Dragon Sea Empire

Archbishop Benavidez was at a loss for words for a while, and the governor did not wait for him to react, and ordered loudly: "Captain Gaspar, take the Pampanga native soldiers and Japanese, go to Balian to search for all suspicious persons, and if you encounter any uncooperative All actions will be shot to death!"

He glanced at the flushed archbishop, and continued to order: "Major Azquita, order all batteries to be ready to shoot!"

Captain Gaspar, who was injured in Binondo, took the order and immediately led the native soldiers out of the city gate, but the leader of Nihonmachi reported that the Japanese samurai was following Captain Biragon and was executing on the bank of the Bashi River. Task.Captain Gaspar was eager to avenge his shame, and couldn't wait for the Japanese to join him, so he rushed straight to the Balian market area.

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On the bank of Bashi River, on a river beach next to Nihonmachi, a large group of Japanese people gathered on the bank, forming a half-moon shape to surround a large number of kneeling physiological businessmen in the middle.

In this era, Nihoncho, like the Chinese Chinatown, spread throughout the Nanyang region.Moreover, Japanese slaves are also very popular in Southeast Asia, and there are many Japanese slaves in Macau. The local authorities of the Ming Dynasty banned the Portuguese from raising Japanese slaves.However, when Yin Feng was in Macau, he still saw Japanese slaves in many Portuguese homes, whose status was only slightly higher than that of black slaves.Real Japanese samurai rarely live in Nihoncho, Nanyang. Most of the residents of Nihoncho are merchants, craftsmen, and sailors. And exiled Japanese Catholics.Among the Japanese living in Luzon, there are also a group of Japanese businessmen who specialize in raw silk entrepot trade with Chinese businessmen. They come to Balian to buy raw silk, and then transport it to Japan to make a lot of money.

In short, among the hundreds of Japanese people in front of us, there are very few real warriors. Although the leading dozen or so ronin are all armed with double knives, they all have their heads shaved; the standard warrior head is gone, and what is left is the short hair of the Spaniards—— —They are all Japanese Catholics.

These Japanese are doing what they do best: beheading people.

Those biological people who were tied back to back and kneeled on the river beach were the representatives of the wealthy Anhai businessmen in Quanzhou who went to Manila to petition.Captain Juan de Viragón brought them here with two Spanish soldiers and more than 300 Japanese, and sent them to heaven by the Pasig River.

Brother Flores, who escaped in time from the battlefield of Tondo, was impatient with his sacred duties as a dying confessor.Many of these wealthy Chinese businessmen are Chinese Christians who are based in Balian, and they have the right to repent before they die.

However, these biological Christians in front of Brother Flores are completely in despair and remorse. No matter how well he persuades them to hand over their property in order to be saved, these people are either indifferent or crying hysterically screaming, or spitting and cursing.At last he renounced his priesthood, rose to his feet and said to Captain Biragon: "My lord has long said that these biological men can never be true Christians. Since they do not wish to be saved, well, Captain, I think Time to send them to hell!"

Captain Biragorn said a few words to the Japanese town leaders around him. A Japanese leader dressed as a Japanese samurai who was about 40 years old bowed to the captain, then turned around and shouted loudly, the ronin samurai who could not wait They drew their knives and stepped forward, chopping off the heads of the physiological people in the front row with lightning speed.The Chinese kneeling on the river beach burst into screams.

At this moment, a burst of "bang bang bang bang bang" gunshots erupted from the right side of the river beach, and dozens of Japanese who were watching the excitement on the periphery fell down immediately.

"What's going on?" Brother Flores opened his mouth wide in surprise.The Japanese were in a mess, and those ronin who performed the beheading task held up the Japanese sword, looked at each other in blank dismay, at a loss.It is only a quarter of a league away from the city of Manila (European ancient distance unit, 1 league is equal to about 4.8 kilometers), but the city of Manila is behind the crowd, southeast of the river beach, and the gunshots are transmitted to the right side of the crowd .

"There are people over there!" A Japanese man on the periphery shouted, pointing in surprise to the direction of the grass on the river beach on the right, there seemed to be a figure shaking there, and there was a faint gunpowder smoke rising from the grass.

The Japanese warrior leader strode forward, pushing aside the crowd to see what happened.No one expected to be attacked, and it was a Chinese arquebus attack.The confusion caused by Yin Feng's musketeers was an internal Spanish secret, and the Spanish army did not disclose the fact that the rebels had musketeers to the general public.Therefore, the Japanese never expected to be shot by matchlock guns. Among the more than 300 Japanese, only more than 50 were ronin warriors with knives, and the rest were temporarily mobilized Japanese civilians with bamboo spears. Some of them retreated after being shot, some went to rescue the wounded, and some stayed in a daze. He tossed and tossed about for about 1 minute.

Before Captain Biragon could react, the second volley broke out again, bang——!

The thatch on the right side of the river beach is hidden from the smoke from the gunpowder burning.This is at least the smoke that can only be produced by the salvo of nearly 50 matchlock guns.Suddenly, the warrior leader, who was still poking his head to observe the situation, was punched with several blood holes in his chest, and fell on his back without saying a word.At the same time, more than 30 Japanese fell to the ground screaming, and even Captain Biragun was shot in the left arm.

At the same time, hundreds of people shouted at the same time: "Kill!", the large expanse of thatch trembled and parted, and three rows of neatly arranged Chinese musketeers stood up straight and strode out of the thatch. Clad in captured Spanish army armor, they marched forward while quickly reloading.Long-term repeated training has made the operation of loading ammunition a conditioned reflex, which can be performed while walking.

On the two wings of the Musketeers, more than 200 Chinese fighters also rushed out, holding swords and sticks, and deployed their teams to both sides, preparing to outflank the Japanese.

Yin Feng stood in the middle of the team, directing all the troops to spread out: "Brothers at sea, get ready!"

Lin Xiao also shouted in the Musketeers: "Get ready!"

The matchlock team stands still, the front row squats and kneels to aim their guns, and the rear two rows stand and aim their guns.

"put!"

"Boom!" All the guns in the third salvo were fired almost simultaneously.This time the distance between the two sides was even closer, and among the chaotic Japanese crowd, about 40 more people suddenly fell down.As a result, the Japanese immediately blew up their nests and fled in all directions. Only twenty or so ronin warriors who were executed gathered together, brandishing Japanese swords in their hands, and took the initiative to fight.

After firing, the musketeers quickly stood up and hurriedly loaded ammunition, while Yin Feng waved his hands and shouted: "Brothers, go!"

In fact, before he shouted "Come on!", Lu Shitou's brothers couldn't bear it anymore, and many of them rushed out at the same time as the third volley.

The personal hand-to-hand combat effectiveness of these "former" pirates definitely surpassed Yin Feng's Danmin sailors.The 20 or so ronin warriors in front of them couldn't resist the attack of hundreds of pirates, and their thin formation was quickly overwhelmed by the pirate brothers.

Yin Feng rushed forward and grabbed Lu Shitou who was about to rush forward: "Brother Lu, gather the brothers back quickly, don't chase too far."

Lu Shitou kicked away the corpse of a ronin warrior, picked up the dead man's Japanese sword, and looked up: many brothers had already chased nearly 200 steps away, and a large group of Japanese people were chaotically running for their lives in front of them.He whistled, and the brothers on the left and right gave out a signal, and the pirate brothers stopped.

"This is very close to the city of Manila, let's go!" Yin Feng ordered, and as he spoke, he cut the ropes that bound the wealthy Chinese merchants with a dagger, and said to the group of panicked and confused people who were almost beheaded: "Follow Me, everyone hurry up, untie each other's ropes, and then follow us to Jiannei."

Yin Feng and others, who had been hiding in the grass on the river bank 100 steps away, sneaked across the Bashi River at night and had been lying in the grass for two hours.They encountered Mai Xiaoliu's report on the way, and after hearing the news that Zeng Jingshan and Li Dan's sisters were unable to board the boat, they hurried to the Pasig River and chose the one that was relatively far from Balian and closer to Manila. This river beach sneaked over.Since it was night, the Spanish troops in Manila were defending the city with all their strength, except for the river from Binondo to Balian outside the city.After Yin Feng crossed the river, he couldn't help sighing: He has only been in Luzon Island for a few months, and he has crossed the Bashi River several times.

Originally they wanted to rush back to Balian and Zeng Jingshan to join them, but a group of Japanese suddenly escorted [-] to [-] rich overseas Chinese businessmen to the nearby river beach, so they had to hide in the grass beside the river beach.It is not Yin Feng's style to ignore death, especially when he has the ability to save the lives of his own compatriots.He explained the current situation to Lu Shitou, and analyzed that the residents of Nihonmachi are actually not very effective in fighting, especially if he has a musketeer on his side, he will definitely be able to defeat the opponent under a sudden attack.Moreover, the insurgents crossing the river in the north and east of the defense city in Manila City will not send troops to rescue for a while.Lu Shitou was persuaded from the very beginning, and asked all his subordinates to obey Yin Feng's command.

The effect of the surprise attack was really shocking. Most of the Japanese, who were merchants, peddlers and craftsmen, collapsed after the surprise attack.The twenty or so ronin who persisted in resisting were hacked, beaten to death, and smashed to death by the Chinese pirates within a short period of time.All the Japanese who were injured and survived were also stabbed unceremoniously; pirates and Japanese pirates had dealt with each other many times, and most of them didn't like them very much.

On Yin Feng's side, only 2 people were killed and 8 people were injured, and there were no less than [-] Japanese corpses lying on the river beach.

Once again the evil monk Flores escaped from the Chinese, and Captain Biragon, wounded, came to his senses and escaped very quickly.

The young Chen Zhongji snatched a Japanese sword from the corpse of the Japanese, happily holding this weapon that was obviously too long and heavy for him, and continued to follow Yin Feng closely.

Because of the addition of more than 400 rescued businessmen, the team expanded a lot and became more chaotic.Yin Feng was very anxious, and ordered his sailor musket formation to line up by the river beach, guarding against possible enemies.Fortunately, the military strength in Manila is tense at this moment, and the native soldiers have also been sent to search Balian, so the Spaniards have not responded for a long time.

Finally, the team of wealthy merchants was driven on the road. Along the way, these merchants were still in shock, and most of them walked dully.Their leader, Han Ping from Anhai, Quanzhou, asked the pirates of Lu Shitou one by one: "Savior, where are you from? Who is the leader of the story?"

Most of the pirate brothers waved their hands in disdain, and a small Chaozhou man said angrily: "Now you know our benefits? Huh, if you follow our orders, you won't rescue you! We fought with the Ganla people. At that time, what are you doing?"

Han Ping is over 50 years old and is one of the largest wealthy businessmen in Balian. Years of business experience have already made him thick-skinned.Hearing these words, he just smiled wryly, and then asked the next one.Someone pointed to the back and said, "It was Captain Yin from Quanzhou who saved you, and all the brothers in the Bird Gun Squad belong to him."

Han Ping found Yin Feng, who was at the end of the team, and bowed down crying.

"Benefactor, benefactor! I, Han Ping, whose name is An Ran, kneel down here to thank my benefactor for saving my life! You are the savior of our Han family,..." He pulled a young man beside him: "Jing'er, give your benefactor kowtow!"

Han Ping's son, Han Jing, is about 20 years old, and he is a handsome young businessman with delicate features. When he heard the words, he immediately knelt down and saluted Yin Feng.

Yin Feng hurriedly helped the father and son up: "Old man, why is this so? We are both Tang people, so we naturally want to help when we are in trouble overseas. But, how did you get brought here by the Japanese?"

Han Ping felt embarrassed for a while, sighed, and narrated the story of those rich businessmen staying behind in Balian who went to petition, but got into trouble for no reason and were almost beheaded.

After hearing this, Yin Feng shook his head helplessly: "How is it now? You should understand? The Ganla people have never trusted us Tang people. Director Huang Kang also wants us to live in peace with the Qianla people. What is his situation now? ?”

Han Ping lowered his head, sighed and said, "We just found out that he was put in prison by the Guanla people."

Yin Feng glanced in the direction of Manila City, then turned his head to look at Han Ping, he was about to say something, and finally patted Han Jing on the shoulder: "It's not considered escape, if you want to survive, follow me."

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