Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 718 The Real Murderer of the Massacre

On April 14, 40th year of Chongzhen, under the impetus of the southeast warm and humid ocean current, after more than 50 days of non-stop sailing around the clock, a huge fleet of more than [-] ships from the North Sea Fleet and the South Sea Fleet of the Ming Dynasty arrived in the sea off Manila Bay. After the convoy anchored in the shallow waters outside Manila Bay, two warships disguised as merchant ships left the fleet and sailed to Manila Harbor. Zheng's black triangular flag was hoisted on the masts of the ships.

The cabins of these two ships have two floors. On the first floor, a large number of porcelains are piled up to cover the eyes and ears. On the lower floor, there are two hundred fully armed Ming soldiers waiting for orders from the superior at any time.

On the front deck of the first ship, 21-year-old Li Dingguo was dressed in bunt clothes. He leaned on the side of the ship and scanned the approaching Manila port. Actions fail due to minor errors.

Because of his outstanding performance in the battle outside the customs, Li Dingguo was promoted to the post of Chief Qian when he was honored after the war. This is quite difficult for a young man who has just joined the army for only a few years.

In the entire combat plan against the Spaniards, Li Dingguo will lead the selected [-] soldiers as the vanguard of the army, and seize several forts around Manila Port so that the fleet can enter the port smoothly.

The defense map of the Spanish army sent by the Dutch was very detailed, depicting the positions and roads of several forts near the port one by one. There is no problem in taking down these forts in a short period of time, regardless of mental arithmetic.

These forts are distributed with cross-firing power, posing a great threat to the Ming fleet, and must be captured as soon as possible, otherwise the fleet transporting the main force to land will be violently bombarded by the Spaniards, and the losses may be very serious.

"General Li, when our Huangming army meets the Spaniards, can you give the villain a musket?
The villain knows how to fire a blunderbuss. A few months ago, he also fought with the enemy with a blunderbuss. He also shot and killed several Luzon monkeys who killed my compatriots.

The villain's younger sister's family were all killed by the red-haired ghost and those Luzon monkeys. Thinking of the tragedy of their family, the villain was really panicked!
As long as there is a musket, the villain can kill a few more people and avenge my sister's family! "

While Li Dingguo was meditating, a thin, middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a gray bunt and a net scarf, quietly came to him. After hesitating for a long time, he mustered up the courage to speak.

The middle-aged man was named Lin Canrong, from southern Fujian, and he was a survivor of the massacre a few months ago.

Lin Canrong also participated in the more than one-month-long conflict between the immigrants from the Ming Dynasty and the Spaniards, as well as the Japanese and the local aborigines. When he saw that the resistance of the immigrants from the Ming Dynasty was over, he took his family and another group of fellow villagers to take advantage of it. Luan fled Manila by boat and returned to Fujian.

After learning the news that the officers and soldiers were going to Manila to avenge the Ming immigrants, Lin Canrong met dozens of fellow villagers who had escaped and came to the governor's office in Fujian. He voluntarily asked to lead the officers and soldiers, and finally got permission.

"Let's talk about it!

Our department is the vanguard, in order to seize the fort, your duty is to lead the way for our department, it is not your turn to go to battle for the time being!

As for how you will take revenge after the army lands, wait until the Spanish army is completely wiped out, then you can do whatever you want, the premise is that you have to live first! "

Facing Lin Canrong's longing request, Li Dingguo explained in a gentle tone.

Growing up in troubled times since he was a child, Li Dingguo was used to seeing all kinds of tragedies in the world. Although Lin Canrong did not describe the tragic situation at that time, Li Dingguo could also imagine it.

"The villain thanked General Li!

The villain has been in Manila for more than ten years, and he is very familiar with the road conditions inside and outside the entire royal city, and he also knows a little about the situation of those ghost soldiers.

These ghosts are very good at fighting. When they fought with us, they lined up and moved forward. There were musketeers in the middle and spearmen on both sides. They were brave and fearless in battle.

Although there are a large number of us, we are all people who have never fought, and we are too disadvantaged with the weapons in our hands, so we were defeated by him several times.

Be careful when confronting the general, the muskets in the hands of these ghosts are very sharp, a row of guns shoots over, and I will be shot down a large area. When the crowd broke up, those Luzon monkeys and Japanese dwarves swarmed forward to hack and kill us. In the end, the people who died under the guns of the Spaniards were not as good as the eleven who were killed by the monkeys and Japanese!

General, after our officers and soldiers occupy Manila, don't let those monkeys and Japanese people go, they are the biggest culprits who slaughtered us! "

Lin Canrong first handed over his hands to thank Li Dingguo, then briefly described the combat characteristics of the Spanish army, and finally said with clenched fists and gritted teeth.

Li Dingguo's previous words made Lin Canrong's face full of disappointment, but the last sentence made him cheer up again.

The reason why he and those dozens of fellow countrymen volunteered to lead the way was to avenge the tragic deaths of their relatives, even if they themselves died.

Those Luzon natives who only wore loincloths were the incarnations of demons. When they chased and killed the fleeing immigrants from Daming, they used extremely cruel methods, and countless old and weak women and children died under their machetes.

After they rushed into the residential area of ​​Anming people in Bali, they burned, killed, looted and committed all sorts of crimes. Countless Daming women were raped and murdered by them in the street, and infant children were also thrown to death by them. What's more, some demons The Ming people were poured with vegetable oil, and then set on fire to burn him to death. The viciousness of the method was simply outrageous.

"Fan people have guns and guns, so it's natural for them to fall against you, but compared with our Huangming army, these muskets and spears of Fan ghosts are not enough!"

Seeing the fear in Lin Canrong's eyes when he mentioned the Spanish army formation, Li Dingguo smiled and replied with contempt.

After receiving a large number of new Minie guns, the overall strength of the North Sea Fleet has been greatly improved.

Although they have not confronted the armies of other overseas countries, but based on Li Dingguo's years of battle experience, their army can sweep the Spaniards who are still using old-style muskets.

At the end of the afternoon of the same day, the sky had entered dusk, and the two merchant ships slowly sailed into the port of Manila. After berthing, the steward of the Zheng family caravan boarded the pier and went to the customs set up by the Spanish to report.

Because it was getting late, the Spanish customs officers did not board the ship for inspection, but let the two ships berth first, and come back tomorrow morning for inspection and search.

(End of this chapter)