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Chapter 55

Originally, the Chinese in Luzon were mostly lower-class people with low levels of education, and the pirate gang brothers also had little concept of traditional Confucian culture. The mainstream culture of the ruling class in the Ming Dynasty was of course Neo-Confucianism, but the lower-class people

More adhere to simple and easy Jianghu concepts such as "loyalty", "faithfulness" and "loyalty". Especially these Chinese who dare to go overseas do not have the natural resistance to foreign culture like the scholar-bureaucrats, but dare to learn and dare to

Therefore, these Chinese warriors, who have been exposed to the spear phalanx tactics for only one day, are quite receptive in Kutre's opinion. When performing various tactical actions, they are already quite good for inexperienced people.

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Coutre did not blame these Chinese warriors for the undisciplined spear formation, attacking without orders, or the chaos that occurred during the pursuit.

His grievances were mainly vented to Yin Feng.

"Captain Yin, I think your grasp of the strategic overall situation is indeed excellent, but in the specific combat process, I think it is foolish to highlight individual heroes."

When everyone was cleaning up the battlefield, Kutre found Yin Feng and said to him seriously: "You are indeed a brave warrior, but you are also the commander-in-chief of these warriors. Without your overall coordination, they will definitely

If you fail, no one can board the ship and go home. The Portuguese have a saying: Needless bravery is stupidity!”

Yin Feng was a little embarrassed: "Colonel, I don't mean to show off..." He thought to himself: Fortunately, we were talking in Portuguese, otherwise if the brothers around heard it, it would be harmful to my image!

"No, that's not what I meant, ship owner. What I meant was that you should pay attention to your own safety. You should not put yourself in unnecessary danger!"

Facing the tough and stereotyped old mercenary, Yin Feng smiled helplessly, nodded and said: "I understand what you mean. In fact, you also know that we can't be regarded as an army. There are some things that I have to do myself to feel at ease.

." He raised his hand to stop Colonel Coutre who was trying to speak: "I understand your good intentions. I promise that in the next battle, I will not take any more risks!"

Yin Feng quickly changed the subject: "Mr. Colonel, what do you think the Spaniards will do next? Will the regular army go into battle in person?"

"The Spaniards will not put their regular troops into the battlefield unless they have to. There are less than a thousand Spanish colonists on the entire Luzon Island. Excluding the elderly, women and children, the number of Spaniards who can actually go to the battlefield should not exceed 700. And

After several months of war, I am afraid that the number of Spanish regular troops who can appear opposite us is very limited. I estimate that it will not exceed 300 at most. After all, the colonial provinces must have enough garrison troops to prepare for unexpected incidents."

Cutre was working as a mercenary in Manila a few years ago, and of course he knew the strength of the Spanish troops very well. He lowered his head and thought for a while: "Back then, I trained the Pampanga auxiliary army. These indigenous soldiers were difficult to deal with.

The reason we were able to defeat them here was because of our superior weapons and terrain."

Yin Feng nodded: "Yes, fortunately, the Spanish do not dare to let the indigenous soldiers equip matchlock guns. As far as I know, there are still many rebellious tribes in the northern mountainous areas. This is why the Spanish do not dare to transfer all their troops here.

Reason."

Magaro rolled down the cliff and climbed down. He had been on guard duty and did not participate in the battle. He ran to Yin Feng and said: "Captain, the Spanish troops are here again."

"It's coming so fast!" Yin Feng and Kutre were shocked at the same time. Yin Feng asked hurriedly: "Can you tell what kind of army it is? Aboriginal soldiers or regular troops?"

Magaro's swarthy face showed a pair of big white teeth, and he smiled and said: "What I saw is a group of Japanese, haha, a group of useless guys."

The Japanese in this era are famous for their pirates and slaves. Magaro has been dealing with Japanese pirates for the past two years following Yin Feng, and he has won every time. Of course, there is reason to say that they are "useless".

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Many of the pirate gang brothers had dealt with Japanese pirates at sea, or they had joined together to do business, or they had fought with each other for business. They had no good or bad feelings towards the Japanese. During the Jiajing period, there was a large number of so-called "Japanese pirates".

In the early 1990s, most of the pirate groups along the coast of China were actually dominated by Chinese people. Japanese pirates were often cannon fodder hired by Chinese pirates. They were often hired by Chinese pirates to charge first and enjoy themselves later---

Chinese pirates who are familiar with local conditions often snatch the best property first, leaving only some rags for the so-called "real Japanese".

"What are these dwarfs doing here? This group of Japanese slaves in Spangnei have already formed a quarrel with us. Captain Yin, we have to give them a hard time! Earlier in Luzon, we Tang people suppressed these Japanese slaves everywhere.

Now that they have the support of the White Japs, they are actually chasing them here!"

The person who said this was the leader of the pirate gang, Lu Shitou's sworn brother Wang Yun, a veteran pirate whose ancestral home is Chaozhou. He is already in his 30s and can be as easily excited when talking and doing things as a 20-year-old. When he set off from Balian a few days ago

, he was the guy who asked Yin Feng to bring his Tagalog wife, and he was the first one to charge out with a spear just now.

As a time traveler, Yin Feng has a stronger dislike for the Japanese than anyone else present. Of course he agrees with Wang Yun's words. However, the Spaniards even sent out Japanese people. What does this mean mean? It is worth considering.

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At the moment, the core figures of this small force are all around: Colonel Cootere, Magaro, Mai Xiaoliu, Wang Yun, Chen Zhongji and others all looked at Yin Feng. He thought about it and said: "It seems that the people involved

We are still unwilling to let our own people die. I think there are two possibilities: First, the Qianlu people want to use indigenous soldiers and Japanese to consume our ammunition, and then send regular white troops up to defeat us in one fell swoop. Second, they want to

Delay us and prevent us from leaving here to join the brigade."

Mai Xiaoliu rushed to say: "Ship owner, it's us who are the ones holding them back? Why are the people holding us back and not letting us go?"

"What if they have another way to get to Badanyan? They can even outflank us through other paths." Yin Feng said lightly, but the faces of the others changed greatly after hearing this. Kutre said: "I

I’m not familiar with the terrain in this area, are there many ways to cross this mountain?”

Wang Yun shook his head: "It stands to reason that there is more than one road that can go through the mountains to the seaside. I went to the indigenous villages on the seaside to do business. However, this is the only mountain road suitable for the Qianla army to pass. The other trails can only be walked by the local natives.

The armed Qianli people cannot get past..." Suddenly he thought of something, stood up suddenly, and said a little stuttering: "Captain Yin, are you talking about..."

Yin Feng nodded and smiled faintly: "Yes, Brother Wang, you have already thought of it. They are those natives." This is not that Yin Feng was foresight, but in the original history, the Chinese who hid in Dalun Mountain were constantly being attacked.

After the indigenous people attacked and were exhausted, the Spanish army approached and they had to escape from the mountain and were massacred on Badaya Beach. According to Yin Feng's prior arrangement, after his integration, the pirate gang and Anping's Chinese Christians were all

With certain weapons and 10 members of the Sailor Musketeers as vanguards, sporadic indigenous sneak attacks may cause some trouble and losses, but without the Spanish chasing them, most of the Chinese survivors in Luzon

You should be able to reach Badanyan Beach.

Yin Feng stood up, looked toward the entrance of the valley, and said with a sneer: "No matter what, let's teach these Japanese a lesson first! Then, we will consider other things. No matter what the Japanese think, we can't

If they can pass through this mountain pass smoothly, it will take about two days for the villagers who have already entered the mountain to reach the Badanyan Seaside, and we will have to stay here for at least two days."

He looked at the people around him and said loudly: "Brothers, get ready, those Asian dwarf winter melons are coming!"

Everyone burst into laughter and each entered the position to make preparations. After a day and a half of running in, everyone had a tacit understanding at least in lining up. Yin Feng was loading ammunition for his flintlock rifle while checking everyone's preparations for combat.

Thanks to the seizure of a batch of bows, arrows, shields, and breastplates (the Spaniards only wore the simplest breastplates for the front-line indigenous infantry), most of the Chinese soldiers guarding the mountain pass were equipped with shields, armor, and other gadgets.

.At the same time, ten pirate gang brothers and five craftsmen who were good at archery formed a 15-man archery team, which was arranged by Coutre alone on the left cliff. In this valley, only the left cliff can be climbed from the valley entrance, and the right side of the valley can climb up.

The cliff requires a detour of dozens of miles to go up, so the archery team can only be arranged on the left side. This is also where Magaro looks out and conducts reconnaissance.

Archers can shoot down the entire valley from a high position, so why not let musketeers also go up the cliff? Chen Zhongji asked this question curiously. Yin Feng smiled and handed Chen Zhongji his loaded flintlock.

The whole gun was raised with the muzzle facing down, and then he shook it twice. Chen Zhongji shook it a few times in confusion, and the loaded lead bullet suddenly fell out of the muzzle, along with a lot of gunpowder. The boy was stunned for a moment.

He said: "Ah! This bullet..."

Yin Feng took the gun and patted Chen Zhongji on the shoulder: "This is the shortcoming of the front-loading musket. It will happen if you are not careful when shooting downwards. Our Ming Dynasty general Qi Jiguang once thought of a way to load the ammunition.

Then I put a paper ball into the muzzle of the gun to block it so that the bullet wouldn't roll out. But this makes loading the ammunition more complicated, so it's of no use."

Chen Zhongji didn't understand much and looked at Yin Feng with doubts on his face. Yin Feng smiled: "Protect yourself, return to Tangshan, and I will teach you this knowledge!"

The young man Chen Zhongji's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly. Yin Feng was thinking: Zheng Zhilong's sworn brother Chen Zhongji has now become his follower. Zheng himself is probably still a little naughty boy, throwing rocks at people for fun, right? In "Eighteen Zhi"

Li Kuiqi, Yang Liu, Yang Qi and others are still little-known figures, right? Xu Xinsu, who was supposed to succeed Li Dan, has appeared and has become Li Dan's subordinate according to the original historical trajectory. Then Yan Siqi should have already developed his career in Japan.

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These figures who dominated the entire East Asian coastal area in the late Ming Dynasty were all talents urgently needed in Yin Feng's career. When Yin Feng was searching for a list of historical celebrities in his mind, Magaro blew a conch on the cliff on the left: This means that the enemy

Already close to the mountain pass.

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