1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 382 Aid Luzon

On November 1640, 11, in the southwestern waters of Luzon.

A light flying fishing boat sailed carefully into Batangas Bay, and slowly stopped on the sea five or six miles away from the shore.

"Is the Batangas port ahead?" Wang Liping, the captain of Flying Fish No. 6, turned his head and asked a man with a Spanish face.

"It seems... yes." Second Lieutenant Erwinde Bruno, a Spanish naval officer who was captured by Hanzhou a few years ago, looked at the surrounding terrain, and said with some uncertainty: "The main reason is that it has been too long, and some people can't remember clearly." gone."

Wang Liping glared at the Spaniard angrily. Damn it, he has been digging coal in the Black Mountain mine for a long time, and his brain is not working well?
Second Lieutenant Erwinde Bruno accompanied him with a smile, looked around again with guilt, tried hard to recall the terrain and landforms of the place he had visited a few years ago, and then said: "It should be here, we will sail the ship to Get closer and go to the bank to find a big river. The Batangas stronghold is next to the mouth of that river."

"We are a small boat, and we sail close to the shore. If we encounter a big Spanish boat, we won't be able to run away." Wang Liping said, "If you are caught, you will return to the original camp, or Jump into the sea with us to die."

Second Lieutenant Erwinde Bruno smiled awkwardly when he heard this, and kept his mouth shut, not daring to answer.But in my heart, I was thinking that if I was really bumped into by a Spaniard, I would of course be willing to return to Manila, maybe I could return to Spain.Staying in Hanzhou by myself, there are not only differences in language and culture, but also the lack of religious belief.

You know, although there is a Catholic priest in Hanzhou, the former Spanish priest Tal Ismail.However, when he explained Catholicism to all the Lord's people, many dogmas and scriptures seemed to be somewhat different from what he believed in before.

But Father Tal Ismail insisted that the teachings of God can be adapted to changes in society and the environment.The Lord is merciful, omnipotent, able to experience the sufferings of the world, and perceive the sufferings of his people.Almighty God also requires the Lord's people to serve the country or political power wholeheartedly, and to dedicate everything they have when necessary in order to defend the interests of the country they are in.

oh god!Is our God sure that this is required?Second Lieutenant Erwinde Bruno couldn't help but have serious doubts about the interpretation of Father Ismail's teachings deep in his heart.He may have completely succumbed to the authority of the Hanzhou people, and no longer insisted on the pious belief he should have as a servant of God.

However, having said that, which of the more than 100 Spanish officers and sailors captured by Hanzhou did not surrender to Hanzhou and did various things for them.Second Lieutenant Erwind Bruno couldn't help showing a wry smile when he read this.

"It seems that we have found the location." Wang Liping saw a river estuary from a distance, and was about to turn his head to ask Second Lieutenant Bruno, but he caught a glimpse of the smile on his face and thought he had confirmed the Batangas stronghold.

"Everyone cheer up and figure out the direction to adjust the sails!" Wang Liping shouted to several sailors: "Let's not touch the shore first, and go around the mouth of the sea. I don't know that the port stronghold is Spain. People, we are still smart people."

"Flying Fish No. 6" set off from Hanxing Island a month ago, went to Ping'an Fort for a little repair, and then detoured to the northern part of Luzon. Under the guidance of an officer who had served in the Spanish Navy in the Philippines, it quietly touched Batangas Bay. .

Two cannons, fifty muskets, more than three hundred long knives, five hundred iron spearheads, thirty barrels of gunpowder, and some pellets and lead were loaded on the ship, and they were ready to be transported to the port stronghold of Batangas to support the uprising. Human struggle against Spain.In June, when the immigrant fleet passed through Guangzhou, the left-behind personnel at the Hanzhou Warehouse informed that the Luzon uprising Ming people would capture the Batangas port stronghold southwest of Manila before the end of August, and hoped to get weapons from Hanzhou support.

The use of more than 100 tons of flying shear ships to transport supplies to support the Luzon Uprising Ming people is a tentative operation.Because of the isolation and delay of information, no one knows what the situation in Luzon is like now, let alone whether the place where the materials were contacted and delivered a few months ago has been captured by the rebels.Therefore, Wang Liping was extremely cautious, and he didn't dare to lower the sails to dock easily. First, he circled around the place that looked like a port wharf.

After about 6 minutes, more than a dozen people came running from the shore, jumping and waving vigorously at "Flying Fish No. [-]" with their hands raised.

"It should be the Ming people of the Luzon Uprising." Wang Liping put down the binoculars, smiled and said to the sailors on the boat: "Let's dock and send them things."

Cheng Guangyin saw a few Hanzhou sailors in blue and black military uniforms jumping off the ship, and was so excited that tears filled his eyes. After almost two years, he finally saw the people from Hanzhou, and they also brought the most famous uprising Mingren. Firearms required.

"Are you the black-clothed guard Cheng Guangyin lurking in Luzon?" When he came to Batangas City, Wang Liping looked at this man who led more than [-] rebels in amazement, and couldn't help admiring him.

"You are doing such a great job!... We in Hanzhou thought that the lurking guards in black were just playing an auxiliary role for the rioters. Unexpectedly, you turned out to be the leader of the rioters." Tsk tsk..., I don't even know what to call you."

"I never thought I would make such a big show." Cheng Guangyin smiled faintly, and said, "When I first brought Ming people to kill those evil Spaniards, I just wanted more Ming people to live well, and You have to live like a human being. Who knew that we gathered a crowd to revolt and easily occupied several Spanish strongholds. Speaking of which, it was also when the Spaniards were in a weak position, which allowed us to grow rapidly in just one year. However, our situation is not very good at the moment.”

"What's wrong? The Spaniards got reinforcements?"

"In June, a fleet came to Manila. It is said that they brought more than 400 musketeers, and they had cannons. We suffered a little loss in San Pedro City and lost 800 people." Cheng Guangyin bitterly He said: "Although we have a large number of nearly 2 people, after excluding the old, weak, women and children, there are only 5000 people who can be drawn out to fight. Moreover, our team lacks training and is not proficient in using firearms. As for artillery , It is even more difficult for skilled hands to manipulate, and it is indeed a bit of a disadvantage against the Spaniard's firearms troops."

"Then the two cannons we brought in this time are not very useful." Wang Liping said: "Our flying fish boat is not armed, so we don't have gunners. I'm afraid we can't help you this time. But, I heard Commander Qi Er said that Hanzhou is going to contact Zheng Zhilong to attack Luzon together. If the matter is settled, it is estimated that people and ships will be sent over in December or January. At that time, you will We can cooperate with Zheng Zhilong's landing troops to attack the Spaniards together."

"Really?" Cheng Guangyin stood up from his chair, "We Hanzhou will also send marines to fight the Spaniards?"

"We may send a small number of marines here, and the main combat troops are Zheng Zhilong's people." Wang Liping said with a smile; "After all, we are still fighting with the Dutch, and we have to transport a large number of immigrants from the Ming Dynasty. We can’t get too many people and boats to come here at once.”

"As long as someone comes to support us and share our pressure." Cheng Guangyin rubbed his hands and said, "Then we won't fight the Spaniards in the field in the near future, and try to rely on the city stronghold to consume them. But..."

Cheng Guangyin was about to ask which side he should obey when Hanzhou and Zheng Zhilong jointly attacked Luzon, when several Hanzhou sailors suddenly barged in outside the door.

"Boss, our people were beaten... by those Ming people!" A Hanzhou sailor looked at Wang Liping with a strange expression.

"What? Which blind bastard beat our people?" Wang Liping stood up abruptly, "Slap me back hard!"

The sailor glanced at Cheng Guangyin, and then whispered: "The former Spanish officer who was with me was beaten by their people."

Wang Liping didn't react when he heard the words, but immediately glared at Cheng Guangyin, and said in a cold voice: "Boss, what do you mean? Are you thinking that you have already commanded tens of thousands of people and are planning to leave our Hanzhou? Don’t you want to kill all of us here?”

Cheng Guangyin shook his head and said, "Brother Wang, what are you talking about? I'll go out with you to see what's going on."

The crowd quickly came to the temporary resting place of the Hanzhou sailors, and saw that hundreds of people had gathered together, and they seemed excited, and some even raised their swords and tried to attack.

In the crowd, more than a dozen Hanzhou sailors held muskets and formed a semicircle, looking nervously at the surrounding crowd.

Cheng Guangyin caught up a few steps, stopped the attacking behavior of the besieged Juming people, and then found a small leader to ask why the sailors who came to help Hanzhou were besieged and attacked.

"That barbarian is a Spaniard!" The little leader of the Ming people cried out sadly: "We will kill him and avenge the nearly Wanming people who died unjustly outside Manila!"

"Yes, kill him. Kill the Spanish dog thief and avenge the dead relatives!"

"Get him out, cut him into pieces, and throw him into the sea to feed the fish!"

"..."

The Ming people gathered together stared at Second Lieutenant Erwend Bruno behind the Hanzhou sailor with their eyes spitting fire. At this moment, his clothes were torn, his face was bloodstained, and he was sitting by the wall in some embarrassment .

"What Xiyi, what a thief. He is now a naval officer of our Hanzhou, and none of you are allowed to touch him!" Wang Liping rushed into the crowd with a few steps, and then stood in the middle of the Hanzhou sailors, glaring at him with his chest out. Looking at the Ming people gathered around: "We Hanzhou brought weapons to support you, do you want to repay your kindness now? If you have the guts, kill us all here today."

"You Hanzhou came to save us, we are naturally very grateful." A Ming man shouted: "But he is a Spaniard! They slaughtered tens of thousands of us outside Manila!"

"Hmm..." Wang Liping couldn't help looking at Cheng Guangyin after hearing this.

"Three months ago, the Spaniards suddenly slaughtered nearly ten thousand people outside Manila." Cheng Guangyin said with a distorted expression, "They bombarded the city with artillery, and more than a thousand soldiers, natives, and Japanese, went around Gathered, slashed, shot, and killed tens of thousands. In the end, only a hundred people jumped into the sea, escaped by chance, and then escaped from the Westerners all the way, and fled to the city of Calamba."

"Afterwards, the Westerners slaughtered all the Ming people who followed them in the battle in San Pedro City, and displayed the heads of the dead Ming people in front of the Santa Rosa stronghold under our control, declaring that if we continue to resist to the end, The same goes for the end.”

"I spoiled his ancestor!" Wang Liping yelled angrily, and then gave the former Spanish officer, Second Lieutenant Erwinde Bruno a hard look, "Damn it, you Spaniards did such a beastly thing!"

"No, it's not me." Second Lieutenant Erwinde Bruno said with a pale face: "I haven't done it.... Besides, I am now a Hanzhou native, a Hanzhou naval officer."

(End of this chapter)