Chapter 16: The Great War is Coming

When he learned that the coalition army composed of Spaniards and local natives was coming violently, Liu Yu's mood was complicated.

Since going south to Luzon, the Ming army has been preparing for the arrival of this day.

But when the day came, Liu Yu was still chuckling in his heart and was very uneasy.

"We dug trenches on the periphery of Ming City, prepared hundreds of sub-systems, turtledoves and other heavy firearms in the trenches, and prepared the city with Franc machines and red-clothed cannons to kill these Franc machines."

Compared with Liu Yu's solemnity and uneasiness, Huang Liangji seemed very excited, and did not seem to take these Spaniards in his eyes.

Not only him, but also several chief co-chairmen who participated in the defense of secrets, including his uncle Liu Quan, were all gearing up, and they did not have the kind of decadence when they were defeated and retreated to the island of Taiwan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we can't fight with the Franc Robot outside the city." Xiao Wu directly poured cold water on the generals present.

"What do you mean!" Huang Liangji's eyes widened with anger.

"The Franc man pays attention to firearms, especially artillery,"

"If we deploy the elite outside the city, we will undoubtedly become the target of the Franc man." Xu Bin pointed to the map and said softly.

"Bullshit, we dig a moat more than ten steps outside the city wall, and the Francophile can't do it with magic skills, and he can hit the moat more than ten steps away from the wall."

"And what if the Franc man aimed his cannon at the wall and formed a ricochet?" Xiao Wu shouted.

"If the Spaniards use stone cannons to bombard the plane, and the cannonballs cut through the city wall and hit the moat, the Ming troops in the defense line will have no way to live."

"Besides, according to the scout's report, there are only 300 Franc Ji people on this expedition, while the Bangbangya people and Tagalog people have 2,000 people, and it is better to retreat inside the city and rely on artillery to kill and wound the other party than to fight the natives of Luzon outside the city." Xiao Wu was calm, and in the face of the incomprehension of the generals of the Ming army, he showed the appearance of a master.

Last night, the town of the Sailor had already held a discussion on the dispatch of troops by the Franco.

Liu Yu participated in yesterday's discussion in Shuishi Town as the vice president of the Shenji Association.

Since the Ming Dynasty still adopted the town association class system, when Liu Yu told his uncle Liu Quan that he wanted to form a Shenji Association, Xiao Wu directly gave the establishment of an association with a stroke of his pen.

originally planned to use this to win over Liu Quan, after all, there were not many fierce generals who participated in the Tartar field battle in the Ming army.

This also made Liu Yu eligible to participate in yesterday's defense meeting in Shuishi Town.

Therefore, yesterday, Liu Yu and Xu Bin and other articles elaborated on the maritime power and armament of the Francophone people.

Xu Bin, who has a certain understanding of Nanyang Franc man, also recognized Liu Yu's words, and also briefly explained it to Xiao Wu in detail, which made Xiao Wu understand some information about the Franc man's armament.

Although what Xiao Wu said about the ricochet made the generals present unpredictable and a little appalling, but they were also very excited to hear that they could retreat into the city and rely on artillery to bombard the enemy army instead of fighting to the death outside the city.

After all, it's all mixed food,

Since you have firearms, why do you have to carry your head up and chop them down with others?

Seeing that several of the co-chairmen under his command were obviously inclined to Xiao Wu's ideas,

Although Huang Liangji was angry, he also suppressed it.

After all, the soldiers guarding Mingcheng were all family soldiers that he brought out desperately.

Xiao Wu is a sailor town, and the sailor warships will not be useful after the war, and he is worried that the sailor of the Franco machine man will be present, so he will flee with the fleet after the city defense meeting.

Only Liu Quan, a hundred people, was left to assist, and most of the main forces defending the city were the soldiers of the mighty town under his command Huang Liangji.

If he really fought in the field outside the city of Franco, the dead and wounded were all his own soldiers, and he didn't believe that Liu Quan would stupidly throw the more than 100 veterans out of the city and cut them down.

Seeing that Huang Liangji was not angry, Xu Bin continued in one go:

"We are waiting for work, whether it is artillery or firearms, ammunition is abundant, and the Franc machine man must be sleepy and tired after a long journey."

"And Luzon is mountainous and mountainous, it is impossible for the Francophone to carry a large number of heavy and long artillery and other artillery, and the ammunition required for them to carry artillery is stored in Manila, and they cannot afford to fight a war of attrition, so they will fight a quick battle."

"What if the Franco-Rang Man attacks the city?" Huang Liangji asked.

"Francophile is a trick, it is impossible to attack the city by himself, and those who attack the city must be those who are alive."

"Shengfan is poorly armed, and there are no firearms, as long as the Franc cannon is erected on the city wall, the siege of the city under the bombardment of firearms is fruitless,"

"Once the Franc machine fails to attack the city, the whole army will inevitably go crazy, and there will naturally be fighters at that time."

Xu Bin's words shocked the generals present speechless for a while.

Of course, these are all guessed by Liu Yu from the perspective of God, after all, it is unrealistic to let these Ming generals who don't know a single big character understand the armament of the Spaniards and the local customs, topography and landforms of Luzon.

Considering that Liu Yu was not qualified to participate in such a meeting, he had already asked Xu Bin, and Xu Bin also listened to Liu Yu's opinion.

Most Ming generals' perception of Luzon and the Spaniards was basically stuck in the time when the national surname was about to attack Manila.

Historically, the so-called generals who wanted to go south to Luzon to attack Manila and turn the wilderness into Han land with the intention of making a comeback were just trying to plunder in the South Seas, and they did not know anything about the actual situation of the Spaniards and Luzon.

It is estimated that even the names of the Spanish governors are not very clear to these generals.

"I agree with Xu Bin." Xiao Wu spoke at this time.

"Franc Ji is a deceitful person, and he will definitely send a life to attack the city in the future,"

"Just like when the Eight Banners went south, the green battalion soldiers attacked the city everywhere, and after consuming the soldiers and firearms defending the city, they then used red-clothed cannons to collapse the city wall. As a veteran who had a real battle with the Eight Banners on the scene, Xiao Wu's words naturally convinced the generals present.

"The Franc machine man is the Eight Banners, and the Shengfan is the Green Battalion." One of the co-chairmen laughed.

"Mingcheng is just an abandoned coastal defense city, and there is no grain and grass reserve in itself, if those thousands of civilians are allowed to enter the city, what if the supply of grain and grass in this city is insufficient?"

"Yes, we don't know how long the Francophiles will besiege Mingcheng, and this military ration must not be consumed on this pariah." Several co-chairmen scolded and scolded, which made Xiao Wu very angry.

From a military point of view, there is a certain justification for not allowing refugees to enter the city.

After all, the most feared thing in siege warfare is the lack of food and grass,

Both soldiers and civilians need to eat,

And the amount of food will only decrease, not increase, especially in siege battles.

The number of people in a city often determines how long a city can hold out.

More than once in history, there have been times when the army defending the city drove the people out of the city, and the army outside the city drove the people into the city.

In order to consume the food of the defenders in the city.

"Those who dare to stop the people of the Ming Dynasty from entering the city should be killed!"