Fort Santiago.

Qitade is talking to Lu Haisheng's housekeeper.

"Did Curio kill our people right away, or what?"

"At the beginning, Curio was still very polite to Jiang Tieshan and others, but things have changed suddenly since Koichiro Nakawa came out"

"Koichiro Kawashima?"

"Yes, Japanese samurai such as Kawashima Koichiro are all Spanish lackeys, and most of them are instructed by Spanish people"

Qitade looked at Zhou Jixun.

Zhou Jixun thought for a while and said, "In this case, the Spanish are eager for us to come and discuss peace talks. Why do they kill themselves? I really can't figure it out"

"Yes, Curio is also a person supported by the Spanish. His status is still above the Japanese, because he is the native leader who converted to Christianity, and the Spanish dependence on them is still above the Japanese, because the Chinese are not only above the Japanese, but also because the Chinese are not only above the Japanese, but also because the Chinese are not

The number of people is much larger than that of the Japanese”

"What's wrong with not telling Curio himself, but instead giving instructions to the Japanese?"

"You mean..."

"Your Majesty, please let me ask this housekeeper of Lu Haisheng"

Then he asked the person carefully about the situation of the meeting in Lu Haisheng's mansion. When the butler talked about Chen Hu and Chen Zhong, he couldn't help but frown.

"Your Majesty, it is rare for Chen Hu, who can become the 8th company after only two or three years. There must be something strange about it. This housekeeper, I ask you, why can this person be in such a short time?

Become a big businessman?”

"Sir, this person is said to have a very background in the Qing Dynasty. He can get low-cost and affordable goods from there. These goods are favored by the Spanish in the Philippines, Chinese with wealthy families, and natives"

"Background?"

"It is said that there is a high official standing behind this person"

Zhou Jixun shook his head, "Since he is a high-ranking official, why should he send people to come here to do business? Just use the Thirteen ranks directly. The risks are small and the profits are also very good."

Qitad looked at him, as if he could see a deep meaning in his eyes.

Then he said: "Well, whether it is the order issued by the Spanish or other things, if such a thing happens, it is imperative for our country to attack Manila City. Please tell Lu Haisheng that he will restrain his subordinates. Our country should use the Eighth Company to

Manila City launches attack!"

The housekeeper thought to himself: "The Eighth Company is close to Manila City, and the artillery on the top of the city can still hit the Eighth Company. Once the war starts, the Eighth Company will be destroyed."

Then he begged: "Your Majesty, once the war begins, tens of thousands of Chinese in the Eighth Company will probably be bombarded by the Spanish."

Qitade was about to scold him, but then he thought, and said, "Well, that's right, I think that Chen Hu is very suspicious. In this way, I sent some of them into the Eighth Company, dressed up as a Chinese, and sneaked into the Eighth Company, you let me

Lu Haisheng continued to hold a meeting and then acted according to the opportunity”

....

At dawn, Lu Haisheng suddenly convened another emergency meeting.

All the people who attended the meeting during the day arrived. Obviously, they all knew about the changes during the day. Faced with such an urgent situation, they had to come.

"You all know the matter. Jiang Tieshan and Truchen's men were killed by Curio. The battle between the two sides was about to break out. If the Truchen people want to attack Manila City, they must pass through the Eighth Company. I will summon you overnight.

Come here, just discuss the war and defense matters”

Chen Hu took the lead and said: "When the war is in full swing, the entire Eighth Company will suffer. I suggest that the Eighth Company dock be demolished immediately and the Truqins are not allowed to go ashore!"

Lu Haisheng was about to speak, but Yu Guang glanced at Chen Hu. There was a circle of chairs behind this Eight Immortals table, with all the butlers or confidants of Chinese businessmen sitting, but Chen Hu’s butler Chen Zhong is not here now!

"Where is Chen Zhong?"

"Oh, there's something else he has"

....

Just as Lu Haisheng and others were still discussing, Qitade made another arrangement.

"Everyone, it is not safe to rely on Lu Haisheng and others alone. In this way, we will immediately use the artillery we arranged on the east wall of Fort Santiago to bombard the west wall of Manila and the native positions outside. This is one of them."

"Secondly, some of the ships carried two groups upstream along the Bashi River, headed ashore in sparsely populated places, and then cut off the retreat of the natives from the east and south of Manila City"

"A Tengis carried a battalion on the Manila City near Manila Bay, and found a way to get ashore and cut off the retreat of the local people in the west of the city."

"I took the personal guard camp and another battalion to find a way to get ashore from the North Eighth Company, and the remaining two battalions stayed at Fort Santiago"

"In addition, all four Iron-Armored Saiyin ships entered the moat of Manila City. Except for the pontoon bridge leading to Fort Santiago, all the rest were destroyed"

Zhou Jixun asked: "Your Majesty, what you mean is..."

Qitad sighed, "I didn't want to fight anymore, so I left here after the negotiation, but if such a thing happened, it would be impossible not to fight. Also, if I guessed well, Hatu's people would definitely be

It's bad in it"

"With his keenness, he must have known that the war will be ignited. When the war is together, our country's victory will be a matter of time sooner or later. If he doesn't run away before that, he will be unable to escape."

"So you let the Saiyin enter the moat to prevent it from escaping?"

“Yes”

....

"Boom..."

It was dim and the artillery at the top of Fort Santiago suddenly launched an attack on the west wall of Manila and the native positions on the west side!

After several rounds of artillery fire, it began to bombard the local people's positions. Not long after, under the cover of artillery, a regiment of cavalry crossed the pontoon bridge and rushed to the mudflat position on the west side of Manila City!

Then all four iron armored sashinos entered the moat!

According to the intelligence agency's intelligence, in addition to the northern wall facing the Bashi River, Manila City has arranged many artillery guns on other sides, and is not dense.

He must believe in Saiyin's armor capabilities.

Moreover, the moat is only ten meters wide. As long as you walk in the middle with a wide open distance, since the distance from the city wall is fixed, you can set up a mortar on the deck in advance!

Of course, in addition to mortars, a large number of short-barrel artillery can be arranged on them to load shotguns, which can spray the native army.

There are many ports on the entire Bashi River. The battle on the west side has begun for a long time. Twenty Tenges, escorted by the fleet, have already driven upstream about ten miles from Manila City. There is a small port here, and no one is here.

Stop, but only one Tengis can stop at a time.

As mentioned earlier, the Truchens Tengjis could carry a battalion of cavalry. At this moment, the cavalry of this battalion slowly came ashore. Then the Tengjis left, and the second Tengjis leaned over again...

..

After all the cavalry of the two regiments came ashore, it was already dawn!

At this time, the Truqin army had completely destroyed the artillery on the west wall of Manila City and drove the local army on the west side to other places. At that time, they continued to use artillery cover. The Truqin soldiers of a battalion used a ladder to climb up.

The west city wall!

Then there is the second battalion!

Another battalion was alert on the positions of the former natives.

At this time, the cavalry of the other two regiments had been transported to the east and south sides of the native army. However, the other Tengis, carrying a battalion, encountered trouble when landing in Manila Bay.

In order to ensure that the transactions were completed in Manila and to guard the castle, the Spaniards did not build a port near the Manila Bay. There were large tidal flats. If the Truchen cavalry wanted to get ashore, they had to build a pier.

Seeing that time passed by minute by minute, this Tengis simply stopped landing here, but was twenty miles south, near Pasai City, where there was a port.

The artillery fire in the west of the city immediately attracted the attention of the entire Eighth Company and the natives. Originally, Curio was also stationed in the west of the city, and under the bombardment of the first round of artillery fire, he led his men to the south of the city.

When he learned that the Truchens had climbed the west wall of Manila, Curio's expression suddenly dimmed.

Kawashima Koichiro was not panicked at all. He smiled and said, "According to the Spanish's virtue, he will surrender soon. When the two sides negotiate, the battle will be over."

Curio looked at him angrily, "Originally, we were fine, two of the Truchens died here, so wouldn't they seek revenge on us?"

Kawashima Koichiro said, "What are you afraid of? We have tens of thousands of people and we have also surrendered voluntarily. Didn't they say that they are going to transport us to Hexian Town as coolies. At that time, a few people will be pushed out as scapegoats. If they want to

To rule here, we have to rely on us. How can the Truchens take care of it alone?"

"Then take the initiative to provide them with ten thousand labor"

Curio nodded, "That's all"

However, when Koichiro Kawashima left, he immediately gathered about 500 Japanese samurai in the name of patrolling the various parts of the camp, and then ran south before the Truqin army arrived.

Curio did not know about this scene.

After Kawashima Koichiro left Manila, he ran south. As the leader of the Japanese ronin, he naturally had a territory, that is, Kalamba on the south side of the lake in southeastern Manila. There are mountains in the south of Kalamba. If the situation is wrong, they will still

You can escape to the mountains.

The Japanese have arrived here one after another since the 16th century. I don’t know how many dangers they experienced, including several massacres against the Chinese. They all fled to the mountains to escape.

Their principle is to surrender to whoever has the advantage. They will not provoke any party until the situation is clear.

Such behavior has been recognized by all forces including the Spanish and Chinese.

But this time it was an exception. Their leader, Koichiro Kawashima, actually came forward to instigate Curio to kill the Truqin!

On the way, the second-person figure of the samurai team, Yutaro Kameda, who came from Thailand to the Philippines, couldn't help but ask: "Boss, why do we escape? By the way, why do we kill the special person who went to Manila City to negotiate.

Luqin people?"
To be continued...