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A long line of Chinese bound by ropes was driven by the Spanish soldiers to climb the tall city wall, in their early thirties with ordinary appearance, not tall but quite strong wind and clouds mixed with the ranks slowly ascended the city wall, at a glance saw the huge fleet anchored on the sea and the steady stream of soldiers and horses landing on the dock.

Such a grand scene, Feng Tianyun is the first time to see it, and his heart is shocked and excited, the scale of Zheng He's fleet to the West should be just like this, he was just a little distracted, and a grunting scolding sounded behind him, and then a rifle butt smashed on his back shoulder, smashing him to a stagger.

Stabilizing his figure, he didn't even turn his head, he quickly moved forward, and a man named Hei Jiu behind him said with concern: "Brother Yun-." ”

"It's fine." Feng Tianyun said coldly.

"Don't speak!" A half-breed shouted.

Feng Tianyun glanced left and right, and saw that the adjacent city walls were all Han people tied by long ropes, and couldn't help gritting his teeth, obviously, the Spaniards were planning to use them to coerce the Nanyang Navy to give up attacking the royal city, and he even had some doubts, these Spaniards were kicked in the head by a donkey, so that they could stop the Nanyang Navy from attacking?

The team finally stopped, seeing that there was no one beside him, Hei Jiu seized the opportunity and said softly: "Brother Yun, this city wall is not high, you can't die if you jump down, we have more than ten brothers, take advantage of the chaos to jump down, maybe there is a chance to live." ”

Feng Tianyun is the hall master of the South China Association Manila Hall, the natives are arresting the Han people outside the city, they have not been spared, listening to this, he did not say a word, the army has come to the city, he is naturally not willing to become a shield for the Spaniards, this city wall is not high, but all of them are tied together by long ropes, what is the situation of jumping down?

Governor Jons and Commodore Navid led a group of officers to observe on the city wall facing south, and saw that the Qing fleet was so large, all of them had very solemn faces, and after a while, Navide put down his binoculars and said: "All muskets, as well as a lot of land artillery, coarse cloth estimates, the strength should be about 30,000 ......" ”

As he spoke, he walked slowly to the side, and when he saw this, Jons followed, and Navid took out his pipe and filled it with tobacco and lit it slowly, and then said, "With all due respect, Manila is afraid that it will not be able to hold it, what is the plan of His Excellency the Governor?" ”

Hearing this, Jons's face was a little ugly, and he said with a slight sigh: "I have informed Medan and Laoag that we only need to hold on for half a month, no, ten days, as long as we hold on for ten days, reinforcements will arrive." ”

"Your Excellency is trying to delay time by getting these Chinese?"

"Didn't they accuse us of massacring Chinese in the newspapers?" Jons said in a deep voice, "Let them kill themselves!" ”

"What if you can't hold it?" Navid muffled.

Without hesitation, Jons said, "This is our only colony in the Far East, and we must hold on to it to the end." ”

"You should be responsible for the 10,000-odd white people in the city." Navid said unceremoniously: "We can't hold it for ten days, this is not the previous Qing army, nor is it a pirate ......" ”

Before the words fell, gunshots rang out on the east side of the city wall, and both of them were startled, so quickly launched an attack? That's impossible! The sporadic gunfire soon stopped, and a short time later an officer came quickly, walked up to him, handed a small note, and said: "This is an enemy arrow shot in." ”

The note was written in Spanish, "Dare to kill innocents, slaughter the royal city, and leave no chickens and dogs." Glancing at it, Jons said coldly, "What a big breath! ”

On the deck of the flagship 'Zhenjiang', Yi Zhishu put down the binoculars and said disdainfully: "A group of fools actually want to defend the city, which saves us a lot of hands and feet." ”

Yan Yangtian groaned and said: "The other party is putting on a posture of defending the city, there should be reinforcements ......" ”

"It's better to have reinforcements, we can wait for work." Yi Zhizhi said and ordered: "Order to speed up the landing." ”

Several steam gunboats emitting black smoke lined up along the Passi River, the large and small ships on both sides of the river had long since fled, and there was not a single ship on the wide river, and to the east of the royal city, the landing force quickly penetrated in the northeast direction, until it reached the Passi River before turning westward, and at about three o'clock in the afternoon, the siege of the royal city of Manila was completed.

In the east direction of the city, the engineer battalion nervously dug trenches, leveled the artillery positions, and one by one the land guns were dragged into the position one after another. ”

This is to see that the Nanyang Navy is powerful, and rushed to hug the thighs, Yi Zhishu glanced at everyone, smiled and nodded, at this time, let them contribute some money and effort, which can not only make them feel at ease and stabilize the people's hearts, but also let them completely stand on their side, and immediately arched his hand at everyone, and said loudly: "Spain has occupied Luzon for nearly three hundred years, and you have all suffered. ”

The interpreter who listened, the crowd was busy returning the courtesy, the humility of the mouthless, Yi Zhishu didn't understand and didn't want to be polite to them, so he commanded directly: "Come here, write down their names, and those who are willing to support and cooperate sincerely are our friends." ”

As he spoke, he said directly to Huang Dianyuan: "At present, there is an urgent need to understand the troops in the city and ask them. In addition, if they are not allowed to do something, they will not be at ease, and the army needs fresh meat fruits and vegetables for them to pay tribute.

Manila also needs people to maintain law and order, you take the lead in organizing them to form a strong force to maintain law and order, and then write a notice to keep the people safe and post it everywhere. ”

The sky gradually darkened, and the Nanyang Navy did not attack, which made the Spaniards in the royal city secretly relieved, and the Han people who were used as shields on the city wall also sat down against the wall battlements, one by one tired, thirsty and hungry mixed with endless fear, everyone knew that it was difficult to escape this catastrophe, and if they were not killed, they were afraid that they would be starved to death and thirsty to death.

No one wanted to speak, they all sat numbly, of course, no one dared to speak, the soldiers patrolling back and forth were not easy to mess with, many people were stabbed to death by them with bayonets, Feng Tianyun stared blankly at the stars in the night sky, and didn't know what he was thinking, Hei Jiu, who was leaning against him, whispered at this time: "I have a knife in my shoes." ”

Knives in shoes? Feng Tianyun's heart shook, and then he was overjoyed, Hei Jiu slowly left him and leaned to the other side, and then stretched his feet behind him without a trace, groping and finally taking out a seven- or eight-inch long knife, Feng Tianyun was determined in his heart.

The night is getting deeper, and a bunch of bonfires are also lit under the city on the northeast side of the city, thinking that it is the Nanyang Navy that ignites it in order to prevent the Spaniards from breaking through, "bang" a firework explodes over the royal city and illuminates the entire royal city as if it were day, the fireworks are exhausted, several rockets are shot again, and then there are several dull artillery roars, and then there is an explosion in the city.

A rapid trumpet sounded in the royal city, and groups of soldiers gathered urgently and drove up the city wall as quickly as if they were facing a great enemy, but there was no movement outside the city.

Is this a tired strategy? Feng Tianyun, who had already cut the rope tied to his hand, smiled slightly, and changed to a comfortable position, this city wall is only about twenty feet high, and it is only two floors, and it is okay to jump down with his skills, he can go at any time, he is naturally calm in his heart, naturally he is not in a hurry to go, and intends to wait for the opportunity to save a few more brothers.

Outside the city it seemed that the army was indeed exhausted, and after a while there were fireworks, a few rockets, and a few cannons, and in the middle of the night, the Spaniards were too tired to blow the trumpet and assemble.

Outside the city, the temporary barracks, the big tent of the Chinese army.

Yi Zhishu sent a group of local aborigines to the big tent, the wealthy businessman, and turned back the big tent in good spirits, Lin Meilian came in with a tray and said, "My subordinates boiled some fish bone bird's nest porridge, Hou Ye tasted it." ”

"Do you still boil fish thorn bird's nest porridge?" Yi Zhizhi smiled, obviously disbelieving.

"It's not that hard." Lin Meilian chuckled: "The subordinates are boiled under the guidance of a local chef, Hou Ye tastes it, if you like it, your subordinates will cook porridge for Hou Ye every day in the future." ”

took the bowl and tasted it, and Yi Zhizhi said: "Siamese Bird's Nest Luzon Wing, we are in the place of origin, and the price should not be expensive." ”

"No matter how expensive it is, Master Hou can afford to eat." Lin Meilian smiled: "How does it taste?" ”

"Try it for yourself..." Yi Zhishu was about to feed her, but he heard a loud voice outside the door: "Report-." Listening to Yan Yangtian's voice, he hurriedly put down the porridge and said, "Come in." ”

Yan Yangtian lifted the curtain and walked into the big tent, and saluted: "Yujun Gate, the eastern, southern, and northern departments are all in place, and they are ready to attack at any time. ”

Yi Zhizu raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, just after three o'clock, he groaned slightly, and then he said: "Order, attack at five o'clock, don't be afraid of wasting ammunition!" ”

At five o'clock, a firework exploded in the sky above the royal city, and a brilliant red firework burst out in the air, and the entire royal city was illuminated with blood red.

The previous sporadic shelling was not only to fatigue the soldiers but also to correct the shelling parameters, this round of salvo fire, the hit was fast and accurate, large and small solid bullets, flowering shells poured into the royal city like a storm, and the explosion sound was deafening.

Night Raid! The Nanyang Navy will actually launch a night attack! Feng Tianyun couldn't help but be stunned, and then he was overjoyed, Hei Jiu didn't need his orders, he had already taken advantage of the chaos to go out.

The sound of artillery did not stop, and a large number of dense rockets were fired from the northeast and two directions, like a rain of fire in the dark night, which was particularly eye-catching and spectacular!

Cannonballs and rockets are covered in the small royal city as if they don't need money, and the city is full of solid bullets and shrapnel that are rolling around, and the soldiers who rushed out in a panic can't gather at all, and the city wall is also a mess at this time, and the Spanish and indigenous soldiers patrolling the city wall are afraid of being hit by shrapnel, so they quickly hide under the inner wall, and the Han people who are left on the city wall as a shield are driven by the instinct to survive, and it is a mess.

On the southern section of the city wall, Feng Tianyun, Hei Jiu and other members of the South China Society who had been rescued seized this fleeting opportunity and quickly pounced on several Spanish and indigenous soldiers who were patrolling and guarding them on the city wall.

At this time, one by one the flying tiger claws were thrown on the city wall, the city wall six or seven meters high, for the well-trained marines is not a matter at all, soon, one by one figures flexibly climbed the city wall, the company commander Lu Dayou who took the lead in the city wall, saw this situation, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly said in official words: "Lie down, lie down!" ”

After understanding the meaning, Feng Tianyun hurriedly repeated in Cantonese and Teochew: "Be obedient, don't move on your stomach, so as not to be injured by mistake!" ”

In order to rescue these Manila Han people, Yi Zhizhi formulated an artillery bombardment on both sides of the northeast to attack and contain, and the main breakthrough point was the southern section of the city wall, a steady stream of marines jumped on the city wall, and then moved to the east and west, and the battalion commander Qi Hongzhi, who followed most of the people who jumped on the city wall, saw this situation and hurriedly ordered: "Send a signal!" ”

As a green firework was raised, the artillery rockets immediately stopped firing, and one after another fireworks rose one after another, illuminating the entire royal city as if it were daylight, and the sporadic gunfire on the city walls rang out intermittently.

When did the Spanish and indigenous troops stationed in Manila encounter this situation, harassed in the middle of the night, but at dawn, when they were sleeping in the middle of the night, they launched a large-scale attack, such a fierce shelling was the first time in their lives, fireworks were used for night battle lighting They were also the first to encounter, and when the cannonfire stopped, they rushed out and were bombarded by muskets and artillery from the city walls, only to find that the three walls had changed hands.

On the second floor of the Governor's Palace, Governor Jons condescendingly looked at the royal city, which was full of stumps and corpses like hell on earth, his face was pale, and he was speechless in a daze, and he held on for ten days, but he didn't hold on all night! It's over, Luzon is over, such a strong combat force is not something they can resist at all.

"Your Excellency!" Navid strode in and said in a deep voice, "The Qing army has taken control of three sections of the city wall, and this battle is no longer fought. ”

"Do you think the Qing army will let us go?" Jons said weakly, "Don't forget, how many Chinese we killed." ”

"Surrender, everyone in the city still has a glimmer of hope for life, if you don't surrender, everyone will die here!" Navid said in a deep voice: "We can negotiate with them, in the war with England, the Qing released all the prisoners of war. ”

"Let's talk, you talk to them." Jons hung his head and said, "As long as they agree not to kill the prisoners, they can say anything." ”

It was getting dark, and Navid walked out of the Doge's Palace with a white flag.

Outside the city, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Yi Zhizhi glanced at Yan Yangtian with a cigar in his mouth, and said, "Don't kill prisoners?" Just this condition? ”

Yan Yangtian smiled and said: "They are now catching turtles in the urn, and they can be wiped out with a single order, what conditions do they dare to propose?" ”

After a slight groan, Yi Zhizhi said: "Promise them not to kill prisoners." ”