The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 147 Yang Gao Possession
The battle in St. Jones proved that Zhu Hongyu's plan succeeded.

The Spaniards were really naive and went to raid Lingayen, so that only [-] Spanish musketeers appeared on the San Jones battlefield.

According to the information before the war, after the Spaniards were reinforced by the galleon fleet, their strength in Manila was about [-] Spanish white musketeers.

But only [-] appeared on the battlefield of St. Jones, and needless to say, the remaining [-] definitely went to Lingayen.

In fact, Ling Jiayan was Zhu Hongyu's casual move.

It would be best if the Spaniards went to raid Lingayen, so fewer enemies would be present on the field of San Jones.

The Liberation Army can win more easily!
It doesn't matter if the Spaniard doesn't go, anyway, he has [-] Zheng's elite soldiers as reinforcements.

As long as he doesn't act foolishly by splitting up his forces and attacking together, or taking the enemy lightly, Zhu Hongyu doesn't think he has the possibility of being defeated.

The front is just right!

Zhu Hongyu thought that the Spaniards would divide their troops, but he really didn't expect that the Spaniards would be so brave, they divided their troops into two thousand at one go.

Good guy, this is not leaving a way out for yourself at all!
Did they really not expect the possibility that the army would impoverish Lingayen and then be defeated on the San Jones battlefield?
It is said that Zheng Chenggong sent troops to reinforce himself. Would the Spaniards not know about such a big matter?

The Spaniard's command this time is simply evil!
Yang Gao is possessed!
Zhu Hongyu speculated that perhaps the Spaniard's plan was to use the same force to hold back the recovery army on the San Jones battlefield.

Then they raided and quickly took Lingayen and won the war!
There are [-] Musketeers on the Restoration Army, [-] Musketeers on the Spanish side, [-] Zheng Jun as reinforcements on the Restoration Army, and [-] natives and mercenaries on the Spanish side.

The Spaniards felt that even if they couldn't win on the San Jones battlefield, it would definitely be fine to stalemate!
In fact, at first glance, the strength of the two sides is really similar!

But the strength of the troops is similar, but the combat effectiveness is very different.

Needless to say on the side of the Liberation Army!

The whole army is well-trained, equipped with breastplates, flintlock guns, socket bayonets, fixed bullets, wooden handle grenades, and even the artillery is an imitation Napoleon gun.

In addition, everyone in the Restoration Army knows that their family and fields are behind them, so they have a tenacious will to fight, and everyone has the heart to fight to the death.

What about the Spaniards?
They are an army composed of a group of colonists, or a group of colonizers who have been deprived of military pay and food by the Governor's Mansion.

Even without mentioning the difference in combat power and weapons between the two sides, the fighting will of the two sides is not on the same level at all.

One side is fighting to protect his family and property, and the other is fighting to make money.

Can the will to fight be the same?

Zhu Hongyu can press the recovery army and wait until the distance between the two sides is 50 meters, and then the musketeers fire a volley.

But the Spaniards started firing salvos more than 100 meters away!

From this point alone, it can be seen that the gap in the will to fight between the two sides is simply a world of difference.

What's more, can the fighting power of five thousand Zheng troops be the same as that of five thousand mobs?

These five thousand Zheng troops are all elite soldiers who survived the anti-Qing battlefield. Even if there is water, they are still elite soldiers with water.

As for the five thousand rabble of the Spaniards, their personal martial arts skills are good, and they must fight very hard, but they probably haven't even seen what a real battlefield looks like.

The fighting power of the two sides is no longer at the same level!

No matter what the Spaniard's strategy is, anyway, the Liberation Army won this battle.

A great victory!
Li Guangyuan had a bandage around his neck, and his arm was broken on the battlefield.

He strode up to Zhu Hongyu and spoke.

"General, the casualties and battle results are probably counted!"

Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.

"Okay, I'll watch it later, Guangyuan, you go to rest first!"

"Let the medical officers hurry up and treat the wounded quickly, don't be delayed to death, and the medicinal materials are worthless, don't be reluctant to use them, let me let go, I don't care about the medicinal materials!"

Zhu Hongyu's words made the surrounding soldiers of the Liberation Army look at him with fanaticism and reverence.

"What's more, let the brothers in the logistics work harder, bury the pot to make food, and serve all the wine and meat!"

After Li Guangyuan went to rest, Zhu Hongyu checked the battle results and casualty statistics.

In this battle, the loss of the Liberation Army is not small!
In the shelling and musket fire alone, the Liberation Army suffered less than 500 casualties, of which an astonishing [-] were killed in battle.

Then in the next short-handed handover and fighting, the casualties of the Liberation Army were not small, with less than 200 casualties before and after, and more than [-] of them were killed in battle.

It can be seen that a large number of casualties on the battlefield are caused by firearms!
The Zheng family also suffered a lot of casualties, with more than 300 dead and countless injured.

Even Ma Xin was slightly injured!
However, although the Liberation Army suffered heavy casualties, the results of the battle were equally rich.

Eight thousand enemy troops were almost wiped out in World War I!
Among the 500 Spanish musketeers, only [-] survived, and the others were all killed on the battlefield.

In fact, the Spaniards who wanted to surrender were not only these 500 people, but the battle on the battlefield was so fierce at that time that the Liberation Army and Zheng Army had no intention of gathering prisoners of war.

Seeing an enemy, even an enemy kneeling and surrendering, the natives and mercenaries are okay, but if it is a red-haired enemy, there is a high probability that they will pass by with a single blow.

Since the mercenaries and indigenous servants surrendered in an organized way, the casualties were not large. They were killed and injured more than a thousand people, and the others surrendered quickly.

It's not that no one wants to escape, but that they can't escape!
There were [-] cavalrymen of the Zheng army on the battlefield, and they kept watching the rout and rushing back and forth.

Although there are only two hundred cavalry, it is enough!
How can a man outrun a horse?
Therefore, in the battle of St. Jones, the Liberation Army won a complete victory.

The invading enemy was almost wiped out!
Capture prisoners of war, seize weapons, food and grass, countless gold, silver and money!

In order to avoid suspicion, Zhu Hongyu did not let the Guangfu Army clean the battlefield, but handed it over to Zheng Jun to do it all.

After Zheng Jun finished collecting the spoils, the Liberation Army will clean up and bury the corpses on the battlefield!
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On the other side, Lingayen Port!
A Spanish fleet flying a red cross flag on a white background suddenly appeared on the sea, its sails shadowing the sky.

The huge hull cuts through the waves!

Several lucky boats were moored in Lingayen's crude port area. Seeing the huge Spanish fleet sailing into the port area, they had no time to pull anchor and set sail.

The sailors on the ship jumped out of the boat in panic and swam towards the pier.

The gun windows of Spain's third-tier sailing battleship were opened, revealing a dark muzzle.

boom!Boom!

The Spanish artillery fired!

One after another, the shells fell towards the pier as if they didn't want money.

The shells fell on the pier, tumbling and spinning, a large number of buildings were destroyed, and sawdust splashed everywhere!
boom!Boom!

The sound of shelling was extremely dense, and fire was fired in the direction of the pier.

The Spanish sailors began to paddle small boats and launched a landing operation against Lingayen.

However, on the entire battlefield from beginning to end, it seemed that only the Spaniards were singing a one-man show.

The Liberation Army has never expressed anything, let alone fight back, not even a single one.

While landing at the pier, the Spaniards sent people to jump to seize the lucky boats anchored in the Lingayen Bay area.

After the Spaniards landed, no one came out to stop them.

Fleet Commander Osado noticed something was wrong and asked his adjutant.

"Karal, I feel like something is wrong, this port is too quiet!"

"I've never taken a pier so easily!"

(End of this chapter)