"It catches fire? Where did it catch fire?" Zheng Xing Yigulu got up from the camp bed, "Explanation, where did the fire catch?"
"Master, there is a fire in the Spanish fort." This time the soldiers said clearly enough.
"Spain? Go and take a look outside." Zheng Xing rushed out of the big tent without wearing his military uniform. Sure enough, he saw the flames blazing into the sky in the Spanish fort, and there was a faint chaotic noise.
It's not like an accidental fire at all.
"Inform the troops immediately, get up quickly and attack the Spanish siege. The Spanish may have civil strife." Although the cause of the fire was not known yet, Zheng Xing immediately judged that this was the best chance to break the siege.
The soldiers who had fallen asleep were immediately awakened by the bugles. They crawled out of the hot bed, put on their clothes three times, grabbed the flintlocks and charged out of the big tent, and they didn't even have time to wipe the feces on the corners of their eyes.
In less than half a stick of incense, the soldiers were all ready.
"Immediately attack the fort, the Spaniards have a civil strife." Zheng Xing is not worried that it is the trick of the Spaniards. There are hundreds of people, as long as his army enters the fort, half a stick of incense, and at most one stick of incense, will be able to do so. Eliminate them completely.
Seeing the fire in the fort, the soldiers of the Ming Army thought that Zheng Xing sent people to set the fire. Since the Spaniards are in a sea of flames, there is no reason not to take the opportunity to destroy them.
The soldiers of the Marine Corps quickly rushed to the surrounding fort, flintlocked bullets, clearing the way for the Ming army in front.
Sure enough, chaos in the fort was not a trick by the Spaniards at all, but the Han miners in the besieged fort, who secretly lit a fire while the Spaniards were unprepared.
In the face of the ravages of Vulcan, the Spaniards had no intention of thinking about the Ming army. They were doing their best to put out the fire. Hearing the sound of flintlock guns, they were forced to separate some soldiers to resist the Ming army.
The fire could not be extinguished for a while, and the Ming army attacked from the darkness.
The firelight pointed out the target for the Ming army's flintlock.
The Ming army seemed to have been beaten with duck blood. They didn't use any bunkers at all. They rushed directly to the outer earth wall, and then used the earth wall as the cover to shoot at the Spaniards who were extinguishing the fire.
The gunshots of the Ming army were much denser than in the afternoon, and they rushed towards the fort from all directions in the west.
There was an unquenchable fire inside and continuous gunfire outside.
More importantly, when the Spanish were fighting the fire, the Ming army had already fallen outside the earth wall of the fort. Like the Spanish soldiers, they already had a solid bunker.
Seeing no hope of breaking through the siege, the Spaniard had to put down his musket and surrendered.
In the huge flames, the Spanish soldiers were dejected, and their blue eyeballs emitted a deep green light, like the eyes of a wolf, but at this moment, they were wild wolves in a cage.
This time Zheng Xing did not massacre the captured Spaniards. After paying their guns, he directly handed these Spaniards to the local indigenous people to guard.
The indigenous people are usually bullied by the Spaniards. During the day, the Spaniards forced them to serve as cannon fodder on the Ming army’s positions. I don’t know who started the head. The indigenous people rushed in and quickly tore these Spaniards into pieces. Fragments, mutilated bodies, were thrown into the fire and burned overnight.
After dawn, the soldiers of the Marine Corps began to pack the fort and clear the battlefield.
According to Li Tong’s suggestion, Zheng Xing took over the two gold mines, and Chen Hui drew out a regiment of soldiers to garrison, and transferred most of the soldiers in Banggui and Vigan to the gold mines, leaving one in each of the two cities. A hundred soldiers.
The Han people in the mine told Zheng Xing that in the southeast, on the west bank of the upper reaches of the Tara River, there is a mountain city called Baguio. There is also a gold mine near Baguio. There are also many Han miners in the gold mine.
"There is still a gold mine?" Zheng Xing muttered softly, and he discussed with Li Tong: "Can you send someone into the mining area first and secretly remove the Han people from the mine?"
Li Tong wondered: "Master, if the Hans are moved away, if the Spaniards find out, will they be prepared to defend? Then it will increase the difficulty of attacking?"
Zheng Xing shook his head: "These places only have simple fortifications. Even the Spaniards are ready. We are not afraid. However, there are no Han people in the mines. When the Ming army attacked the mines, they didn't need to throw rat restraints. The casualties would be reduced. "
"Oh," Li Tong understood, Zheng Xing was for the safety of Han miners, "Master, I can try."
"Counsel Li, is it difficult?" Zheng Xing is unfamiliar with the local environment and wonders whether these Han people can be removed.
Li Tong thought for a while, knowing that it would be difficult to persuade this time. The Han people may not believe him, "Master, the difficulty is definitely there. I will bring a few miners who have relatives or acquaintances in the Baguio Gold Mine. This is a success. The chances are bigger."
"Okay, you choose by yourself," Zheng Xing waved his hand and made a casual posture. "However, when Staff Li went to the Baguio Gold Mine, he tried his best to draw a nearby map. When the army attacked the gold mine, it was good. To rely on."
"Okay, Master, I will try my best. As long as the Han people are willing to leave the gold mine, there must be people familiar with the nearby terrain." Li Tong is not worried about this. "Master, there are thousands of miners in the mine, and they agree. Leave, avoid the eyes and ears of the Spaniards. I'm afraid it won't work for a while. Please give me three days."
"Well, I'll wait for you for three days. After three days, no matter what the outcome is, you will leave the gold mine. Those who really don't want to leave, let them go." Zheng Xing cannot wait indefinitely. And the longer the time, the easier it is to expose the Ming army's target.
"Master, I will come back three days later." Li Tong took a few miners and left Zheng Xing for the Baguio Gold Mine.
During the waiting few days, Zheng Xing contacted Yang Geng once, and he wanted to see where Yang Geng reached.
Who knew that Yang Geng had already reached Baler, faster than Zheng Xing.
Zheng Xing is puzzled: It is reasonable to say that the east coast of Luzon Island faces the Pacific Ocean. It has been eroded by wind and waves for a long time. The coastline will be more tortuous. Yang Geng's marching route will be longer. How could he go faster
It turned out that most of the Spanish strongholds were on the trade routes on the west coast. There were neither strongholds nor garrisons on the east coast. Only the Rajap Iron Mine at the foot of Mount Pulag had a small number of garrisons, so Yang Geng’s marching speed Faster than Zheng Xing.
Hearing such a message, Zheng Xing was very anxious, but he has promised to give Li Tong three days. Li Tong is definitely persuading the miners to leave. If he launches an attack rashly in advance, not only will Li Tong’s efforts be wasted, or there will be more His life was in danger, so he had to wait.
Three days later, Li Tong returned, and there were more than 800 Han miners who came back with Li Tong.
"Counsel Li, it's hard work. The Han people evacuated the gold mine. When the Marines attacked, they would be more comfortable." Zheng Xing was not disappointed. During the three days, he did not wait in vain.
"Master, most of the Han people in the gold mine have been brought out, and a small number of Han people are not willing to evacuate, so don't care about them." Li Tong regrets the Han people who refuse to evacuate. People die for money and are the result of excessive greed. Pay the price of life.
"Yeah." Zheng Xing will not miss the opportunity for these Han Chinese and increase the casualties of the Marine Corps. It has given you a chance. If you didn't catch it, it was your own low life and you couldn't blame others.
Zheng Xing and Chen Hui then led an army to surround the Baguio Gold Mine.
This time, the Ming army cleared the way with a grenade. The Spanish soldiers were hiding behind the fortifications, and it was difficult to avoid the shock wave and broken shrapnel released when the grenade exploded. The Ming army relied on the advantage of the number of people, regardless of priority, and attacked from all directions. .
Most of the Han people have been withdrawn. The safety of the indigenous people does not need Zheng Xing’s concern. What he wants is to wipe out the Spanish. If the indigenous people insist on staying with the Spanish, it’s your fault. Who made you stand in the Ming army? The opposite of
When the casualties of the Spanish soldiers reached 30%, the Ming army had already breached the earthen wall outside the siege, and the two sides began to fight at close range.
The Ming soldiers who broke into the besieged fort from all directions began to encircle and annihilate the Spanish soldiers. In the face of the powerful offensive of the Ming army, the Spanish soldiers fought individually, while the Ming army was like a stone crusher, advancing as a whole.
When a Spanish soldier relied on the cover of an earthen wall and fought fiercely with the Ming army in front, his side, or behind, would often be attacked by the Ming army's flintlock rifle.
In less than half a day, three hundred Spanish soldiers were wiped out. They did not want to surrender, but had no chance of surrender. Because they were divided and surrounded by the Ming army, the Spanish soldiers often had not had time to raise the white flag before they were overthrown by several of the Ming army's flintlock guns.
Zheng Xing sent soldiers to take over the gold mine and set off on the road to the south.
Strangely, before arriving in Manila, Zheng Xing never saw Spanish soldiers again.
It turned out that the Spanish governor of Manila, Tabola, discovered that the Ming army was sweeping the Spanish strongholds on Luzon Island with the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, so they had to concentrate the nearby troops in Manila, even the gateway to the north of Manila. Gave up.
In the current city of Manila, there are four to five thousand Spanish soldiers. Each city gate has eight artillery. Tabola will fight the Ming army in Manila.
Although Tabola is the governor of Spain in Manila, he is not stationed in Manila, but in the Americas.
The Governor of Manila is concurrently served by the Governor of Spain in the Americas. The Americas are now full of silver and rich. Therefore, the Governor of Manila is generally stationed in the more affluent America.
This time, Tabora accompanied the Spanish American fleet across the Pacific and came to the Southern Ryukyu Islands. The fleet brought a large amount of silver, ready to buy porcelain, tea, textiles, etc. from the East, and then sell it back to the country for huge profits.
I don't want Ming to be attacking Luzon, because he is also the governor of Manila. At this critical time, he cannot leave anyway. He must stay in Manila and command the Spanish army to fight the Ming army.
Zheng Xing’s West Route Army and Yang Geng’s East Route Army arrived at the end of Manila almost at the same time. More than 25,000 Marine Corps soldiers immediately surrounded Manila City from all sides. Zheng Xing never thought of "surrounding three and one." , He is not going to defeat, but to wipe out the Spanish army.