The Chinese who were frustrated in their attack had to withdraw from the range of their firearms. The Spaniards in the city suddenly cheered. All the Spaniards in Manila shouted loudly: "Reinforcements are coming!"
At the same moment, gunfire rang out almost simultaneously around the Chinese camps gathered on the south bank of the Pasig River and Binondo; not only the troops of the governor of Pampanga arrived, but also Velasco, the Spanish garrison commander in Cebu.
The captain also arrived with reinforcements composed of Spanish regular troops and indigenous musketeers, archers and spearmen.
This is the most dangerous moment for the Chinese.
Since the Chinese rebels did not have a unified command and no one had war experience, no one expected Spanish reinforcements to arrive so soon, so many people were at a loss for a while. Several Chinese leaders were not
Those who died in the civil strife meant they had already died in battle. The Chinese rebels without a command could no longer maintain their morale. Some of them were watching around and not knowing what to do, some were still struggling to attack the city, and some were already preparing to attack Bali.
An retreated. The Chinese who stayed behind in Binondo had been attacked by the Pampanga native soldiers and were disintegrating from the north to the south. There were not many Chinese Christians left in Binondo. This time they could no longer escape the massacre by the Cebu native soldiers.
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The entire Binondo was completely destroyed by fire, and all the houses in the Binondo residential area, including Li Dan's home, were engulfed by fire. The home of Huang Kang, the Balian general manager, in Binondo was also set on fire by indigenous soldiers.
Huang Kang's wife, daughter and youngest son had hanged themselves in the house beforehand. Their bodies were hanging in the house and were burned to nothing along with their own home. A few days later, Huang Kang himself was also accused of secretly funding and launching a rebellion.
He was hanged in Manila without a public trial for the crime. So far, except for his adopted son An Heping, the whole family of Huang Kang, a Chinese immigrant who had lived in Manila for more than 30 years, was in trouble and no one survived.
On the eve of the final destruction of Binondo, the Tagalog wives of Chinese Christians knelt before the indigenous soldiers of their own race to plead for their husbands, and the result was that they were killed together with their husbands. The Spanish order was clear: all Chinese
The price for rebellion must be paid, and anyone who opposes will be killed.
About 100 Chinese Christians who did not hesitate to clash with their compatriots to protect the Franciscan Church in Binondo were hiding in the church. They went to Manila to surrender to the Spanish, but were beaten back by cannon.
There was chaos on the battlefield and they hid here. Hearing the gunshots all around, they poured out of the church, knelt in front of the church, held up a cross and begged the Spanish for forgiveness.
However, the long halberds and short spears of Cebu's indigenous soldiers were not hindered by the cross at all. Soon these Chinese Christians were killed one by one. The indigenous soldiers also used torches to the remaining Chinese Christians hiding in the church.
All the disciples were burned to death. This church built by the Chinese and protected by the Chinese was completely destroyed by fire by the Spanish servants.
The troops attacking Binondo were the troops of Captain Velasco, commander of the Cebu garrison. At this time, many Spanish ships and canoes came up the Pasig River. Velasco led the Spanish and indigenous firemen
After capturing Binondo, reinforcements composed of gunmen, archers and spearmen began to land on the south bank; the indigenous infantry of Pampanga Governor Don Fernando also rushed to the south of Manila, and Captain Velasco's troops
Together they launched an attack on the Physiological Man along the entire front. The battle immediately spread to the entire Balian and surrounding areas.
The west gate of Manila City suddenly opened, and a large number of indigenous soldiers rushed out shooting arrows, and then 100 Spanish regular troops walked out of the city gate beating drums.
A group of Chinese who were retreating to Balian saw the Spaniards rushing out of the city and thought there was an opportunity for close combat. They immediately cheered up and jumped into the battle. They disrupted the ranks of the native soldiers and used big sticks and wooden sticks to attack them.
The indigenous soldiers armed only with bows, arrows and short spears were beaten to the ground one after another. The Spanish troops who had just lined up under the city quickly opened fire without distinguishing between friend and foe, knocking down all the indigenous soldiers and Chinese insurrectionists in the melee.
At this moment, Captain Billagon and Brother Flores, who had escaped from Yin Feng on the bank of the Pasig River, rushed over with the Japanese and attacked the Chinese team from the side. The Japanese attack knocked the Chinese
The team was completely defeated, and they chased the Chinese rebels all the way into Balian.
The Spanish, Japanese and indigenous mercenaries who invaded Balian again set fire to and looted the remaining Balian market. Many decent Chinese businessmen who stayed in their shops and never participated in the uprising saw in despair that everything was being completely destroyed.
When the Spanish troops rushed in, they hung themselves one after another in order to maintain their dignity, or set fire to themselves and burned themselves and their belongings. Flames broke out from all over the Balian District, and the defeated Chinese were burned in the thick smoke.
Weaving around; they passed between the corpses of Chinese businessmen who had hanged themselves on both sides of the street. The enemies behind them kept catching up and killing those who were left behind. The Chinese insurrectionists who were cornered turned back and fought back, fighting against the enemy.
Hand-to-hand combat broke out everywhere in the streets and alleys.
At this time, most of the Chinese insurgents on the battlefield outside Manila had retreated to Balian. Although many of them were demoralized, their numbers still far exceeded the enemy. Many of them fought tenaciously on the ruins of Balian and the ruins of the fire.
Waiting for all places to fight the enemy to the death, braving the artillery fire from the city of Manila and the Spanish musket bullets, relying on the terrain advantage to repel the enemy time and time again. The Spaniards, Japanese, indigenous soldiers and Chinese fought in the fierce fire and thick smoke.
The fight lasted from noon until dark, but the Spaniards still could not fully control the entire suburbs of Manila and had to retreat to the city.
As soon as the external pressure weakened, the Chinese people's problem of being scattered again happened again. The remaining Chinese, less than 20,000, withdrew from the Balian District in disorder, retreating south and north. They no longer had any authoritative leaders, and the Chinese
The Christian leaders were killed in the civil strife. The Zhangzhou Gang, Quanzhou Gang and the bosses of the craftsmen's guild were all killed in the siege battle in the morning. No one thought they could win, so the Chinese rebels lost
The organized resistance was dispersed into small groups based in the same county, township, village or family, and they withdrew from Balian in a chaotic manner. Fortunately, they all moved at night and the Spaniards were not aware of it.
There are also some Chinese who feel that they have no way to escape and stay in Balian, and decide to destroy Balian together. They are mainly expatriates who have lived in Luzon for more than ten years or even decades. They have no relatives in their hometown of the motherland to seek refuge with.
If you are going to end up living on the streets in your hometown and die in poverty, it would be better to die together with the enemy in Balian.
On the entire Luzon Island, the only organized Chinese armed forces were the escape team led by Yin Feng and Lu Shitou.
Since Binondo was captured by the Spaniards first, there were fewer Chinese retreating to the north of the Pasig River, only about 2,000 people. Most of the rest broke out to the south of Balian, and most of them headed towards the coast of Badayan.
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The next day, the Spaniards discovered the movements of the Chinese rebels, and they once again rang the bells of all the churches in the city.
Governor Don Pedro Acuna addressed the Spanish colonists in Manila at the Royal Court of Manila:
"Gentlemen, thank God, we have defeated the physiological man's siege of Manila. However, we are far from celebrating. Last night, the physiological man rebels had secretly escaped from Balian. News from the indigenous scouts
Said: Thousands of people have fled north of the Pasig River, and more of them are fleeing south toward San Pablo and Badan. I have sent Captain Velasco to pursue the rebels in the south.
Major Zquita will go to the north to put down the rebellion. Now, the food harvest season has arrived in various places. We must preserve these harvests and quell this turmoil as soon as possible. At the same time, I have sent people to notify the governors of all provinces in this colony and order
They are going to kill all the local physios on the spot, and no one is allowed to be spared. We must restore order as soon as possible, gentlemen!"
Having said this, he looked sternly at the group of Spanish businessmen and gentlemen below: "I know that some people here are sympathetic to biological people. Maybe because of business profits, you hide some biological people in your homes;
I hereby reiterate my order: from this day forward, all biological persons shall be executed throughout this colony!”
Soon, the governor's order was carried out, and the few Chinese people in Manila who were protected by sympathizers were all massacred in one morning. Some were hanged on the streets, some were assassinated in the homes of their protectors, and some
He was escorted to Manila Prison by his former protectors and eventually hanged in the Municipal Square.
Archbishop Benavides is very busy these days, organizing processions of icons everywhere. Every day in and outside the city, people carry icons and sing hymns in processions, and missionaries work tirelessly to organize processions of thanksgiving.
At the home of Bernardo's business partner, the new Christian Francisco Díaz de Montoya, a group of Spanish soldiers broke in and arrested the Chinese Christian businessman Miguel Otto.
Physiological Christian Miguel Otto, formerly known as Shi Yuan, was the first Chinese manager of Balian and de Montoya's long-term business partner. De Montoya stopped the soldiers: "What are you going to do?"
The soldier said fiercely: "Sir, this physiological man participated in the rebellion, and we were ordered to arrest him."
"Mr. Otto, do you admit it?"
Shi Yuan-Otto said: "No, I did not participate in the rebellion. It is useless to say this, this is my life! Thank you, Mr. Montoya, thank you for taking me in." Shi Yuan smiled and said deeply to his master.
Bow deeply.
In the afternoon, De Montoya saw the body of Miguel Otto-Shi Yuan hanging on the gallows in the Manila Municipal Plaza.
A few days later, except for Huang Kang and Li Dan who were in the underground dungeon of Fort Santiago, no Chinese were left alive in Manila. Huang Kang was also sentenced to hanging for rebellion by the Royal Court of Manila a few days later. He was about to die.
Previously, he refused the Archbishop of Manila Benavides to confess to him; he saw the archbishop's true face and accused Archbishop Benavides of being the culprit in provoking the war. Then, Huang Kang himself went to the gallows,
I no longer prayed to the Spanish God, but prayed in my heart to Mazu, whom I had forgotten for a long time: that I would be reunited with my family in the underworld after death.
Spanish troops were quickly dispatched to the north and south of the Pasig River. A Spanish and Japanese mixed force once again entered Balian, which was mostly in ruins, searching for the last Chinese survivors and looting the goods and property left in the market.
When the enemy's footsteps sounded, the last group of Chinese who stayed in Balian spontaneously set fire to their houses. The final fire suddenly broke into pieces, and the overwhelming flames drove out the Spanish and Japanese who rushed into Balian.
The members of the mixed force, whose dreams of getting rich were shattered, had no choice but to gather under the city, and together with the Spaniards at the top of the city, they watched in stunned silence as the entire Balian turned into a sea of flames. The Chinese did not intend to leave anything behind - including their own lives;
They poured tung oil on the houses in all the blocks, leaving even the unburned ruins behind; so after the fire started, it became unstoppable and burned for two consecutive days, turning Balian into a completely white ground.
Captain Gaspar, who was trapped in Balian the day before, ended up with no body left.
Major Azquita's troops were mainly indigenous infantrymen from Pampanga Province. They successfully caught up with the chaotic Chinese fleeing team and massacred them collectively near the Tondo Church. A group of Chinese broke out desperately and wanted to flee again to
They went to the swamp camp to take refuge, but it was already too late. As the news of the defeat of the Chinese had spread, the Tagalog natives who originally had a wait-and-see attitude also began to attack the Chinese. They captured and burned the Tondo swamp camp before the Chinese.
The last group of Chinese who retreated north, about 400 people, committed collective suicide on the edge of the swamp on the third day after the failed attack on Manila.
At this time, Yin Feng was troubled by the growing number of his escape team...
After the Chinese came out of Balian, they divided into two groups and went all the way to San Pablo. The Spanish army led by Captain Velasco, commander of the Cebu garrison, followed closely the Chinese group going to San Pablo. They killed
Those physiological men who had fallen behind due to injuries and hunger caught up with the rear of the Chinese team and killed the physiological men with muskets and bows. The angry Chinese turned back to attack them, and they quickly retreated, and then let the native infantry use their spears.
They formed a dense phalanx and waited for the physiological attacks, and at the same time fired continuously with muskets. The Chinese insurgents fell in large numbers under the muskets. Even if they continued, rushing to the spears to attack the Spaniards was a meaningless action. The Chinese could not break through at all.
Spear array.
The Chinese had no choice but to continue moving forward, and the Spaniards caught up and harassed them, shooting and killing the Chinese in the rear group. In this way, the Chinese left corpses along the way. In the end, this group of about 6,000 people
The Chinese fleeing team failed to reach the seaside and were surrounded in a hilly forest.
The angry Chinese burned down all Spanish churches, monasteries, and other buildings in the areas they passed through, leaving ruins along the way.
That morning, Captain Velasco continued to track and kill the Chinese. A large number of indigenous soldiers rushed into the woods, but were beaten out by the Chinese with the most primitive weapon-wooden sticks. The Spanish regular soldiers who followed the indigenous soldiers had no choice.
Beware, because he was greedy for the treasures that the Chinese carried with them, he only focused on collecting property from the corpses of the Chinese. He was first attacked by some Chinese who were digging taro potatoes in the woods, and then attacked by the Chinese who had repelled the indigenous soldiers. Dozens of them were killed on the spot.
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Captain Velasco was furious and ordered several small cannons to bombard the woods, and then asked all the soldiers to set fire to the mountain. It was almost the dry season in the Philippine Islands, and the fire quickly engulfed the entire mountain.
The Spanish army lined up at the foot of the mountain and waited. However, until the fire was extinguished by burning out the trees, no Chinese escaped from the sea of fire and begged for mercy and surrender. They and the trees on the entire mountain were turned into ashes, and they would rather die than surrender.