I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 228

Chapter 227

When the only reliance was gone, Governor Juan's only thought was a decent surrender. In his opinion, he had tried his best. The next thing was to negotiate between the big men, and the two sides reached a settlement. You can escape from captivity and return to the Spanish Empire like a hero.

It's just that before Louis could leave, fierce gunshots came from a distance.

This is the Zheng He port guard team led by Cheng Shi. They have been deployed in the eastern area of ​​Manila. This area used to be a gathering area for Chinese. It was only the massacre 25 years ago that made this place a place where many bones are buried in Manila. , the local aborigines gave this place a name: "Chinese Grave".

In fact, it has become a mass grave, and few people usually come here.Due to the abundance of rain here, the weeds here grow taller than a person. There are actually no roads in many places in Luzon. However, when people walk a lot, they become roads.

On this dirt road with a width of about ten meters, Cheng Shi deployed 36 Thunderbolts along both sides of the road. However, before they had time to catch their breath, they saw a large number of indigenous troops coming in rout.

"Fire!"

With little hesitation, Cheng Shi ordered the troops to open fire.

This was a battle without any suspense. More than [-] soldiers from the Ning Navy Guards Division used simple Thunderbolts to launch positions and fired in turn.

Bursts of gunshots sounded like popping beans, and the Luzon natives who swarmed up collapsed, falling down in clumps as if they were cutting wheat.

But these Luzon native troops have been beaten to death by the heavy infantry from the jumping camp. They just want to come and return from the same way.

These Luzon natives didn't even have a clear head. They were about a mile away from lush bushes. Although there was no way to go, no matter how difficult it was, it was better than charging with the thunderbolts of the Ning Haijun?
But the problem is that these aborigines, whose brains are not as big as walnuts, were forced to be chased by the soldiers of the jumping camp into a pig-like assault.

This made Cheng Shi, who was inexperienced in combat, panic for a while. Although he was not very experienced in combat, the problem was that the soldiers of the Imperial Guard Division were very experienced in combat. Seeing the native soldiers approaching, he took out the grenade, and the grenade was thrown out like hail. It fell into the formation of the native troops and exploded, causing their flesh and blood to fly.

This is a battle of fighting more with less. However, what is surprising is that the Luzon native army, which has an advantage of 3 to [-] people, was slashed and killed by the soldiers of the Tiaodang Army in the rear, and Cheng Shi's troops used Thunder in the front. Shoot with guns, explode with grenades or mines.

Even if the two Ning navy officers and soldiers only have more than [-] soldiers, they have suppressed more than [-] indigenous troops, and it is difficult to get past the thunder pool.

What's more terrible is that with the passage of time, Luzon Chinese headed by Wu Shangzhi also consciously joined the battle. More than 100 fishing boats belonging to Wu Shangzhi's family were temporarily used as troop ships, and one boat after another took Chinese buddies, nurses, and even Even the young and strong from every household were sent out.

As more and more Chinese people crossed the Bashi River, every time a group of people came, Cheng Shi's combat effectiveness became stronger.A large number of Chinese with no combat experience came into the hands of Cheng Shi. Cheng Shi commanded these young Chinese to plant landmines along the way of the aborigines' retreat and use them to blow up the aborigines and defeat them.

It is also necessary to let the already hot Thunderbolt gun barrel cool down with water. The young Chinese have no hand grenades to throw, but they can throw guns, stones, or axes, hatchets, and messy things with a raindrop-like throwing speed. Greet the natives of Luzon.

These young Chinese will never forget that 25 years ago, under the instigation and bewitchment of the Spaniards, these natives slaughtered the Chinese with impunity.

This is a deep blood feud, they finally found an opportunity, how could they easily let these natives go.

Those natives who tried to break through Cheng Shi's block found that there was no hope of escape, so they gave up resistance and wanted to lie down.But the red-eyed Chinese and Ning Navy soldiers launched an overwhelming attack on the indigenous army.

From the Manila pier all the way to the east, on the eight-kilometer-long road, the morale of the army has been shaken, unable to resist such an attack, and it is like a diarrhea. Countless indigenous soldiers trampled on each other, or were divided and surrounded by the Ninghai army. The object of slaughter, the plain on the south bank of the Bashi River turned into a sea of ​​blood...

This scene also fell into the eyes of the Spaniards. They were terrified, but they dared not run away. Outside the city were soldiers of the Ning Navy, and there were Ning Navy warships cruising in the sea. Red-eyed Chinese were everywhere... …

Even Wu Shangzhi felt a little unbearable seeing the blood everywhere, the broken arms and the corpses of the indigenous troops.

The officers and men of Ning Haijun did not feel uncomfortable at all. This was because Cheng Shijie had instilled a spirit and a belief in them. The officers and men of Ning Haijun wanted to turn plows into swords, not swords into plows. This was a struggle. There is no room for mercy in the war of living space.

Once it is successful, there are millions of people who will die, let alone a nation that wants to rise?
The rise of a nation is destined to step on the bones of another or several nations, the strong man rises on the bones of the Huns, and the prosperous Tang Dynasty steps on the bones of the Turks...

A group of captive native soldiers who surrendered were escorted by the officers and men of the Ning Navy, walked to the bank of the Bashi River, cut off their heads, and dragged their bodies to the pier and burned them on the spot.

"General Cheng, General Li, isn't this a bit too much?"

Li Zhixiang looked at Wu Shangzhi and said: "Is your butt sitting crooked? In the 31st year of Wanli and the 37th year of Wanli, how many people were killed by them? Do you remember?"

"Remember!"

Li Zhixiang said: "This is a savage land, just like when Da Ming was in Annan back then. Da Ming captured Annan, but because of the endless resistance of those natives, he had to give up the fertile land of Annan. If he wanted this hostile land If you want to survive in this hostile land, if you want to gain a firm foothold in this hostile land, you must do so, otherwise you will repeat the same mistakes that happened when the Ming army was driven out of Annan..."

"It's just... so many people kill as soon as they say..."

"Keep them, do you dare to close your eyes when you fall asleep?"

Li Zhixiang's words left Wu Shangzhi speechless.

Li Zhixiang patted Wu Shangzhi on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Wu, we are different from the Spaniards. The Spaniards came to Luzon to plunder resources, but we are different!"

"Then what does General Li mean?"

"We are very pure, just want to change the owner of this land!"

Li Zhixiang looked in the direction of Daming in the north: "Now there are frequent disasters in Daming, either drought, locust plague, or snowstorm. Year after year, the disasters are endless. How do you see Luzon? If you immigrate to Luzon, how many people can be resettled?" ?”

The Ning navy officers and Chinese were young and strong, and began to clear the aborigines around Manila. The aborigines didn't have to run if they wanted to die, and they didn't chase after them. As for the city of Manila, it seemed to be forgotten.

Governor Juan also no longer had the idea of ​​a decent surrender. Looking at Ning Haijun's attitude and tough tactics towards the natives, he felt that these Ming soldiers were even more barbaric than barbarians.

"Gentlemen, tell me what to do now?"

Ten days ago, this issue was almost one-sided, and almost everyone wanted to fight and kill.

As a colonel of the army, Omor bit the bullet and said: "War is not the way to solve the problem. I suggest that we should negotiate. You have also seen that the Ming people are ten times larger than our army. They also have countless cannons. Especially They are muskets, as you have heard, they have at least a few thousand muskets, and our regiment has less than [-] muskets. There is really no way to make up for the disparity in numbers with courage..."

Captain Simon shrugged: "Our battleships were sunk by them in the port, and the others seem to have surrendered. I saw..."

"We may not be able to count on the mainland. Last month I received a letter from the mainland. His Majesty's army was defeated again. Even my 15-year-old nephew was recruited into the army..."

"Daming is a member of the civilized world. They are a superpower, ten times larger than our Spanish Empire. They have a population of [-] million and millions of troops. Those people outside are just their Governor of Liaodong, Your Excellency the Duke’s army, there are more than a dozen Dukes like him in Daming!”

"Our retreat in the face of a small country will indeed shame the Spanish Empire, but Ming is a superpower..."

On the fourth day of May in the seventh year of Chongzhen, at ten o'clock in the morning, Governor Juan led the senior officials of the Spanish colonial authorities and the commander of the Spanish Army, Colonel Omor, a total of 31 members, and opened the city of Manila.

The gates of the city of Manila are wide open, and he is no longer begging for any decent surrender. He and all the Spaniards will take all the Spanish income in Luzon, totaling more than 490 million taels of silver, and a large amount of property, including from New Spain ( Mexico)'s silver transport ship, 230 million taels of silver, 18 taels of gold and other property, came to surrender with a thick gift list.

Outside the city gate, there were more than [-] soldiers in the densely packed Tiaodang camp. These soldiers held the gleaming Mo Dao and kept their eyes fixed. In front of the victorious army, they felt oppressive.

The senior officials of the colonial authorities behind Juan are now a little fortunate that they finally don’t have to fight. If they face such an enemy and fight against them, their brains must be caught by the door.

"Your Honorable General, please accept my surrender, Juan, Sir Utah!"

Juan handed his sword and the seal of the governor of Luzon to Cheng Shi himself.

Cheng Shi was slightly taken aback.

Transfer these things to Xie Jinglin.

"I accept your surrender!"

"Oye..."

The Spaniard breathed a sigh of relief and began to cheer.

The Spanish flag in Manila was officially lowered, and the flag of Ming Dynasty was hoisted.

The national flag of the early Ming Dynasty had the sun and the moon in the same frame, which symbolized the "sun and moon". The twelve horns represented by the flames around the sun also represent the twelve hours.

Outside Manila, a dilapidated scene after the disaster.Everywhere you look, there are warehouses and houses that have been smashed to pieces by shells or burned through the roof by fire.The corpses left after the chaos were picked up one by one, and lime water was sprinkled everywhere.

The once noisy and bustling city has become depressed and quiet.

All the Chinese began to cheer: "We won!"

"We are now the masters of Luzon!"

"Luzon is ours!"

Cheng Shi was a little dazed at this time, and bombarded Manila in a rage. This decision was made by Cheng Shi, but in just seven or eight days, Luzon changed hands in this way.

Until now, he still couldn't believe it.

The next step, but where should we go?
Cheng Shi has never regretted what he has done, and if he does it again, he will probably do it again.

Anyway, after the bombardment of Manila.He has become a foreign devil, at least, the Spaniards would consider themselves a butcher.

In fact, not only the Spaniards, but even the Luzon Chinese, Cheng Shi became a butcher. At least [-] Luzon natives died under his command, and at least tens of thousands of people moved their heads because of his words.

Looking at the benefits of capturing Manila, Cheng Shi looked at Xie Jinglin and said, "Mr. Xie, this place is entrusted to you, hurry up and report the situation to Father Commander!"

Xie Jinglin was slightly taken aback: "Young General Cheng, what do you mean..."

"I have caused such a big disaster and caused such a big trouble for my father..."

In fact, Xie Jinglin also knows that this matter can be right or wrong, the key is what Cheng Shijie thinks.

Now it is a battle of dignity between Spain and the Ming Dynasty, and what will happen next is not up to Cheng Shi to decide.

……

Chongming Island, Cheng Shijie's news is quite closed at this time.

It wasn't until Dayuan Dutch Governor Putmans arrived and raised a serious protest to Cheng Shijie that Cheng Shijie knew that Hong Niangzi used Liujia Town to start a head hunting activity in Dayuan.

In just over a month, a total of 160 and five Dutchmen were assassinated or kidnapped.The most serious incident was that on April 22, a pioneering team of 65 members of the Dutch East India Company, under the protection of [-] mercenaries, went deep into the Taichung area for investigation.

As a result, there was an attack in which 65 members of the Dutch pioneers cut off their heads on the spot, but there were two survivors among the mercenaries who reported to Putmans. The Dutch East India Company called these attacks [-] tragedy.

On behalf of the Dutch East India Company, Putmans made representations to Cheng Shijie, demanding that the Ning Navy stop its aggression against the officers and compensate the members of the Dutch East India Company's expansion team who died on April [-].

Cheng Shijie categorically denied that the April [-] incident had anything to do with Ning Haijun, and strongly condemned the Dutch colonial authorities' attack on Tamsui people.

Of course, Putmans also flatly denied Cheng Shijie's accusation. Even if Ning Haijun submitted evidence to prove that those "horse bandits" were wearing Dutch cavalry uniforms, the Dutch Governor's Office also denied that those people were Dutch cavalry.

Clothing can be faked, so nothing can be proven.

Although the corpses seem to have many Dutch ethnic characteristics, 160 people have disappeared in the Netherlands for more than a month, so there is no way to prove whether the horse bandits were Dutch people who were killed.

Cheng Shijie said indifferently: "You can't assume that the so-called victims were all beheaded because we, Ning Haijun, did it because we Ning Haijun counted it as military merit. This judgment is too arbitrary, and it doesn't prove anything. It is said that I know that there are many indigenous peoples in Dayuan's land, and they all have the habit of headhunting, maybe they did it!"

"Your Excellency Governor, you are playing with fire. I must solemnly remind you that your irresponsible remarks are likely to lead to war between our two countries."

Putmans is very clear that if it is only those big indigenous peoples, although they have the custom of headhunting, the problem is that they will never be the opponents of the Dutch. The occasional sporadic assassination may be done by them, but the problem is to open up The team has more than 100 hired guards, and the pioneer team members also have a lot of muskets and pistols. They can have an absolute advantage in the face of primitive tribe warriors.

Cheng Shijie patted the table and said: "As long as you dare, we will accompany you firmly. Don't threaten me with war. I didn't scare you. I'm not an aborigine who has never seen the world. If you dare to talk to me in such a tone again, I will I will send you back to Dayuan, and I can assure you that the Ning navy army will be able to occupy the entire territory of Dayuan within a month, and your local reinforcements will not be able to give you any support anyway."

"Don't forget Zheng Zhilong!"

"You can try to unite with Zheng Zhilong. As long as you get Zheng Zhilong's proof that you know the Dutch, I will go to the capital and deprive Zheng Zhilong of all his titles. After cleaning up Zheng Zhilong. No matter how I fight with Zheng Zhilong or what it looks like, This commander has absolute strength to destroy you first!"

Cheng Shijie stared at Putmans and said fiercely: "Admit it, compared with our Ming Dynasty, your Netherlands is just a tiny country, you should maintain enough respect for the superpower Ming Dynasty, instead of provoking everywhere like this now! Our Ming Dynasty is an internal There are many problems, but the problem is that any of our governors can easily crush your Netherlands, including your so-called East India Company."

Listening to the translator's translation, Putmans blushed, but he didn't dare to speak harsh words again.He stiffened his neck and said, "I will convey the words of the Governor-General to the board of directors of the Dutch East India Company!"

"This is your power!"

Cheng Shijie is determined to win the big man, not only is the big man like a fishbone, it will make Zheng Zhilong feel like a stick in his throat, and it will also make the Dutch very unhappy.

Cheng Shijie was not an indigenous official of the Ming Dynasty. At this time, the Netherlands was still under the management of the Spanish Empire and did not have enough autonomy at all.

Now that the Spanish Empire has retreated steadily in the face of Europa's coalition attack, Philip III of Spain did not dare to provoke Ming Dynasty easily.

Although Da Ming is weak, he still has a huge frame, like a super fat man, regardless of whether Da Ming can fight or not, at least his appearance is bluffing.

What's more, all three battles between Zheng Zhilong and Cheng Shijie failed, and now Zheng Zhilong's prestige has been greatly reduced.

Seeing Cheng Shijie's tough attitude, Putmans became a little puzzled.

Because everyone knew that Cheng Shijie and Zheng Zhilong were fighting for supremacy in the sea, and Zheng Zhilong was at a disadvantage despite his strength, while Cheng Shijie took the initiative.

The two sides are now attacking around the trade line.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong couldn't bear it any longer. He decided to destroy the main fleet of the Ning Navy first and then attack on land.

Under such circumstances, will Cheng Shijie take the initiative to set up a powerful enemy of the Netherlands?
Could it be that there is something tricky about things here?
Is Zheng Zhilong playing tricks?
Thinking of this, Putmans felt that it was very possible, because once the Netherlands and Cheng Shijie fought, the person who would benefit the most would be Zheng Zhilong.

Putmans took a deep breath, almost being fooled by Zheng Zhilong.

Otherwise, they fought with Cheng Shijie, and Zheng Zhilong could get the support of the Dutch East India Company without any effort.

"so close!"

When Putmans left Chongming Island, he hurriedly wrote to Batavia, reporting his judgment and doubts to the board of directors of the Dutch East India Company, hoping that the board of directors would make a decision.

After Putmans left, Cheng Shijie ordered Chen Dayong to temporarily stop his military operations in Dayuan.

In fact, Chen Dayong did not mobilize the Ning navy soldiers. If he really mobilized the Ning navy soldiers, now Cheng Shijie can drink tea in Tainan Port.

After all, Ning Haijun is now fighting Zheng Zhilong. He is really worried that Zheng Zhilong will join forces with the Dutch. For Zheng Zhilong, what is integrity and how much is it worth?

When Cheng Shijie was negotiating with Putmans, Zhu Weiti was not present, but she also heard that Cheng Shijie got angry a lot.

Zhu Weiti was worried that Cheng Shijie would lose his temper, so he asked someone to make a bowl of Fuling Huaishan soup to relieve Cheng Shijie's anger.

But the problem is, when Zhu Weiti arrived with Fuling and Huaishan soup, she was wearing a light green dress like a light gauze, and she was only wearing obscene trousers under the skirt, not long trousers, revealing a beautiful and moist face. Ankle.

Cheng Shijie finally extinguished the fire, and suddenly it started again.

Cheng Shijie guessed that Zhu Weiti must have intended it.

Of course, don't tell the truth if you see it through.

At night, Zhu Weiti said: "Ziyi, is the son-in-law asleep?"

"I don't know, servant girl, go and have a look!"

"it is good!"

Gu Ziyi came outside Cheng Shijie's study. Cheng Shijie did not return to Liaodong in Chongming Island during this period. On the one hand, the development of Liaodong was on the right track. his concerns.

However, when Gu Ziyi came outside the study, he found that the lights were on in the room.

"My son-in-law, the princess asked my servant to bring you fruit..."

Gu Ziyi heard that there was no sound in the study, and then walked towards the bedroom in doubt, but there was also no sign of Cheng Shijie.

Gu Ziyi returned to Zhu Weiti's bedroom: "Princess, there seems to be someone outside!"

"what!"

"The slave has been paying attention for a long time!"

"what?"

"The son-in-law disappears at night!"

Cheng Shijie travels through two time and space, in fact, there are doubts in both aspects.

Xiang Hui once suspected that Cheng Shijie was someone outside, but the problem was that Cheng Shijie's firepower was reduced. Occasionally, she would use Cheng Jiayue's child, pretending to accidentally put it in Cheng Shijie's pocket, to locate Cheng Shijie's watch.

Of course, every time Xiang Hui locates, he finds out that Cheng Shijie left Longyue Company, just went home, and didn't move for a long time. He asked the guard, and found that Cheng Shijie had indeed not left their community.

This dispelled Xiang Hui's doubts.

In the past, no one had the right to ask about Cheng Shijie's mysterious disappearance, but now it's different, after he married Zhu Weiti, Zhu Weiti had this right.

Hearing this, Zhu Weiti felt a little bitter in her heart.

Cheng Shijie has not been married to him until now, which shows that Cheng Shijie still has a grudge in his heart. Now that he is sure that Cheng Shijie is normal, she decided to find a chance to let Cheng Shijie bring him back.

(End of this chapter)