Chapter 1600 Redemption, You Think Too Much

Luzon, in the city of Manila, Akula, the governor of the Sibanians, was unaware of the upcoming war. He still had a ball in the governor's mansion, and the officials in the governor's mansion and the ladies in the city danced lightly. When entering the climax, a guard suddenly rushed in from outside, disrupting the joy of the dance.

"Soldier, you must give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise you will go to the most remote outpost tomorrow!" As Sibanians like to enjoy, the interruption of the dance is unforgivable for Akula.

"Governor...Your Excellency the Governor, a powerful fleet suddenly came outside. It looks like they are coming towards us. The port is in chaos now." The soldier said nervously.

"Fleet? Are you kidding? Is there a fleet stronger than ours in this sea area?" Akula sneered at this. Could it be that the British came to Southeast Asia? This is obviously impossible, right? As for the Dutch, they are not so powerful in Southeast Asia.

"It's the fleet of the Ming Dynasty! They have dozens of large ships, and they have surrounded the port!" The soldier quickly explained. In fact, if he hadn't seen the flags on Zheng Zhilong and others' ships, he wouldn't have believed it. How could the Chinese have such a powerful fleet? These battleships are probably more powerful than the most powerful battleships of the Armada, right?

If the Ming people had such a powerful navy, why did they endure our massacre of the Ming people? Akula didn't believe this at all, but the sudden sound of gunfire made him uneasy. He immediately led people to the watchtower of the Governor's Mansion, and took out his binoculars to look at the sea area of ​​the port.

Seeing this, the expression on Akula's face suddenly froze. Just like what the soldier said, the sea outside the port has been densely blocked by huge warships, and several of their warships are under the concentrated attack of the enemy. , and their cannons did not work at all. The shells fired fell into the sea far away from the warships of the Ming Dynasty. They could only stay in the port and be beaten passively, but could not cause any damage to the enemy.

"Quickly blow the horn, ring the bell, call all the soldiers to defend the city wall, and pull out all the cannons!" Akula immediately realized that it would be a matter of time before the warships in the port were sunk, and they had to rely on the city of Manila It has been defended, and it is very likely that it will not be able to withstand the attack of the Ming army.

Since their navy is so powerful, the army is definitely not that weak. Even if their army is only half of the navy, no, one-third of it, the fall of Manila City is only a matter of time.

"Your Excellency, there are still many Ming businessmen in the city. Do we have to deal with them in advance? Otherwise, when the Ming army besieges the city, they will definitely find a way to meet the Ming army outside!" The commander of the city's defenders Hastily suggested.

"Are you a fool? What time is it now, and you still think about their wealth? Hurry up and lead people to defend, and block their first wave of attack first!" Akula cursed angrily.

It is not that he is kind to those merchants from the Ming Dynasty. If this is the case, he would not have directed the massacre at the beginning. What Akula thought was that if the defense failed, he would definitely fall into the hands of the Ming people. At this time, if he slaughtered the Ming businessman, those angry Ming military officers would definitely cut off his head.

Moreover, according to the external situation, perhaps those fleets would not be able to support them to finish the massacre; even if they wanted to massacre, they had to be carried out under the condition that they were sure that the city of Manila would not fall.

Akula just sent people to strictly guard all the key points in the city, and strictly prohibited everyone from going out. Before he could mobilize his troops, all the warships in the port had been destroyed by Ming warships. Some large ships began to approach the pier, covering the shore with naval guns. At the same time, countless small boats were rushing towards the port, and all of them were soldiers holding muskets, and they planned to capture the port.

The coastal defense guns at the port were destroyed by the naval guns of the Ming Fleet after only a few rings. Generally speaking, the range and power of naval guns cannot be compared with the coastal defense guns. However, the naval guns of Ming Dynasty are far ahead of this era. too much.

Without the coastal defense guns, Manila Port became an undefended position. The Marine Corps of the Ming Dynasty landed in a small boat, quickly wiped out the few remaining Essibanian soldiers in the port, and then attacked the city of Manila.

They transported the artillery from the ship, and quickly established artillery positions to shoot at the city. As more and more artillery were transported from the ship, the artillery fire at the city of Manila was gradually suppressed by them.

The infantry quickly surrounded and surrounded the city of Manila. It seemed that they did not intend to let anyone escape from the city. At this time, the huge warships also followed the Pasig River and began to attack the city of Manila with naval guns. When the Sibanians built the city of Manila, they also considered the issue of naval gun attacks, so they deliberately built it farther away to avoid direct artillery fire from the enemy fleet.

It is a pity that when they built the city, they referred to the range of their own naval guns, but now they encounter the Ming fleet with a range far better than their own, and this design becomes useless. It hit the top of the city and the governor's mansion in Manila.

For a time, the Yisibanian soldiers suffered heavy losses, and the Ming soldiers took the opportunity to attack the city, quickly cleared the nearby defenders, opened the gate of Manila City, and the rest of the soldiers rushed in. It was only the first attack. This colonial stronghold, which had been run by the Sibanians for many years, was captured by soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

After they entered the city, they quickly cleared up the enemy. Seeing that there was no hope of winning, many Sibanian soldiers put down their swords and guns and surrendered; Manila city soon fell under the control of the Ming army.

Akula and his wife and children wanted to escape by hiding in the basement of the Governor's Mansion, but they were quickly confessed by the servants, captured from the basement, and sent to Zheng Zhilong's flagship.

After seeing Zheng Zhilong and Wang Chengen, Akula showed his gentlemanly demeanor, "Dear General, I am willing to surrender, but please give me equal treatment and allow me to redeem myself with money."

Before Tongshi had time to translate, Wang Chengen burst out laughing, "Hahaha, you barbarian still want to live? Have you forgotten what you did back then?" Can already understand some less complicated conversations.

"After sweeping away all the barbarians in the old port, let's send them to Beijing for His Majesty's disposal!" Wang Chengen made an arrangement, knowing that Shen Long would not let these people live.