"Hongmao is less than five miles away from the mine!"
A scout reported in front of Zhu Hongyu.
Five miles, that is, two and a half kilometers!
This distance is already quite close!
If it were on plain terrain, both sides would have discovered each other eight hundred years ago and would have been ready for battle.
But the terrain of Luzon Island is not flat!
Especially after leaving the city of Manila, there are mountains and dense forests everywhere.
In a place like this, it takes half an hour to walk five miles.
Zhu Hongyu stood up from his chair and ordered.
"Command the entire army to prepare for battle!"
“Follow the plan!”
Several Liberation Army generals around him clasped their fists and accepted orders.
"promise!"
…
Capello and his party followed the only road to the mine, just as they were about to arrive at the mine.
Far away, in the direction of the mine, a phalanx blocked their way.
Mr. Oliben looked at the phalanx in the distance and couldn't help but frowned.
"Mr. Capello, what's going on?"
"Does it mean that in your Scourge family's mine, the miners hold muskets and swords and form a square formation to welcome guests?"
Oliben felt something was wrong, but he also failed to think that the Chinese miners were revolting, and thought it was Capello's deliberate arrangement.
A Spanish soldier said very vigilantly.
"Two respected gentlemen, please hide behind us, something is wrong!"
Capello's face was gloomy, feeling that the mine had embarrassed the Scotch family in front of Mr. Oliben.
"Send someone to ask what's going on?"
Capello told the butler beside him.
He also did not think about the possibility of Chinese revolt.
The housekeeper took the order, took two guards from the Scotch family, and headed towards the phalanx formed by the Liberation Army sergeants.
Zhu Hongyu couldn't help but frown as he looked at the three people strutting towards his square formation.
What do the Spaniards want to do?
I have brought my people out and prepared to face the enemy. Isn't it obvious?
Why did you send three people here to die?
If there weren't only three people on the opposite side, it would be a waste to fire volleys of guns. Zhu Hongyu couldn't help but order to open fire.
When the three of them approached, before Zhu Hongyu had time to speak, the steward who was among the few people opened his mouth and asked in unfamiliar Chinese.
"Where are Master Yada and Michael?"
"The master wants me to ask them, is this the welcome ceremony they have prepared? It is simply embarrassing my Scourge family."
What surprised the butler was that no one answered his question.
Under the aim of the black guns, the housekeeper felt that something was wrong, but he also could not imagine that the Chinese miners who he thought were docile in the past were now rebelling.
He opened his mouth and scolded.
"You lowly pigs, answer my question!"
"Where are Master Yada and Michael?"
Zhu Hongyu had a cold face, waved his hand and ordered.
"There are two companies, two platoons, and two classes!"
"Aim and fire!"
When the housekeeper heard Zhu Hongyu's words, his expression changed drastically.
However, before he could make any move, ten muskets opened fire instantly.
A burst of gunpowder smoke filled the air in front of the Liberation Army formation, and the butler and two Scotch family guards were shot at close range.
The lead bullets penetrated their bodies, and the three of them were instantly beaten into a hornet's nest. They could not die anymore!
Zhu Hongyu came out of the battle with a steel knife in his hand, and chopped off the heads of the three people with a swing of the knife. There was deep disbelief in the three pairs of eyes that remained fixed.
Zhu Hongyu picked up three heads and threw them one after another in the direction from which the three came.
The provocation is obvious!
…
At this scene, the expressions of Capello and others changed drastically.
"Damn it, this isn't a welcome ceremony! It's those lowly Chinese pigs who rebelled!"
"Oh my god, how could this happen?"
Capello couldn't help shouting angrily.
While roaring, he couldn't help but feel worried in his heart.
His son set out for the mine before him, and now he is probably in the hands of this group of rebellious miners.
These damn miners had no idea what cruel things they would do to his son!
Capello swore that if his son was harmed in any way, he would kill all the Chinese in the mine and bury his son with him!
Mr. Oscar couldn't help but frown.
"Mr. Cappello, something like this happened in your Scotch family's mine. It seems that I need to rethink the cooperation between the Governor's Palace and your Scotch family."
"If there is another rebellion in the mine while the cannon is being cast, the consequences will be unacceptable to the Governor-General's Office!"
Capello looked directly at Oscar with piercing eyes and said.
"Mr. Oscar, we can discuss cooperation later!"
"My son Yada is in the hands of those rebels, and now I need Mr. Oscar's help!"
"Please help me put down the rebellion, Mr. Oscar, and rescue my son!"
Oscar nodded and said.
"Of course, Mr. Capello!"
"Manila is the Spanish Manila. The lowly Chinese pigs dare to rebel and show their knives to the masters of Manila. All Spaniards living in Manila have the obligation to give these Chinese pigs a show of strength!"
As Oscar and Capello reached a consensus, all the Spanish soldiers in the team and the Scotch family's guards were mobilized.
They held muskets, arranged in a neat square formation, and pressed towards the square formation of the Liberation Army in front.
All the Spanish soldiers, including the guards of the Scotch family, held their heads high and showed pride on their faces.
They were very confident in themselves and did not take the Ming Dynasty's Restoration Army in their eyes.
In their eyes, the Chinese are weak. As long as they line up in front of the group of Chinese rebels and fire a round of gunfire, the Chinese rebels will be defeated.
They can enjoy their victory to the fullest!
"Mr. Oscar, although the rebels opposite are just a mob, they also have muskets and are still imitating our Spanish square formation."
"Although the grand phalanx they imitated is incomparable to the real Spanish grand phalanx!"
"But their muskets will still cause casualties to our brave boys!"
"Please give an order to Mr. Oscar to drive the Chinese pigs in the team forward, so that those lowly pigs can take bullets for the young men."
A Spanish army captain suggested beside Oscar.
The Ming Dynasty's Restoration Army used line infantry tactics. The first three rows were musketeers, and the back were melee soldiers using spears and swords.
Due to the insufficient firepower density of muskets in the matchlock era, it would not be feasible for an infantry square to use all muskets.
Therefore, a complete infantry phalanx usually requires a mixture of musketeers and melee soldiers using spears and swords.
The formation of the Spanish Grand Square is almost the same.
In the early stage of the Spanish Grand Square, the ratio of musketeers to pikemen was eight to two, with eight pikemen to two musketeers.
Up to now, with the development of firearms, firearms have taken more and more weight in the Spanish Grand Formation.
The ratio of arms in the Spanish Grand Square has also evolved into half musketeers and half spearmen.