1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 389 Attacking Luzon ([-])
Major Angry Dionisio looked at the huge camp outside the city, feeling extremely depressed.

Originally a mid-level officer in the Spanish colonial army stationed in Mexico, in the American continent, although he could not be said to have a high status, he lived a very comfortable and comfortable life.

However, just because the life is a little leisurely, or a little boring, I always want to seek some exciting things.Last year, the Viceroyalty of Mexico received a request for help from the Philippines, saying that the Ming people under the rule had launched a riot, wantonly killing the Lord's people, capturing various Spanish colonial towns, and there was a strong tendency to expel the Spanish colonial authorities from the Philippines.

For this reason, the Viceroyalty of Mexico launched an extensive mobilization in the colonial areas under its jurisdiction, recruiting armed volunteers to go to the Philippines to suppress the Ming riots there and maintain the Spanish colonial order in the East.

Major Angeli Dionisio gladly volunteered and expressed to the Governor of Mexico that he was willing to use his loyalty to the kingdom and professional ethics of professional soldiers to lead the recruited volunteers to the Far East of the Philippines to completely extinguish the riots there and defend the country. His people continue to live and work in peace and contentment in the Philippines, forever bathed in the glory of the Kingdom of Spain.

It took more than three months to cross the vast Pacific Ocean and finally came to the Philippines.Lieutenant Colonel Angeli Dionisio and more than [-] musketeers led by him repaired for half a month, under the command of Colonel Polzionato, Commander of the Philippine Army, they recovered San Francisco without too many casualties. In the city of Pedro and several nearby strongholds, more than [-] Ming people were killed, wounded and captured in the riot, and the first battle was won.

Not long after, Major Dionisio and his army participated in the massacre of Ming people outside Manila, searching and confiscating countless kinds of property, so that each soldier not only released their desire to fight (beastiality), but also returned their wallets Packed to the brim.

Just as they were ambitiously continuing to conquer the rioting Ming people and advancing the front line to Calamba City, the home of the rioting Ming people, the Philippine colonial authorities sent an order to immediately withdraw all Spanish troops to Manila.Because, they received a terrible news that Zheng Zhilong, the general of the Ming Dynasty, would send a large army to attack their Philippines.

In order to deal with the invasion of the Ming army, the Spaniards had to preserve their own strength, and they could not spend their small number of soldiers in vain fighting against the rioting Ming people for the city.

Half a month ago, the army of the Ming Dynasty finally arrived, and the overwhelming number of ships, large and small, almost crowded the Manila Harbor.However, after several months of strengthening, the forts and peripheral defenses of the Manila port have been improved, resolutely repelling several rounds of Ming attacks.Whether it was their warship attack or their attempt to land, they were stubbornly blocked by the Spaniards and failed to break into the dock area.

However, the cunning Ming army turned south and raided the former stronghold of the Cavite shipyard in the Philippines, and used this as the starting point for the attack, gradually advancing to the outside of Manila.

Although, after the Ming army tentatively launched an attack on the city of Manila and was repelled by the Spaniards, they no longer organized sieges.But they built two huge wooden camps in less than ten days.Ditches, walls, watchtowers, and forts, the two camps faced the northeast and southeast of Manila, blocking their way to the inland.

And outside the port of Manila and near Cavite, there are nearly a hundred ships of all sizes staring at the Spanish exit channel.

The Ming army was preparing to blockade and siege Manila in an attempt to trap the Spaniards to death in the city.

Major Angel Dionisio was ordered to lead a group of Spanish musketeers and native servants to attack the Ming army when they were building the camp.But once the battle was fought, what frightened him was that the opponent had no less than 500 musketeers, and they were quite skilled in firearm warfare.After several rounds of confrontation with the Spanish army, they approached step by step, and the armies on both wings also began to move and outflank, preparing to wipe them out of the city.

Major Angeli Dionisio made a decisive decision, abandoned the native servants, and fled back to the city with the Spanish musketeers.In this battle, the Spaniards lost more than 200 Musketeers and more than [-] native servants, and their morale plummeted.Since then, Spain has not dared to go out to fight again.

The entire city of Manila was filled with a feeling of uneasiness. The whole city was besieged and blocked. Whether it was a sea battle or a land battle, the opponent had an absolute numerical advantage.So, how should the Spaniards respond?

Although the Manila colonial authorities sent two galleons to Mexico for emergency help in September last year, counting the days, it is estimated that they may not have arrived in the port of Acapulco in Mexico at this time.If several governors in the Americas are added to discuss and recruit warships and troops, it may take several months.When the American support fleet arrives, it may not be until July or August of this year at the earliest.

But the question is, can Manila last until then?After learning that the Philippines was besieged by a large army, the Mexican trade fleet would not have dared to come rashly if they did not gather sufficient armed forces.This also means that the Spaniards in Manila will not receive any support before July and August.

Major Angeli Dionisio sighed softly, he should not have come to the Philippines.The purpose of establishing meritorious deeds and showing off the Far East is to brag about his bravery and achievements to the beautiful lady at the ball in the future.Looking at it now, what a stupid behavior this is. Maybe I will be a prisoner of the Ming people along with the colonial officials in Manila.

Oh god, everything sucks!

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"What did those Ming people say?" Zheng Jun's deputy commander Yang Geng asked in a deep voice.

"Back to the general, those Ming people are unwilling to be adapted and controlled by us, and they claim that they are only protecting their own territory and resisting the western barbarians." A thousand households of Zheng Jun said respectfully.

"Do they already know that our army is gathered in Luzon and will conquer Manila within ten days." Yang Geng's face darkened. "Are they doing this to fight against our imperial army?"

"General, they probably don't dare to fight against our army." The thousand households thought for a while and said, "I guess they want to establish themselves on their own. The Ming people are transporting supplies and gradually evacuating some of the towns they occupy. I guess they vacated a large area and moved to the southeast of Luzon in order to maintain a certain buffer distance from us."

"Hmph, they moved southeast of Luzon and broke away from us, do you think we will let them cede the territory?" Yang Geng snorted coldly, "These wise people are so ignorant that they have unreasonable ideas. Separate the territory and call it king , they deserve it too!"

"General, I will lead a team to hunt and kill all these ignorant people, so as not to leave hidden dangers in the future." Guerrilla Xu Guangda clasped his fists and said.

"It is said that there are nearly [-] people from the Ming Dynasty who rioted, and I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with." Chen Hui reminded.

"It's just [-] mobs!" Xu Guangda said nonchalantly, "They caught Xiyi by surprise because of the large number of people. I only need to bring [-] soldiers and equip [-] muskets, which is enough to defeat them."

"Don't be careless. Those Ming people who rebelled attacked more than ten western towns, and they must have seized a lot of weapons, and they might have a considerable number of firearms. If our army can't defeat them quickly and form a stalemate, it will be cheaper. Xiyi in the city of Manila." Chen Hui objected to drawing out troops to deal with the rioting Ming people without capturing Manila.

"However, if those Ming people who rebelled cannot be suppressed as soon as possible, once they take advantage of the situation, they will inevitably become our confidantes in the future, and we must take decisive measures." Xu Guangda said.He strongly demanded that the troops be divided to suppress and recruit those who made the uprising, not only to avoid future troubles, but also to obtain a large number of people for farming and reclamation in one fell swoop.

Qi Dajiang listened on the sidelines, and couldn't help frowning.The Spaniards in Manila haven't fought much yet, so it seems a bit inappropriate to divide their troops to fight their compatriots.Moreover, the Ming people in Luzon only experienced a brutal massacre by the Westerners in August last year. Could it be that when the Ming army came, they would have to experience another massacre by their own people.

"Commander Qi, what advice do you have?" Seeing Qi Dajiang's strange expression, Yang Geng asked with a smile.

"Because the Ming people were bullied by the Western barbarians, they rose up and resisted in order to survive. If..., if your army attacks the Ming people, it may be against morality." Qi Dajiang said tactfully.

"Haha..." Several Zheng Jun generals in the tent couldn't help laughing.

You Hanzhou people were first part of the Dengzhou rebel army, and later went to sea to become pirates. In the end, we were defeated by our Zheng family navy and settled down in the remote southern continent. Now you are still talking about morality!When large armies attack and attack, each uses their own means, and they use everything to the extreme, so how can there be any morals to speak of?
When Qi Dajiang heard the sneering laughter from Zheng Jun's generals, he felt annoyed and gave them a hard look.He wanted to prevent Zheng Jun from attacking Mingren, but he couldn't say that the leader was once a member of their black guards.

"Second brother, what's the matter?" Qi Dahai saw Qi Dajiang coming out angrily from outside the tent, and asked with concern: "They are mad at you."

"Nothing!" Qi Dajiang took a deep breath, and said with a smile: "The Zheng family is powerful, and our Hanzhou is weak, so it is natural to be despised. Let's go and drink in our camp. "

"Okay, wait a minute, I asked General Chen, if there is nothing wrong, I will come to you." Qi Dahai nodded and said.

Qi Dajiang looked at his elder brother, and felt a slight pain in his heart.As the deputy commander of Hanzhou, I can enter the tent to discuss with the leading generals of the Zheng family, while my elder brother is only the leader of Chen Hui's guard in the Zheng army camp, waiting outside the tent, and he is not free to move, and needs to report everything .

You know, back then, their brothers were always taken care of and cared for by their eldest brother, so that they could survive in this troubled world, and now they have developed in Hanzhou.

"Brother, the fourth child is getting married." Qi Dajiang said softly, "If there is no accident, he will get married in March."

"Oh?" Qi Dahai was stunned at first, and then he grinned, "Unexpectedly, the fourth child of my family has also reached the age of marriage. Just wait, I'll take a leave of absence and have a good drink with you."

(End of this chapter)