Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 544 Swept
Song Qingshu now feels that he is a bit too heavy on the enemy, even the old colonial empire Spain is no more than that!
Advancing along the coastline, in three days, the fleet almost arrived at Luzon Island, the best bay port between the kidney blood vessels and ureters, Manila Bay, and passed two smaller Spanish colonial cities along the way. It was people who went to the empty building, not even taking away the firearms but also the treasures. The begging army easily seized the stronghold, and the balance of control in Northern Luzon gradually tilted to the side of the begging army.

Everything went well made Song Qingshu a little bored.

On May 25, the fleet arrived in Manila Bay.

Manila Bay is really like the crescent on the waist. The protruding peninsulas on both sides wrap most of a vast and closed sea area in it, forming an excellent safe haven with a length of 58 kilometers. Every year, dozens of hundreds of routes take the Pacific route. The Spanish treasure ship is here to avoid the storm, and the towering peninsula is insurmountable even by a strong typhoon.

But now, people go to Hongkong here. Apart from dozens of small broken fishing boats, there is not even a broken barrel left in the glorious treasure ship fleet of the past.

But the battle still has to be fought. The name of the later generations of the Philippines is an aberration of the name of King Philip of Spain. It can be seen that the importance of this place to Spain is similar to that of the Dutch city of Zeelandia last time. The Spanish colonists also built it. The strong fortress is defended by coastal defense artillery, but compared with Tainan, the degree of defense here is really different. After all, the north and south entrances of Tainan Neijiang River are only a few miles away, while the entrance of the huge strait is more than ten miles, and The Spanish royal city built on the banks of the Passy River is on flat ground even if it is protected by the river, while the city of Zeelandia is built on a mountain.

"Where did all these Spanish ships go?"

Looking through the binoculars at the bay filled with sea fog, Shi Lang, the governor of the Navy, muttered suspiciously.In the battle off the northern seas six days ago, it was true that the Spanish Armada fell into a trap and half of it was wiped out, but Pedro escaped with twelve battleships. Don't underestimate the twelve battleships, which have already caught up with many The national navy has a total number, and it is Spain's advanced Galen galleon. If it is used well, it will also cause headaches for the beggar army.

After not finding any trace of Pedro's fleet, Shi Lang felt a little uneasy after all.

"Governor Shi, the commander asked me to ask, when will the attack be launched?"

Just when Shi Lang was frowning, a sudden shout from behind brought him back to his senses, and when he looked back, a young general wearing a helmet ran over excitedly.

Probably Song Qingshu didn't ask, but he himself asked. Li Dingguo's Seventh Division was the first batch of landing troops to take the lead. This young nephew has been in a state of excitement since the combat meeting yesterday, but it doesn't matter whether he can find Pedro's fleet or not. , Manila is still going to fight, hesitated for a while, Shi Lang still nodded.

"Mr. Li, go back and report to the commander, the attack will start immediately."

There are two isolated islands at the entrance of Manila Bay, on which the Spaniards also built a fortress, equipped with five [-]-pound coastal defense guns, and the stone-built buildings are somewhat similar to medieval western castles, but they are blown by sea wind all year round. The two fortresses have been damaged to varying degrees. The Spanish flag is displayed, and the Spanish conquistador guards are nervously pushing the artillery carts to defend.

Later generations of Western colonists opened the door to China with strong ships and sharp guns, but now they are back. China wants to use strong ships and sharp guns to open the door by itself. Under the nervous gaze of those Spanish colonists, the vast sea fog was suddenly torn apart. Ten Yingtian battleships equipped with imitated Armstrong guns appeared together in front of their eyes, and then slowly tilted and opened their sides, and the black gun bays slowly opened like the eyes of death.

"fire!"

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The shells are really like a downpour. Although the caliber of more than 200 long-range heavy artillery is not as good as the [-]-pound coastal defense gun, the benefits brought by the rifling are almost the same as the [-]-pound and [-]-pound coastal defense guns on the shore. Li Lu, the shells of the cheats hit the castle one after another, and there was some weak resistance at the beginning, but immediately, the fortress walls of the two islands were almost untenable, and the Spanish conquistadors who had just gone up were immediately hit by roaring shells. Torn to shreds.

After shelling for an hour, the fortress of Rawa Island on the north side was the first to collapse on a large scale, and then the fortress of Thane Island in the south quickly followed suit. The shelling had just stopped, and the infantry of the Seventh Division had already rowed the The fast runner landed on the ship and rushed onto the beach. When Li Dingguo personally rushed into the fortress of Thane Island with a firecracker, more than 90 Spanish sailors who had a mental breakdown raised their hands tremblingly out of the fort wall and surrendered to the beggars. .

In less than 10 minutes, Rawa Island also raised the white flag high.

The two gates were destroyed, and there was no one who could resist Song Qingshu's pace. 45 battleships and two Haida fish filed in and broke into Manila Bay in one fell swoop. revealed in front of the eyes.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, in the small town of Santo Domingo in the northeast of Manila Bay, outside the range of the Spanish coastal defense guns, the Qihuo Army made a large-scale landing. The Taiwan First Division and the old Gezuo First Division successively occupied the The town rested for half an hour, and at around three o'clock in the afternoon, Song Yongzhong's chosen vanguard launched a tentative advance towards the main city of Manila, the center of Spanish rule, Wangcheng District.

It should be said that this place is much bigger than Zeelandia, where the Dutch worked in Taiwan. After all, the Spaniards have been operating it for 70 years. The entire Wangcheng District is star-shaped and exists as a fortress. It is more than seven meters high and protected by a three-meter-thick stone wall. There are also forts and archery towers on the wall. The blue-gray wall seems to show its strength.

However, along with the splendor of Wangcheng, it was the blood and tears of the Han people that were revealed in front of the begging army. These Spanish colonists extremely despised the oriental peoples. Only white people could live in the Wangcheng District. And they had to return to the Binno community where they lived before sunset, and at this time, the Binno community had been destroyed and turned into ruins.

Here in the tropics, the corpses after the massacre have been cleared up, but the horrible wreckage of that day still abounds everywhere, half of the Han Chinese signs were burned, the charred corpses were pressed under the collapsed houses, and the Spaniards also played games. As for hangings, there are no less than a thousand gallows erected in the entire Binnuo district. Some of the corpses were taken away, but most of them are still there. A half-decomposed skeleton hangs there hideously and desperately.

The Ming people who once helped the establishment of the Spanish royal city and used blood and sweat to prosper here received such a reward.

The storehouse of the West India Company here was also burnt to ruins, but the entrance still retains traces of fierce fighting. It was already past six o'clock when we advanced here, and the sky began to darken. We are not afraid of the Spanish firing, Song Yongzhong Simply ordering the excavation of the ruins, more than a dozen soldiers of the Selected Front Army carefully lifted the burnt half-charred beams, and pulled out the ones that were pressed underneath.

At the entrance, the body of a Spaniard was actually dug up. Unlike other Chaoshan people who went to sea to do business in a daze, Song Qingshu knew the truth of the political power coming out of the barrel of a gun. Shops are all issued with guns. A beggar army guard More than a dozen lead pellets were hung on his body, and a bayonet stabbed firmly into the chest of the Spanish conqueror. The two fell to the ground and died at the same time. The scene was so heroic that Song Yongzhong couldn't help but sigh.

Then digging down, one corpse after another was pulled out one after another, a total of 63 corpses. It can be seen that the attack came very suddenly, and there were traces of fighting everywhere.

"how?"

Just when Song Yongzhong lowered his head and tried his best to count according to the list, a sudden sound sounded beside him, and he turned his head immediately under a shock, clasped his fists and shouted in horror: "Commander, why are you here! It's dangerous here!"

"How many people's identities have been checked? Have you ever found Lu Xiangsheng, Marshal Lu? And the former Tang king Zhu Yujian?"

These two people have always been on Song Qingshu's mind. He finally pulled Lu Xiangsheng out of the dead, and kindly let him go to sea to avoid the limelight. A generation of brave and loyal generals did not die in battle, but died in the despicable sneak attack of the Spanish. Song Qingshu's heart Extraordinary remorse and resentment.

And Zhu Yujian, after a long time of reminiscing, he only sounded, this person is also a character, Emperor Longwu of Nanming, the Zhu Ming royal family who persisted until the end, once led Daming to reveal a little bit of hope for ZTE, he is a capable person in the wind and rain, he originally It is also an important chess piece of Song Qingshu. Once the capital falls, if Zhu Yousong, the little blessing king, is unreliable, he can be supported as a puppet.

But now, both of them are dead or alive.

"Back to Commander, most of the corpses are rotten, and no one has been checked, but Commander Lu and King Tang should not be among them. King Tang's clothes are mixed with gold thread, and there is also a jade pendant on his waist, and Commander Lu Shuai has huge bones and a protruding figure. Among these corpses, there are no two obvious features. Also, the corpses are all men, no women and children, maybe they have time to escape, maybe!"

Looking at the ruins of corpses all over the city, Song Qingshu could only reluctantly nod his head, but after all, if he didn't see the corpses, there was still hope. He glanced gloomyly at the corpses on the ground, and then looked at the gallows beside him which were still creaking. The creaking skeleton, Song Qingshu suddenly groaned in hatred.

"Bring over the Spanish barbarians captured today. Aren't they capable of killing unarmed civilians? So what if I kill prisoners? Let them know that killing people requires their lives!"

"The last will obey!"

It is also the more people who are wandering outside, the more they can feel the value of fellow countrymen whose blood is thicker than blood, and the hatred they have seen has long been condensed in their hearts, and Song Yongzhong clasped his fists happily.

The first night passed like the tranquility before the storm, and the next morning, the Spanish conquistador, who had just woken up from his sleep, yawned and stood on the city wall, but immediately screamed in horror , just about 100 meters not far from the gate of Wangcheng, there is a large row of gallows hanging next to the skeletons of the Han people, 160 and eight Spanish defenders of the two fortresses were gagged, with hideous faces Hanging there, and these people are not dead yet, some of them are still kicking their legs in despair.

"Quick, open the city gate! Go save people!"

Amidst the roars of panic and anger, a group of Spanish infantry quickly pushed open the city gate, but before they could run out, the roar came from the sea fleet, and hundreds of artillery fire from the two forts erected on the road overnight, roared. A large area of ​​ruins outside the city was riddled with holes and the gallows were immediately torn apart. The Spanish conquistadors who guarded the city could only watch the prisoners wailing as the bombed flesh flew all over the place.

The Battle of Manila was launched by Song Qingshu, such an aggressive scene kicked off...

　The classmate I had a crush on is back, and I went out to eat and play very late, let’s start with another chapter, hey... sad

　　
　
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