The men under his command were not too anxious after hearing the instructions. He thought that he had found a soft sailing ship in the fleet, and he thought he was a Dutchman.
Because the Dutch had coveted Luzon before and had two conflicts with them. They were unconvinced and came to provoke them again.
He just took a few glances at the bunker on the seaside. When he saw the fleet heading towards Luzon, he ran to the Governor's Mansion in a hurry.
"Governor, Governor, what is coming from the outer sea may be the Dutch fleet. I saw the schooner, but I can't see their flag clearly because of the distance."
When Boone heard that it was the Dutch fleet, he was relieved. It would be better if they were not Francois.
If they were the Dutch, they would have nothing to fear, they would just be defeated.
"Let the artillerymen prepare. Whenever you see them approaching the coastline, bombard them!"
"yes!"
His men went to make arrangements, and Boone waved his hands to continue carrying the treasure into the warehouse.
These treasures are what he plans to transport back to his country this year. If they are better than other colonies, he should be rewarded by the king. Maybe the king will give him a title if he is happy.
Regardless of whether he is a duke or a viscount, the main purpose is to make it easier for him to travel outside, and people in the royal family of his country will give him some respect when they see him.
With this thought in mind, he asked his subordinates to count more carefully.
But having said that, the advantage of these Dayu people is that they are hardworking and can endure hardships, but the disadvantage is that they are a bit too smart. They must be managed with caution, otherwise it will be dangerous for them to develop.
It was precisely because they were too smart that he didn’t think of sending some of them back to their home countries to work as coolies. If only they had merit, what a good labor force they would be if they were sent back to their home countries!
Boone looked at the thick smoke in the sky in the distance, what a pity!
Just kill or you have to kill!
After this great reshuffle, the remaining people of Dayu had to live in obscurity for more than ten years before they could straighten their backs.
Their colony in Luzon has enjoyed a period of stability for more than ten years!
Just as Boone was thinking about it, the sound of cannon fire was heard on the sea in the distance.
"You got angry so quickly? If the Dutch dog comes this time, stay here and don't leave!"
As soon as the artillery fired, some Westerners outside Manila who didn't know the truth were startled.
Which country came to attack Luzon Island?
The people of Dayu who were being hunted were shocked and then excited when they heard the sound of the cannon. No matter which country's fleet came to attack Luzon, it was undoubtedly the most wanted to see the people being massacred at this time.
What they most hope now is that someone will come and destroy this bunch of heartless scum!
Manila Bay.
On the main ship, through the observation of the telescope, Li Chengmu said: "Our fleet was still discovered by the Xiyi people. What should we do next? Attack the island by force?"
Feng Tu looked at the sparse cannon fire of the Xiyi people in the distance and said with a smile: "Perhaps the Xiyi people don't have many artillery shells in their inventory, and our cannons have a longer range than theirs, so we can completely ignore their bombardment!"
If we blow up their forts first, the coast will no longer be a threat to us!"
Li Chengmu thought of how Xia Jing had directly attacked the pirate island last time, so he smiled and nodded: "Just do as you say, the fleet will move forward at full speed, and the target is to blow up the fort on the island!"
Next, there was no doubt that the fleet moved forward at full speed and lined up outside the firing range of the forts on Luzon Island.
"Fifth Master, we are already within the range of our artillery!"
"Then let everyone use their free will and fire at the target!" Li Chengmu pointed directly at the fort in Manila.
After a round of shelling, the Westerners on the walls of Manila could no longer hold on, and someone else ran to report to Boone.
All the treasures were moved into the warehouse, and Boon was checking the list, happily thinking about the scene of returning home and being knighted by the king.
Unexpectedly, his subordinates ran in at this time: "Governor, Governor, it's terrible, it's terrible! The enemy from the outer sea has invaded and has already bombarded two of our forts!"
"What?"
Boone was shocked when he heard this. He jumped up from his chair and asked in disbelief: "Did you bomb two of our forts?"
The visitor nodded hurriedly: "Yes, I already shot two before I came here!"
Now half an hour has passed. I wonder how many forts have been bombarded now?
Boone recovered from the shock and was furious: "You are all idiots! They bombed two of our forts, how many of their ships did you bomb?"
The visitor shook his head: "Not even one of them was hit!"
When Boone heard this, he became furious: "You are all pigs! If four or five artillery pieces can't hit a ship, what's the use of you?"
When ships come to bombard the land, the ships must be lined up in a row. Even such a good target cannot be hit. These soldiers are too useless!
The visitor felt that he was wronged and argued: "Sir Governor, the artillery range of the incoming ship is farther than ours. This means that they can hit us, but we are powerless to do anything to them. We can only stare!"
Boone wanted to curse, "When did the Dutch have such powerful artillery? Why didn't I hear about it?"
"This" person is just a small soldier, how can he know the inside story?
Boone pushed aside the obstructive men and strode out.
After climbing up the city wall and looking at the densely packed ships on the sea, Boone took a breath of air.
He slapped his subordinate in the face with his backhand, pointed at the sea and asked angrily: "Why didn't you make it clear in the beginning that there were so many ships coming?"
There are more than two hundred ships, which is equivalent to all the ships in the country. The Dutch, whose national conditions are worse than theirs, cannot have so many ships!
What does this mean?
It means that the visitor is not the Dutch fleet!
The personal attendant brought a telescope. Boone held the telescope and observed it for a while. Then he turned around angrily and slapped the man who first reported the news again.
"idiot!"
"A fool who fails to accomplish anything but fails more than once!"
The swollen cheek that had just been slapped is now symmetrical!
Looking at his swollen cheeks, Boonyou couldn't understand his hatred. He raised his leg and kicked him, causing him to roll down the steps of the city wall. His life or death was unknown!
For a useless idiot, dead is dead, Boone did not pay much attention to it.
He drew his sword and pointed it straight at Manila Bay, "Fire cannons for me and sink a ship, and I will reward you with a thousand taels of silver! Sink two ships and get promoted to the first level and reward you with two thousand taels of silver!"
After a round of shelling, the ship did not sink, but only made a row of water splashes, which was quite spectacular!
Boon's face turned red with anger, "Keep blasting me! I don't believe it."
Before he finished speaking, a cannonball dropped next to him and exploded instantly!
If the attendant next to him hadn't thrown him to the ground, he would have been injured this time.
Boone shook his head, his ears buzzing. What was even worse was that he only saw other soldiers talking to him, but could not hear their voices.
He covered his ears and rubbed them, but still couldn't hear their voices.
"Mr. Governor, are you okay?"
"My Lord Governor, Governor"
Boone fell straight down, making the subordinates next to him scream in fright.
"Boom boom boom"
Another round of artillery bombarded the city wall, killing and injuring a large number of soldiers on the wall.
The Xiyi people who escaped death were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.
"This won't work. Their artillery has a farther range than ours, and we can't resist it. Let's escape before they can attack the shore, shall we?"
"Yes, yes, if you don't run away, there will be no chance of escaping later!"
"But the Governor is not awake yet!"
"It's better if he doesn't wake up. Let's carry him and escape together. When he wakes up and asks, we'll tell him that Luzon Island has been captured by the enemy!"
"But the treasures collected by the Governor are still in the warehouse."
"this"
An impatient soldier cursed: "My life is almost gone, why do I care about those dead things? Run away quickly, I don't want to be captured and become a miner!"
Because he led dozens of people onto the deck without hesitation.
Seeing this, the others had no choice but to follow and get on the boat.
Of the dozen or so soft sailing ships relying on Manila Bay, five of them raised their sails at once.
Li Dingguo pointed to the five ships with full sails and said: "The Western Yi people want to escape!"
Everyone followed the sound and saw that five sailboats had sailed out of the port and fled westward.
Feng Tu became anxious, "Fifth Master, let's send a boat to chase him."
Those were five sea ships, so it was a pity that they escaped.
You must know that their current fleet of ships was slowly accumulated bit by bit through them.
Building five sea-going ships requires a lot of manpower and material resources.
Li Chengmu glanced at Long Yutian and said to Feng Tu with a smile: "Originally, sir, I have been nagging in front of me not to pursue the poor enemy, but today in this bay, you can pursue me, but don't sail out of this bay.
"
If you can't catch up in the bay, then entering the open sea and trying to catch up again in the vast sea is undoubtedly a fool's errand.
Feng Tu accepted the order, excitedly summoned his soldiers, sailed through the wind and waves, and chased the Xiyi people.
Li Chengmu looked at the several ships leaving and asked Long Yutian: "Sir, do you think Feng Tu and the others can catch up with Xiyi's ship?"
Long Yutian stroked his beard and shook his head with a smile: "The soft sailing boats of the Xiyi people are not unworthy of their fame. Feng Tu led several ships and wanted to catch up with the Xiyi people. It is difficult!"
After hearing what he said, Li Chengmu looked at him in surprise: "Since we can't catch up, why didn't you stop me just now?"
"Haha." Long Yutian was overjoyed when he heard this, "The officers in our team lack experience in naval battles. Since they lack it, let them go to sea and practice more. The pursuit battle between the enemy and ourselves is also a very important battle in naval battles. There is no harm in chasing a few more times.
, just accumulate experience!”
Li Chengmu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "Sir, you have good intentions. With you here, the team has a backbone."
"Hahaha!"
His words caused Long Yutian to laugh again.
Feng Tu took the lead in pursuing the enemy. Li Dingguo also wanted to make a contribution. He pointed at the twenty or so ships at the port and said: "There are ten soft sailing ships parked at the dock, and there are many ships like ours. I want to come to these sea ships."
The boat should belong to a local indigenous family."
This time it was Li Chengmu who laughed happily, "Haha. These boats are owned by us. You send people to see who is on the boats? If there are any people, throw them all off the boats!"
“You can gain so much from a trip to the sea, let’s celebrate tonight!”
"Everything depends on Master Wu!" Long Yutian thought about how he would have to eat a few bowls of vegetables tonight after drifting on the sea for so many days.
The fleet docked at the dock, and the soldiers disembarked in an orderly manner. Except for those who stayed behind, the others went to sweep away the surrounding Xiyi people.
Not many of the local natives of Luzon were surprised to see the Dayu people, and not many of them came over to build relationships.
The happiest people were the Dayu people in Luzon. Their faces showed joy. If their own soldiers and horses came, they would not be afraid of being killed by the Xiyi people.
Even more people came out and were willing to lead the way for the soldiers to prevent them from going the wrong way and being accidentally killed by the Xiyi people.
Li Dingguo was taken to the Governor's Mansion by the local Dayu people.
Hundreds of Xiyi people who had no time to escape gathered in the Governor's Mansion. It would take some effort for Dayu's troops to break through.
The situation Li Dingguo encountered here was promptly reported to the ship.
Long Yutian didn't have much patience for such an enemy who was stubbornly resisting. Considering that the soldiers had been floating on the sea for more than a month and needed rest physically and mentally, he summoned his personal guards and said, "Go and send a message to Li Dingguo."
Don't be impatient, kid, the governor's food supply is definitely limited, so he will besiege the people inside for the time being, and when they become too hungry, he will take action first."
After a day's rest, the soldiers had eaten and drank enough to replenish their spirits. Li Dingguo ordered people to bring in stainless steel cannons, "You aim at the gate and the wall and bomb them. Blow them down. Those who resist inside will live or die!"
After this order, the artillerymen no longer had any scruples. As long as they aimed at the Governor's Mansion, they could fire as much as they wanted.
The local Dayu people were very excited. It was good and wonderful. They finally no longer had to live too hard for a few taels of silver.
No longer need to be oppressed by the Westerners!
The gate of the Governor's Palace was incomparable to the city gate. With only a few shots, the walls and gate were gone.
Those who resisted in the Governor's Mansion died, and those who were threatened and forced to compromise were injured.
Only those who truly wanted to surrender were spared the beating, but what awaited them next was an endless mining life in the mines.
The governor's palace has been captured, and other residences of the Xiyi people cannot be spared.
Suddenly, the city of Manila was buzzing with people and it was so lively.
Especially when a box of jewelry, silver, etc. was found there, the whole team cheered!
The treasures found in the surrounding Xiyi people's residences were collected together, and the amount was very considerable.
The soldiers searching the Governor's Mansion, under great pressure, discovered a secret room of treasures, which was blinding to them!
The list was delivered to Li Chengmu. He read it over and said, "Looking at the handwriting on this list, it should have been written not long ago. The Western Yi people sorted out the treasures. Could it be that they wanted to transport them away?"
Long Yutian nodded: "It's very possible, but we didn't expect that we would suddenly appear in this sea area. It allowed us to take advantage of the loophole."
"Luck is also a part of strength." Li Chengmu smiled, and the topic ended.
Just like yesterday, there was no suspense. Even though he knew that he could not catch up with the fleeing Xiyi people, he had no choice but to send Feng Tu to chase them.
However, Li Chengmu was curious about how these Western colonists searched for treasures?
Looking at the Xiyi people's account books, these goods were looted from the people's treasures.
These are not the officials who manage this island. They are almost like barbaric barbarians.
No wonder the people of Dayu called them Xiyi people!