"Crack, click..." There was a snapping sound when stepping on the branches. If you accidentally stepped on a depression covered by dead branches, you might get a sprained foot.
However, the Dutch leader West did not pay attention. He just asked the indigenous leader Federnandi: "How long will the Ming people hide in those places?"
When he said this, he turned around and looked back, and he could no longer see the city of Manila. It is estimated that it is impossible to return to the city today and will have to spend the night in this desolate mountain forest.
However, he immediately remembered that there were a lot of Akito remnants hiding here. When the time came, it wouldn't be too bad to sleep on the silver coins and hug those Akito women, so he didn't mind sleeping in the mountains at night.
"If I get back to you, I'll probably reach the next mountain top." Fednandi quickly pointed to the front with a charming smile and said, "My people have been on the other side of the mountain and there has been no news."
After hearing this, West looked up and looked at it, and then ordered: "Send some people to drive along the mountain ridge. No matter where the people are hiding, drive them to the seaside on the other side of the mountain. Move quickly, it's dark. It will be completed next.”
In this forest, his musketeers couldn't exert much advantage. But if they get to the beach with an unobstructed view, no matter how many Akito remnants they have, they can all be shot to death.
When Fernandi heard this, he quickly accepted the order respectfully, then turned around and started shouting.
When the natives heard the order, they were all a little reluctant.
Now they still have a way to walk, but it is already difficult to walk. It will be even more difficult to climb to the ridge. No one is willing, but there is no way.
So, they walked slowly, although slowly, they were still climbing up.
"Ah..." A scream sounded, which was particularly harsh in this mountain forest.
When everyone heard the sound and looked around, they saw a native lying down on his back with an arrow stuck in his chest.
"There's someone ahead!" Immediately, a native chirped.
However, what greeted him was another arrow that shot towards him with a "whoosh" sound. But he saw it and quickly dodged, but in the end it just shot him in the arm.
"Mingren, it's Mingren!" When many natives saw this, not only were they not afraid, but they became excited and began to chase him regardless of the danger.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
From time to time, bows and arrows were shot out from the mountains and forests, shooting down several natives in succession. However, these natives were still not afraid. At most, they used their crude shields to block the front and chased after them.
Ferdinandi was also overjoyed when he saw this, and quickly said to West: "Your Excellency, those Ming people can't hide anymore!"
This is a good sign! Of course West was also happy. When he saw the prey, he waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, hurry up..."
So Ferdinandi took the natives and chased them forward, regardless of whether the mountain forest was difficult to walk through. West, with his two hundred or so men, was behind, following the path trodden by the natives in front, and rushing slowly.
It was as if they were hunting leisurely, and the natives were their hunting dogs, helping them chase the prey.
In this mountain forest, the sound of breaking branches and the chirping sounds of the indigenous people suddenly sounded. However, no one noticed such a big movement. Logically speaking, there must be some birds in the forest, and there was no movement at all.
Chasing all the way, there were about 300 indigenous people, making "ouch" sounds one after another, with joy, excitement, and pride. It's like the joy of having a good harvest right in front of you.
However, suddenly, there was a scream of "ahhhhh" from the natives who were chasing at the front. At the same time, there was the sound of someone turning over and falling down in the forest.
Fednandi was also chasing excitedly when he suddenly heard that something was wrong and quickly raised his head and looked forward. However, the trees blocked his sight, making him unable to clearly see the situation ahead.
However, seeing clearly did not prevent him from making a judgment. He immediately shouted: "Those Ming people are struggling to death. What are they afraid of? Come on!"
When the men around him heard it, they quickly agreed loudly to embolden themselves, and then they wanted to speed up and rush forward.
However, before they could rush over, they saw the accomplice in front of them running back like crazy, regardless of thorns or branches, just trying to escape as fast as possible, rolling and crawling, it was so spectacular.
At this time, Fernandi was dumbfounded. what happened? Why do they feel like they have encountered a tiger? And it’s not just a tiger, it’s a group of tigers!
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw many of his accomplices who were fleeing back screamed "ah" and fell to the ground twitching. At this time, he could clearly see that the fallen accomplices had arrows stuck in their backs.
"Huh..." Fernandi couldn't help but take a breath. How many people are hiding here? How come there are so many people who can shoot arrows?
He subconsciously looked up. This time, he finally saw something through the gaps in the trees: he saw many people in red clothes coming here, taking their time. Some of them were holding bows and arrows and continuing to shoot; others were holding swords and shields to protect the archers; there were also spearmen, those who were injured and fell to the ground...
armor? !
After seeing this clearly, Fernandi took a breath, this... is this an army?
Even if he is the chief of a large tribe here on Luzon Island, he doesn't have much armor in his hands. Only elite soldiers with greater power than him would be equipped with this kind of thing.
Could it be... could it be the Ming army? Federnandi had never seen the Ming army, but no matter what, he had always heard about what the Ming army was like, and the recent situation was that the Ming army was coming to attack Luzon, so he naturally made associations.
Once he came to this conclusion, he didn't care about why the Ming army appeared in the mountains. He was so frightened that he turned around and ran away. The speed was worthy of a chief.
At the same time, the Dutch who were following them slowly also heard the noise coming from the front and felt the panic screams of the natives.
However, this did not make them nervous at all. But they were still laughing and joking. The only thing that changed was that many people stopped and looked at the front to talk.
"These natives are so cowardly. They were scared to death by just a few Ming people!"
"This is actually to be expected. Even though our Ming people in Batavia are so submissive, I heard that Ming people dominated Southeast Asia in the past."
"I've also heard that after Akito's pirates escaped to Nanyang, they almost wiped out the Spanish."
"So, I heard that when the Spaniards massacred Akito for the first time, they first bought the iron tools from Akito at a high price, and then they dared to attack Akito."
"That's right. We haven't fought against the Ming Dynasty, so we can only fight here in Nanyang. Otherwise, I heard that the Ming Dynasty is very prosperous and has countless wealth..."
"..."
Instead of helping the natives who were their accomplices, these Dutch colonists laughed at those natives and envied the wealth of this great empire in the Far East.
Their leader, West, was no exception. He just looked at the natives in front of him with disdain and turned around to run away.
But soon, when he saw not one or two escaping natives appearing in his field of vision, but all the natives who appeared in his field of vision, running back as hard as they could, the smile on his face It slowly solidified, and I felt something was wrong.
"Be on guard, be on guard..." West shouted while widening his eyes to observe the movement in front.
To be honest, he was a little confused.
There are at least three hundred of those natives, and how many Ming people are there left? It's impossible to outnumber these natives, and even if there are more, there certainly won't be too many young people! What do these natives do to eat that they are so scared?
Just by thinking about it, the natives got closer to the Dutch. One by one they were shouting, but they couldn't speak clearly because of the language. However, the panic on their faces is contagious.
When the Dutch saw this, they finally stopped smiling, and each of them became nervous. They quickly clenched the flintlock guns in their hands, trying to cope with the possible danger.
However, the fleeing natives tried their best to escape one by one without any care at all. In a short time, they rushed into the Dutch side, smashing their originally uneven formation into pieces. , and even many Dutch people were knocked down by the natives.
West was also nervous. He happened to see Fednandi running backwards and quickly shouted and asked what was going on.
As Fednandi ran, he shouted: "Run, Ming Army, the Ming Army is coming, run quickly..."
He knew Spanish, but it was not standard, and the tone he shouted in panic was even more outrageous.
This made West wonder for a while, and then he was suddenly shocked, Ming army?
He got this high probability result, but he couldn't understand how there could be Ming troops on this mountain? Even if the Ming army comes, won't they attack Manila first?
He subconsciously looked up and saw no sign of Ming Jun yet. However, the arrows flying out of the gaps in the woods kept shooting the fleeing natives to the ground, clearly sending a very dangerous signal.
Seeing this, West finally got scared. He didn't know how many Ming troops were chasing after him, and he immediately turned around. Just when he was about to order a retreat, he felt a pain in his cheek and couldn't speak at all, so he fell Gone to the ground.
I saw an arrow hitting his cheek, and the arrowhead was exposed on the other side.
Not only him, but also many Dutch people were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
Those who were not hit by the arrows all turned around in surprise and looked towards the ridge, and saw countless red colors faintly visible between the gaps in the trees.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The Dutch fought back instinctively. However, they were actually surrounded by the Ming army. What was the use of struggling to the death?
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