Chapter 227
When the only reliance was gone, Governor Juan's only thought was to make a decent surrender. In his opinion, he had done his best. The next thing was the negotiation between the big shots, and the two sides reached a settlement. He You can free yourself from captivity and return to the Spanish Empire like a hero.
But before Lewis had time to move, fierce gunshots were heard in the distance.
This is the Zhenghe Port Area Guard led by Cheng Shi. They have been deployed in the eastern area of Manila. This was once a gathering area for Chinese people. However, the massacre twenty-five years ago turned this place into a mass graveyard in Manila. The local indigenous people gave this place a name: "Chinese Tomb"
In fact, it has become a mass grave, and few people come here usually. Because the rain here is very abundant, the weeds here grow taller than a person. In fact, there are no roads in many places in Luzon. However, as people walk more, they become roads.
On this dirt road about ten meters wide, Cheng Shi deployed thirty-six Thunder Guns along both sides of the road. However, before they had time to take a breath, they saw large groups of indigenous troops rout. .
"Fire!"
Cheng Shi barely hesitated and ordered his troops to open fire.
This was a battle without any suspense. More than 800 soldiers from the Ning Navy Guards Division used simple thunderbolt firing positions to shoot in turns.
Bursts of gunfire sounded like exploding beans, and the Luzon natives who swarmed up broke down, falling in clusters like wheat.
However, these Luzon native troops have been beaten to pieces by the heavy infantry of the Tiaodang camp. They just want to come back the same way they came from.
These Luzon natives are not even clear-headed. They are about a mile away from lush bushes. Although there is no road to walk, no matter how difficult it is, it is better than braving Ning Haijun's thunderbolt charge?
But the problem was that these natives, whose brains were not as big as walnuts, were chased out of the pig-like assault by the soldiers from the Tiaodang camp. The swarming Luzon native troops once rushed to the camp of Cheng Shi's soldiers.
This made Cheng Shi, who lacked combat experience, panic. Although he did not have much combat experience, the problem was that the soldiers of the Guards Division were very experienced in combat. Seeing the indigenous soldiers approaching, he casually took out the grenade, and the grenade seemed to be thrown out like hailstones. It fell into the formation of the indigenous troops and exploded, causing their flesh and blood to fly everywhere.
This was a battle in which fewer people fought more. However, what was shocking was that the Luzon native army, which had a numerical advantage of 20,000 to 30,000 people, was frantically hacked to death by the Tiaodang Army soldiers in the rear. Cheng Shi's troops in the front were attacked with thunderbolts. Straf with muskets, explode with grenades or mines.
Even though the two Ning naval forces only had more than 5,600 officers and men, they suppressed more than 30,000 indigenous troops and were unable to get past the thunder pool.
What's even more terrible is that as time goes by, the Chinese people in Luzon, led by Wu Shangzhi, also consciously join the battle. More than a hundred fishing boats of the Wu Shangzhi family temporarily serve as troop transports, and one by one they pick up Chinese workers and guards. Even young men from every household were sent out.
As more and more Chinese people crossed the Pasig River, Cheng Shi's combat effectiveness became stronger with each group of people crossing over. A large number of Chinese with no combat experience fell into the hands of Cheng Shi. Cheng Shi commanded these young and strong Chinese to plant landmines along the way the natives retreated, and used the landmines to blow up the natives' retreating troops.
You also need to cool down the already hot thunder gun barrel with water. The young Chinese don't have grenades to throw, but they can throw guns, stones, axes, hatchets, and other messy things at a speed like raindrops. Greet the natives of Luzon.
These young Chinese will never forget that twenty-five years ago, under the instigation and bewitchment of the Spaniards, these natives massacred the Chinese without restraint.
This is a blood feud. They finally found an opportunity, how could they let these natives off easily.
The natives who tried to break through the blockade of Cheng Shi's troops found that there was no hope of escape, so they gave up resistance and wanted to lie down. However, the red-eyed Chinese and Ning navy soldiers launched an overwhelming attack on the indigenous army.
All the way eastward from the Manila Pier, on the eight-kilometer-long road, the morale of the military had been shaken and unable to withstand such an attack. It was like a diarrhea. Countless indigenous soldiers trampled on each other, or were divided and surrounded by the Ninghai army, and became The victims were slaughtered, and the plain on the south bank of the Pasig River turned into a sea of blood...
This scene also fell in the eyes of the Spaniards. They were frightened, but they did not dare to run. There were Ning Navy officers and soldiers outside the city, there were Ning Navy warships cruising on the sea, and there were red-eyed Chinese everywhere... …
Seeing blood everywhere, broken arms everywhere, and corpses of indigenous troops, even Wu Shangzhi felt a little unbearable.
Ning Haijun's officers were not uncomfortable at all. This was because Cheng Shijie instilled a spirit and a belief in them. They, Ning Haijun's officers, wanted to forge plows into swords, not swords into plowshares. This was a struggle. There is no room for mercy in the war in the living space.
Even if one general succeeds and millions of people are reduced to withered bones, how much more can a nation want to rise?
The rise of a nation is destined to step on the bones of another or several nations. The strong men rose on the bones of the Huns, and the prosperous Tang Dynasty stepped on the bones of the Turks...
A group of captive indigenous soldiers who surrendered were escorted by Ning Navy officers. They walked to the bank of the Pasig River, chopped off their heads, and pulled their bodies to the dock to be burned on the spot.
"Major General Cheng, General Li, isn't this a bit much?"
Li Zhixiang looked at Wu Shangzhi and said, "Is your butt crooked? In the thirty-first year of Wanli and the thirty-seventh year of Wanli, how many of us were killed by them? Do you still remember?"
"Remember!"
Li Zhixiang said: "This is a barbaric land, just like the Ming Dynasty in Annan. The Ming Dynasty conquered Annan, but because of the endless resistance of the indigenous people, they had to give up the thousands of miles of fertile land in Annan to get this hostile land. If you want to survive on earth and gain a foothold in this hostile land, you must do this, otherwise you will definitely repeat the same mistake as when the Ming army was driven out of Annan..."
"It's just...so many people will kill whenever they say..."
"Keep them, do you dare to close your eyes when you sleep?"
Li Zhixiang's words left Wu Shangzhi speechless.
Li Zhixiang patted Wu Shangzhi on the shoulder and said: "Mr. Wu, we are different from the Spaniards. The Spaniards came to Luzon to plunder resources, but we are different!"
"What does General Li mean?"
"We are very pure, we just want to change the owner of this land!"
Li Zhixiang looked in the direction of the Ming Dynasty in the north: "Nowadays, there are frequent disasters, either droughts, locust plagues, or snowstorms. Year after year, there are endless disasters. What about Luzon? If we immigrate to Luzon, how many people can be resettled?" ?”
Navy officers Ning and the young Chinese began to eliminate the indigenous people around Manila. The indigenous people did not have to run away if they wanted to die, and they did not chase them if they wanted to. As for the city of Manila, it seemed as if it had been forgotten.
Governor Juan no longer had any thoughts of surrendering honorably. Looking at Ning Haijun's attitude and tough tactics towards the natives, he felt that these Ming soldiers were more barbaric than barbarians.
"Gentlemen, tell me what to do now?"
More than ten days ago, this issue was almost one-sided, and almost everyone wanted to fight and kill.
As an army colonel, Omore said bravely: "War is not the way to solve problems. I suggest that we should negotiate. You have also seen that the people of the Ming Dynasty are ten times larger than our army. They also have countless cannons, especially It’s muskets, as you have heard. They have at least several thousand muskets, while our regiment has less than 300. There is really no way to make up for the disparity in numbers with courage..."
Captain Simon shrugged: "Five of our warships were sunk by them in the port, and the others seemed to have surrendered. I saw..."
"We may not be able to count on the mainland. Last month I received a letter from the mainland. His Majesty the King's army was defeated again. Even my fifteen-year-old nephew was conscripted into the army..."
"The Ming Dynasty is a member of the civilized world. They are a superpower, ten times larger than our Spanish Empire. They have a population of 20 million and millions of troops. Those outside are just their Liaodong Governor, Your Excellency the Duke’s troops, there are more than a dozen Dukes like him in the Ming Dynasty!”
"If we give in to a small country, it will indeed bring shame to the Spanish Empire, but Ming Dynasty is a superpower..."
At ten o'clock in the morning on the fourth day of May in the seventh year of Chongzhen, Governor Juan opened the city of Manila with senior officials of the Spanish colonial authorities and the commander of the Spanish army, Colonel Omore, a total of thirty-one members.
The city gates of Manila were wide open, and he no longer begged for any decent surrender. He and all the Spaniards took all the Spanish gains in Luzon, totaling more than 4.9 million taels of silver, as well as a large amount of property, including They transferred 2.3 million taels of silver, 180,000 taels of gold and other property from New Spain (Mexico) on a silver ship, and came to surrender with a thick gift list.
Outside the city gate, there were more than 2,000 soldiers from the Tiaodang Camp. These soldiers held up the gleaming Mo Dao and stared straight ahead. They felt a strong sense of oppression in front of the victorious division.
The senior officials of the colonial authorities behind Juan were a little lucky now that they no longer had to fight. If they faced such an enemy and fought against them, their brains would definitely be caught in the door.
"Dear General, please accept my surrender to you, Sir Juan Utah!"
Juan personally handed over his sword and the seal of the Governor of Luzon to Cheng Shi's hands.
Cheng Shi was slightly startled.
He handed these things over to Xie Jinglin.
"I accept your surrender!"
"Oh yeah..."
The Spaniards breathed a sigh of relief and began to cheer.
The Spanish flag in Manila was officially lowered and the Ming Dynasty flag was raised.
The national flag of the early Ming Dynasty had the sun and moon in the same frame, symbolizing the "sun and moon". Later, after a period of development, the Ming Dynasty's international status changed, and only the enlarged sun remained in the flag, which meant that all nations came to the DPRK. The twelve angles represented by the flames surrounding the sun also represent the twelve hours.
Outside Manila, there is a scene of ruins after the disaster. Looking at the past, there are warehouses and houses everywhere that have been shattered by shells or burned through the roof by fire. One by one, they were picking up the corpses left behind after the chaos, and sprinkling lime water everywhere.
The originally noisy and lively city has become depressed and quiet.
All the Chinese people started cheering: "We won!"
"We are the masters of Luzon now!"
"Luzon is ours!"
Cheng Shi was a little confused at this time, and he bombarded Manila in anger. This decision was made by Cheng Shi, but in just seven or eight days, Luzon changed hands in this way.
Until now, he was still a little unbelievable.
What’s the next step? Where should we go?
Cheng Shi has never regretted anything he has done. If he does it again, he will probably do it again.
Anyway, after the bombardment of Manila. He has become a foreign devil, at least, the Spaniards will think of themselves as a butcher.
In fact, not only the Spaniards, but also the Chinese in Luzon regarded Cheng Shi as a butcher. At least 20,000 Luzon natives died under his command, and at least tens of thousands of people had their heads moved because of his words.
Looking at the gains from conquering Manila, Cheng Shi looked at Xie Jinglin and said, "Mr.
Xie Jinglin was slightly startled: "Major General Cheng, what do you mean..."
"I got into such a big trouble and caused so much trouble to my father..."
Xie Jinglin actually knew that this matter could be right or wrong. The key was what Cheng Shijie thought.
Now it is a battle of honor between Spain and the Ming Dynasty. It is not up to Cheng Shi to decide what will happen next.
…
On Chongming Island, Cheng Shijie's news at this time was quite limited.
It was not until the Dutch Governor Putmans arrived in Da Yuan and made a serious protest to Cheng Shijie that Cheng Shijie knew that the Red Lady had used Liujia Town to launch a head hunt in Da Yuan.
In just over a month, a total of 165 Dutch people were assassinated or kidnapped. The most serious incident occurred on April 22, when a 65-member pioneer team of the Dutch East India Company, protected by 104 mercenaries, went deep into the Taichung area to conduct surveys.
As a result, they encountered an attack, in which sixty-five members of the Dutch pioneers had their heads cut off on the spot, but there were two survivors among the mercenaries. The two survivors reported to Putmans that the Dutch East India Company was responsible for these attacks. It's called the April 22 tragedy.
Putmans made representations to Cheng Shijie on behalf of the Dutch East India Company, demanding that Ning Haijun stop its aggression against senior officials and compensate the members of the Dutch East India Company's expeditionary team who were killed on April 22.
Cheng Shijie categorically denied that the April 22 incident was related to Ning Haijun, and strongly condemned the Dutch colonial authorities' attacks on the people of Tamsui.
Of course, Putmans also flatly denied Cheng Shijie's accusations. Even if Ning Haijun submitted evidence to prove that the "horse bandits" were wearing Dutch cavalry uniforms, the Governor-General of the Netherlands also denied that those people were Dutch cavalry.
Clothing can be faked, so it proves nothing.
Although the corpse appeared to have many Dutch characteristics, 165 people disappeared in the Netherlands in more than a month, so it was impossible to prove whether the horse bandits were the Dutch who were killed.
Cheng Shijie said calmly: "Just because our Ning Haijun counts beheadings as military merit, you can't conclude that all the so-called victims were beheaded and it was our Ning Haijun who did it. This judgment is too arbitrary and cannot prove anything. It is said that I know that there are many indigenous peoples in Da Yuan’s native land, and they all have the habit of headhunting, so maybe they did it!”
"Your Majesty the Governor, you are playing with fire. I must solemnly remind you that your irresponsible remarks may very well lead to the outbreak of war between our two countries."
Putmans knew very well that if it were just those large indigenous peoples, although they had the custom of headhunting, the problem was that they could never be the opponents of the Dutch. Occasional sporadic assassinations might be their fault, but the problem was that the pioneers The team has more than a hundred hired guards, and the pioneer team members also have a large number of muskets and pistols. They can have an absolute advantage against the warriors of the primitive tribes.
Cheng Shijie patted the table and said: "As long as you dare, we will definitely accompany you. Don't threaten me with war. I am not scared. I am not a native who has never seen the world. If you dare to talk to me in such a tone again, I will I will send you back to Dajuan, and I can assure you that the Ning navy army will be able to occupy the entire territory of Dajuan within a month, and your local reinforcements will not be able to give you any support anyway."
"Don't forget Zheng Zhilong!"
"You can try to unite with Zheng Zhilong. As long as I get proof that Zheng Zhilong has passed through the Dutch, I will go to the capital to deprive Zheng Zhilong of all his titles and deal with Zheng Zhilong. No matter how I fight with Zheng Zhilong or how the fight ends, I have the absolute strength to destroy you first!"
Cheng Shijie stared at Putmans and said fiercely: "Admit it, compared with our Ming Dynasty, your Netherlands is just a small country. You should maintain enough respect for the superpower Ming Dynasty, instead of provoking everywhere like now! We, the Ming Dynasty, are internal There are many problems, but the problem is that any of our governors can easily crush your Netherlands, including your so-called East India Company."
Putmans' face turned red as he listened to the translator's translation, but he did not dare to say any harsh words. He stiffened his neck and said: "I will convey the words of His Excellency the Governor to the Board of Directors of the Dutch East India Company exactly as they are!"
"This is your power!"
Cheng Shijie is determined to win high-ranking officials, who are not only like fishbones, they will choke Zheng Zhilong, but will also make the Dutch very unhappy.
Cheng Shijie was not an indigenous official of the Ming Dynasty. At this time, the Netherlands was still under the management of the Spanish Empire and did not have enough autonomy at all.
Now the Spanish Empire has been retreating steadily in the face of Europa's coalition attack, and Spain's Philip III does not dare to provoke the Ming Dynasty easily.
Although Da Ming is weak, he still has a huge airs, just like a super fat man. Regardless of whether Da Ming can fight or not, at least he looks very bluffing.
What's more, Zheng Zhilong's three battles with Cheng Shijie all failed, and now Zheng Zhilong's prestige has been greatly reduced.
Putmans became a little confused when he saw Cheng Shijie's tough attitude.
Because everyone knows that Cheng Shijie and Zheng Zhilong are competing for maritime hegemony, and although Zheng Zhilong is powerful, he is at a disadvantage, while Cheng Shijie has the initiative.
Both sides are now launching attacks around the trade line.
In fact, Zheng Zhilong couldn't bear it anymore. He decided to destroy Ning Haijun's main fleet first by sea and then by land, and then launch a land attack.
In this case, will Cheng Shijie take the initiative to establish Holland as a powerful enemy?
Could it be that there is something fishy going on here?
Is Zheng Zhilong up to something?
Thinking of this, Putmans feels it is very possible, because once Holland and Cheng Shijie fight, the person who will benefit the most is Zheng Zhilong.
Putmans took a deep breath and almost fell into Zheng Zhilong's trap.
Otherwise, they would fight Cheng Shijie, and Zheng Zhilong would be able to obtain the support of the Dutch East India Company without any effort.
"so close!"
When Putmans left Chongming Island, he hurriedly wrote to Batavia, reporting his judgment and doubts to the board of directors of the Dutch East India Company, hoping that the board of directors would make a decision.
After Putmans left, Cheng Shijie ordered Chen Dayong to temporarily stop military operations in Da Yuan.
In fact, Chen Dayong did not dispatch Ning Haijun soldiers. If Ning Haijun soldiers were really dispatched, Cheng Shijie could now have tea in Tainan Port.
After all, Ning Haijun is now fighting Zheng Zhilong. He is really worried that Zheng Zhilong will join forces with the Dutch. For Zheng Zhilong, what is integrity and how much is it worth?
Zhu Weiti was not present when Cheng Shijie negotiated with Putmans, but she also heard that Cheng Shijie was very angry.
Zhu Weiti was worried that Cheng Shijie would be so angry that he had someone make a bowl of Poria and Huaishan soup to calm Cheng Shijie's anger.
But the problem is that when Zhu Weiti came here with Poria Huaishan Soup, she was wearing a gauze-like light green dress. Under the skirt, she was only wearing trousers and no trousers, revealing her beautiful and moist breasts. Ankle comes.
Cheng Shijie finally extinguished the fire, but it suddenly started to burn again.
Cheng Shijie guessed that Zhu Weiti must have done it intentionally.
Of course, don’t tell the truth once you see through it.
At night, Zhu Weiti said: "Zi Yi, has the consort slept?"
"I don't know, slave, come over and have a look!"
"good!"
Gu Ziyi came outside Cheng Shijie's study. During this period of time, Cheng Shijie did not return to Liaodong in Chongming Island. On the one hand, the development of Liaodong was on the right track. On the other hand, Cheng Shijie was also putting on a show for the court, pretending to be happy and reluctant to miss Sichuan, so as to alleviate Chongzhen's concern. his concerns.
However, Gu Ziyi came outside the study and found that the light was on in the room.
"Consort, the princess asked the slave to bring you fruits..."
Gu Ziyi heard that there was no sound in the study, and then walked towards the bedroom in confusion, but there was also no sign of Cheng Shijie.
Gu Ziyi returned to Zhu Weiti's dormitory: "Princess, it seems that there is someone outside!"
"ah!"
"This slave has been paying attention for a long time!"
"What?"
"The prince-in-law disappears at night!"
Cheng Shijie traveled through two time and space, but in fact there are people who doubt both aspects.
Xiang Hui also wondered if Cheng Shijie had someone outside, but the problem was that Cheng Shijie's firepower had dwindled. Occasionally, she would use Cheng Jiayue's children, pretending to accidentally put them in Cheng Shijie's pocket, to locate the watch to locate Cheng Shijie.
Of course, every time Xiang Hui locates, he will find that Cheng Shijie left Longyue Company and only went home, and did not move for a long time. After asking the guard, he also found that Cheng Shijie did not leave their community.
This made Xiang Hui dispel his doubts.
In the past, no one had the right to ask about Cheng Shijie's mysterious disappearance, but it was different now. After he married Zhu Weiti, Zhu Weiti had this right.
When Zhu Weiti heard this, she felt a little bitter.
Cheng Shijie has not been married to him until now, which shows that Cheng Shijie still has a grudge in his heart. Now that she is sure that Cheng Shijie is normal, she decided to find an opportunity to let Cheng Shijie take him back.
(End of chapter)
