In the central castle, Zhang Yanling took the time to interrogate the governor. A Flemish woman acted as an interpreter. Although her Chinese was stammering, she could barely communicate.
Upon inquiry, we learned that the newly appointed Governor of Guri was named Fernan. He was sent from China to take over the post of Governor not long ago, and he encountered such a mess even before he took up his position.
However, this guy's attitude was very arrogant. Zhang Yanling asked him to order the Franco soldiers outside the castle to surrender. In the end, this guy actually said something righteous and awe-inspiring.
"We, the soldiers of Folangji, never surrender. You Ming people secretly attacked you, which is despicable and shameless. There are ten thousand soldiers of our country, Folangji, in Guli City. You can never succeed. It is you who should surrender. I can spare your life in the name of Governor Guli.
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Zhang Yanling asked several times, but this guy was still stubborn. Even the other prisoners who were captured together started shouting at him, scolding him that he wanted to kill other people, but this guy was still stubborn.
This was the first time that Zhang Yanling had seen such a tough-minded official from Folangji. Zhang Yanling naturally had no time to fight with such a stubborn person. When persuasion failed, Zhang Yanling shot him to death.
, preserved his reputation.
But what Zhang Yanling hopes is that it is best for a leading figure to come forward and order the soldiers and horses in the city to surrender. This is the best result. Otherwise, there are many enemies, and with hundreds of our own troops, it can cause chaos at the beginning, but
Soon the enemy will know his true and false position.
As soon as day breaks, this kind of chaos will disappear as the true and false trump cards are seen clearly, and the opponent will definitely organize and launch a fierce counterattack. This will definitely not be resisted by hundreds of our own troops.
The governor refused to cooperate. The other person Zhang Yanling could think of who could persuade the Francois to surrender was the bishop of this city. Although he did not have a real official position, the status of a religious leader was obviously very important to the Francois.
Medium should not be low. You should try it no matter what.
In a small building on the west side of the castle, Zhang Yanling led people to capture the bishop named Arthur. Bishop Arthur was one of the cardinals of the Franco Kingdom, and he was a core figure second only to the archbishop.
One, holds a high position of authority and respect in the Holy See.
In the South Asian continent, various religions are prevalent. If Catholicism wants to unify the religion here, or develop into the largest religion, it naturally needs a powerful figure to lead it. Cardinal Arthur is the figure for whom high hopes are placed.
When they caught him, the bishop hid in a cupboard and shivered. Under the bed in his room, Zhang Yanling's men also pulled out two naked little boys with delicate features. The Ming soldiers thought these two were
The little boy was the descendant of the bishop, and they wanted to take him away as a threat. Zhang Yanling stopped them.
Obviously these two little boys are not the children and grandchildren of the bishop, and the somewhat dirty traditions of Catholicism are obviously not new to later generations, but have a long history.
Lord Arthur was very cooperative. When Zhang Yanling asked him to persuade the Franco soldiers to put down their weapons and stop attacking, Lord Arthur immediately said that this was exactly what he wanted to do.
So, after some shouting, Lord Arthur stood on the high platform of the church and shouted to the soldiers outside with an iron bucket trumpet.
"Brave warriors, God has seen your bravery and has recorded your efforts in defending His honor in your merit book. But it is time to end this battle. Because God loves you
, do not want you to experience death and bloodshed. I, Arthur, in the name of God, ask you to lay down your arms, stop fighting, and reach reconciliation with the Easterners."
It has to be said that the Arthur protagonist is quite eloquent. Once the act of surrendering in fear of death is labeled as the will of God, then everything will be justified.
After Arthur's words, there were those of other officials. Other officials in the Guri Port Governor's Mansion took turns to make words, persuading or ordering the soldiers outside to surrender.
There were only a few hundred French soldiers guarding the outside of the central castle, and even the gate of the central castle could not be attacked. At this moment, the bishop and officials were controlled by the enemy again, and they were persuaded to surrender. Naturally, they lost their fighting spirit.
However, they refused to surrender and only agreed to withdraw from the castle as a condition, requiring the Ming soldiers not to harm the bishop and other officials. As a military, this was the biggest concession they could make. Regarding the demands made by the bishop
They went to persuade all the soldiers and horses in the city to stop fighting, but the soldiers obviously would not agree.
Zhang Yanling accepted the conditions. He knew that this was the best goal that could be achieved. It seemed that the role of the bishop was limited and of little use to the Franco Army. After all, the glory of the Holy See in the Middle Ages had come to an end, and they could no longer
Absolute authority controls all military, political, cultural and religious affairs. Being able to make concessions to withdraw from the castle is already a good result.
Even so, Zhang Yanling still felt at ease. Occupying the church in the city and controlling the main people in the city was the established goal. At least all the Folangji people in the city now could not get clear instructions, which was beneficial to the war.
Moreover, this huge castle has a complete defense system, with tall walls and strong gates, and the terrain is also very good. Occupying this place can reserve a barrier for all the raiding troops in the city to retreat and defend. This is of great significance.
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After all the Franco soldiers exited the castle, the Ming soldiers took over the entire castle. Zhang Yanling gathered all the captives in the castle to take care of them. He quickly inspected the layout of the entire castle and arranged the defense forces everywhere.
Climb to the highest point of the entire castle: the attic above the bell tower of the church.
Standing on the attic, Zhang Yanling used a telescope to observe the situation in the city. This is the highest point in the city, and the entire city can be seen at a glance.
The morning light is already shining in the east, and under a gleam of milky white light is the dark sea. Black and white are distinct, which is the time when light and darkness meet.
In Guli City, there were blazing fires everywhere and the sound of guns rumbling. On the east wall, black smoke rose up, and groups of fire exploded. It was the heavy artillery on the east city that was bombarding the city. The range of five or six miles can
Covering half of the city, all areas of the East City were covered by shelling. The panic caused can be imagined.
The streets were full of running people. The panicked people were running towards the west of the city. At the gate of the west of the city, the crowds gathered and crowded, and they were as dark as a large swarm of ants.
Where the granary supplies were located, fires were burning high into the sky, and black smoke filled the sky, forming thick smoke and dust, just like the rolling dark clouds before a heavy rain. The fire of the muskets near the warehouse flashed, indicating that sporadic fighting was taking place.
The battle in the direction of the military camp is the most intense. From the telescope, you can see through the smoke and dust that a large number of Franco soldiers are rushing out from the military camp. The flames fired by the rows of blunderbuss on the street are clearly visible. The soldiers led by Huo Shijian are desperately blocking the attack.
A large number of Franco soldiers and horses poured out from the military camp.
Relatively calm was the location in the south and north of the city, which had not been specially attacked. In the telescope under the morning light, Zhang Yanling saw a large number of enemy troops gathering on the long street, rushing towards the east city wall and the military camp.
Like rushing streams of turbid water.
Zhang Yanling knew that it was time. The sky would light up soon, and Fo Langji's soldiers and horses had slowed down. They had begun to attack the place where the fighting was fierce. If measures were not taken immediately at this time, all the people outside the castle would be destroyed.
The Ming army will be in danger of being surrounded and wiped out.
The goals of destroying supplies, destroying the defenses of the pier and the east city wall, and arresting key officials have been achieved. The rest will be left to time.
"Send a signal flare and order all personnel to retreat to the castle. Save your strength." Zhang Yanling put down his telescope and shouted in a deep voice.
Bright fireworks rockets rose into the sky and exploded into gorgeous fireworks in the gray sky. The other three Ming army teams all saw this signal of assembly.
On the long street, Huo Shijian ordered everyone to throw a round of Jingua Lei, and under the cover of explosions, smoke and fire, they turned around and ran towards the center of the city.
In the fire and smoke near the warehouse, only about 20 of the 50 Ming troops led by Ma Laoliu of the third team, who had suffered huge losses, were left. But they had successfully set fire to a large area of grain stacks and seven or eight warehouses.
The spread of the fire was unstoppable. When they saw the signal flare rising into the sky, they turned around and left without hesitation.
On the top of the Dongcheng city, Chen Shiyi gave an order loudly. The soldiers threw several golden melons into the base and breech of the heavy artillery, deforming the key positions of the heavy artillery, and threw all the stone ball shells under the city. Only then
Gather and evacuate from the broken stone steps on the side of the tower, and evacuate towards the castle.
The clouds in the east were smudged, and the colorful light dyed the sea surface red. A red sun burst out at a speed visible to the naked eye.