Archbishop Benavidez was at a loss for words. The governor did not wait for him to respond and loudly ordered: "Captain Gaspar, take the Pampanga indigenous soldiers and the Japanese and go to Balian to search for all suspicious persons. If you encounter any uncooperative people,
Any behavior will be punished without mercy!"
He glanced at the Archbishop, whose face was flushed, and continued to give the order: "Major Azquita, order all the forts to be ready to fire!"
After Captain Gaspar, who was injured in Binondo, took the order, he immediately led the indigenous soldiers out of the city gate. However, the leader of the Japanese town reported that the Japanese samurai were following Captain Bilagun and were executing on the bank of the Pasig River.
Mission. Captain Gaspar was eager to avenge his humiliation and rushed straight to the Balian market area without waiting for the Japanese to join him.
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On the bank of the Pasig River, on a river beach next to the Japanese town, a large group of Japanese people gathered on the bank, forming a half-moon shape and surrounding a large number of kneeling physiological wealthy businessmen in the middle.
In this era, Japanese towns, like Chinese Chinatowns, were spread throughout Nanyang. Moreover, Japanese slaves were also very common in Southeast Asia. There were many Japanese slaves in Macau. The local authorities of the Ming Dynasty banned the breeding of Japanese slaves by the Portuguese in Macau.
Japanese slaves. However, when Yin Feng was in Macau, he still saw many Portuguese families with Japanese slaves, whose status was only slightly higher than that of black slaves. Real Japanese samurai rarely went to live in Nanyang Nippon Town.
Most of the residents are merchants, craftsmen and sailors, mercenary ronin samurai, abducted Japanese slaves, and many Japanese Catholics who were exiled due to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's policy of banning Catholicism. There are also a number of Japanese living in Luzon.
A group of Japanese businessmen specialized in re-export trade of raw silk with Chinese businessmen. They came to Balian to buy raw silk and then shipped it to Japan to make a lot of money.
In short, among the hundreds of Japanese people in front of us, there are very few real samurai. Although the leading dozen ronin all carry double swords, they all have their heads shaved; the standard samurai heads are gone, leaving Spanish-style short hair -
—They are all Japanese Catholics.
These Japanese are doing what they do best: beheading people.
Those physiological men who were tied back to back and kneeling on the river beach were the representatives of the wealthy Quanzhou Anhai businessmen who went to Manila to petition. Captain Juan de Billagon took them into custody with two Spanish soldiers and more than 300 Japanese.
When they got here, they were sent to heaven by the Pasig River.
Brother Flores, who escaped from the battlefield of Tondo in time, was very impatient with his sacred duties as a dying confessor. Many of these wealthy Chinese businessmen were Chinese Christians resident in Balian, and they were entitled to receive
repent.
However, these physiological Christians in front of Brother Flores were completely in despair and remorse. No matter how he tried to persuade them to hand over their property in order to be saved, these people either responded with indifference or cried hysterically.
He yelled, or spat and cursed. Finally, he gave up his priesthood, stood up and said to Captain Biragon: "The bishop has long said that these biological people can never become true Christians. Since they
Don't want to be saved, well, Captain, I think it's time to send them to hell!"
Captain Billagon said a few words to the Japanese town leaders surrounding him. A Japanese leader who was about 40 years old and dressed as a Japanese samurai bowed to the captain, then turned around and shouted loudly, "The ronin samurai who couldn't wait for a long time"
They drew their knives and stepped forward, and with lightning speed, chopped off the heads of the human beings in the front row. The Chinese kneeling on the river beach burst into screams.
At this moment, a burst of gunfire erupted from the right side of the river beach, and dozens of Japanese who were watching the excitement fell immediately.
"What's going on?" Brother Flores opened his mouth in surprise. The Japanese were in a mess. The rogues who were performing the beheading mission held Japanese swords high and looked at each other at a loss. This place is only four kilometers away from Manila.
One-tenth of a league (an ancient European distance unit, 1 league is approximately equal to 4.8 kilometers), but the city of Manila is behind the crowd and southeast of the river beach, so the gunfire was heard to the right of the crowd.
"There's someone over there!" a Japanese on the periphery shouted, pointing in surprise to the direction of the thatch on the riverbank on the right, where a figure seemed to be moving, and a faint smoke of gunpowder rose above the thatch.
The Japanese samurai leader strode forward, lining up the crowd to see what was going on. No one expected to be attacked, and it was a Chinese matchlock attack. The confusion caused by Yin Feng's musketeers was an internal secret of the Spanish
, the Spanish army did not disclose to the general public that the rebels had a team of musketeers. Therefore, the Japanese would never expect to be shot by matchlocks. Among the more than 300 Japanese, only more than 50 were ronin samurai with swords, and the rest were
Japanese civilians armed with bamboo guns were temporarily mobilized. After being shot, some retreated, some went to rescue the wounded, and some stayed in a daze. They made a fuss about it for about a minute.
Before Captain Billagon could react, a second salvo broke out again, bam—!
The thatch on the right side of the river beach was obscured by the smoke rising from the burning gunpowder. This was at least the smoke that could be created by a volley of nearly 50 matchlocks. In an instant, the samurai leader who was still looking around to observe the situation was shot in the chest.
There were several bloody holes, and they fell to the ground without saying a word. At the same time, more than 30 Japanese fell to the ground screaming, and even Captain Billagon was hit by a bullet in his left arm.
At the same moment, hundreds of people shouted in unison: "Kill!". The large tracts of thatch shook and parted. Three neat rows of Chinese musketeers stood up straight and strode out of the thatch. The arquebusiers in the first row all
Wearing captured Spanish army armor, they quickly loaded ammunition while walking forward. Long-term and repeated training has turned this loading operation into a conditioned reflex and can be performed while walking.
On both wings of the musketeers, more than 200 Chinese soldiers also poured out, armed with swords and clubs, and spread out to both sides, preparing to outflank the Japanese.
Yin Feng stood in the center of the team, commanding all the troops to spread out: "Brothers at sea, prepare!"
Lin Xiao also shouted the order in the musketeers: "Get ready!"
The matchlock team stood still, with the front row squatting and kneeling and aiming their guns, and the two rows behind standing and aiming their guns.
"put!"
"Bang——!" The third salvo hit all the guns almost at the same time. This time the distance between the two sides was even closer, and about 40 more people suddenly fell down in the chaotic Japanese crowd. So,
The Japanese immediately exploded and fled in all directions. Only the executioners' ronin samurai, a group of twenty or so, gathered together, waving their Japanese swords, and took the initiative to fight.
After firing, the musketeers quickly stood up and were busy loading ammunition, while Yin Feng waved his hands and shouted: "Brothers, charge!"
In fact, before he shouted "Charge!", Lu Shitou's brothers could no longer bear it any longer, and many of them had already rushed out at the same time as the third volley was fired.
The personal hand-to-hand combat effectiveness of these "former" pirates definitely exceeded that of Yin Feng's Danmin sailors. The 20 or so ronin warriors in front of them were unable to withstand the attacks of hundreds of pirates, and their thin queue was quickly overwhelmed by the pirate brothers.
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Yin Feng rushed forward and grabbed Lu Shitou, who was about to rush forward: "Brother Lu, gather the brothers back quickly, don't chase them too far."
Lu Shitou raised his foot and kicked away the corpse of a ronin warrior, picked up the Japanese sword of the deceased, and looked up: many brothers had already chased him nearly 200 steps away, and in front of them a large group of Japanese were running for their lives in chaos.
He whistled, and several brothers on the left and right sent out signals at the same time, and the pirate brothers stopped their steps.
"This is very close to Manila City. Let's go quickly!" Yin Feng ordered. As he spoke, he cut the ropes tied up with the wealthy Chinese businessmen with a dagger, and said to this group of panicked and confused people who were almost beheaded: "Follow
I, everyone, hurry up, untie each other's ropes, and then follow us to the stream."
Yin Feng and others, who had been hiding among the thatch on the river bank 100 steps away, sneaked across the Pasig River at night and had been lying in the grass for two hours. They encountered a messenger from Mai Xiaoliu on the way and heard about Zeng Jingshan and Li
After hearing the news that none of Dan's girls could get on the boat, he hurried to the Pasig River and chose a river beach relatively far away from Balian and closer to Manila to sneak over. Since it was at night, the Spanish troops in Manila
They tried their best to defend the city. Except for the river from Binondo to Balian, this section of the river was undefended. Yin Feng and others' smuggling went smoothly. After Yin Feng crossed the river, he couldn't help but sigh: He couldn't come to Luzon Island.
Over the past few months, I have crossed the Pasig River several times.
Originally, they wanted to rush back to Balian to join Zeng Jingshan and the others, but a group of Japanese suddenly escorted four to five hundred wealthy overseas Chinese businessmen to the nearby river beach, forcing them to hide in the thatch beside the river beach.
Not saving is not Yin Feng's style, especially when he has the ability to save the lives of his compatriots. He explained the current situation to Lu Shitou and analyzed that the residents of Nippon Town were actually not very effective in combat, especially since they had musketeers on their side.
They will definitely defeat the opponent in a sudden attack. Moreover, Manila City will not send troops to rescue the insurgents crossing the river in the north and east of the city. Lu Shitou was convinced from the beginning and asked all his men to listen to Yin Feng
command.
The effect of the sudden attack was really shocking. Most of the Japanese, who were merchants, vendors, and craftsmen, collapsed as soon as they were attacked. The twenty or so ronin who persisted in resisting were also hacked, beaten, and smashed to death by the Chinese pirates in a short period of time.
All the Japanese who were injured but not dead were stabbed without mercy; pirates had dealt with Japanese pirates many times, and most of them had no favorable impressions of them.
Only 2 people on Yin Feng's side were killed and 8 injured, and there were no less than a hundred Japanese corpses lying on the river beach.
The evil monk Flores escaped from the Chinese again. After Captain Piragón was injured, he woke up and ran away very quickly.
Young Chen Zhongji grabbed a Japanese sword from the Japanese corpse. He happily took the weapon, which was obviously too long and heavy for him, and continued to follow Yin Feng.
With the addition of more than 400 rescued merchants, the large team swelled a lot and became more chaotic. Yin Feng was very anxious and ordered his sailors and muskets to line up on the river beach to guard against possible enemies. Fortunately, at this moment,
Manila City's military strength was tense, and the indigenous soldiers were also sent to search Balian, so there was no response from the Spaniards for a long time.
Finally, the team of wealthy businessmen was driven on the road. Along the way, these businessmen were in shock, and most of them walked with dull expressions. Their leader, Han Ping, a native of Quanzhou Anhai, asked Lu Shitou's pirates one by one along the way: "Savior, you guys
Where is it? Who is the leader of the talk?"
Most of the pirate brothers waved their hands disdainfully, but a small Chaozhou man said angrily: "Now you know our benefits? Humph, you have to rely on us, so we won't save you! We are at war with the related people.
What are you doing?"
Han Ping is over 50 years old and is one of the largest wealthy businessmen in Balian. His many years of business experience have already trained him to have a thick skin. Hearing these words, he just smiled bitterly and then asked the next person. Someone
Pointing to the back, he said: "It was Captain Yin from Quanzhou who saved you. All the brothers in the Bird Gun Team belong to him."
Han Ping found Yin Feng, who was holding the line at the end, cried loudly and bowed his head.
"My benefactor, my benefactor! I am Han Ping, whose name is Anran. I kneel here to thank my benefactor for saving my life! You are the life-savior of our Han family..." He pulled a young man next to him: "Jing'er, give it to my benefactor.
kowtow!"
Han Ping's son Han Jing was about 20 years old, a handsome young businessman with fine features and beautiful eyes. Hearing this, he immediately knelt down and gave a big gift to Yin Feng.
Yin Feng quickly helped the father and son up: "Old man, why are you like this? We are both from the Tang Dynasty. We naturally want to help when we are in trouble overseas. But how did you get brought here by the Japanese?"
Han Ping felt embarrassed for a moment, sighed, and recounted how the wealthy businessmen who stayed behind in Balian went to petition, but somehow got into trouble and were almost beheaded.
After hearing this, Yin Feng shook his head helplessly: "What now? You should understand, right? The Ganlu people have never trusted us Tang people. Manager Huang Kang also wants us to live in peace with the Qianlu people. What is his situation now?
?”
Han Ping lowered his head and sighed: "We just found out that he was imprisoned by a relative."
Yin Feng looked towards the direction of Manila City, then turned to look at Han Ping. He was about to give up, and finally patted Han Jing on the shoulder: "You can't escape now. If you want to survive, just follow me."