Only at this time, the arquebus, which was pitifully inferior in every way, in the hands of the Spaniards, was able to ignore the huge difference in range between the two sides, and could fire at the Ming army at close range. √ the top novel, and caused some casualties to the Ming army.

In addition, the Spanish spearmen, who had been reduced to the role of soy sauce in the age of firearms, were also given a rare use.

These guys with spears in their hands held their spears flat, lined up and stood all over the street, and forced those Ming troops back all the way with the dense spears in their hands like a forest.

In order to prevent it from being discovered by the Spaniards, the Ming army requisitioned the tunnels dug by the natives was very narrow, and could only pass one heavily armed soldier at a time.

Their original plan was to quietly gather enough troops in the courtyard and house of the mansion to seize the city gates. I just didn't expect it to be discovered so early.

The Ming army was well-trained and well-equipped. But their number is smaller. Moreover, although the Ferguson rear-loading gun is powerful, it takes a long time to reload after all, and the advantages brought by advanced weapons are greatly offset when engaging in street battles with complex environments.

The advantage of the Spaniards is that they are outnumbered. At the same time, their arquebuses and cold weapons, which were originally extremely backward in front of the Ming army, played an unexpected role in this special street battle.

Seeing those Ming soldiers being forced all the way back to the mansion, Captain Carlos breathed a sigh of relief.

He had ordered a few artillery pieces to be mobilized not long ago, and it wouldn't be long before they could use a ferocious artillery blast to completely flatten the mansion!

Captain Carlos raised his hand and stroked his extremely well-trimmed beard, a smug smile appeared on his face, and then ......

"Boom !!"

Just when Captain Carlos felt that he was about to achieve a decisive victory. More than a dozen small black dots suddenly flew out of the walls of the mansion. Under the astonished gaze of the Spaniards, these small dots of white smoke streaked across the clear blue sky and landed in the dense queue of Spaniards outside the walls.

Forthwith. It exploded.

Wanton shrapnel, huge shock waves, gunpowder smoke and dust rising into the air. Mixed with the blood of the stumps, severed arms and canopy of the Spanish soldiers, Captain Carlos was beaten back into the endless abyss in a terrible scream!

The Ming Army, which had fallen into a panic because of an unexpected blow before, finally remembered that he still carried a powerful killing weapon on his body at this time!

The powerful grenade is completely invincible in the street battles of this era. No one can escape with the power of a grenade!

Immediately after that, the second wave, the third wave, the fourth wave....

Dense grenades were rained down the walls of the mansion in white smoke. The dense and terrifying roar was deafening. The fierce smoke of gunfire filled the entire battlefield, and the Spaniards gathered outside the mansion were suddenly killed and wounded, and they were screaming and wailing.

The sturdy Captain Carlos was also knocked out by the shock wave from the explosion of a grenade that was close at hand, and he fell heavily to the ground.

His body was covered with shrapnel, and bright red blood was pouring out. Soon it converged into a pool of red water beneath Captain Carlos. Even the beautiful beard he cared so much about was now scorched by the heat.

“...... Lost? Holding on to his breath, Captain Carlos struggled to open his blood-soaked eyelids and look at the door of the mansion that had been reopened. Looking at the Ming troops wearing uniform uniforms and holding bayonets in their hands, they roared and rushed out like tigers descending from the mountain.

And the Spanish soldiers, who were completely crushed by the sudden blow, completely broke up. The last wave of resistance in Manila was dispersed.

"Whew~~~" Captain Carlos exhaled heavily, tilted his head, and died with regret in his eyes.

Since the formation of the army, it has been smooth sailing, no matter what kind of enemy it faces, it is swept with a crushing attitude. When did the Ming New Army suffer from this kind of wretchedness? When they recovered, the anger in their hearts erupted like a volcano, quickly burning the Spaniards around them to ashes.

The Ming army, which had regained the initiative with advanced weaponry, soon took control of several streets leading to the city gates. And began to use the weapons in his hands to kill and wound a large number of Spaniards on the city walls and inside the city with accurate shots. It doesn't matter if it's a military or a civilian.

This time. The Ming Dynasty, which had already been prepared outside the city, began to exert its strength. Thousands of soldiers formed a line of stragglers and rushed towards the gates of the city of Manila.

And the Spanish defenses on the walls were in a desperate situation. Originally, a large number of living forces were withdrawn because of the matter of going out of the city to fight. Previously, in order to block the tunnel, a group of defenders were also dispatched.

By this time, there were not many Spaniards left who could still fight on the walls.

Soon, the Spanish soldiers who had fled outside the city also came to the city gate one after another. The deserters, who had lost everything, shouted, cursed, pleaded, and cried in the hope that the defenders would open the gates and let them in.

Not to mention that these are deserters who fled from the battlefield. At this time, even if the impatient Governor of Coquilla wanted to let them into the city, he couldn't do it!

Not to mention the Ming army that was surging behind these deserters. He couldn't handle it just by breaking into the city!

Once the door is really opened. The Governor of Coquilla reckolls that the gates will never be closed again!

It's just that even if Governor Coquela is unwilling to open the door, things won't go the way he thinks.

As time passed, more and more Ming soldiers entered the city through tunnels. And those Ming troops outside the city are also rapidly approaching the city wall.

The artillery placed by the Spaniards on the city wall could hardly cause much damage to the Ming troops outside the city who pulled out loose stragglers under the blows of the Ming army inside the city. It is even more impossible to stop the approach of those soldiers.

And. Even if the artillery on the city wall turned its muzzle to bombard the city, it could not attack the Ming troops in the city because of the firing angle.

On the contrary, the nimble Ming army could fight the Spaniards to their heart's content. The rain of bullets and the hand-meshed grenades soon destroyed the last trace of resistance in the hearts of the Spaniards.

When the desperate governor of Coquilla left the city walls with a group of henchmen. After heading to the last core fortress in the heart of the castle. The Spaniards, having lost their commander, eventually collapsed under the suppression of powerful fire.

Most of the defenders surrendered, as most of them were recruits who fought for money. Most of the veterans who really had a strong will to fight had died outside the city.

A small number of Spaniards also chose to flee. Most of them fled with their governors to the core fortress, while others wandered around aimlessly like headless flies.

When the Ming army outside the city entered the city wall, the Ming army inside the city opened the city gate. It's all over.

The Spanish routs outside the city surrendered without surprise. A large number of Ming troops rushed into the city of Manila with high morale.

The Ming army lined up the battle, street by street, alley, door by door, searching for the Spanish routs. In the event of resistance, they were eliminated on the spot, and all those who laid down their weapons and surrendered were tied up with ropes and sent to centralized custody. The entire city of Manila soon fell into the hands of the Ming army.

After dark, Gao Yang, dressed in military uniform, entered Manila City surrounded by a large number of guards.

"How's it going?" Gao Yang, who was in a good mood, turned over and dismounted, and the polished shiny black high riding boots made a deep crisp sound on the stone-paved ground. He casually waved the whip in his hand and asked aloud.

"Words from the Chinese teacher." Huang Degong, who still had gunsmoke on his face, stepped forward and came behind Gao Yang, and said in a deep voice, "We have controlled the situation. Most of the Furlong soldiers were captured or killed. Just ......"

Gao Yang, who was watching a group of natives carrying ropes on their backs and dragging a carriage loaded with cannons through the city gate, thinking about what to do with these captives, heard Huang Degong's unfinished words, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, "What else is going on?" Say. ”

"Yes!" Huang Degong hurriedly said, "It's just that a handful of Francois people, led by their prefect, fled into a strong fortress in the middle of the city. ”

"What's so hard about that?" Gao Yang said with a puzzled expression: "No matter how strong a fortress is, what use can it be in front of the cannon?" If you don't surrender, you can just blow it up. ”

"Words from the Chinese teacher." Huang Degong hurriedly told everything about the matter, "The Fran machine who was hiding in that fortress sent someone to spread the word, saying that there was their powder magazine in that fortress, and at least tens of thousands of catties of gunpowder were stored!" If only it were that. They also said that the fortress still had a place where the treasury silver was stored! There's a lot of stuff in there! The last general did not dare to make his own opinion, and the matter was decided by the national teacher. ”

"Oh?" Gao Yang's eyebrows were raised, and a bright color flashed in his eyes. Raising his hand and gently pinching his chin, the corners of his mouth outlined a faint smile.

"Interesting." Gao Yang nodded slightly, and after a moment of silence, he chuckled and said, "Go!" Check it out! ”

......

Originally, after escaping to the core fortress, the Governor of Coquela directly set fire to the powder magazine and blew it all up. Not a single peseta can be left among these abominables. People!

However, when the castle was about to fall, it was not only the Governor of Coquela who fled into this core castle to escape the murderous barbarians!

Members of the Colonial Council, wealthy Spanish merchants, various high-ranking bureaucrats of the colonies, and their families. In addition, hundreds of soldiers also took refuge in the castle. (To be continued.) )