Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 726
The Ming army's search for the aborigines lasted a total of three days, and the scope of the search continued to expand with the continuous resistance encountered during the period, and finally settled on a large area forty miles around the capital of Manila.

There are many indigenous populations on Luzon Island, among which the Yigaloos, Ilogos, and Pampangans have the largest populations, with more than 10 people.In addition, there are some small tribal groups, such as the Yifugao, Kankanai, Kalinga, Bangdu, Yanjian, etc., the number of which ranges from [-] to several thousand.

Although it was impossible for Lin Canrong and others to identify every aborigine who participated in the massacre, the Hokkien people's flexible mind and eagerness for revenge made them quickly think of how to identify them.

This method is very simple: in every village or tribe, if there is any item found in the family that is completely incompatible with its poor life and originally belonged to the Ming immigrants in Bali'an City, it will be regarded as participating in the war against the elderly, weak, women and children. in the bloody killings.

Although this identification method is simple and direct, it has to be said that it is quite convincing.

The indigenous settlements in Luzon Island are basically in a semi-primitive state. Because of the hot and humid climate and the fact that few people have advanced production and living skills, most of the indigenous people wear scantily clad clothes.

Especially the aboriginal men, who bare their arms all year round, their whole body, that is, their vital parts, are wrapped in a rag, revealing their dark skin, and their bodies are very thin, very similar to monkeys, and they are cruel The wildness also shows that these natives have not yet completed the final evolution.

The so-called enmity is extremely jealous when meeting each other, this sentence can't be more suitable for Lin Canrong and others.

Under the pressure of the soldiers of the Ming army with live ammunition, Fujian people look back at things and think about the past. After seeing those products with distinctive characteristics and unique to Ming people being used by these savages in their homes, the hostility of Fujian people was completely suppressed. inspired.

They immediately retaliated against these aborigines who had stolen goods, and those aborigines who had not changed their wildness originally looked down on immigrants from afar, so naturally they would not sit still when they saw Lin Canrong with the same face being rough, so a small scene Large-scale fighting continues to be staged.

The final result is of course no suspense.

With the difference in armaments by several orders of magnitude, the aborigines who are still using primitive weapons such as spear darts, homemade bone arrows, and machetes for chopping wood are no match for the strongest armed forces today.

Although the resistance of the natives caused injuries to some soldiers of the Ming army, this behavior successfully aroused the anger of the Ming army. Although the conflict between the two sides was brief but extremely fierce, the result also had a profound impact on history. .

Because there are no specific statistics, it has become a mystery how many aborigines disappeared after the Ming army ended the three-day search mission. After being enlightened, he will consciously avoid it, and he will not dare to look up when talking with the enlightened person, and he will no longer feel malicious when he sees a brightly dressed bright person in the past.

This is the so-called fear of authority but not virtue.

For many backward species, the truth in their minds is determined by the sharpness of their knives and guns.

After several days of searching, the Ming army finally succeeded in "inviting" more than 1000 young natives. They "voluntarily" came to help the Ming army, and transported the three 24-pound cannons on the fort to the south gate of the city of Manila. .

Although under the command of veterans of the Ming army's supply battalion, more than [-] indigenous people were still injured and disabled during the loading and unloading process, but the indigenous people still devoted themselves to this project "without complaints" On the fifth day after landing, he completed his "mission".

In order not to make the "peace-loving, hardworking and obedient" natives continue to be lazy, Zhang Wenyao, in the name of the supreme governor of Luzon Island during the war, appointed Lin Canrong and other Fujianese to be temporarily responsible for restoring the production and living order in Bali'an City and the surrounding areas, and dispatched a small team The Ming army protected their personal safety, assisted them in retrieving the Ming immigrants who had fled to the surrounding area, and rebuilt Bali'an City.

During this process, the Japanese who had participated in the massacre did not escape the fate of being liquidated. Among them, Kimura Noo and Qiao Mu Takuyuki were killed by the Ming army, and the remaining more than 100 Japanese who committed minor crimes They were not executed because they knelt down and begged for mercy, but all their property was confiscated, and their family members became laborers for rebuilding Bali'an City.

The cannons dismantled from the fort were gathered outside the south gate of the city of Manila.

Zhao Wu's 500 men will take on the important task of breaking through the king's city, and Li Sanpao and Zhou Lie will be in charge of the outer guard.

"Test the cannon!"

Holding the binoculars in both hands, Zhao Wu shouted loudly while observing the situation of the Spanish soldiers on the south gate.

As soon as the words fell, the three main gunners who had already loaded them lit the fuzes almost at the same time. With a slight chi-chi sound, the three fuzes twisted their bodies like snakes, and quickly got into the cannon's body with blue smoke. At the tail, the huge and heavy gun barrel let out a thunderous roar after a short silence, and three huge projectiles weighing more than [-] kilograms roared out of the gun bore and flew towards the south gate of Manila five miles away.

Through the binoculars, Zhao Wu could clearly see the terrified eyes of the Spanish soldiers on the city wall, and one of the Spanish generals, who looked like an officer, was also watching the Ming army with binoculars.

After three projectiles pierced the sky, they flew to the south gate in the blink of an eye. With the rise of a large cloud of dust, one projectile hit the gate tower with exquisite relief on the top of the south gate, and the other two hit the gate tower near the gate. After bouncing off the city wall, it fell into the moat, splashed two splashes and then sank to the bottom of the water.

After a tense reset, loading and ranging, hundreds of breaths later, the main gunners fired again after being carefully trained by the Portuguese instructors.

The hit rate of this firing has been greatly improved, and two of the three projectiles directly hit the city gate made of iron wood.

Although the wood of the iron wood is as hard as iron, it cannot resist the real iron with huge kinetic energy. The two projectiles directly smashed through the city gate and fell to the ground after the kinetic energy rapidly decayed.

Rodriguez Silva on the top of the city watched the strict military appearance of the Ming army several miles away with a livid face. From the moment the Ming army's cannon fired, a deep sense of despair and powerlessness came from his heart. rises, and quickly takes over his entire mind.

"Damn Montero!
You ignorant fool!

In your mouth, how vulnerable is the army of the Ming Empire who are still using spears and broadswords!
But the truth is not what you said at all!
Their gunners are more skilled than us at firing cannons!

The muskets in the hands of their soldiers are several times more powerful than ours!
The city of Manila will soon be occupied by these Ming soldiers!
From today it will no longer belong to us Spaniards! "

　Thanks to the cake robber for the reward.

　　Because some words involve harmony issues, they should be replaced with homophones, please understand.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)