Chakun was a soldier and he was a strict man. In the past, in order to defend against the possible invasion of the Dutch, Manila's defense had not been relaxed.
Although the Ming army seems to have a lot of strength now, he is not particularly afraid once it stabilizes.
Of course, there was nothing we could do about the naval battle, and we would definitely lose. However, if the Ming army wanted to capture Manila, there was no way they could do it in a short while. As long as it dragged on and held on, the Ming army came from so far away.
There are definitely problems with the place and logistics.
A governor with a non-military background would probably not have thought of this, but Cha Kun immediately thought of it.
So, he immediately issued a military order, asking the people on the sailing battleship to abandon the sailing battleship and retreat into the city to strengthen the defense of Manila.
At the same time, he gave some fierce instructions to the men around him. Then, he looked at the densely packed Ming warships in Manila Bay and remained silent.
This Cha Kun is actually not very afraid of the Ming Dynasty. It can even be said that in his eyes, except for Europeans, all other races are weak chickens, even the Ming Dynasty is no exception.
In the original history, he felt the war in the Ming Dynasty, so he joined forces with the bishop of Luzon and other dignitaries to send a memorial to the King of Spain, asking the King of Spain to send troops to the East. He did not ask for more, but at most two
With the strength of 10,000 Spanish troops, the Ming Kingdom could be conquered and presented to the King of Spain.
Even in his memorial, he also discussed how to colonize the Ming Dynasty in the future. Of course, it was still the same method that the Europeans were good at, using religion and force, and then supporting the two Japanese devils, etc.
It's just a pity that after receiving this memorial, the King of Spain wanted to do this, but Europe had already reached the later stage of the Thirty Years War of Religion, and Spain was still the defeated side, and could not even take care of its homeland.
How could it be possible to come to the far east!
Due to the butterfly effect, such a memorial was not sent out, but his contempt for the Orientals was engraved in his bones.
At this time, Chakun, after thinking about this, began to give orders again, ordering the natives in the city to cooperate with the Spanish musketeers and prepare to fight the Ming army. It was even possible to see some natives before the Ming army came ashore.
, left the city and headed far away.
At this time, the war at sea was one-sided in the face of absolute strength. In addition, later on, the Spaniards directly abandoned their warships and withdrew into the city of Manila, because the naval battle ended soon.
Row after row of Ming warships docked, and team after team of Ming army soldiers came ashore, marched toward Manila City, and formed formations outside the artillery range.
On some ships, horses had to be driven off the ship, and the artillerymen were also busy unloading the cannons.
For a moment, outside Manila, people were shouting and horses were neighing, and it was very lively. On the top of Manila, both the natives and the Spaniards looked nervously, and even looked at the scene outside the city with some fear.
Uniform military uniforms, dazzling red, there must be at least tens of thousands of people, it is really shocking to see!
While they were watching, they suddenly saw a white man coming out of the Ming army's formation and approaching the city of Manila.
This surprised the Spaniards on the city wall. Why was there a white man in the Ming army?
But they quickly came to their senses, this must be the Portuguese!
Seeing that the Portuguese man gestured with his empty hands, indicating that he had no weapons, it was obvious that he was talking.
Therefore, everyone is looking at their Governor Chakun. What does it mean to look at the Governor?
Chakun looked at the Portuguese man approaching with a sullen face. To be honest, he was very unhappy.
Because Portugal was originally a part of Spain, it fought for independence and separated from Spain. So far, Spain has not recognized Portugal. It has tried to conquer Portugal and re-annex it, but due to various reasons, it has not been successful.
Therefore, it is certainly impossible for the Portuguese to be polite in Chakun's eyes.
However, now there was a large army pressing down outside the city, and Cha Kun first wanted to find out the true purpose of the Ming army, and secondly, he wanted to delay, so he allowed the Portuguese to approach.
When he was almost out of the musket range, the Portuguese stopped and shouted loudly: "Brothers from Spain, the Tomorrow Soldiers asked me to give you a message. Surrender early, and maybe you can avoid death! If you resist to the end,
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty said that all of you must die to pay for the lives of those Ming people who were killed in Luzon!"
Upon hearing this, Cha Kun confirmed that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty really sent the army for the previous massacre of the Ming people in Luzon.
At this time, he just wanted to buy time, so he asked his subordinates to respond loudly: "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty never cared about their escape overseas, so don't lie to us. If you want money, tell us how much it is, and we can discuss anything!"
"Don't have any more illusions!" the Portuguese shouted. "The Ming Emperor issued a decree and assembled troops from several southeastern provinces, equivalent to several Spanish troops, with as many as 100,000 troops. The Southeast Navy Commander
Commander-in-Chief Zheng leads the army, and the Nanjing garrison eunuch Mr. Lu oversees the army. They are here to repay the blood debt. If you don’t surrender obediently, none of you will survive!"
Hearing this, the Spanish people on the city who could understand it suddenly felt a lot of pressure. The Ming Dynasty was serious, and they actually gathered several Spanish troops!
After hearing this, Chakun had a sullen face and asked his men to shout: "Don't scare people. Where did the army of 100,000 come from? It's okay to deceive children. Do you think we Spaniards are just like you Portuguese?"
"I'm really not trying to scare you. The Ming Dynasty formed the Luzon Expeditionary Force, and it only took two days to capture the Dutch city of Jelanja. Your Manila is not much better. Surrender as soon as possible, and you will have a chance to survive.
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Hearing this, the Spaniards on the city were relieved. The reason was very simple. They all knew what happened to the city of Relanja. Not to mention one hundred thousand people, even one hundred thousand more, that would be enough.
It is impossible to capture the city of Relanja in two days!
So, there was no need for Chakun to speak, and the other Spaniards shouted loudly.
"Stop bragging, be careful with your tongue!"
"Just seizing the port of Relanja City will probably take a few days. That's not what more ships can do. Do you think we don't know that?"
"That's right, the city of Relanje is easy to defend and difficult to attack. How can we defeat the city with these eastern natives? Not to mention two days, even two years, we may not be able to defeat it!"
"..."
The Portuguese listened to their shouting and talked in a flurry, until they could no longer hear clearly. But the meaning was obvious, that the Spaniards didn't believe it at all.
The Portuguese actually understands this very well. To be honest, it only took two days for the Ming army to capture the city of Relanja. He still finds it a bit incredible!
At this time, he had completed the task of shouting and no longer wasted his voice. Anyway, the Spaniards did not believe it. In the end, the only ones who were unlucky were the Spaniards themselves.
So, he quickly retreated and reported to Zheng Zhibao in front of the battle: "Those Spaniards have no intention of surrender, they don't believe it yet, they are swearing!"
After Zheng Zhibao heard this, he turned around and looked at the supervisor Lu Jiude.
It would be best if Luzon could be like Dongfan and the Spaniards were forced to surrender directly due to the might of the Ming Dynasty.
However, since the Spaniards were unwilling to surrender, Lu Jiude didn't want to worry about it, and immediately said calmly: "Since these Western barbarians don't know how to appreciate others, then let Marshal Zheng take care of everything!"
After hearing this, Zheng Zhibao turned around and ordered his artillerymen to push out the heavy artillery and blast it for a while to suppress the enemy's morale. As for siege, at least there will be no such thing in the past few days.
At this time, only three heavy artillery pieces were moved from the ship and pushed to the front of the formation by the Ming army soldiers.
Seeing this scene, the Spaniards on the top of Manila City didn't take it seriously at all. At such a long distance, the artillery had no deterrent effect on the city wall. Therefore, the artillery on the top of the city did not move at all. At such a distance,
Artillery bombardment is just a waste of gunpowder.
"Boom boom boom..."
Suddenly, I saw artillery fire from the Ming army, and then I heard the deafening sound of the artillery, and the sound of iron bullets hitting the city wall at the same time, making a huge noise.
When Cha Kun saw it, he was immediately startled. How come the range of the Ming Dynasty's artillery was so far? Looking at the size of the artillery, it shouldn't be!
While I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard the deafening sound of artillery from the direction of the sea.
"Boom boom boom..."
Cha Kun quickly turned his head to look, only to see that the armored and smoking battleship was firing. One of the iron bullets hit the battlements, blowing up a lot of gravel and soil, and the people around him wailed.
When Cha Kun saw it, he was even more shocked. The range of Ming artillery was beyond his expectation. He was so frightened that he shouted loudly: "Quick, quick, bring us up, bring us up!"
Upon hearing his order, his men quickly shouted the order.
Outside Manila, before the second round of shelling had begun, new movements were suddenly seen on the top of Manila.
Zheng Zhibao was watching with a telescope. When he saw this, he quickly shouted: "Quick, stop the bombardment!"
After hearing this, his personal guards quickly went to pass the order, while Zheng Zhibao himself immediately turned around and reported to Lu Jiude, who was still feeling hot under the umbrella: "Eunuch Lu, those Western barbarians seem to be taking our Ming people as hostages!
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"Oh?" Lu Jiude felt a little surprised after hearing this. He immediately took the special telescope handed to him by the young eunuch beside him and looked towards the top of the city.
Sure enough, every few feet away on the city wall, there was a prisoner being held captive.
Here in Nanyang, there are currently three types of people, the Western Yi, the natives and the Ming people. Needless to say, the Western Yi are like ghosts and can be distinguished at first sight.
Although it is not as easy to distinguish between the indigenous people and the Ming people as the Western Yi people, the differences are actually very big.
Lu Jiude could confirm at a glance that those people were all wise men.