A team of more than a thousand people spread out less than a hundred steps away from the outer city of St. Paul's Fortress. They were also busy building fortifications and deploying artillery. Of course, this movement was not small!
So they were quickly discovered by several black sentries in black clothes arranged by Rodoni outside the city... Although these black sentries are really suitable for lurking and operating at night, their mathematics Not very good.
"Lord Governor, they have many, many people!"
Luo Dongni frowned, "many, many, many" exactly?
Another black sentry who looked wiser said: "Their people are as numerous as the stars in the sky, and they can't even be counted!"
Rodoni quickly raised his head to observe the sky at night, and was shocked when he saw it... The sky was full of stars!
There must be more than ten thousand!
Did the Ming army really come in so many numbers? How many people can fit in those ten boats?
"Governor," De Figo came up at this time, "the enemy is likely to use the darkness to launch a sneak attack! I suggest that we immediately strengthen the defense and immediately mobilize the reserve team to the west wall of the outer city to set up defenses to prevent the enemy from sneak attack."
Rodoni nodded. He didn't have the guts to send troops out of the city to fight with his opponents at night... He had already seen the fire on the water of Haojiang Inner Harbor just now!
By the light of the fire, he also knew that those on fire were his own galleys!
I don't know what hit these galleys. Why did they burn like that? Do the Chinese not only have black magic, but also Greek fire?
Rodoni has studied history and knows how powerful Greek fire is... This thing can not only burn ships, but can also be used in field battles. A bottle containing Greek fire will burn wherever you throw it. Just a big piece.
And this Greek fire probably also used some kind of magic. It is said that it does not need to be lit, it is put directly in a bottle and thrown out. The bottle will burn as soon as it is broken, and it will burn whatever it touches, and pull it down after it is burned!
So it’s better not to go out of the city at night. Anyway, the city outside St. Paul’s Fort is quite strong and not easily broken. Even if you have to go out of the city to fight, let's wait until daybreak!
"Okay! That's it... give the order to the reserve team, and ask them all to carry muskets and swords and climb the west wall of the outer city." Rodoni thought for a while and then ordered, "Order everyone in the castle to Adult men who do not serve God or serve in the military gather outside St. Paul's Cathedral and I want to address them!"
The purpose of gathering the adult men in the city and giving a speech was of course to mobilize them to take up arms to defend the colony.
There were as many enemies outside the city as there were stars in the sky. Of course Rodoni had to recruit more men.
But before delivering his speech, he wanted to take a look inside St. Paul's Cathedral...to see Father Santos praying.
So after giving the order, Governor Rodoni, who had been standing on the city wall for most of the day and his legs were sore from standing, took his adjutant de Figo down the city wall.
Within the western wall of the outer city of St. Paul's Fortress are St. Paul's Cathedral and St. Paul's Seminary. The cathedral is located in the northwest corner of the outer city, backed by the city wall. The front of the cathedral is a quite spacious square. This square is now crowded with people - all Portuguese, mixed-race Portuguese and their most loyal slaves who have taken refuge in the city. They are densely packed, and the number is probably no less than 20,000!
There were a lot of people, but Luo Dongni couldn't feel much fighting spirit. Most of them were dejected, and many women and children were still crying.
Hearing these cries, Rodong Ni really felt a little desperate... The Macau colony has not encountered a strong enemy invasion in 46-7 years!
Most of the colonial residents of that generation who once took up arms to resist the Dutch are no longer alive. Now the people living here are some colonial masters who have never really experienced a war!
Rodoni himself was very depressed, so he was not in the mood to encourage these colonial masters, so he just walked straight into the brightly lit St. Paul's Cathedral.
The church was packed with rich and noble Macanese and clergymen who led everyone in prayer.
As soon as they entered the church, Rodoni heard a reassuring tenor.
This is the voice of Bishop Santos, who is leading the singing of "Hallelujah."
"Hallelujah, hallelujah, we come together to praise the Lord. Hallelujah, hallelujah, we worship Him alone. What honor, what majesty, how holy..."
Mr. Sang sang very passionately, and through the candlelight, Rodoni could see the old man's tears.
Luo Dongni said in his heart: "We are all crying. God must have known our suffering, and He will definitely come to save us! The only thing Macau can count on now is God."
Thinking of this, Rodoni felt a peace of mind that he had never felt before. However, his peace of mind lasted less than an hour before he was interrupted by a sudden explosion.
Although there were nine 12-pound cannons on the St. Paul Fort at this time that were firing and roaring... But Rodoni could still hear that the roar was completely different from the sound of the 12-pound cannon.
After thinking about it, Rodoni felt that something was wrong. He quickly looked up at the "Archbishop Tenor" who was still singing, and found that the Archbishop was not affected by the explosion at all, and was still saying "Hallelujah" there.
Rodoni just breathed a sigh of relief, but about ten minutes later, another very discordant explosion sounded in his ears!
"Governor, this explosion..." De Figo also heard that something was wrong, and hurriedly approached Rodoni's ear, "Did the enemy secretly climb over the moat and climb the city wall?"
Of course, De Figo knew about the existence of the grenade hammer, but he did not think that it could be thrown from the two defensive trenches to the St. Paul's Fort, so he thought it was a sneak attack by the enemy.
After hearing what he said, Rodoni was no longer in the mood to pray, and hurriedly left the church with De Figo and went to the square.
At this time, the sky in the east had already turned white, and it was already early morning.
Rodoni and Figo found that there was no sound in the square, and everyone turned to look west!
Something must have happened!
The two of them also hurriedly looked west. After watching for about seven or eight minutes, they heard a dull roar, and then a ball of fire rose into the sky from outside the city wall. At the same time, there was an explosion that shook the earth.
Is this... a shell fired from an artillery piece?
Rodoni and De Figo immediately understood what happened.
Zhu San Taisun's people made their divine thunder into explosive shells and loaded them into artillery to shoot out!
"Governor... They, they made that divine thunder into explosive bombs!" De Figo's voice was shaking a little when he spoke.
If this Zhuge Shen Lei were made into explosive bullets and fired with cannons, it would be really terrible!
Luo Dongni said: "Quickly, let's go up and take a look..."
That was a good thing to say, but these two people just stood outside St. Paul's Cathedral without moving... Maybe they were wondering whether they should step forward first or the left foot first?
While the two were thinking about it, there was another low roar, and then a ball of fire suddenly rose.
But this time the fireball didn't rise outside the city, but inside the city, followed immediately by a loud noise that shook the earth!
The bombs have hit the city!
Is it okay now?
How crowded the fort of St. Paul is now! Nearly 20,000 people were crowded together in the square. An ordinary black powder explosive bomb would not be able to hit it, let alone a divine thunder explosive bomb?
