"What? The Chinese have already invaded the city!" Peter couldn't believe it.
"Yes, they have entered the city."
Peter rode towards the Datong military camp and found it empty, with only a few logistics personnel guarding supplies.
Even the indigenous warriors brought by the Datong Army have already entered the city. Fortunately, there are these indigenous friendly troops, otherwise it would be difficult to capture such a large city quickly, and after all, we would have to divide our troops to fight.
As for the discipline of the indigenous soldiers, we can only say that they should be restrained as much as possible.
Anyway, the city is full of chopstick masters who massacred Chinese, and they are also villains who have exploited and oppressed Chinese and indigenous people for a long time. The indigenous warriors are willing to come and fight, firstly because the Chinese army gives gifts, secondly because the Chinese army provides food, and thirdly because these indigenous people want to come and take revenge.
Simply suppressing the situation is not the answer. The indigenous soldiers must be allowed to vent their anger. Burning, killing, and looting are normal behaviors.
As if in a dream, Peter huddled in the military camp to avoid the typhoon, and then the city of Manila was captured by friendly forces.
What the hell?
"Follow me into the city!"
Peter led the Dutch army and indigenous soldiers and ran madly towards the city. They also wanted to plunder the city. If they didn't run faster, the Spanish people in the city would all have their belongings robbed by the natives brought by the Datong Army.
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The city has fallen into complete chaos. The water in the streets has not yet been cleared, and corpses can be seen everywhere.
Wang Hui only assigned tasks to the indigenous warriors and ordered which ones to occupy which areas. He didn't care what they did after they occupied them. There were even headhunters who cut off the heads of the Spaniards as trophies and probably took them back to make decorations or make
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Peter waded through the stagnant water to search everywhere, and found that all parts of the city were occupied, and he could not find any place to rob.
As a result, the indigenous soldiers brought by China and the indigenous soldiers brought by the Netherlands started fighting over the property. A large-scale fight broke out between the two sides, and more and more indigenous soldiers were involved, eventually killing more than 2,000 people.
Casualties This is the biggest loss suffered by the armies of China and the Netherlands since the war began!
But it doesn't matter, the dead are all indigenous soldiers, they will resolve the dispute by themselves.
"Boom!"
The weather was only clear for half a day and half of the night, and at some point in the evening, it suddenly started to rain again.
It continued until noon the next day, when the rain finally slowed down, and then came the scorching sun, which could make even the people in the house feel nervous.
"How many are left who are not sick?" Wang Hui asked.
The military medical officer replied: "More than 1,600 people."
Out of a total of 3,500 people in the expeditionary force, only more than 1,600 people were not sick. Moreover, the symptoms of the disease were varied. Many people's diseases could not be diagnosed, and military doctors could only judge them as "acclimatized".
Wang Hui called the herald: "Let the native soldiers collect the corpses in the city and dig pits to bury them all. Don't cause a plague."
We couldn't even burn it because we couldn't find that much dry firewood, and the dry firewood piled in the house was severely damp.
They thought it was troublesome to make a fire, so those Dutch soldiers drank boiled water directly.
Only the Datong Army had strict military discipline. No matter how difficult it was to make a fire, they had to drink boiled water. During the two days of the typhoon, the Datong Army who invaded the city could only drink boiled water where they were. As a result, a lot of sick people were diagnosed after the war.
The fleets of China, the Netherlands, Brunei, and Sulu are all hiding in the ports in Manila Bay.
After the typhoon passed, they only dared to patrol offshore for fear of encountering another storm after going out to sea. The Spanish fleet also did not dare to come over, and both sides waited for a while before engaging in a naval battle.
Moreover, everyone is busy repairing their ships, so hiding in the port will inevitably cause damage.
For the next half month, there was no movement from anyone.
Inside the castle, there were a few Spanish officials and about 280 Spanish soldiers. There were also hundreds of Japanese mercenaries and the remaining Pampanga soldiers.
Spanish Governor Coquilla personally visited every day.
The more it rained, the more afraid he became, fearing that the Chinese army would attack the castle in the rain. Rainy days would make the army more vigilant.
"No fight?" Tie Hong asked.
"No more fighting," Wang Hui shook his head and said, "The city has been occupied anyway, and there is only one castle left. There is no need to add more casualties. After a while, we will bring the families of the soldiers and settle down in this city. Then move some more
Peasants, cultivate the land around the city. Before that, we built fortifications around the castle, surrounded it, and beat anyone who dared to come out. Starve these red-haired ghosts to death! He has a year's worth of food, so we will surround the castle for a year.
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There are also sunny days in the rainy season.
Once it was sunny, the Datong Army commanded the indigenous soldiers to use small carts to push the soil into the city. They surrounded the castle and outside the moat, and built fortifications under artillery fire.
Moreover, all bridge passages on the moat were blocked by indigenous soldiers.
If the Spanish defenders wanted to fight their way out, they had to row across the river and move away the obstacles before walking from the bridge.
Fort Santiago is extremely strong, with walls up to ten meters thick.
Wang Hui didn't bother to use artillery to attack the city, because the castle fort was located high up and protected by stone walls, so it had an advantage in artillery warfare when defending.
Governor Coquilla stood on the turret of the castle and looked around at the enemy fortifications that were gradually taking shape. He had absolutely nothing to do about it. Fort Santiago in Manila was called the "Holy Land of Freedom" by the colonists, but now it is called a place that restricts his freedom.
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This castle was besieged more than once. Valley
Basically, if it drags on for three to five months, the enemy troops will automatically withdraw. This is because neither the native Luzon nor the Sulu Sultanate can support the army's food supply for half a year of siege.
Moreover, after the city of Manila was repaired, the enemy troops could not even attack the city of Manila, let alone enter the city and surround the castle.
But this time it's troublesome.
China is not a native of Luzon, nor is it a small country in Sulu. Food transportation is not a problem at all. It can surround the defenders in the castle until they starve to death!
"I just said don't massacre the Tang people!"
Governor Sanders roared and complained again: "Killing those Tang people, what can we get except robbing property? The barber is gone, the shoe repairman is gone, and there is no one to collect the shit. Now it's better
, the Chinese emperor sent troops, they surrounded the castle and refused to leave, can our food last for half a year?"
"Of course, there is food in the cellar and there is food in the warehouse," Coquilla turned around and asked, "Didn't you get a share of the goods stolen from the massacre of the Tang people? Not only did you get a share, but there was a lot of it."
Sanders asked: "How do you deal with this dilemma?"
Coquilla was silent.
It is impossible to send reinforcements from Spain, and it is impossible to send reinforcements from the Americas.
The Thirty Years' War has not yet ended. In Europe, Spain is fighting against the Netherlands, France and other allies at the same time. In the Americas, it is also very weak. A major defeat last year caused a temporary interruption of the galleon trade. Being able to restore the Pacific shipping lanes is the ultimate.
Not only that, Spain has been operating the southern Philippine Islands for decades. Although it has built a large number of cities, ports, forts and beacon towers along the coast, their power can only be maintained along the coast.
In the southern islands of the Philippines, there are a large number of indigenous people who believe in green religion, and their spiritual leader is the Sultan of Sulu.
Although the nobles of Sulu were lying flat, these low-level natives of the Green Religion were revolting and resisting year after year. It was precisely because of the resistance of the natives that the Spanish military strength was diluted, and there were only 300 Spanish soldiers stationed in Manila.
What Coquilla is more worried about are the Japanese mercenaries in the castle!
Will these Japanese rogues rebel and surrender if they are besieged for another month?
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The mountains northwest of Manila.
At this time, there are only more than 2,200 Han refugees left in the mountains. Those who survived after experiencing hunger, war, illness and the rainy season have basically adapted to the environment.
In the past six months, they destroyed three Spanish plantations and defeated the indigenous people in the Pampanga mountains once. Moreover, they temporarily formed a combat alliance with a friendly indigenous tribe in Pampanga.
Not all Pampanga people are Spanish lackeys. The further they go into the mountains, the less they obey Spanish rule.
One day, the rain stopped.
When the natives of Pampanga came to the Han settlement, they were chattering.
Immediately, a refugee who was a store clerk shouted excitedly: "Your Majesty has sent troops. They have already invaded Manila and are surrounding the red-haired ghost's castle!"
As soon as this statement came out, there was silence everywhere, and everyone couldn't believe it.
Wan Zhaoan, however, knelt down and bowed toward the north: "His Majesty the Emperor of Datong, long live long live long live long live!"
The other refugees reacted and knelt down, crying and crying: "Long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty!"
After shouting and kneeling for a long time, Lin Lang suddenly said: "Let's go out of the mountains and go to Manila to find His Majesty's army."
"How about we wait until the rainy season is over before leaving?" said the scholar Lei Lisheng.
"How can we wait? It's hard to live in this forest. How many people have died of illness!" Chen Yigui immediately objected.
Lei Lisheng said: "Listen to Marshal Wan."
Wan Zhaoan thought for a long time: "The castle in Manila is difficult to attack, and we can't help even if we go there. The miasma in this mountain forest is severe, and it is not a place to stay for a long time. It is better to attack the red-haired ghost's manor, which can not only grab food, but also
And we can find a good place to stay. Manila is surrounded by the Datong Army. No matter how we attack the manor, there will never be an army of red-haired ghosts coming to save us."
"right!"
Lin Lang gritted his teeth and said: "Our belongings have all been robbed, and we will be poor when we return to Manila. Why don't we go attack the red-haired ghost's manor, and rob him as much as we lose!"
Wan Zhaoan smiled and said to everyone: "Those who are willing to stay as landowners will allocate land to cultivate themselves after we conquer the red-haired ghost's village. Those are mature lands, and there will definitely be good harvests from growing crops."
Chen Yigui said with a smile: "Not only is the harvest good, if we plant rice, we can get three crops a year."
Wan Zhao'an clapped his hands and said: "Then we specialize in attacking the red-haired ghost's manor, and all the land we conquer will be distributed uniformly. In order to prevent favoritism, we draw lots every time to allocate the land. The more land we occupy, the more we will allocate.
.When the time comes, take it to the Datong Army to register for settlement, and we will all be big landowners from now on!"
"Okay, I'll be the landlord in Luzon!"
"You have to learn from the red-haired ghosts and capture some barbarians as tenants."
"That's not a tenant, that's a serf."
"It doesn't matter whether they are tenants or serfs, the barbarians and natives have to help farm the land anyway. Otherwise, how can we cultivate it if there is too much land?"