open sea

Chapter 747
Acapulco did not resist Lin Manjue's offensive for too long, and the Ming army successfully entered the port that night.

This port was different from Chen Mu's imagination. Except for the Spanish barracks, he couldn't even find a place where the soldiers could rest well.

Except for the temporary military buildings, it looks like a big fishing village, with either collapsed forts or low, ugly houses. Even the warehouses at the port are extremely poorly built.

While riding a horse on the narrow and muddy street, Chen Mu casually grabbed the wall of the mud house that was not greasy outside the wooden frame. straw.

The port was emptied, and Fu Yuan caught up with Chen Mu on horseback and reported: "The port warehouse is out of stock, only some gunpowder and stone bombs, and the ruins of the four forts have been cleaned up overnight. They are all wooden and mud watchtowers. Can dig out the cannon."

Chen Mu nodded slowly on horseback. He expected that there would be no goods in the port. The Western monk Acosta who accompanied him from Majia Port to the south when the attack on the port began said that this port only has one cargo per year. January is the most prosperous month, and nothing else.

At the door of those dilapidated houses, women and children who had no time to escape opened the wooden door slightly to reveal a gap, watching in horror the Ming army marching through the street, waiting to accept their unknown fate.

The camp of the Spanish garrison was in the north of the port, and it was first breached by Lin Manjue's guerrilla flag army. At this time, it became an important place for the Ming army to deal with the post-war problems.

The number of defenders was much larger than what the Ming army had imagined. In the open space outside the camp, there were prisoners and surrendered soldiers sitting or kneeling everywhere. It seemed that there were nearly a thousand of them. guarded.

Chen Mu, who let the horse approach the camp, twitched his eyelids, and said to Lin Manjue who came up to him, "So many people?"

Lin Manjue could only respond with a wry smile, and said: "My subordinate, Hei Jingang, has asked about the situation. There were originally [-] Western defenders. A few days ago, they followed the order of Mexico City and recalled more than [-] people. There are less than [-] people left to stay here."

"In order to deal with the Ming army that invaded the Northeast, the Western officers who stayed behind called all the men in the port village, pulled up nearly 2000 troops to guard, and issued wooden spears and bows to guard our army. Only a hundred or so banner troops from our department entered the port. ..."

Lin Manjue said, looking back at the crowd who had surrendered or been captured, and said: "That's it, my subordinates didn't tie them up, and those who were tied up were tied up by themselves."

Only then did Chen Mu understand that if he let untrained and unarmed people join the battle, and faced Lin Manjue's troops who had cannons and blunderbuss, they would naturally be defeated at the first touch.

"Those who were able to run away followed the defeated soldiers of the Western Army. The family members who didn't run away are here, and most of them stayed here voluntarily."

Finally, Lin Manjue added: "They are all mixed blood, they are too lax in defense here."

lax?

"It would be strange if they built a fortified city on the west coast. The Spanish enemies are all in the east. What's the use of strengthening defense here? It's just like Ming didn't build a strong city in Xinming."

In fact, Chen Mu had another vicious metaphor for the Spanish West Coast of America in his heart, just like the past dynasties who have lax coastal defenses, because from the cognitive point of view, the enemy will not come from the sea!

By the time you realize it, it will be too late.

Lin Manjue nodded, it seems that this is indeed the truth, but even so Spain is too lax towards the west coast, and the relationship with Daming has been tense for several years since Luzon, and it is strange that they have not prepared at all.

'Perhaps, the two imperial courts are similar, and they do things slower. '

Lin Manjue thought so, and asked the coach with his fists cupped: "How to deal with these people, please show me how to deal with these people."

Chen Mu took a deep breath, looked at the crowd in the open space, pondered for a moment and said: "There is nothing to deal with, let them calm their minds first. The military staff is writing a notice to calm the people, telling them that they can eat and sleep as long as they don't make trouble. The armies of heaven do not take human life."

Compassion does not control soldiers. Returning to compassion and not commanding soldiers, it is not worthwhile to compete with the common people. More importantly, the flag army under his subordinates cannot use massacres, killings, and looting as a means of boosting morale.

It is more difficult to restrain military discipline in expeditionary operations than in local operations, and it is more difficult to restrain military discipline in the navy than in land divisions.

Once the mouth is opened, all the honor and pride accumulated in the past will be gone. Asia is far away from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, and separatism will definitely appear in the future, but whether this time is three to five years or three to five hundred years depends on the strength of their army. Military discipline sets the tone.

"Wait until the Anmin Announcement is issued, and the people's taxation laws are basically settled. It will be about tomorrow morning, and then we will tell them the news of their release."

"At that time, those who are willing to leave are allowed to go home and bring their wives, children, and food along the way to Mexico City. Those who are unwilling to leave will be considered the people of this place."

Lin Manjue nodded in response, and praised: "The commander-in-chief is brilliant, these people going east to Mexico City will definitely disturb the hearts of the army and the people. Even if the defeated soldiers are recruited again, they will still be defeated in the battle."

This is completely the normal way of thinking of a mid-level officer. After speaking, Lin Manjue stepped aside to lead Chen Mu's headquarters into the camp.

"Oh?"

"The last fort was blown up by itself. Our banner army knocked down the torch ninety steps away with a gun. I wanted to extinguish the fire and cause chaos for the banner army to attack. Maybe it ignited the fort. Put on gunpowder and blow up."

Is this how the killer gun is used?
Chen Mu suppressed a smile, and then thought about it to himself. Even if the black lamp is blind, he can see nothing even if the gun is equipped with a god's eyepiece, so he can shoot accurately with a torch.

But this distance is very surprising, very far and accurate shooting.

On the way into the camp, Lin Manjue conveyed Chen Mu's order to the banner officers under his command, asking them to calm down the captives, and assuring them that they would not kill without chaos.

Things after the battle were much more troublesome than the battle itself. In the commander's tent spread out in the camp, Chen Mu issued orders one by one: "General Shi's fleet cruises the bay, and the fleets are scattered along the coast and sail south for hundreds of miles to patrol The formations are separated by five miles, and when the enemy is detected, fireworks are set off in the air to warn the rear."

"General Erma will lead the fleet to the south successively, and the Imperial Army and the Jing Army will dock at the Zhuangyuan Bridge to garrison. I dare not let those landlubbers fight at sea, but they are still able to guard a large number of luggage and prepare for land battles. There is no delay in the return of the luggage ship. .”

"General Wuqiao, these days you will lead the fleet to protect the supply ships and sail westward. Escort for three hundred miles and return without risk."

Wuqiao is Deng Zilong. He still thinks about Chen Mu's saying that "Westerners are better at land battles than sea battles". Is land warfare not as good as Xiyi?"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)