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Chapter 263

Two thousand five hundred Spanish soldiers completely collapsed, and a thousand Ming cavalry rushed into the defeated soldiers, and corpses were everywhere in the wilderness.

The Ming army chased the sea to the beach, with Spaniards naval guns on the sea, and they threw rats and were afraid to bombard the beach.

At this time, the Spanish soldiers, officers and nobles on the coast, rushed to ships together. The scene was extremely chaotic and the disciplined Spaniards became the lonely souls of the ownerless.

Brother Furang climbed onto a small boat, and the boat rowed towards the sailboat on the sea. He collapsed at the bow of the boat, his eyes dulled, and he couldn't believe everything in front of him.

Small boats left the seaside and took the Spaniards to escape the massacre of the Ming army, but more people were trapped on the beach and were reaped by the Ming army repeatedly rushing to reap their lives.

The Spaniards, who had a mental breakdown, had to surrender one after another when they saw that they could not escape.

The Spanish gunships anchored on the sea, and seeing more and more Ming troops chasing the seaside, they knew that the Spanish army was over this time.

At this time, Franco got on the sailing boat. Seeing that the rest of the people could no longer be taken back, he finally ordered the sailing boat to shoot the beach.

The Spanish gunship roared on the side of the side of the Spanish gunship and shells hit the beach. The Spaniards, who had no time to retreat, were hit by the shells and screamed in pain.

The Ming cavalry who rushed on the beach were hit by splashing stones, and they were also howling and neighing, falling horses.

Seeing this, Franco was quite relieved and was about to order to continue bombardment, but the Ming warships cruising in the distance rushed forward.

If it were in the past, Spanish sailboats would not be afraid of Ming warships, but at this time the Spanish were defeated on land, their army was shaken, and the navy was no longer interested in fighting.

Brother Folang looked at the Ming army on the beach with resentment and the Ming army warships that rushed towards him, and said with hatred: "God will not forgive you!"

After saying that, he had to order evacuation.

Several Spanish sailboats hung up full sails, and the sailors adjusted their direction. The ships fled in a hurry from the water splashed by Ming army gunships.

One day later, the embarrassing Spanish fleet sailed back to Jilong Port, and Franco conducted a count. There were only 803 Spanish people who returned to Jilong Port, and more than 2,000 people were killed, captured or missing. Spain's power in the Far East was lost by half, which was greatly damaged.

Now there are only more than 1,400 Spaniards left on the entire Taiwan island. In addition to the Spaniards in Manila and the Spanish soldiers in the Far East, there are less than 3,000.

This little power is no longer able to counterattack, and self-protection has become a problem!

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In the wilderness east of Tamsui Port, there were corpses of Spanish soldiers who had been killed everywhere. The desperate Spanish soldiers fled to the beach, were rushed by cavalry and shells, and many people were squeezed into the sea.

The Ming soldiers on the shore saw dense heads of people rising and falling in the sea, and floating corpses quickly floated on the sea.

The Spaniards struggling in the sea watched the Spanish sailboats far away, fluttering in despair one by one, and finally sank into the water.

As night fell, the battlefield returned to peace, and smoke was still everywhere. Among the withered weeds, thousands of Spanish corpses covered the earth, and the world was bleak.

On the battlefield, the Ming soldiers began to waving their weapons and cheered loudly, especially the garrisons involved in the battle, all of whom were red and shouting, "Wan Sheng!"

Zhao Ming rode a horse in the middle of the battlefield, surrounded by the corpses, weapons, armor and flags of soldiers of the two armies. The ground was covered with blood-stained marks everywhere. On the sea in the distance, the waves pushed the bodies to the beach, densely packed with corpses, which was shocking.

The Spanish colonists have suffered such a heavy blow for the first time since Spain embarked on the road of colonization. The Spanish elite soldiers in the entire Far East were almost exhausted, and if they want to be supplemented, they have to wait at least a year or two later.

During this period, it was an excellent opportunity for Zhao Ming to completely defeat the Far East and West Spaniards and seize their colonies in the Far East.

At this time, a sound of horse hooves came, and the cavalry led a large number of prisoners by. Luo Wenyao, a thousand cavalrymen, rushed to Zhao Ming, turned over and dismounted, and reported loudly, "Governor, let hundreds of Spanish escape, and the rest of the Spanish were all killed or captured. Beishi roughly counted, and this time he killed nearly a thousand enemies and captured nearly a thousand prisoners."

Zhao Ming nodded with satisfaction and ordered in a deep voice: "I ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and remove all the Spanish muskets and armor from this supervisor."

The Spanish muskets were sharp and the armor was excellent. After Zhao Ming seized these muskets and armor, he created another batch himself. As long as he could equip ten thousand people and trained them, the 10,000 Ming troops could walk sideways. Even if he met the Eight Banners soldiers, he didn't have to be afraid.

Furthermore, if the Ming army could have a flintlock armament of nearly 10,000 people, in the Far East, whether it was Spain or the Dutch, they would be gradually defeated by Zhao Ming, and Zhao Ming would become the new king of the sea in East Asia.

Luo Wenyao immediately clasped his fists and said, "I am humble and accept the order!"

At this time, Li Zhongming and others also rushed over and said excitedly: "Governor, the Spanish have suffered heavy losses, and there are more than a thousand prisoners alone. What should we do?"

Zhao Ming smiled and said, "Pick out those who have a skill and send them all to mine."

Taiwan’s island has abundant resources, and the copper, iron, coal and other mineral resources urgently needed by the Ming army during the war were distributed on Taiwan’s island.

After the Ming army came to the island, they paid great attention to the mining of mineral resources and metal smelting, and built mines where the veins were discovered.

Compared to farming, miners undoubtedly have to work much harder, and Zhao Ming cannot give miners too high treatment, so the people still hope to have a variety of acres of land and are unwilling to work in the mine.

Due to productivity limitations, mineral mining is difficult, and it depends entirely on human resources to mine and transport, and the cost is all about human resources.

The government cannot afford to improve the treatment, and the copper and iron smelted in the Ming Dynasty could not afford it. But to reduce the cost, the best way is to use prisoners of war to mine.

Zhao Ming's words determined the fate of the vast majority of Spanish prisoners.

Wang Dana said, "Governor, there are only about 3,600 Spanish in Taiwan. Now we annihilate and capture at least 2,000 people in one battle, and the main force of the Spanish is finished. At this time, should we take advantage of the victory and chase the Chicken City, and completely drive the Spanish out of Taiwan!"

Zhao Ming nodded without hesitation, "Of course! He ordered the entire army, the garrison and infantry to clean the battlefield, the medical team to treat the wounded, and the horse army of each battalion immediately gathered the troops and horses. Within one day, he would kill me to Jilong City to prevent the Spaniards from collecting the supplies outside the fort into the city, and then resist stubbornly."

All the generals clasped their fists and responded, "Abide by the order!"

At noon the next day, almost when Franco entered Jilong Port, the Ming cavalry also rushed outside Jilong City.

At this time, Franco climbed up to the bastion and saw the Ming cavalry roaring in the distance, with a gloomy face, "Damn Chinese, the Empire will never let you go!"
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