Soon, the first soldiers of the Fourth Army stepped onto the shallows and rushed towards the shore.

Suddenly, on the left, a dozen cannon shots rang out from a hill very close to the sea, which turned out to be a dozen coastal defense cannons hidden by the Spaniards.

More than a dozen shells pierced the air and exploded on the surface of the sea where the troop carriers of the Fourth Army were gathered. More than a dozen columns of water were blown up, and two troop carriers were each hit by a shell, and with a bang, splinters of wood flew into the sea, and several Ming soldiers from each boat were blown over.

Another shell hit the shoal, which also blew up two Ming soldiers who landed on the spot.

"The Spaniards actually have coastal defense cannons hidden, damn it, destroy them quickly!" Yan Yingyuan said angrily.

The round of shelling just now killed and injured at least ten soldiers of the Fourth Army, and Yan Yingyuan was quite heartbroken.

"Finally, our East China Sea Fleet still has a chance to fire on the shore!" Shen Jingchao smiled and ordered: "Order, immediately destroy the hidden coastal defense artillery in Spain!" ”

Immediately, five Kamui-class warships of the East China Sea Fleet adjusted their muzzles and aimed them at the hill where the shells had just been fired, striving to destroy them before the second round of fire from the Spanish coastal defense cannons.

Just as the warships of the East China Sea Fleet were urgently preparing to destroy the hidden Spanish coastal defense artillery, about 200 Spanish soldiers rushed out from the shore to block the soldiers of the Fourth Army who were landing.

The more than 200 Spanish soldiers, each armed with flintlock pistols, rushed to the beach, and when they were about to reach the beach, they formed a three-stage strike formation, ready to shoot at the soldiers of the Fourth Army who had landed.

However, the soldiers of the Fourth Army were not slow to react, and the rifles in their hands had twice the range of the Spanish soldiers' flintlock muskets, and they were the first to shoot.

Before the more than 200 Spanish soldiers could bring the landed Fourth Army soldiers into the range of their flintlock muskets, they were first hit by bullets fired from rifles in the hands of the soldiers of the Fourth Army.

At a distance of nearly two hundred meters, the bullets of the Ming army directly penetrated the bodies of the Spanish soldiers, bursting with blood in their backs.

In less than ten breaths of fighting, none of the Ming soldiers were injured, but more than 200 Spanish soldiers had been shot and killed, and the remaining Spanish soldiers showed horror and began to fear the battle.

It was also at this time that the muzzles of the battleships of the East China Sea Fleet were also adjusted.

Shells into the chamber.

"Fire!"

"Boom, boom, boom" five Shenwei-class warships fired a salvo, and more than 100 shells flew towards the hill where more than a dozen Spanish coastal defense cannons were hidden.

The shell exploded in the hill and hit accurately.

A shell hit a Spanish coastal defense cannon directly, not only destroying the entire body of the coastal defense cannon, but also injuring three Spanish gunners next to it. More shells hit other Spanish coastal defense artillery.

In just one round of shelling, almost all of the dozen Spanish coastal defense troops were destroyed.

Soon, with less than five breaths apart, the Ming sailors replaced the cannon with new shells, and another round of shelling passed.

The five Shenwei-class warships of the East China Sea Fleet were shelled in two rounds, and the Spanish army was only exposed to the first round of shelling, and the second round of shelling was destroyed before they could open fire, and dozens of Spanish artillerymen were killed along with it.

"God, they are devils! Run! On the seaside, the remaining more than 100 Spanish soldiers saw that they not only could not defeat the Ming soldiers who landed, but their coastal defense artillery was also destroyed by the Ming army, so they immediately lost their fighting spirit and retreated backwards.

The Ming soldiers did not pursue, but continued to land in an orderly manner.

About two hours later, 20,000 soldiers of the Fourth Army and a large amount of war materiel had landed, and the East Sea Fleet began to leave the beach, and the Fourth Army began to attack the city of Laoag, which was not far from the edge of the coast.

When the Ming army landed, there were more than 200 Spanish soldiers guarding the coast and more than a dozen coastal defense artillery to attack the Ming army, but they were quickly defeated, and more than a dozen coastal defense cannons were all destroyed.

The news brought by the more than 100 Spanish soldiers who had retreated to Laoag shocked the Spanish defenders of Laoag.

The muskets in the hands of the soldiers of the Ming army turned out to be farther than the range of their latest flintlock pistols of the Spanish Empire, and the Ming army was as many as 20,000, but there were only 2,000 Spanish Imperial soldiers such as Talawag Castle, how could it be the opponent of the Ming army.

The Spanish general of Laoag not only did not dare to order another attack on the Ming army when the Ming army landed, but only defended the castle to the death, and quickly transmitted the news of the Ming invasion to the Manila Governor's Palace.

Not long after, Yan Yingyuan and other 20,000 Ming soldiers came to the castle of Laoag.

In addition to the 2,000 Spanish soldiers, Laoag also had a lot of cannons to defend the city, all of which were old red-coat cannons, about 20 pieces.

The red-coated cannons defending the city had a range of nearly two thousand meters, and as soon as the Ming army appeared in the sight of Laoag Castle, these twenty or so red-coated cannons opened fire first.

The "boom boom" shell exploded among the newly arrived Ming troops, killing and wounding nearly 10 Ming soldiers on the spot.

Due to the narrow area, the Ming army was not easy to dodge, and Yan Yingyuan did not intend to dodge, so he ordered the artillery of the artillery battalion to immediately build an artillery camp position on the spot.

Although the range of the red-coated artillery was good, the rate of fire was too slow, and the red-coated cannon only had time for three rounds of shelling at most, and the Ming artillery battalion was able to complete the construction of the artillery battalion position.

While the artillery battalion was urgently preparing for artillery fire, Yan Yingyuan did not let the soldiers of the Fourth Army idle, and a large number of soldiers of the Fourth Army rushed towards the castle of Laoag, just under the castle, relying on the longer range of the rifles and machine guns in their hands, and suppressed the Spanish soldiers on the castle first.

A machine gun bullet swept through and killed two Spanish soldiers on the spot, their bodies falling from the castle.

A large number of rifles also fired intensively, and the corpses of many Spanish soldiers fell to the castle, and the dense fire suppressed the Spanish soldiers on the castle unable to raise their heads.

It didn't take long for the artillery fire of the Ming army to be prepared, and the muzzles of a hundred field cannons were aimed at Laoag.

"Fire!"

The fierce artillery fire of "Boom Boom" instantly turned the castle into a sea of flames, and many stone buildings on the castle were destroyed by shells, and a large number of Spanish soldiers were killed and wounded.

More than 20 red-coated cannons defending the city were also damaged in this fierce artillery fire, and many of the heavy red-coated cannons were blown over and fell to the castle, smashing on the ground with a loud bang.

Losing the cannons defending the city, and being suppressed by such fierce artillery fire from the Ming army, the small Laoag castle was attacked by the Ming army almost instantly.

"Rush!"

The Ming soldiers entered the castle and began to strangle the remaining Spanish soldiers in the city.

In the face of as many as 20,000 Ming soldiers, how the Spanish soldiers in the Lawag castle resisted in vain, less than a stick of incense was wiped out by the Ming army, about 400 Spanish soldiers surrendered to the Ming army under the leadership of their generals, the first battle of the Ming army's landing, successfully captured the Lasag, which is known as one of the three major castles in Luzon.

With Laoag as a base, Yan Yingyuan led the Fourth Army and began to attack in the direction of Manila with great fanfare.