"Good afternoon, Mr. Governor Fernando......"

"Hello Madam......"

The climate in the South Seas is still very warm in October, and places like Manila are in the warm 20s.

Mani City, this is a city that has not been around for a long time, but if you really want to trace it, people have set foot here as early as the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, on the basis of the Nanyang civilization and the ancient civilization of the Central Plains, it integrated the Western civilization led by Spain to form a complex culture of East and West......

Half a century has passed since the Spanish colonizer Rigesby landed in Mani in 1571.

Spanish colonists invaded and occupied Luzon, then built castles and forts on the south bank of the Bashi River in the heart of Mani.

Since then, it has been the capital of the Spanish colonial authorities.

The wind was cool, so the gendarmerie patrolling the pier was pleasant, and many nobles prayed at the cathedral in Manila.

For Governor Fernando de Silva, who has been in office for three months, the climate and calm external environment have made him very comfortable.

He came to the church as usual, and looked at some aristocratic women and maidens with respect, and his eyes were lightly picked.

However, when he was picking lightly, he saw some Ming people selling fruits near the church.

"Is this too expensive?"

"Madam, this is not expensive, these are fruits that have been shipped from Daming to Manila and cultivated, and they taste very good."

In front of the fruit stall, some nobles who had finished praying discussed the price with the Chinese with a painful face, and then in front of Fernando, while selling the fruit, they took the silver coins handed by the other party, and finally gave change.

There is nothing wrong with doing business and the price is determined by the market.

But when watching these Guangdong and Fujian people who came to Nanyang to beg for a living received the silver coins of the Spanish nobles, the expression on Fernando's face was still a little unpleasant.

Especially when he observed for a period of time and found that it only took more than ten minutes for this group of Chinese to sell all the fruits, and then pushed the empty cart away, he even said to the people next to him in Spanish:

"These Ming people think that they can show off their might in the South Seas by defeating a few warships from the Netherlands (Netherlands) at their doorstep?"

"If it weren't for the fact that they had too few men and not enough wealth, I might have learned from Governor Francisco and killed them all and took away the gold they had swindled from us."

"You really should do it, their country has heard that it is at war with the Tatars in the north, and there is not much sea power to help these fat sheep who are flowing with oil." The person next to him smiled and agreed, not taking the lives of the Chinese people seriously at all.

"Hmm...... Wait, maybe I should prepare for it when I leave office......"

Fernando stroked his goatee and turned to head to the church's dining place to enjoy a little post-prayer relaxation.

But while he was trying to enjoy himself, a Spanish gendarmerie captain yawned and glanced casually at the sea in the port of Manila, where there were many trading ships.

It was this casual glance that made him spot a black dot on the horizon in the blink of an eye.

"What's that? Is it the Ming merchant from the north? ”

The captain of the gendarmerie walked unhurriedly from the dock to the sentry box, and then looked out to sea with the binoculars fixed here.

This look instantly made his pupils dilate, and then constricted......

"Beep~~~~!! Enemy Attack"

With the whistle of the soldiers at the sentry box, the Chinese people and businessmen from all over the wharf were stunned for a moment, but at the same time as they were stunned, some people hidden in the crowd made a move.

"Release!"

"Bang bang bang-"

When the dense sound of guns sounded, a huge wooden box was smashed open to the planks, and more than a dozen sailors armed with flintlock rifles fired at the captain of the gendarmerie on the sentry box and the gendarmerie members under the sentry box.

However, at a distance of twenty paces, the three of them were hit by the rifle and fell down at the first time, and the entire people doing business on the dock also ran away.

"What happened? Someone is attacking or rioting! ”

The other squads of the gendarmerie dock vigilantly picked up their arquebuses and weapons as they heard the sound of firecrackers and whistles, but before they could react, the Chinese businessman, who had been kind and pleasant a second ago, instantly drew a short knife from his waist and stabbed them in the neck.

By the time the gendarmerie captain came to his senses, two of the twelve men beside him had fallen, and in front of them were six outlaw seamen armed with short knives.

"Damn! Are you crazy?! ”

The captain of the gendarmerie drew his sword and was about to fight the maritime merchants, but at this moment the roar of cannon rang out in the distant sea, and then the whistling stone projectiles covered almost the entire dock.

"Boom—"

Dense stone shells continued to fall, and the prepared merchants hid behind the bunkers, but the Spanish gendarmerie was caught off guard and the merchants from other countries were killed on the dock in an instant.

Even if there were a few people who survived, but soon the Ming Shangjia's mending knife let them know what it means to combine inside and outside......

However, this alone was not enough to break through the Manila defenses, as some of the Spanish soldiers who reacted quickly had already taken refuge in the batteries and began to operate the artillery to counterattack.

But as the black dots on the sea gradually magnified, some of the soldiers of the battery instantly widened their eyes.

At this moment, the sea reflected in their pupils was almost enveloped by a huge invincible armada.

More than 100 warships with a total tonnage of more than 200,000 tons and more than 500 baggage ships of nearly 2,000 tons arrived off the coast of Manila, covering almost the entire bay.

It was just a hesitation of breathing, and thousands of 20-pound guns rang out in unison, and stone projectiles the size of human heads flew out, spanning a distance of two miles, and smashed straight into the defense line of the Manila coastal defense battery.

"Fixed-shot loading, the direction is not three moments, ready to ...... Put! ”

"Bang bang bang-"

The roar of artillery was heard again, and this round of shelling was more intense than the previous one.

Hundreds of warships and more than 6,000 guns ranging from 10 to 24 catties opened fire one after another, and the stone shells fired almost fell like a shower, destroying a large number of coastal fortifications and batteries.

Some of the Spanish gunners were stoned to death by stone bullets before they even had time to fight back......

"Go on!"

Seeing the Mani City Fort that collapsed under the bombardment of the fleet, Huang Long, the commander of the Ming Navy, observed the battlefield with binoculars and clairvoyance, and coldly issued military orders.

The gunners on the ship methodically cleaned the gun chamber, and on the deck, Li Dan beside Huang Long smiled heartily:

"These big Francos, when they slaughtered the people of my Han family in the early years, did they ever think that my Ming Dynasty would cross thousands of miles across the sea?"

"Today is the time for their retribution."

What Li Dan said was the massacre carried out by the Spaniards because they were afraid of the increasing number of Ming immigrants in Manila, also known as the "Dalun Mountain Massacre".

Due to the abolition of the naval division at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty only evacuated overseas Chinese once in the 22nd year of Wanli, and there was no actual action.

Later, in the relevant documents, he only threatened the Spanish colonists with words such as "cut off the sea ships", "the jade is burned", and "the bones of Busan and Banju are in sight" to stop the massacre of the Chinese, but the Spanish colonists did not care.

Therefore, no matter how much the Ming Dynasty warned, it was still impossible to avoid the slaughter of the local people.

It's just that the way of heaven is good reincarnation, and the colonists who like to slaughter other races have finally suffered a counterattack from the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, thousands of artillery pieces are constantly shelling the fort defense line of Manila Harbor with the roar of cannons and stone shells as punishment.

"When the forts around the port of Mani City are destroyed, our troops and horses can land and fight, as long as the battleships dock, this battle will be over!"

Hearing Li Dan's words, Huang Long also grimaced, and confidently said his tactics.

He didn't look down on the Spaniards, but compared with the number of troops and artillery on both sides, the four first-class fleets of the Ming Dynasty at this moment could undoubtedly sweep the navies of the entire European countries.

Once the fort defense line was lost, after the ten-pound guns on the Ming army ship were unloaded, the two-step guards and horses staying on the troop transport ship would drive troops to the island and shell the city of Manila.

"Bang bang bang-"

As the Yellow Dragon spoke, the Spanish batteries around the harbor began to counterattack.

The distance of the shells fired by the Spanish cannon batteries was almost the same as that of the Ming army's twenty-pound guns, so in an unguarded situation, a warship of the Ding class was hit, but due to the long distance, this blow did not cause much damage to the warship, and it was enough to repair it for a month after the war.

"The shore cannon of this big Furlong machine man is really powerful!"

Looking at the power of the Spaniard's shore defense cannon, Li Dan was a little afraid.

"It's not surprising, many of the artillery pieces of our dynasty are also the products of imitating Western artillery a hundred years ago, and it is not surprising that the artillery of the Great Furlong machine man can be compared to the Yanshan General cannon of our dynasty, and we will continue to study it in the future!"

Huang Long patted the seawater on his body, while Li Dan was concerned:

"Governor, the cannon of Hongmaoyi is sharp, you better go to the cabin to avoid it first, and when the army captures the port, you can command the army to attack the city!"

Hearing Li Dan's words, Huang Long shook his head and smiled contemptuously:

"What's so fearful about the little barbarians? In less than half an hour, these batteries will collapse......"

"Bang bang bang-"

While Huang Long was proud, the Ming navy, which had sorted out its breeches, began to launch a counterattack against the Spaniards' shore artillery, and at this time, Fernando, as the governor of the Spanish Philippines, also came to the fort defense line.

It's just that before he could issue any effective military orders, the stone bullets of the Ming army fell like a shower again.

The granite shells cleaned the entire fort defense, and the screams rang out in an endless stream, which made Fernando, who had only been governor for three months, completely lose the posture of clamoring to slaughter the Chinese, and some were just looking for cover and hiding like lost dogs.

"Quick! Load up the cannonballs and sink those monster-like ships for me! ”

The captain of the Spanish captain at the battery urgently instructed the gunners to load the shells.

It's not that he is timid, but that the number of warships and artillery of the Ming army is so terrifying that even if you gather the sea power of the whole of Europe, it will be difficult to repel the other party, let alone their Far Eastern colony with only two or three thousand soldiers.

"Bang bang bang-"

When the Ming warship filled its side, the guns on the other side of the warship began to carpet shell the Spaniards' shore guns.

Thousands of stone shells fell like hailstones, and even though most of the shells were missed, dozens of shells were still hitting the shore guns.

Seeing that his coastal batteries were constantly being destroyed, Fernando, who was dodging and watching the battle at the same time, only felt his anger and blood surge.

"Mr. Governor! I think you should probably consider retreating! The fleet and soldiers of the Ming Kingdom are beyond what we can handle, and they have too many artillery, even if they hold ......."

"Bang bang bang-"

The captain's words were interrupted by another round of artillery bombardment by the Ming army, and he could only hide trembling and continue to say loudly while the shelling was over:

"I think we should surrender!"

Seeing that the batteries on the coast were being destroyed one after another, the captain decisively suggested to Fernando.

"Surrender? No! The soldiers of the Castilian Empire will not be defeated, even if they lose their forts! We can also use muskets to tell these Ming people who is the master of this land! ”

"Kars, you must take up your responsibilities and keep your glory!"

Fernando hysterically grabbed the collar of Captain Captain Kars, who would have thought that Kars directly twisted Fernando's hand away, and roared:

"Go to the glory of the **!"

With that, he threw his helmet on the ground and ran out of the battery alone.

Not only him, but also a large number of Spanish soldiers abandoned the fort defense, because their thirty-gun battery had been broken by eight or nine tenths.

At this moment, they are all trying to escape towards Manila City.

As the governor, Fernando, after seeing all his soldiers fleeing, also followed their footsteps and fled to Manila in a panic.

It was only not long after they escaped from the docks that they saw hundreds of Ming soldiers in armor occupying the city of Manila, and the Spanish soldiers at the head of the city were retreating.

"Damn! What happened?! ”

Fernando grabbed an escaped employee and asked, and the other party panicked:

"They hid in their cargo and attacked as they passed through the gates......"

With that, the man took Fernando's hand away and ran towards the ruined buildings outside the city.

At the same time, the artillery of the Ming army also stopped, and one by one the troop carriers began to approach the coastline, and then the troop carriers were lowered, and groups of naval infantry soldiers began to land on the coastline by boat.

At this moment, there are thousands of troop transport boats on the coastline, and nearly 10,000 Ming troops are crowded on the sea, making people unable to see the beautiful sea surface in the past.

Some of the Spanish soldiers who survived struggled out of the rubble, wiped their faces with dirty faces, and when they opened their eyes again, they saw only the Ming soldiers who had landed on the coast.

At this moment, they were like red tides, covering the yellow sand of the beach, and everywhere they could see were red mandarin duck battle jackets and bright armor, as well as the footcaps on their backs and the long knives at their waists.

"Beep-"

The Ming observer spotted the group of Spanish soldiers who had survived, and he blew a wooden whistle, and then raised his rifle to shoot.

It's just that in the face of the black hole and the Ming army, which numbered nearly 10,000, this group of dozens of disgraced Spanish soldiers raised their hands without hesitation.

"They're surrendering! Don't let it go! ”

At this time, the officials of the Siyi Pavilion and some translators under Li Dan stopped the army from shooting, and Huang Long, who heard the rumors and led the army to land, ordered someone to disarm them.

The more than 60 surviving Spanish soldiers did not resist, and were easily disarmed by the Ming army, and at the same time squatted honestly in the corner of the ruins.

"Smack-smack-"

At this time, there was the sound of arrows on the sky, and Huang Long, who had just landed on the shore by boat, also pulled out his long knife when he heard this, and ordered the lieutenant general beside him:

"The drums are beating and marching, and the gates of the city have been taken by the vanguard."

"Knock-knock-"

The lieutenant general who heard the words did not hesitate to order people to give orders to thousands of households, and at the same time ordered the military drummer to beat the drum and march.

The Chinese army was carried up, and after hearing the drums of hundreds of drummers, the whole army followed the Chinese army and marched towards Manila.

At the same time, on the gates of Manila, a steady stream of Spanish soldiers were besieging the Ming soldiers, and the Ming soldiers who were responsible for the sneak attack and capture the gate relied on tiger squat cannons and infantry guns to counterattack.

More than 30 catties of tiger squat cannons were filled with scattered stone bullets and iron ingots, and the iron bone clusters roared after igniting the line of fire, like harvesting autumn rice, sweeping through a field of Spanish soldiers.

Immediately afterwards, the Ming army began to hold on to the platoon of guns and crushed rows of Spanish soldiers.

More than 2,000 Spanish soldiers, besieging 300 Ming troops and 200 pirates under Li Dan, were unable to move forward for a while.

"Kill—"

"Knock...... Boom...... Knock ......"

While the battle was raging, a large area of red tide silver armor poured into the construction roads outside the city, which made the embarrassed Fernando anxious to recapture the city gate.

But no matter what he said, the Spanish soldiers could not wipe out the Ming army at the head of the city in an instant.

Even if they have already begun to fight in hand-to-hand combat, the fierce Ming army is obviously not something that this group of southern European soldiers with an average height of only five feet can resist.

Although the Navy did not require a height of more than 5 feet 6 inches like the 16th Guards of Shangzhi, the Marine Guards who needed to land and combat had to be more than 5 feet 5 inches (1.76).

The yellow race with the highest testosterone, as long as the nutrition keeps up and the training is diligent, can often burst out in battle, and is superior to other races in coordination and organization.

In a dynasty with a strong martial style, as long as the generals did not make mistakes, the Han people were born soldiers.

Therefore, when the Spanish soldiers broke through the platoon defense line, the Ming army had to face not the tall Nordic knights in the eyes of later generations, but a group of low-profile Southern European soldiers wearing simple cuirasses and simple military uniforms, each with a height of about 1.6 meters.

And the Spanish soldiers in southern Europe had to face a head above them, one by one, and one by one fierce naval commanders!

"Kill!"

The long knife was pulled out, and the iron bones were smashed, like a boulder standing under the turbulent waves, and the Ming army, which saw the arrival of reinforcements, no longer held on, but chose to take the initiative to attack.

As long as the military salary is enough and the generals are not harsh, they will pick up the martial arts of the Han and Tang dynasties again.

Just a photo, the 300 Ming troops on the road of the city wall retreated more than 2,000 Spanish soldiers.

They were still burying their heads in their charge, and the Spanish soldiers were constantly frightened by them and retreated, even stepping into the air from the city walls, falling and smashing to the ground.

"Kill with me!"

Huang Long led the men into Manila, especially the selection of the Twelve Guards of the Navy around him.

Hundreds of drafters wearing top three armor and standing five feet eight inches (1.85) tall, broke out with a huge ability to break the formation at this moment.

Without the need for a large army to line up their guns, they rushed up the city wall with their short men in their hands at an elevation angle, and killed the Spanish soldiers who tried to retreat in vain.

The short Spaniards of southern Europe saw so many tall soldiers for the first time, and at this moment they finally knew why Marco Polo called the Central Plains people "the kingdom of adults".

The formation was chiseled through in an instant, and all that remained was slaughter.

beheaded one Xiyi, and rewarded twenty taels of silver......

This was Zhu Youzhen's promise before the war, and the so-called Xiyi was far less threatening than the Beiyu and Jianyu in the north in the eyes of the Twelve Guards of the Navy.

"I surrender!"

"I surrender ......"

During the war, some people tried to surrender, but in front of the red-eyed Ming army, this group of Xiyi who said that they couldn't understand the "bird language" were just playing tricks.

Even if someone recognized that their surrender posture was the same as that of the fort line, they pretended not to see it for the sake of the first class of silver after the battle.

In the end, 2,000 Spanish soldiers were swallowed up by the red tide, and the hapless Spanish governor Fernando fell in the chaos and was trampled to death by the Ming army.

"Poof......

Huang Long drew his long sword, which resulted in the life of the last Spanish soldier, and wiped his face and said:

"This group of Xiyi has some backbone, and they didn't surrender until they died."

"......" Li Dan, who heard Huang Long's words, wanted to speak and stopped, but continued to close his mouth.

He saw it when the Spaniards surrendered just now, but he stopped his interpreter because he wanted the Spaniards to experience what it was like to be slaughtered.

Now it seems that although the slaughter was successful, it actually made Huang Long think that this group of Xiyi had backbone......

"Yellow Dragon!" Huang Long shouted, and the lieutenant general beside him also put away his long sword and ran over.

"Governor ......" Huang Fei responded, and Huang Long also sheathed his long sword and said:

"You take someone to raid all the Xiyi homes in this city, and after seizing them, let them write letters themselves."

After that, Huang Long looked at Li Dan and said, "The ransom matter is up to you to set the price." ”

"Yes......" Li Dan responded with a smile, and then pointed to Manila City and said:

"Dudu, since this city has been captured, do you need to change its name?"

"Well, naturally." Huang Long bowed slightly, then took out Zhu Youzhen's letter from his arms, reopened it, and put his eyes on the end of the letter and said:

"Respect His Royal Highness's military order, this city was renamed "Yiyi City", which was the seat of governance of Luzon in the future. ”

"In addition, Huang Fei, you sent someone to go north according to His Highness's drawings, find the gold mine on the map, and send the news to Nangang as soon as possible."

"The crown prince is about to turn his first birthday, and this gift cannot be delayed."

"The last general commands!" Huang Fei responded, and then led the infantry guards of the Shangwan Ming Army to arrest all the Europeans in the entire city, while Li Dan was responsible for leading people to persuade them to write letters and ask for ransom from his relatives and friends.

The price given by Li Dan is "very in line" with the market, one hundred taels of silver per person, and those who can't afford it will honestly stay in Luzon as a worker to pay off their debts.

In this way, the Ming Dynasty avenged Luzon, which had been destroyed for half a century, and completed its identity as the suzerain.

As for the remaining Luzon people in this land, the Ming Dynasty will naturally find good jobs for them, so that they can support their families and no longer experience the life of exploitation by European colonizers......

(End of chapter)