Dova wanted to kill Hua not just to ensure the safety of the San Fernando Bastion, he also had other motives.
In his opinion, the reason why Colonel Robin went into the mountains to encircle and suppress the Liberation Army was defeated.
That was because he failed to attack the bastions of the Liberation Army several times, resulting in heavy losses in his own forces.
So much so that the final result evolved into a failure of the encirclement and suppression, and Colonel Robin himself became a prisoner.
Dowa wanted to anger Zhu Hongyu by massacring Hua and make Zhu Hongyu lose his mind in anger. Like Colonel Robin, he ordered a frontal attack on the fortress.
If his plan succeeds, he can definitely severely damage the Liberation Army!
They even cooperated with the subsequent arrival of reinforcements to attack from both inside and outside to completely solve the major problem of the Liberation Army.
Solve the crisis of Spanish rule in Manila caused by the rebellion of the Liberation Army!
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Ma Yuanxiang was a native of Chaozhou Prefecture. In the 13th year of Chongzhen's reign, Chaozhou was flooded, and a large number of acres of land and houses were flooded.
Ma Yuanxiang's family's house and fields were gone. In order to make a living, he and his family boarded a ship to go to Southeast Asia.
In the same year, he came to Manila, which had just experienced the second massacre of Chinese massacre initiated by the Spaniards!
At that time, due to the brutal massacre by the Spanish, almost all the Chinese in Manila were killed.
According to records alone, nearly 24,000 Chinese were killed.
However, this record was written by the Spanish murderer, so its credibility can be imagined.
The real number of victims is definitely much higher than this number.
It is not impossible to double or triple it!
At that time, almost all the Chinese in Manila were killed.
The result is that a large number of societies in Manila have come to a standstill and the city cannot function.
In order to solve the social problems caused by the massacre of the Chinese, the governor at that time ordered that superior conditions be used to attract Chinese immigrants to settle in Manila.
During that time, the Governor-General's Office provided many conveniences and preferential policies to Chinese immigrants.
It was at that time that Ma Yuanxiang arrived in Manila with his family.
After arriving in Manila, he carried people's bags at the dock, helped people repair their houses, shined people's shoes on the streets, and farmed the land for the manor owner.
After working hard for six or seven years, I finally saved some money and purchased a small piece of land from the Governor's Mansion that was waiting to be reclaimed.
With the field, there is hope. Although his life is very tiring, he feels extremely fulfilled!
Although the Governor's Mansion imposed heavy taxes on the Chinese compared with whites and indigenous people, with land, Ma Yuanxiang could endure anything.
Because he can see hope and hope!
The land he purchased was in San Fernando, so he settled in San Fernando.
Ma Yuanxiang is hard-working and not afraid of hardship. After these years of busy work, his family has accumulated 20 to 30 acres of mature farmland.
Although a large amount of tax is paid to the Governor's Office every year, Luzon is not affected by the Little Glacier climate. The climate is hot and humid, and the land can be harvested three times a year. No matter how heavy the tax is, you can still have enough to eat.
He had already married a wife and had children, but it was a pity that his wife could not adapt to the climate in Manila after arriving in Manila.
He died of illness early and was unable to see his son grow up and get married.
His son is called Ma Sancai. He just got married at the beginning of this year and brought his wife into the house. Although he has not yet given birth to a grandson.
If you have a daughter-in-law, will your grandson be far away?!
Ma Yuanxiang is now waiting to hold his eldest grandson. As long as he can hold his eldest grandson, his life will be considered complete!
But today, his peaceful life was shattered.
Some time ago, news of the defeat of the red-haired soldiers sent by the Governor-General into the mountains to encircle and suppress the Chinese insurgents had already made people in San Fernando panic.
Today, news suddenly spread that the Chinese rebel army took advantage of the situation and came out to kill San Fernando.
Inside and outside San Fernando, whites, Chinese, and indigenous people were all panicked.
For Ma Yuanxiang, this was simply a disaster that would cause the world to collapse.
Bandits pass by like a comb, soldiers pass by like a grate!
Although the invading army was a Chinese insurrectionary army, still flying the banner of the Ming Dynasty, Ma Yuanxiang was even more worried.
During the late Ming Dynasty, it can only be said that everyone understood the military discipline of each army!
The military discipline of the Ming army and the rogue bandits was of the kind where the elder brother doesn't laugh at the second brother, the same rubbish is the same, and burning, killing, looting and looting were commonplace.
Extorting places, oppressing people, raping women, and stealing are basically all basic things.
Of course, the score is compared with who else!
Compared with the Qing army, the Ming army's military discipline was still good.
Our Qing Dynasty generally does not loot, but our Qing Dynasty massacres cities!
Carry out massacres on a large scale, in an organized manner, with a plan and a goal!
If you kill all the people, then won’t all the money and things belong to me? What’s there to rob? What’s there to rob?
Looting is not as satisfying as massacring a city!
Although Ma Yuanxiang immigrated to Manila early and had not been harmed by war, he had heard the rumor that "bandits are like combs and soldiers are like grates".
Anyway, for ordinary people, going through war is never a good thing.
So, the moment he heard the news, he took his family and headed for the bastion of San Fernando.
I want to take refuge in the bastion to avoid disaster from the rebels!
"Dad, the city of San Fernando is ahead. We will be safe once we enter the city."
Ma Yuanxiang's son Ma Sancai supported his father and said.
His daughter-in-law on the side also supported his other hand.
Ma Yuanxiang nodded and said.
"Well, what we ordinary people fear most is encountering military disaster!"
"Hurry up and hide in the city. The war between the rebels and the Red Hairs is none of our business. Let's go home after they finish this battle."
Ma Yuanxiang has a typical commoner mentality. As long as his vital interests are not endangered, he is too lazy to care who the government is above him.
What about the Han people? What about the Hu people? What about the red-haired people from the West?
Aren’t ordinary people still living their lives?
The family continued to line up, and soon it was their turn to enter the city.
They were asked to hand over all the weapons they had on them, and Ma Yuanxiang obediently handed over the short knife he used for self-defense.
However, his son hid a dagger and a dagger. During the search, the dagger was found, and he almost had a conflict with the red-haired soldier.
Ma Yuanxiang stuffed several silver coins into those red-haired soldiers, and the matter was over.
The family entered the fort with their belongings and drove an ox cart.
Behind them, the red-haired soldier showed undisguised murderous intent on his face, sneered and spoke to his companions in Spanish.
"Hmph, I will kill the Chinese man with my own hands later, and then play with his wife in front of him."
"The humble Chinese dare to disrespect me. I'm so fed up!"
His companion weighed the silver coins in his hand and spoke with greed in his eyes.
"These damn infidels are so rich, kill them all, and their wealth will be ours!"
"The commander's order to slaughter Hua was a wise decision!"
The two of them chatted freely, thinking that none of the Chinese around them understood Spanish, so they had no scruples or concealments.
Ma Sancai, who had not gone far, suddenly stopped. He could easily understand Spanish.