The vanguard of the Chinese army's attack on Manila City was a mixed army of more than 26,000 cavalry and infantry in the Li Qing Water Division in the personal barracks. The army south of the Pasig River in Manila was swept away by the Chinese army, so that the Li Qing Water Division in the personal barracks successfully arrived at the southern suburbs of Manila City without resistance. Although the vanguard of the Chinese army had less than 30,000 troops, the Spanish guarding the Manila City had no idea of ​​going out for field battles. The Chinese army was absolutely

In the face of his strength, Spanish Governor Francisco was extremely pragmatic. His combat strategy was to fight with the Chinese army, and even if he could not win a battle, he would force the Chinese Empire to force the attack to be expensive and then recognize the Spanish's control over Manila. The Emperor of the Chinese Empire Zhang Ping'an was a smart commander. He only sent a small battle camp to lure the Spanish out of the turtle shell of Manila.

What Emperor Zhang Ping'an did not expect was that his opponent would stick to the battle and turned his carefully formulated plan into vain. Soon, the main force of the Chinese army continued to rush to the city of Manila, and several observation platforms were built around the Manila outer defense line. The surveying and mapping staff of the General Staff immediately went to the platform and accurately drew the Manila outer defense line. The Emperor Zhang Ping'an, who came to the battlefield, set up his main business on the east side of Manila City. In the emperor's tent, he was in charge of the staff.

The staff of the department arranged combat sand tables in the center of the lenient imperial tent, while the chief of staff Gu Xin handled various military newspapers in the military tent of the staff. Zhang Ping'an's desk was filled with memorials sent by the empire. Most of these memorials were signed and approved by the cabinet, and Zhang Ping'an only chose the important memorials to read. Zhang Ping'an had long given a strategy for the current war. As long as the Spanish did not go to fight, the Chinese army would first sweep the outskirts of Manila and then attack the main city.

Regarding the indigenous legions still alive on the north bank of the Pasig River, the Imperial General Staff ordered the Liu Qingshan tribe and the 6th Navy Battalion, which had just been on the battlefield, to climb 6 at Navotas Beach, 70 miles northwest of Manila City. These two armies will crush the indigenous legions of Sulu from the north to the south, forcing the indigenous legions to fight against the water. The thousands of years of history of China is actually a history of war, and countless classic battle examples have been passed down by later generations. As long as the experienced generals lead the army, they will know that

It is not necessary to use the tactic of back-to-water formation. This is because soldiers may fight to the death without a retreat, but in most cases the lower-level soldiers will collapse due to the disconnection of the rear. The Chinese Han people who are good at recording the history of war also constantly summarize the experiences and lessons of their predecessors from historical wars. As the most cunning jackal wolf on the battlefield, the imperial emperor Zhang Ping'an would naturally choose the tactics that are most beneficial to the Chinese army.

In just a few short battles, the General Staff of the Chinese Army found out all the weaknesses of the Sulu Indigenous Legion. The biggest problem of the Indigenous Legion is that they do not pay attention to battlefield reconnaissance, and their scouts who investigate the enemy situation will not exceed 30 miles. Moreover, the commanders of the Indigenous Legion are low-level Spanish officers. They lack the experience of commanding large corpses, and their opponents are too strong, so the failure of the Sulu Indigenous Legion is inevitable. Nowadays, the Chinese Army

He was already familiar with the battle of the 6th. Without the attack of the enemy, tens of thousands of troops climbed 6th degrees very quickly. Liu Qingshan, who had finally climbed to the commander position of the capital, had long been worn out for years. He was no longer the arrogant young man. Although Liu Qingshan, as the disciple of Emperor Zhang Ping'an, had outstanding military achievements in his early years, he offended the older generation of generals because of his unrestrained personality and was disgusted by Emperor Zhang Ping'an.

Liu Qingshan was a role of beating the side drum in many major battles, and his career path became extremely hard. Emperor Zhang Ping'an not only disliked him, but also compared him from time to time to the general Hou Junji in the early Tang Dynasty. He was a battlefield wise general and political mediocre. Regarding the emperor's ridicule, Liu Qingshan, as the disciple of the emperor, could only endure and dare not defend himself. More than ten years have passed, and Liu Qingshan was shameless and wrote letters to Chief of Staff Gu Xin again and again, hoping

Gu Xin, Duke of Zhao, was able to help him speak good things in front of the emperor. Years of persistence brought Liu Qingshan the opportunity to turn around today. Gu Xin, the chief of staff of the Empire, persuaded Emperor Zhang Ping'an, and once again gave Liu Qingshan a good opportunity to return to the battlefield. Moreover, Emperor Zhang Ping'an appointed him as the main attacking general, which can be said to give Liu Qingshan great trust. Liu Qingshan, who was holding back his efforts to fight this battle, divided the main force of the headquarters into three attacking corpses and directly penetrated into the northeast of the native corps.

The 6th Navy Battalion, which was cooperating with combat, was sent by Liu Qingshan to the northwest of the indigenous legion to block the indigenous legion's way northward. After the Liu Qingshan unit of the Chinese Army was in place, he immediately wanted to press the south to go. According to the combat strategy reported by Liu Qingshan, the characteristic of this battle was to emphasize the hidden connection of the enemy and quickly interspersed, and to cut off all six channels of the indigenous legion in the shortest time. The Du Liang's unit of the personal military battalion of the Chinese Army was responsible for controlling the eastern section of the Pasig River and preventing the indigenous legion from escaping from the water with the cooperation of the artillery battalion. As for the sea entrance to the west of the Pasig River, it was guarded by three stern artillery ships and twelve whistle ships of the Chinese Navy. If the indigenous legion escapes here by a small boat, it would be a dead end. To ensure the complete annihilation of the Sulu native legion, the Chinese Army Commander Zhang Ping'an emphasized the key to "fast".

As a veteran in the battlefield, Emperor Zhang Ping'an was most worried that the natives who were familiar with the terrain could use the trail to escape. Only by compressing the front of the indigenous legion as much as possible can they achieve the strategic goal of annihilation of the enemy. To this end, Liu Qingshan's troops and the 6th Navy Battalion did not carry artillery to speed up the marching, but instead used infantry to fight against the enemy in person. According to the sand table analysis of the General Staff before the war, the two Chinese army battalions, 60,000 troops, plus 73,000 auxiliary soldiers transporting ammunition, were enough to cope with the 160,000 indigenous army. The indigenous legion of the Sulu country had only 50,000 elite troops in the battle, and the so-called elite troops were only 50,000 young and strong, while the others were all women, children, and the elderly and weak without combat power. Moreover, the weapons used by the indigenous legion were cold weapons, and their bows and arrows were not as good as those of the previous Ming army. The Chinese army attacked the north of the northern army and marched south for two days, and appeared in the north of the Sulu country's indigenous army on a cloudless morning.

After many years of war, the Chinese army infantry basically despised the rigid army formation, but adopted a small army formation that was more flexible in actual combat. In the past, the Chinese army flag was extremely complicated, from the sergeant flag, the squad flag, the thousand-man whistle flag to the military flag of the war barracks, it can be said that a battle camp was a sea of ​​flags. Now, the number of sergeant flags has been cancelled, and the military flags in the entire army look much more refreshing. Since the indigenous legions still have bows and arrows, silver skeleton armor that can resist arrows will naturally appear on the battlefield. A long black snake formed dozens of miles of seemingly thin defense line, blocking the entire north of the indigenous legion. The sudden appearance of the Chinese army warriors made the Sulu native legion camp in panic, and the "buzzing" noise reached the south bank of Pasig. Zhang Ping'an, who was commanding the high platform to watch the battle, had a hint of color on the corner of his mouth after hearing this sound.

Emperor Zhang Ping'an was not very interested in such a small-scene battle. He mainly wanted to see if Liu Qingshan, the disciple, had regressed in the war. Similarly, on the tall walls north of Manila, Spanish Governor Francisco was also paying attention to this battle. In Francesco's eyes, the indigenous legions of the Philippines were the outer barrier of Manila City. If the indigenous legions of the Philippines were defeated, Manila City would be completely isolated. Standing at the General Francisco

The Spanish officers around the governor looked at the messy indigenous military camps on the north bank of Pasig with a single barrel telescope worriedly. In the eyes of these Europeans who thought they were superior to others, the combat effectiveness of the Filipino indigenous people was slightly stronger than that of the South American Indians, but the scene in front of them made them frightened. Although Spain conquered the South American Indian natives, he once arrogantly believed that only a few thousand people could conquer the Ming Dynasty, and today they would swallow the bitter fruit for this delusion.

When the Chinese Empire went to war with Mughals, Emperor Zhang Ping'an once used the Spanish Filipino Governor's attempt to conquer the Ming Dynasty, and used a joking tone to tease the Spanish's arrogance on the battlefield. Since then, the Spanish stationed in the Philippines have begun to prepare for war. Because the Spanish all knew that the Chinese Empire's emperor Zhang Ping'an was not a kind person, and anything that violated the majesty of the Chinese Empire would be subject to bloody revenge. It is said that the Chinese Empire's emperor Zhang Ping'an likes to fight the most, especially his special liking for the national destruction. Hundreds of years ago, the Mongolian Khan Genghis Khan's army swept across Europe, and the Chinese Empire's emperor Zhang Ping'an's methods were worse than those of Genghis Khan. In order to leave a way out for the Spaniards in Manila, Governor Francisco, while provoking the indigenous people to kill the Filipino Han people, also took in more than 200 Han people who believed in Catholicism.

Governor Francisco made second-hand preparations. If the Emperor of the Chinese Empire Zhang Ping'an valued the lives of these Han people, then the Han people in Manila would be the flesh shield guarding the city of Manila. If the Chinese Empire did not value these religious Han people, then Governor Francisco would kill these Han people and force the defenders to fight to the death. Governor Francisco knew very well that the church in the city had different views on defending the city of Manila, and the church had a great influence on the lower-level officers of the defenders. In order to fight this defense battle, Governor Francisco had to use all means to tie everyone to a chariot. Just as the Spanish officers watching the battle in the north wall of Manila focused their attention on the indigenous camp on the north bank of Pasig, there were endless gunfire sounds from the Chinese military camp east of Manila.

Although the main army of Liu Qingshan attacked did not carry artillery, the artillery in the Chinese army camp could easily cross the Pasig River less than two miles. The Sulu native camp was actually very shabby. The place where they lived was temporary houses built with branches and hay, which were not soaked in light rain at most, and would not be used at all if it was raining. If it were the Chinese army's previous practices, these broken houses would have no value for artillery attack. However, today is the time when the Chinese army launched a general attack on the Sulu native army, using artillery to disrupt the deployment of the indigenous legions, and also let the artillery camp use a ox knife to kill chickens. The artillery in the Chinese army's artillery camp did not focus on bombardment targets, as long as it was a place with a large population, it would be an important area for artillery bombardment.
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