Chapter 102: The City of Laoag

Xiao Wu looked at Liu Yu incredulously,

He vaguely remembered that before leaving Ming City, Liu Quan's Huben Town only had a total of only a few hundred soldiers, and even his own Shui Shi Town could not compare.

In just one month, there were three mercenary towns, more than 1,500 soldiers, and even a water town.

Even He Bin on the side was dumbfounded.

It's no wonder that those red-haired devils will go to Wigan to negotiate peace talks with the Ming army.

"Where are your garrisons now?" Xiao Wu hurriedly asked.

"20 miles outside of Laoag." Liu Yu reported truthfully.

In the following hour, Liu Yu told everything that happened after the Ming army was stationed in Weigan, including his extermination of the Weigan Chamber of Commerce and the extermination of the pirates of the Fish and Dragon Gang.

Xiao Wu and the others also told about the siege of Laoag this month.

"I didn't expect Laoag to be so difficult to attack, but I underestimated these Francos." Liu Yu couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat after listening to Xiao Wu's story.

In the past month, the pirates under the city of Laoag gathered no less than 4,500 men to besiege Laoag, during which they used the tactics of fire attack and night attack, and raided several times, suffering more than 1,000 casualties, but failed to capture the strong sea wall of Laoag.

Dozens of warships of all sizes were even sunk near the waters of the port of Laoag, and more than 1,000 pirates were killed or wounded.

Fortunately, when I went south to Luzon, I deliberately bypassed a big city like Laoag and chose a remote place to land.

If they had forcibly attacked Laoag at the beginning, I am afraid that the Ming army would have been completely annihilated under the city of Laoag.

"How are the Franc machines in the city?" Liu Yu asked.

"The casualties are not large." He Bin shook his head.

"The red-haired ghost has gathered a large number of troops, and the food and grass are heavier than that of Laoag City, and he even gave up Vigan for this, which is why our army fought so hard."

"Judging from the sound of the artillery on the coastal batteries, I am afraid that the supplies in the city of Laoag have been consumed, and it is already the end of the crossbow, but the casualties should not be large." He Bin analyzed.

"Well, it's no wonder that the Spaniards are willing to make peace with us, and sure enough, it's because Laoag really can't fight." Liu Yu nodded.

"However, the pirates are also detached, these days the Black Flag Gang deliberately sent a large number of small and medium-sized pirate forces to Laoag to die, and every time they suffered defeats, they ate all the small and medium-sized forces that were hit hard."

"Over the years, the Black Flag Gang has not only lost its troops, but on the contrary, it has grown stronger and stronger."

"Some pirates saw the Black Flag's intentions and wanted to leave, but they were wiped out by the Black Flag."

He Bin told all the evil deeds of the Black Flag Gang.

Liu Yu frowned, this is not good news, if the pirate forces are scattered and contain each other, then the Ming army can be defeated in one fell swoop.

But now it is the Black Flag Gang that dominates, and the situation is not optimistic.

"Now there are still 4,000 pirates under the city of Laoag, and the Black Flag Gang alone has 2,000 people." Xiao Wu was helpless and waved his hand,

This wolf was attracted by Xiao Wu, who thought that he could take down Laoag with the help of his power.

But who would have thought that the city of Laoag was not taken, but the situation changed suddenly, and the former allies have become mortal enemies today.

The combined strength of the two towns of Shuishi Town and Fubo Town is not as good as that of the Spaniards, let alone pirates.

"Now the pirates have learned to be shrewd, and they no longer choose to storm the city of Laoag, but to besiege it."

"Oh, by the way, where is Li Zihong, the leader of the Ichthyosaurus Gang, now?" Xiao Wu asked.

"I killed you." Liu Yu said indifferently.

"Killed by you." Xiao Wu, He Bin and others were all shocked.

"This person is Li Tianyou's own brother, if you kill him, I'm afraid the Black Flag Gang won't let you go." Xiao Wu sighed.

Liu Yu didn't say anything more, and returned to the camp after exchanging information.

After returning to the camp, Liu Yu immediately found Officer Brewster,

The Spanish artillery officer was captured by the Ming army during the Battle of Mingcheng.

For these Spanish artillerymen, Liu Yu was also polite.

Spend a lot of money to provide it, and now there is a place for it.

Brewster was instructed by Liu Yu to take several of his men to the city of Laoag.

After doing these things, Liu Yu also began his own troop deployment.

He asked him to lead 500 soldiers into the nearby rainforest.

Sheng Fanbing grew up in the rainforest since he was a child, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye like a dragon entering the sea.

At the same time, he ordered to push the artillery to the nearby hills, sheltered with plants.

In this way, only 500 people remained in the camp.

And he himself sat in the camp.

Looking out on the coastline near Laoag, a black line looms over.

If the weather is good, it will be a large and small black dot on a closer look.

Every point is a pirate ship.

After a month's consumption, Li Tianyou estimated that Laoag City had run out of ammunition and food.

At the same time, the major pirate forces under his command were also consumed, and they could no longer compete with their Black Flag Gang.

Li Tianyou, who had long been unable to hold back, finally made up his mind to raise troops to attack Laoag.

Hundreds of pirate ships rushed towards the port of Laoag.

The artillery on the coastal batteries opened fire sparsely.

At this time, the coastal fort was like a tiger with its teeth drawn, and it had long lost its former majesty.

"Haha," Seeing this scene, Li Tianyou couldn't help but look up and laugh.

Several large three-masted ships led by them had already sailed to the sea not far from the harbor, and more than 10-pound guns were bombarding the harbor incessantly.

Suddenly, a pirate leader hurriedly walked over and whispered a few words in Li Tianyou's ear.

After hearing this, Li Tianyou's eyes couldn't help but widen with anger, and his whole body trembled.

"Give the order to go down and let the brethren come back."

The offensive was like a farce, and the pirates came in a rage and retreated like a tidal wave.

The Spaniards in the city were stunned.

"You're telling the truth." Li Tianyou grabbed the pirate leader's neck and roared angrily.

"Old, Boss......"

"Boss, what the old nine ghost scouts said can't be wrong, there are indeed rumors that people have made peace with the red-haired ghosts." On the side, the second leader of the Black Flag Gang stepped forward and muttered quietly.

"Humph!"

Li Tianyou threw away the ghost scout,

"Where did you get the news?" Li Tianyou stared at the thin monkey-like man who fell on the deck in front of him and asked.

"Boss, I have some eyeliner in Manila, and the red-haired ghost is talking about peace and talk with Ming everywhere." The ghost scout of the nine masters hurriedly said.

"Akito." Li Tianyou gritted his teeth.

"I treated them well, and even accepted the canonization of the prison state, but did they treat me like this?" Li Tianyou angrily pulled out the big knife at his waist and stuck it upside down on the deck.

"How can they fight me with only a few hundred sailors." Li Tianyou said coldly.

"Boss, their army is starting from Vigan, don't forget that they still have Lu Zhen." The Ninth Master Ghost Scout opened his mouth to explain.

"It's just a bunch of stragglers."

"Ghost Scout, I order you to find out the location of Wigan's Ming army at once." Li Tianyou commanded.

"Understood, Boss." The ghost scout smiled evilly and slowly retreated.

Watching the monkey-like thin man retreat, Li Tianyou calmed the fury in his heart.

"The information of the ghost scout has always been very accurate, but why did the Ming people sign an agreement with the Franc man?" The second boss looked solemn.

He really couldn't understand that he had an advantage, but he had to negotiate peace with the Franco.

Isn't this self-binding for the Ming army in exile in Luzon?

"In my opinion, we should strike first and get rid of the Ming people's sailors first." The third master Wu Shi Senran said.

"Nope." Li Tianyou shook his head and said to himself,

"The Ming man's sailor is brave and good at fighting, it is a hard bone that is not easy to gnaw, not to mention that our original goal was to take Laoag City, how can we lose big because of a small one." The second leader, Muhamlido, also shook his head and vetoed Wushi's proposal.

"What then? Are we just waiting for the Akira and the Franc to join forces to kill us? Wushi was also short-tempered and scolded.

"Three masters, I mean we can't be hard-hitting, we have to outwit." Muhanlido smiled cruelly.