The battle in Manila Bay made Sousa very depressed.

He came excitedly, trying to seize the Zhehe Port like Singapore and Bharat, but who knew that after coming here, he fell into a mud pit that could not be advanced or retreated.

Manila Bay is not a small harbor. To be precise, it is an almost enclosed sea area. There are countless harbors on the concave coastline, and each harbor is enough to hide a fleet.

The advantage of the expeditionary force led by Sousa is that it has relatively excellent equipment in this era, while the disadvantage is that the number of people is too small. The main force of 8,000 people is invested in this sea area, just like a small stone thrown into Taihu Lake. Even if the outer sea merchants and pirate friendly forces are added, their forces will never be able to control the entire Manila Bay. At that time, even a small island like Singapore, the Portuguese could not fully control it in a short time, let alone Luzon, which is larger than Portugal. For Sousa, all he could do was to make a breakthrough in strategic points, and then use a little to radiate comprehensively, and then control the entire island - this is Sousa's strategic plan.

So as soon as you enter Manila Bay, Sosa will go straight to the port of Zhe River - compared with other unfamiliar harbors in Manila Bay, Zhe River's goal is undoubtedly clear, and it is the capital of the entire Luzon and the most important stronghold of the Ming Dynasty in the South China Sea. As long as the Zhe River is occupied, the Chinese organization in the South China Sea will collapse!

If Sosa did not meet Hu Zongxian, then his tactic would be very correct.

Shengli was waving to himself - Sosa thought so before arriving at Zhehe, but when he arrived, he was completely confused!

Zhehe Port is gone!

Or in other words, Hu Zongxian himself blocked Zhehe Port!

Instead, a trench was a semicircular circumference that surrounded the land along the coast, so the original pier of Zhehe Port became a place where the sea was leaning against the sea, but had lost its docking facilities; three sides were facing the land, but it was surrounded by a trench of earth like a city wall. If the Portuguese wanted to go ashore to capture the city center of Zhe Port, they had to land on a small boat first, give up their advantage in warships, and then rely on infantry to attack the earth block guarded by tens of thousands of soldiers.

Sosa is not a lunatic, so of course he doesn't want to do this - the place above the dock and under the earthen turret is simply a trap!

"What's this!" Sousa shouted in confusion. He could not understand the "stupidity" of the Chinese!

Generally speaking, commercial countries along the Mediterranean coast have war thinking that is very commanded by commercial interests. The reason why countries provoke wars is for commercial interests. Maritime commercial interests are based on commercial waterways, and commercial waterways must be composed of commercial seaports. Therefore, war is a means and the purpose is to seize the seaports - Sosa is very clear about this!

But Hu Zongxian didn't play the cards at all! Before he even fought the battle, he actually blocked the most important harbor in Nanyang!

Isn’t this the defeated place before the war has just begun?

But why does Sousa feel that she has not won?

At this time, Hu Zongxianzheng leisurely hid behind the earthen roof and discussed with Zhang Juzheng which is better, tea or coffee.

Behind this land turret, there were the most elite troops of the Ming Dynasty in Luzon ready to go, and there were also many merchants who complained about the seal of the port of Zhehe River. Like Sosa, these merchants could not understand Hu Zongxian's behavior, but Hu Zongxian did not take this "incomprehension" seriously, because their actions had a greater strategic purpose to support - to make the victory of the Shanghai faction in the temple struggle, which was the first priority; to achieve the national interests of the Ming Dynasty in the South China Sea region, this was the second thing to consider; as for the livelihoods of the merchants and the temporary economic losses of society, Hu Zongxian believed that for the overall situation of the country, they were ranked very behind and could even be ignored.

This is called party is the most important, the country is the second, and the people are the least important - how can a head like Sousa understand such a profound national strategy problem?

Li Yanzhi's strategy to develop Luzon was not to develop the ports everywhere along the Manila Bay, but to take the ports of Zhe River as its foothold, follow the water system of Zhe River and operate the countryside everywhere. Therefore, at this time, Luzon had actually formed a self-sufficient agricultural and handicraft hinterland. The opening of Zhe River would inject vitality into the economy of this region. But even if Zhe River was sealed for a year or two, Hu Zongxian and others would not starve to death. However, many shops would be requisitioned for national interests, and many merchants went bankrupt.

The land forces were right next to Hu Zongxian, while the naval warships were collected in several other natural harbors in Manila Bay.

Manila Bay is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Hu Zongxian is the master and Sosa is the guest. The so-called guest is as he pleases. Hu Zongxian's "strategy" of closing the door to farm in the backyard seems ridiculous, but Sosa couldn't do anything to him! Sosa wanted to invite Hu Zongxian to fight at sea, but Hu Zongxian refused - although he actually had a strong navy in his hand.

"Fanyi wants Manila Bay, then I will give it to him."

A fleet of nearly 25,000 people galloped across the Manila Bay, looking majestic, but only the parties involved knew the hardships - they were majestic, but they had no roots! They could not find enough supplies along the Manila Bay coast, and clean water could solve them, but food had to rely on the distant Brahma and even Singapore.

When he was still in Brahma, Sosa was proud of his ability to lead such a large army. Now when it comes to supply issues, he wishes that his subordinates would only have a few thousand people left, so that all the more than 20,000 peripheral troops would die!

After cruising in Manila Bay for seven or eight days, he still couldn't find the Chinese fleet. At this time, Sosa couldn't stand it anymore. He sent troops to try to land. When the Chinese soldiers on the earthen turret saw it, they laughed happily: "Haha! The ghost of the world is here to die!"

"Hold on, hold on!" Baihu reminded his subordinates: "Let them come up a little longer! Oh, how long has this hand been itchy!"

The Portuguese used a small boat to land and arranged a queue of five hundred people. When they were about to transport the artillery, the commander who was responsible for guarding the earthen turret ordered: "Fire the artillery!"

How much land is enclosed by this earthen trunk, and where cannons are placed behind the earthen trunk, all of which are carefully calculated, that is, the troops that are just able to hit the ashore!

"Boom--"

The flesh and blood were as if flowers were blooming everywhere. The cannons that were dispersed and the abandoned bird guns were like a pile of garbage. There were also some infantrymen who had taken risks to approach. They avoided the bombing of the cannons, but could not avoid the second round of musket shooting. Among the last few lucky people, the lucky ones were very lucky to run under the earthen building, and then they found that they were actually the most unfortunate - the Ming soldiers on the top of the city were holding Japanese swords and waiting for them with a smile.

Climb up, be killed by a Japanese knife, run back, be shot to death by a bird gun, or run to the beach by luck, but be killed by cannons.

How to die is an indecisive question, but it is not a problem to die!

Sousa's first tentative attack ended like impotence. Afterwards, even he thought he was stupid, and then he modified his tactics to log in from outside this earthen turret.

But it was later proved that as long as the word "land" was involved, Europeans should not compete with the Chinese. At this time, nearly 200,000 immigrants migrated to Luzon by the Ming Dynasty, and the population had reached more than 400,000. Zhan Yi implemented the improved Baojia system in Luzon. In addition to being able to mobilize regular troops, Hu Zongxian could mobilize tens of thousands of people to invest in logistics and combat assistance during wartime. The ability of the Chinese political system to compulsory mobilize people's power, and the small cost of compulsory mobilization are beyond the imagination of the European political system.

Before Sosa arrived, Hu Zongxian had mobilized militias and indigenous peoples, setting up 245 observation points along Manila Bay, each with twenty to fifty lookouts and guard militias, and there were about 3,000 people as information transmission teams. Sosa tried his best in Manragha to pull up a team of less than 10,000 people, and with Hu Zongxian's order, he could mobilize tens of thousands of people to his ears. No matter where Sosa wanted to log in, it would be difficult to escape the human sea surveillance network.

Sousa's second attempt to attack was to send an infantryman of about 2,000 people landed thirty miles from the River Zhe, but they were discovered as soon as they got ashore.

It is close to the Zhe River, and there is a village abandoned due to the "Sturdy Wall and Clear Sea" strategy. The Portuguese infantry found some clear water and a little food that began to rot, and then advanced to the northeast.

There is a road paved with mud and sand between this village and the Zhehe Port City - in this era, this is a very good infrastructure. There are still jungles on both sides of the road, and there are paths stepped out by locals in the jungle. The Portuguese, who are unfamiliar with the land, dare not take the path when they come here, and they can only walk that road. Moreover, in order to prevent attacks, they are also very slow.

These infantrymen are not blind, but the army they formed is like a blind army. Hu Zongxian, who has a sea of ​​surveillance network, looked at the entire Luzon Island, as if he was looking at his palm, the road where the Portuguese infantry was moving, was like a fingerprint of his.

"It's right here," Hu Zongxian pointed to the middle section of the "fingerprint" and said to Zhang Juzheng and Luzon's local chief executive Zhan Yi: "Start fight!"

"Then why not be here?" Zhan Yi refers to the place where the Folang Jiren landed. At this time, Zhang Juzheng did not speak. How to command the war was not something he was good at. For him, such things were too small and specific.

"Haha, it makes sense." Hu Zongxian said.

In his mouth, this was just a sentence, but as soon as his words landed, a unit of 3,000 quickly circled around the rear of the Portuguese infantry from a small path, where only twenty Portuguese soldiers remained, and the Ming government army captured it with absolute superior force.

"Bang bang--"

The Portuguese infantry who were marching stopped immediately when they heard the gunshots behind them.

Zhehe Harbor City is right in front, there must be enemies in front.

There is gunshot behind it, so there is an enemy behind it!

Being attacked from both sides! Should you advance or retreat at this time?

Hu Zongxian did not give the Portuguese time to consider. Just when the Portuguese generals were still hesitating, gunfire sounded at the jungles on both sides of the road! The ambushed bird guns broke out!

"There is an ambush! Retreat!"

Although he was a little busy, the Portuguese did not mess up in the queues while the lead was flying. The infantry slowly retreated, but what was waiting for them in front was a dead end - more than a hundred hand-pushed wheelbarrows emerged from somewhere, each of which was full of firewood and grass, and they were randomly on the road, and the road was blocked at a meal.

The original tool of a hand-pushed wheelbarrow, as long as there is sufficient manpower to cooperate, can exert its unthinkable auxiliary effect in combat on various terrains!

"Roar over, rush over!" The Portuguese general shouted. The infantry team was actually only fifty Portuguese, and the others were Indian and Southern Ocean natives. They drove the Portuguese to open up piles of firewood, but in the absence of effective tools, how could they be faster than those hundreds of wheelbarrows?

Behind the Ming Dynasty's regular troops have arrived, and the neat and pauses of step-changing sounds show that this army is disciplined, haha, haha, haha, haha, haha, are several rows of iron cars! The iron cars are also modified with wheelbarrows, which look clumsy and funny, but they are very suitable for the terrain of this area when they are put into actual combat. Behind the iron cars are bird gunners and melee troops that can rush out at any time.

Portugal is just a tentative team, not the main force of the Portuguese army. Neither Sousa nor the generals of this army have the confidence to conquer Zhehe Port City with these two thousand people alone. Therefore, when the army from Zhehe Port City hides from behind, the army believes that what comes from behind is a force that cannot be defeated!

"Boom--"

Outside the coastline, Sosa was cheering, but all he could do was cheer. He did not send troops to land. Although losing two thousand troops would make him feel very heartbroken, if he continued to invest his troops, it would be possible to put the entire army in a deeper quagmire!

"Kill!"

The Portuguese army attacked, or rather, they ran away!

Some indigenous people in the South China Sea ignored their orders and hid in the jungle, which also hid dangers in the jungle, but these people were ready to surrender as soon as they encountered an ambush.

As cannon fodder, the native Indians spread the firewood piles open a small path. The firewood piles, which were one and a half high, were piled up to more than fifty meters long, so the tunnel was only fifty meters long. However, the Indians who risked their lives to open the corridor were not bravely commended. They were pushed out and blocked the leads of the ambushing army. The Portuguese hid behind their bodies and crawled forward.

Ten people came out, twenty people came out, and the general felt safe and was ready to come out. At this time, an order came from somewhere: "Send!"

It was not a cannon or a bird gun, but a more primitive catapult, but it was fire balls and oil bombs! These things fell on the pile of firewood and wet immediately burned the barrier area of ​​more than 50 meters into a sea of ​​fire!

The corridor was originally a road to survival, but at this time it became a death gate to hell!

“Wow wow wow wow wow wow—”

At this time, there was no longer any Portuguese or Indian natives. Everyone was struggling in the sea of ​​fire, and everyone fled in the lead shot. In the end, only more than twenty Portuguese and more than fifty Indians fled to the coast and fled back to the ship.

Sousa's second login attempt was declared a failure.

The Battle of Manila Bay is a battle against exhaustion. Every day, even if the war is not started, both sides are enduring injuries. In fact, since Hu Zongxian decided to use the tactic of "strengthening the walls and clearing the sea" to deal with the Folangji people, the Ming Dynasty began to suffer serious economic losses. If the economic losses of this war were calculated alone, the Ming Dynasty would definitely suffer greater than that of the Portuguese!

However, China is a society with the highest political interests, so Hu Zongxian can tolerate this kind of harm more than Sousa.

At this time, Spain's Lopez arrived. Seeing the Portuguese experience, Lopez decided not to go to the muddy waters of Manila Bay.

"This stupid Sosa!" Lopez sneered inwardly: "Luzon can't beat him, won't he go to beat the official?"

He was a pirate and believed that mobile combat was the king of war on the sea!

After hearing that Lopez turned around [31 Novel Network                                                                                                                        �

As a result, Lopez's fleet returned without driving far away! Because the outpost ship rewarded: a big flag was erected on the other side of Penghu - it was the flag standard belonging to that man. The entire East China Sea was once afraid of this flag, but the flag was embroidered with no longer a two-headed koi, but a two-headed giant dragon!

Li Yanzhi!

After this flag appeared, all people, whether they believe in Christ or Islam, whether they are maritime businessmen or maritime affairs, understand—

That terrible man has come back! (To be continued. If you want to know what happens next, please log in.qidian., more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued)
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