Become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Chongzhen!

Chapter 747
Zheng Chenggong was very excited about this method.

He did not touch the seaside side of Santiago Castle.

On the one hand, the frontal firepower is already very strong. If the army insists on rushing to the narrow side of the castle facing the sea despite the firepower, it will definitely be full of guns.

On the one hand, he does not have much water power under his command.

This trip is to show trust in Nanyang Company and Wang Chengen.

He and Wang Chengen have also been dealing with each other for many years.

When we first met, there was still resistance to eunuchs.

After all, although he came from a pirate family, the education he received since he was a child can be said to be a scholarly family. He studied in Quanzhou Prefecture, and then passed the examination to become a scholar. After that, he entered the Imperial Academy of Nanjing for further study, and studied under Qian Qianyi, a famous scholar from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Top students.

If he continues to study literature, he will definitely have a place in Donglin Zhongzheng.

But in the past few years of dating Wang Chengen, it can be said that if Wang Chengen had not been behind him to provide food, drink and weapons, his record in leading the army would not have been as good as it was back and forth.

He might be beaten by the Shun Army and the Western Army.

Because of this, Zheng Chenggong now addresses Wang Chengen as "sir" and is even more respectful.

"Mr. Wang is on his way back?"

"Back to General, the last news has arrived at Puerto Princesa, which was previously captured by the Nanyang Navy. It is estimated that it will reach Manila Bay in five or six days."

Zheng Chenggong nodded and said: "Then let's notify the company and call the company's ship directly. Let them test the firepower of the sea side of the castle first. If it doesn't work, use Nan Huairen's method to see if it can really blow up some forts."

The siege was not just stressful for the Spanish.

There is also a lot of pressure on him.

Reinforcements came from all directions. Even if they knew nothing about the Ming Dynasty, under the guidance of the Nanyang Company, they raised the banner of helping the king's army and joining the Ming Dynasty.

Some enemies didn't even see them when they arrived, and they wanted food, drink and weapons on the spot.

It's not unreasonable. After all, they were really unprepared when they came. Some tribesmen jumped out of the forest. They could be described as ignorant of the world.

In addition, 20 troops gathered. There was a language barrier between the Zheng army and the vassal troops who came to aid, and the vassal troops were not well educated and found it difficult to control and govern. The disease naturally spread.

If it weren't for the fact that the Nanyang Company had many methods for controlling the spread of infectious diseases that were first used among Zheng's army, and the natives quickly followed suit after seeing the results, how many people would have died in this mighty 20-strong siege army.

There were also intra-tribal fights, private plundering and killing of other natives, attempts to steal or even rob Zheng Jun and the company's materials and property, and in turn being instigated by the Spaniards to rebel.

Zheng Jun once again held the banner of the majestic king. He would later control the entire Luzon in the name of Ming Dynasty, and he could not kill him ruthlessly.

It's too difficult to manage.

So try Nan Huairen's method first.

This time I tried it, it worked really well.

Five armed merchant ships of the Daming Company approached Santiago Castle and fired at the castle. The castle also fired back. The two sides fought for half an hour. In the end, the five merchant ships failed to shake the castle, and one of them even received a shot.

The Spaniards in the city cheered for a while when they saw this.

Zheng Chenggong was also very happy to see it.

This firepower is considered fierce, but it is much sparser compared to the firepower on other sides of the castle!

If the infantry attacks other sides, it means death, but now it seems that there is some chance of attacking the seaside side!
If the city wall near the sea mentioned by Nan Huairen was not too thick, it would be easier to fight!

Thinking of Zheng Chenggong, I also raised my forehead.

He had long realized that he had taken root on land in the past few years and did not have many sea-going ships under his command. It was good to have Nanyang Company to cooperate now, but he would have to pull up a group of his own water forces in the future.

But at present, the best ships of the Ming Dynasty can be built by the Nanyang Company, and the best naval guns are also the exclusive monopoly of the Nanyang Company.

"I can't live without the company. Here, I will write a letter to the family." Ten days later.

The wall on the seaside side of Manila's Santiago Castle collapsed. The Spanish in the city were horrified. They saw a large number of landing boats rushing toward the shore quickly, and they were about to rush into the gap!

In the distance on the sea, the smoke from the main guns on the bow of the giant ship Pingyuan has not yet cleared. Wang Chengen, with a reddish complexion, is excitedly holding up his binoculars to see the results of his vehicle.

Seeing a section of the castle wall collapse under the bombardment of the cannon, he excitedly slapped the side of the ship, his face overflowing with pride.

"My dear baby!"

The waiter on the side hurriedly cheered: "The Pingyuan Shenwei, our Ming army was able to defeat this city in this battle, it is all the credit of my father-in-law! It is the credit of my father-in-law's ship!"

"Hahahaha!"

Wang Chengen is usually very well-educated, but on the Pingyuan he was a lot more unruly. He laughed a few times and shouted: "Reward! Everyone on the ship is rewarded!"

After saying that, he looked at the few Sulu who were serving as foils. The prince of Brunei and several envoys also said: "You also have a share!"

The translator passed the message, and several people would kneel down to thank their father-in-law for the reward, and pat the horses as well.

of course.

Although a fifty- to sixty-pound cannon is terrifying, it is not capable of destroying a four- to five-meter city wall with one shot.

Previously, many battleships of the Nanyang Navy had been wandering in the Manila Bay and bombarding the Santiago Castle intermittently for two days. Going forward, the navy's battleships and the company's armed merchant ships would also attack from time to time every day.

It just happened that the main gun of the Pingyuan fired the last shot.

"Okay, okay, let's break the city wall and let the ships stop their artillery fire to avoid hurting our soldiers. I want to see the soldiers land and fight."

After saying that, Wang Chengen raised the telescope and took a closer look.

The British gunboats breached the Santiago Castle from the sea. Although the Ming Dynasty's artillery fire wasted a lot of time, it also broke through the defense line of this strong castle from the sea.

Afterwards, they stormed into the castle and fought bloody battles.

Zheng Chenggong knew very well how valuable his Han troops were when he was overseas.

Therefore, among the more than 2000 people who landed in the first group to attack the enemy, there were only [-] Han soldiers, and the rest were mostly indigenous people and a relatively special force.

Black flag soldiers.

Zhengheiqi is stationed in Keelung Port, Taiwan, and has established a cooperation with Nanyang Company.

If there is a garrison, there will be soldiers, generals and governors.

When the Nanyang Company visited Taiwan and fought against the Spaniards and local indigenous people in northern Luzon, these black flag soldiers joined the company and fought for the Nanyang Company as mercenaries.

Governor Keelung is a talented person.

He already occupies a good position and has good relations with some black flag cattle in Liaodong.

The garrison must not move.

But these cattle records require extra money.

Black Flag hasn't fought for a year or two.

But not everyone wants to live a peaceful life.

There are some poor bannermen, some free people who want to work hard and voluntarily join the army and become armored men, and some who want their slaves to go out and earn some extra money for themselves.

He just happened to devote himself to the promising career of mercenary.

(End of this chapter)