Chapter 726: Indigenous people who are fearful but not virtuous
The Ming army's operation to search for the natives lasted for a total of three days, and the scope of search continued to expand with the continuous resistance during the period, and finally frozen in a large area of forty miles around the Manila Royal City.
There are many indigenous populations on Luzon, among which several populations such as the Galos, Ilogos, and Bonbans have the largest number, with a population of more than 100,000. In addition, there are some small tribes, such as the Yifugao people, Kankareren, Kalina people, Bondu people, and Yanjian people, with a population of 10,000 or thousands.
Although Lin Canrong and others could not identify every indigenous person involved in the massacre, the flexible minds and urgent revenge of Fujian people made them quickly think of how to distinguish.
This method is very simple: in every village or tribe, any item that is completely inconsistent with his or her poor life in his or her family will be regarded as participating in the bloody killing of the elderly, weak, women and children.
Although this recognition method is simple and direct, it has to be said to be quite convincing.
The indigenous settlements on Luzon are basically in semi-primitive states. Because of the hot and humid climate, and few people have advanced production and life skills, most of the indigenous people are exposed in clothing.
Especially the native men, they are exposed all year round, and their bodies are covered with a piece of rag, with black skin exposed, and their figure is very thin, very similar to monkeys, and their cruel wildness also shows that these natives have not yet completed their final evolution.
The so-called enemy is particularly jealous when they meet. This sentence is perfect for Lin Canrong and others.
Under the pressure of Ming soldiers with live ammunition, the Fujian people looked at the things and recalled the old days. After seeing those distinctive and unique products of the Ming people were placed at home in the savages, the Fujian people's anger was completely aroused.
They immediately retaliated against these indigenous people with stolen goods, and those indigenous people who had not changed their nature looked down on immigrants from afar. When they saw Lin Canrong and others with the same faces, they naturally would not sit still and wait for death. As a result, small-scale fights continued to take place.
The final result is of course no suspense.
In the case of several orders of magnitude difference in the military equipment, the natives who are still using primitive weapons such as darts, homemade bone arrows, machetes for chopping wood, etc., are not the opponents of the strongest armed forces today.
Although the resistance of the natives caused some Ming soldiers to be injured, this behavior successfully aroused the anger of the Ming army. The conflict between the two sides was short but extremely fierce, and the result also had a profound impact on history.
Because there is no specific statistics, after the Ming army completed the three-day search mission, how many natives disappeared became an indissoluble mystery. But from then on, the natives became dissatisfied with the Ming people. After seeing the Ming people from afar, they would consciously avoid the side. When talking to the Ming people, they did not dare to look up and look directly, and they no longer had the same look as if they were malicious when they saw the Ming people dressed in gorgeous clothes.
This is what is called fear of power but not virtue.
For many backward populations, the reason they think is determined by the sharpness of the sword and gun.
After several days of searching, the Ming army finally successfully "invite" more than a thousand indigenous young men. They came to help the Ming army "consciously and voluntarily" and transported three 24-pound cannons on the fort to the south gate of the Manila royal city.
Although there were old commanders from the Ming army's baggage battalion, more than 20 indigenous people were injured and disabled during the loading, unloading and transportation process. However, the indigenous people still devoted themselves to this project "without complaints" and completed their "mission" on the fifth day after the Ming army landed.
In order not to make the majority of "peace-loving, hardworking and obedient" indigenous people continue to be lazy, Zhang Wenyao appointed Lin Canrong and other Fujian people to temporarily restore production and living order in Bali'an City and surrounding areas, and sent a team of Ming troops to protect their personal safety, assist them in retrieving Ming people who fled to the surrounding areas and rebuilding Bali'an City.
During this process, the Japanese who had participated in the massacre failed to escape the fate of being liquidated. Among them, Noo Kimura and Takuyuki, the leaders, were killed by the Ming army. More than 100 Japanese with minor crimes remained executed because of kneeling down and begging for mercy. However, all their property was confiscated, and their families became laborers who rebuilt Bali'an City.
The cannons dismantled from the turret were concentrated outside the south gate of the Manila royal city.
Zhao Wu's troops will take on the important task of breaking the royal city, and Li Sanpao and Zhou Lie are responsible for the guards on the periphery.
"Test shot!"
Zhao Wu held the monocular lens in both hands and shouted loudly while observing the situation of the Spanish soldiers at the top of the South Gate.
As soon as the words were finished, the three main gunners who had already loaded ignited the fuse almost at the same time. With the slight sound of hissing, the three fuses twisted their bodies like snakes, and quickly drilled into the tail of the giant cannon with blue smoke. After a little silence, the huge and heavy cannon body emitted a thunderous roar. Three huge projectiles of more than twenty pounds roared out of the cannon chamber and flew towards the south gate of Manila five miles away.
Through the telescope, Zhao Wu could clearly see the fearful eyes of Spanish soldiers on the city wall. One of the Spanish generals who seemed to be the chief was also looking at the Ming army with a telescope.
After three projectiles cut through the sky, they flew to the south gate in the blink of an eye. As a large stream of dust rose, one projectile hit the gate tower with exquisite relief at the top of the south gate. The other two hit the city wall close to the gate tower and bounced up and fell into the moat. Two splashes of water were splashed and then sank into the bottom of the water.
After tense reset and loading distance measurement, hundreds of breaths, the landlord gunners carefully trained the landlords to fire again.
The shooting rate of the cannon was greatly improved this time, and two of the three projectiles hit the city gate made by Tiellimu.
Although the wood of Tielli Wood is as hard as iron, it can't resist the real iron with huge kinetic energy. Two projectiles directly break through the city gate and fall to the ground after the kinetic energy rapidly decays.
Rodriguez Silva on the city wall looked as if she was ashen, observing the stern appearance of the Ming army for miles away. From the moment the Ming army cannons fired, a deep sense of despair and powerlessness rose from his heart and quickly occupied his entire mind.
“Damn Montero!
You ignorant idiot!
In your mouth, how vulnerable the Ming Empire army, which is still using a spear and a sword, is!
But the fact is not what you said!
Their gunners are more skilled than we do!
The muskets in their soldiers' hands are several times stronger than ours!
The city of Manila will soon be occupied by these Ming soldiers!
From today on, it will no longer belong to us Spaniards!”
Chapter completed!