The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 105
Think about future generations, whether it is earthquakes, flood fighting, emergency rescue, epidemic fighting, or anything else.

How many people can feel at ease from the bottom of their hearts by saying that the army rabbit is coming? !
That's what an army should really look like!
This is the image that the army should have in the hearts of the people!

The goal is lofty and the road is tortuous, but he must work hard for it and remain determined!

……

The Restoration Army helped the refugees on the spot, rested for a day, and then continued to advance towards San Fernando.

In order to prevent the army from being dragged down by the refugees during the march, Zhu Hongyu did not allow the refugees to accompany the army.

Instead, some food was left for the refugees, as well as a temporary camp built by the Liberation Army.

Let the refugees continue to repair in place!
After the army conquered the bastion of San Fernando and avenged the nearly [-] Chinese killed in the San Fernando tragedy, and freed up their hands, the refugees were resettled.

Arrange for them to return home, or arrange for them to earn a living, or recruit soldiers from them, etc.!

Without the drag of the refugees, the marching speed of the Liberation Army was very fast.

In just half a day, they arrived near San Fernando.

All the villages, manors, and towns that the army passed along the way were dilapidated and rarely populated.

But it was not done by the Liberation Army!

It was the Spaniard's defender in San Fernando. In response to the attack of the Liberation Army, he played a solid wall and cleared the field.

All the population, food, supplies, etc. in the wild were moved into the bastion.

I don't know if it has any effect, but it made Zhu Hongyu sick enough!
Fortunately, the Restoration Army is now fighting in Luzon Island. Luzon Island, which is three crops a year, will not be short of food if it lacks anything.

Otherwise, Duowa's move to fortify the wall and clear the country may really cause troubles for the Liberation Army!
In the afternoon of the same day, the Liberation Army advanced to the outskirts of the San Fernando bastion.

Zhu Hongyu ordered the Liberation Army to camp in place and arrange defense. He personally led people out of the camp to investigate the bastion of San Fernando.

Looking at the towering bastion in the distance, Zhu Hongyu didn't show it on his face, but the killing intent in his heart was already out of control.

The setting sun was mixed with the evening wind, and the breeze blew by, and a smell of blood and gunpowder smoke came to the nostrils, which could not go away.

Bastion in the heart of San Fernando!

In other words, around the entire bastion, there are densely packed buildings everywhere.

There are large manors, brick and stone houses, civil houses, and even the simplest thatched cottages.

The streets divide the city into simple divisions, but there are no standards. The urban buildings in San Fernando are very chaotic.

Garbage and feces are everywhere on the street, sewage is flowing horizontally, and the smell of foul smell is lingering.

The environment in the city is very dirty!
But compared with the European cities of this era, such as London, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid and other cities, San Fernando is actually relatively clean.

Why can perfume companies in later generations of Europe develop?

To put it bluntly, it is because Europeans generally do not pay attention to hygiene, the urban environment is poor, and sewage and feces are all over the streets.

Moreover, Europeans generally do not like to take a bath, plus they are born with body odor.

If you don't spray some perfume to cover up the smell, you really can't meet people!

Also, why did Louis XIV invent high heels?

It is not for the sake of nobility and elegance, highlighting the curve of a woman's figure.

It's because the palace of Versailles is full of feces and garbage, and there is nowhere to go without wearing high heels.

Zhu Hongyu briefly checked the situation near the bastion, and then led the people back to the Liberation Army camp.

At the same time, he also thought about a plan to attack the city.

Summoning the generals of the recovery army for a meeting, Zhu Hongyu said.

"The outbreak of the San Fernando tragedy made this general both saddened and angry!"

"2000 people! A total of 2000 people!"

"That's not two thousand pigs or two thousand sheep, that's two thousand unarmed innocent people, that's two thousand human lives!"

"The Spaniards are simply wolf-hearted and inferior to animals. How dare they attack unarmed people?"

"They dared to slaughter our Chinese people in this way. This is a demonstration against my recovery army and a challenge to my recovery army!"

"The tragedy has happened and it is irreversible, but we must make Spain pay for their atrocities!"

"Conquering San Fernando, avenging the murdered Chinese, and making the Spanish beasts pay the price is the top priority of my recovery army now!"

After hearing Zhu Hongyu's words, all the generals of the Restoration Army got up from their seats one after another, expressing their righteous indignation that they must take revenge.

"How to do it, please tell the general!"

"In order to avenge the victims of the Chinese people, our Liberation Army is not afraid of sacrifice!"

"Please give the order, the general. As long as the general gives the order, we will launch an attack today. Within three days, we will definitely conquer the bastion of San Fernando!"

"..."

Zhu Hongyu cleared his throat and said after listening to the opinions of the crowd.

"Revenge must be avenged, but you must not act recklessly!"

"Have you all forgotten that the Spaniards were beaten to the ground in front of the bastion of my recovery army?"

"The bastion is not easy to attack. Without a careful plan, acting recklessly will only make the soldiers sacrifice in vain!"

"In the eyes of this general, every soldier of the Liberation Army is precious, and the sacrifice must not be in vain!"

Shi Yongxin asked.

"What is the general's strategy for attacking the city?"

His face was full of curiosity.

Zhu Hongyu cleared his throat, and then spoke.

"The bastion is not easy to fight. I have seen the Spaniards' heads broken in front of our bastion. I believe everyone feels this point."

"Strong attack is definitely not the solution!"

"When the general was young, he read the collection of books in the palace of Chu, which introduced the method of attacking the city with gunpowder. He dug a tunnel to the base of the strong city, packed a large amount of gunpowder in a coffin, transported it into the tunnel, sealed the entrance of the tunnel, and ignited the gunpowder."

"Break a big city like a piece of paper!"

Hu Dinggao asked with a curious look on his face.

"General, tell me what to do!"

"I'll just follow the order!"

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly, and then gave orders.

The method of siege he mentioned is actually the simplest method of siege in the hole.

In history, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom relied on this siege method to break through Changsha, Wuchang, Jiujiang, Anqing, Nanjing and other strong cities without heavy artillery or enough siege equipment.

It doesn't make sense that the method of siege at the acupuncture point can blow down the nearly ten-meter-thick city wall of Nanjing, but it can't blow up a bastion? !

Of course, not everyone can play the game of siege in caves!
The Taiping Army was able to use caves to attack the city because most of the old Guangxi brothers in the Taiping Army were miners, and they knew how to dig tunnels and plant explosives.

But other people may not be able to play around!
At least Li Zicheng can't play it!
In the last years of Chongzhen, when Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng for the second time, he used the method of attacking the city from the cave.

It's just a pity that Li Zicheng doesn't have professional miners under his command.

His cave siege is to dig a hole in the city wall, and then fill the hole with gunpowder, without even sealing it, just ignite the gunpowder...

Pretty sloppy!
(End of this chapter)