During the rainy season in the tropics, it may rain several times a day, or it may rain for several days at a time.
It has been raining for the past few days, intermittently, and the rainfall is not very heavy. It stops in about an hour or two, or maybe three or four hours.
The rain was particularly heavy today, so the Datong Army chose to attack.
How big is it?
It's like God holding a bucket and pouring water down there.
The Pampanga people, later officially translated as Pampanga people. They are indigenous people living around Manila. They once resisted Spain, but have been completely tamed, at least those around the city.
They are the most loyal lackeys of the Spanish colonists!
Mabala's grandfather was killed by the Spanish. Mabala's father was a slave of the Spanish. And Mabala himself was a Spanish mercenary.
The fort on the city wall was originally equipped with a shack to protect it from rain, but today's rain was so heavy that the shack could not protect it at all.
The Spanish gunners had withdrawn and took shelter in the house from the rain.
Mabala and other Pampanga soldiers were arranged to defend in the fort shack and scoop out the rainwater that could not be drained out of the shack. He scooped out several times, scooping more and more, and finally had to give up and simply lie on the barrel of the gun.
rest.
A strong wind blew and the roof of the shack was blown off.
Mabala immediately took his bow and arrows and left. With half a lifetime of experience, he felt that this was the prelude to a typhoon.
The doors and windows in the city were tightly closed. Even the windows of the rooms on the upper floors of Manila City used to observe the enemy's situation were tightly closed. The windows were even nailed shut to prevent them from being blown open by the typhoon.
The Dutch friendly forces also closed the doors and windows and beat them with hammers. Commander Peter even made hot tea.
Two thousand soldiers of the Datong Expeditionary Force rushed forward carrying simple ladders.
There was already water on the ground that could not be drained. They waded through the water up to their ankles and marched hard against the violent storm. The wind became stronger and stronger, and some soldiers were blown down by the strong wind as they walked. They got up and stood up.
It takes a lot of effort to stabilize.
They supported each other to the bottom of the city and put up the ladder on the city wall with difficulty.
More than ten people must work together, otherwise the ladder will be blown away. The Datong Army soldiers at the bottom of the ladder held the ladder tightly, and then climbed up one by one.
Tie Hong only climbed one meter high when he felt like he was about to be blown away by the wind.
He grabbed the ladder with both hands and used all his strength every time he climbed a little higher.
Not far from him, a soldier lost his grip and fell from the ladder. When he landed, he was blown more than a meter away. Before he could stand up completely, he was blown over by the wind and rolled several meters before he stopped.
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Fortunately, the city wall of Manila is not high, and it only took Tie Hong less than five minutes to climb up.
More and more soldiers came to the city, and Tie Hong divided them into two groups.
One group followed him and rushed into the surrounding rooms to kill people, while the other group opened the city gate to welcome the friendly troops inside.
The doors and windows of the tower were all closed. Tie Hong took off the wrought iron rod, grabbed the wall with one hand to stabilize his body, and knocked on the door with the iron rod in the other hand.
The Spanish commander and gunner inside were completely unaware of the enemy's arrival. They thought it was friendly troops coming to deliver a message, so they cursed and took the initiative to open the door.
The moment the door opened, Tie Hong rushed in, and the strong wind howled in from the door.
"Tang people?"
The Spanish commander's eyes widened. Just as he drew his sword, two of the surrounding soldiers had been knocked to death.
The guy rushed forward with his saber raised, raised his hand to stab the knife out, and the wrought iron rod was already poking at him. The stick hit him in the chest, knocking him out of breath, and then he received another kick in the abdomen, and he immediately flew back.
Poof!
A stick hit the Spanish commander's head and his head exploded.
Because the attack was too sudden, only one Datong soldier was injured after capturing the tower here. On the contrary, there were more injuries when climbing the wall. They were all blown down by the wind and some unlucky ones even had their legs broken.
After occupying the front tower, the city gate was also opened, and the Datong soldiers braved the wind and rain to fight towards the Pampanga military camp.
The weather was windy and rainy, they didn't know what to do, and they had never been to the city before. They could only move forward by relying on the route pointed out by the religious Chinese.
Although the Chinese cannot settle in the city, they can work in the city, otherwise the whole city cannot function. The Datong soldiers silently chanted words such as "forward" and "right" and when they reached the Pampanga military camp, they had already separated.
Nearly half of them were left, with only more than 1,200 people left to follow Tie Hong.
"kill!"
The cry of killing came out of his mouth, and was instantly covered up by the sound of wind and rain.
Such bad weather completely disrupted the basic structure of the army. Based on the training in the "Infantry Drill Code", they spontaneously formed temporary teams nearby, with a few or a dozen people in groups, and rushed into the rooms in the military camp.
Mabala changed her clothes and was lying on the bed sleeping, when she suddenly heard a knock on the door outside.
"You still have to defend the city in such a heavy storm?" Mabala cursed, thinking that it was the Spaniards who came to deliver the order.
There are about 30 Pampanga soldiers in this barracks.
Some are sleeping, some are gambling, and some are bragging and chatting.
After exchanging blame, someone finally opened the door.
Wind and rain poured in through the cracks in the door, and then it was kicked open. The person who opened the door didn't even have time to scream, and was hit in the neck by a knife.
Four people were killed in the house one after another. Mabala, who was lying sleeping, finally felt something was wrong and heard the shouts of his roommates. He turned over and grabbed the machete. Just as he was about to stand up, he saw a flash of knife light.
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Mabala collapsed from the pain, but he was not dead yet.
Someone stepped on him, and the pain became more severe. He waited for a few seconds before getting up. Just as he was about to raise the knife, he was cut again on the back, and then stabbed in the lower back.
Mabala fell again, unable to fight this time, and his vision became increasingly blurry.
He could feel the violent storm pouring into the house, and all he could see were many feet walking around. He couldn't understand why someone was fighting in a typhoon?
he died.
Tiehong led his troops to annihilate the Pampanga military camp. Only one Datong soldier was killed and 36 injured.
However, the wind and rain were getting stronger and stronger, and Tie Hong could not gather his troops at all, and he did not dare to lead his troops out of the military camp. Tie Hong had to avoid the violent storm in this military camp. As for the hundreds of soldiers who were lost in the city, they could only survive on their own.
Come down.
In the afternoon, the typhoon really came and some trees were uprooted.
Inside and outside the city, a large number of houses were blown off their roofs, and the water in the streets in the city was already waist-deep. Before evening, the sky became dark, and Tie Hong thought of a Chinese idiom he had learned: wind and rain are like darkness!
"Hell, a typhoon is coming so early this year!"
Peter, the commander of the Dutch Army, hid in his room and kept cursing. He still did not know that Chinese friendly forces had sent troops.
The Spanish governor, Coquilla, also knew nothing about the military situation.
He hid in the castle, drinking ginger tea to relieve the humidity, lying on the rocking chair and smoking his pipe leisurely.
The typhoon lasted for two full days, and the wind and rain finally subsided, and it suddenly became clear in the afternoon of the third day.
"Dududududadududu..."
There was a sudden sound of suona in the city, but Coquilla didn't take it seriously. He didn't know that it was the Datong Army's order to gather troops.
The Datong troops who were scattered and hiding in the houses in the city rushed out of the houses one after another and quickly gathered in the direction of the suona.
Tie Hong counted the number of people and found that a total of 2,000 soldiers attacked the city in the rain. Regardless of the known casualties, 28 people were missing at this time. It is not known whether they died in the typhoon, died in a battle somewhere, or were sick and unable to move.
After receiving the news, Wang Hui quickly came with the remaining troops to occupy the entire city.
There were still six towers. Due to the heavy wind and rain that day, the defenders were not cleared, and fighting soon broke out in these places.
"Your Majesty the Governor, the enemy has entered the city!" the adjutant rolled in in a panic.
Coquilla asked in surprise: "How did they get into the city?"
The adjutant replied: "It should be a Typhoon attack, occupying a city wall silently."
Coquilla was shocked: "Invite the archbishop into the castle quickly!"
There are hospitals, schools, and churches in the city, all of which are important strongholds.
"Archbishop, the Chinese army is coming!" A large number of Spanish civilians fled towards the church and castle.
Luo Wenzao took up arms and planned to assist the archbishop in defending the church.
Luo Wenzao, whose courtesy name is Ruding and nickname is Wocun, is from Fu'an, Fujian Province. Both his parents are Buddhists.
Zhao Han ordered the expulsion of unruly missionaries. Luo Wenzao followed the Franciscan priests, abandoned his family and fled to Manila, where he was allowed to live in the church.
Historically, this guy is the first Chinese bishop in the world.
"There is a Tang man here, kill him quickly!" Spanish civilians discovered Luo Wenzao.
Archbishop Miguel quickly shouted: "He is religious, he is the most faithful believer of the Lord!"
However, it was useless, the angry and frightened Spanish civilians massacred Luo Wenzao.
In another time and space, because of the "Chinese Etiquette Controversy", Luo Wenzao was under house arrest in Manila. Chinese missionaries were put under house arrest for anything that could not be solved, not to mention that the Datong Army had now entered the city.
Luo Wenzao wanted to defend himself, saying that he would help defend the church.
But before he could finish his sentence, Spanish civilians struck him with sticks.
The crucifix stands in the church hall. Under the watchful eyes of Jesus, Luo Wenzao was beaten to death by Spanish civilians.
Archbishop Miguel was so frightened that he hid next to him, drew a cross on his chest and said, "Poor man, may you go to heaven, and the Lord will bless you."
The weather was so humid that even if they were properly stored, the gunpowder on both sides was damp.
Even the remaining Pampanga soldiers found it difficult to fight with their bows and arrows, because the bowstrings became very weak due to moisture.
It turned into a cold-weapon battle. Thousands of Datong troops broke into the church, and Archbishop Miguel had no time to escape into the castle.
"The Lord will punish these infidels!"
Miguel pointed at the Datong army and screamed a lung-breaking curse.
There is no innocent missionary in the Philippines. The Archbishop of Manila, second only to the governor, has participated in the massacre of Chinese people every time, and even played a role in fueling the flames.
The missionaries distributed in villages and towns must be the largest landowners and the highest local rulers.
When 80% of the Spanish civilians were killed, Miguel rushed over with his scepter raised.
As soon as he got close, he was chopped down with a knife.
Churches, schools, hospitals... were occupied one after another, leaving only the castle where the governor and his troops were stationed.