Chapter 25: The Red Turban (Page 1/1)

No one is going to sit still.

Since receiving the news of the setback of the naval fleet, the Spanish stationed in Manila were indeed as difficult to sleep as Chen Mu imagined, especially the rout who fled back by land brought back the news that 3,000 troops were defeated on the way to Bansylan City.

"It's not just defeat! Three thousand people ran back less than two hundred, and they couldn't even say what their father's soldiers were. ”

Li Dan raised his hand to knead his dough, what should have been very relaxed and happy made him sad, looking at the subordinates around him who were busy moving ordnance and transporting wood, digging trenches and setting up wooden signs, he took a sip of wine irritably, gritted his teeth and secretly spontaneously ruthless.

Seeing that the leader was bored, a few of Li Dan's henchmen scattered around him to supervise people to dig a ditch.

After a while, Zhuang Gong, who had a knife in his waist, walked quickly.

Zhuang Gong is shorter than others, when he walks, he has big sleeves and arms, his right hand always buckles the handle of the knife, and when he walks, he always keeps his left side close to the fence, wooden pillars, walls, etc., and walks with big steps and long legs.

This kind of body movement is unique and easily recognizable even in Manila, where people of all races are mixed.

Looking at it from a distance, it is a bald tiger's back, a bear's waist and legs.

Zhuang Gong didn't smile, and sat not far from Li Dan with his sword, Li Dan seemed to have expected him to come, and asked, "Killed?" ”

"Hmm."

Hearing the reply, Li Dan's brows finally stretched slightly, and Zhuang Gong went to kill a few of the leaders he had raised.

It is not difficult to recruit troops in Manila, and the Ming people here are all in groups, especially those who can use weapons, and all ten or dozens of people are grouped according to their neighbors and blood relations, but they are not all groups of people like other countries.

Even if it is a Ming person, there are not a few people who hate each other, so after Li Dan sent out the news of recruitment, it was easy to recruit hundreds of people, but not every small group was willing to help him fight against Xiyi.

A considerable number of Ming people stranded in Manila were reluctant to fight Xiyi, which is not wrong, because they were all guards on merchant ships in their early years, and even simply shipwrecked merchants, even if they were far away from the country, most of them just wanted to make money and did not want to lose their lives.

But Li Dan can't do it, they don't want to work hard, they are harming Li Dan's life, so he still prefers the Japanese outside the territory in comparison.

He pushed the wine jug towards Zhuang Gong and said, "The head man is dead, and it is all a plate of loose sand, so you can only listen to me." But now, it is inevitable to meet your father-in-law...... Can you take the gates? ”

This is the source of Li Dan's worries, the Spaniards ordered him to set up a camp outside the city, so that they and more than a thousand Luzon soldiers ambushed the biological people who came to attack outside the city, in Li Dan's opinion, this is no different from pushing him to die.

No one knew better than Li Dan who was attacking, but it was not the Ming merchant who supported Suleiman as Salcedo imagined, it was the army of Chen Mu and Nanyangwei.

There is only one choice to throw at Li Dan, as soon as they meet on the battlefield, they have to draw their swords and slash at the Luzon people, not even a moment late.

He had entered the Nanyang Guard Weapons Bureau, and God knows how many artillery pieces his godfather's army would carry, and he didn't want to be killed by shells from the Ming army.

But if you turn against the battlefield, there is also a high chance of death.

Because Zhuang Gong's eyes looked to the west, to the southwest of their position was the Luzon Manila, which now belonged to the outer city, and to the west was the newly built castle of the Spaniards, and the zigzag city wall was only repaired in three sections, and a large area in the middle was a wooden frame and earth ramparts, and a cannon on the repaired city wall was facing them in this direction.

Three sections of the wall face them, one facing Manila Bay, and one facing Old Manila.

The city walls and them were separated by a large river, and if they wanted to take the city, they had to pass through the wide stone bridge over the river. No matter how wide the bridge deck is, it is just a bridge, not to mention the muskets, just the artillery smashed on the bridge and bounced and ran over, and the capture of the city was a thorny and bloody road.

He knew that Chen Mu's cannon was like this.

Zhuang Gong lowered his head and thought about it, then raised his head and said, "Hmm." ”

"No, I didn't let you take the city with a knife, that's a dead end."

Li Dan had a headache when he saw Zhuang Gong's appearance, this Japanese is really too simple, just because Lin Feng asked him to listen to him, now he will do whatever he asks him to do, don't worry if you can't do it, don't care if you lose your life.

According to his understanding of Zhuang Gong, what he was thinking about just now was definitely not how to take the city or what strategy to use, he was thinking about whether he was brave enough, and he was afraid of dying.

I asked, got an answer, and was not afraid, so I nodded and said um.

I didn't even think about whether the city could be taken or not.

"The war is together, you take your cronies and one hundred and ten subordinates to retreat, don't do anything with the Luzon, they will collapse at the touch of a button, you follow and retreat across the bridge together, Xiyi should not bombard you with artillery, at most let go of guns to urge you to go into battle, and you can die less."

Li Dan sat cross-legged on the stump, raised his finger and pointed: "Cross the bridge as soon as possible, and when you pass, I will lead people to block the bridge for a while, and don't let the Luzon people pass, but I can't help much, as long as Xiyi fires cannons, I will immediately lead people to retreat to the field, and the back will depend on you." ”

"Farikat is Xiyi, he is in the city, and he said that he would turn against him and open the city gate, but I can't believe him." Li Dan looked at the city wall with some concern, and said: "If you don't open the city gate, the iron gate will be difficult to explode with gunpowder, just wait for a while away from the city gate, and my father's artillery will hit the city gate, but whether it hits or not is another matter." ”

"If you really can't do it, you can only rush the gap, and the casualties will be serious when you rush the gap, and save your life."

In Zhuang Gong's opinion, Li Dan's courage is pitiful, and he doesn't leave the dead and wants to save his life, but he still knows what to do, and nodded expressionlessly: "Well, the Southern Barbarians are not credible." ”

This made Li Dan laugh, he couldn't believe Farikat not because of nationality, but because of identity, after all, he was a pirate. He couldn't trust Lin Afeng either, but now no one can bring Lin Feng greater benefits than Chen Mu, so they are in the same boat.

What if Lin Feng and Chen Mu didn't share the spoils evenly after a while, they would stand on opposite sides? None of these things can be said for sure.

But Farikat can say that it is a real wallgrass, and if the Ming army can have an advantage, he can let him fight the Spaniards; If the Spaniards had an advantage, Farikat would most likely have taken advantage of the situation.

Li Dan's positioning of himself is very accurate, he is not a regular army, and his subordinates, except for his cronies, are only trying to survive, and he does not plan to help his father-in-law do anything big. As long as he can strengthen the Ming army in Manila, he will not come in vain.

With a smile on his face, he invited him to take up his scout duties in front of Salcedo, and sent his cronies in red scarves to carry the Manila defense sketch all the way north.

In the middle of the night, Manila Bay was illuminated by the fire of naval artillery, followed by the sound of military music from the northern land to wake Li Dan, and suddenly the dizzy Li Dan ran away, panicking as he walked.

"Why did my father-in-law attack at night, where can I see whether my head is red or not!"

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