Chapter 416: Delayed Justice
The Spanish troops defending the city roared, like a swarm of bees, and rushed straight towards the Don gunners.
Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info it's just that they quickly discovered that the Tang army gunners, who were originally going to reload and fire again, quickly retreated as if they had received a unified order, completely avoiding a head-on battle with them.
And after these Tang gunners retreated, a row of black guns and shields in the back, like a straight line, immediately met them straight.
Looking at this Tang Army's gun and shield battle array that was like a killing machine, every Spanish soldier was shocked in their hearts.
When the Spanish soldiers rushed like a swarm of bees, rushed to the dense row of large shields, a cruel and long-planned murder began.
A 4-meter steel spear with a handle stabbed out of a large shield like a flying poisonous dragon, and stabbed the head, neck, or chest of these unprepared Spanish soldiers.
These Tang soldiers pierced extremely hard and accurately, stabbing out with a single shot, often piercing each other.
Under one blow, a large number of Spanish soldiers immediately came to the end of their lives.
Their corpses, along this row of large shields, lined up in a straight line.
At the same time, the rampaging heavy infantry outflanked from both flanks, like two groups of mecha monsters armed to the teeth, circled around the rear of the Spanish soldiers and immediately began a ferocious attack.
Tiger spears, tiger knives, long-handled knives, thick-backed scythes, and other heavy weapons slashed and killed these Spanish soldiers who were attacked on their backs.
For a while, the clanging sound of swords slashing, the popping sound of spears piercing into the human body, the porphyry sound of cutting bones, and the sound of soldiers screaming and falling to the ground sounded, which made people feel palpitations.
Seeing the Spanish soldiers who rashly broke through and attacked, and were quickly besieged by their own subordinates, a cruel smile crossed Li Xiao's face.
"Pass on the order of the public army, order the 1,000 Xuanhu heavy horses on standby to charge the enemy soldiers, and be sure to completely wipe out all the Spaniards, leaving no one behind!"
"Order!"
Under Li Xiao's order, 100 Xuanhu heavy horsemen immediately began to speed up, they raised the dust in the sky, the sound of horses' hooves was earth-shattering, and after quickly bypassing their own military positions, they made a big bend and rushed towards the Spanish army that was already in a chaotic situation.
The Xuanhu heavy cavalry, which weighed nearly half a ton of people, horses, armor, and weapons, formed a dense wedge-shaped battle formation, and after fully accelerating, it stabbed towards the back of the Spanish soldiers like a huge and swift black steel knife.
Like a fiery and sharp knife cutting through butter, the Xuanhu Heavy Rider rushed with such a fierce dash that it almost penetrated the entire Spanish military formation.
The Xuanhu heavy cavalry in the front row was almost in contact with their own shield soldiers.
The Xuanhu Heavy Cavalry struck this fierce blow, and the Spanish soldiers collapsed on the spot.
They howled and cried, and they abandoned their swords and fled wildly in all directions.
Some of the Spaniards and natives stood on their knees crying and begging for surrender.
It's just that they are surrounded on all sides, and they can't escape at all.
Whether it was a fugitive or a surrenderer, they were all quickly killed by the red-eyed Tang army, and no one was left.
Under the mountains of corpses, red blood flowed out, almost knee-long, in this shocking mountain of corpses and blood, the Tang soldiers shouted with joy.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Kill the Tartars, get fame!"
"Kill the Tartars, go to heaven!"
…… Standing in the middle of the streets and alleys of Manila, López, who was guarded by a group of elite infantry, was almost stunned to see that all the Spanish defenders had been wiped out by the Tang army in a short period of time.
These Tang troops, whose combat power is so strong, are like devils who have escaped from hell, and the idea that they want to bite off a big mouthful of their flesh before they can start has it even before it can start.
At this time, those Tang Army Xuanhu who had finished the slaughter rode heavily, turned their horses' heads again, screamed loudly, and rushed straight towards López!
López's face was as pale as earth, but before he could scream, he suddenly felt his back hit hard.
He didn't sit still, screamed and fell to the ground, but was quickly picked up by two guards.
Then he tied the back of his hands with rope.
They tied him so tightly that López couldn't move at all.
"Bastard, what do you want to do?!"
López stamped his feet and shouted in rage.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Governor, but we can't be buried with you."
One of the guards said anxiously: "I still have a small family, and I have relatives in this Manila city, we still want to survive in this world, but we will accompany you to hell." ”
"Yes, we are going to hand you over in exchange for the qualification to surrender to the Tang Army."
Another guard next to him also said with a calm face.
"Bastard, do you think that if you surrender, the Tang Army will let you go? You despicable pigs, I can tell you that even if you surrender now, the Tang army will kill you all mercilessly! ”
López said with a hideous face.
It's just that just as they were arguing with each other, the Tang Army's Xuanhu heavy cavalry had already raised their heads and was about to wave the sharp steel knife in their hands at them.
"Don't kill us, we surrender, surrender!"
Among the more than 20 guards, one of them held a white flag high, and the rest of them all laid down their weapons, raised their hands high, and all of them looked like they were honestly surrendering.
The Xuanhu heavy cavalry in iron armor had a cold and mocking smile on their faces, and the sharp and cold steel knives in their hands still swung down quickly towards these surrendered Spanish guards.
Because at this point in the battle, the surrender of these guards has no meaning for the whole situation, and since they will be killed sooner or later, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity to kill them all.
In the midst of a scream, Tang Saber slashed and stabbed, quickly killing all these Spanish escort soldiers.
It's just that for López, whose hands were tied, those Tang cavalry showed mercy to his subordinates and did not kill him, but surrounded him with mocking smiles on everyone's faces.
Then, the infantry of the Tang Army came, pushed López, and escorted Li Xiao, who was slowly marching into the city.
At this point, the battle to capture Manila has finally come to an end.
The entire battle time added up to about an hour.
At this time, the four gates of Manila City were wide open, and the troops and horses of the Tang Army, which were originally defending outside and preparing to meet the Spanish soldiers who had fled in Manila, flocked into Manila City one after another.
Seeing that the war in the city had long ended, Cao Bianjiao and other generals looked a little regretful.
Well, these Spaniards are too unbeaten, and it has only been a long time since all the defenders of the city have been wiped out.
You know, I'm not enjoying it at all, and the steel knife in my hand hasn't been stained with blood.
The Tang army completely annihilated more than 2,000 defenders in Manila, and its own casualties were only a few dozen, and they were basically caused in a hand-to-hand battle with the Spanish army.
In a sense, the Don army was not fighting at all, but simply carrying out a one-sided massacre.
And achieving such a brilliant victory is really common for the Tang army.
After all, the current Tang Army has the advantage of troops, heavy artillery and all kinds of firearms, sophisticated weapons and armor, as well as the long-tested degree of coordination and training in battle formations, and all kinds of favorable factors are superimposed.
The Tang soldiers who were pushing López marched and escorted López to the head of the horse from Li Xiao, only five steps away and stood still.
"I'm Li Xiao, the Duke of Tang, and you're the governor of Spain." Li Xiao's cold words were transferred to López through the smug translator next to him. López looked at him coldly, but did not speak. Li Xiao's gaze swept over, and the captain of the guard, Li Haoran, understood, he stepped forward proudly, rounded his hand, and opened his bow left and right towards Lopez's face. "Damn, are you deaf, Master Li asks you, why don't you fucking answer!" Li Haoran hit him so hard that López spurted blood from his mouth and nose, and he spat out two bloody teeth. López, whose face was covered in blood, finally replied in a low voice and vaguely: "It's me, I'm López, the governor of Spain." What, Li Xiao, are you going to kill me now? After the translator passed López's words to Li Xiao, Li Xiao shook his head again and again. No, I'm not going to kill you for a while, because you're still of some use. "You, you lowly yellow-skinned monkey, what do you want me to do?!" López struggled angrily, but was kicked to the ground by Li Haoran next to him. Looking at López, who was wriggling on the ground like a dead dog, Li Xiao looked disdainful. "López, the reason why this father left you alive for the time being is very simple." Li Xiao said lightly: "Because in this land of Luzon, there are still many cities that have not been conquered by our army. Therefore, I need to send you to persuade you to surrender, so that our army will lose less men and horses, and spend less siege efforts. "Bastard, don't you think! Ben Governor would rather die than obey your request. López shouted: "You are so vicious, and you want to lure all the cities under my Spanish rule to surrender, and then kill all the Spanish soldiers in the city, but you want to be beautiful, I López will never do it!" Li Xiao snorted coldly: "You are not qualified to say whether to do it or not, how can this be up to you." He glanced at him, and a soldier came and dragged him up, and before he could scold, a ball of rag quickly slipped into his mouth. López's eyes were extremely angry, and his mouth was full of whimper, but he couldn't say anything more. "Pass on the order of the Duke and take López down. They were then put in cages and fed daily with cattle to prevent them from dying from hunger strike. Then go with our army to the city to be attacked, so as to lure the enemy to surrender. Li Xiao coldly ordered. Order! "After López was taken down, the city's statistical report came out. In the city of Manila, there were more than 600 taels of gold, more than 80,000 taels of silver, 250,000 stones of grain, and all kinds of armor and armor. Li Xiao sighed secretly in his heart, these Spaniards are still really poor. Manila, the heart of the city, has only this little reserve, which is really impressive. There are more than 20,000 residents in Manila, including more than 13,000 natives, more than 1,500 Chinese, more than 4,000 Spaniards, and the rest are temporary residents from other countries. Li Xiao immediately ordered that all the men in the Spaniards who were taller than the wheels be killed on the street. In a miserable cry, 1,800 Spanish men were dragged out of the crowd by the Tang army, and all of them were beheaded in the streets, killing their heads rolling, and the streets near the center of Manila City were covered with blood. After killing the Spanish men, the massacre continued. Next, the Tang army began to slaughter the natives who had killed the Chinese. The list of these personnel, drawn up by the members of the Security Division, and about 1,200 indigenous men, dragged to the middle of the street, were also beheaded and executed. The steel knife flew, the head fell to the ground, and the continuous sound of severing the neck bone made people feel sore and palpitated. Due to the continuous slashing, the dozens of steel knives in the hands of the executioners of the Tang Army were all cut to the edges. At this point, the streets in the middle of the streets of Manila City were already rivers of blood, and this trickling of blood, winding and crawling on the ground, making a terrible roaring sound, disappeared around the corners of the streets. To be honest, seeing these Spanish and indigenous people being killed by the Tang Army like a chicken and a dog, Li Xiao felt an indescribable joy in his heart. He felt more and more that the kind and simple self in his previous life had completely disappeared in this time and space at the end of the Ming Dynasty that he had traveled through. Now, my own self, which had long been ruthless and hard-hearted, seemed to be able to find an indescribable and tremendous pleasure in such a frenzied extermination slaughter. It turns out that killing people is also addictive. Men should kill people, and kill mercilessly. Slaughter five million, and you will be the best of the best! It's just that Li Xiao doesn't feel that he is too much. Compared with the Spaniards, who slaughtered 30,000 Chinese, regardless of whether they were old or women, men and children, they only killed less than half of the Spaniards, and almost all the lives of women and children were spared. Moreover, the people I killed were basically people with blood debts on their hands, and these guys who had committed major crimes should have been punished fairly. Speaking of which, it's too late to kill these guys now, and this is just a belated justice. "Immediately remove all the corpses from the city for cremation, the ashes will be lifted into the fertile soil of the rice fields, and the streets in the city will be cleaned up, and then those Spanish family members will be classified and detained, and then they will be transported to Taiwan in a unified manner." Li Xiao ordered Cao Bianjiao, who rushed over. "The last will obey." After arranging all the affairs in the city, Li Xiao, accompanied by a group of guards, walked around the city of Manila, and then walked into the exquisitely built governor's palace. This Doge's Palace, with its lavish decorations, is full of extravagant rococo style and complex architectural style in Seville, Spain, showing the luxurious and ambiguous side of Latin culture to the fullest. Li Xiao walked slowly along the delicate carpet on the floor and went straight into López's office. When he saw that the corridors and ceilings on both sides were full of exquisite murals, he couldn't help but sigh inexplicably. With this magnificent Doge's Palace falling into his own hands, the rule of the Spanish Empire in the Far East is almost over. Li Xiao knew that on the island of Luzon, which had been ruled by the Spaniards for decades, a new era was coming.