"Our Liberation Army will never lose in this battle! We will never lose!"
"promise!"
Everyone's expressions softened slightly, but they were still heavy, and they just agreed in unison.
Zhu Hongyu nodded and then spoke.
"Haha, you don't have to be so serious!"
"If we win this battle, our Liberation Army will be able to defeat a large number of Manila's troops. How can the remaining red hair in Manila dare to invade again?"
"Our Liberation Army will no longer be in danger of collapse!"
"When our Liberation Army grows stronger, in a year or two at most, we will be able to annex the entire Luzon, and then send our troops north to regain our homeland in the Central Plains!"
Zhu Hongyu spoke with a sonorous tone, describing a promising future development blueprint for everyone.
Well, it’s called Huabing!
At this moment, a Liberation Army soldier ran in from outside, cupped his fists and saluted Zhu Hongyu and said.
"General!"
"There is a prisoner of war clamoring to see you, saying that he has important military information to report, which is related to the life and death of our Liberation Army!"
Zhu Hongyu frowned and then spoke.
"Bring people to see me. I want to see what kind of military situation is actually related to the life and death of our Liberation Army!"
The soldiers of the Liberation Army took the order, clasped their fists and went out.
Not long after, this Liberation Army soldier brought Yada to Zhu Hongyu.
Zhu Hongyu stared at Yada with sharp eyes and asked.
"Tell me, I, the general, want to see what important military information Master Yada has to report? It is actually related to the life and death of our Liberation Army!"
A trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
Since the Spaniards were preparing to raid the Liberation Army camp, there was no need to exchange prisoners of war.
If the greatest value of ordinary prisoners of war is to keep them as coolies.
The greatest role of a prisoner of war with a certain status like Nayada was to cut down the sacrificial flag in front of the formation.
Zhu Hongyu had already planned to cut down the Yada memorial flag, but he hadn't had time to order someone to pick him up yet.
Now Yada delivers it to your door, which is just right!
If Yada just said that there is an important military intelligence report is false, haha...
Then his big head will definitely not be saved!
Yada wiped the sweat from his forehead and spoke tremblingly.
"I have important military information to report to the general!"
"It's really important, related to the life and death of the Liberation Army!"
"As long as the general promises not to kill me, I will tell the truth and tell everything to the general!"
Zhu Hongyu raised his eyebrows and said.
"What you said is interesting!"
"Tell me, I promise you that if the military information you report is really useful, I promise not to kill you."
"But if you entertain me here today, haha..."
Zhu Hongyu just sneered. He didn't say the next words, but everyone understood what he meant.
Yada seemed to be frightened, and knelt down with a thud, and spoke hurriedly.
"The Governor will send troops to raid the camp of the Liberation Army after the first exchange of prisoners of war. Please prepare a response in advance, General!"
"This is absolutely true. I just ask the general to spare my life!"
When Zhu Hongyu heard this, he was shocked. How did Yada know about this?!
He stared at Yada with squinted eyes, the meaning in his eyes was incomprehensible.
"How did you know this news?"
Yada explained honestly.
"During the prisoner exchange, my father sent someone to visit me, and it was that person who told me the news."
"My father asked me to take this news and come to the general in exchange for my life!"
"And he said... He also said that if there is similar news in the future, my father will try his best to pass the news to me."
"As long as the general doesn't kill me, it's equivalent to having a stable source of intelligence in Manila!"
Zhu Hongyu touched his chin and said.
"What you said is true!"
After pondering for a moment, Zhu Hongyu felt that Yada still had value in living, and it would be too wasteful to sacrifice him to the flag now.
Regardless of whether the news from Yada's father is reliable or not, no matter how bad the news is, it is still a bad source!
At least it can be compared with the news sent back by Wang Lixian!
Zhu Hongyu opened his mouth and gave instructions.
"Come here, send Master Yada down and have a good rest. Master Yada won't have to do the work tomorrow. Let's have a good rest!"
Yada was overjoyed when he heard this and kowtowed to Zhu Hongyu, desperately showing his loyalty.
Zhu Hongyu nodded and motioned to the Liberation Army soldiers on duty at the door to take Yada down.
After Yada was taken away, Zhu Hongyu spoke again.
"Everyone, go get ready for battle!"
"Check the supplies and personnel!"
Everyone agreed in unison.
…
Inside and outside the camp of the Liberation Army, the piles of bonfires have not been extinguished.
The bright bonfire provided light for the soldiers of the Liberation Army patrolling and standing guard.
In the woods surrounding the camp, various sentinels, both bright and dark, are dotted here and there.
The entrances and exits on both sides of the river valley are blocked by fortresses made of cement. The walls of the fortress are inclined and nearly three meters high and thick.
The whole building is made of stone, with cement as the adhesive, making it very strong.
The wall relies on the mountain to form a simple bastion.
But it was just a simple bastion. Due to the rush of time, the main structure of the bastion was rather sloppy, and many facilities were not built in time.
But the defense ability is not bad!
The fort on the bastion can cover the river with fire, preventing the enemy from taking boats and attacking along the river into the valley.
Even if the enemy can carry the artillery bombardment and enter the river valley by boat, he will definitely suffer heavy casualties in the process.
There are forts, and if the enemy wants to invade the river valley, they can only attack the two extremely strong bastions in the narrow places on both sides of the river valley head-on.
Going around won’t work!
Because what was really carefully managed by the Liberation Army was the Chinese-style city fortress that surrounded the entire Liberation Army camp.
The main building is made of cement stones. The wall is nearly two feet high and two meters thick. It is equipped with many facilities such as forts, turrets, shooting holes, and caves for hiding soldiers on the wall.
The reason why a Chinese-style castle was used instead of a bastion was because it would take too long to build a bastion of this size and there would be too much waste.
The Chinese-style city will save a lot!
Also, although the bastion has strong defensive capabilities, it is only suitable for garrisoning and is not suitable for both military and civilian use.
The Liberation Army is now not only an army, but the families of the soldiers also live in the camp.
When Zhu Hongyu was building the city, he had to take these factors into consideration!
After thinking about many pros and cons, Zhu Hongyu decided that the main building of the Liberation Army camp would be a Chinese-style city instead of a fortress.
If the enemy chooses to bypass the simple bastions on both sides of the river valley and attack the camp directly, they will be attacked from both sides by the forts on the bastions and the forts on the camp city.
The consequences are obvious!
As the iron-coated cannon casting method was put into practice, the Liberation Army's cannon casting speed greatly increased. Together with the five light cannons captured from the Spanish, the Liberation Army now has more than ten artillery pieces of various types.
Although they were all light cannons, the ones the Spaniards could transport into the mountains were also not big cannons.
These light cannons are enough!
The defense system of the Liberation Army in the river valley was probably a Chinese-style city backed by a river, plus two Western-style bastion satellite cities.
Without sufficient artillery power, it would be almost impossible to overcome the defense system of the Liberation Army.