Chapter 23: Withdrawal
The personal soldiers present were not fools. Since the Spaniards had all set the steps down, they naturally beat the drums and retreated, and hurried back to the camp with the chief general on their backs.
"The foreign soldiers retreated."
Looking at the foreign soldiers retreating like a tide on the Ming army's wall, the Ming city shouted one after another.
This battle was too tragic.
The Ming army used artillery, bows, arrows and grottoes to fight against the enemy, killing foreign soldiers and causing heavy losses and piles of corpses to fill the entire battlefield.
The heavy rain washed everything,
Flew away the smoke, the smell of blood, the blood mud piled up in the battlefield and the fragments of the corpse.
The foreign soldiers retreated in great chaos, because Bo Lu was bombarded with a single shot and was half dead.
Bolu's personal soldiers ran the fastest with Bolu on their backs, and they didn't care about the foreign soldiers left on the battlefield.
For a moment, the foreign soldiers were headless and rushed out like crazy.
They were cannon fodders, and were baptized by countless artillery bows and arrows in the Ming city. They were already exhausted.
The general's life and death were unknown, and he hurriedly withdrew his troops, and now he was completely collapsed.
For a moment, the foreign soldiers on the battlefield rushed out on the corpse of their companions. The Ming army was not polite, and countless arrows fell from the sky, killing these foreign soldiers crying for their parents.
The tribal generals on the side ran fast on horseback.
nonsense,
If you don't run, who will give you the rear of the palace?
As for the foreign soldiers, they had long forgotten them.
Fortunately, the Spanish townsmen who were accompanying him worked hard to command, and the Ming army did not go out of the city to pursue, and a larger-scale stampede and defeat did not happen.
The Bolu's personal soldiers were not very good, but fortunately, the formation was slightly chaotic and they could escape in an orderly manner.
Bolu was tied to a horse by his personal soldiers, running wildly,
The dying Bo Lu knew clearly that he had lost this battle, and he was defeated so much.
I thought that the Tagalog tribe coalition forces led by him could easily capture Mingcheng, who would have thought,
There were people screaming in panic and screaming everywhere in my ears, and there were bursts of cheers from Han people from afar, which made Bolu angry.
The bumpy horse's back made his injuries even worse. His internal organs seemed to be dislocated. Bolu couldn't breathe and fainted again.
Jier'an, who was watching the battle in the distance, couldn't help but sigh when he saw the defeat of the foreign soldiers.
He underestimated the combat power of the Ming army and the power of the city-defying artillery.
I originally thought that this was just a peasant armed force, but who would have thought that the Han army in front of me would be a high-quality professional army?
The rainstorm is pouring, and the artillery he brought is silent, and the grenadiers are useless.
Of course, he also had a musketman who could play an unexpected role in this rainy day, but Bolu's foreign soldiers had collapsed, and letting musketmen go to battle would only increase casualties.
Looking at the capricious Philippine climate, Gil'an cursed inwardly.
The Ming army guarding the city was naturally cheering. In this battle, they killed a large number of foreign soldiers with relatively small losses, but the serious injury of the chief general Huang Liangji and the collapse of the Ximen wall also cast a layer of gloom in the heart of the Ming army guarding the city.
Li Daoan took the lead and came to Zhu Honghuan to perform his ministerial rituals.
"I will be late in the future, so please forgive me for your sins."
Zhu Honghuan hurriedly stepped forward and helped Li Daoan up and said in a harmonious voice: "General, if there is no general leading the North Gate and the South Gate defenders arrive, I am afraid that the East Gate will be in danger."
"Killing foreigners to serve the country is the duty of his ministers."
Seeing Zhu Honghuan treating him so politely, Li Daoan couldn't help but burst into tears and said excitedly.
"My Ming soldiers, Ir and others fought to kill each other. We defended Ming City and protected the people of Ming."
"Here, I, Zhu Honghuan, thank you all."
The King of Lu was shocked by his words. Ming Jun was stunned.
Then there was a shout of overwhelming mountains and seas.
"Long live the Ming King,"
"Long live the Ming King..."
As the Ming King, when the foreign army was overthrowing the city, Zhu Honghuan wore ritual armor to boost morale and personally shot a foreign army on the spot with a musket, which moved the Ming army present.
When the chief general Huang Liangji was seriously injured by the Spaniards' artillery, he was not afraid of danger and ordered Li Daoan, deputy general of Weiwu Town, to lead the defenders to the east gate to rescue, which made the Ming generals admire him.
"Prince, how should we deal with the corpses of the old city behave?" Li Daoan asked when the Ming army cheered too much.
The climate in Luzon is hot. If these corpses are not cleared out in time, there will be a plague.
Zhu Honghuan looked around the city and said sternly: "Cut off the Shengfan's head and build it into Jingguan."
"I massacre my overseas people from Daming several times and treat my Ming people like pigs and dogs. At this moment, I want to tell the fate of my Xuanfan outside the city to offend my Ming people."
"I obey the order." After Li Daoan received the order, he immediately led his soldiers out of the city.
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Liu Yu hurried to the west gate.
Just now, Ximen experienced a terrible battle.
At this time, the city walls were still scattered with broken limbs and broken arms of the soldiers of the Mingfan army.
Liu Yu came to the Ximen Tower and frowned when he saw this.
The war in Dongmen was fierce, and I never thought that Ximen would be worse than it.
Liu Yu naturally didn't know that the person who was sieging the city was Bo Lu's personal soldiers, and his fierceness was far superior to that of the foreign soldiers at the East Gate.
"uncle,"
After seeing Liu Quan, Liu Yu hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
At this moment, Liu Quan was sitting among the city towers, staring outside the city.
The soldiers beside him threw the bodies of the zodiac into the city.
"Uncle, how are the casualties of Ximen?" Liu Yu hurriedly asked.
"The soldiers in Shengfan are extremely fierce. I am afraid they are the elite soldiers in Shengfan, with more than 30% of the soldiers under their command."
Liu Yu thought silently in his heart, his face couldn't help but feel a little sad.
"I am more worried about the Folang Ji people than our army's casualties." Liu Quan shook his head and signaled that he was no longer worried about the casualties of infantrymen.
"The artillery of the Folang Jiman is indeed amazing. I didn't expect the Folang Jiman to be able to shoot the city wall two miles away." Liu Yu was also shocked and sweated in a cold sweat about the performance of the Folang Jiman today.
In today's battle, except for the foreign soldiers siege, the Folang Jiren did not show up. Just through artillery offensive, the Ming army of the defenders felt huge pressure.
Liu Yu, whose soul comes from modern times, naturally knew the superiority of Western artillery technology, but he was also careless.
If it weren't for the sudden heavy rain that made both sides' firearms silence, I'm afraid Mingcheng would have fallen today.
"It won't last long. After the rain stops, the artillery of the Folang Jiren will show its might again. At that time, the Ming army will probably have no advantage in defending the city." Looking at the Qiudi in the distance, Liu Quan looked embarrassed for the first time.
"Uncle, how many naval troops are left by Xiao Wu?" Liu Yu asked.
"In addition, my army still has a hundred soldiers. What do you want to do, nephew?" Liu Quan looked at Liu Yu and said softly.
Looking at the battlefield in the rain, Liu Yu made up his mind,
"It's better to take the initiative to attack instead of waiting for the rain to stop the Folang aircraft."
"Attack the Folang Jiren camp tonight." Liu Yu said in a cold voice.
"Yu'er, no." Liu Quan shook his head.
"The life is fierce but afraid of the folang Ji people like a tiger or wolf. His combat power is seen. Today, the folang Ji people will attack in the future, and his soldiers will not be damaged."
"We are waiting for the night attack, and not saying that the Florians are waiting for their hard work. If we go to the night attack, if there is no firearm, I am afraid..."
"Uncle," Liu Yu interrupted before Liu Quan finished speaking.
Chapter completed!