Wanli 1592

Chapter 473 Anuo's Efforts

The battle between the two factions, which have been hostile to each other for decades, is not as passionate as imagined, and they even start the war cautiously.

Before the start of the war, full battle preparations and battle mobilization must be made. The coalition forces put the main force in Manila and left two troops outside the city to support the city defense and plan to fight back.

On the other hand, the allied army looked at this posture, and considering their lack of engineering ability, they did not dare to approach rashly. They wanted to lure the enemy into battle, and then fight to the death in the wild, using their superiority in numbers to the extreme in order to win quickly.

Both sides are testing each other, and no one wants to be the first to play the card. The hatred between the two sides is so deep that when this matter comes to an end, they calm down on each other. They are not in a hurry to fight, but observe each other carefully, trying to gain The opponent's one-hit kill method.

Juan looked at the city of Manila under heavy protection, and the tribal old man also looked at the entire Confederate army formation from the top of the city.

According to his experience, the formation of the allied army is very tight, and the number is more than the number in his hands. If the support troops arrive now, the number is almost the same, so he has the confidence to go out of the city to fight in the field.

Now the number of enemies is obviously much larger than him, and he doesn't think he can be sure of victory in such a situation.

The more tense it was to decide their fate, the elders of the tribe became more calm. They had waited for decades and didn't care about this time. If they couldn't seize the opportunity to kill them in one fell swoop, they would be a problem here.

At this time, a close aide beside the old man pointed to a position on the front left of him.

"Boss, look, over there, are those iron barrels the artillery that the Spaniards often use?"

"artillery?"

The old man of the tribe was taken aback, and quickly looked over. Although he was old, his eyesight did not degenerate much. What he could see when he was young, he can still see now.

He has seen artillery a lot. As early as the first battle, the big iron barrel that roared and breathed fire brought him painful memories. Countless comrades around him died at the hands of the artillery. The closest comrades-in-arms It was blasted into several sections by artillery, and it was impossible to even bury it.

Once this thing roars, although it is not good against city walls, it is still useful against people. More importantly, the sound is very loud and scary. It can deter the enemy and boost your morale. I have no firearms on my side, not even a single firearm. But there were firearms in Juan's place, and they were still cannons.

Things are a little bit worse now.

"They have artillery? Those damned traitors!"

A confidant cursed those traitors viciously.

The old man of the tribe was very sober and stopped his cronies from cursing.

"It's useless to scold them now. They have artillery, so it's hard to say whether they have guns. Firearms are very powerful and loud. If they are hit, they can cause great damage. The only thing that can stop firearms is rain, but now It's been sunny and I don't expect rain anytime soon, so it's not in our favor."

The words of the old man in the tribe made the cronies around him fall into difficult thinking, and everyone's face was ugly.

It is rare to occupy the advantage of the city, but the opponent has firearms, which is really unfavorable.

"I don't know how many firearms they have yet, but since they have them, we must guard against them, but I think the Spaniards will not fully trust them. Even if they are given firearms, they will not give them many. I think as long as we find a way Destroy the batch of firearms we can see, they may not have more firearms!"

A tribal leader suddenly spoke.

Another tribal leader retorted: "That's the truth, but who will destroy them? And how should we destroy them? We don't have weapons with a longer range than bows and arrows, and bows and arrows can't destroy artillery. of!"

Everyone's complexion turned bad again.

At this time, the old man of the tribe spoke.

"It is not necessary to destroy firearms. Firearms need to be filled with gunpowder to exert their power. Gunpowder is most afraid of water. As long as we can get the gunpowder wet, firearms will naturally be useless. Now that it does not rain, we can only rely on people. We need the bravest fighters to take on this task."

Everyone looked at each other, keenly aware of the difficulty of this task and the high probability of sacrifice, and retreated a little.

The old man of the tribe was not surprised by everyone's actions. He was waiting for someone to volunteer.

"I will go! I will do it! I will lead my people to destroy the gunpowder and make their firearms unusable! Chief! Please let me go! I have enough confidence to destroy them!"

An imperceptible light flashed in the eyes of the tribal old man, and then changed into a worried face.

"Ano, you have to know that firearms are very dangerous, and they will definitely be under their heavy protection. When the war starts, we can only do our best to send you in front of them. After that, you need to work hard on your own It would be very dangerous to attack their firearms position, break through the protection and destroy the gunpowder, can you do it?"

Anuo nodded very firmly.

"As long as you can send someone to escort us to them, I will attack with all my strength! Even if it costs my life, I must destroy the gunpowder and create conditions for the army to attack! My only hope is that if we win I can still live after that, I hope you can give Juan to me and let me kill him with my own hands!"

The tribal elder nodded in satisfaction.

"Okay! I promise you! Ano, you are a warrior! You are a real warrior!"

The tribal old man patted Anuo on the shoulder, and then began to formulate tactics.

There are many dense jungles outside Manila. These jungles are undeveloped and very lush. Although both sides choose to deploy troops in an open area, the surrounding area is dense forests. To be precise, this is not a good terrain for a war, but Manila is located very well. Important, the two sides also had to fight here.

What the old man meant was to send someone to find a small path for Anuo's troops to take the path and directly attack Juan's army, attacking from their flanks, catching them by surprise.

Then it was up to A Nuo's efforts to see if his impact was strong enough to break through the defense and rush to the position of the firearms troops in the center to destroy the gunpowder.

They will send an elite force to hide Ano's elite tribal soldiers in it, and this elite force will escort Ano's elite troops to attack all the way to the location of Juan's firearms troop, so that Ano has enough buffer period.

But it's hard to say how long the elite troops can last. In case all the escorting troops die in battle, Ano can only rely on himself.

(End of this chapter)