Chapter 118: Escape
Suddenly, the sluggish flag on the mast suddenly shook.
A strong wind howled across the deck.
"The wind is up, the wind is up." The Spanish sailors on deck were stunned, followed by a burst of cheers.
The sudden wind blew the arsonist ships that were rushing towards the Spanish warships in an instant.
The Spaniards on the ship rejoiced and even wept.
"God, is it your will?" Terry was also in tears for a while, and no one thought that the battle would be reversed like this.
"General, the mercenaries have stormed the docks again." A non-commissioned officer shouted.
All at once all Spaniards fell from heaven to reality.
"Christian, sail." Suddenly, General Terry spoke.
"Order, flag-raising, signal all ships to follow the Christian out of port and back to Manila."
General Terry's words silenced the sailors, gunners, musketeers on deck.
The screams of the mercenaries on the dock not far away were faint.
"General, are you going to give up Laoag?" The Admiral of the Christian looked at the Admiral in disbelief.
Terry nodded, avoiding the gaze of everyone present.
"We don't know how many arsonist ships the Ming army has, and Rawag has fallen to the mercenaries, now we must save our fleet." General Terry said righteously.
"General, there are still thousands of Spanish people in the city of Laoag, and the heroic Spanish soldiers are still resisting." Admiral Christian said tremblingly.
He was a veteran of decades in the Navy, having traveled to the Americas and the East Indies, battling the rough waves of the Atlantic, maneuvering among countless pirate ships, and heroically protecting the merchant fleet.
"I order to leave the port immediately." Terry flew into a rage, drawing a musket from his waist and aiming it at the Admiral's chest.
The surrounding musketeers and gunners were all stunned.
One was the honorable captain and the other was the highest commander of their navy.
"Get out of port at once, for God's sake." General Terry roared.
In the end, the duty of the soldier prevailed over the emotion, and the Christian, under the orders of General Terry, took advantage of the sudden strong wind and slowly fled out of the harbor.
Several Spanish battleships that were still fighting also followed after seeing the Christian fleeing out of the harbor.
The mercenaries on the side did not dare to pursue, and hurriedly shelled the fleeing Spanish fleet indiscriminately before stopping.
The fleet of the Ming Army's sailors, who were still waiting for the results of the battle in the port, was stunned by this sudden gale.
"Nimu Lama, where did the wind come from!" Xiao Wu almost didn't spit out a mouthful of old blood.
The arson boats that had been accumulated after half a month of hard work were blown away by this inexplicable wind at the moment, and most of them didn't know where they had gone.
"My lord, the warship of the Franc man." Xu Bin suddenly shouted,
Looking at the Spanish fleet rushing in his direction in the distance, the Ming army sailors were a little at a loss.
Hurriedly adjusted the hull of the ship and crossed the front of the Spaniard's fleet.
But to the great surprise of all the Ming sailors, the Spanish warship not only did not fire at the Ming warship, but on the contrary, turned a corner from the right side of the Ming army and ran away!
This sudden scene stunned the soldiers of the Ming army.
"My lord, do you want to pursue?" A co-president spoke.
Xiao Wu glanced at the co-director as if he was looking at a fool, and the co-director immediately closed his mouth and stopped talking.
At this time, Liu Yu, who had already made an appointment with Xiao Wu, launched the siege battle on time.
As early as after Mutafe conspired with him to take Laoag, Liu Yu conspired with Xiao Wu, who led a fleet to attack the Spanish fleet anchored in the harbor with arsonist ships.
And Liu Yu and Mutaferi joined forces to attack the city of Laoag.
However, now the situation has changed subtly, and the Spanish fleet has fled.
This made Xiao Wu unexpected, of course, the current Liu Yu naturally didn't know.
Four Hongyi cannons bombarded the city gates, and the huge recoil shook the ground and splashed rubble.
The walls of the city, which had already been pitted, were shaken by this sudden cannon, and the huge shaking frightened the Spaniards on the walls.
The four Hongyi cannons work together, and this kind of artillery, which can be regarded as a twelve-and-a-half-pounder cannon in the West, shows extraordinary ability to attack fortifications.
If Liu Yu hadn't wanted to take the city wall of Laoag intact, he would have used the Hongyi cannon a long time ago.
Now, of course, Liu Yu did not bombard the fortified city walls, but ordered the gunners to bombard the city gates.
It's not that the walls of Laoag are strong and the Hongyi cannons can't penetrate them, but that Liu Yu needs a strong city, and he doesn't have the time or energy to rebuild a city wall.
The huge wooden gate was half-shattered by a twelve-pound cannonball, and the screams of the Spaniards could be faintly heard in the city.
Hearing the movement outside the city, the mercenaries in the city were greatly boosted.
Mutafi laughed loudly and led a dozen mercenaries directly to the Spanish phalanx.
The Spaniards on the city wall desperately fought back with falcon cannons, and for a time the Spaniards in the direction of the city wall were actually attacked by the enemy.
"Lord Qiyu, the Hongyi cannon has broken through the city gate." An artillery assistant said.
Liu Yu nodded and motioned for the artillery commander to retreat, and then looked at the few people behind him.
"You all saw it, right? You don't need me to translate it for you, do you? "The costumes of those people are not the costumes of the Ming army, and they don't even look like the clothes of the Han people.
Several of them are the pirate leaders who have taken refuge in Xiao Wu these days.
Since the defeat of Li Tianyou, there have been thousands of pirates who have defected to the Ming army.
These days, the food and drink expenses of these pirates were borne by the Ming army.
Of course, Liu Yu doesn't have such a good temper, and he eats and drinks for nothing to raise these idlers.
There is only one reason why these pirates were not sent to the mining department to mine, and that is to send the Ming army to death.
Liu Yu calmly pointed to Laoag City, regardless of whether these pirates could understand it, and said,
"See, in front of you is the city of Laoag, a city full of gold, now I give you a chance to rush into the city and plunder to your heart's content." Liu Yu looked at the several pirate leaders in front of him with a smile.
The pirate leaders seemed to understand what Liu Yu meant, nodded excitedly, and then began to command their forces.
These pirates besieged Laoag for a whole month to loot the city of Laoag, and now the Ming army actually broke the gate of Laoag, and now they are only one step away from Laoag.
These pirates all went crazy one by one, and before the Ming army gave the order, they rushed to the city of Laoag as if they were crazy.
The Spanish gunners on the city walls held back the Ming army with falcon cannons, but in the face of a charge of thousands of men was of no avail.
After a few sporadic shots, the pirates rushed straight into the city of Laoag.
Knowing that the situation was over, the Spanish army immediately withdrew from the walls and the main camp, and with the cooperation of the phalanx of Spanish pikemen, they actually fought their way out among the pirates and mercenaries.
The Spaniards did not go mad enough to rush out of the city of Laoag and fight the Ming army to the death, but rushed towards the residence of the governor of Laoag.
Pirates, Spaniards, mercenaries, and the city of Laoag became extremely lively for a while.
The Ming army outside the city watched the melee inside the city with interest.