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Chapter 373: One year of siege?
"Beep beep!"

"Da da da da!"

At the sound of the charge horn, three thousand Ming troops, wearing only leather armor, rushed towards the Manila city wall.

The Ming army was followed by the Dutch, and the Dutch were followed by more indigenous soldiers.

Half of the walls of Manila had been blown down, and the defenders in the city could not stop them.

Of course, no one thought about resisting.

"The devil! It's the power of the devil!"

"Run!"

"..."

Amidst the shouts one after another, both the Pampanga indigenous mercenaries and their Spanish masters came.

One by one, they were all running for their lives.

The city immediately fell into chaos. The Ming army, the Dutch army, and the indigenous servants brought by both sides had all entered the city.

Thanks to these indigenous servants, otherwise the Ming army, which only had less than 3000 people left, would not be able to control the huge city of Manila.

As for the military discipline of the indigenous soldiers, it can only be said to be as restrictive as possible.

The reason why these indigenous servants followed the Sino-Dutch coalition to fight was that they were invited by the two countries, and the two countries also provided food and grass. They also wanted to avenge the Spaniards who oppressed them.

Fortunately, the entire Manila has experienced several massacres, and there are not many Han Chinese left.Most of the remaining Han people chose to live in the Philippine Islands, and these Spaniards never trusted the Han people and expelled them early.

Just say it!The religious "controversy over etiquette" initiated by Emperor Kangxi in the early years was beyond Spain's control, but it still placed a Chinese missionary under house arrest.

The entire city of Manila fell completely in an instant, and abandoned corpses of Spanish civilians could be seen everywhere on the streets.

Whether it was the native soldiers who came in or the Dutch army, they were all crazy.

These Dutch army troops are basically stationed in the colonies on weekdays. An opportunity like this to make a fortune and kill Spanish people is not easy to come by.

Liu Sheng only led his [-] troops in the city to wipe out the Bang Bangya indigenous soldiers, and occupied important places in the city. He just watched with a cold eye on the wanton indulgence of the indigenous servants and the Dutch.

Anyway, there are no Han people here, and these Spanish civilians are said to be civilians, but they are either accomplices or even principal criminals who have participated in the massacre of Han people.Either they have oppressed the Han people and indigenous people, including those Pampanga indigenous people who were tamed by the Spaniards.

Not only the city of Manila, but also the Spanish missionaries who set up missionaries on plantations were also large landowners and slave owners.

In short, there is no good person, so just kill him.

Killing him now would be better than killing him personally and freeing up an empty city.

"Hurry up and gather our soldiers in the castle. We still have Fort Santiago, and Spain has not lost yet!"

As early as there was a shocking explosion in the city wall, the Spanish governors Cosio and Campo who were in the castle had already noticed it.

Unfortunately, the situation on the other side of the city wall was over, and Cosio and Campo had to hurriedly gather the soldiers in the city to prepare to defend the castle.

As for the Spanish civilians living in the city, those who can come to the castle can come. Those who are too far away can only say sorry.

By the time Liu Sheng led his army to the castle, the Spanish governor had already made Fort Santiago as impeccable as an iron barrel.

Although there were less than 1000 Spanish troops in the castle, most of the Spanish soldiers could not be summoned back.But if you just can't get out, it won't be that easy to take it down.

Liu Sheng cursed at DeWitt, who had already grabbed a lot of money: "Your army is just like those natives, they only know how to rob the city. If you had joined forces with me earlier, this castle would have been taken by us by now." Got off."

DeWitt said confidently: "Liu, I also want to maintain order among the indigenous people. If these indigenous people are left unchecked, I am afraid that the entire city of Manila will turn into ruins."

In the next few days, Liu Sheng tried to find flaws in the Spanish castle.

However, as governors, Cosio and Campo not only went to the city wall every day, but also inspected the loopholes in the defense line day and night.Moreover, they also mobilized the civilian men in the castle to take weapons and go to fill the key points of the defense line.Outside the castle.

The Ming army only continued to besiege for three days before decisively withdrawing its troops and only setting up sentries and forts around the perimeter.

Liu Sheng also informed the Dutch friendly forces and the indigenous servants that they would no longer attack the castle.

DeWitt didn't have any objections. Anyway, he didn't want to fight under the Castle of Santiago.

The opinions of the natives are not important.

The Ming army called a truce and immediately began to gradually move Chen Jizong and other Han Chinese from Luzon back to Manila.

Liu Sheng said: "You will live and settle in Manila from now on, and the name of Manila will also have to be changed from now on. I will report this matter to Your Majesty, and your Majesty will decide it personally."

Chen Jizong was ecstatic, but still a little worried: "But, those Spaniards in the castle?"

Liu Sheng said: "We will stay here permanently, and you just need to resume production here with peace of mind. As for the Spaniards in the castle, if they don't come out for a day, we will surround them here for a day and not come out for a year. , we will stay here for a year. Haha!"

"Greetings, General!"

Chen Jizong was finally relieved.

Even without these Spaniards, Liu Sheng's original mission would have been to stay on Luzon Island.

Liu Sheng had already sent someone to greet Cui Li who was staying on Corregidor Island.

Fort San Diego.

At this moment, a group of Spanish officials, the Archbishop of Manila, Governor Cosio and Campo were sitting around a round table for a meeting.

"Those Tang people have stopped attacking. Our soldiers reported that the Tang people seem to be building a city. They intend to surround us."

Cosio and Campo said forcefully: "Then let them surround us. This is war! The food stored in the castle is enough for us to eat for a year. The Tang people cannot survive."

Someone stood up and said angrily: "But what's the use of holding on? Where are the reinforcements? Your Majesty the Governor, where are our reinforcements?"

Cosio and Campo stopped talking.

The entire field fell silent for an instant, and everyone understood that there would be no reinforcements.

Mainland Spain has just experienced a war, and it has not yet recovered.At best, each colony can barely protect itself, and has no ability to send troops to the Far East.

Even if the troops were sent, it would take at least a year for the news to go back and forth from the Spanish mainland to Luzon until the king ordered the troops to be sent out, if everything goes well.

Well, one year.

It can be said that apart from the troops in the Philippines, Manila can no longer count on reinforcements.

Because the southern Philippines is gone, and if there were reinforcements from the central Philippines, they would have arrived long ago. How could they wait until now?
The end of the road, really the end of the road!
Someone suddenly stood up, pointed at the noses of Governor Cosio and Campo in public and cursed: "If the Governor hadn't insisted on massacring the Tang people, how could he have angered the emperor of the Tang people and sent a large army to attack Manila?"

Cosio and Campo sneered: "Sir, I want to remind you that we are just planning and have not massacred those Tang people. Moreover, even if we massacred the Tang people, which gentleman here had objected to it? Not even the Archbishop. Right? Everything is just an excuse for the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to send troops, gentlemen, please don’t be too naive."

The court fell silent again, and even the archbishop of the diocese, who had the highest reputation and status, did not refute Cosio and Campo.

Another moment.

Cosio and Campo suddenly said: "Since the gentlemen have no clue, I have a suggestion."

"What proposal?"

"We should put aside our Spanish arrogance and go talk to those Tang people."

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(End of this chapter)