Sitting on the soft sedan, Wali watched his men supervise the soldiers, lining up on the beach in a somewhat chaotic manner. He looked back at the sea not far away. He knew that there must be many telescopes at this time, and they were
Watch the movement on your side.
They originally thought it would be a fierce battle, but unexpectedly, the Ming Dynasty only asked them to attack a small village, which suddenly made Wali feel relieved. He only brought a thousand people. After all, he
He still had to guard against the Ming Dynasty. If all the men and horses in his hand were lost in the Champa City, then he might not even be able to return to Liao Port. If he only took away one side, even if he returned with a big defeat this time, he
There is also a way out.
Of course, if there is really a big defeat, or if all these thousand people are lost here, the people of Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to see his determination. Then, the support of people of Ming Dynasty will definitely follow. This point,
He was convinced.
Among the people he has come into contact with, everyone generally has a consensus about this distant country, that is, this country is strong and good, but it is particularly concerned about face. As long as you are willing to put down your body and pay a little humility, then
The rewards they get will 100% far exceed their efforts. In the merchant ships that often come and go, he even heard some slang. In these slangs, Ming people are almost equated with fools. Of course, Ming people
People are definitely not fools, but we can also see from this what kind of image the Ming people have in the minds of most overseas natives.
Therefore, regarding the outcome of the upcoming battle, Walli is not looking forward to victory as he heard his subordinates say. In his opinion, victory or defeat really matters. To win,
That's certainly good. He already has a lot of face. Even if he can't win, it doesn't matter. As long as the people of Ming Dynasty see that he is sincerely giving without any resistance, for him, even if he doesn't win, he has won.
The few capable subordinates he really relies on are all in Liogang. Even if these people die, Wali may not shed a single tear.
The sedan swayed slowly, following the team that had prepared for departure. Wali closed his eyes slightly and thought about his own thoughts.
The more than twenty miles of trail must have been too much for the people of Ming Dynasty!
Sitting on the soft sedan, he occasionally opened his eyes and thought about the few Ming soldiers leading the way. Walli felt slightly happy. This jungle is not where you come from. Here, you still have to rely on me.
Such people.
Half a day's journey, in the midst of Wali's random thoughts, quietly disappeared under his feet. When he felt that the team had stopped, and those Ming soldiers were walking towards him under the leadership of his people, he finally
Realize that the place has arrived.
"The village is on the seaside under the cliff. Just cross the open land and you'll be there!" A dark-skinned soldier said in his ear, "These Ming people have something to say to His Highness!"
Walli nodded and looked at the Ming people who were leading the way.
"We have brought the place, but our Lord's order does not tell us to go back immediately. If His Highness the Prince allows us, we would like to see your battle!"
"That's no problem!" Walli nodded: "However, once a fight breaks out, our people may not be able to guarantee your safety. You can guarantee your safety yourself!"
These Ming people can really guarantee their own safety. The village is under the cliff. They informed Wali, but they took people around to the other side of the cliff, even if they knew in advance that they would appear there.
, Walli also used the telescope in his hand to search for a long time before he found traces of these people in the grass.
"Fight me well, don't embarrass me in front of the people of Ming Dynasty!" Walli said to his subordinates fiercely. He was not a kind person to begin with, but at this moment, the people of Ming Dynasty made it clear that they wanted to observe him.
, he naturally did not allow his men to be embarrassed and disgraced. He just didn't say something like "Even if you die, you have to die nice for me."
The attack was launched when the sun was slightly to the west. At this time, it was also the time of day when people tend to get sleepy. Hundreds of heavily armed soldiers appeared on the edge of the jungle almost silently, and then dispersed.
With his feet, he rushed towards the seemingly defenseless village.
There is an open space all around the village, about a hundred or two hundred paces away. At first, Walli didn't understand the significance of the existence of such an open space specially cut down to create an open space. This distance was too small for the Chenla soldiers who were good at running.
What you have in front of you is actually just a few more blinks of time. With this little time, what other tricks can you come up with?
However, the screams of the soldiers soon made him understand that this open space really had its meaning. Those cunning Spaniards had buried countless sharp iron thorns in this open space.
The barefoot Chenla soldiers, no matter how thick the calluses on their soles were, the iron thorns pierced the soles of their feet without mercy.
The screams quickly alerted the seemingly unsuspecting village. Some Spaniards who were doing something unknown outside the village ran towards the village shouting. When the last person entered the village, a group of people
The simple gate was closed, and with a thick fence made of strong trees surrounding the village, the entire village turned into a simple fortress in an instant.
"I heard the siren!" A bearded Spaniard ran out of the house. His clothes were disheveled, but he held the musket tightly.
"Those damn natives really planned to attack us, Siegel, you expected it again!" A guy with red hair and a red nose in the distance was handing out weapons to the women in the village. When he saw him coming out, he shouted loudly
Shouted: "There are a lot of people, it seems that everyone is very busy!"
Every man in the colonial regiment has a weapon, but the women still don't need weapons in the village. It seems that there are a lot of people coming to attack this time. This red-haired guy didn't get Sigel's permission.
, and started distributing weapons directly.
"Are they those guys from the city? Damn it, Ted and the others went into the city today and haven't come back yet!" Siegel felt a little more at ease when he saw all the men holding muskets and leaning against the fence.
At one point, he felt annoyed when he thought that he still had people in the city. It seemed that those people would never come back in the future.
"May God bless them!" A guy next to him gestured with his hand on his chest, "I have never believed in these guys who cannibalize human flesh. They asked for it!"
The screams in the open field continued one after another, and more people ran out of the woods. However, instead of continuing to move forward, they dragged those who stepped on the iron thorns into the woods one by one, and started from Sig.
Looking over here, you can see how many enemies there are in the forest.
"All the muskets are loaded. The women without weapons go over there to help load the guns. Also, as for the artillery, old A Ding, who is in charge of the artillery, has people go to his room and push the artillery out!"
After giving some nervous orders, Siegel found that the atmosphere around him was too heavy, and he had to pretend to be relaxed and smiled: "Don't be so nervous. I have seen this kind of scene many times. Last time I was in India."
, there were dozens of us, facing thousands of guys. At that time, we were not fully prepared as we are now, and in the end, they left their bodies on the ground and ran away in despair!"
Everyone smiled slightly. They believed that in China, these were heroic deeds that were written into novels and poems. How could they be fake?
"Look, everyone, if these natives want to avoid our trap, they have to move forward carefully step by step. I know that not all of them can be sharpshooters. However, when there are so many of them, they will slowly gather together.
Let’s get in front of the gun, and if we still can’t hit, we can only say that God is too forgiving of these uncivilized guys!”
These words seemed to have a good effect. Of course, perhaps it was the soldiers holding their feet and screaming in front of them that gave the people of the colonial regiment enough confidence. From rushing out to prepare for defense, now they are calm and even have the leisure to talk.
After a few jokes, the mentality of the people in the colonial regiment has stabilized. Next, what they are waiting for is the enemy's attack.
When the banging sound of muskets sounded, on the other side of the cliff, several Ming soldiers who had just led the way shook their heads and put down the telescope in their hands.
"Boss, these Zhenla people are finished, no need to watch!" A younger Ming army soldier said with a wry smile to the soldier holding a telescope, "We brothers, we are lucky enough to have suffered today!"
"A bunch of idiots!" The Ming army who was called the leader also rolled his eyes, "The gunman who is approaching the enemy so slowly is not putting his meat on the chopping block. How can these Western Yi be so polite?
of!"
"At first glance, they have never fought with firecrackers!" Another person also said depressedly: "It stands to reason that the guards around Prince Wali also have firecrackers, why don't they know how to fight!"
"That's to protect him, of course. Do you think these ordinary soldiers will be treated like this? They just risk their lives. If they are willing to die, there may be a few people who can climb over the fence and rush into the village. In exchange for a few
If you come back with your life so slowly, without a blunderbuss, or a bow and arrow, isn't this just a death wish?"
"That's not necessarily true. There are many non-officials in our musketry team!" the soldier muttered.
"I'm too lazy to tell you. Do you think that our commander is so rich that he is willing to throw money at these Qiu Ba!" The leader holding the telescope rolled his eyes at him and turned his eyes to the other side of the cliff: "Let's take a look.
If these Zhenla people really can't take over this village, we still have to take action. These Xiyi are very cunning, and the Zhenla people won't just take advantage of them. We have to keep our eyes open and don't let our brothers get in.