Chapter 646 The treasure house of the king's family
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At this moment, Yu Dayou made it clear that he did not want to talk to them anymore. How could this not make Earl Bauhinia worry?
As a high-ranking figure in the kingdom, Count Bauhinia knew the situation in the country very well at this time. If peace talks really could not hold back the Ming army, it would be unrealistic to defend the capital with the thousands of troops in the city alone.
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Once the capital city is breached, let alone whether the kingdom will be destroyed, even if the kingdom can be rebuilt afterwards, the fate of nobles like them, even Earl Bauhinia can imagine.
That's why Earl Bauhinia did not hesitate to leave the city as an envoy to negotiate with the Ming people when Charles I called his name.
However, the celebrity's reaction was beyond Earl Bauhinia's expectation. In Earl Bauhinia's imagination, Akito should join them in peace talks.
After all, the ultimate goal of all wars is to gain benefits. As long as they are willing to pay huge benefits, they can completely avoid a war.
However, Earl Bauhinia had miscalculated. Yu Dayou and others did not seem to have any intention of peace talks.
Earl Zijin, who was dragged by several soldiers, said loudly to Yu Dayou: "We are willing to negotiate, we are willing to negotiate, what do you want, let's just say..."
It's a pity that Yu Dayou was not moved at all. He sat there and said slowly: "If I, Ming, want something, I will get it myself."
After saying this, Yu Dayou said with some impatience: "Send them back to the city."
Soon the Earl of Bauhinia, who looked desperate, was sent to the city by a group of soldiers, and then the soldiers left Earl of Bauhinia and others under the city and turned around to leave.
On the city wall, Charles I looked at the Earl of Bauhinia below the city with some expectation and said loudly: "Earl of Bauhinia, come up quickly."
Soon he saw a hanging basket hanging down. Count Bauhinia glanced in the direction of the Ming army camp behind him with some unwillingness, and then gritted his teeth and got into the hanging basket.
On the city wall, Charles I watched Earl Bauhinia come out of the hanging basket. Not only Charles I, but also the generals and ministers on the side looked at Earl Bauhinia.
"How about it? What did Akito say?"
"Do they want compensation in gold and silver? We can afford just gold and silver, as long as they are willing to withdraw their troops."
"Yes, after spending millions of gold coins, I think they should be satisfied."
The people spoke to each other in a relaxed and somewhat disdainful tone, as if they could retreat the Ming army in front of them by giving away some gold and silver.
But Earl Bauhinia slowly shook his head, and in the midst of everyone's doubtful gazes, he said to Charles I: "Your Majesty, Ming people ask His Majesty the King to go out of the city to surrender to them in person..."
"What, absolutely not, they are so crazy that they even dare to make such unreasonable demands!"
A general loyal to Charles I couldn't help roaring loudly.
Many ministers also had angry expressions on their faces. As the saying goes, the Lord humiliates his ministers and dies. Although the Western lands do not pay attention to this, they still understand the principle of both prosperity and loss.
The Ming Dynasty asked Charles I to leave the city and surrender, which meant that the city would be destroyed without attack, and they would most likely become prisoners.
When they thought of this, these people became a little anxious.
"Your Majesty, you must not agree to this. The worst we can do is fight them!"
"Yes, let's fight!"
Some people demanded a deadly battle with the Ming Dynasty, while others persuaded Charles I to open the city and surrender. In the end, the two factions almost fought on the city wall.
Charles I, who had always had a cold face, suddenly shouted: "That's enough, don't you think it's a mess? It's already at this time, and you still have the heart to quarrel here."
Charles I finally silenced the two factions with a roar. Everyone looked at each other, and finally everyone looked at Charles I.
I heard Charles I grit his teeth and say: "Everyone, if you don't want to be a prisoner, then unite and fight against the Ming people."
The main fighting faction naturally cheered when they heard this, but the surrender faction all showed disappointment.
Charles I said: "I hope that everyone can work together. Although the Ming people are numerous, their combat power may not be very strong. As long as we can unite as one, we may not be able to defeat the Ming army."
As Charles I made up his mind, or because of the prestige of Charles I, or because these nobles were unwilling to become prisoners after the city was broken, they actually united together under the oppression of the army outside the city.
The ground shook, and a dark group of men and horses were seen heading towards the capital carrying siege equipment that had been built not long ago.
Siege warfare has always been the best test of the eliteness of soldiers, and these soldiers can be selected to go thousands of miles away to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, they are the elite among the elite.
Relatively speaking, these soldiers are all veterans with experience in siege, so when they siege the city, they are all in order and there is no need for anyone to direct and coordinate.
Ladders were erected one after another. As a large number of soldiers appeared under the city wall, muskets sounded. Suddenly at least dozens of Ming soldiers fell under the city wall, and many of them were killed on the spot.
However, the expressions of Yu Dayou and other generals commanding the army from a distance remained unchanged, as if the death of those soldiers was not important at all.
In fact, both Yu Dayou and other generals were deeply saddened by the death of any soldier.
It was not obvious when they were at home, but after going abroad, Yu Dayou and the others realized how important every soldier was.
"Prepare artillery fire, give me a hard blast."
After the first wave of tentative attacks, Yu Dayou roughly figured out the defense situation in the city, and then directly used his artillery to start bombarding.
If he really wanted to attack by force, to be honest, Yu Dayou wasn't worried about not being able to capture it, but he would have to pay a high price. I'm afraid it would be difficult to capture the capital without the death of one or two thousand elite soldiers.
But if he really had to sacrifice the lives of thousands of elite soldiers to attack the capital, Yu Dayou would rather not attack the city.
At this time, the importance of artillery was revealed. Generally speaking, siege artillery is very heavy, but there is no doubt about this.
After all, the Crouching Tiger Cannon is just a Crouching Tiger Cannon. It is very powerful for attacking infantry at close range. However, if it is used to attack a city, its effect will obviously be much worse.
A dozen cannons slowly appeared in sight due to the efforts of a group of soldiers. Each of these cannons weighed hundreds of kilograms and required several soldiers to push them.
More than a dozen cannons were spread out in a row, and their black muzzles were pointed at the city wall.
On the city wall, Charles I and other generals saw that they had repelled the first wave of attacks by the Ming army. They all let out a sigh of relief, and their hearts that were originally hanging were relieved.
However, before they could get happy, they saw the cannons of the Ming army being pushed out one after another. Looking at the black muzzles, everyone's hearts sank for a moment.
As for the power of cannons, anyone who knows something about cannons will naturally know it very well.
Several generals almost dragged Charles I away from the city wall. Before they could hide themselves, they heard a roar, followed closely by another roar.
Rubbles flew everywhere, and cannonballs either hit the city wall directly or fell into the city.
The cannons continued to roar, and more than a dozen cannons fired continuously, blasting shells into the city, causing the city to fall into chaos.
This wave of bombardment lasted for less than half an hour, but Charles I and other generals who were hiding in the corner of the city wall could only watch helplessly.
It seemed like the days passed like years, and finally the sound of cannons stopped, but at this moment, the earth shook, and the shouts of killing came again.
"No, hurry up and defend the city wall."
A general reacted and shouted loudly, and many soldiers rolled and crawled towards the city wall.
One by one, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty climbed up the city wall, and when the first soldier of the Ming Dynasty appeared on the city wall, more and more soldiers of the Ming Dynasty climbed up the city wall and fought with the Spanish soldiers who were guarding the city.
Together.
The two sides actually got into a melee on the city wall. The small city wall could not support too many soldiers at all. This was not a bad thing for the Spanish side. After all, the city wall was so big that both sides could not invest too much.
of human hands.
Therefore, what the two sides compete with to a large extent is perseverance. Once whoever fails to hold on first, the winner will naturally be determined by then.
Whenever a soldier dies in battle, new soldiers will join in. The small area suddenly turns into a flesh and blood mill. In just a short time, no less than three hundred people from both sides fell here.
There are so many people.
Compared with the Spaniards, at least 200 of the more than 300 people who fell were Spaniards, and the Ming side accounted for almost more than one-third.
"How's it going? Did you drive Akito out of the city?"
Under the city wall, Charles I asked a general eagerly.
The general shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Your Majesty, Akito is too tough. Our people simply cannot drive him off the city wall."
Charles I's expression changed, with a look of dejection on his face, and he whispered, "Are we really defeated?"
All fools know that when Akito pushed out the siege cannon, the outcome was already doomed.
With the help of artillery, if tens of thousands of Ming people could not capture such a capital city guarded by only a few thousand people, then it would be impossible for Ming people to capture the port and fight all the way to the capital city.
Suddenly, a burst of cheers came, and Charles I and others looked up and saw a sun and moon flag planted on the city wall, and groups of Spanish soldiers running towards them rolling and crawling.
"It's over!"
Seeing this scene, even Charles I realized that they had lost, no matter how slow his reaction was.
As soon as his vision went dark, Charles I fainted. The moment he passed out, he heard a cry.
With a creaking sound, the city gate covered in gunpowder smoke was slowly opened, and then a group of soldiers from the Ming Dynasty poured into the city.
Those ministers and generals were very decisive when facing the Ming army. They surrendered to the Ming army one by one. Even the unconscious king was sacrificed to the Ming people.
Riding on their tall horses, Yu Dayou and others walked into the capital.
Tens of thousands of soldiers poured into the capital, almost filling it up.
To be honest, in Yu Dayou's opinion, this capital city is too small, not even the size of an ordinary county town in the Ming Dynasty. It is conceivable that if such a city cannot be broken by tens of thousands of elite troops and artillery, it is not as good as
Forget about withdrawing the troops.
In the palace of Charles I, Yu Dayou and others were sitting there, and below them was the awakened Charles I.
At this moment, Charles I's expression returned to calm. Sitting there, he looked like an ordinary person at first glance, but this happened to be the monarch of a powerful maritime country.
After sizing up Charles I, no matter how Yu Dayou and Jiao Yuan asked, Charles I did not speak.
Charles I did not speak, and Yu Dayou and others did not force him, but they were too lazy to spend time on him. Anyway, just like Charles I, he would eventually be sent to the capital.
The kings of the large and small countries that they destroyed along the way are almost all in the capital now.
Therefore, although Charles I is said to be the king of Spain, in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, he is not much different from the kings of small countries.
Now that the capital city has been conquered, it is naturally time to start harvesting.
Groups of soldiers began their journey to search for wealth under the joint supervision of Jinyiwei, Dongchang and others.
First, the location of the king's treasure was found. It was densely packed with gold, silver, jewelry, antique jades and other precious objects that filled the entire secret room.
It has to be said that the gold and silver plundered from the king's treasury alone are worth as much as 50 million taels.
The amount of treasures unearthed from the king's treasury was truly beyond everyone's expectations.
A total of more than 50 million taels, which is definitely not a small number. Such a large amount of wealth does seem quite astonishing and exaggerated, but if you think about it, it will not be difficult to accept.
Charles I has been in power for so many years, and it was also the period when the Spanish navy expanded overseas and occupied various overseas treasures. During this period, all the governors who were sent abroad would not transfer large amounts of gold, silver and jewelry ship by ship.
When various treasures were transported back to Spain, some of them were dedicated to Charles I, and the other part went into the pockets of these governors.
In addition to the treasure house of Charles I, the most concerned thing is the national treasury. As the treasury of a country, especially the treasury of a country that was the most powerful maritime power in this period, how much wealth has been accumulated in it?
Most people really don’t know much about it.
Even in the middle of a war, Charles I still arranged for a team of troops to be stationed here to ensure the safety of the treasury. Otherwise, if something unexpected happened to the treasury, it would affect the stability of the country.
Even though some people took advantage of the chaos in the city to take advantage of the troubled waters, they were beaten up by the guards of the treasury and left behind a pile of corpses, which gave these people who wanted to take advantage of the chaos a break.
