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Chapter 332 The Bastion
It was not Chen Mu who led the night attack, but the Spaniards.

Deng Zilong's fleet swam and besieged outside Manila Bay. Several western ships failed to break through and retreated to the port.

The bombardment of Deng Zilong's fleet and the artillery on the city wall created a great momentum, and the interval was not long, and the sound of the shore artillery's return fire became intensive.

There are only two possibilities for the intensive artillery attack on the shore, either Deng Zilong has led the fleet to attack the shore, or the Spaniards in the city mobilized the large-caliber artillery in the city to attack the fleet.

Regardless of the possibility, Chen Mu needs to launch a surprise attack to support the fleet.

The three-banner army marched from the trail to the open ground, facing Manila in the dark night, and naturally facing the Luzon Army that Salcedo had left behind. They were commanded by the squad led by the captain of the Manila commander Goiti.

When the elite bannermen came out of the forest to fight fiercely, the Spaniards were not afraid. In fact, their enemy looked really strong.

"General, the Spaniards are very courageous. They will let their subordinates put the musketeers outside, and the spearmen will form a large formation to defend against your impact."

Pinto was explaining the Spanish phalanx to Chen Mu on the way to Manila. He was well-informed and dabbled in it, because Portugal is also an expert in using this formation.

Chen Mu thought that he had already seen the Spanish phalanx in Macau, which was too weak to be vulnerable, but in fact the one he saw in Macau was nothing.

The best army formation is composed of experienced mercenaries and adventurers. They are all professional outlaws. In addition to their skills, they also have weapons. The small square formation uses matchlock guns, and there is another row of heavy musketeers on the front, supplemented by knights and riders. And artillery, is the complete battle formation of the Iberian Peninsula.

The concept of the bastion is carried out in the minds of Europeans in this era, and the Spanish phalanx is also the concept of the bastion, so that the enemy attacking from any direction will be counterattacked by two or three musketeers.

"I probably understand. What you mean is that this phalanx composed of Luzon people is still fake. You just said that the big formation formed is to defend against my impact, and they cannot defend against it."

The three formations of the Ming army were in the form of characters, and Chen Muce smiled lightly in the midst of them, and waved along with him. He followed the army artillery team and pushed a dozen cannons to the edge of the forest under the cover of night. There were not only Nanyang made two-jin cannons, There were also captured Spanish guns, also field guns, but with a slightly larger caliber, about four pounds.

"Let them be more accurate, my son is on the right wing, don't be bombarded to death."

The military music ceased, accompanied by hundreds of households of the artillery team shouting orders, and the seven cannons on the left roared towards the left wing of the trembling Luzon army formation behind the wooden wall.

Regardless of whether it is a Luzonian or a Malay, no one is not afraid of artillery bombardment except for the stupid Japanese. Even the Japanese can only bear a little more casualties than them.

When the first shell flew over the army formation in a parabola and fell into the north canal of Manila, there was a commotion in the army formation. The Spanish commander stood up with a tall and healthy horse man and let out a rhythmic neighing, but at this time the army The formation can still be maintained.

Immediately after the forest burst into flames again, several artillery shells smashed into the army formation, and after a few bounces, the flanks were twisted and twisted, and some shells even passed through the entire army formation - short of catty and short of two. The Luzon version of the phalanx is simply not as thick as it should be.

When the Ming army's artillery bombarded the flanks, the beggar's square formation and simple fortifications were like window paper, and they were pierced through.

Seeing that his own army was torn apart by the artillery fire, the Spanish captain shouted and fired back. Two small cannons blasted out, and the shells fell on the edge of the woodland, which made him feel miserable.

In this battle that took place on Luzon Island, they actually became the one with fewer artillery pieces.

"Tch! Just two cannons?"

Chen Mu tilted his head in disdain. The seven cannons on the left wing had just stopped, and the eight cannons on the right wing fired again. The direct casualties were not obvious, but the formation with torches under the night obviously couldn't maintain stability.

The tune of the military music changed, the war drum on the right side of Chen Mu rang through the tee, Shao Tingda led the right banner army to move to the right, and the first hundred servants trotted out towards the opposing army formation tremblingly.Even if the advantage is on their side, but in terms of their mentality, they probably have nothing but beating wolves with hemp stalks.

Moreover, Chen Mu with the hemp stick and the beaten wolf were not afraid, they were hemp sticks.

Before Shao Tingda, who was escorting the servants, attacked the Luzon Xiyi position, a loud roar suddenly erupted from the right wing of the phalanx, followed by an unprepared defection.

"It's the Imperial Heavenly Army that attacked, if it's against you, kill me!"

Even the Han people in the formation didn't react. Suddenly, there were Han people holding spears and attacking the Lu Song army on the left and right. Many Han people didn't know where the change came from. If you go against it, you will die, or you will die if you don't, it's better to go to the city with the officers and soldiers, and you won't kill me after the battle!"

There are voices coming and going everywhere, and the personal will is so small that it can be ignored. Even at the beginning, it was only dozens of Li Dan's cronies who booed everywhere, and then some people followed the crowd, and then there were no other people. An opportunity for people to weigh the pros and cons.

The defection has become a general trend, and even if they don't want to fight with them, they will be angered by the spears stabbed by the Luzon people, and the army will immediately become chaotic.

The instigator of the chaos, Li Dan, did not let himself fall into the dangerous battlefield. He seemed to stay out of it and watched the Ming army that had moved to the left flank approaching and even attacked the Luzon people from the front and back. The battle outside the city had already settled the overall situation.

He looked towards the bridge outside the castle, and almost laughed out loud at just one glance. Under the light of the fire, a group of two or thirty people was protecting the captain who was riding a tall and strong horse from the West, fighting and retreating towards the bridge.

Even if the Ming people chased after them, the figures of a dozen Japanese people wielding swords and jumping into battle were particularly conspicuous—who said Zhuang Gong was stupid?This Japanese actually knows to protect the Spanish captain and escape, this is the amulet in the melee!

The sound of gunfire over the bay in the west of the city was loud, and the chaotic battle in the north of the city could soon tell the winner. Li Dan led his men back and forth in the battle for a while, leaving only one person to contact the officers and soldiers. .

"Shi Qi, lead the army around the canal from the east, and the outer city cuts off the rear; Junxiong leads his troops to help Shao Qianhu defeat the enemy army outside the city, and I will bomb the city gate."

It was a bastion, but the unfinished bastion couldn't stop him.

The two soldiers and horses rushed out one from the left and the other from the right. Chen Mu commanded the artillery team to push the artillery forward and aimed at the city gate at a suitable distance. It turned out that Duke Zhuang had already climbed to the top of the city, and the iron gate was wide open. Shao Tingda defeated the city. Afterwards, the Lusong army led the army into the city without hindrance.

The omnipotent artillery didn't come in handy this time!
"Mr. Pinto, do you know what promoting cultural exchanges is?" Chen Mu turned his horse around, pointed his binoculars at the torches hanging above the city, and couldn't hide his joy: "Thank you for the Spaniards who sent me the edge." Fort!"

(End of this chapter)