The boundless night enveloped the city of Santo Domingo, covering up all the sins in the city, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.
The Ming army sent the Spaniard's corpse in a trolley to the transport ship in the port. The transport ship left the dock overnight and went to the open sea. It threw the scarred corpse into the sea, which is estimated to be a shark delicacy.
Zheng Zhilong spent the night on a ship, and Zheng Xing had also set up a camp outside the city of Santo Domingo early. Only Jinhui spent a sinful night in the city.
The fleet stopped for two days in the port of Santo Domingo. Early on the third morning, it began to drive northeast along the coast of Taiwan. After crossing the northernmost turning point, the fleet moved southeast. Zheng Xing’s Marine Corps also followed suit. The city of San Salvador to the east.
Zheng Xing felt that it was a pity that Gehrman died. If Gehrman is still alive, it is entirely possible for Coleman to surrender the Spaniards in San Salvador.
Zheng Zhilong doesn’t think so. In the 31st year of Wanli (AD 1603), Spain slaughtered tens of thousands of Han people in the Southern Ryukyu Islands. He was not ready to accept the Spanish surrender. The sins Spain imposed on the Han people are now beginning to be returned. It's time.
The more than 20 Spanish soldiers who surrendered at the port of Santo Domingo need to get some Spanish messages from them for the time being, otherwise, they would have been slaughtered by Zheng Zhilong long ago.
Approaching noon, the Marines first came to the city of San Salvador, and soon the fleet also came to the port outside the city.
Although the city of San Salvador was established earlier than the city of Santo Domingo, it is located on the east coast of Taiwan, far away from the trade routes of Taiwan’s west coast. Therefore, neither the area of the castle nor the nearby population can compare to the city of Santo Domingo. In the city of Domingo, there are no ships in the port, only a few merchant ships full of cargo are temporarily anchored. I don't know if they are preparing to unload the cargo or prepare for a long voyage.
However, the result was the same. After the South China Sea Fleet arrived at the port, the first thing was to capture these fully loaded merchant ships.
The Spanish merchant soldiers outside the city saw a large number of unidentified troops. They fled into the city of San Salvador. Even the Han and indigenous people working outside the city followed Spain and swarmed into the city.
Zheng Xing came a step late, and did not catch up with the people who entered the city, so he had to surround the city of San Salvador.
This time, Zheng Zhilong will personally direct the siege.
In this period of naval battles, except for the first time with the Dutch for a long time, the South China Sea Fleet never found a worthy opponent. Zheng Zhilong was very upset. The commander of the Daming South China Sea Fleet, who came from a pirate and came from a rain of bullets, was the first. He sighed again and again that the fleet was too strong, and he lost the pleasure of killing the enemy face to face. It was indeed not human for Dugu to seek defeat.
However, Zheng Zhilong soon discovered that unpleasant things followed one after another.
Facing a large number of besieged Ming troops, the chief of San Salvador Alcarasso's brows were frowned long ago. He didn't know the Ming Army's sun and moon flag, so he couldn't figure out which immortal it was.
But there were too many people in the besieged city, Alcarasso began to think that this was the indigenous people. He sent a team of fifty soldiers out of the west gate to inquire and challenge.
The Ming army gave up a wide passage to lead the Spanish soldiers to an area away from the city gate.
When the Spanish soldiers entered the range of the flintlocks, the Ming army began to shoot before the questioning began. Before the shooting was over, more than forty Spanish soldiers had fallen. The remaining six or seven soldiers saw that the momentum was wrong. Sayazi quickly ran back, but the defenders at the head of the city were worried that the Ming army would take the opportunity to attack Champa. They closed the city gate and let these Spanish soldiers fend for themselves.
The Ming army chased down to the city and shot the fish that slipped through the net.
Zheng Zhilong felt strange: "These Spanish soldiers obviously have muskets in their hands, why didn't they fire a few shots? Are they scared?"
"Commander, maybe their muskets have insufficient range."
"Oh," Zheng Zhilong nodded, "it should be for this reason, otherwise, when they had fifty people, they didn't shoot."
The Ming army drew out a knives and began to reap the wounded Spanish soldiers.
"The devil, really the devil, kills even the wounded." Alcarasso was right in the city. He could do nothing but abuse, but the more he abused, the more fearful the soldiers around him. Everyone knows if there is any. In order to defeat the army outside the city, Alcarasso must use a musket instead of verbal abuse.
"I took a few captured Spanish soldiers and asked them to shout to the city. If the Spanish in the city don't surrender immediately, we will slaughter the city after we break the city." Zheng Zhilong didn't believe it. He just lost fifty soldiers. Alcalaso will surrender. If Alcalaso refuses to surrender, the Ming army will attack the city with artillery. Once the city is broken, he will fulfill his promise.
Several Spanish soldiers were escorted by the Ming army. Under the supervision of an interpreter, they began to shout to the city.
Zheng Zhilong didn't know what they were shouting to the city. He just acted. Once the city refused to surrender, he would attack the city. After breaking the city, he could avenge the Han people in the Southern Ryukyu Islands.
"Commander, the white flag has been raised on the city."
Zheng Zhilong was thinking about how many artillery he would bring. Suddenly there was a sound in his ears that he did not want to hear. He turned to look at the city head, and a huge white flag was shot on the city head, as if he had been ready for a long time. Yes, otherwise it will happen for a while, where can you find such a large piece of white cloth
"White flag? Are the Spaniards really going to surrender?"
"Commander, since it is a white flag, they should be ready to surrender."
Zheng Zhilong still couldn't believe his eyes. How long had it been before the Ming army had begun to attack the city. "What did the Spanish prisoners say to the city?"
"Military seat, the Spanish prisoners of war said that they were soldiers in the port of Santo Domingo. They were able to save their lives because they surrendered to the Ming army. However, the soldiers in Santo Domingo refused to surrender. All killed."
"No wonder..." Zheng Zhilong regretted, "These Spaniards, who are greedy for life and fear of death, shouldn't have let prisoners of war persuade them to surrender.
"Commander..."
"Tell the prisoners of war, let them continue to shout to the city, and let Alcarasso go out of the city and surrender immediately." Zheng Zhilong was so angry that he slammed his command knife on the ground.
"Yes, Commander."
The messenger returned soon, "Commander, Arka asked the prisoners of war to pass a message. He wanted the commander to ensure their safety before he was willing to leave the city and surrender."
"Guaranteed?" Zheng Zhilong snorted. He had a faint expectation. It would be better for Alcarasso to refuse to surrender. ."
"Yes, Commander."
After the missionary soldiers left, Zheng Zhilong kept staring at the top of the city. He secretly prayed: Tathagata Buddha bless, Alcarasso will become angry from embarrassment, don't surrender!
But Zheng Zhilong was disappointed. He was not a devout Buddhist, and the Buddha did not bless him.
Alcalaso seemed to be frightened by the Ming army. The Spanish prisoners of war had just heard Zheng Zhilong's toughest and most unreasonable request, and he asked his soldiers to open the West Gate.
The Spanish soldiers lined up, leaving the city one by one from the West Gate, and out of the gate. They did not forget to pile the muskets in their hands and the short knives around their waists on the open space of the West Gate, and even the meat-sharpening knifes were still there Knives and guns piled up.
Alcalaso limped and followed the Spanish soldier, not knowing whether his legs were frightened or he was a crippled man.
Zheng Zhilong counted it, and only forty-eight people. "No wonder Alcarasso is so good and so few people. Where did the domineering Spanish fleet in the past go?"
No one can answer Zheng Zhilong's question.
Alcarasso lowered his head, held his commanding knife in both hands, and prepared to hand it over to Zheng Zhilong.
However, Zheng Zhilong held his head with his hands back and stared at the empty city head not far away. It seemed that he had not found this sabre symbolizing the highest power of San Salvador.
"Commander..." Zheng Xing thought Zheng Zhilong really didn't see it.
Zheng Zhilong didn't speak, he waved his hand and asked Zheng Xing to pick up the knife.
Zheng Xing took Alcarasso's sabre, and then ordered the soldiers to tie up Alcalaso. The Spanish soldiers who accompanied Alcalaso out of the city were all tied up by the Ming army.
The Ming army escorted the Spanish troops into the city from the west gate in a swaggering manner.
After entering the city, Zheng Zhilong discovered that there were still Spaniards in the city. "Why didn't all the Spaniards surrender? Shoot these Spaniards who refuse to surrender."
"Bang, bang, bang."
The soldiers of the Marine Corps don't care who they are. Since the commander has given the order, they just shoot.
The Spaniards fell one by one in surprise. They didn't understand until they died. They had surrendered. Why did the Ming army shoot them.
Alcarasso, who followed the Ming army into the city, also had his eyes rounded. He loudly protested to Zheng Zhilong: "They are businessmen, not the army, civilians, how can you slaughter civilians?"
Since the massacre of civilians had already been known to Alcarasso, Zheng Zhilong decided not to let it spread, and he winked at Zheng Xing.
Zheng Xing understood, he raised the flintlock in his hand and pointed it at Alcarasso's forehead.
Alcarasso was shocked. He was still roaring just now, as if he had been hit by a flintlock gun, and he kept silent immediately.
It was late, he knew what he shouldn't know, and said what he shouldn't say, although he didn't even know the reason why he was sentenced to death by Zheng Zhilong.
"boom."
The flintlock bullet hit Alcarasso's eyebrows and penetrated into the skull.
A plume of blood, like a fountain, shot straight from Alcarasso's brows, spraying Zheng Xing in front of him.
Zheng Xing wiped the plasma from his face with his hand, and he smiled at Alcarasso who was still standing.
Alcarasso's mouth twitched, as if he was about to scold him, but he was too excited, his eyes suddenly lost, and his body tilted and fell into Zheng Xing's sight.
The dozens of Spanish merchants remaining in the city were taken into a spacious room. Zheng Zhilong personally interrogated them, such as the location of the gold and silver vaults, valuable treasures, the situation of Spanish troops in Nanyang, etc., but they were just ordinary merchants. Did not provide valuable clues.
Zheng Zhilong waved his hand, and Ming army soldiers dragged them to the corner outside the house and slaughtered them one by one.
The Spanish prisoners of war captured in the port of Santo Domingo were useless, and they were all massacred.
Zheng Zhilong still hates it: "I killed hundreds of Spaniards, which is still far away from tens of thousands. Besides, if you kill me tens of thousands of Han, I will repay it a hundred times, a thousand times.