Half a month later, the remnants of the Spanish galleons and small warships, with a little repair, returned to the outside of Manila Bay.

The Chinese and Dutch fleets immediately went to surround them, and the Spanish fleet slipped away and led them to Mindoro again. The Spanish fleet then sailed southeast, without even putting out gun emplacements.

Wan Bangyan and other admirals from the Datong Army were about to pursue with all their might, but found that Zheng Zhilong's flagship issued a return flag.

At the same time, the Dutch flagship also ordered that no further pursuit should be made.

Wan Bangyan suddenly woke up to the fact that the southeast belonged to the Longtan Tiger's Den, and it was likely to suffer huge losses if he chased it in.

Spain has indeed declined, but it has been operating the Philippines for nearly 100 years, and the foundation is so thick that China and the Netherlands cannot be compared.

The southern islands of the Philippines are intricately intertwined, with Spanish beacons everywhere and Spanish shore defense guns everywhere. In the past, the Dutch attacked the Spanish strongholds, and they only dared to attack Cebu Island and Zamboanga, and did not dare to penetrate deep into the southern islands.

Once you get in, you probably won't be able to get out!

Therefore, the Spanish fleet could calmly hide in the southern islands and come out whenever it wants. In the past, the fleets of China and the Netherlands were exposed in minutes, and Spain had a well-developed early warning system there.

Zheng Zhilong looked at the enemy ships in the distance, and couldn't help sneering: "If you want to seduce Lao Tzu, you are still a little tender!" ”

The Chinese and Dutch fleets returned to Manila, and not long after, the Spanish warships caught up again. As soon as Zheng Zhilong set up a formation to meet the attack, the Spanish battleship turned its sails and fled in a circle towards the southeast again.

"Don't chase, let him go!" Zheng Zhilong ordered.

The Chinese fleet did not pursue, and the Dutch fleet naturally did not pursue either, and the Spaniards' plan to lure the enemy had long been seen through.

In this regard, the Chinese fleet blockaded Manila, while the Spanish fleet was stationed on Mindoro Island, and the two sides faced off from each other 80 kilometers of sea.

The Spanish castle on the island of Corregidor is still under siege by the Chinese and Dutch armies.

This place must be uprooted in order to attack Manila. Because the attack on Manila is not an overnight thing, if you want to besiege it for a long time, you must pull out the nail in the throat.

The "Z" shaped trench was excavated, and on the 18th day, it was finally dug near the castle.

Chen An, a maritime merchant accompanying him, said: "General Wang, if the war drags on for another month, it will not be able to fight. When the time comes, it will be the rainy season, and it will rain every day. If you want to attack Manila, you should send troops in the fall, but you really shouldn't send troops in the spring. ”

Wang Hui was not discouraged and said: "In the rainy season, I will repair the house and live there, and continue to attack the city in autumn!" ”

There is no way to send troops in the autumn, and one more day will have many variables, and by then Spain will have passed its weakest time.

Chen An sighed: "Prepare more doctors and medicinal herbs." ”

The hot and humid weather has caused nearly 100 Datong troops to fall ill. The officers of these soldiers of the Luzon Expeditionary Force were drawn from the regular army, and the soldiers were all from Fujian and Guangdong provinces.

But the soldiers of Fujian and Guangdong could not bear the Philippine climate, because they still had to dig trenches every day.

The Spanish defenders in the castle were already in despair at this moment as they watched the Chinese soldiers dig trenches and dig them over little by little.

After approaching the castle, the city's artillery was completely useless and could only be defended by arquebuses.

The slope of the outer mound had also been dug through by the Datong army, and all the Spanish defenders near the mound had withdrawn into the castle. They did not dare to fight on the periphery, because the number was too small and they would be heaped to death by the Datong army digging in the tunnel.

At this point, Corregidor Island has basically been taken, and there is no need to spend too many troops.

While continuing to dig tunnels and making time to rest, Wang Hui ordered two-thirds of his troops to go to the port of Manila for landing operations.

As for the castle on the island, dig tunnels directly to bury explosives.

The method of attacking the city with explosives is difficult to deal with the Chinese fortified cities, but it can deal with this kind of fortress. The foundation of the fortress is not deep, and the walls are not thick, which is no different from the city wall of a small county town.

"Boom!"

On the 24th day of the siege of Corregidor Island, there was a loud noise on the island, and one of the walls of the castle was directly blown down.

"Kill!"

Tie Hong rushed out of the trench with a wrought iron rod, and while the Spanish defenders were stunned, he led his troops to break through the huge gap.

This black buddy's qualifications are very old, and if he is replaced by a Han Chinese, he is estimated to have reached the level of brigade commander. But after all, this world is face-seeing, although he fought bravely and worked hard to read and write, but because of his black identity, he could only be the deputy of the main general Wang Hui.

The Spanish defenders in other areas, after the initial confusion, were quickly redeployed to the defense.

But the Datong army had already rushed in, and the castle here was not a castle in Manila, only the fortress and the outer slopes were defended. The slopes had been dug up, the castle had been blown up, and they had no other way to do it.

Tie Hong broke in with a stick, and the cotton armor he had just put on was already sweating due to the high temperature.

A Spanish defender raised his gun at him, and Tiehong smashed the wrought iron rod directly, and then sped on. He stuns the enemy who was knocked down by the iron rod with one punch, picks it up and continues to charge, and the second enemy is smashed in the head by him.

"Bang bang bang!"

The Spanish defenders on the city wall began to shoot at the Datong army that rushed after them.

When the Datong army was killed by seven people, Tie Hong had already climbed the nearest city wall along the stone steps in the city. He was followed by several men, all armed with melee weapons, to pounce on the Spanish arquebusiers who were firing downward.

Spanish commander Lopez drew his saber and took a step to stab.

Tie Hong is tall and big, with long hands and feet, and long wrought iron rods. He didn't take the knife into his eyes at all, and smashed it out with a stick, and Lopez's neck was broken.

After cleaning this section of the city wall, Tie Hong rushed to another section, shouting as he ran: "The world is the same, long live Your Majesty!" ”

There were also a large number of indigenous warriors, who also stormed the castle one after another, killing and venting their anger when they saw the Spanish defenders. The natives were bullied so badly that they would never be soft on the Spaniards as long as they seized the opportunity.

The island of Corregidor was successfully taken, counting the losses at the time of the landing: 43 people were killed by the Datong army, 185 were killed by the indigenous soldiers, and the minor and serious injuries were not counted.

However, the number of sick people in the Datong Army has reached 154, of which 3 died of direct illness.

It's like the Dutch attacking Malacca, where 90% of the casualties come from illness. Because the main force attacking Malacca was mercenaries recruited from Europe, they had just arrived in Southeast Asia and were extremely unsuitable for the climate.

Fortunately, the Datong Expeditionary Force was well prepared, brought doctors and a large number of medicinal herbs, and stipulated that it was not allowed to drink raw water.

After taking Corregido, the island was immediately converted into a military base for the Datong Army. Fuzhou-Zhuluo-Tortoiseshell City-Corregido Island, a steady stream of materials is being delivered, and there will be no long-term defeat in the war due to lack of food.

The Spanish fleet, which was shrinking on Mindoro Island, did not dare to go north to cut off the grain routes of the Chinese army, because the number of warships of the Sino-Dutch alliance was too large, and they were afraid that they would not be able to return if they went to the north.

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In the Binondo district outside Manila, the Chinese leader was missionary Chen Liangxun.

This goods took off the clergy clothes, put on a traditional Hanfu, and brought thousands of Han people and their families to the port to kneel to greet the Datong army: "Chen Liangxun, an overseas outcast, kneel to welcome the heavenly soldiers and generals, long live His Majesty the Emperor of Datong, long live, long live!" ”

Li Guangzhi, a Fujian businessman who accompanied the army, picked up a stick and walked over and smashed it on Chen Liangxun's head.

"Ah...... Spare your life, spare your life! ”

Chen Liangxun screamed and fell to the ground, then got up again, kowtowed in pain and begged for mercy.

Wang Hui shouted: "Come back, don't obey the military order!" ”

Li Guangzhi said: "General, this guy has forgotten his ancestors and has already believed in the religion of the red-haired ghost. He also took foreigners for himself, and he usually wore Western clothes, often oppressing the Han people in Luzon. Even businessmen who have just arrived in Manila to do business have been deceived by him, and not killing this person is not enough to make people angry! ”

Wang Hui thought about it carefully: "Arrest this person's whole family and detain it, and the rest of the Han people who believe in Yahweh are not allowed to be harassed!" ”

"Long live the General!"

The other Chinese hurriedly shouted, it would be good if they could save their lives, as for Chen Liangxun's life and death, where could they still care.

The Fujian businessmen who accompanied the army, when they saw Wang Hui arresting Chen Liangxun's family, they were also angry, and they did not shout and kill the remaining Chinese.

"The general spares his life, the general spares his life, and the grass people are willing to sacrifice all their family property!" Chen Liangxun was paralyzed.

He was really desperate, those damned Spaniards, resolutely did not allow religious Chinese to enter the city. Let them defend the outer forts, but even the Spanish defenders abandoned the outer forts, and all of them shrank in the city and refused to come out.

Wang Hui said with a cold face: "Your family property will naturally be confiscated." As for whether you can survive or not, it depends on how useful you are. ”

"It's useful, the grass people are useful," Chen Liangxun said like pouring beans into a bamboo tube, "The city wall of Manila is defended by the native soldiers of Bangbangya. Both the Spanish and Japanese troops had withdrawn to the castle in the city. Grass Folk ...... The grass people are willing to take risks to recruit those native soldiers. ”

The Datong army had already captured Chen Liangxun's wife and children, and Wang Hui smiled and said, "Go ahead." ”

Chen Liangxun immediately rushed to the city of Manila and shouted in the local dialect: "The army of the Chinese emperor is coming, and the Spaniards can't hold it." As long as you surrender, the previous crimes will not be pursued. If you dare to resist, kill them all! ”

There were several thousand native soldiers in Bangbangga, and their families were evacuated into the city.

Hearing Chen Liangxun's shout, some people were immediately moved, but more local soldiers didn't believe it, because they killed the Chinese the hardest.

Although the Spanish soldiers withdrew into the castle, a few officers remained on the walls.

A Spanish officer shouted: "In another month it will be the rainy season, as long as it lasts for a month, the Chinese army will definitely withdraw." If you surrender, you will be retaliated by the Chinese, and when the time comes, they will kill you all! ”

This is very effective.

Yes, in another month it will be the rainy season, do the Chinese dare to continue the siege?

The morale of the native soldiers of Bangbangya was suddenly high, and some of them even shot arrows at Chen Liangxun.

Chen Liangxun fled back in embarrassment, crying: "General, they are stubborn, and they are really persuaded to surrender." ”

"Waste, drag it down and lock it up!" Wang Hui said disdainfully.

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