Santos was shot and fell to the ground, causing the Spanish servant army, which was mainly natives, to completely collapse.
The soldiers of the Renaissance Army quickly chased after him with their rifles raised.
They are looking for their goals while running.
Many soldiers are able to pull the bolt of their rifle and shoot while running.
Those soldiers who fled were shot and fell to the ground one after another.
Except for Wang Chuanwei, everyone in the Wang family watching the battle on the earth floor was so shocked that they couldn't open their mouths from ear to ear.
Is this still the Spanish servant army that our own people are struggling to resist?
In front of the Renaissance Army, they were defeated in just one round.
According to the current situation, not many of them can run back.
"Chuanwei, why don't we also attack? Now is the time to beat up the drowned dog." The head of the Wang family is sophisticated and knows that this is the time. He should perform well in front of Master Wang and leave a good impression.
"Ermu, go and organize the people in the fort to prepare food. We must entertain Master Wang well." The head of the Wang family ordered an old servant beside him.
Following Wang Chuanwei's order, the Chinese militiamen who had been prepared in the doorway all rushed out.
They just happened to stop the defeated army head-on.
The third regiment of the Eighth Division also caught up and together with these militiamen annihilated this Spanish servant army.
"Which of you is in charge here?" asked Chen Ligao, leader of the Third Regiment. The soldiers of the Third Regiment also led the Wang family's militia to pursue the enemy.
Chen Ligao had already led people to the door of the Tulou.
Chen Ligao had seen such earth buildings when he was stationed in Fujian. He knew that this kind of building was very protective, but it was not very good at protecting against artillery fire.
They saw the dense holes outside the earthen wall and knew that the battle just now was very fierce. They couldn't help but admire these local Chinese.
"I am the patriarch of the Wang family manor. What are your orders from this general?" The head of the Wang family quickly stood up and said.
Then he pointed to his nephew Wang Chuanwei next to him. Since his nephew had attended a military academy under the Fuxing Army, he pulled his nephew out and maybe he could get close to him.
This is the villain's nephew Wang Chuanwei, the militia captain of our Wang family.
"Oh, are you in charge of the defensive battle here?" Chen Ligao looked at the slightly tanned young Chinese man aside, feeling a little curious in his heart.
"Sir, I am commanding the defense department. I am Wang Chuanwei, a graduate of the seventh officer crash course of the Gaoyou Army School." Wang Chuanwei introduced Chen Ligao with a military salute of the Renaissance Army.
"Well, you are very good, and your defense organization is very organized. I am in the second phase of the Gaoyou Army School and am your senior." Chen Ligao said with a smile.
He felt that this young man was good and had the talent to lead troops. Before the army entered Luzon, they had been educated to have a good relationship with the local Chinese.
"General, I have asked you to prepare simple meals in the fort. Do you want the soldiers to have some food and rest?" the royal family leader invited.
Chen Ligao did see the smoke from the fort just now, and knew that the royal patriarch was not just being polite.
"Thank you for your kindness, Chief Wang. We have urgent matters and cannot stay here too long." Chen Ligao said apologetically.
"However, there is one thing that I would like the Royal Family Chief to help with." Chen Ligao said.
"General, you have saved our entire Royal Manor. If you have anything to say, our Royal Manor will do it through fire and water." The royal family chief said with his chest raised.
"I would like to borrow this brother Xiao Wang from you."
"That's... no problem. Chuanwei, just follow the general's arrangements and do your best." The clan leader said to Wang Chuanwei.
"Yes, Commander Chen, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask me." Wang Chuanwei said.
"Brother Wang, are you familiar with Santiago?" Captain Chen asked.
"Captain Chen, I have grown up here since I was a child. Santiago is the main Spanish stronghold in Cagayan. We have to go there to pay taxes, so I am very familiar with it," Wang Chuanwei said.
"That's great. Brother Chuanwei, would you please bring a team of people to be our guides? I wonder when Brother Wang will be ready?"
"Commander Chen, there is no need to prepare, we can set off at any time." Obviously, Wang Chuanwei was very happy to be able to follow the Fuxing Army.
"Brother Wang, do you know if there is any hidden road to Santiago?" Chen Ligao was worried that the enemy would discover him in advance if he advanced from the river, so he wanted to pass through the woods.
When entering the Cagayan area this time, there is no time to waste on siege warfare. They will sweep through from north to south like a whirlwind.
Fighting all the way to Manila City is their ultimate goal.
The two fronts opened by the Renaissance Army in Luzon were not divided into masters and slaves. Of course, whoever attacked present-day Manila first in the end would be the main contributor.
"There are many such small roads, and generally speaking, Spaniards will not set up roadblocks. However, such small roads go through dense forests and are not easy to walk," Wang Chuanwei said.
"No problem. Brother Wang, please help us lead the way. Just pick the fastest path. If it's a little harder, that's no problem."
Most of Niu Jie's 8th Division were from the south and did not have much problem marching in dense forests.
Five minutes later, Chen Ligao's three regiments were assembled. The natives who had just fled had already been cleaned up by them. As for the corpses, the royal family leader naturally led people to clean them up.
"Clan Chief Wang, we are leaving. I believe we will meet again soon." Chen Ligao said goodbye to Chief Wang.
After saying that, he led his soldiers and followed Wang Chuanwei into the dense forest, and soon disappeared.
The royal family chief was also honored that his nephew could follow the king's army on the expedition.
Niu Jie sent a total of three regiments as forwards. The three regiments went to help Wangjiapu relieve the siege, and then they went to capture the important town of Santiago in Cagayan.
The second regiment went directly to Baguio City at the southern foot of the Cordillera Mountains. Then it used it as a base to attack Lingayen Bay in the southwest, where there was a Spanish stronghold-San Carlos.
But the protection here is far worse than in Manila.
Moreover, the Lingayen Port in the Lingayen area is a Chinese settlement area.
This port is mainly operated by Chinese.
The Second Regiment occupied this place to organize the local Chinese forces.
Niu Jie was not prepared to rely solely on his Eighth Division to attack Manila City.
Dong Shuheng has already explained that the attack on Luzon must fully mobilize the power of the local Chinese. In the future, whether Luzon is under direct jurisdiction or autonomous, the local Chinese will be the masters there.
Through this campaign, we need to awaken the local Chinese people's mentality. At the same time, we must also set an example for other Chinese in the Southeast Asian region.
There is also a special operations group that directly uses leapfrog tactics to cross the path to Quezon City, southwest of Manila.
After the three regiments capture Santiago, they will hand over the city defense to Niu Jie, who is holding the battle from behind.
Then the three regiments will continue to go south to attack San Jose and Cabanatuan on this north-south line, and finally join forces with other troops under the city of Manila.
Niu Jie, who has been at the rear, wants to organize the armed forces of various Chinese families to form an anti-Spanish colonial coalition and advance step by step towards the city of Manila.
The Eighth Division on the North Road landed earlier than the First Fleet.
Considering the Spanish's backward communication lines on Luzon Island, the Renaissance Army was not worried that the Spaniards would know the news in advance.
On December 2, everyone in the Renaissance Army was busy entering the annual summary stage.
An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs came to the embassy district of Tianjin and formally declared war on the Kingdom of Spain.
The reason is very clear. The organized massacre of Chinese by the Spanish army in Luzon is a crime against humanity.
According to the Fuxing Army's previous announcement, this kind of behavior is equivalent to declaring war on China.
"No, you are making false accusations. Spain is a civilized country and we will not organize the massacre of civilians." The Spanish envoy retorted loudly.
"Mr. Minister, you are a diplomat. Please pay attention to your image. As for whether it is a false accusation, we will publish the evidence in the newspaper tomorrow. You will see it." The official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said coldly.
"There is another thing I want to announce to you. Now we have officially severed diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Spain. Please leave China within 24 hours."
Next, the Renaissance Army organized a press conference to announce the incident to envoys from various countries in Tianjin and disclosed some evidence.
Sure enough, this incident caused a huge sensation.
Everyone was surprised that a newly established Eastern country with many wastes waiting to be revitalized dared to declare war on Spain, an old empire.
Although everyone knows that Spain has declined, especially after losing large territories in South America, Spain's fiscal revenue has dropped sharply.
Correspondingly, Spain's national strength is also rapidly weakening.
But Spain is still a naval power.
If Spain is fighting the Renaissance Army on the road, then the Renaissance Army still has the possibility of victory.
Because everyone knows that the army of the Renaissance Army can fight head-on with the army of Tsarist Russia.
But if the Renaissance Army wants to take the initiative to declare war on Spain, then they will inevitably attack Luzon across the sea!
How will they attack? With their few second-hand cruisers?
This time neither Britain nor France came out to oppose it, although Spain now has a good relationship with Britain.
Because they all felt that it was impossible for the Renaissance Army to defeat Spain.
Soon, the Spanish navy may visit the port of the Renaissance Army.
Bao Ling knew very well that those in the country very much hoped that the Renaissance Army would establish more enemies. That would be more in line with the interests of the British Empire.
As for the evidence released by the Renaissance Army, not many people will care.
These people are all diplomats, and they know very well that in interactions between countries, reason is just a subsidiary of strength.
Britain and France are preparing to watch the show, while the Americans are considering whether to secretly support the Spanish.
Mai Lian thought that after the Spanish navy defeated the Renaissance navy, she could ask her businessmen to send some information to the Spanish or sell them some arms.
After all, the Spanish mainland is relatively far away from here, so long-distance supply of arms is certainly not an easy task.
The American naval power is still too weak. If it could gather dozens of battleships like Spain, it would not be defeated in the hands of the Renaissance Army.
These evidences were meaningless to the ministers of various countries, but they aroused great repercussions among the people at home.
Some newspapers even dug up the massacres of Chinese people in Nanyang in history.
Suddenly, people were agitated throughout China, and people everywhere spontaneously preached the crimes of the Spaniards.
There are long lines of young people signing up to join the army in front of training departments across the country.
People spontaneously organized donations to support the Renaissance Army in waging war against the Spaniards.
In this regard, everyone can only say one thing - "The people's support can be used."
Not only in China, the vassal states of China also severed diplomatic relations with the Spaniards.
The poor Spanish minister had no choice but to hide in the British colonies.
At four o'clock in the morning, Manila Bay was still dark.
The silver-gray fleet has been slowly approaching the bay in the outer sea.
After adding coal in Tainan, the coal water on the fleet was still sufficient for this battle.
"Instruct all ships to enter combat status." In the command room of the flagship, Du Hang issued the battle preparation order.
He knew that it was the last darkness before dawn, and maybe in half an hour, the eastern sky would turn white.
That's when the team officially starts attacking.
There isn't even a single patrol boat off Manila.
The huge Spanish fleet is neatly docked in Manila Port.
The sailors on duty also slept on the ship. Some officers who participated in the celebration last night lived on the shore.
Governor Blandino treated these people with great enthusiasm.
The navy's status in Spain is very high. Brandino's enthusiasm also has an element of flattery in it.
After all, if he wants to handle things well in Luzon, he must rely on the support of the fleet.
Especially the big thing that Her Majesty the Queen has ordered. If he doesn't do it well, then he may end up in a miserable place.
The dark night seemed to be pierced by something, and gradually released, with some light around it.
A Spanish sailor staggered out of the cabin, rubbing his sleepy eyes.
He skillfully arrived at the side of the ship, wanting to release it to the rising sun.
But the moment he turned his head, he saw sixteen smoke pillars appearing in the western sky.
The upper part of the smoke column can already be illuminated by the sun. At this time, it seems that sixteen giant black dragons dyed with golden light are reaching into the sky.
"Oh, my God, what is this? Is it a large merchant fleet?" Many merchant ships still at sea have been equipped with steam-auxiliary power.
Having lived at sea all year round, this sailor certainly knows this.
At this time, he still did not expect that the enemy would come.
Here in the East, I have not heard of any country using fully steam-powered warships.
However, the sailor still reported the incident to the first mate who stayed behind.
The big copy was very unhappy when he arrived and was unable to go ashore to attend the celebration dinner.
As a result, he was woken up by a sailor again early in the morning. He first lost his temper with the sailor.
I heard the sailors say that a fleet of steamers was coming to the port.
The first mate didn't take it seriously, maybe it was a merchant ship from somewhere.
The port here in Manila Bay is very large. The military port and the civilian port are in the same place, but they are divided into different areas.
After the fleet arrived here, more than half of the port was designated as a military port and controlled.
Out of caution, the first mate ordered the lookout to climb up the tall mast to take a look.
The lookout climbed up the mast with sleepiness. He was an old lookout, and he could climb the mast even with his eyes closed.
But the fleet in the distance was so strange that he almost fell off the mast.
"It's a mastless steam battleship!" the lookout shouted.
Although the steam battleships in the field of view of the telescope are not big, their silver-gray streamlined appearance is very graceful.
The lookouts had not yet had time to appreciate the oddities of these battleships, such as why they had no masts.
The reason why he called them battleships was because those guys had gun barrels sticking up from their plywood.
The lookout's words finally made the first mate decide to sound the alarm.