The miners surrounded the Spanish barracks and began to shout slogans loudly. However, since the Spaniards had muskets in their hands, none of the miners dared to get too close and could only hide outside the range of the muskets. Such a distance
The distance was so far that even a stone couldn't be thrown. Apart from insulting them, there was really nothing they could do to deal with these Spaniards.
When the Spanish built the barracks, they considered the issue of defense, so the barracks were built very solidly with shooting holes everywhere, just like bunkers. Ventura and others fled into the barracks and ordered the soldiers to set up muskets and aim at each location.
direction, to be wary of the approaching Luzon people, he breathed a sigh of relief and began to count the number of people.
"Six overseers did not escape," Terrence reported.
"Seven loyal soldiers on our side are missing." Roger also said.
Ventura made the sign of the cross on his chest and said: "It is the Almighty Lord who has sent away his loyal servant, Amen."
"Amen!" Everyone followed and made the sign of the cross to express their condolences to their companions who were killed by the miners.
After the ceremony, Terenceo asked: "What should we do next? Are we just going to hide in this ghost house and wait to starve to death?"
"No, I think we won't wait too long. Our cargo ship will arrive soon. If they find that we are not at the dock, they should report it to our fleet, and then the fleet can come to rescue us."
Tula said.
"Who knows if those damn navy will arrive in time? We don't have much food stored here. We can only eat it for a week at most." Roger muttered. The loss of several soldiers was a very big deal for him.
Bad news. Once his superiors find out, they will definitely scold him for being incompetent and may even remove him from his post. You must know that these soldiers were not killed in battle with local armed forces, but were beaten by a group of miners.
Death, this is a shame for Spanish soldiers.
Thinking of the tragic situation of escaping in embarrassment just now, Terencio became very angry. He pointed at Ventura and cursed: "I said Ventura, today's incident was entirely caused by you. Just because of you.
You very stupidly smashed the Buddha statues in the hands of these Luzon people, and they rioted. Don't you know that in the minds of Luzon people, the Buddha is sacred and inviolable?"
Bentula also knew that he was being reckless. He did not expect that the miners would dare to resist. However, the matter had already happened, and he could only bite the bullet and not admit his mistake, otherwise he would be the target of public criticism. He retorted: "Of course I know
The status of Buddha in the hearts of Luzon people is precisely because of this. I cannot tolerate them setting up Buddhist niches in the mines. Otherwise, we will have to salute the Buddha of Luzon people every day when we go in and out. Do you think God will forgive us?
An act of betrayal?"
"You can stop them, but you can't smash the Buddha statue. This is a completely different matter." Terencio said.
Ventura said: "While I am reasoning with them, may I ask Mr. Terencio, where are you?"
"I'm right behind you."
"Why didn't you say anything?"
"Because you son of a bitch didn't give others a chance to speak."
"How dare you scold me!"
"That's how it is. Everyone knows you are a son of a bitch..."
"Boom!"
The barracks suddenly turned into a Roman Colosseum. Ventura and Terencio were fighting together, and the Spanish supervisors nearby stepped forward one after another, using black fists to break up the fight. Roger led the soldiers
They were watching the free fighting show indifferently, without any intention of intervening to dissuade them. These supervisors usually felt that they were nobler than the soldiers and yelled at the soldiers. Now they started to cause trouble themselves. The soldiers
I'm too lazy to take care of it.
There was a fierce fight in the barracks, and the Luzon miners surrounding the barracks outside were also shouting, but no one had the courage to rush forward. As time went by, everyone's initial passion gradually faded away, rationality began to return, and everyone became worried.
Here comes the next step:
"If the red hair doesn't come out, what will we do?"
"If this drags on, it's time for the red-haired warships to arrive, right? By then, will they massacre the village?"
"Otherwise, find someone to talk to and make peace with, and forget about the previous matter..."
"These red-haired men are not easy to talk to. I heard that last time a red-haired man was killed in Wucun, but the red-haired men sent hundreds of people with cannons to wipe out the entire village of Wucun."
"There are so many of us, can Red Hair kill us all?"
"The red-haired man has a cannon, but it's so powerful that it can blow a hole in the house with one cannon..."
Just when everyone was uneasy, a clear slogan suddenly sounded outside the crowd:
"Infinite Heavenly Lord, how did it become like this?"
Everyone turned to look and saw Chen Guanyu wearing a Taoist robe and walking slowly under the escort of several followers. When he walked in front of everyone, he raised one palm in front of his chest and said: "Fellow Taoists, here is
What happened?"
A miner who knew Chinese hurriedly stepped forward and reported: "Master Chen, Hong Mao committed an attack. We miners resisted and killed several of them. Now Hong Mao is hiding in the barracks and refuses to come out. We are thinking about what to do."
Let’s do it.”
"A life was lost? Oops, wasn't Pindao right? There is a monster here." Chen Guanyu said.
"Taoist Master, now that the matter has come out, what should we do? Please give Taoist Priest advice." Qian Wu came over and said that he brought the Buddha statue to the mine today just to follow Chen Guanyu's instructions. Now the matter started because of him.
, he urgently needs Chen Guanyu to support him.
A cold light flashed in Chen Guanyu's eyes, and he said to everyone: "Fellow Taoists, let me ask you, do you think the red-haired man has suffered a loss, will you let it go?"
"No!" Everyone replied in unison. Those miners who did not understand Chinese also understood Chen Guanyu's words through the translation of the workers, and answered along with him.
Chen Guanyu said: "That's right. Hongmao is not of my race, so his thoughts must be different. They killed so many of us without even a single apology. But if we kill their people, they will definitely take revenge.
, everyone will suffer when the time comes.”
"Oh, what can we do?" The miners panicked all of a sudden. Although they had thought so before, it was better to hear Chen Guanyu say it with their own ears. Chen Guanyu was around some time ago.
He was a swindler in several villages and had a high reputation. Everyone regarded him as a virtuous person.
Chen Guanyu said: "Don't panic, everyone. Hongmao is also a human being, and he has two legs supporting one body. Since we have killed several Hongmao, why not pursue the victory and kill the remaining Hongmao as well to eliminate them all?
future trouble?"
"No, Taoist Priest. Hong Mao has muskets and small cannons. If we charge forward, many people will die." Lu A Niu explained from the side.
With so many miners, what's the problem even if a few of them die? Chen Guanyu thought so in his heart, but he never dared to say it. He turned his eyes to the soldiers from the survey camp who were following him, and the soldiers turned around.
He looked back at the Spanish barracks surrounded by miners in the center, and nodded slightly to Chen Guanyu.
"Pindao has a good life. Logically speaking, he shouldn't get involved in this kind of thing. However, since Hongmao broke our rules first and threatened the life and death of our miners, then Pindao had to take action. Universal rescue
All living beings are originally the duty of our Taoist sect. Disciples, please bring the incense case and see how this Taoist priest can eliminate the demons!" Chen Guanyu, with a righteous and awe-inspiring look, ordered the soldiers of the Kanyu Camp.
Hearing that Daochang Chen was going to perform a ritual, some miners had already obtained desks, incense, candles and other objects from unknown sources and placed them out of the range of the Spanish firearms. Chen Guanyu weighed a trick in his hand, took out his mahogany sword, and began to mutter something.
How to do it. The miners held their breath and stood aside to watch Chen Guanyu pretending to be a ghost, with a look of admiration in his eyes.
"Tai Shang Laojun is as urgent as the law. Divine thunder from the sky will kill the evildoers, kill all the red-haired thieves, and give me a bright future!"
As Chen Guanyu spoke the last word, there was a loud "boom", as if a thunderbolt really fell around everyone. The miners were so frightened that they knelt down and kowtowed, waiting for them to raise their heads.
At that time, I found that the Spanish soldiers' barracks opposite were shrouded in flames and thick smoke, and two walls had disappeared.
"Daozhang Chen is mighty!"
The miners shouted in unison and rushed towards the barracks. When they rushed forward, they found that the roof of the barracks had been blown down. Some of the Spaniards in the room had been killed, and although some were not dead, they were also shaken.
He fainted and lay motionless on the ground. All the appliances in the room were blown to pieces. You can imagine how amazing the power of the explosion was.
"Daozhang Chen, what's going on?" The miners gathered around Chen Guanyu and started asking questions.
Chen Guanyu smiled slightly: "This is the poor Taoist's palm thunder, which is designed to defeat all kinds of evildoers. However, this kind of magic cannot be used easily, which will damage my moral character."
Liao Yiming, a soldier from the survey camp next to him, curled his lips and was very disapproving. Just now, he had taken advantage of the attention of the Spaniards in the barracks to be attracted by Chen Guanyu, and quietly went around from behind and stuffed a small bag of explosives into the barracks.
Under the corner of the wall. The yellow explosive produced by Su's factory was several times more powerful than the black gunpowder currently commonly used. This explosion directly overturned the barracks.
Lu A Niu and others checked the Spaniards one by one in the collapsed barracks. When they encountered those who were still alive, they pulled them aside and tied them firmly with ropes. Then they poured cold water on their heads and killed them.
They woke up.
"For the sake of God, please don't hurt me!" Ventura was also one of the people who was stunned. After being awakened by a bucket of cold water, he opened his eyes and saw all Luzon workers in front of him. He was so frightened that he begged for mercy.
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"Come here a few people and find a place to lock up these red-haired ghosts. I want to personally interrogate them and see what kind of monsters they are." Chen Guanyu said to the miners.
Ever since they saw Chen Guanyu reveal the magic of "Thunder Palm", the miners' admiration for Chen Guanyu was like the water of the Yellow River. They believed everything Chen Guanyu said. I heard that they all believed Chen Guanyu.
Chen Guanyu wanted to interrogate Hong Mao personally, so the miners quickly cleared out the house where the supervisors had lived and took seven or eight living Spaniards inside.
"Some of the things I want to ask involve heavenly secrets and should not be leaked to outsiders, so please stay away. If you accidentally hear a few words, you must face the wall for three days and recite the Infinite Heavenly Lord 10,000 times, otherwise you will be punished.
God's punishment." Chen Guanyu solemnly warned the miners.
It was said that just by accidentally hearing a word, the miners would face the wall for three days. The miners were so frightened that they ran away. Chen Guanyu arranged for two soldiers from the survey camp to guard the outside, and he led Liao Yiming and others in.
He entered the house and began to interrogate the Spanish prisoners one by one.
The question Chen Guanyu wanted to ask was naturally not a religious issue, but the distribution of Spanish troops in Luzon Island and surrounding areas. Considering that they would definitely have the opportunity to deal with the Spanish when they came to attack the front line, Su Hao specially prepared this question for their team.
Soldiers who understand Spanish are equipped to serve as translators. As for the Spanish of these soldiers, they naturally learned it from the missionaries at home. Although they are not very proficient, it is not a problem to use it for simple conversations.
"Let me ask you, how many fleets and warships do you Spaniards have in Southeast Asia?"
After Bentula was brought up, Chen Guanyu asked him straight to the point. People in the Ming Dynasty had a relatively confusing understanding of European countries, and they had different names. However, in the survey camp, Su Hao unified and implemented the policies of later generations.
In order to translate the names, Matteo Ricci was also asked to provide the original pronunciations for the names of each country, so that once people had the opportunity to interact with Europeans, they would not be confused about which country they belonged to.
The soldier in charge of translating told Ventura Chen Guanyu's question in Spanish. Ventura was stunned and couldn't help shouting.
"What did he say?" Chen Guanyu asked.
The translator said: "He said, Master Taoist, you are not a Taoist priest, but a spy of the Ming Dynasty."
"He knows the stuff." Chen Guanyu said contemptuously. He still doesn't know whether he is a Taoist priest or a spy. He has not given up his identity as a Taoist priest, but all he has done in the past few years is to be a spy, and he also
I really like this kind of profession.
"Do you, the Ming Dynasty, want to interfere in Luzon's affairs? Let me tell you, the Spanish fleet is invincible. We can destroy your navy and we will never let you gain a foothold in Luzon." Ventura shouted arrogantly.
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Liao Yiming, who was in charge of recording on the side, was annoyed. He put down his pen, walked up to Bentula, and without any further explanation, slapped him across the face twice, knocking Bentula into confusion.
"Tell him to answer whatever he asks. If he talks nonsense again, I will cut off his balls!" Liao Yiming said viciously to the translator.
The translator told Ventura what Liao Yiming said word for word. Ventura subconsciously tightened his crotch and looked at Liao Yiming with fear in his eyes.
"How many fleets do you have here!" Liao Yiming asked loudly.
"Three fleets, a total of 24 ships..." Ventura replied obediently.
"Where are they anchored? How many cannons are there on the ship? What kind of cannons are they? How many soldiers are there? Recruit them one by one for me." Liao Yiming asked.