Dragon Sea Empire

Yin Feng approached the pair of women with a torch. The disheveled girl and the young native woman were startled. They raised their eyes and saw him. They kowtowed to the ground with tears streaming down their faces. They wanted to say something thankful but couldn't.Yin Feng handed the torch to Chen Zhongji, his follower, and reached out to support them: "No need to do this! Don't you two have any other relatives?"

He has been a little numb from being kowtowed and thanked these days, but women are very rare among Chinese in Luzon, so he came here to ask.The girl choked up and said, "We are from Longhai, Zhangzhou, and my eldest brother Tang Jie is the head of Xingsheng Gezai Opera Troupe..."

Yin Feng was very curious. Gezai opera has become popular in Luzon Island. Maybe this Tangjia troupe is a pioneer in the spread of Chinese opera culture.However, the story of the young girl Tang Wan is not interesting: the Xingsheng Class is a joint venture of Li Dan and other Manila Chinese business giants. At the beginning of this year, she was invited from thousands of miles to come to Balian to act.In the beginning, they acted in a few plays, and everyone made a lot of money. The show leader Tang Jie even planned to develop in Manila for a long time, and even married a Tagalog wife.However, not long after, riots and wars broke out in Balian, and the theater troupe also suffered.

In the past few months, the members of the Tang family hid in a secluded place in Balian, endured hunger and hunger, relied on some wealthy businessmen to support them, and waited for the situation to change.However, the situation is getting worse and worse. In the end, the Chinese failed to attack Manila. Fire broke out in Bari, and their hiding places were also engulfed in fire.A group of people discarded all the props and outfits of the troupe, and escaped from Balian in a panic.They may be the last batch of Chinese who managed to escape from Balian.

Tang Jie didn't seem to be able to show a bit of manliness in his sister's mouth; he abandoned all the troupe members along the way, and finally ignored his wife and sister, and fled far ahead alone.According to Tang Wan's inquiries, his elder brother Tang Jie may have passed the mountain pass in the afternoon, and he probably spent the night in the mountain at this moment.

Yin Feng sighed, and comforted the girl Tang Wan, saying: "Since you have already entered the mountain, it is likely that nothing will happen. I will send someone to escort you into the mountain tomorrow. Don't worry, I will guard this mountain pass for a few days. I have nothing to do with La people." I won't be chasing you any more."

He didn't notice that Logan was looking at him very strangely, evasive but full of enthusiasm.At this moment, Logan's dirty appearance will not leave any beautiful impression on him.However, as a weak woman, this girl supported her foreign sister-in-law to escape all the way, so it is very rare to be able to persist here.Yin Feng ordered Chen Zhongji to get some food for them, and then went to check several sentry posts.

In the middle of the night, Yin Feng leaned on the cart and was falling asleep.He was indeed too tired these days, and Magaro pushed him for a long time before shaking him awake.Yin Feng looked around, it was still dark night, and asked with a bitter face: "What's going on? Something happened?"

"The Spaniards have increased their troops, and a lot of people came overnight."

"Come here at this time? Did you come overnight?"

Magaro shook his head: "I don't know why. When I went to the cliff to replace Little Six, I saw at least two hundred torches enter the Spanish camp by the river on the other side of the plain."

Yin Feng no longer felt sleepy.Why the Spaniards increased their troops, he guessed one thing: that is, his Musketeers caused a lot of trouble to the Spaniards.The task of guarding this mountain pass and completing the mountain road for the Chinese fleeing team is becoming more and more difficult now.

As the morning sun fell on the valley road, the Spaniards launched another attack.

After the musket reserve team behind the fence fortification fired a shot, they turned around and ran desperately towards the parapet fortification.

"Swish, swish, swish!" There was a light and sharp sound of arrows piercing through the air.When the last member of the musket reserve climbed over the parapet and hid under the plank, the first batch of arrows landed in the kang behind their buttocks.

Still led by the Pampanga natives.This time the native soldiers stopped rushing forward, the archers took the lead, and started shooting arrows 100 steps away from the parapet fortifications.Since their arrows are just short bows and small arrows made by Chinese craftsmen a few months ago, their lethality is very limited.Yin Feng put all the captured armor on the musketeers in the front two rows, and the musketeers in the back row all used wooden shields or even half breastplates on top of their heads to block the arrows from shooting.The spearmen and bamboo spearmen on the two wings also put the wooden planks that had been prepared on their heads, and the shields that the native soldiers threw on the battlefield yesterday also came in handy.

The bows and arrows all fell into the pit in front of the parapet at first, and then slowly moved forward, hitting the armor shields of the sailors. Two people were unfortunately shot in the feet by the arrows that slipped through the net. It didn't work.When the arrow rain fell on the spearmen's position, it basically had no effect except for shooting and wounding five Chinese soldiers who accidentally exposed their arms.

However, everyone had to squat behind the parapet to avoid the rain of arrows, and could not stop the enemy's advance with muskets. Under the cover of archers, the native soldiers had already approached the fence 50 steps away.Yin Feng crouched under the four-wheeled car, observing the situation through the gap between the wheels and the wooden boards, and the arrows were constantly inserted into the cart above his head.

The indigenous archers were densely packed on the mountain road. When they climbed over the fence, they stepped on several traps, and suddenly turned over a large group of archers, causing the archers in the front row to collide with each other, and the arrow rain was immediately stagnant.Some native soldiers had already climbed onto the wooden fence, trying to jump down—of course, they couldn't shoot arrows at this time.

Yin Feng seized the opportunity and ordered loudly: "Stand up and shoot!"

The musketeers who had been suffocating for a long time stood up quickly, raised their guns to aim and shoot in one go, and the sound of "bang bang" shooting resounded throughout the valley.The Pampanga native soldiers fell down one after another shaking their bodies, and the screams echoed in the valley again.The musketeers in the first row immediately retreated to the back of the team after firing, and as soon as they were shot, a musket loaded with ammunition was handed to him immediately, and then he could join the firing array again.There are two rows of more than 20 auxiliary personnel in charge of loading ammunition in the back. This extravagant waste of manpower makes only 70 people shoot 50 muskets; but Yin Feng can't help it. Tactics cannot be learned and practiced in a day.Therefore, the people who fired the muskets were always the 50 Danmin sailors of the Xinxing, and the number of people who loaded the ammunition increased a lot, and the shooting speed was finally accelerated.

The bullet rain continued to sweep the entire mountain road, and the fallen native soldiers in front of and behind the fence had already piled up corpses half a person high.Among the pirate brothers who knew how to shoot arrows stood up and started shooting arrows at the native soldiers as well.

The situation suddenly changed to what it was yesterday evening. The native soldiers hid behind the wooden fence and could not move forward or retreat. If they straightened up a little, they would be hit by continuous bullets.The Pampanga spearmen in the back row were still pouring in from the mountain pass, but their progress was blocked. Bullets from time to time knocked over some spearmen through the gaps in the front row, causing crowds and chaos in the direction of the mountain pass.

Yin Feng worked in the news media in his previous life, and it has become a habit to grab the news and rush to the front. Now, although he has practiced for many years and has a much more stable personality, the old habit is still difficult to get rid of.No, as the battle reached its climax, he had already climbed onto the cart unconsciously, squatting condescendingly to observe the situation on the opposite mountain road.

The young Chen Zhongji also climbed into the cart and excitedly shot the native soldiers with matchlock guns.If Lin Xiao was present, Yin Feng's impulsive behavior should be stopped immediately, but Lin Xiao led people to protect the Zeng brothers, and he and Lu Shitou led the team into the mountain yesterday.The four compartment panels of the cart have been removed to make shields, and people on the cart have almost no cover.Mai Xiaoliu was the little leader among the musketeers, and he was surprised when he raised his eyes to see this scene.The queue he was in was in the process of retreating to the rear of the queue to reload, and he didn't care about the order of the queue at this moment, so he shouted: "Brothers in this team obey the order: follow me!"

Mai Xiaoliu is Mai Dahai's family brother, and because of Mai Xiaowan's relationship with Yin Feng, he was very close to Yin Feng. At the same time, Lin Xiao also asked him to protect the captain before leaving.At this moment, combat discipline was put aside, and Mai Xiaoliu led the nine companions of his team to rush towards the direction of the cart from the rear of the column, and they climbed over the parapet and climbed onto the cart.As a result, this move was seen by the spearmen on the two wings, the Bamboo Gunners, who thought they were about to charge, and shouted in unison: "Kill!"

Immediately, hundreds of people raised their long weapons at the same time, and all of them charged forward at the same time.Colonel Coutere was so angry that he jumped up and cursed angrily in Portuguese, but he had no choice but to follow.

Suddenly, the musketeers stopped shooting when they saw both wings coming out.Yin Feng thought to himself: "What's wrong, I haven't given the order to charge yet?"Looking back, he saw that Mai Xiaoliu and the others had climbed into the cart, and Xiaoliuzai was full of anxiety: "My captain, what are you doing? Get down!"

Fortunately, the morale of the native soldiers in Pampanga was gone at this moment, and they were all on the verge of collapse. Suddenly, the enemy's muskets stopped firing, and the physiological human spearmen rushed over with loud shouts. Flee in the direction of the mountain pass.

In fact, a team of hundreds of people was crowded together on the narrow mountain road, and they couldn't run fast at all. When the Chinese spearmen and bamboo gunmen stumbled and rushed behind the fence, the native soldiers had already retreated 50 steps away.The problem is that the team of Pampanga indigenous soldiers was crowded and trampled at the mountain pass, and the team behind still wanted to enter the mountain pass, and the people in the valley wanted to rush out of the mountain pass to escape.

As a result, under the order of Kutre, who came in urgently, the Chinese spearmen got a little more orderly, climbed over the fence and caught up with the Pampanga native soldiers huddled together on the mountain road.

"Stab!" More than a dozen pirate gang brothers in the first row mercilessly plunged their spears into the backs of the native soldiers in front, turned them around, and drew out their weapons. A row of native soldiers fell down screaming.Then, he stabbed out the spear again, turned and pulled it out, and another row of native soldiers fell down.

After 5 rounds like this, the blood has already flowed down the shaft of the spear to the palm of the grasping hand, and the spearman is already slippery, and his hand is almost unable to hold the spear steadily.Kutley ordered loudly: "The first row raises their spears, step back, and the second row goes up!"

In such a narrow and crowded state, only the fighters in the front row have the chance to assassinate the enemy, so they can only replace and continue the assassination.However, the soldiers here are not veterans of the Portuguese mercenaries after all, but newcomers who have just practiced the phalanx tactics for a day, so the process of swapping positions in the first few rows has become a row of chaos.Someone disobeyed the order, immersed in the pleasure of killing, just kept going forward to assassinate, accidentally broke away from the brigade, was surrounded by the native soldiers who fought back from the Jedi, and died in battle on the mountain road.

More Chinese spearmen fell into confusion and failed to pursue the enemy in time.At this time, the aboriginal soldiers outside the mountain pass finally came to their senses and turned around and fled. The road at the pass was no longer blocked. chance escaped.

In this battle, the Spanish army once again left more than 90 corpses. In addition to the indigenous soldiers, two Spanish white second lieutenant officers died in battle.Two Chinese spearmen were killed during the pursuit, and more than 10 people were injured by arrows—fortunately, most of them were minor injuries that did not affect their combat effectiveness.