Chapter 31: Back to the City

Seeing that the Spanish officer in front of him was a little sad, Liu Yu continued,

"China in the East has the same splendid civilization as Europa,"

"How would you feel if one day the glorious and rich continent of Europa were taken over by the barbaric Ottomans?" Liu Yu asked.

"I will never allow such a thing to happen, and Europa will never succumb to the savage infidels until the last drop of blood is shed." Lieutenant Brewster shouted.

"yes." Liu Yu sighed and looked at the sea level in the distance.

"Just as Europa would never submit to the Ottoman scimitars, so ancient China would never submit to the Manchu Tartars, who were even more barbaric than the Ottomans." Liu Yu's eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth.

Lieutenant Brewster was silent for a moment,

"Did you not come to Luzon to compete for territory with Spain, but to save your Eastern civilization?" Captain Brewster asked.

"Yes, just as after Spain was occupied by the Arabs, all of Europa fought bloody battles against the Arabs for the Spanish people and land to be free from persecution by the Christians, and finally helped the Spanish people to restore their country."

"The glorious but lost Han nation will also fight to the end, never to the death.

So we need your help. Liu Yu saluted Lieutenant Brewster.

Looking at the sincere look of the oriental young man in front of him, Captain Brewster was a little overwhelmed.

"I can give you and your soldiers the status of free men, you don't need to participate in labor taxes, you just need to join the Ming army, teach the Ming soldiers how to use artillery, if one day Spain really attacks Ming City again, you can refuse to participate in any military operations, and I will let you go back after the war." Liu Yu said.

Seeing that Captain Brewster was a little shaken, Liu Yu hit the railroad while it was hot: "I will give you a salary of one hundred Spanish silver dollars per month, and as for these artillerymen, each of them will be 20 Spanish silver dollars per month." ”

Brewster was silent,

He stood there without saying a word, as if thinking about something.

"You will not attack Manila, but you will choose to return to the mainland and recapture the homeland that belongs to your Han Chinese, right?" Brewster stared at Liu Yu and asked.

"Yes," Liu Yu said categorically.

"But Manila won't care about that, and as long as you stay on Luzon soil, the anger of the Spaniards won't cease." Brewster Road.

"So what?"

"As long as you don't attack Manila, then I won't intervene in your war with the Manila authorities."

"As for assisting you in forming an artillery unit, I need to consult with my soldiers," Brewster said.

"Of course, someone can loosen the ties of those Franc machine people." Liu Yu hurriedly ordered.

The Spanish artillerymen, who had knelt on the ground all night, were already exhausted,

Watching their commander being taken above the mound by these vicious Oriental barbarians, almost no one believed that their commander would come back alive.

But a miracle happened.

Lieutenant Brewster returned unscathed, and at the same time the Ming troops on the side untied the Spanish artillery present.

This overwhelmed these Spaniards,

Regardless of the pain and exhaustion of kneeling all night, they all walked up to ask their commanders.

Looking at the Spaniards who were babbling non-stop, Liu Yu smiled.

Fingers roamed between the shiny barrels of the artillery,

The slender and smooth cannon body and the delicate cannon carriage all touched Liu Yu.

The backwardness of the late sunny day is by no means a cold day,

As early as now, the weapons used by the Spanish army in front of him have already made Liu Yu feel the embryo shape of modern military affairs.

The gap between the East and the West is really a gap that has accumulated little by little over hundreds of years.

Now Liu Yu can't think that far, the only thing he can do now is to help the Ming regime in front of him survive, and keep the last glimmer of hope for the Han people in this time and space, that's all.

When Liu Yu was still secretly sad,

The Spanish artillerymen below had already made their decision.

Under the command of Captain Brewster,

Dozens of Spanish artillerymen lined up neatly, they puffed out their chests, arranged their uniforms, and looked up at the young man from the East.

"Report to the commander, all the officers and men of the 3rd Independent Field Artillery Company of Spain in Manila have been fully equipped and are being reviewed by the commander." Lieutenant Brewster shouted.

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On the same day, Liu Yu hurried back to Mingcheng with several personal soldiers.

The Spanish camp and the nearby hills became the military garrison of the Ming army.

Liu Yu left the Shenji Battalion behind, along with the Spanish artillery.

After gaining the trust of Lieutenant Brewster, the Spanish artillerymen continued to operate the artillery.

However, Brewster reoriented the artillery and aimed it at the rainforest in case of another attack by the native Luzon natives.

The Ming army won this battle, but it was not easy to win.

Outside the city, as the Ming soldiers and civilians in the city cleaned up, hundreds of corpses were thrown into the pit that had already been dug.

The rainstorm lasted for two days, washing away the blood stains and minced flesh.

However, Liu Yu, who had just come back, still smelled the smell of blood and sulfur in the air after the rain.

When Liu Yu returned to Mingcheng, it was already Shen Shi, and the setting sun was shining, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the already damaged city.

When he entered the city, the scene in Mingcheng City also made him look awe-inspired.

In an instant, most of the simple buildings built in the city had collapsed.

Many of the streets still have dark red blood stains that have not been washed away by the torrential rain.

"Strange." Liu Yu looked at the half-ruined Ming City in front of him with a puzzled expression.

When the Spanish attacked the city that day, most of the artillery bombarded the walls of Mingcheng, and not many artillery guns reached the city.

Before he led the Shenji battalion to attack the Spanish camp, everything was fine in Ming City.

Although it suffered some losses in the shelling, it was not as full of messes as it is now.

He just wanted to pull a Hermes-epitek who had fled here to ask, but a pair of big hands slapped Liu Yu on the shoulder.

"Yu'er." Uncle Liu Quanzheng was standing behind him.

"Uncle, what the hell is going on in the city?" Liu Yu asked.

"If it weren't for Shengfan seeing us sneak attack the camp of the Franc man, he would have taken the opportunity to attack Mingcheng."

Liu Quan did not respond to Liu Yu's inquiry.

"It's hard to put it into words, you hurry up and go with me to see King Lu, the celebration banquet has begun." Liu Quan pulled Liu Yu past him and walked towards the city.

Ming City was built on the basis of Haiphong City, which was abandoned by the Spaniards.

The area is not large, and the Ming army demarcated the center of the barracks in the city and built a simple Ming Palace.

At this moment, the generals of the Ming army gathered together.

And sitting in the middle of the hall is Zhu Honghuan, the king of Lu.