Astound! The Luzon version of Salhu turned out to be the Ming Dynasty who took the initiative!

This time, the Ming army dispatched about 3,000 infantry, divided into three groups of men and horses on the left, center and right flanks, about six or seven hundred on both sides, responsible for cooperating with the rockfall area to cut off the front and rear ranks of the Luzonists, while the elite infantry cluster in the middle was responsible for crushing the main force of the Luzon army that was suppressed by the fire from the hill in front of them.

And this army of about 1,600 people was also covered by the firecrackers, and then the two wings were encircled and surrounded the Luzon army, which also made the Luzon native army, which was obviously superior in numbers, feel that there were enemies on all sides, and there were traps in the sky and on the ground.

The iron-clad infantry of the Ming army was at the forefront and attacked first, and they rushed towards the Chinese army of Luzon with spears and broadswords in their hands, but after they had rushed fifty or sixty paces, rows of arrows met them, and some sparse rain of arrows hit them.

To tell the truth, the army of the indigenous people of Luzon could not even catch up with the rebels of the White Lotus Sect in combat effectiveness, and in the face of the Ming army like a tiger descending from the mountain, they could not even stand in formation, and they wanted to rely on the few surviving crossbowmen to block the charge of the Ming army.

But this is obviously wishful thinking, the elite infantry of the Ming army has iron armor and shields, and the formation is relatively loose, and the blocking effect of arrows can be said to be minimal.

"Smack-"

"Pss

The iron armor, shields and arrows collided together, making a sound of metal clashing, and the Ming infantry, after paying a certain price, simply approached the enemy under the dense rain of arrows.

"Kill!"

"Kill them all!"

At this time, the artillery set up on the mountain to a negative angle also fired a few fog bombs in a timely manner, and the principle came from the tricks of the craftsmen in the rivers and lakes, which was similar to that used by the Japanese ninjas.

The Ming infantry also took advantage of the gap when the enemy was blocked from sight and began to advance rapidly.

At this time, the firearms units of the Ming army began to turn the firing boundary as much as possible to help the intercepting troops under pressure on both flanks, while the frontal long-range support was only a few crossbowmen, who used the high-tossing curve to continue to throw arrows in the back, creating obstacles to the organization of the enemy's counterattack, so that the main infantry force could smoothly rush in front of the enemy.

In fact, both sides are well aware that the indigenous forces of Luzon are already exceedingly effective if they are not in a swarm of collapse, and if the Ming army is allowed to fight hand-to-hand, then it will immediately fall into a situation where there is no chance of victory.

And this mode of warfare, which entered the age of firearms, completely subverted the Luzon army's understanding of war, and for these Luzon natives, it was simply fighting a nightmare war.

The actions of the Ming army were clean and neat, like two sharp knives to dissolve the ox, blocking left and right, breaking through in the center, and accompanied by extremely lethal guns and artillery that could cause great panic. God is pitiful, even the artillery of Luzon was imported from the Mongols and Semu merchants fifty or sixty years ago, and there are only a few of them in the whole country.

One by one, the unlucky ones were shot through the body by the crossbow arrows or arrows that fell from the air, screaming and wailing and falling in pools of blood, while many more were lucky enough to get their lives back in time because of the dodge, but their eyes were full of horror and despair, as if they saw the Grim Reaper slowly walking towards them.

As the smoke cleared, the Ming army, wearing hideous bronze masks engraved with ghosts, rushed at them like evil ghosts crawling out of the underworld, and rushed into their defenses.

"Poof!"

The Ming infantry held their spears and plunged them into the chest of the indigenous soldier, who stared at the spear that pierced his body with wide eyes, feeling intense pain and despair.

However, he did not fall, because he was still supported by a spear, until the Ming soldier pulled out the spear stuck in his chest and added another stab, completely ending the life of the indigenous soldier.

The successive breakthroughs made the defense of the indigenous army of Luzon very weak, not to mention, the original will to fight of the Luzon army was very weak, and you can't expect a group of slaves to have any determination to resist to the end.

After a round of charges, the Luzon army's defensive line leaked everywhere, and many soldiers threw away their armor and fled, and some even knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, but the Ming soldiers simply ignored it.

Looking at the battle scene in front of him, which was completely different from what he imagined, the fourth prince's mind was blank, and even his instinctive emotions such as nervousness and panic seemed to be temporarily stripped away.

If according to the scenario he expected, the Ming army should be in the position, drowned in the sea of people by the soldiers who drove their own lives, and finally surrendered, and became famous in a battle, how could it become like this?

However, the situation in front of him did not allow him to think wildly, under the oppression of the Ming infantry, the Luzon army could not resist after all, and finally had to scatter and retreat, and the Ming army at this time was about to come to him.

"Prince, let's go, we'll be your queen!"

"Evacuate!"

The remnants of the Luzon army begged him to be protected from his departure.

Because these people are all personal dependents of the four princes, for them, if they escape alive and the fourth prince dies, the king will definitely not let them go.

"Let's go!"

The fourth prince of Luzon was disheartened at this time, he didn't expect the Ming army's offensive to be so fierce, one by one the warriors around him fell in a pool of blood, and the army around him became less and less.

At this moment, he finally understood that he was wrong, he should not covet these so-called first merits, the result of greed was to lead to the defeat of his army, and now he has little hope of escaping.

"Kill—"

The royal guards of Luzon struggled to cut down a few of the routs that stood in front of them, and then escorted the four princes to retreat in the direction of the rear army.

These guards were apparently well-trained, and even in such a critical situation, they still methodically escorted the royal heir to escape from the Ming army.

But the consequences of this kind of escape are extremely serious, seeing that the commander began to flee, the soldiers who were still resisting suddenly lost their fighting spirit, and the army of Luzon suddenly became more chaotic, many people turned around and surrendered, or chose to retreat with the four princes, and once someone took the lead, others were easily affected, which led to the complete collapse of the Luzon army.

After the mass surrender of the army of Luzon began, a massacre officially began.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

Countless soldiers of Luzon were slain with blades.

At this time, the Ming army had occupied an overwhelming advantage, and the army of Luzon was crowded into the roads on both sides of the hills and retreated, under the powerful offensive of the Ming army, they could not stop the Ming army, and could only allow the Ming army to trample on the corpses of their comrades and kill wildly on the battlefield.

The retreating fourth prince immediately saw the black pressure of people surrounding him from all directions.

"Bell, bell, bell~~~"

The weapons of both sides collided with each other, sparking little sparks, accompanied by bursts of blood and light.

These royal guards of Luzon were still powerless in the face of the well-armed and well-trained Ming army.

"Bang~Bang~"

The sound of the gun suddenly came, and several projectiles shot straight towards the fourth prince from behind, it turned out to be the fire gunner of the Ming army ambushed on the other side, and at this time, seeing that the overall situation had been decided, he also began to exert his strength.

The fourth prince was caught off guard, his chest was directly pierced, and a touch of bright red instantly gushed out.

This sudden change made the fourth prince stunned for a moment, and then looked down at the wound on his chest, his eyes full of consternation.

What's going on? He opened his mouth and just wanted to ask the lieutenant general beside him, but he only felt a sweetness in his throat, and then a fishy smell gushed into his throat, and there were few guards around him at this time.

"Poof!"

A long knife with a cold light slashed through, and the heads of the four princes flew up.

Carrying the head of the fourth prince, the Ming army junior colonel brandished a long knife and shouted: "The thief chief is the head, don't you wait to surrender early?!" ”

This sentence, of course, was not for the Luzon people, who rarely understood Chinese, but for their own people, and with the shouts of the little colonel, the Ming infantry broke out with a shocking shout and rushed towards the fleeing enemy.

For a time, the army of Luzon fell into a scream, crying father and mother.

Soon, under the orders of some Luzon generals, the remaining soldiers surrendered one after another, and even few escaped, and these people were driven in the opposite direction of the march, also in the jungle to the south, rather than the way they came.

"Haha! Joyfully! It's so fucking fun! ”

Looking at the back of the enemy fleeing in embarrassment, those generals who were born as sons of the noble clan said excitedly, they haven't been so cool for a long time.

Many of them are side branches of the family with no status, most of them joined the army when they were young, but they have not been able to rise to higher positions for a long time, and they have been strictly controlled by their superiors and subordinates, which also makes them very depressed, until the end of this battle, they feel that every inch of their muscles seem to be full of strength, as if they have endless energy and combat effectiveness. This kind of state is something that I couldn't think of before, after all, in the past, I participated in battles just to survive and be promoted, and I have never had this kind of hearty and enthusiastic feeling.

And this battle is not like other battles, there is no fierce confrontation, but a one-sided slaughter, this is a very rare combat experience, and all this is not taken for granted, on the contrary, it is precisely because of the iron-blooded temperament honed by the Ming army in the previous arduous war, which is perfectly expressed here, that there is this result.

"What does it mean to fight your own people, killing the enemy overseas and making contributions to expand the land is what my generation of men do."

Zhu Youjia felt as if he had found a new purpose in life, a dream he had longed for but could never achieve.

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The well-trained Ming army, taking advantage of the Achilles heel of the four armies of Luzon with their own evil intentions and different speeds of marching, after cleanly cleaning up the battlefield, seized the time difference, repeated the trick, and defeated the other two troops twice in a row, playing a case of sports warfare comparable to textbooks.

The troops led by the eldest prince, this time got the warning of the previous rout, and he was terrified by the fierce offensive of the Ming army, regardless of the dissuasion of his own generals, he had no idea of retreating at all, but leaned on a hill on the spot, and formed a village to hold on.

The reason for the eldest prince is also very simple, retreating at this time, and he can't explain it to the king.

Moreover, after gathering the defeated army, their number has reached 20,000.

There is a huge numerical advantage, and the enemy can no longer carry out surprise attacks, as long as the village is self-protective, the Ming army is small and difficult to overcome, even if it can't take the Ming army at that time, and even can't achieve the planned battle goal of attacking Manila before, but for the eldest prince, it is still a huge credit that can completely establish his heir to the throne.

Because people are worse than others, the other princes are either killed in battle, captured, or fled, and he is the only one who can turn the tide and help the building to fall, and no one can deny this kind of credit.

Moreover, I don't know if I have read the books of Huaxia, the eldest prince also used several sub-villages to occupy the stream of water supply below with several sub-villages, and at the same time dug a well on the mountain, so in a short period of time, he will not worry about the problem of water sources.

I have to say that his arrangements are very thorough, and his abacus is also very loud, waiting for the Ming army to gnaw and retreat.

But Rao is like this, the Ming army, which is getting more and more vigorous, did not have a trace of timidity in the face of this army of more than 20,000 people, but took the initiative to touch it.

In the early morning of this day, the east was white, and at the moment of the rising sun, a black spot suddenly appeared in the gray world.

"Woo~~~"

The sound of a loud trumpet sounded over the silent border between plains and hills, accompanied by the sound of iron hooves beating on the ground, and sturdy horses marched slowly, followed by a group of elite cavalrymen armed with bows and arrows, sabers and guns, and wearing red armor and helmets.

Previously, the Ming army conducted two mountain ambush battles and a plain raid battle, although the Ming army's cavalry was not large, but again, it did not come in handy in the mountain warfare, so the loss was not much.

Looking at the road on the plain, the only remaining main force of Luzon that had already established a camp, these Ming cavalry with only a few hundred cavalry, did not show any timidity, but calmly, as if they were strolling leisurely, rode forward to the camp of the Luzon army, and cruised.

This move of the Ming army made the Luzon soldiers guarding the camp feel inexplicable, and they did not know what medicine was sold in the gourd of the Ming army, but they were still ready to deal with the upcoming battle.

With a whistling sound, dozens of Ming soldiers broke away from the Ming cavalry ranks and rushed towards the camp of the Luzon army.

At this time, these dozens of Ming cavalry were only a few dozen zhang away from the camp of the Luzon army, and the sergeants of Luzon took out their bows and arrows one after another, aiming at the advancing Ming cavalry.

"Shoot the arrows! Hurry up and release the arrows! ”

The generals of Luzon shouted and ordered, but the Ming cavalry had long expected that they would have this move and prepared in advance.

This distance may already be very dangerous for ordinary people, but for these battle-hardened Ming cavalry, it is a very safe distance, they almost perfectly replicated the tactics of the Mongols, drawing a graceful crescent arc in front of the formation, and the arrows all fell a few steps behind the end of the world that seemed to be close at hand, but in fact far behind the end of the world.

And taking advantage of this gap, the Ming cavalry pulled the bow and arrows on the horse, although the range of the riding bow was shorter than that of the foot bow, but these Ming cavalry, with a bull horn strong bow, was very strong and heavy.

"Whew~~"

After being silent for half a breath, the Ming army led the hundred households raised their hands, and suddenly, the cavalry around him let go of their fingers, and in an instant, heavy arrows flew all over the sky, flying over with the sound of breaking the sky, relying on the strong arm strength of the cavalry, almost smoothed out the gap with the foot bow in the Luzon State Camp Village, and for a while, the wailing in the camp was endless.

These dozens of Ming cavalry stopped nearly a hundred paces away from the camp and joined up with their teammates who stayed in place, and then the entire cavalry slowly unfolded like a net, locking the camp firmly inside.

The faces of these Ming soldiers were full of indifference and slaughter, and the expression in their eyes was no longer human emotion, but more cruelty and coldness.

"Is this the cavalry of the Ming army?"

The eldest prince looked at the handsome and extraordinary horses, and couldn't help but marvel in his heart, these horses are carefully selected excellent breeds at a glance, not only the fur is shiny, but also the muscles are full and full, Luzon as an island country, there is no such fine horse breed at all, and the manners and movements can also be seen to have undergone strict training, and the killing aura exuded by those cavalry is even more eye-catching.

But he didn't show it on his face, but said very calmly: "It's a pity that the cavalry can't attack the fortifications." ”

However, what happened next was somewhat unexpected for him.

Faced with a camp of more than 20,000 people, the Ming army actually left a few hundred cavalry to watch, and the remaining 4,000 people swaggered around.

This time, it immediately blew up in the barracks.

They thought about many possibilities.

The Ming army retreated without a fight, the Ming army poisoned their water sources, and even the Ming army may rely on the superiority of artillery to forcibly attack the fortification.

But they never thought that the Ming army would be. Spare it.

A few crows in the sky were laughing at them, and the Ming army went around the side of the hilly camp as if they didn't exist.

But such a detour directly caused extremely huge disagreements within the Luzon army.

Because to the north, not only in the direction of the royal capital, but also in the direction of their supply lines.

To put it mildly, the old king could have died, or even better, but if their supply lines were broken, the big guy would have to starve to death.

But theoretically, the Ming army bypassed the camp of the Luzon army, and its own supply lines were also cut off.

This is also the reason why in the era of cold weapons, it is rare to bypass the fortified city in war.

It's not that the mind is stuffed with stones and has to pay a huge price to gnaw on, but that you can't expose the supply line to the enemy and continue to advance.

Zhang patrols Suiyang, that's the reason.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Liu Yilong Yuanjia's Northern Expedition failed, and was pushed back to the Yangtze River by Tuoba Tao, why did the Northern Wei Dynasty withdraw its troops after not holding out for long? The reason was not that they bypassed many fortified cities with the advantage of large cavalry clusters, but in the end, they could not maintain supplies by looting, and they went too far behind enemy lines, and the supply lines in the rear were often cut off.

When fighting a war, it is logistics that is fought.

But for the current Ming army, it is different, because they are small in number, which also means that there are fewer mouths that need to eat, and the supply pressure is small, and they occupy the initiative on the battlefield, and they are fighting in a foreign land, so they can easily rely on food for the enemy, at least the supply stations set up on the front of the Luzon people in the rear are enough for the Ming army for a while.

On the other hand, these Luzon people, the supply line has been cut off, more than 20,000 mouths have to eat, and the food carried by the army can last for a few days?

So can the Luzon people be like the Ming army because of food for the enemy?

No, it doesn't.

Because the Ming army can go north, if they don't want to fight with the Ming army, they can only go south, but the south is his mother's Manila!

Manila has a lot of food, but people have a complete fortification!

The Ming army went around to the north thirty miles and set up camp, and at the same time sent a small force to collect food, and the Luzon people were shrunken turtles for a few days, but with the reduction of food, the rationing system began in the military camp, but the food rationing system directly caused a violent internal contradiction, because of the 20,000 people, more than 10,000 people were the troops of the great prince, and there were several thousand people, who were gathered over.

It stands to reason that if a famous general leads the troops, then at this time, it is to rely on fair distribution, and even to be strict with oneself, well, it is the time to eat less and share the weal and woe with the soldiers, and then arouse everyone's common hatred and hatred to gather the morale of the army and try to fight in the field again.

However, there were no famous generals in Luzon, and at such a moment, the most real factional struggle was staged.

These defeated soldiers were already frightened by the Ming army, and they were treated unfairly, coupled with the fact that they were obviously numerically superior, but they always shrank in the camp, and even the shame of the snow was exhausted.

So the logical thing happened, and one night, the camp of the Luzon army had a camp roar.

The camp roar, that is, the bombing of the camp, the military camp is an authentic place of slaughter, these defeated generals are not full of food and clothing, and they live in fear, and the mental depression can be imagined, at this time the Luzon army, many people are on the verge of mental breakdown, no one knows how the camp roar happened this night, in fact, as long as there is a little wind and grass, it may be just a soldier's nightmare scream, which can detonate the hysterical madness in the camp, and the soldiers are completely and completely free from the shackles of strict military discipline and kill each other in chaos, After a night, the Luzon army's camp system was paralyzed on a large scale, a large number of dead and wounded wailed on the ground, and a considerable number of soldiers took advantage of the night and chaos to flee here.

This is not surprising, even the army of the eldest prince, in essence, is mainly slave soldiers, and in the face of the opportunity to be free, as long as there are not too many wives and daughters to worry about, normal people will make this choice.

And what the Ming army, which was not far away, was waiting for the Luzon people to mess up their positions and expose their flaws.

Since the cavalry of the Ming army always maintained a surveillance of the Luzon military camp, the Ming army was soon informed of the situation here, keenly captured the fighters, and quickly assembled troops and began to move south.

The distance of thirty miles is not far away, but it is not close, for the Ming army, that is, the work of a half-day march, at noon, it arrived at the camp of the Luzon army, and at this time the Luzon people had just completed the preliminary rectification in a hurry.

The Ming army buried the pot to cook, and after eating a full meal, it did not delay at all, and immediately began to attack the fortification.

It looks funny, but the fact is that the 4,000 Ming army launched an attack on the camp where there were still more than 10,000 people.

There were few light field guns carried by the Ming army, but at this time they were still full fire, covering the charge of the infantry.

The two armies soon began to engage in hand-to-hand combat, and the crisp sound of swords, guns, swords, and halberds colliding was endless.

Under the sudden pounce of the Ming army, the army of Luzon, which had just recovered from the roar of the camp, suddenly became a pot of porridge.

Although the army of Luzon has a large number of people, it is a big step behind the Ming army in terms of individual combat quality, not to mention, they are also at a disadvantage in firearms, so under the impact of the Ming army group, they were suddenly crushed by the front.

In fact, in such a war, the numerical superiority has lost its effect, and in a narrow area, no matter how many people there are, they cannot stop the dense phalanx of firearms from slaughtering bullets, and at most they can only rely on human shields to slow down the speed of some shots.

The artillery of the Ming army took advantage of this opportunity to bombard the camp wall of Luzon indiscriminately, razing the nearby troop transport channel to ruins.

"Fight back!"

The prince of Luzon, who was supervising the war, looked at the one-sided slaughter and was suddenly a little frightened.

In fact, his psychological endurance is quite good, otherwise, if he can't change his guts, he can't see such a scene, and he can't say that he would have fainted long ago.

With the order of the eldest prince, the troops of Luzon began to counterattack, but the strength of their counterattack was too weak, and almost as soon as they emerged, they were met with a head-on attack from the Ming army.

These Luzon soldiers, in this situation, were completely helpless.

The people in front retreated and tried to escape, but the people were crowded, and they had no way to escape, and they were followed by the pursuers of the Ming army behind their butts.

"Whoosh!"

A sharp arrow burst through the air and nailed to the wall less than a foot away from the Luzon generals, and the shaft of the arrow sank deep into the thick plank, which made the heart of the general who was directing the soldiers to charge forward.

And this is just a microcosm of the battlefield, the Ming army in the power of firearms, the accuracy of the bow and crossbow, the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers, the ability to organize and cooperate, etc., are almost overwhelming, the Ming army of more than 4,000 people, in one breath to collapse almost all the sub-villages under the hills, before stopping.

Moreover, the small Ming army did not have any intention of accepting prisoners, which made a sense of despair rise in the hearts of the natives of Luzon who had originally planned to surrender.

This despair quickly spread and finally reached the hearts of every Luzon soldier, making them even more emboldened.

Sometimes war is like this, when dealing with an enemy whose will to fight is far inferior to one's own, the cruelty to the enemy will not only not arouse the heart of resistance, but will make the cowardly more and more timid, and even lose the will to fight in the face of cruel scenes.

"Ahh......hh

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

For a while, the sound of wails and roars kept spreading throughout the battlefield, and the thick blood mist, mixed with stumps and broken arms, was constantly fluttering on the battlefield, and the rich smell of blood was suffocating.

Under a fierce impact, the soldiers of the Ming army finally broke through the enemy's defense line under the hills, and then drove straight in, directly slashing and killing the soldiers of Luzon, in this atmosphere of slaughter, the Ming army seemed to incarnate a bloodthirsty demon, frantically harvesting human lives.

The eldest prince who watched the battle in the stands witnessed everything that happened in front of him, his face was pale, but he still gritted his teeth and insisted on his decision, he had to stay calm, he had to stabilize the morale of the army, once the coach panicked, he lost not only a matter of face, but also morale, which was very unfavorable for the next war.

But in many cases, war is not about the addition or subtraction of numbers, but about the morale of one or the other.

The Luzon army began a large-scale collapse, and the Ming army let these routs go, and rushed directly to the main village on the hills.

Between the swords, swords, and shadows, accompanied by the flying of flesh and blood, screams and moans, one after another.

"Poof."

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

The guns of the Ming army's gunners drew beautiful arcs in the air, taking the life of a Luzon soldier.

The Ming infantry's swarm assault was also highly efficient, stabbing spears into the enemy's body, picking up corpses one by one, and finally throwing them on the ground, leaving behind a pile of bloody corpses.

"Quick! Run."

At this moment, even the most descendant troops of the eldest prince finally clearly realized the opponent in front of them, the opponent was not a person, but a group of fierce, brutal, bloodthirsty wolves, they began to flee frantically, wanting to get rid of the pursuit of this group of wolves, but unfortunately these fleeing natives were soon caught up by the Ming army, under the cutting of the Ming infantry soldiers, these Luzon soldiers who tried to escape, fell to the ground one by one and died.

After paying a certain number of casualties, the Ming army occupied an absolutely superior force, successfully broke through the enemy's outer formation, and then swarmed into the main camp of Luzon.

Swords and swords, flesh and blood flying.

After a brief encounter, the Ming army gained the upper hand, and these remaining enemies fought back and tried to drive the Ming army down, but the outcome remained unchanged.

The Ming army, which has already played with momentum, is too powerful, and they have absolute strength to crush the enemy.

After only half an hour, these enemies had completely lost any organized resistance, except for a few small minions who resisted sporadically, the rest of the people were basically slaughtered, and only the soldiers of Luzon were left groaning in pain on the ground, and then they were stabbed.

And the eldest prince of Luzon, when he hesitated whether to commit suicide, was directly captured and tied up in front of Zhu Youjiao and other Ming generals.

Although he didn't want to admit it, the facts were in front of them, and Luzon completely lost.

The general of the Ming army, who was watching the battle, said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I've encountered such a weak enemy, it's really disappointing." ”

A thousand households said: "The last general feels very happy, damn it!" It's like looking for death. ”

Zhu Youjia looked at the captured prince for a moment, thought for a while, and said: "First go and report to the eunuch of Sanbao and tell him that the enemy is unwilling to surrender, so we have defeated all the enemies who have come to attack, there are too many prisoners, and they are all over the mountains and fields, and they can't be caught, so we ask for reinforcements to help take care of the prisoners." ”

When the Ming army achieved a brilliant victory, the rest seemed to become a matter of course.

The king of Luzon was forced to sign the alliance under the city, signed the "Ming-Lu Friendship Trade and Navigation Contract", unconditionally paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and officially ceded the port of Manila to the Ming Dynasty, and it is worth mentioning that the prince of Luzon was also brought to the Ming Dynasty as a student of the country's eunuch.

(End of chapter)