After the naval battle, the land battle began, the tiger guards walked through the dense woods and mountains, while the army of Ma Yi continued to hide in the rain forest to harass, and the Hu Wei water division Bu Yong finally met the casualties, these Ma Yi army used jungle tactics are very evil, often catch the tiger guards by surprise.

They set traps in the jungle, attacked the tiger guards with poisoned arrows, drove away wild beasts and poisonous snakes to hinder the march of the tiger guards, and caught up with the rainy day, the heavy rain poured the clothes and equipment on the people's clothes and equipment were all wet, and even the ammunition was damp and malfunctioned.

The road to the city of Apari was so difficult because Mali ordered the army to destroy the road, and he retreated to the city of Apari with his land army, and Magar took the opportunity to join in, and they continued to recruit many local princely soldiers to trap Xiao Ming's army through this large area of pristine rainforest.

But Xiao Ming did not only start the march from one side, he adopted the strategy of dividing the troops into two routes, he led three regiments of the Tiger Guard Naval Division to walk bravely from the land, and let Ji Tong lead the naval division warships to bypass the Bass Strait from Balintang to the city of Apari, and the naval division brought twenty warships this time due to the shortage of coal.

Although the city of Apari is connected to the sea, there is only an Apari waterway, which was built by the Luzon people in order to resist foreign enemies, using cast iron iron pillars to connect the thick iron chains at the mouth of the bowl to block the sea, a total of three, there are above and below the water, and three sluices are set up on the waterway, and troops are sent to guard it, and only when their own ships pass, the iron sluice will be opened to carry the high-speed iron chain!

This was obviously a relatively insurmountable battle, and there was a small castle behind the waterway to garrison troops, and after Mag took control of the Luzon Kingdom, he valued the setting here even more, and turned it into a base for his pirates.

This is undoubtedly a difficult problem in front of Ji Tong, how to solve it makes him brainless, but Xiao Ming doesn't know these things, he is also facing a thorny problem, that is, Huwei is not familiar with the environment of this tropical rainforest, coupled with the attack of Ma Yijun and mosquitoes, many people are sick, and such a disease cannot be treated by the medical staff of the army.

Whether to retreat or continue to go north, Xiao Ming felt that it was quite difficult to decide, since five days after entering the island of Luzon, the Tiger Guards arrived at Baguio, the second largest city on the island! It was once the capital of several dynasties on the island of Luzon, but now it is devastated, and the center of control in the state of Quercus has moved south, causing him to completely abandon Baguio.

However, the population and agricultural production here have always been very strong, due to the decay of various buildings, so Baguio is very scarce, Xiao Ming decided to rest here, on the one hand, to find the local people of Langzhong, to treat the tiger guards, on the other hand, to find a guide who is familiar with the terrain, it is best to find a shortcut to the city of Apari.

If you want to please the locals, Xiao Ming still has some methods, that is, to ask the army not to intrude on the local residents, and even help them build houses, dig water canals, and smooth the roads in the city.

This is a typical set of lenient policies, but soon achieved results, the local people are very grateful to the Tiger Guards, not only sent food, fruits, good medicines, but also by the local doctor to take the initiative to treat the Tiger Guards to treat diseases, because Ma Ge has repeatedly harmed the people here, when Xiao Ming indicated that he was going to attack Ma Ge, soon a few hunters and guides who were familiar with the road came to sign up, to lead the way for the Tiger Guards.

With a guide to lead the way, it is easy to do, not only can you avoid harassing enemy troops, but you can also take a shortcut, and even outflank and annihilate the army on the road in Maquesa State! After resting for a few days, Xiao Ming decided to set off for Apari City, and this time he must completely solve the hidden danger of pirates that threatened the South China Sea of the Great Song Dynasty.

The troops then began the arduous trek, because it was expected that the original rainforest geography was difficult to travel, so this time they did not carry heavy artillery, even small-caliber infantry guns, but brought enough mortars, although it was also lightly armed, because the mortars carried a lot of ammunition, so it was still very difficult.

Xiao Ming had to hire a lot of mules and horses to transport ammunition locally, but the roads in the rainforest were rugged and difficult, and the mules and horses were also difficult to walk, so there was no way, so the tiger guards had to draw their sabers, follow the guide's example, and constantly cut down the surrounding vines and branches, and then pounced on the ground as the road, and walked hard along the way.

It took only three days for the guide to arrive in the northern city of Apari on a hunting trail through a valley and half up the mountains, and the army of Macasa was not seen harassing them on the way, and when they reached the outskirts of Apari they were relieved.

After the crowd arrived at the city of Apari, they quickly formed according to the battle plan, and the team that moved out of the attack also served as scouts, they found a high slope, raised the hot air balloon into the sky, and then observed the movement of the entire city of Apari.

I saw that this city was very huge, all of it was built using reefs by the sea, and it had been built into a castle-like stronghold by Ma Ge, such a huge city, even if it used cannons, it might not necessarily gnaw down his city walls for a while, not to mention that Xiao Ming didn't bring cannons this time.

However, the observer found a strange phenomenon, that is, there was smoke rising from the side of the sea near the city of Apari, and the guards in the city seemed to be very flustered, and after he told Xiao Ming this information, Xiao Ming also climbed the high slope and scooped the telescope to observe, as the observer said, where the smoke was billowing in the city near the sea, there was even an explosion sound.

Xiao Ming pondered for a moment and immediately understood, it must be some progress made by Ji Tong's side, and now it may be attacking the north gate of Apari City, and the explosion is the sound of shelling! Since this is the case, Xiao Ming's side must cooperate with him, and Apari will be broken under the two pinching blows.

Xiao Ming ordered all the troops to drive to the west gate of the city, and made a siege posture, the defenders of the city saw that Xiao Ming's brigade was killed, and immediately panicked, and they went to the city to defend, Xiao Ming saw a large number of archers standing on the city wall, but this is nothing more than a natural target for the tiger guards!

So the platoon and each company all lined up in formation, raised their guns to aim, with an order, the guns rang out like bursting beans, the guards on the city fell down the city like dumplings, and the frightened guards all shrunk their necks and hid within the city wall and did not dare to show their heads, at such a distance, the bow and arrow could not shoot the tiger guard, but the rifle could reach the range.

But for such an army that hid and did not dare to show its head, the tiger guards didn't know what to do, but Xiao Ming was scared to death, and ordered all the dozen or so hot air balloons carried this time to rise, and then loaded three people inside, crossed the city wall through the hot air balloon, relied on the power of grenades and grenades to blow up a landing field, and then carried out a surprise attack on the city gate.

This kind of operation is to play with life, Xiao Ming's order is to choose the daredevils, but the deputy commander of the second regiment, Xing Wuxiang, took the lead in selecting twenty-nine soldiers to carry out this operation with him, and under the stunned eyes of everyone, these people quickly boarded the basket under the hot air balloon!

Xiao Ming didn't say a word, his lips were pursed, and finally when the hot air balloon was about to take off, he suddenly stopped, then walked over to look at the people in Xing Wuxiang, and after nodding, he ordered loudly: "Wine!" So his subordinates gave each of these soldiers a bowl of wine, and Xiao Ming raised the bowl above his head and said loudly: "Strong! Warrior! ”

Xing Wuxiang and the others drank all the wine in the bowl and laughed: "Happy! Sons, kill thieves with me! ”

Xiao Ming saw these hot air balloons rise into the air, drifting towards the city wall, and slowly crossed the city wall into the city, the soldiers guarding the city were shocked to see such a monster, but when they saw that there were tiger guards in the hanging basket under the balloons, they immediately shouted and shot arrows to prevent the tiger guards from landing......

So the explosions at the city gate continued to sound, and occasionally there were sporadic gunshots, Xiao Ming ordered the mortars to raise the angle to shell the city wall to deal with the tiger guards in the city, and the explosions inside and outside the west gate of the entire Apari City became one! After waiting for a while, suddenly there was a loud bang, and one of the bombed gates of the West Gate flew out, and the city of Apari was broken!

The tiger guards outside swarmed in, quickly seized all the points of the city gate, killed the defenders who dared to resist, and Xiao Ming sent a regiment of soldiers to quickly rush towards the south gate and seize the city gate, while the city of Apari only has three city gates in the north and southwest, and the east city gate is on the cliff by the sea, there is no city gate at all, Xiao Ming wants to catch turtles in the urn!

The battle went very smoothly, Xing Wuxiang and other thirty people who broke into the city gate first lost five people, all of whom were killed by random arrows, Xing Wuxiang also suffered an arrow wound in the left shoulder, Xiao Ming personally took off his cloak and tied it for him, and ordered the military doctor to quickly check whether he had been hit by a poisoned arrow, and then organize manpower to restrain the sacrificed tiger guard!

Along the way, from the beginning of the road, coupled with injuries and harassment from the enemy, the number of Tiger Guards has been reduced to hundreds! This is something that Xiao Ming has never done since he established the Tiger Guard, he couldn't help but be very annoyed, and ordered the guards around him: "When you see the other party's senior generals and members of the kingdom, no matter who they are, they will all be killed on the spot, and those who surrender will also be shot on the spot!" ”

Really executed this order, but it was not just a matter of killing any high-level generals, the tiger guards below were red-eyed due to Xiao Ming's acquiescence, and the slaughter began to spread from the two city gates, and pushed towards the inner city, and for a while, the corpses of the entire Apari city were all over the field and blood flowed like a river!

……

Xiao Ming relied on the hot air balloon to make a move from the sky, and immediately broke through Apari City, and Ji Tong at the north gate used a more strange way to break through the Apari Waterway, which was a secret weapon carried by the fleet, speaking of which, Xiao Ming also had to thank the fog hidden thunder, this secret weapon was a modified submarine!

The submarine that was captured at the beginning was put into the shipbuilding base in Weihai for study, although the submarine made of bamboo, wood and leather was relatively rough, but it happened to have a unique idea and could be used in actual combat, so the shipyard craftsmen dissected it one by one, and tried to use other parts to make one.

After nearly a year of development and transformation, a monster made of double-layer iron sheet was born, this submarine still uses a large number of bamboo and wood structure, but the keel is made of steel, and the outside is made of two layers of hull, it is an authentic steel monster, and the practicality is very ideal after the test is launched, so Xiao Ming's southern expedition also brought it.

Not only did such an underwater monster sneak into the Apari waterway, but without even alerting the defenders behind it, it landed behind the lock, and then scooped down the lock in one fell swoop, and Ji Tong's fleet drove straight in, shelling all the ships docked outside the north gate, destroying them all in a fire.

At this point, the entire battle of Apari City is complete! However, Xiao Ming's massacre of the entire Ma Lisa Bang and Ma Ge is still ongoing......