Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 720 Revenge with Zero Casualties
Two crossbow arrows flew out of the string in the morning breeze, and they hit the target the moment the whistle sounded. One shot out from the sentry's eye socket and was nailed to the wall of the wooden house he was leaning on, and the other was right In his throat, the sentinel had a surprised and strange smile on his face, and bid farewell to the world in a dream, two streams of bright red blood slowly flowed down the shaft of the crossbow.

Seeing that his soldiers succeeded, Li Dingguo, who had carefully checked the surrounding situation, raised one hand high, and then slashed down towards the fort on the right side of the barracks. A general and ten soldiers rushed towards the fort, and several soldiers rushed forward Pushing the gate of the camp open, several soldiers with crossbow arrows rushed in first, and the rest of the soldiers followed closely behind Li Dingguo, entering in a formation of mandarin ducks.

In order not to alarm the Spaniards in the Royal City of Manila, the Ming army who raided the fort this time mainly used cold weapons, with crossbowmen clearing the way, and the rear team followed by mandarin ducks, trying to resolve the battle in a short time. There is an opportunity to form an array to concentrate fire, to avoid the sound of large-scale muskets from being transmitted to the royal city several miles away.

Due to the small number of Spanish troops stationed at the fort, the area of ​​the entire camp is not too large. When the Ming army rushed in, it was about four o'clock in the morning in later generations, and the Spanish soldiers in more than ten houses were sleeping soundly. In this state, only a few people were awakened by the chaotic footsteps of the Ming army. Some turned over and sat up in bed, and some cursed a curse word with sleepy eyes and turned over to continue the dream just now.

After entering the camp, Li Dingguo quickly looked around. After seeing dozens of muskets and spears erected against the walls outside the doors of five adjacent houses, his heart suddenly settled down.

It became.

At this point, he no longer had to worry about being discovered by the Spaniards. He immediately raised his hand and raised his voice to order: "The crossbowmen are at the top! Team five go over there and take away the weapons! Anyone who resists will be killed!"

The rest are waiting to guard the doors of each house separately! "

After hearing Li Dingguo's order, the soldiers of the five Ming soldiers rushed forward. The gunmen who rushed forward used the gunmen in their hands to draw the spears and muskets leaning against the wall to the front. Behind the scabbard in the room, the short body picked up these weapons and quickly retreated to the back, while the rest of the soldiers formed a group of three or two, and surrounded the door where no weapons were placed in front of the door.

At this time, most of the Spaniards were awakened by the noise outside the house, and several quick-response soldiers rushed out from the open door bare-chested.

Several imperceptible whistling sounds sounded, and several crossbow arrows shot towards them, and then several miserable howls broke the silence of the dawn. The Spanish soldiers who rushed out were shot and fell to the ground one after another. The crossbowmen of the army did not bother to check the results of the battle, and tried their best to re-string and set their arrows one by one. After a while, they shot their bows again and scanned the doors of each house with vigilant eyes.

The sudden change plunged the Spaniards in all the houses into a state of panic and confusion.

They couldn't figure out what was going on.

Who is this strange army that seems to have descended from the sky? It actually killed them right under their noses without anyone knowing it.

After a few more brave Spanish soldiers fell to the ground with arrows the moment they rushed out of the house, they either clutched their wounds and screamed, or were directly shot dead by crossbow arrows on the spot. The sound of arguing loudly has already begun.

"boom!"

At this moment, there was a sound of firing a firecracker, and then a cloud of white gunpowder smoke slowly drifted outward from a window that was opened from the inside, followed by a crackling sound, and several crossbow arrows shot through the half-open window. He flew into the house through the open window, but there was no movement from inside.

The sound of the gun came from a separate house, apparently inhabited by the leader of the Spanish army.

Since the Ming army was scattered and far away, the fired blunderbuss did not hit any target, and the blunderbuss was fired inside the house, so the sound did not spread far.

"Zhou Laizi!

Enter! "

Li Dingguo opened his eyes and ordered loudly. After receiving the order, the two guards outside the house rushed into the house with a shield and a knife, followed by the other with a delicate hatchet.

In the blink of an eye, there was a terrifying howl in the house, and then there was silence. A moment later, Zhou Mangzi, who was holding a shield and a knife, stepped out of the house first. The look of the head followed out.

"Old Lin, shout out!
Tell these barbarians to come out of the house and kneel down to beg for surrender!

Those who do not surrender after ten breaths will be killed! "

Seeing that the opponent without weapons had no power to resist, Li Dingguo, who did not want to cause too many killings, gave an order to Lin Canrong beside him in a deep voice.

Fighting between soldiers should be carried out when they all have weapons. It is meaningless to carry out massacres in a one-sided situation.

Knowing that I will stay here for another five years, during this period, in addition to preventing the invasion of foreign enemies, I also need to cooperate with the Ming court officials who will be stationed in Manila in the future to manage and build. Are these red barbarians the best labor?
After hearing Li Dingguo's order, Lin Canrong hesitated a little, and then shouted in Spanish to the Spaniards in each house.

Having settled in Manila for more than ten years, in order to better communicate with the Spaniards, many high-level figures among local immigrants from the Ming Dynasty can speak some Spanish more or less. Lin Canrong's spoken Spanish is one of the best. .

"People inside listen!

We are the Ming army!
They are here to avenge the Ming immigrants who were tortured and killed by you!

Your time of death has come!
Not one of you will be executed today!
Die!
You bastards!

All of you will never have the chance to see the sun again today!
Our Daming officers and soldiers will send you to see God! "

Lin Canrong did not follow Li Dingguo's request for the Spaniards to surrender, but turned the anger accumulated over the past few months into a death sentence for these murderers.

Lin Canrong knew that the life and death of these Ming immigrants would not win the understanding of the majority of the local people. His Majesty the Emperor of Ming could send troops to avenge them, and these survivors felt that there was no way to repay them.

He doesn't expect these Ming officials and soldiers to show empathy for the tragic death of their relatives, but he will make full use of the language barrier to vent the monstrous hatred in his heart.

After hearing Lin Canrong's shout, all the houses suddenly fell into silence.

Only then did the Spaniards realize that the "physiological man" of the Ming Dynasty, who had always been underestimated by them, had such a strong background.

After dozens of silences, seeing that no Spaniard came out of the house and knelt down to ask for surrender, Li Dingguo raised his hands again.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Dingguo's troops wiped out the Spanish defenders with zero casualties and occupied the Sacrato Fort.

(End of this chapter)