Yin Feng was startled and rushed to help him, but he couldn't get up. He had to kowtow three times before he was done. This group of people knelt down and kowtowed at the mountain pass, blocking the entire road and attracting everyone there.
Look around and ask.
"Brother, it doesn't have to be like this!" Yin Feng was a little anxious. He was already very strong, so when he pulled hard, the middle-aged man remained motionless as if made of iron. Fortunately, he stood up first after kowtowing.
, a large group of people from the Zhao family in Haicheng stood up. The middle-aged man who led him called himself Zhao Mingcheng. He waved his hand to let everyone get out of the way, and then said to Yin Feng: "It's the cavalry that is related to the wax people, which has been running from the city of Manila all the way.
After chasing us here, our old father was trampled to death by their horses in Balian; when the White Devils cavalry chased us here, on the road outside the mountain pass, I waited for the young and old buddies from Zhaojiao to fight to the death to avenge my father.
, but they beat many brothers to death."
A line of tears fell down Zhao Mingcheng's dark face. He raised his hand to wipe it away: "I originally thought that there would be no chance for revenge in this life, and I thought that my life and fortune would be buried overseas. But I didn't expect that Captain Yin could actually kill all the cavalry.
Destroyed. Captain Yin, you avenged this bloody feud for my Zhao family. We will remember this great kindness in our hearts in this life. Captain Yin will only have missions in the future. We, Zhaojiao, are hundreds of people, going up the mountain of swords and the sea of fire.
No ambiguity!"
It turns out that these Zhao family men were originally descendants of military families from the Tongshan Guard Station in Zhenhai, Fujian Province. Nearly 200 years after the guard station was built in the early Ming Dynasty, they have integrated with the local people. In Zhaojiao on the seaside in Haicheng County
Residence. Due to the years of Japanese pirate rebellion and the Yuegang Twenty-Four Pirate Rebellion (the collective name for a series of pirates operating in Yuegang during the Jiajing Sea Ban), the place was extremely dilapidated, and fishermen went to sea to make a living. These children of the Zhao family are all
Brothers and nephews from the same family were originally fishermen, and were sometimes temporarily recruited as navy rangers by officers and soldiers. After Yuegang opened to the sea, they were the first batch of coolies to "work" overseas, usually doing hard labor such as construction work for the Spaniards.
Or work as a waiter's apprentice in a Chinese shop.
Whether at home or abroad, these overseas Chinese coolies are at the bottom of society and have the simplest and most sincere loyalty. After Zhao Mingcheng said these words, he bowed his hands and saluted, leading all his brothers and nephews to go straight away. Yin Feng understood what such a man said.
It has reliable credit.
But in this way, everyone will know who this young man who is jumping up and down urging everyone to leave. Most of the Chinese and overseas Chinese who came here, except for the group organized by Yin Feng, also
I came here after hearing the rumors about Captain Yin of Quanzhou.
Yin Feng walked towards the parapet fortifications on the hillside. Along the way, no matter whether he knew him or not, people kept bowing to him and saluting, and some even knelt down to him. He kept returning the salute, and then persuaded the other party to move forward quickly, and was very busy.
"How many people can your boat carry?" Suddenly someone asked behind him.
He looked back, frowned and said, "Third brother, why haven't you gone up the mountain yet?"
Zeng Yue leaned on a crutch made of wooden sticks and said with a worried face: "You only have two boats, and at most, more than a thousand people can get on. But right now, there are at least three or four thousand people who want to go over the mountains to the sea.
"
Yin Feng had a faint smile on his face and said helplessly: "Are we just going to ignore these folks? Third brother, everyone knows that not everyone has the opportunity to board the ship. I am only doing my best to help these people now.
According to Quanzhou people's saying: A duck will float when it falls into the water - when things come to pass, there will always be a way. Third brother, you'd better leave first!"
Zeng Yue had been bumpy for many days, and like Yin Feng, his face was dark and tired. He sighed: "Do you have to guard the mountain pass here?"
Behind Zeng Yue, Zeng Jingshan was being carried on a simple stretcher. He tried his best to stand up and said: "You have done enough for everyone. There is no need to take risks yourself and stay to guard the mountain pass. Is this necessary?"
Yin Feng was shaken. After a moment of hesitation, he raised his head and pointed at the stream of refugees spreading out of the mountain pass. He said, "Look at these people. Everyone is exhausted. Once they are overtaken by the Qianlu people on the mountain road,
, the result can be imagined. I am guarding the mountain pass not only for them, but also for ourselves; once the enemy catches up, we will also suffer!"
In the historical Manila Massacre, most of the Chinese who finally fled to the mountains were massacred by the natives and Spaniards when they were hungry and cold. The survivors had to flee to the Badanyan Beach, looking at the boundless sea in despair.
was killed.
The long escape team spent most of the day at the North Pass of Dalun Mountain, and finally the rear of the team could be seen. It was already getting late, and before the last ray of sunset on the horizon disappeared, the Spaniards drove the indigenous infantry to launch a
Probing attack.
On the bank of the wilderness river in front of the mountain pass, there were still a few scattered Chinese people moving step by step into the mountains. 500 Pampanga indigenous infantrymen lined up in a sparse horizontal array and pressed over from north to south. The Pampanga people had already colonized by Spain.
They were famous for their bravery and warlike attitude. After the Spanish occupied Luzon Island, most of the Pampanga people became devout Catholics, thus making them the most loyal source of servants for the Spaniards.
The Pampanga people had higher combat effectiveness than the Tagalogs, and their attitude towards the Chinese pagans was also more cruel. All the Chinese who were overtaken by them on the way were killed mercilessly. There were also many Chinese who were left behind.
Outside the mountain pass, they either mustered up their last spirit and strength and rushed towards the mountain pass, or they knelt on the roadside in despair, bowing their heads to their fate and waiting to die. Many of the last few were very rare in Luzon.
Chinese women seen.
In the dusk, a pair of figures came to the mountain pass crookedly. Judging from their body shapes, they were two women, one older and one younger. The older one was an indigenous Tagalog woman in her 20s, with a typical Malay face.
, she is considered an indigenous beauty - and she is a pregnant woman; the younger one is about 13 or 14 years old, a Chinese girl with a dirty face and a thin and thin body, but she is trying hard to support the indigenous pregnant woman on the side and move towards the mountain pass step by step
.
Yin Feng now commands a total of 130 Chinese soldiers to guard the mountain pass. 50 of his own sailors are vying to stay and fight with him; in addition, there are 80 Chinese men who volunteer to stay and guard the mountain pass; among them are Lu Shitou's pirates
Brothers, there were Chinese Christians, as well as several blacksmiths and shop assistants. The young man Zhang Zhongji also insisted on staying. Their weapons included more than 80 muskets, dozens of swords, and more than ten newly captured cavalry spears
, and dozens of sharpened bamboo guns. There was plenty of gunpowder. The Spanish colonial militia guarding the mountain pass left more than 300 pounds of gunpowder. Colonel Cutre selected 20 people who looked smarter.
Essentials of arquebus shooting in emergency training.
The last group of fleeing Chinese were passing through the parapet fortifications on the hillside. The black shadow of the mountain had shrouded most of the valley entrance, but everyone saw the last two women.
Magaro climbed down from the cliff and told Yin Feng: The Spanish army still has a maximum of 100 steps at the mountain pass. Mai Xiaoliu stood on the cart - the cart containing gunpowder was pushed to the center of the parapet fortifications and became the entire
The central part of the fortifications just blocked the specially set aside passage. Mai Xiaoliu stood on the cart with a matchlock gun and shouted at the mountain pass: "Hey, come here quickly! The relevant people are here.
You are behind me!"
Before he finished speaking, he saw Yin Feng's figure climbing over the breastwork of the mound, landing in a pit dug out in front of the breastwork that was half a man deep, and then climbed out of the pit using his hands and feet and ran towards the mountain pass. Kurt
Lei immediately abandoned the training scene and rushed out of the fortification.
Western European soldiers of this era still retain the spirit of medieval chivalry, but Cutre's behavior at this moment is not due to the chivalry of rescuing women, but to save his own money bag - his employer Yin Feng. He has followed Yin Feng to sea in recent years.
As a businessman, I knew very well that Yin Feng had a strong sense of justice and his sometimes impulsive character, so he immediately followed Yin Feng when he saw his actions. At the same time, more than a dozen of the Zeng family's clerks also rushed out. Zeng Yue secretly gave instructions before leaving.
They: We must protect Yin Feng. Although Mai Xiaoliu and more than a dozen Dan civilian sailors did not receive orders, they spontaneously rushed out to protect their ship owner.
There are more than 200 steps from the hillside position to the mountain pass. By the time Yin Feng rushed to the mountain pass, several Pampanga indigenous soldiers had also rushed to the mountain pass. The first one raised his spear and stabbed the pregnant Tagalog young woman: two
All the women had fallen to the ground, unable to escape anymore. The girl tried her best to block the young woman, watching the tip of the spear stabbing her, she closed her eyes in despair...
"Bang!", the girl felt someone jumping at her feet, and the fishy liquid splashed into her face. She opened her eyes and saw a second indigenous soldier holding a halberd and slashing at her.
Then there was another loud "Bang!" sound, and the indigenous soldier's halberd stood weakly on the ground, and his body slowly fell over. A tall figure quickly arrived and stood between her and the indigenous pursuers.
The man's back immediately gave her a sense of security and trust. Before the last ray of sunlight disappeared that day, Yin Feng used his flintlock gun and revolver to kill two indigenous soldiers in succession, and then stood up to block the two aboriginal soldiers.
In front of a woman, she dropped her spear and pulled out the Japanese sword from her waist to block the spear of the third Pampanga indigenous soldier.
"Bang!" Kutre killed the indigenous soldier with the matchlock in his hand behind Yin Feng, then rushed in front of Yin Feng and shouted: "Ship owner, get back!"
Yin Feng let out a long breath: he is not afraid of close combat with others, but he has no confidence in fighting with cold weapons.
"Bang bang bang bang!" A series of matchlocks rang out, and the members of the sailor musketeers who had just arrived opened fire one after another, knocking down seven or eight Pampanga indigenous soldiers who were rushing at the front.
The Spanish officer in the queue of indigenous soldiers gave the order, and the Pampanga natives in the group stopped and started to form a team; most of the indigenous soldiers who rushed out of the queue were knocked over by Chinese matchlock bullets, and the rest had to
Return to its own queue.
Yin Feng turned around and saw a pair of big bright eyes staring closely at him in the darkness of the night. He knelt down and said, "How are you? Are you okay?"
The girl's face was dirty and dirty, and her appearance was hard to tell. The clothes on her body were bloated and tattered. It was obvious that she was a thin, stunted teenage girl. Yin Feng did not wait for a reply, only hearing the other party's rapid breathing in the darkness.
He was about to reach out to pull the person away when Kuterei shouted from behind: "Bow and arrow!"
Upon hearing this, Yin Feng knelt on the ground without thinking, held the girl in his arms, and shouted at the same time: "Everyone, spread out!..."