In this battle, the Ming army defeated 300 Spanish soldiers through night attacks.

91 Spaniards were killed on the spot and 61 were captured.

The troops led by Jier'an lost more than half of their troops in one night, which did not include the hasty escape from the baggage and weapons left in the camp.

After the battle, the Ming army seized more than forty smooth-bore flintlock rifles, more than two hundred metal grenades, more than ten pairs of plate armor, and a large number of gunpowder.

With the captured Spaniards' weapons,

Liu Yu directly expanded the Third Association and formed a Grenadier Association that specializes in using grenades.

In just one day, the firepower of the Shenji Camp has increased by more than doubled.

The six nine-pound squad artillery captured on the hills and more than 40 Spanish artillery soldiers surprised Liu Yu very much.

A few hundred meters away from the camp is the hill where the Spanish artillery is located.

Due to the sudden heavy rain, the Spanish artillery responsible for supporting the soldiers who were bombarding Mingcheng was silent for a while, giving the Ming army time to breathe.

When Gil'an ordered the withdrawal of troops, it was too troublesome to drag the artillery back to the camp, and Gil'an threw it directly on the hill.

More than forty artillery soldiers were left behind with the artillery.

This made this Spanish artillery completely captured by the Ming army.

Captain Brewster is the commander of this Spanish artillery unit.

At this moment, he and more than forty subordinates were tied up by the Ming army and knelt on the ground.

The Spanish looked at the Ming soldiers beside him with horror.

And Captain Brewster's face was not very good.

Captain Brewster swore to God that he had never seen such a savage.

Just as he led the artillery to camp on the hills and prepare for rest,

These shameful Orientals actually attacked their own camps directly.

The one who guarded this artillery was a grenade.

But when hundreds of oriental people rushed over, a dozen grenades were instantly submerged.

The scene that happened afterwards was unforgettable for the rest of his life by Captain Brewster and the dozens of Spanish artillery present.

A group of oriental people were red-eyed and roared and killed them desperately, swallowing up the grenadiers.

"Why haven't Colonel Gil'an come yet? There were bursts of gunfire in the camp last night. Could it be?"

"Impossible," Captain Brewster shook his head,

That's the elite Spanish field force.

Unlike other mercenaries hired by the colonies, he, Gil'an and many of the soldiers of this unit were sent from Spain,

How could it be that it would be possible to lose to these Oriental natives?

Just as Captain Brewster was worried about the situation, a young man came over.

"Who are you the commander of this force?"

Suddenly, a strange voice came,

The Spanish artillery looked up one after another.

Captain Brewster also cast a surprised look.

Standing in front of him was a delicate young man.

He is short and has a much whiter and tenderer face than those born.

Although he couldn't understand the young man's words, his gentle tone still made Captain Brewster breathe a sigh of relief.

It seems that the other party is not a demon.

"Who are you the commander of this unit?" Suddenly, an inaccurate Spanish sentence came.

Captain Brewster was shocked and stood up directly from the ground.

"Oh, it's you." Liu Yu looked at the middle-aged officer who suddenly stood up in front of him.

The stubborn man with a face was a head taller, and his blue eyes were staring at him uneasy.

"Prince Brewster, Artillery Officer of Manila First Field Battalion." Brewster had no choice. When the stiff Spanish words came just now, he subconsciously stood up. Now it was too late to squat down, so he had to bite the bullet and go on.

Liu Yu nodded, picked up the long sword and slashed it.

The rope tied to the lieutenant was cut off by Liu Yu.

"Thank you." Captain Brewster said something lightly in his mouth for some reason.

Liu Yu naturally couldn't understand, so he signaled Captain Brewster to walk up the high ground together.

Surrounded by several Ming soldiers, Captain Brewster had no choice but to climb to the high ground.

It is called a high ground, but it is actually a hill, only more than ten meters away from the ground.

The six nine-pound squad cannons were placed on the hills at this moment.

Captain Brewster looked at the young man in front of him uneasy,

He didn't know what the young man in front of him was, so he couldn't be the commander of this Ming army.

"Prince, can you ask you a few questions?" Liu Yu turned around and looked at the Spanish artillery commander.

The translator translated Liu Yu's words to Captain Brewster.

"How far is this place from Mingcheng?" Liu Yu asked.

"After calculating, it is roughly about 900 yards, that is, about two miles." said Chief Brewster.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the basic unit of distance was liter.

In the Zhou Dynasty system, six feet were one step, and one hundred and eighty feet was one step, and five feet were one step after the Tang Dynasty. Until the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, it was three hundred and sixty steps, which was also one hundred and eighty feet.

During the Ming Dynasty, one mile was about 500 meters, and it should be around 400 meters.

In other words, the hill is less than two miles away from Mingcheng.

"How did you accurately shell the Mingcheng?" Liu Yu walked forward and asked at the Spanish man who was one head taller than him.

Looking at the nine-pound cannon in front of him, Liu Yu was a little confused because the caliber of the gun in front of him was not as big as that of the red-clothed cannon. Why could it be two miles away and destroyed the Ming army's red-clothed cannon so accurately.

"Our artillery soldiers saw your long cannon bombard the natives, and then measured the cannons at your city wall after measuring it." Looking at the young man in front of him, Captain Brewster was a little surprised, but he still said it all.

"What is the cannon rule?" After hearing the translation, Liu Yu asked.

"The gun rules include two types: rule and gun rules. Rush rules are used to measure the straight line distance from the target to the cannon. The gun rules are tools for measuring the elevation angle required by the cannon."

"Our gunner calculates the distance through the torque degree, calculates the pitch angle required by the cannon based on the formula, and then uses the gun gauge to reach the desired elevation angle, and then launches it."

After listening to the detailed introduction of Captain Brewster, Liu Yu was unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

The European army in the 17th century had actually begun scientific and systematic artillery shooting calculations, while the Ming soldiers, whether they were the Folang machine cannons or the red-clothed cannons, were still relying on the experience of veterans.

No wonder the Ming army was defeated in the artillery battle in Mingcheng.

In fact, what Captain Brewster didn't say,

The nine-pound Saiko cannon has an effective range of only 500 yards, which is about one mile, but its maximum range is 4,000 yards.

Because the Spanish army used more than ten pounds of long cannons with too heavy to marching and pushing to the Ming city, this time they only carried nine pounds of Saiko cannons.

I thought the Ming army did not have advanced artillery, so the Spanish army planned to place two artillery pieces on the hills and bombard the Ming army in the field.

Four artillery cannons were placed in the wild shelling one mile away from the city to attack the Mingcheng walls.

Who would have thought that the Ming army had so many artillery, especially after seeing the Ming army use large caliber red cannons, the Spanish artillery were also shocked.

The idea of ​​piled up the remaining four artillery onto the position and bombarding the Ming army's city wall was rejected by Captain Brewster, and dragged the artillery to a hill two miles away from Mingcheng. He originally wanted to hear a sound and wish the natives under the city a blessing.

With his own experience and faith in God, he tried to fire a cannon at Mingcheng, who would have thought of hitting one by one?

Then the Spanish artillery looked at me, I looked at you,

Then let it go.

As a result, after one shot, the Spanish artillery soldiers fired their guns with all their might.
Chapter completed!