Chapter 646 The treasure house of the king's family
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At this moment, Yu Dayou clearly didn't want to talk to them anymore, so how could he not make the Earl of Bauhinia worry in his heart?
At this moment, the situation in China is naturally clear about the high-level figure of the kingdom. If you really can't hold the Ming army back, it would be unrealistic to rely on the thousands of people in the city to defend the capital.
Once the capital is broken, not to mention whether the kingdom will be destroyed, even if the kingdom can be rebuilt afterwards, what will happen to them like these nobles? Even if the Bauhinia Earl has a thumb to think about it, you can imagine it.
That is why the Earl of Bauhinia came out of the city as an envoy when Charles I called his name without hesitation.
However, the reaction of the celebrity was beyond the expectation of the Bauhinia Earl. In the imagination of the Bauhinia Earl, the Ming people should have negotiated with them.
After all, the ultimate goal of all wars is to gain benefits. As long as they are willing to pay huge benefits, a war can be avoided.
But the Earl of Bauhinia was thinking a little badly, and Yu Dayou and others seemed to have no intention of having a peace talk.
The Bauhinia Earl dragged by several soldiers said loudly to Yu Dayou: "We are willing to negotiate, we are willing to negotiate. What do you want? It's just...
Unfortunately, Yu Dayou was not moved at all, sat there and said slowly: "If I want something from Daming, I will go and get it myself."
After saying this, Yu Dayou said with some impatientness: "Send them back to the city."
Soon, the Count of Bauhinia, with a desperate look on his face, was sent to the city by a team of soldiers, and then the soldiers threw the Count of Bauhinia and others under the city and turned around and left.
Above the city wall, Charles I looked at the Bauhinia Earl under the city with some expectations and whispered: "Bauhinia Earl, come up quickly."
Soon, a hanging basket was hanging down. Earl of Bauhinia looked at the Ming army camp behind her with some unwillingness, and then gritted her teeth and got into the hanging basket.
On the wall, Charles I watched the Earl of Bauhinia walk out of the hanging basket. Not only Charles I, but also the generals and ministers on the side, also looked at the Earl of Bauhinia.
"How is it, what exactly does Mingren say?"
"Do they want gold and silver compensation? We can afford it as long as they are willing to withdraw their troops?"
"Yes, if you spend millions of gold coins, they should be content."
The crowd said every word, with a relaxed tone and a little disdainful, as if they could just give some gold and silver to retreat the Ming army in front of them.
But the Earl of Bauhinia shook his head slowly and said to Charles I in the confusing eyes of the crowd: "Your Majesty, the Ming people ask you to go out of the city and surrender to them in person..."
"What, absolutely not. They are so crazy that they dare to make such unreasonable requests!"
A general loyal to Charles I couldn't help but growl loudly.
Many ministers also looked angry. As the saying goes, the main person is humiliating and the death of his ministers. Although the Western land does not pay attention to these things, they still understand the principle that both prosper and both prosper and both suffer losses.
The Ming people asked Charles I to surrender, which means that the capital will be destroyed by itself and these people are very likely to become prisoners.
When these people think of this, these people become a little anxious.
"Your Majesty, you must not agree. At worst, we will fight with them!"
"Yes, fight!"
Some people asked to fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty, and some people also persuaded Charles I to open the city and surrender. In the end, the two factions almost fought on the wall.
Charles I, who had been cold, suddenly shouted: "Enough, aren't you still confused? It's time to do this, you still have the intention to quarrel here."
Charles I roared finally calmed the two factions. Everyone looked at me, and I looked at him, and finally looked at Charles I.
Then Charles I gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone, if you don't want to become a prisoner, then unite and fight with the Ming people."
The pro-war faction naturally cheered for it when he heard this, but the surrender faction showed disappointment one by one.
Charlie I said: "I hope everyone can work together. Although the Ming people are numerous, their combat power may not be very strong. As long as we can unite, we may not be able to repel the Ming army."
As Charles I made up his mind, or because of Charles I's prestige, or because these noble men were unwilling to become prisoners after the city was destroyed, they were really united under the oppression of the army outside the city.
The earth shook, and a group of black people were carrying the siege equipment they had built not long ago towards the capital.
Siege battles have always been the most test of the elite of the soldiers. These soldiers can be selected to travel thousands of miles away and expand territory for the Ming Dynasty, so they are naturally the elite among the elites.
Relatively speaking, these soldiers are veterans who have experienced siege, so when siege, they are orderly and do not need anyone to command and dispatch.
Ladders were raised one after another. As a large number of soldiers appeared under the city wall, muskets sounded. In an instant, at least dozens of Ming soldiers fell under the city wall, and many were killed on the spot.
However, the generals such as Yu Dayou, who were commanding the army in the distance, remained unchanged, as if the soldiers were killed in battle and were not important at all.
In fact, neither Yu Dayou nor other generals were very sad about the death of any soldier.
It was not obvious at home, but after going abroad, Yu Dayou and the others felt that any soldier was so important.
"Prepare for artillery fire, bombard me hard."
After the first wave of tentative attacks, Yu Dayou roughly figured out the defense situation in the city, and then directly used artillery to start bombardment.
If you really have a strong attack, to be honest, Yu Dayou is not worried about not being able to conquer, but he will inevitably have to pay a considerable price. I am afraid that if one or two thousand elite soldiers are killed, it will be difficult to break through the capital.
But if he really wanted to use the lives of thousands of elite soldiers to win the capital, Yu Dayou would rather not attack the city.
At this time, the importance of artillery was revealed. The cannons for siege cities were generally very heavy, but there is no doubt about this.
After all, the tiger squat cannon is just a tiger squat cannon. It has a close-range attack on infantry, but if it is used to attack the city, its effect is obviously much worse.
A dozen cannons slowly appeared in sight with the efforts of the soldiers. Each of these cannons weighed hundreds of pounds and required several soldiers to push them together.
More than a dozen cannons were scattered in one stroke, and the black muzzles were aimed at the city wall.
On the city wall, Charles I and other generals saw that they had repelled the first wave of attacks in the Ming army, and they breathed a sigh of relief, and the originally hanging heart was relieved.
However, before they were happy, they saw a cannon from the Ming army being pushed out. Looking at the black muzzle, everyone's hearts sank for a moment.
Anyone who has a little understanding of the power of cannons will naturally know the truth.
Several generals almost dragged Charles I away from the city wall. Before they could hide their bodies, a roar came, followed by a roar.
Gravels flew everywhere, and shells either hit the city wall directly or fell into the city.
The cannons continued to roar, and more than a dozen cannons kept firing, bombing one round of shells into the city, causing the city to fall into chaos.
This wave of shelling lasted for half an hour, but the generals such as Charles I, who were hiding in the corner of the city wall, could only watch it.
As if the days were like the years, the sound of cannons finally stopped, but at this moment, the earth shook and the shouts of killing came again.
"No, hurry up and guard the city."
A general reacted and shouted, and many soldiers rolled and crawled towards the city wall.
A famous Ming soldiers climbed up the city wall, and smoke filled the air. When the first Ming soldiers appeared on the city wall, more and more Ming soldiers climbed up the city wall and fought with the Spanish soldiers guarding the city.
Both sides actually fell into a melee on the city wall. The small city wall could not support too many soldiers. This is not a good thing for the Spanish side. After all, the city wall is so big that both sides cannot invest too much manpower.
Therefore, what the two sides compete to a large extent is perseverance. Once anyone can't hold on first, then the winner will naturally be decided.
If any soldier dies in battle, new soldiers will be thrown into it. The small area suddenly becomes like a flesh-and-blood mill. In just a short time, no less than three hundred people fell from both sides here.
Compared with the Spanish, the more than 300 people fell, of which at least 200 were Spanish, and the Ming Dynasty accounted for almost one-third.
"How is it? Have you driven Mingren down to the city?"
Below the city wall, Charles I asked a general with an anxious look on his face.
The general shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Your Majesty, the Ming people are so tough that our people can't drive them off the city wall."
Charlie I's expression changed, a little depressed look appeared on his face, and he whispered, "Are we really defeated?"
All fools know that when the Ming people pushed out the siege cannon, the result was actually destined.
With the assistance of cannons, if it means that tens of thousands of people cannot capture such a capital city that is guarded by only a few thousand people, then the Ming people will not be able to break through the port and fight all the way to the capital city.
Suddenly, a cheer came. Charles I and others looked up and saw a sun and moon flag stuck on the city wall, and teams of Spanish soldiers actually rolled and crawled over.
"It's over!"
Seeing this scene, even if Charles I was slow to react, he realized that they had lost.
As his eyes turned dark, Charles I fainted. When he was unconscious, Charles I heard a cry.
With the squeaking sound, the city gate covered with smoke was slowly opened, and then a group of Ming soldiers rushed into the city.
The ministers and generals seemed very decisive when facing the Ming army, surrendered to the Ming army one by one, and even the king who had fallen into a coma was presented to the Ming people by them.
Riding on a tall horse, Yu Dayou and others walked into the capital.
Tens of thousands of soldiers flocked into the capital, almost filling the capital.
To be honest, this capital is too small to Yu Dayou's opinion, and it is not even the size of an ordinary county town in the Ming Dynasty. It is conceivable that if tens of thousands of elite troops and artillery cannot be defeated in such a city, it would be better to withdraw troops.
In Charles I's palace, Yu Dayou and others sat there, and below it was Charles I who were awakened.
Charles I's expression returned to peace at this moment. Sitting there, he looked like an ordinary person at first glance, but this person was the monarch of the powerful maritime country.
After looking at Charles I, Charles I didn't speak no matter how Yu Dayou or Jiao Yuan asked.
When Charles I didn't speak, Yu Dayou and others didn't force it, they just were too lazy to spend time on him. Anyway, like Charles I, they would be sent to the capital in the end.
All the countries that were destroyed by them along the way, and the captured kings were almost all in the capital.
So, although Charles I was the king of Spain, in the eyes of Daming, there was actually no big difference from those kings of those small countries.
Since the capital has been captured, it is naturally the time to start to gain.
Teams of soldiers began a journey of plundering wealth under the joint inspection of Jinyiwei, Dongchang and others.
First of all, the king's treasure was found, and the entire secret room was filled with densely packed with precious objects such as gold, silver, jewelry, antiques and jade.
It has to be said that the gold and silver that were collected from the king's treasure house alone were worth as much as 50 million taels.
It was beyond everyone's expectations that so many property were found in the king's treasure house.
It's more than 50 million taels, which is definitely not a small number. Such a lot of wealth looks quite amazing and exaggerated, but it won't feel unacceptable if you think about it.
Charles I was in power for so many years, and it was the period when the Spanish navy expanded to the outside world and occupied various overseas treasures. During this period, any governor who was released from abroad transported a large number of gold, silver, jewelry and other treasures back to Spain, one by one, part of which was dedicated to Charles I, and the other part entered the respective pockets of these governors.
In addition to Charles I's treasure house, the most popular one is the treasury. As a country's treasury, it is especially the treasury of a country that can be called the most powerful maritime power during this period. Most people really don't know how much money they have accumulated.
Even in the treasury area, even in the midst of a war, Charles I still arranged a team of troops to station here to ensure the security of the treasury. Otherwise, if there is any accident in the treasury, it will affect the stability of the country.
Even though some people took advantage of the chaos in the city and wanted to take advantage of the chaos, they were beaten up by these national treasury guards and left a body behind, which made these people who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to calm down.
Chapter completed!