Zheng Zhilong knew that the Luzon native soldiers did not have much combat power, so he allowed the nearly 2,000 Luzon native soldiers who were walking in front to pass through the last section of the valley safely.

And Gonzalez, who rode a group of tall horses and walked in the middle of this long snake-like marching procession, as soon as the Spanish colonial army with 500 people under his command appeared, he immediately detonated the shooting of the black slave musket team under the command of Zheng Zhilong!

At this time, Zheng Zhilong, who was 27 years old, still looked brave and ruthless, and personally operated a front-loading flintlock smoothbore gun purchased at a high price, standing on an abrupt rock, and shooting at Gonzalez, who came into his field of vision.

And Li Ying, the captain of the guard beside him, led several people to load him with ammunition, and after one shot, he immediately replaced it with another.

In this way, after one after another, Zheng Zhilong fired four shots in a row, and Gonzalez, who was very conspicuous in a red Spanish military uniform and riding on a large horse, finally screamed miserably, and fell from his frightened horse to the crowd of panicked screams under the valley.

At this time, the Spanish armies in Europe were basically all equipped with front-loading flintlock muskets, and the elite guards of the Spanish royal family were all equipped with straight rifled guns, that is, the original rifles.

But its colonial armies in the East did not have this honor.

In particular, this Spanish colonial army from Luzon was mainly armed with arquebuses.

Only the Spanish Governor's Palace Guard, stationed in Manila, and officers of all ranks, had the opportunity to be armed with more advanced flintlock muskets, as well as the most advanced and expensive rifles.

The big empires in this world seem to be like this, the world has changed, and they prefer to lie on the glory of the past and continue to sleep.

This was true of the Ming Dynasty, but the Spanish Empire, which in the sixteenth century became the first empire on which the sun never set, is also true today.

The royal family and the aristocracy were extravagant, squandering almost all of the gold and silver wealth they had plundered from overseas on the ultimate luxury of life.

And this is precisely the reason why the newly rising Dutch, English, and even the Portuguese, who had been fighting for independence under Spanish rule for decades, dared to snatch colonies from the hands of the great Spanish empire.

In this era, the fleets of the Dutch and the English dared to intercept and rob the treasure ships of the Spaniards from the Americas and Asia to Europe again and again in the Atlantic, because in this era, the military equipment of the Spaniards, whether it was muskets or artillery, had begun to fall behind the Dutch and Spaniards.

The reason why Spain is like this, apart from the fact that the empire has swelled to its limit, is because the Spanish colonies are faced with the local indigenous peoples, all of whom are far behind them.

Even if only arquebuses were commonly armed, they would be enough to deal with these natives.

It is precisely because of this that they have no incentive to seek new equipment and weapons.

Let's say that the black slave musket team under the command of Zheng Zhilong appeared as soon as the Spanish colonial army in red uniforms appeared, and immediately shot with a bang.

The cavalry infantry under Zheng Zhilong's command had already dismounted, holding the arquebuses that had already been loaded and prepared in their hands, and they also crackled and fired at the crowd.

The Spanish colonial army in the valley, which was marching westward, screamed and confused from the moment the guns rang out.

Some hurriedly dodged, others hurriedly looked for a fire to light a fire rope, and the narrow and dark valley became a mess.

Gonzalez was carrying an advanced front-loading flintlock musket.

But in a panic, he didn't have time to reload and shoot, and he was shot down by the condescending guns in the mountains and forests on both sides.

Gonzalez was shot and fell off his horse, leaving the Spanish colonial army out of command.

The Luzon natives, who had already poured out of the valley in front, heard the sound of muskets behind them and the shouts of the Spaniards, and not only did they not reflexively fight, but on the contrary, they accelerated to the west.

On the night of the same day, Zheng Zhilong saw that the overall situation had been decided, and personally led the cavalry infantry under his command to leave the valley and go west to pursue the fleeing Luzon native soldiers, leaving Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian with the black slave musket team and the local friendly natives to continue to encircle and suppress the Spanish colonial troops who fled into the mountains and forests and then ran around.

These black slave sentries in the Zheng army, when facing the Luzon or Dongfan natives, have the advantage of being tall and vicious, and when facing the Caucasian people who capture and sell them here, they have a bitter hatred that ordinary people can't understand, so in the Zheng army, they often fight at the same time, invincible.

This time was the same, after the Spanish colonial troops in the valley suffered heavy casualties and the rest fled, these black slave musket teams rushed into the valley desperately under the command of Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian, chasing down those still alive Spanish colonial troops with no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground.

At this time, the Kamarans, who had been forced to serve as guides for the Luzon natives, had taken the opportunity to flee since the army led by Gonzalez had been ambushed.

It didn't take long for the large number of Luzon natives who fled to the west to lose their way in the night, and to the west, it was all plains.

Therefore, it was only in the middle of the night that these fleeing Luzon native soldiers were caught up by the cavalry infantry led by Zheng Zhilong in the bright moonlight.

These large Luzon natives, although specially recruited from Luzon by the Spaniards, were not trusted by the Spaniards, and they were armed only with swords and spears equipped to them by the Spanish colonial authorities.

These poorly equipped Luzon natives, with the support of the Spaniards, bullied or tortured the poorly equipped natives of Dongfandao, and they were brave and fearless.

However, the Luzon native soldiers, who did not even have an arquebus, had no will to fight in a hurry, and were caught up by the cavalry infantry under the command of Zheng Zhilong at this time, and immediately chose to throw away their weapons and surrender on their knees.

On the morning of the fourth day of the ninth lunar month, the scorching sun rose again in the sky, and Zheng Zhilong also waited for Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian, two brothers, with the black slave sentry musket team under their command, and the red-haired ghost heads that were cut off one by one by the natives who hated the Spanish colonial army.

After Zheng Zhilong won this ambush battle, he ambushed for two days on the mountain road leading to Tamsui Hongmao City under the chicken coop, but he still did not wait for the Spanish troops from San Diego City or San Salvador City.

So he sent Zheng Cai with a black slave sentry and 300 people and those natives to the north to find a suitable terrain to ambush at the foot of Jilong Mountain, and patiently waited for the Spaniards who came ashore from Fort San Diego or San Salvador in the north.

And he took the rest of the men and horses, the captured Luzon native soldiers, and nearly 500 red-haired ghost heads, including Gonzalez, and rushed back to the Zheng army camp in Tamsui first.

This time the first battle was victorious, killing nearly 500 Spanish red-haired ghosts, capturing nearly 2,000 Luzon native soldiers, except for a few red-haired ghosts who fled into the mountains and forests without a trace, the Spanish reinforcements from San Lorenzo City were all wiped out.

In this regard, Zheng Zhilong, who is only 27 years old this year, is very happy, and on the way back to the Tamsui camp, he is elated and triumphant all the way.

However, on the evening of the eighth day of the ninth month, when he had just returned to the vicinity of the Tamsui camp with his team, He Bin and others, who had stayed in the Tamsui camp, heard the news of Zheng Zhilong's victorious return of the army, and immediately hurried over to report to him a piece of news that made him angry.

After He Bin saw Zheng Zhilong, he hurriedly broke away from everyone around him, and said to him with a gloomy face:

"Lord Chief! Eldest brother! Something is wrong! Last night, the third brother sent someone to hurriedly come over to report the news, saying that the Li Ying brothers, who were guarding Penghu, sent people across the sea to Dayuan City, and reported to him that Liu Xiang, the bastard, led people and boats to attack Nanao and Tongshan, and the fourth child was missing! Now Liu Xiang and the others are afraid that they are going to Yuegang and Kinmen, big brother-"

"What?! What did you say!? ”

Before He Bin's words were finished, Zheng Zhilong's face had already changed, and he roared angrily: "Where is the messenger who reported the news?!" Go and bring him to me! ”

After saying this, Zheng Zhilong didn't wait for He Bin to bring someone to meet him, and immediately asked someone to lead the horse, turned over the horse, and ran to the camp a few miles away.

The third child mentioned in He Bin's mouth refers to Zheng Zhibao, and the fourth refers to Zheng Zhibiao.

As for Li Ying, he was a member of the Eighteen Zhi back then, and he was also an old brother under Zheng Zhilong, and now he was ordered to guard Penghu.

Zheng Zhilong attaches great importance to his fundamental place, and except for his own brother, no one else is very trusted.

Therefore, when he himself went north to attack the Spaniards, he made his third brother Zheng Zhibao sit in the newly built Dayuan City.

And long before that, when he left Nanao, Kinmen and other places, he had already let his fourth brother Zheng Zhibiao, who was just eighteen years old, sit in that place.

Now Yuegang has his father Zheng Shibiao in charge of the city, and once it falls, it is unimaginable.

Zheng Zhilong followed He Bin back to the camp in a panic, and saw the person sent by Zheng Zhibao to deliver the letter, and saw that it was his brother's henchman who was used to blessing, and immediately believed what He Bin said.

Shi Fu saw the boss of the Zheng family, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to report it, and told the news that Zheng Zhibao learned a few days ago.