Yin Feng approached the pair of women with a torch. The unkempt girl and the indigenous young woman were startled. They raised their eyes and saw him. They both kowtowed to the ground with tears on their faces. They burst into tears. They wanted to say something grateful but could not say anything. Yin Feng
He handed the torch to his attendant Chen Zhongji and reached out to support them: "It doesn't have to be like this! Don't you two have any other relatives?"
He was a little numb after being kowtowed to thank him these days, but women are very rare among Chinese in Luzon, so he came here to ask. The girl choked and said: "We are from Longhai, Zhangzhou. My eldest brother Tang Jie
He is the leader of Xingsheng Gezai Opera Troupe..."
Yin Feng was very curious. Gezi opera has become popular in Luzon. Maybe the Tang family troupe is also a pioneer in the spread of Chinese opera culture. However, the story of the girl Tang Wan is not interesting: the Xingsheng troupe was founded by Li Dan and other Chinese business giants in Manila.
Joint venture, I was invited all the way to come to Balian to act at the beginning of this year. At the beginning, I staged a few plays, and everyone made a lot of money. The class leader Tang Jie even planned to develop a long-term development in Manila, and even married another guy.
The wife of the Lu tribe. However, not long after, riots broke out in Balian, wars spread across the land, and the troupe also suffered.
In the past few months, the people of the Tang family were hiding in a secluded area of Balian, starving and relying on the help of some wealthy businessmen to survive, waiting for the situation to change. However, the situation became worse and worse, and in the end the Chinese attack on Manila failed.
A fire broke out in Balian, and the place where they were hiding was also shrouded in fire. A group of people abandoned all the props and outfits of the troupe and escaped from Balian in embarrassment. They may be the last batch of Chinese to successfully escape from Balian.
Tang Jie didn't seem to show any masculinity in his sister's mouth; he abandoned all the troupe members along the way, and finally even ignored his wife and sister, and fled far ahead alone. According to Tang Wan's inquiry
As a result, his brother Tang Jie may have passed the mountain pass in the afternoon and probably spent the night in the mountains by now.
Yin Feng sighed and comforted the girl Tang Wan: "Since you have already entered the mountain, everything will probably be fine. I will send someone to escort you into the mountain tomorrow. Don't worry, I will stay at this mountain pass for a few days to care about the La people.
I won’t catch up again.”
He didn't notice that Tang Wan was looking at him with a very strange look, which was both evasive and passionate. At this moment, Tang Wan's dirty appearance would not leave any beautiful impression on him. However, this girl supported herself as a weak woman.
The alien sister-in-law fled all the way, and it was very rare that she could persist here. Yin Feng asked Chen Zhongji to get them some food, and then went to check several sentry posts.
In the middle of the night, Yin Feng was leaning on the cart and was falling asleep. He was indeed too tired these days. Magalo pushed him for a long time before shaking him awake. Yin Feng looked around, and it was still dark.
, asked with a grimace: "What's going on? Something happened?"
"The Spaniards have increased their troops, and many people have arrived overnight."
"Come here at this time? Did you come here overnight?"
Magaro shook his head: "I don't know the reason. When I went to take over Xiao Liuzi on the cliff just now, I saw at least 200 torches entering the Spanish camp by the river on the other side of the plain."
Yin Feng was no longer sleepy. He guessed one thing about why the Spaniards would increase their troops: that is, his musketry team caused a lot of trouble to the Spaniards. Holding this mountain pass and giving the Chinese fleeing team time to complete the mountain road, this task is now
It's getting more and more difficult.
When the morning sun fell on the road between the valleys, the Spanish launched another attack.
After the musket reserve team behind the fence fortifications fired a shot, they all turned around and ran towards the breastworks fortifications.
"Swish, swish, swish!" came the sound of light and sharp arrows piercing the air. When the last member of the musket reserve team climbed over the parapet and hid under the wooden plank, the first batch of arrows fell on the soil behind their buttocks.
In the kang.
It was still the Pampanga indigenous people who took the lead. This time, the indigenous soldiers no longer rushed forward. Archers took the lead and started shooting arrows 100 steps away from the parapet fortifications. Because their arrows were just made by Chinese craftsmen a few months ago.
The short bows and small arrows had very limited lethality. Yin Feng put all the captured armor on the musketeers in the two rows in front. The musketeers in the back row all used wooden shields or even half breastplates on their heads to cover their heads.
Arrows were being fired. The spearmen and bamboo gunners on both sides also put the prepared boards on their heads, and the shields that the indigenous soldiers had thrown on the battlefield yesterday also came in use.
At first, all the arrows fired fell into the pit in front of the parapet, and then slowly moved forward and hit the armor and shields of the sailors. Two people were unlucky to be shot in the foot by arrows that slipped through the net. In addition,
It had no effect. When the arrow rain fell on the spearmen's position, except for wounding five Chinese soldiers who accidentally exposed their arms, it had basically no effect.
However, everyone had to squat behind the parapet to avoid the rain of arrows, unable to use muskets to stop the enemy's advance. Under the cover of archers, the indigenous soldiers had approached the fence 50 steps away. Yin Feng lay under the four-wheeled vehicle and passed
Observing the situation through the gap between the wheels and the wooden boards, arrows kept hitting the cart above his head.
The indigenous archers were densely packed on the mountain road. When they climbed over the fence, they stepped on several traps and suddenly fell into a large group of archers. As a result, the archers in the first few rows collided with each other, and the arrow rain suddenly stopped. There was an indigenous soldier.
He had already climbed up the wooden fence and was trying to jump down - of course, he couldn't shoot an arrow at this time.
Yin Feng seized the opportunity and loudly ordered: "Stand up and shoot!"
The musketeers who had been holding back for a long time quickly stood up, raised their guns, aimed and fired in one go. The sound of "bang bang bang" shooting resounded throughout the valley. The Pampanga indigenous soldiers shook their bodies and fell one after another, and the screams echoed in the valley again.
The musketeer in the first row finished firing and immediately retreated to the end of the line. As soon as he finished delivering his pistol, a loaded musket was immediately handed to him, and then he could join the firing array again. There were two people behind him.
The platoon has more than 20 auxiliary personnel dedicated to loading ammunition. This extravagant waste of manpower means that only 50 people are shooting 70 muskets; but Yin Feng has no choice. This skilled musketeer and the round-fire tactics of retreating and loading are not
It can be learned and practiced in one day. Therefore, the personnel who fire the muskets have always been the 50 sailors of the Xinxing, and the number of people loading ammunition has increased a lot, and the shooting speed has finally been accelerated.
The rain of bullets continued to sweep the entire mountain road, and the fallen native soldiers in front and behind the fence had piled up corpses half as high as a man. The pirate brother who was good at archery stood up and started shooting arrows at the native soldiers.
The situation suddenly evolved into what it was last night. The indigenous soldiers were hiding behind the wooden fence and could not move forward or retreat. If they straightened up even slightly, they would be hit by a continuous barrage of bullets. The Pampanga spearmen in the back row were still coming from the mountain pass.
The troops poured in, but their progress was blocked. Bullets from time to time knocked over some spearmen through the gaps in the front row, causing crowds and chaos in the direction of the mountain pass.
Yin Feng worked in the news media in his previous life, and it has become a habit to rush to the front to grab news. Although he has been practicing for many years and has a much more stable personality, the old habit is still difficult to change. No, as the battle enters
At the climax, he had climbed onto the cart unconsciously, squatting down from a high position to observe the situation on the mountain road opposite.
The young man Chen Zhongji also climbed onto the cart and excitedly shot the indigenous soldiers with a matchlock gun. If Lin Xiao had been present, he should have been able to stop Yin Feng's impulsive behavior immediately, but Lin Xiao led people to protect the Zeng brothers. Yesterday, he and Lu Shitou
We led the team into the mountains. The four carriage panels of the cart had been removed and used as shields, so people were almost naked on the cart. Mai Xiaoliu was the minor leader among the musketeers. He accidentally looked up and saw
This situation shocked me. The team he was in was retreating to the rear of the team to reload. At this moment, he no longer cared about the order of the team and shouted: "Brothers in our team, follow the order: follow me!"
Mai Xiaoliu is Mai Dahai's brother. Due to Mai Xiaowan's relationship with Yin Feng, he was already very close. At the same time, Lin Xiao also asked him to protect the captain before leaving. At this moment, combat discipline was put aside, and Mai Xiaoliu took Ben with him.
The nine companions of the team rushed towards the cart from behind the column. They climbed over the parapet and climbed onto the cart. As a result, this move was seen by the spearmen and bamboo gunners on both wings, who thought they were about to launch a charge.
They shouted in unison: "Kill!"
Suddenly, the long weapons of hundreds of people were raised at the same time, and everyone charged forward at the same time. Colonel Cutre jumped to his feet in anger and cursed angrily in Portuguese. He had no choice but to follow.
The members of the Musketeers suddenly saw both wings coming out and stopped shooting. Yin Feng thought to himself: What's wrong, I haven't given the order to charge yet? Looking back, I saw that Mai Xiaoliu and others had climbed onto the cart.
His face looked anxious: "My captain, what are you doing? Get off quickly!"
Fortunately, the morale of the Pampanga indigenous soldiers was completely gone at this moment, and they were all on the verge of collapse. Suddenly, the enemy's muskets stopped firing, and the physiological spearmen rushed over with loud shouts. The indigenous soldiers immediately got up and rushed toward them.
Escaped towards the mountain pass.
In fact, a team of hundreds of people were crowded together on a narrow mountain road and could not run fast at all. When the Chinese spearmen and bamboo gunners stumbled and rushed behind the fence, the indigenous soldiers had already retreated 50 steps away. The problem was the team of Pampanga indigenous soldiers.
There was a stampede at the mountain pass. The team behind still wanted to go into the mountain pass, while the people in the valley wanted to rush out of the mountain pass to escape.
So, under the orders of Kutre, who rushed in urgently, the Chinese spearmen became a little more organized, climbed over the fence and caught up with the Pampanga indigenous soldiers who were huddled on the mountain road.
"Stab!" A dozen pirate brothers in the first row mercilessly thrust their spears into the backs of the native soldiers in front, turned them around and then pulled out the weapons. The row of native soldiers screamed and fell. Then, they stabbed the spears out again.
The spear was turned and pulled out, and another row of native soldiers fell down.
After five rounds of this, blood has flowed down the spear shaft to the palm of the hand, and the spear hand has become so slippery that it is almost impossible to grasp the spear. Coutre ordered loudly: "The first row raised the spear,
Stand back and get in the second row!"
In this narrow and crowded state, only the soldiers in the front row always have a chance to assassinate the enemy, so they can only change people and continue the assassination. However, after all, the soldiers here are not veterans of the Portuguese mercenaries, but newcomers who have just practiced phalanx tactics for a day.
Ding, so the process of exchanging positions in the first few rows turned into a row of chaos. Some people did not listen to the orders and were immersed in the pleasure of killing. They just kept moving forward and assassinated. They accidentally left the group and were surrounded by the indigenous soldiers who were fighting back.
He died immediately on the mountain road.
More Chinese spearmen fell into confusion and failed to pursue the enemy in time. At this time, the indigenous soldiers outside the mountain pass finally woke up and turned around and ran away. The road to the mountain pass was no longer blocked. The indigenous soldiers abandoned their helmets and were in a panic.
They ran on the ground, but most of the native soldiers took advantage of the chaos caused by the Chinese pursuers and fled.
In this battle, the Spanish army once again left more than 90 corpses. In addition to the indigenous soldiers, they also included two white Spanish second lieutenants who died in the battle. Two Chinese spearmen died in the pursuit, and more than 10 people were injured by arrows. Fortunately,
Most of the injuries are minor and do not affect combat effectiveness.