After leaving the Tondo Colonial Area that day, Yin Feng and others rushed to the Pasig River in two days. The news that Mai Xiaoliu brought back made him very anxious and angry:
Because the Xinxing was suddenly ordered by the Spanish authorities to leave the port of Manila immediately, Magaro, Mai Xiaoliu, Zeng Jingshan, Li Lihua and others drifted on the Pasig River all night. They could not find the Xinxing in the port and had to return.
When they arrived in Balian, they once encountered a Spanish patrol boat. Fortunately, these sailors were all rare masters of diving in the world. Four sailors held sharp knives in their mouths and dived under the boat from the water. In Spain,
Before people found Zeng Jingshan and others hiding on the shore, they overturned the boat. The two Spanish soldiers and the four Tagalog natives in the boat were immediately overturned in the water.
The two landlubber Spanish soldiers were dealt with immediately. But the native Tagalog boatmen were not easy to deal with. The Tagalog people are originally a people who live by the water. The original meaning of the word "Tagalog" in the indigenous language is "water."
It means "resident". Therefore, these indigenous oarsmen had a fierce fight with the Tanese sailors in the water. However, after all, the Tanese sailors who were trained in the sea were stronger than the aborigines who grew up in the Tamsui River. Three Tagalogs
The natives were killed and one person was captured alive.
A clerk of the Zeng family understood Tagalog, and after interrogation he found out: For some unknown reason, the Spaniards suddenly ordered all ships to leave the port immediately, and at the same time stepped up patrols on the Pasig River. It is said that several physiological rebels came from the port along the
The Pasig River sneaked into Balian. As for the whereabouts of these physiological people who sneaked into Manila, the indigenous people did not know.
Magaro, Zeng Jingshan and others discussed it and had no choice but to return to Balian. They believed that Mai Dahai and others on the ship must also be trying to contact them. So, a sailor from the Mai family volunteered to report the news and dive
He swam out of the river mouth blockade and swam along the coastline to the outer waters of Manila Bay in an attempt to find the Xinxing, and then notified the ship to go to Badanyan Beach to wait for the arrival of Yin Feng and others.
Mai Xiaoliu was led directly to Tongduo Swamp by the Zeng family's clerk to inform Yin Feng of the news.
Therefore, Yin Feng and others crossed the river overnight and accidentally saved the lives of a group of Anhai wealthy businessmen.
Now Yin Feng's plan to evacuate Luzon has many uncertain factors; first, Zeng Jingshan, Li Lihua and others have been back in Balian for three days, and they don't know how they are doing:
Second, whether the Mai family's sailors found the Xinxing and conveyed Yin Feng's order to Bernardo and others;
Yin Feng had great trust in Mai Dahai and other Dan people sailors on the Xinxing. He believed that they would not leave him alone, nor would they leave the 60 fellow Dan people who had landed ashore and run away. They must be wandering around Manila Bay.
, waiting for an opportunity to rescue Yin Feng and others. As for the Fuxing, it has been waiting on the coast of Badanyan for several months, and it should still be under the control of Dan people sailors loyal to Yin Feng. The old acupuncture master, Fire Chief Xiao, must still be waiting.
Written by Yin Feng.
This is something that Yin Feng is relatively sure of; the common people of the Ming Dynasty were far more reliable in terms of "faith" than the modern people before Yin Feng traveled through time.
However, the trajectory of history cannot be changed for the time being. Just when Yin Feng and others entered Balian, the cannon at the head of Manila opened fire, and the shooting direction was the north bank of the Pasig River. In other words, the Chinese rebels began to rush to cross the Pasig River.
Shihe, attacked the Royal City of Manila.
Looking from the top of the city, the Pasig River is densely covered with rowing boats, canoes, rafts, and bamboo rafts. About 15,000 Chinese insurgents are crossing the river. Some Chinese from Balian also rushed to the river bank to meet them.
.The few Spanish patrol boats were unable to stop such a large-scale crossing. The Spanish soldiers rowed the boats to the south bank of the Pasig River and abandoned the boats to escape.
The rumbling shells passed over the heads of Yin Feng and others, and the noise all around was loud.
In Balian now, a large part of the eastern area near the royal city has been burned to rubble by fire. The Spaniards did not expect that the Chinese would start crossing the river to attack the city so quickly, and they did not take into account the indigenous soldiers who were searching for suspicious elements in the Balian area.
Unable to pull back, the Spanish patrols on the river did not have time to return to the city, and actually closed the city gate directly.
Captain Gaspar, 400 Pampanga indigenous soldiers, and about 20 Spanish soldiers were trapped in Balian, who were burning, killing and looting Chinese businessmen in revenge for being shot by the Chinese.
About 1,000 Chinese surrounded a group of indigenous soldiers in a warehouse shed, holding various sticks and stones, and some held torches. However, arrows were continuously fired from the warehouse windows, blocking the Chinese who tried to attack the shed.
On the other side of the street, the narrow street was strewn with the bodies of the dead from both sides. This fighting area happened to be blocked on the only way for Yin Feng's fleeing team. When Lu Shitou saw this, he had to ask the team to take a detour.
In any case, the only thing left to do now is to carry out the escape plan to the end.
After the large team of Yin Feng and others entered Balian, the wealthy businessmen fled back to their shops. Only more than 200 people followed Yin Feng. Along the way, their team continued to have conflicts with the indigenous soldiers who rushed out of the alleys.
Small-scale battles. The pirate gang brothers still have a great advantage against the indigenous soldiers holding short spears or halberds. Their Japanese knives and sticks are more suitable for street fighting in narrow streets than their spears. So the sporadic indigenous soldiers
Once they appear on the corner of an alley, they will be killed immediately in a short but intense close-quarters fight.
As the hustle and bustle around Balian erupted, the sound of musket shooting and cannon bombardment suddenly broke out in the city of Manila, and the sound of gunfire and human voices seemed to be everywhere in the world.
Han Ping and his son were still following Yin Feng closely, but they were frightened by the small-scale fierce battles that broke out anytime and anywhere. Yin Feng's musketeers all had close-combat swords, which were originally used to deal with pirates on the ship; the sailors
Carrying matchlocks on their backs and holding swords in their hands, they carefully walked through the streets and alleys. They all paid attention to cooperating with each other and would never leave their own team to fight. Once they encountered the enemy, as long as the place was open, three or five people would fight against the enemy together, left and right.
Responsible for covering, and the person in the middle attacks. This is the team tactic emphasized by Yin Feng. It is inspired by the "Mandarin Duck Formation". It was originally designed for fighting on narrow ship decks, but now it can also be used in narrow streets and alleys.
usefulness.
In this way, Lu Shitou's pirate brothers opened the way in front, Yin Feng's sailor musketeers pressed in behind, and Zeng Yue and others, as well as the wealthy businessmen they had just rescued, were protected in the middle. Scuffles continued along the way, and there were voices from both sides.
From time to time, disgraced indigenous soldiers or bloody Chinese would bump into their team. Then there would be chaos, and the team would move very hard. Businessmen who could not keep up with the team and were left alone were often killed by the sudden appearance of the indigenous soldiers.
, and many others were injured in the melee.
In the direction of the Intramuros of Manila, the Chinese's shouts of killing overwhelmed the shooting sounds of the Spaniards. Along the way, there were also many Chinese running towards the Intramuros with various weapons.
Someone stopped and asked: "Hey, where are you brothers from? Why don't you go to attack the royal city? Oh, isn't this the boss of Han Da? Didn't you go to Manila City to petition?"
Both Han Ping and his son were a little embarrassed, smiling bitterly and speechless.
"Boom!" - the sound of artillery in Manila City, the rumble suddenly passed over the heads of Yin Feng and others, "Boom! Crack!" The bamboo shop on the corner fifty steps away was hit by a cannonball, and suddenly collapsed one after another.
, the bamboo pole dragged the houses on the entire street and fell down. The rocks and bamboo branches that flew out fell all the way to where Yin Feng and others were standing. A wooden stick whirled past the tip of Yin Feng's nose and hit Chen Zhongji beside him.
At his feet, it then rebounded and hit the young man's body; fortunately, it had lost its strength, but it only frightened the young man Chen Zhongji so much that his face turned pale.
Yin Feng took a deep breath, rushed forward, kicked and hit the pirate brothers who were in a daze, and shouted: "Go quickly, brothers, the gangsters are firing! Go quickly!"
"Boom!" There was another loud noise, and the cannonball flew to the other end of Balian. This loud noise woke up those people who were in a daze. After many battles with pirates in the past two years, Yin Feng's sailors all
They had experienced the thunderous roar of cannons and flying cannonballs, so they were not too surprised. The sailors urged the wealthy businessmen: "Shopkeepers, gentlemen, hurry up, the cannons are about to hit the head!"
They traveled across half of Balian District and finally met at the meeting place agreed by Zeng Jingshan: the only brick house in the northern district of Balian - the house where Yin Feng and others hid before going to Tondo, and met Zeng Jingshan and others.
Converged.
As soon as Yin Feng entered the door, a waiter from the Zeng family shouted in a crying voice: "Second shopkeeper! We are here with the second shopkeeper!" Zeng Jingshan limped out of the inner room, and several sailors rushed out in surprise:
"Ship owner!"
Zeng Yue was carried into the door, and the Zeng brothers hugged each other and cried as soon as they met. After not seeing each other for only a few days, they both walked back and forth from the gate of hell. The experience as if they were in another world made everyone sigh.
Some of the pirate gang brothers were alone in the local area without any worries, so they gathered on the streets and in houses to rest. Others went back to their homes to call friends and invite more people to go with them. Some wealthy businessmen also wanted to go back.
When the house was tidied up, Yin Feng persuaded them that there was a scuffle everywhere and it would be dangerous to go back, but many people insisted on going back to have a look, and he had no choice. He could only make an appointment with them, and it would be limited to tomorrow morning, and they would not wait until late.
The Zeng brothers' legs and feet were all injured. After hearing about Yin Feng's plan, Zeng Jingshan sighed and said, "Hey, we still have to climb mountains and ridges. If our legs and feet are injured, how many people will we have to drag down!"
"A Feng has enough manpower to help this time, don't worry!" Zeng Yue comforted him.
"Where is Miss Li? By the way, where is Magaro?" Yin Feng suddenly remembered that neither Li Lihua nor the black man Magaro was at the scene.
Zeng Jingshan spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "Haha, how can we control this young lady? She insists on going home, and Magaro and her servants are accompanying her."
Yin Feng felt a severe headache. He patted his head and said distressedly: "Miss Li, she is so ignorant. At this time, she has to... Hey! I have been entrusted by others, there is nothing I can do! Lin Xiao! Xiao Liuzi! You guys take it with you."
20 brothers, hurry up and go to Li Dan’s home in Binondo, find Miss Li, and ensure her safety!”
The offensive and defensive battle in Manila City was in full swing. More than ten thousand Chinese rebels attacked the east, north, and west sides of the city, and also attacked the Japanese town. Near Fort Santiago, the Spanish fleet and fort batteries at the port were all there.
The cannons at the top of the city of Manila also fired continuously. The entire Manila area was enveloped in the sound of cannons, gunshots, and shouts of killing.
The Chinese, who had only crude and primitive weapons, braved cannonballs, guns and arrows, held up shields such as door panels and wooden planks, pushed makeshift bamboo and wooden ladders, and tried their best to get close to the city wall, attacking the city head again and again. Unfortunately, they did not have a long range.
Fire cover and countless corpses thrown under the city tower had little effect. This city wall was built by the Chinese for the Spaniards with money and effort.
However, relying on their numerical advantage, many insurgents have already rushed to the corner of the city wall, holding up the door panel and calling to the people behind them: "Quick! Bring the ladder..."
The Chinese Christians in Huangda organized dozens of archers to shoot at the city wall with captured bows and arrows. Under the cover of blacksmith Li Dayu's men, they put up a bamboo ladder on the city wall. Countless Chinese witnessed this scene and were surprised.
People cheered: "Pour it in! Pour it in!"
On the top of the city, all the Spaniards who could take up arms were here. The Spanish colonists and soldiers stood side by side at the battlements and shot down the city; all the black-robed missionaries and monks in Manila were on the city walls, and some were giving
The soldiers loaded their guns and carried gunpowder and shells; many missionaries picked up their guns and spears and joined the ranks of the soldiers who fired at the city. The bombardment of the cannons shook the city. The Governor personally commanded 2 guns and 12 guns at the St. Paul Fort.
Pound bronze cannon and two 20-pound heavy cannons bombarded the Chinese insurgents scattered between the south bank of the Pasig River and the Royal City.
Time and time again, shells plowed bloody paths in the charging Chinese ranks, but all the Chinese were fighting to the death. Everyone regarded the dense rain of bullets as nothing, and rushed forward crazily towards the city wall of Manila.
"Crazy! Physiological men are all crazy!" Spanish army artillery commander Captain Pitt stared blankly at the crowd below the city and muttered to himself, almost forgetting to fire. Governor Aguna grabbed him by the collar and pulled him away.
Come over and shout in Captain Velasco’s face from a distance of one centimeter: “God bless you, why don’t you fire! These madmen are about to rush up!”
"Boom! Boom!"
Amidst the roar of cannons, the Chinese team had crossed the moat and approached the city wall, and more ladders were set up on the Manila wall.