Chapter three hundred and thirty ninth
Chapter 339: Stupid
Jiang Feng was there saying these words with confidence. The officers and merchants around him opened their eyes wide at the beginning, and then nodded in agreement.
Since Luzon's Spanish Governor-General's Envoy has never had any chance to be treated like this. For example, when conquering Luzon, the reason for the Spanish army was that a native man maliciously scratched their cannons with a spear and began to make compensation. Naturally, no one was willing to agree to the high compensation, and then began the war.
However, this kind of thing can be used on natives, and it is not a good thing to use on themselves. However, looking at the cannons at the port, a large number of armored soldiers, and the cannon ships at the sea, you have to endure it honestly.
The messenger's reaction was quite agile, and he immediately smiled and said gently:
"Of course, the sea is turbulent, and it is inevitable that you will have such a situation. In this case, your shelling of the port has caused us a lot of losses, right?"
Before this person could say the word compensation, Jiang Feng slapped the table hard, the smile on his face turned into anger, and shouted:
"Our ships were just entering this port to avoid wind and waves, but you fired guns and attacked us. We had to fire guns and fight back out of self-defense. Your attacks have caused irreversible losses to our ships and must be compensated."
The general translation for the Governor's envoy was usually dependent on the Spanish colonial army's power, but this time he was so scared that he couldn't even speak. He just stood up and his knees were weak and he knelt down again. He thought that when he was on land, he had never seen people like this in the government. Cold sweats kept coming out of his head, and he was trembling and didn't know what to say.
There is naturally no shortage of Spanish translations around Jiang Feng. A Dutchman felt relieved and translated these words loudly.
The envoy came directly from the Spanish Governor's Office. The fortress stationed at the port was already blown away by Jiang Feng's gunship. For a moment, he was really unable to figure out whether the fortress was the first to fire. He quickly pulled over the attendant beside him and asked in a low voice. Everyone shook their heads in confusion, not very familiar with the situation at that time.
But Jiang Feng's guards tried hard to hold back their smiles. When they were in the port, there were shells falling into the water on the side of the Shunfeng ship. The key to the problem was that the situation of falling into the water was not caused by artillery on the shore, but by sailors on the ship.
The matter of whether the turret was accidentally hit was formed later. The small mystery in the "expired sea pattern" is generally called the "mistake puzzle".
There was still negotiation here, but Jiang Feng had already made plans here. The soldiers on the shore began to approach the inner city of Manila. At that time, Spain included the military family members in total, and they all lived in a small inner city. In fact, even a small military fortress, the warehouses of important materials were surrounded by circles and were equipped with forts on the walls. Don’t underestimate this building that seemed to be a turret.
At this time, Europe did have tall and majestic cities, but how could the Spaniards build it in places like Luzon? Even with this inner city like a siege, with artillery, the men in the city mobilized to hold a message gun and sword.
The local natives were also unable to take it down at all. Instead, thousands of people were killed by hundreds of people. Of course, this depends on who the opponent is.
After it was completely dark, although the Shunfeng was still negotiating, all the Spaniards outside returned to the inner city, with the gates closed, and the soldiers and the young and middle-aged men inside were mobilized to guard against each other's attack. The Spaniards, who had always thought they were majestic and had a superior nation, never expected that they would encounter such a thing in the East. I heard that outside was the army of the Han people of the Ming Dynasty.
But the Han people they saw in Luzon who were making a living were very docile and were even bullied by the natives. How could they have such a majestic army?
According to the agreement in advance, if it was dark and the ships in the sea had not yet sent any news, the soldiers on the shore would start to act. Several captains led the team considered each other, and a hundred people returned to the port, and the sailors on the ship also started to move.
The shells and ammunition were transported ashore. The inner city stationed in Luzon in Spain was illuminated by torches, which could be vaguely judged clearly.
The distance between the two sides is actually not too far. Although the four six-pound cannons are six pounds, the actual weight of the cannons is really not brisk. Half of the 1,000 soldiers and nearly 200 sailors were mobilized to transport them, which was to transport these things to the shore.
When the artillery was transported to the shore, it was already dark, and the people in Spain in the inner city could not see the caliber of the artillery at all, so they soon became clear...
After a command, the artillery fired loudly and smashed towards the direction of the city gate. In this case, there was no accurate hit. The shells roared on the stone wall and the aisle on the wall, and no one was injured, but the stone wall had already been beaten to collapse.
There were crying and screaming sounds in the city. These people knew the caliber of the shells, and knew that the cannons outside were much more powerful than the cannons inside.
The Spanish governor envoy on the ship was left there. Jiang Feng and his subordinates went in to have a meal. Suddenly, they heard the roar of artillery fire outside, and their faces changed drastically. They rushed out in a hurry, looking at the direction of the city, and listening to the panic shouts vaguely from there.
The people on the boat were doing things on their own, and no one paid attention to it. The messenger immediately understood that this attack had been arranged long ago and wanted to go back to protest, but who would pay attention to him?
The artillery fire went through the second round, and the Spanish governor in the city finally couldn't stand it anymore. Since this inexplicable fleet appeared in the ports around Luzon, he had been suppressed and beaten here. Now the messengers sent were not informed at all. He discussed with the officers of the garrison and decided to send troops to attack for a while. He still didn't believe that there would be a stronger army in the east than Spain.
Listening to the orders and convening in the city, there were also white men in the Jiang family's infantry. The Dutch people in the past understood the instructions and military orders against the Spanish army more than the soldiers around him.
He hurriedly said:
"Soldiers are mobilizing in the city to prepare to go out of the city to fight!"
After hearing this, several captains of the Jiang family army became interested and immediately raised their hands to stop the shelling. The cannons on the other side were bombarded and they had collapsed under the bombardment and could not be fired at all. Several captains began to order the soldiers of the Jiang family army to start a team.
These officers wanted to see what combat effectiveness these so-called Spanish troops were. After the four six-pound cannons bombarded the wall in front for a round, they stopped and fired, waiting for the opponent to appear, the gate of the small city was opened.
Hundreds of people rushed out of the Jiang family army and rushed towards the position of the Jiang family army here. Seeing this posture, the officers of the Jiang family army were stunned. They looked at each other. Looking at the soldiers opposite, they seemed to be unable to catch up with the bandits in Shandong. The only difference was that the white men rushing over on the opposite side were holding messoite guns, spears and swords in their hands, and were wearing armor that looked good.
The brilliant victories achieved by European colonists in the Americas and Africa, those battles that defeated thousands and tens of thousands of people by dozens or hundreds, were inseparable from steel weapons and good armor defenses. In many countries in the Americas and Africa, the natives did not even have metal weapons and fought against these white people naked. It is understandable that these huge differences in victory or defeat occurred.
As for Southeast Asia, the natives here are just at the point where they have iron in their hands. Moreover, the superior climate makes them have no fighting spirit and courage. The Spanish people are naturally extremely strong. However, speaking of this, these foreigners are doing business in a very regular way, whether in the Ming Dynasty or Japan, which is full of warring countries, perhaps this can explain.
"Is it wrong for what Instructor Jason gave us?"
"Yes, I think something is wrong, you see, those people are all running out in a mess, and they don't have any formation!"
"Is it to avoid our artillery fire?"
Seeing the opponent's charge, the officers of the Jiang family army were quite surprised. According to the routine of the Jiang family army's combat, several huge fires had been lit around the battlefield, and the light at the scene was very good.
The four hundred men were very happy to press forward with the rhythm of drums. The Spanish army rushed out to avoid the opponent's artillery fire. They also felt that the Ming Dynasty people might have many artillery, but they might not have any advantages in the medley guns and swords.
However, when everyone saw the square formation that was tidy and slowly pressing over the opposite side, they gave up the idea. This was clearly a large square formation that only the most elite troops in Spain appeared.
The gunshots rang out in a dense manner, and the white people rushing out suddenly fell...
Chapter completed!