, he wouldn't have a few years to live, would he be able to live to wash away the humiliation of surrender? He was not confident. So after thinking about it, he would rather die in the present than spend the following time with an infamous reputation.
Several officers hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My lord." ”
With a loud snort, Aberkui pulled out the long sword at his waist, and the sword light circled around him, forcing several officers to retreat, and said: "I will not interfere with your decision, but I also hope that you will interfere in my decision." "Abergwe does not speculate on these officers with the greatest malice. Does surrender always have to be led by one person? Those who lead the surrender are not the same as those who follow the surrender.
They may not be willing to bear the notoriety.
Aberqua pushed them back and gently opened the doors of the monastery.
Below the monastery, hundreds of distances away.
All the artillery pieces have been moved in place, although the terrain of the monastery is not suitable for artillery bombardment, but the artillery of the Yongjun army still used their best efforts to make these war weapons come in handy. The soldiers of Yongjun, who were preparing, found that the gate of the monastery suddenly opened, and for a while thought that the Buddha was going to carry out a final counterattack. Prepare for it immediately.
Rows of musketeers, rows of archers, and even gunners, pikemen, sword and shield bearers who were still covering, lined up one by one. Always ready to make a move.
But under the rising sun, an old man carrying a thin sword, shouted loudly, leaned forward, and rushed down.
After the siege of Franco, Aberkui aged day by day, especially with the development of the siege of Dongyong, Aberqua's complexion became worse and worse. At this moment, Aberqui burst out with a powerful momentum, as if he was a hero.
It's just that Yongjun is confused, they don't know how to understand everything in front of them.
A lonely charge, so that the Yongjun a large number of fire, bows and arrows, etc., are not fired, and they are not fired. Don't look at the overwhelming rain of arrows among the movie heroes, and think that the rain of arrows fired by the army is like this, which is actually very wrong, because arrows also cost money, and such squandering is not tolerated. Wang Zhi waved his hand, and more than a dozen of his guards shot with bows together, and more than a dozen long arrows were fiercely nailed to Aberqua's body, beside him. The trembling arrow feathers suddenly calmed down, buzzing and shaking, and slowly stabilized.
With a thud, Aberqua threw himself to the ground, his body crushing the arrow under him.
Aberqua's attack was the last resistance of the Francoman.
Immediately, the Franco-Rang man raised the white flag, and the Yong army marched into St. John's Monastery, completing the final occupation of Malacca.
Zhu Houhuang stepped on the dried blood stains on the road and slowly entered the Abbey of St. John's.
The monastery was not damaged by artillery fire, and it was rare to see such a building in Daming, Zhu Houhuang took a look at it and immediately ordered: "Demolish this place." ”
It's not that Zhu Houhuang doesn't like such Western-style architecture, but Zhu Houhuang understands very well that if the land he occupies by force can't be digested well and blocked by force, it will eventually be lost when the force declines, just like when colonialism ebbed and flowed, all the great powers showed their prototypes. Zhu Houhuang has a lot of ideas about assimilating these lands, and even some overkill, all the buildings must be Chinese-style, especially such a typical Western family, the better it is built, the more it must be demolished.
Because the better he built, the more it showed that it was different from the Central Plains.
Many buildings in the Ming Dynasty do not have to be consistent, but in Dongyong, especially at the top of Dongyong's tentacles, Zhu Houhuang feels that it is still the same Chinese architecture as much as possible.
Zhu Houhuang said to Wang Zhi: "This is the station of your Malacca General Army." Lone hopes that you can guard the west gate of Dongyong for Lone Town. ”
Wang Zhi was overjoyed in his heart and said, "The minister will definitely live up to his mission." ”
After several days of thinking, Zhu Houhuang finally decided to set up the post of chief soldier above the battalion.
The general soldier is also a very prominent existence in the military profession in the Ming Dynasty. The same is true in Dongyong, in Zhu Houhuang's design, the battalion is the general army, and the two battalions or several battalions are under the jurisdiction of a general army, as a partial division or the main army. And above is the marshal who commands the army. Wang Zhi's former commander-in-chief in front of the enemy was a temporary position, and now he has received this appointment from Zhu Houhuang. It shows that Wang Zhijie has taken a solid step forward.
How could Wang Zhi not be happy.
Although Zhu Houhuang reduced Wang Zhi's subordinates by two battalions, Wang Zhi did not expect that most of Dongyong's troops were in hand, which was also unrealistic.
A corpse was carried beside Zhu Houhuang, and Wang Zhi introduced to Zhu Houhuang and said, "Your Highness, this is the enemy chief. ”
Zhu Houhuang looked at the corpse, Aberkui was dressed in gorgeous clothes, stained red by large patches of blood, his body was full of arrows, his eyes were round, and he looked dead.
Zhu Houhuang asked, "How did he die?" He didn't think looking at Aberqua's outfit was like a simple battle death.
"Back to His Royal Highness, this thief prisoner is quite bold, he can't do anything, he doesn't want to steal his life, he went down the mountain alone and rushed into battle, and was shot to death by his ministers." Wang Zhi said.
"Hmm." Zhu Houhuang said: "It seems that there are people everywhere who would rather die than give in, and there are also people who are greedy for life and afraid of death. Thick burial. ”
Wang Zhi immediately said, "Yes." Then he paused slightly, and said, "Your Highness, what should I do with the captives of the Franc Machine?" ”
Zhu Houhuang said: "You first screen it to see if there are any people who sincerely surrender to our country, I feel that the Franc machine people still have some uniqueness in firearms, so there are those who have taken refuge in our country, and Gu will bring them back, and the rest will be temporarily detained here, you remember to heal them well." They are all bargaining chips for us. ”
Thinking of this, Zhu Houhuang said secretly: "It's time to communicate privately with the Franc machine." ”
Zhu Houhuang didn't think that those businessmen would endure the fact that they didn't make money. Maybe the Francophile is also deliberating about whether to negotiate with him at the moment. Don't overestimate their discipline. In the face of money, many people have no discipline. But Zhu Houhuang couldn't think of who to send over to negotiate for a while. Xu Song is absolutely impossible. Because of the banknote, Zhu Houhuang didn't dare to let Xu Song out of the country, and after he left, there was a problem with the banknote, who could solve it. There is also a Luo Xuan, the former prince of Bo Ni who has been running for Zhu Houhuang for a long time before, and it can be regarded as useful, but now he has arranged his official position.
"Forget it, think about this slowly, the first thing to do is to give your majesty good news." Zhu Houhuang said secretly in his heart. He didn't know if his good fortune would allow him to go further in Zhengde's heart.