The defeated Spaniards who retreated down the hill counted their losses and found that after a battle, a hundred Spanish soldiers did not return.This shocked the Count of Sofitel, since the Spaniards landed in the Americas, it can be said that the loss of a hundred elite soldiers at a time is only a handful.Shame on you!
Sofitel was furious.The loss of a hundred soldiers is not worth mentioning at all for China, which is common in a major war and loses tens of thousands, but for the colonial authorities of New Spain, the killing of a hundred Spanish soldiers is equivalent to a great fiasco.However, the fighting spirit of the Chinese on the mountain made Sofitel feel a little frightened, and the previous explosion also made him dare not act rashly, fearing greater losses.If the remaining Spanish soldiers were suffering such losses, then as commander, he would most likely be judged by the colonial government.Therefore, the Spaniards under the mountain did not dare to attack rashly for a while.Count Sofitel could only order artillery bombardment to vent the anger in his heart, but the power of the three-pounder cannon, the distance was far away, and the threat to the mountain was really limited.The people were on the hillside, and as soon as the Spaniard's artillery rang out, they lay on the ground, waited for the shells to land, and then busily cleaned up the battlefield, transported the muskets and armor back to Tucheng, and the corpses were thrown down the hillside.Looking at the corpse that rolled down, striped red, Sofitel trembled with anger."
Damned barbarians, this is a ransom for God's people!"
The Earl's face was hideous, and he looked at the mountain with resentment, "The Empire will make you pay!"
”In Tucheng, the old soldiers were selecting the captured armor, and they had to admit that the Spaniards had excellent armor, and the protection of the soldiers was much better than that of the Ming soldiers.However, Xiyi Zahu is generally taller than the men, and the musket can be used directly, but most of the armor does not fit, and it is very uncomfortable to wear."
General, just this armor, thousands of households may not be able to wear it!"
An old soldier from Jiangbei picked up a pair of plate armor and couldn't help but sigh.The Ming Dynasty had a large number of soldiers and horses, with a standing strength of six or seven hundred thousand, and it seemed that it was naturally difficult for the soldiers to achieve such an extreme.Most of the Ming army was a pair of cotton armor and an iron helmet, and only Qianhu and general-level generals could wear iron armor.Ruan Jin said: "Only the iron army of the Han army has this kind of protection. ”If it weren't for the Spaniards being overturned by the grenades, the veterans took the opportunity to fight and were fighting hand-to-hand, these Spaniards wearing plate armor and wrapping themselves in iron barrels might be more difficult to deal with than Manchuria.At this time, Zhang Yida came over and said with a smile: "General Ruan and the brothers are too brave. ”Ruan Jin clenched his fists, "Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life, I repelled Zahu, killed one hundred and one people, captured one hundred and twenty muskets, sixty pairs of intact armor, and some gunpowder." ”Zhang Yida excitedly said: "This is really good, just to make up for the lack of equipment." ”Ruan Jin said: "With this batch of muskets and armor, it is expected that Xiyi will not dare to attack for the time being!"
”At that moment, after obtaining Zhang Yida's consent, Ruan Jin handed over the musket to the old and weak to use, the armor was transformed, and then equipped to the old pawn, and the broken iron armor and iron helmet were returned to the furnace to make a battle axe.This kind of axe, completely based on the captured miscellaneous long axe, has a sharp end like a cone, and under vigorous swinging, there is a probability that it can smash through the plate armor.The individual defensive equipment of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty was not strong, and the swords and spears could break the armor, but the swords and spears did not play much role when they met the Spaniards who were armed to the teeth.In contrast, Xiyi's own cold weapons were easier to break through their own armor than the cold weapons of the Ming Dynasty, so Ruan Jin asked to build more battle axes, as well as bones and maces.At this time, the top of the mountain was actively armed, and the Spanish below the mountain set up a camp near the beach to prepare for a long-term garrison.The Spanish commander, like a soldier who had returned, did not dare to attack when he learned the power of the grenade.From the soldiers, he learned that the power of the grenade was not large, and many people were overturned by the air wave and fell to the ground, their bodies were protected by plate armor, and they were not injured, only those who were close to the explosion point were shocked to death.This made Count Sofitel feel a little relieved, and felt that it was not impossible to capture the mountain city, but if he wanted to capture it, he would inevitably have to pay hundreds, if not hundreds, of soldiers to be killed or wounded.This was unacceptable to the colonial authorities of New Spain, and Count Sofitel could only send people to report to the governor while transporting heavy artillery from the ship, and at the same time to report to the governor that the war against the Chinese was not going well, and asked the governor to send a group of natives and black slaves to participate in the siege.Half a month later, the governor of New Spain, located in Mexico City, learned of the loss of 100 Spanish soldiers and couldn't help but be furious.The colonial authorities were shocked by the appearance of explosive weapons in Count Sofitel's letter, believing that the Oriental world was more mysterious and the birthplace of gunpowder, and that it was better to negotiate a settlement.However, the Spanish Empire, not a commercial empire like the Netherlands, had different systems and different powers of the governor.Gary Charles's grandfather, who had participated in the massacre of China during the Wanli period in the Philippines, told Charles that the Chinese were very weak and could conquer all of China with only 20,000 Spanish soldiers.Gary Charles thought that no one in the room knew the Chinese better than him, and Sofitel lost just because of the tricks of the Chinese, so he insisted on sending reinforcements.Vancouver Mountain City, the new city domain and the Spaniards, have been fighting against the world for more than a month, and most of the materials in the mountain city have been consumed.Fortunately, the Spaniards were short of troops and were only stationed on the western beach, and the people of the mountain city could often go down the mountain from the back to find some wild vegetables and hunt animals to alleviate the food crisis.In the early morning of this day, the sky was bright and bright, and there was a commotion on the beach west of the mountain city.The old man standing guard couldn't help but come to the wall, and looked into the distance, only to see that there seemed to be many figures walking on the beach under the thick fog, and on the sea in the distance, a large ship could be faintly seen approaching the beach."
Go and report to the city lord!"
The old pawn hurriedly turned his head and ordered.A man hurriedly turned around and ran down the city.Not long after, Zhang Yida, Ruan Jin, Zhang Huangyan and others came to the city and looked out.At this time, the early morning sun dispelled the dense fog, and thousands of enemy troops appeared at the foot of the mountain.Ruan Jin's face sank, "It's not good, Zahu's reinforcements have arrived." ”At this time, a coalition of nearly 2,000 natives, black slaves, mixed races, and Spaniards slowly passed through the mist and appeared at the foot of the mountain.Zhang Yida picked up the clairvoyant mirror to watch, but his face suddenly changed, and he smashed his fist on the earthen wall angrily, "Damn!
Damn Xiyi!
”Ruan Jin hurriedly picked up the clairvoyant mirror to watch, and countless enemy figures with weapons appeared in the lens, and in the middle of the enemy army, there was a large cart with a person tied to it, who was the envoy sent to negotiate not long ago.Next to the vehicle, several natives were still holding sticks, and there were several human skins hanging on them.When Ruan Jin saw this, he was immediately furious, "The two armies are fighting and not fighting, they are rude and deceitful too much!"
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