Dragon Sea Empire

After leaving the Tondo colonial area that day, Yin Feng and others rushed to the Bashi River in two days.The news that Mai Xiaoliu brought back made him very anxious and angry:

As the Xinxing was suddenly ordered by the Spanish authorities to leave the port of Manila immediately, Magaro, Mai Xiaoliu, Zeng Jingshan, Li Lihua and others drifted on the water of the Pasig River all night. Arrived at Balian.They once encountered a Spanish patrol boat. Fortunately, these Dan people sailors are rare diving masters in the world. Four Dan people sailors dived under the boat with sharp knives in their mouths, and overturned the boat before the Spaniards found Zeng Jingshan and others hiding on the shore.Two Spanish soldiers and four native Tagalogs who were rowing were immediately overturned in the water.

The two landlubbing Spanish soldiers were immediately dealt with.But the native Tagalog boatmen are not easy to deal with.The Tagalog people originally lived by the water, and the word "Tagalog" originally meant "water dwellers" in the indigenous language.Therefore, these indigenous oarsmen fought fiercely with the Dan people sailors in the water.However, the Dan people sailors trained in the sea are better than the natives who grew up in the Tamsui River. Three Tagalog natives were killed and one was captured alive.

A clerk of Zeng's family knew Tagalog, and after cross-examination, he found out that for some reason, the Spaniards suddenly ordered all ships to leave the port immediately, and at the same time stepped up patrols on the Pasig River.It is said that several human rebels sneaked into Balian from the port along the Bashi River.As for the whereabouts of these biological people who sneaked into Manila, the native didn't know.

After discussing with Zeng Jingshan and others, Magaro had no choice but to return to Balian.They believed that Mai Dahai and others on the ship must also be trying to contact them.So, a sailor from Youmai's family volunteered to report the news, dived and swam out of the estuary blockade, and swam along the coastline to the sea outside Manila Bay, trying to find the Xinxing ship, and then notified the ship to wait for Yin Feng and others at Badanyan Beach 's arrival

Mai Xiaoliu was led by the Zeng family's buddy to Tongduo Swamp to report the news to Yin Feng.

Therefore, Yin Feng and others crossed the river overnight and rescued the lives of a group of wealthy businessmen in Anhai by mistake.

There are many uncertainties in Yin Feng's plan to withdraw from Luzon. First, Zeng Jingshan, Li Lihua and others have returned to Balian for 3 days, so I don't know what's going on:

Second, whether the sailors of the Mai family found the Xinxing and conveyed Yin Feng's order to Bernardo and others;

Yin Feng trusted the Danmin sailors such as Mai Dahai on the Xinxing, and believed that they would not leave him alone, nor would they leave the 60 Danmin fellows ashore and slip away.They must be wandering around Manila Bay, waiting for an opportunity to rescue Yin Feng and others.As for the Fuxing, it has been waiting for a month on the coast of Badalan, and it should still be under the control of Danmin sailors who are loyal to Yin Feng.

This is something Yin Feng is relatively sure of; the common people of the Ming Dynasty are far more reliable than the modern people before Yin Feng crossed over in terms of "faith".

However, the trajectory of history cannot be changed for the time being.Just when Yin Feng and others entered Balian, the cannons at the head of Manila fired, and the shooting direction was the north bank of the Bashi River.In other words, the Chinese rebels began to cross the Pasig River and attack the capital of Manila.

Seen from the top of the city, all kinds of rowboats, canoes, rafts, and bamboo rafts are densely covered on the Bashi River. About [-] Chinese rebels are crossing the river, and some Chinese from Balian rushed to the river bank to meet them. .A small number of Spanish patrol boats could not stop such a large-scale crossing. Spanish soldiers rowed their boats to the south bank of the Pasig River and abandoned their boats to escape.

The rumbling shells passed over the heads of Yin Feng and others, and the surrounding noise was loud.

In the current Balian, a large part of the eastern district near the royal city has been burned to ruins by the fire.The Spaniards didn't expect the Chinese to start crossing the river to attack the city so soon, and they didn't care that the native soldiers who were searching for suspicious elements in the Balian District would not be able to gather for a while. The Spanish patrols on the river did not have time to return to the city, so they closed it city ​​gate.

Captain Gaspar, who was burning, killing and looting Chinese businessmen to avenge himself for being shot by the Chinese, and 400 Pampanga native soldiers, and about 20 Spanish soldiers were trapped in Balian.

About 1000 Chinese surrounded a group of native soldiers in a warehouse shed, holding various sticks and stones, and some held torches.However, arrows were continuously shot from the warehouse windows, blocking the Chinese who were trying to attack the greenhouses on the other side of the street. The narrow streets were strewn with the bodies of the dead on both sides.This battle area happened to be blocked on the only way for Yin Feng's fleeing team. Seeing this, Lu Shitou had no choice but to tell the team to take a detour.

In any case, the only thing left to do now is to carry out the escape plan to the end.

After the large team of Yin Feng and others entered Balian, the rich merchants fled back to their shops one after another, and only more than 200 people followed Yin Feng.Along the way, their team continued to engage in small-scale battles with the native soldiers rushing out of the alley forks.The pirate gang brothers still have an advantage in dealing with the native soldiers with short spears or halberds. Their Japanese swords and sticks are more suitable for street fighting in narrow streets than spears.Therefore, once the sporadic native soldiers appeared on the corner of the alley, they would be killed immediately in short and intense melee combat.

Along with the uproar around Balian, the sound of musket fire and cannon bombardment in the city of Manila suddenly erupted, and it seemed that there were gunshots and human voices everywhere in the world.

Han Ping and his son were still closely following Yin Feng, but they were already petrified by the small-scale fierce battles that broke out anytime and anywhere.Yin Feng's musketeers all carried melee swords, which were originally used to deal with pirates on board; the sailors carried matchlocks on their backs and carefully walked through the streets with swords in their hands.They all pay attention to cooperating with each other, and will never leave their own team to fight. Once they encounter an enemy, as long as the area is open, three or five people will face the enemy together, the left and right will be responsible for the cover, and the one in the middle will attack.This is the team tactic Yin Feng emphasized, inspired by the "Mandarin Duck Formation". It was originally designed for fighting on narrow ship decks, but now it happens to be useful in narrow streets and alleys.

In this way, Lu Shitou's pirate brothers opened the way in front, Yin Feng's sailor musketeers were in the rear, and Zeng Yue and others and the wealthy businessmen who had just been rescued were protected in the middle.Melees continued to occur along the way, and there was a lot of voices from the front, back, left, and right. From time to time, disgraced native soldiers or bloody Chinese bumped into their team, and then there was a burst of chaos, and the team was very difficult to move forward.Those merchants who could not keep up with the team and left alone were often killed by the sudden appearance of native soldiers, and many were injured in the melee.

In the direction of the Royal City of Manila, the shouts of the Chinese overwhelmed the shooting of the Spaniards. Along the way, many Chinese rushed towards the Royal City with various weapons.

Someone stopped and asked, "Hey, where are you brothers from? Why don't you go to fight Wangcheng? Ah yes, isn't this shopkeeper Han Da? Didn't you go to Manila City to petition?"

Both Han Ping and his son were a little embarrassed, smiling bitterly, speechless.

"Boom!" - the sound of artillery in Manila City, the rumbling sound suddenly passed over the heads of Yin Feng and others, "Boom! Crash!" The bamboo shop on the street corner fifty steps away was hit by a shell, and suddenly collapsed , The bamboo pole dragged the houses on the entire street toppled.The splashed stones and bamboo branches fell all the way to the place where Yin Feng and the others were standing.A wooden stick swirled past Yin Feng's nose, hit Chen Zhongji's feet beside him, and then bounced back and hit the young man; fortunately, he had lost his strength, but the young Chen Zhongji's face turned pale with fright.

Yin Feng took a deep breath, rushed to the front and kicked the dazed pirate brothers, and shouted loudly: "Go, brothers, the Ganla people are firing! Go!"

"Boom!" There was another loud noise, and the shell flew to the other side of Balian.The loud noise woke up those who were in a daze.Yin Feng's sailors have fought against pirates many times in the past two years, and they have all experienced scenes of thundering cannons and shells flying across, so they were not too surprised.The sailors urged the wealthy businessmen: "Shopkeepers, gentlemen, hurry up, the guns are about to hit your heads!"

They crossed half of Balian District, and finally met Zeng Jingshan and others at the meeting place agreed by Zeng Jingshan: the only brick and tile house in northern Balian District - the house where Yin Feng and others hid in Qutongduo. converged.

As soon as Yin Feng entered the door, a guy from Zeng shouted in a crying voice: "Second shopkeeper! The second shopkeeper is here to bring people!" Zeng Jingshan limped out of the inner room, and several sailors rushed out in surprise: "Captain!"

Zeng Yue was carried into the door, and when he met the Zeng family brothers, he burst into tears, and after only a few days of seeing each other, both of them went back and forth from the gate of hell.

Some of the brothers of the Pirate Gang were alone in the local area without any worries, so they gathered on the streets and in the houses to rest, and the other part went back to their homes one after another to call friends and invite more people to go with them.Some of the wealthy businessmen also want to go home to clean up their belongings. Yin Feng persuaded them that they are fighting everywhere now, and it is dangerous to go back, but many people insist on going back to have a look, and he can't help it.I can only make an appointment with them, and it will be limited to tomorrow morning.

The Zeng family brothers were all injured in their legs and feet. After hearing about Yin Feng's plan, Zeng Jingshan sighed and said, "Hey, I still have to go over mountains and ridges. When I get injured in my legs and feet, how many people will be dragged down!"

"Ah Feng has enough people to help this time, don't worry!" Zeng Yue comforted him.

"Where is Miss Li? By the way, where is Magaro?" Yin Feng suddenly remembered that Li Lihua and the black Magaro were not there.

Zeng Jingshan spread his arms and said with a wry smile: "Hehe, how can we control this young lady? She insists on going home, and Magaro and her servants will accompany her."

Yin Feng felt a big headache, patted his head and said distressedly: "This Miss Li, I don't know what's serious. At this time, I have to... Hey! I'm entrusted by others, there's nothing I can do! Lin Xiao! Little Six! You take me with you! 20 brothers, hurry up to Li Dan’s house in Binondo, bring Miss Li back, and ensure her safety!”

The offensive and defensive battle in Manila City was in full swing, and more than ten thousand Chinese rebels attacked the east, north, and west sides of the royal city, and even attacked Nihoncho.Approaching the direction of Fort Santiago, the Spanish fleet and the fort's battery on the port side are firing, and the cannons at the top of Manila are also firing non-stop.The entire Manila area was shrouded in the sound of artillery, gunfire, and shouts of killing.

The Chinese with only crude and primitive weapons braved shells, guns and arrows, against shields such as door planks and wooden boards, and pushed temporary spliced ​​bamboo and wooden ladders, trying to get close to the city wall, attacking the city head again and again.But there was no long-range fire cover, and countless corpses were thrown under the tower, with little effect.This city wall was built for the Spaniards by the Chinese.

However, relying on the advantage in numbers, many insurgents have already rushed to the corner of the city wall, holding the door panel and beckoning the people behind: "Quick! Bring the ladder..."

Huang Da's Chinese Christians organized dozens of archers to shoot at the top of the city with captured bows and arrows, and covered blacksmith Li Dayu's men to build a bamboo ladder on the city wall.Countless Chinese people witnessed this scene and cheered in surprise: "Fill it! Fill it in!"

On the top of the city, all the Spaniards who can take up arms are here.The Spanish colonists and soldiers shot down the city side by side at the battlements; all the black-robed missionaries and monks in Manila were on the city walls, some were loading ammunition for the soldiers’ guns and carrying gunpowder and shells; many missionaries picked up Spears joined the ranks of soldiers shooting down the city.The bombardment of the cannon shook the head of the city. His Excellency personally commanded two 2-pound bronze cannons at the San Mili Fort, and two 12-pound heavy cannons to bombard the Chinese rebels scattered between the south bank of the Pasig River and Wangcheng.

The shells plowed bloody roads in the Chinese charging team again and again, but all the Chinese were fighting desperately. Everyone regarded the dense bullet rain as nothing, and rushed forward frantically towards the city wall of Manila.

"Crazy! Physiological people are all crazy!" Captain Pete, the artillery commander of the Spanish army, looked blankly at the crowd below the city and muttered to himself, almost forgetting to fire.Governor Aguna grabbed his collar, pulled him over, and shouted at Captain Velasco's face within a centimeter: "God bless, why don't you fire! These lunatics are about to charge up." !"

"Boom! Boom!"

While the cannons were roaring, the Chinese team had crossed the moat and approached the city wall, and more ladders were put on the city wall of Manila.