Chapter 1040: Reinforcements Arrive

However, no matter how hard Zheng Sen tries, the rout is inevitable.

In the early morning, the soldiers were about to get up and were attacked by the Spanish army, a situation that even the strongest army might not be able to withstand.

In addition, the Spaniards had sharp firearms and strong personal combat strength, and these colonists were almost a head taller than the Ming people, and their physical fitness was far better than that of ordinary Zheng soldiers.

Some Zheng soldiers rushed to the front of the battle during the gap between the Spanish muskets, thinking that they could disrupt the Spanish array, but they were easily assassinated by the Spanish pikemen.

With sharp firearms, strong personal combat power, and the suddenness of the surprise attack, Arenas commanded more than 500 Spanish troops to run rampant in the Zheng army's camp, killing rivers of blood and corpses everywhere.

The guards around him fell one by one under the Spaniard's muskets, and even the most elite Iron Man Army was of no avail, and the thick armor could not withstand the fire of the muskets. Zheng Sen had no choice but to retreat and slowly retreat towards the sea, where his own sea boats were moored, as long as he escaped to the ship, he could escape the attack of the Spanish soldiers.

It was a mess, it was all a mess, the whole camp was in a mess, and as countless Zheng soldiers died tragically under the Spanish muskets, the rest of the soldiers followed in a chaotic retreat to the sea.

"Hahaha, damn heretic, you know how powerful my Spanish invincible army is!" Marenas laughed and commanded his men to make a swift assault, pursuing the defeated Zheng army.

"Kill the leading Akito general and achieve the final victory!" Marenus shouted as he pointed to the red banner of the Akito in the distance. Maybe there is no need for Bishop Shalazar to mobilize the Filipino natives, with these 500 firearms under his command, he can drive the Ming people into the sea!

Zheng Sen's face was pale, numbly running in embarrassment under the protection of the guards, he never thought that with a powerful force far beyond the Spaniards, he would be defeated so badly!

The firecrackers behind him resounded incessantly, accompanied by occasional screams, each of which saw a soldier fall under the Spaniards' firecrackers. These brothers followed him across the vast sea to Luzon, but fell in this strange land, which made Zheng Sen's heart ache.

"Hold on, everyone, and it's safe to retreat to the ship!" Although his heart was extremely painful, Zheng Sen still encouraged his subordinates with his spirit.

"Look, everyone!" One of the guards suddenly shouted in the distance.

Zheng Sen Huo Ran looked up and saw a huge fleet of ships getting closer and closer on the sea in the distance.

It's the fleet led by Chen Yonghua! Zheng Sen was overjoyed, and at the critical moment, Chen Yonghua led the fleet to finally appear.

"Reinforcements are coming!" The routs cheered.

"Your Excellency the Governor, another fleet is coming from the sea!" Major Shabinas shouted as he pointed to the seashore in the distance.

Damn it!

Looking at the fleet that appeared in the distance, Marenas secretly scolded, the Ming people even had reinforcements, looking at the size of the fleet, I was afraid that there were thousands of troops.

"Oh no, Governor, the Akito fleet is heading for Manila Castle!" Shabinas shouted.

Seeing the sea in the distance, the sudden appearance of the Ming fleet did not come to support the Ming army, but rushed straight towards the Manila Castle on the right bank of the Stone River.

Manila is located on the right bank of the Stone River in Sanli by the sea, and there is a dock for large ships to moor on the seaside, and if the Ming people docked there, they could quickly rush into the city of Manila.

"Don't worry, we have a battery, it's not so easy for the Ming fleet to anchor and dock." Marenus comforted his subordinates, but he also understood that most of the troops in Manila had been brought here by himself, and there were only more than 200 defenders left in the city, mainly used to defend the city, and there was simply not enough artillery to prevent the Ming fleet from landing.

"Don't pay any more attention to these routs, everyone follow me back to Manila City and defeat this Ming reinforcement!" Marenus shouted with his sword raised.

At the seaside pier outside Manila, looking at the Manila Castle not far away, Chen Yonghua sneered, just now, through the clairvoyant mirror, he saw Zheng Sen being defeated by the Spaniards, but he did not give the order to support Zheng Sen, who was obviously in decline, but ordered the fleet to go straight to the direction of Manila City.

First, because there were too many sea ships stationed on the coast where Zheng Sen retreated, and his one hundred and ten sea ships could not find a dock to dock in the past.

Moreover, even if he was able to dock, it would take time for the soldiers on the ship to go ashore, and it would be too late to rescue Zheng Sen's defeated soldiers.

Instead of this, it is better to directly attack the castle in the distance, surround Wei to save Zhao, and force the Spaniards to withdraw their troops.

The fleet sailed at full speed, much faster than the Spanish infantry.

After just a stick of incense, it sailed into the bay outside Manila.

Sporadic artillery rang out, and from time to time shells fell into the sea and splashed huge water. Chen Yonghua ordered to ignore it, and the whole army quickly went ashore.

Dozens of large ships approached the pier one after another, and groups of soldiers rushed to the shore and began to assemble.

By the time the soldiers who had come ashore had gathered about two thousand five hundred, the Spanish soldiers who had rushed back from a distance had approached a distance of less than two miles.

Chen Yonghua ordered the troops to go ashore under the command of Chen Hui and attack the Spanish troops rushing back.

Two thousand five hundred soldiers were on standby, more than half of whom were firecrackers. During the attack on Macao, thousands of muskets were captured from the Portuguese, all of which were made by the Macao Arsenal, and the quality far exceeded that of the Daming Workshop.

In these days at sea, Chen Yonghua asked Chen Hui to take charge of selecting more than 1,000 soldiers to practice muskets. There were already musketeers in the Zheng army, and the muskets of the Ming Dynasty were essentially the same as those of the Portuguese. Chen Yonghua also coerced and lured the captured Portuguese soldiers as officers, and after more than half a month of sea drills, most of the soldiers were able to skillfully use this musket.

Marenus hurried back with his army, and when he saw a large number of Ming troops coming ashore, Marenus was furious and decided to continue to give these Ming people some color. After the attack on the camp just now, he had great contempt for the strength of the Ming army, and his pride reached its peak.

In his opinion, the Ming army is no different from the indigenous army of the Philippines, although there are many troops ashore, they are just a batch of lambs to be slaughtered, as long as a row of bullets flies by, it will immediately collapse!

However, he was destined to regret his pride, and just as the two sides were close to reaching the range of the muskets, before he could give the order to fire, the guns of the Ming fleet were the first to speak.

Three Portuguese armed galleons were captured in Macao, each with dozens of guns, adding up to a total of more than a hundred.

Under Chen Yonghua's order, dozens of Portuguese prisoners and 100 Zheng artillerymen finally loaded and adjusted the artillery, and opened fire on the Spanish team not far away.

"Boom, boom, boom" The sound of fierce shells resounded across the sea, and dozens of projectiles pierced the sky and fell into the phalanx of the Spaniards.

The projectiles fell heavily to the ground, bouncing and rolling, and a terrible scream rang out, and then blood splattered, severed limbs flew everywhere, and the entire Spanish phalanx was in chaos.

"Shoot!" Looking at the situation not far away, Chen Hui sneered and gave an order.

"Bang bang bang" The continuous sound of muskets rang out, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the coast.

The Spanish troops, who were in a panic under artillery bombardment, were powerless to fight back and were instantly knocked down in large areas.