Under the suppression of heavy artillery on the warships, the infantry of the fortress could not maintain their constant defense. The indigenous people began to approach the stone wall. Although the Spanish defense was tight on the outside and loose on the inside, the walls and fortifications could be high and thick enough to face the direction of the indigenous people.

There is no way to climb up by manpower alone. There are protrusions at a certain distance and trenches on the ground. In fact, it is a simple bastion structure. The number of defenders is extremely abundant for the fortress, ensuring that there is no empty area to defend.

But just relying on such a rough bastion, there is no way to stop the natives who are driven forward. They also need firearms from defenders to keep firing.

The sporadic heavy artillery shooting made the defenders have to worry about the threat behind them at any time, and their defenses against them became intermittent, and the natives finally arrived below.

If the trenches were relied on human life to fill the trenches, the courage of the indigenous people would not last for so long. However, when the house was demolished, they had already made enough wooden bridges and simple cloud ladders to lay them on the trenches and leaned against the wall with the ladders.

Some people howled excitedly, while others reached out to pick up the gold and silver coins at the edge of the wall and the trench. More people began to climb up and rushed up. At this moment, they all had an illusion that they could not only survive, but also rob the white people's property and humiliate their women. This idea made every native feel as if there was a fire burning in his heart.

When the natives climbed up the wall with a simple ladder, the situation of the Spanish defenders became much ugly. The shooting of firearms has an advantage, which can keep the enemy and us at a distance. "It can keep the soldiers calm, but now, they have to fight face to face.

The Spanish infantry holding long swords, spears, halberds and muskets still had an overwhelming advantage over the indigenous people. After training and cooperation, "the tactics under the constraints of military discipline, even in terms of physical strength and fighting will, the indigenous people who had just climbed the stone wall were immediately killed without mercy.

But the trouble is just the heavy artillery at the sea. After each cannon, the Spanish soldiers seemed to look for cover first. Otherwise, the stone chips from the shells would be different from the whites and the natives. Some people were blind and covered the stone wall and screamed bitterly. Then they were surrounded and killed by the natives. This was really shocking.

The advantage is overwhelming. The natives have the illusion that if white people rely on firearms are chased, they will panic. "They will be a mess in hand-to-hand combat.

In fact, on the contrary, the combat effectiveness of the indigenous people with machetes was not much stronger than that of the Inca soldiers in the Americas. The Spanish soldiers, under the protection of armor and supported by excellent weapons and fighting courage, quickly wiped out the indigenous people who rushed up.

However, "there is a problem with such close combat, that is, it is impossible to guarantee no casualties. No matter how overwhelming the money is, there will always be accidents.

A Spanish lieutenant first killed an indigenous person with a short musket, then slashed one with a sword, and then threw the short musket in his hand out, "and hit a indigenous person who had just climbed up the wall, and then the cannons on the sea sounded loudly, and he subconsciously turned his head to look.

The heavy artillery fire of this distance can be seen clearly, and the landing point can be roughly judged. This time the shooting should not hit the stone wall.

But in such a fierce battle, if a person is distracted, it will be extremely dangerous. Two bamboo guns stabbed in through the gap in the armor..."

Such casualties made the morale of the Spaniards extremely low. Governor Paul Louis was also wearing armor and holding a sword. He was ready to fight at any time. At this time, all he could do was shout at the bottom: "Open the gate of the fortress, dispatch four companies to drive away these damn natives."

Instead of entangling with the other party in the fortifications in the fortifications, it is better to go out to fight directly and drive the natives away. His arrangement is very correct.

The gate of the fortress was opened and the suspension bridge was lowered. The excited natives were about to rush over when they were hit by a volley from the door opening. Then more than 400 Spanish infantry rushed out.

The combat effectiveness of the indigenous people was not worth mentioning. In such a face-to-face battle, they soon couldn't stand it and completely disintegrated. Especially when the artillery and fire mirrors behind them no longer fired and no longer supervised the battle, there was no need to persist. Soon, the Spaniards cleared a piece of open space in front of the fortress. The ground was full of flesh and blood of the indigenous people, and the situation was temporarily controlled.

The Spaniards retreated to the fortress again, and the natives were also scattered, but after the collapse reached a certain distance, they were immediately blocked by the Han armed forces. The natives, who were dazed by blood, wanted to rush through the Han people's obstacles, but they used their lives to prove to their compatriots, and this road would not work.

A large number of firewood and grasses were thrown from behind after being tied up. Someone shouted loudly in an indigenous language: "Drop it under the Spanish fortress. Three bundles of firewood and grasses can help you retreat to a safer place. If you throw it away early or get a ghost, you will die.

If you can see people standing on a high place, you must be staring at the dumplings of firewood. At this location, it is actually close enough to the fortress. You can see clearly what you should see clearly. It is difficult to make a fake.

What moved the indigenous people was this sentence "safer". From the chaos in the morning to the present, every step is death, and there is no chance of survival in every position. The indigenous people dare not ask for any luck now. They only hope to be able to breathe, and they can breathe a little.

This is just like in the desert. The extremely dry people no longer want to live, but just want to drink water, even if it is a drop of water. At this time, no one indigenous people thought what the desperate Han people thought when they raised their butcher knives to the kind and simple Han people.

Firewood was thrown forward by the old and weak in the natives. The natives who had just returned from fighting picked up firewood. The Han pirates drove them away were very simple. With a cannon, they fell to the ground, and then everyone knew to continue running towards the fortress.

The Spaniards on the fortress had no confidence in whether they could defend themselves and whether they could persevere until reinforcements arrived. This was the attack the next day, and it was so tragic that it was so fierce.

But no one dared to relax. "The Spaniards dared not let the indigenous people rush into the fortress. In the massacre a year ago, the indigenous people were cruel, bloody and crazy about the Han people." They witnessed it with their own eyes. Although they were smiling and encouraging and even applauding, they never wanted the same thing to fall on them. Most of the indigenous firewood was not thrown under the stone wall of the fortress. The shooting on the top of the city was enough to block their footsteps. However, "Every time the cannon sounded at sea, the indigenous people could rush closer.

Bales of firewood were piled up there. Luzon was relatively dry in this season, and the plants were easy to burn. The Spaniards were not fools. Seeing this scene, they also thought that the other party wanted to attack with fire. But they were also puzzled. The current wind direction was blowing from the sea. After igniting the plants, the smoke would not float to the castle, but would blow back. Isn’t this kind of action hurting yourself?

For such a stone fortress and close to the sea, fire has little effect, mainly relying on thick smoke to smoke people, but if you do this, it is actually equivalent to protecting the fortress. I really don’t know what it is to do.

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The deaths and injuries of transporting firewood were much smaller than those of fighting. "The Han armed forces, who had been inhumane for a day, suddenly became more kind. After the accumulated firewood was transported, the survivors had the opportunity to eat and rest." The food was also found from the destroyed homes.

After a short rest, a large number of people were escorted to Nangang by armed forces. The ship there was almost docking.

The sky gradually darkened, and the Han armed forces blocked the intersections gradually returned to the temporarily cleared open space and began to eat and rest.

Although the indigenous people are large in number, there are too many casualties during the day. Indigenous people who have lost their ability to move directly deal with the bodies. At this time, it is easy to take care of them.

In this state, even if you don’t attack and just siege, the disease caused by these corpses will be enough to make the fortress face a disaster.

The Han people knew, and the Spanish also knew, but after a day of fierce fighting, the Spanish just wanted to have a good rest and had a short breath, because everyone knew that there would be a battle tomorrow, and maybe tomorrow would be related to life and death.

The messy firewood piled up in front of the fortress was really quite large. Now the sun has set, and it is illuminated by just a little sky light. The wind has become much smaller, but it is still blowing from the sea.

Seeing these firewood, the nervous and desperate Spanish also found a little bit of happiness. These Han people were indeed stupid. After so much effort, these smokes would smoke themselves. Isn’t it ridiculous?

There are only corpses around the fortress and fleets at sea. Manila, which had been fighting fiercely for a day, finally became much quieter. Both sides seemed to be tired and needed rest and rectification.

The sky gradually became dark, and it seemed like a signal. The sound of cannons suddenly sounded around the fortress. The stone wall of the fortress immediately became panicked. The extremely tired Spaniards were too lazy to move, but they had to move. From the daytime battle, they already knew that the enemy on 6 had artillery, but the current artillery shooting required visual inspection to determine the target. There was no accurate idea in the night.

In a hurry, the people on the stone wall did not know where to fire the cannon, and they could not see the trajectory of the shell at night. However, this time they saw a red shell crossing the sky, and they could even see the shell drawing a red track, which was very strange at night.

Why Red Light? This quickly got the answer. This shell was not aimed at the fortress, but fell into the piles of firewood in front of the fortress. This did not require any accuracy. The place close to the fortress was full of firewood, and the shells fell to the ground and fell into it.

Not long after it landed on it, flames began to burn and thick smoke began to emerge. What people did not expect was that the enemy outside the fortress burned the shells red to light firewood.

Firewood is lit at night. The wind is much smaller now, but the wind direction still has not changed. The smoke still needs to float inward. The injured person is still the besieger.

The flames began to spread, and smoke rose up, obscuring the sight of the Spaniards on the fortress. Almost at the same time, artillery fires on the sea began to roar again, and the attention of the fortress was attracted by the attention.

………………………… The water in Nangang is relatively shallower, and there are relatively flat mudflats. The warships approaching in circles are already close enough to the coast. When they are located a little closer to the shore, there will be a risk of stranded rabbits.

Next to this battleship, several rafts connected side by side were docked, and thick ropes were connected from the shore, and the parts on the cannon trucks began to be lowered on the gunboat. These parts seemed very heavy. Before they landed on the raft, the people on the raft were tied with thick ropes.

The parts fall on the raft, and the rafts often go to the water and sink. These rafts built by trees that are light enough cannot float up and are directly sinking into the water.

But the rafts provide some buoyancy and are connected by thick ropes. In fact, the rafts provide more of a plane so that the metal components will not be stuck by anything on the seabed. The other end of the rope is connected to the cattle, and the cattle is connected with the rope. This gives a signal, and the other side drives the livestock and drags it to the shore.

As for the eighteen-pound cannon, it was even more troublesome. It was tied directly with a rope at the gun door, and oiled fur as a mat on the gun door, and a raft outside was supported. There were blown cowhide bags and empty coconut shells around the raft to increase buoyancy as much as possible.

After the cannon was pulled out, the ship's hull was also damaged, and the boat had to provide repairs quickly. The cannons with thousands of kilograms fell directly to more than two feet as soon as they fell into the water. Fortunately, there were a large number of people in the water. Those with good water properties were all putting their strength into the water. Fortunately, there was a mudflat here, and although it was soft, people could stand still.

There were not only dozens of cows on the shore, but also a large number of people seemed to be tug of war, and together they dragged the cannons ashore little by little.

It was more troublesome to get on the shore than the beach. After combining the cannon trucks, it was found that the land in Manila Port was not hard enough. There was enough local method for this. One step was to make a step forward, and the wood and gravel were placed in front were flat, and then dragged forward, which required hundreds of people to be busy.

Just step by step, I kept approaching the fortress...2............

On the fortress, we couldn't see too far at night. Now we are paying attention to the shelling on the sea while being covered by thick smoke. What makes the Spaniards even more confused is that the Han people actually drove the natives to attack with thick smoke. Isn't this asking for trouble? The Spaniards don't know anything about what was born outside.
Chapter completed!