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"Forgetting one's ancestors?"

Hearing his sarcasm, the scholar translator turned around and turned around, with the same dead-faced look on his face, and he asked back coldly.

"During the Wanli period, Your Majesty wanted to be king of Luzon, and my father and grandfather gave full support. They actively contacted us in secret and made a big statement for me. The result? The Spaniards united with the natives and killed 7000 of us! Da Ming said that he was going to do business for a group of untouchables. not worth!"

"In the year of Chongzhen, the Westerners oppressed us so badly that we couldn't bear to be bullied. I went to contact the Fujian government again, hoping that the inside and the outside would take over Manila. As a result, I didn't even enter the government office. I was called a barbarian. When I came back, the Westerners slaughtered us again. There are more than 3000 people, and the rest are treated as pariahs! We haven't seen Daming again!"

"This time, the Spaniards and natives once again killed 1000 of our people, and this time they completely wiped out the Ming people! You are finally here! But I don't want to be a Ming person anymore! I believe my ancestors will not No matter how willing to be a wise person, the general doesn’t need to mention such things as forgetting one’s ancestors after counting the classics!”

"I will try my best to defend the city. If the heavenly army invades the city, I will be killed as a barbarian. There is no need to show mercy!"

After speaking, the translator, who didn't even know his name, turned around again and hurriedly followed Andollema into the fortress. However, the sarcasm on Huang Degong's face dissipated, and he looked at the closed fortress in astonishment. He was stunned for a long time before he sat back on the chair again, but he took out the scorpion that Mao Jue gave him before he set off, lit the scythe, and took a deep breath.

As the drifting smoke dissipated, it seemed like countless undead were screaming and struggling with all their strength.

Chapter 659. Opportunity

There are only five people with titles and aristocratic status and this chick. After all, the big man can get the news as soon as the city breaks, and go to St. Philip's Castle to take refuge, but the price of saving these five people is a whole thousand bags. food!

The defenders of St. Philip's Castle carried out the food bags, and the five people who were tied at the other end were also pushed to the gate of the city. Let them go, and watched them enter the city. In addition to Governor Darazan, Archbishop Andolema also A few congressmen breathed a sigh of relief, but all the remaining guards, including the servants, chefs and servants who fled to the city, were all ashen-faced.

Fort San Felipe can be regarded as one of the best castles in Spain. Not only is it compatible with the experience of fighting the Crusaders for hundreds of years, but it also absorbs the advantages of the Dutch 80-year war fortress defense. It has battlements without dead angle shooting, complex and strong The corridors, the shooting holes are all-pervasive, and there is also a characteristic, small!

The bigger the fort, the better. The smaller the fortress, the less defenders are needed, and the enemy's superiority in strength will not be displayed. Don't worry, there are only more than 200 defenders. In fact, it is not easy for Huang Degong to capture it. Eight hundred lives really can't be eaten down.

With the help of the fort, maybe the Spaniards in Manila can really defend until the Spanish army returns to help.

But now this expectation is basically in vain. No matter how few people there are, they still have to eat. They almost took out most of the stored food to redeem people. In terms of food supplies, there are not many days left in Fort St. Philip.

Moreover, on this day, while the fortress was carrying food outside, executions were still being carried out outside the fortress. In order to increase efficiency, five gallows were hung on one gallows, fifty in five minutes. In ten hours, more than 5 people were killed in order to pay for the lives of the overseas Chinese A Spanish expatriate was sentenced to hang. The Spaniards showed no mercy to Daming. Huang Degong reciprocated courtesy and blood for blood. He also executed the old, weak, women and children of the Westerners. The castle is full of layers.

Watching the execution all day long, watching people twitch like fish on the sling, especially many people I know, even relatives, the wailing sounds from above and below the city, and in the evening, most of the fortress People's nerves also collapsed.

Today's lucky guy, who came to the East, I don't know if it is the granddaughter of the Duke, Selita, who has experienced the life of the navy. She staggered and followed a few guards. Just before stepping into the gate of the fortress, another batch of corpses that had just been dismantled were thrown away. When they got to the bottom of the city, they looked back with incomparable hatred. Seeing the gloomy and unmoving formation of the Ming army, the little girl couldn't help shivering again.

Once upon a time, even after the defeat of the 30-year war, the concept of the Spanish Empire as the world's most powerful country was still deeply rooted, but now looking at the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, this concept began to collapse in Selita's mind.

As the sunset fell, the bright red sunset covered the entire city of Manila with a layer of blood. After killing people, half of the revenge was paid, and this hard-to-bite walnut would not be able to be attacked for a while. No time wasted here, except for a regiment who set up barriers around the fort to besiege Fort St. Philip, the rest retreated back to Manila City, and after greeting Yuan Dabao of the Navy, they occupied the manor everywhere. trimmed up.

After all, it was exhausting to spend a whole night raiding and killing people for another day.

Watching the retreat of the Ming army, Archbishop Andolema showed his ability again, waving his magic stick and staff, and boosted morale around the city wall.

"Did you see it? This is the fate of falling into the hands of pagans. Believers of God, show your courage and resist the aggression of pagans!"

While walking, he was still yelling. However, just now he gave the enemy the food needed to defend the fort with his own hands. After saying such words, he really didn't pick up too much morale. The guard who lost his family should Frustrated or depressed, looking at the piles of corpses, what should be feared is still fearful, the entire Spanish defenders fell into a downturn.

The first day of fighting ended with a mutual vendetta.

However, in the early morning of the next day, amidst the roaring ox horns, the Ming troops rushed out from their manors where they were stationed and repaired, but they did not go to St. Philip Fort, but turned their heads instead. After all, there is still a debt. Forget it!

Traitors are always more hateful than devils!The Spaniards did brutally slaughter the Ming people and forged a blood feud, but the Spanish authorities in Manila, with a population of more than 5000 and a thousand troops, could not slaughter the Ming people so easily. These are lazy things, and they covet the wealth of the Ming people The natives acted as minions and accomplices of the Spaniards.

Even if there are innocent people among the Spaniards who were hanged yesterday, every native family in the city has the blood of Ming people on their hands.

Just like the massacre against Chinese in [-]!

If this is not cleaned up, this trip will be more than half in vain.

These natives can be regarded as bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. The night before yesterday when the army entered the city, the natives who were usually arrogant and domineering towards the Ming people all of a sudden wilted. The old men were hanged one after another, which frightened the courage of these natives. There are [-] natives in Manila, of which there are no less than [-] strong men from big clans. They are considered to be the strongest force except for the Spanish army. Witnessing the vendetta against the Spaniards, these guys did nothing, hiding at home obediently, hoping to get away with it. This kind of ostrich behavior with their heads buried in the sand deserves their bad luck.

The cannon shot at the corner of the street, and the gleaming bayonets blocked the road. Under Huang Degong's order, a large number of Ming soldiers rushed in, repeating the arrest of the Spaniards yesterday. Thousands of people's skin turned black, The diminutive natives were escorted out in terror.

Those knives and sticks that were once stained with the blood of Ming people did not even dare to take them out. In just one day, the influence of the Spanish natives in Manila was so easily disintegrated.

It’s just that for this group of people, Huang Degong didn’t order them all to be slaughtered. Death is too cheap for them. Amidst the stern begging and wailing, these people were shackled and chained one after another, and they were escorted to the dock. On the East India Company fleet in Manila Bay, it was stuffed like ballast stones under the dark cabin.

Marx once mentioned in "Das Kapital" that when capital came to the world, under the glamorous appearance, there was blood and dirty things in every pore!The glory of the United States in later generations is built on the blood, sweat and bones of an unknown number of black slaves and Chinese laborers. However, although it is sinful, oppression is also a shortcut needed for social development. Now Mao Jue naturally cannot oppress the Ming people under his command, so These natives have become the best targets for exploitation.

In Taiwan, which has just occupied more than half of the island, some plantations lack coolies, and in the coal mines in the north of Shanxi, in order to meet the increasing number of railways, there is also a great demand for cheap labor. To be more noble, at least these natives have enmity with Ming Dynasty, but the blacks have no enmity with Spaniards and British at all.

It’s really like loading cargo. Thousands of people can be crammed into a ship, densely crowded under the cabin, and there is no room to sit down. He ordered the cabins to be closed indifferently. Yuan Dabao has evolved into a "capitalist running dog" He shook hands with Huang Degong with a smile.

"I represent the East India Company! Thank you General Huang for your contribution!"

However, after the handshake, Huang Degong shook his head deeply, and sighed with emotion; "A certain family should thank the regent, thank you, and a certain family can't wait to come here sooner!"

In the past, when I fought against the Peng army and fought against the Northern Ming army, my hands were also stained with the blood of the Ming people. Occasionally, I had the opportunity to fight against the Qing Tartars. I still won more and lost more, but now, it is in the Killing Hu overseas and expanding the territory of the Ming Empire made Huang Degong, who was dedicated to serving the country, finally feel the meaning of his life overnight.

He said this from the bottom of his heart.

It's a pity, but Yuan Dabao took it as a sign of loyalty. He slapped Huang Degong on the shoulder with a big smile, squeezed his eyes and smiled.

"Brother, I understand. Don't worry, the Regent will definitely know all about Master Huang's achievements! He will rise to fame, and even surpass his power in Nanming. Brothers will have to count on Master Huang to be promoted by then."

Huang Degong did not deny Yuan Dabao's words, but smiled and bowed heavily. After all, no one is so selfless, and they risk their lives with their heads in their hands. It is impossible not to make a family rich and famous. After bowing, the two clapped hands and laughed again, and immediately returned to their battleship, Yuan Dabao waved goodbye.

In addition to leaving three battleships sent by the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty guarding the entrance of Manila Bay, the mighty Ming fleet was loaded with spoils and retreated north along the original road. Huang Degong and Huang Degong were left in the huge bay. His Capital Fifth Corps.

But in the city of Manila, only his troops and the thousand Spaniards trapped in St. Philip's Castle were left.Another unprecedented opportunity was placed in front of Huang Degong. Watching Yuan Dabao's fleet disappear, he suddenly took out the snake that Mao Jue gave him, lit it again, and took another deep breath. After puffing out a few smoke rings heavily, the former Marquis of Jingnan was suddenly full of energy again, turning around excitedly and shouting.

"Go back to the camp, call the regiments and lead the generals, and go to the Chinese army for a meeting!"

"Sign up and obey!"

The soldiers around him also saluted heavily immediately, and immediately retreated. In less than a few minutes, the well-trained Beiming officers had already entered the central army in a file, surrounding the captured Spanish map, and the staff They had a heated discussion together.

A corps, like a root, was deeply inserted into this foreign land closest to Ming Dynasty, and the long roots spread and flourished in all directions!

Chapter 6. Persistence is Victory

Huang Degong moves troops like flowing water. He is not in a hurry to fight the only Fort St. Philip left in Manila. He is so trapped. Instead, he divides his troops and seems to seize the city. What the Spaniards did back then, Da Ming will do it again. The native tribes near Manila were all captured, and the domineering Spanish conquistadors fled into the tropical rainforest in embarrassment.

However, Luzon at this time is no longer the Luzon when Zheng He went to the West in the early Ming Dynasty. It is no wonder that Andolema has the confidence. After converting to Catholicism, amidst the yelling of the Spanish missionaries in the tribe, the ignorant natives carried earthen bows and wooden spears and launched an attack on the Ming army.

Of course, this is just trouble. The Spaniards had cannons, and the Ming army did not have them. A line of musketeers, a cannon blast, basically collapsed, killing more than a dozen or twenty people, and thousands of black people. The native army fled all over the mountains and plains, and then the native chief kowtowed and apologized in the Ming army camp crying bitterly.

About half a month after Huang Degong attacked Luzon, Yuan Dabao came back from Taiwan with his fleet in a humbling manner. This time he brought a full 3000 immigrants from the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention, the Donglin Party's retro-restructuring and the remaining population that the manor economy could not digest brought turmoil to the south of the Yangtze River, and also brought population benefits to Mao Jue. During the period of spring in March and April, he fled to Songjiang, There are over 10,000 Jiangnan people in Hangzhou, Quanzhou, and Fuzhou, especially in Fujian, where going to the sea is a tradition. Not only do they have no grounds, but many maritime merchant families simply moved there.

Moreover, in the past, the imperial court policy did not support it, and many people went to Nanyang for their livelihood, not to mention the imperial court policy began to lean towards it with all its strength. In just over half a month, Taipei, which was captured, had a population of more than 4000 from the original [-] households. The number surged to [-]. Knowing that Manila has free houses and free land, a large number of fujian people who are restless and adventurous have never been warm in Taiwan. They once again overcame obstacles and sailed to Manila.

The Spanish colonized for 70 years and reproduced for two or three generations. There were only more than 5000 Spanish expatriates in Manila. In one month, the Ming Dynasty was driven back in terms of numbers.

As for the number of natives, the number has also risen again. Once several nearby tribes conquered, some natives came to the city to make a living.