Qu Shaorong and his group of more than 200 Chinese servants were pulled to a small island by two newly built warships. After staying here for three days, they met up with a huge fleet. Then, they turned around and headed south.

for four days.

The fleet stopped at a coast. Following a burst of shelling from seven or eight warships, many Chinese and native servants were driven off the ship and landed by several Spanish officers.

Qu Shaorong held a wooden spear and rushed from the shoal to the shore panting. There seemed to be no enemies in front of him. He looked back and saw that a dozen small boats had already rowed towards the warship to pick up more landings.

Troops come ashore.

Following the team, Qu Shaorong rushed to a fortress.

This fortress had obviously been attacked and was severely damaged. Several sections of the city wall were blown up, and rubble was everywhere. The Luzon native servants had already rushed in and fought with the garrisoned Ma Jin Danao.

The soldiers of the Sultanate fought fiercely.

Without any time to think, Qu Shaorong followed the Chinese servants and rushed into the castle at the urging of the Spanish officer.

An hour later, more than 300 soldiers of the Sultanate of Majindanao were killed in the city, and the Spanish officers did not leave any prisoners.

Qu Shaorong and a few companions dragged the corpses of the natives and burned them outside the city for burial. While many Luzon natives picked up the corpses one by one, stripping off all the clothes and accessories on them.

"It's not unlucky for them to collect the clothes of dead people!" Qu Shaorong looked at the Luzon native servants with disdain.

"What do these natives care about?" Wang Li'an said: "They are all savages! They sometimes open up the newly built tombs of our Ming people and steal the clothes and burial objects of the deceased inside."

"A bunch of beasts!" Qu Shaorong cursed.

"These beasts are actually more popular with the Spaniards than we Mingren!"

"Huh?" Qu Shaorong was stunned, and then cursed bitterly: "They are all a bunch of beasts!"

"Shh, keep your voice down." Wang Li'an looked around and said, "Some Spaniards can understand some Chinese."

"Where is this?" Qu Shaorong asked in a low voice.

"It should be the Zamboanga Castle." Wang Li'an said: "I just heard some Spanish officers chatting and said that this castle was attacked by the Dutch a while ago."

"Are we here to fight the Dutch?"

"Most likely." Wang Li'an said: "I heard that the Dutch have besieged the Holy Name of Jesus City. Maybe they will pull us over to relieve the siege and provide support."

"Can we defeat the Dutch if we go there?" Qu Shaorong asked.

"I don't know." Wang Li'an shook his head and said: "I heard that the Dutch came with fifteen warships, and here we have six or seven warships, huh... there are two more that have just been built, and the others

They are all merchant ships.”

"Then... that means, maybe we can't win?"

"Who knows?" Wang Li'an said blankly.

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Five days have passed since the city of Holy Name of Jesus was captured. These five days were the five days of carnival for the occupiers and the five darkest days for the residents of Holy Name of Jesus.

The soldiers of the Kingdom of Sulu and the Kingdom of Majindanao suffered huge losses when they attacked the city. At the same time, they also experienced countless plunders and brutal killings by Spanish soldiers before. On the first day of the city's destruction,

They launched a crazy retaliatory massacre. All the residents of the city, regardless of ethnicity, gender, or young or old, were massacred by them.

After the Han-Dutch allied soldiers took control of the main treasury and government offices in the city, they began to stop the massacre by the natives. However, after nightfall, the excited natives began a new round of massacre.

In order to avoid accidental damage, the Chinese-Dutch allied forces wisely guarded various warehouses and government offices in the Holy Name of Jesus City, watching with cold eyes the various tragedies that occurred in the city.

At dawn the next day, the bloody massacre of the natives finally came to an end. The soldiers of the Han-Dutch Allied Forces were fully armed and drove the natives to start cleaning up the corpses in the city. A rough estimate is that more than 2,000 Spanish residents and vassal Luzon natives were killed in total.

People and hundreds of houses were burned and damaged.

Hundreds of colonial officials and military officers in the city survived because they were controlled by the coalition forces in official offices. When they were escorted through the streets, everyone looked pale and kept praying to God in their hearts.

"What a bunch of barbaric natives!" Major Frost Fritz, commander of the Dutch Army, frowned and said, "Cruel and ignorant!"

Niuhu sighed slightly in his heart. The evil done to the natives of Luzon and Sulu by the Spaniards back then was just retribution in this world.

In the following days, the Chinese-Dutch allied forces began to systematically loot the wealth of the Holy Name of Jesus City. They packed various materials in boxes in an orderly manner and continued to move them to the dock.

All the defensive facilities in the city were demolished and damaged. For the huge number of stone strips and bricks on the city wall, the coalition soldiers forced the Spanish prisoners and natives to dismantle them all and throw them into the sea. The purpose was very clear, to completely destroy this city that was first built by the Spanish.

Colonial stronghold. Of course, the Spanish could rebuild it after the Dutch retreated, but that would inevitably cost a huge amount of money.

"Lieutenant Colonel, the Spanish support fleet has been discovered! To the southwest, five warships are conducting land landings!" An officer rushed into the captain's room and reported loudly to the coalition commander, Lieutenant Colonel Jimini Bacona.

"Oh, the Spaniards finally couldn't bear it anymore." Lieutenant Colonel Jimini Bacona showed a relieved smile, "It's a pity that they arrived late! Prepare to fight!"

Major Justo Castelao commanded five Spanish ships, which were still five kilometers away from the Holy Name of Jesus City. They unloaded all the Chinese and native servants, more than 400 people, and then turned around directly to the west and south.

Escape.

Nine Dutch armed merchant ships chased behind them aggressively, biting the tail of the Spanish support fleet.

"The Spanish seem to have only two powerful warships, and the other three seem to be ordinary merchant ships." A Dutch naval officer said.

"This is the stupidity of the Spanish!" Lieutenant Colonel Jimini Bacona said: "If they sent out all their warships, we might still cautiously engage in a decisive battle with them. Now, we only send out

Two main warships and three merchant ships came to support, isn't this a refueling tactic? Catch them and destroy them!"

The nine Dutch armed merchant ships were divided into two columns, one on the left and one on the right, trying to outflank the Spanish support fleet with their flexible hulls and slightly faster speed.

A chase at sea lasted from early morning to dusk. Two Spanish merchant ships were damaged and captured by the Dutch fleet. I don’t know whether the remaining three Spanish ships were nervous or careless. In the dark night, there were no

Extinguish the lights on the ship and guide the Dutch fleet to continue sailing to the southwest.

"The enemy seems to be preparing to flee to Zamboanga Castle." A Dutch naval officer pointed to the fleeing Spanish ships in front and said: "Don't they know that we have captured that place before?"

"No, they must know." Another officer said: "Maybe, they want to set a trap for us there."

"Trap? Are they coming to attack us at night?" As we all know, if a ship extinguishes its lights at night, it is generally difficult for the opponent to find the target for bombardment.

"Let's block them outside the port first, and then we will decide whether to attack after dawn," Lieutenant Colonel Jimini Bacona said.

Three Spanish ships escaped into the Zamboanga port, which aroused his high alert. This was very abnormal. The enemy knew clearly that the place had been occupied by the Dutch, and they must have demolished the coastal defense forts. Such self-destruction

A dead end is really not in line with the command capabilities of a normal naval officer.

Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Jimini Bacona ordered the eight armed merchant ships chasing here to temporarily dock near a small island in the outer sea and wait for dawn before deciding whether to continue the attack.

It was bright and clear the next day, but there was no movement from the Spanish ships hiding in Zamboanga Port, not even an outcrop for exploration.

The Dutch fleet cautiously sent out reconnaissance ships in three directions: east, west, and south. When they returned at noon, they found nothing.

"Could it be that the Spaniards really foolishly surrendered themselves to death?" Lieutenant Colonel Jimini Bacona held up his monocular and carefully observed the Zamboanga Port again. There must be something fishy in it.

"Order Captain Aaron to lead the Gemstone and the Giant into the port to attack the Spanish!" Lieutenant Colonel Jiminy Bacona decided not to wait any longer and prepared to send two warships into the port to find out.

Not long after the two Dutch armed merchant ships entered the port, they heard more than a dozen huge artillery roars. Lieutenant Colonel Jiminy Bacona was a little nervous. The firepower of the two Dutch armed merchant ships may not be the opponent of the Spanish warship. The two sides faced each other.

Under the bombardment, you will definitely suffer.

Sure enough, not long after, the two Dutch armed merchant ships retreated, but the Spaniards did not take advantage of the situation to pursue them.

"Lieutenant Colonel, I think we may be in trouble." Captain Aaron quickly came to the Dutch fleet's flagship "Arena". "The Spaniards may have placed some of the ship's artillery on the dock overnight to serve as coastal defense artillery.

In response to our attack, coupled with the Spanish warships hiding inside, a multi-angle fire coverage was formed. So, we retreated."

"Huh?" Lieutenant Colonel Jimini Bacona was startled, "Transport the naval guns to the shore for coastal defense artillery! Do they want to defend inside?" Several officers also looked puzzled. Zamboanga Castle

When they withdrew, they were almost burned to ashes and had no defensive value at all. Unless the three Spanish ships carried a large amount of supplies and land troops, how could they prevent the Dutch from attacking the port.

However, the Spanish transported some naval guns to the shore and formed cross-fire coverage with several warships, which could make up for their numerical disadvantage to a certain extent.

Attack? Or give up? Lieutenant Colonel Jiminy Bacona was hesitant. There were two Spanish main battleships inside. Sinking or capturing them could weaken their maritime power to the greatest extent. However, the Dutch fleet may also need

Pay some price. If you give up, I don't know if there will be a chance to catch the lone Spanish warship again in the future.

I held up the monocular and looked again in three directions: east, west, south and west. Apart from the endless sea surface, there was not even a single seabird, as if they were deliberately avoiding the upcoming sea battle.
Chapter completed!