Late Ming Dynasty: Conquering the world starting from riding and cutting

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The city of San Salvador was founded in 1626. In a few years, the Spanish Governor of Manila will give it the title of Fiat Parang (which means Pearl) on Taiwan Island.

This pearl of Taiwan is built near the sea and is surrounded by the sea on three sides. The city is roughly square in shape, with each side about 300 meters long. The city wall is three feet high and about six to seven feet thick. It is all made of marble bricks and is a typical ancient European architectural style.

In addition to these buildings, there are also more than a dozen patrolling Spanish soldiers and several unknown artillery pieces standing on the city walls.

Qin Hao's first impression when he saw this city can be described in four words: easy to defend but difficult to attack.

No wonder it took the Netherlands and Spain several years to drive them out of this seaside pearl city in their battle for Taiwan.

"Your Majesty General, please wait for a moment. I will go in and inform Mr. Carinio." Amorim said slightly apologetically.

When we arrive in San Salvador, we can't be as tyrannical as we were at the harbor. Mr. Cariño in the city is the commander here. We can't force our way in, otherwise the cannons above our heads will see blood today.

"Yeah" Qin Hao responded lightly. When he saw several cannons on the castle, he felt uneasy in his heart.

There is also a trace of regret. I don’t know how I got to the island so easily. If the Spaniards have malicious intentions, the situation will be tense and there will be no way out unless he is willing to lead his soldiers to swim through the sea channel. go back.

How reckless!

When he first came by boat, Qin Hao roughly calculated the straight-line distance between the two sides of the strait. It was not far away, about 400 meters. This distance is a piece of cake for ordinary people who can swim, but for landlubbers, even 10 meters I can't swim over the distance, so I'm definitely going to feed the fish.

As for the cavalry and slashing soldiers, it is estimated that few of them are good at it. Except for the 10 Nord guards, their predecessors were Viking pirates and were proficient in all kinds of maritime combat.

Fortunately, Amorim did not disappoint them. About a quarter of an hour after entering the city, they heard his voice again at the city gate: "Open the door quickly and let His Excellency Qin Hao come in."

The Spanish soldiers followed the order and began to pull the gate chain skillfully, and everything went smoothly.

The moment he crossed the heavy iron gate, Qin Hao finally felt relieved. Now if he had a conflict with the Spanish, he had half a chance of winning.

After entering the city, Qin Hao had a glimpse of the entire city. As the first city founded by Spain in Taiwan, San Salvador's neighborhoods are quite large.

The neighborhood is dotted with large and small residential houses, shops, warehouses, churches and Spanish colonial institutions. However, everything seems unusually deserted. Except for a group of soldiers, there are no residents here. It is like a military town.

Of course, the most eye-catching building here is the sturdy Governor's Fortress, which stands high at the northern end of the city. This is where Qin Hao and his party want to go.

As soon as they arrived, several soldiers came forward to inspect and wanted to take away the weapons of Qin Hao and others.

Whimsical!

If we were outside the city just now, there would still be a slight possibility, but now that the troops have entered the city, any attempt to do so would be tantamount to wishful thinking.

However, there was no need for Qin Hao to object. Amorim stood angrily in front of the team and angrily shouted: "This is a guest invited by Mr. Carinio. Please disperse."

The soldiers were afraid of Amorim's identity and did not dare to go too far. They took a few steps back, but still guarded the door. The meaning was already obvious. If they wanted to enter, they must hand over their weapons.

Amorim wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Qin Hao. He wanted to enter someone else's house. How could he enter with weapons? He wanted to resist just now, but he was afraid that the French soldiers would take away their flintlocks.

"Okay, Amorim, it's not like all my troops are going to be guests." Qin Hao said while trying to smooth things over, pointing behind him, "I see there are so many idle houses in the city, so let them go over there and renovate them." The army has rested."

After saying that, he handed the long sword in his hand to several Spanish soldiers who were inspecting. Seeing that Qin Hao was so cooperative and did not dare to offend Adjutant Amorim, they carefully reminded: "General, if you feel that there is no If you don’t feel comfortable serving around others, you can bring a few guards in, that’s no problem.”

Now that they said so, Qin Hao was also happy to see the result, and he ordered two Nord guards and Wang Jiu to go in together.

The moment he entered the inner fort, Qin Hao saw a middle-aged European man with a beard waiting outside the door. This was Carinho, the commander of San Salvador City in Amorim's mouth.

Unexpectedly, he dared to come to greet him in person.

"Oh, a general from the Ming Dynasty, I didn't expect you to be so young. It's really amazing." Cariño was a little surprised when he saw Qin Hao. His eyes seemed to move, and he put down the cigar he was smoking in his left hand and the cigar he was smoking in his right hand. glass of water.

After all, he is a man who has experienced many hardships. The shock on his face only lasted for a moment before he returned to normal.

A kind smile began to appear on his generous face, and he thanked: "Thank you for helping my adjutant Amorim, so that this young man from Spain would not serve God so early. I sincerely thank you here. ”

The first time he saw him, Qin Hao knew that this guy was far more dangerous than he appeared. How could a person who was sent by the Governor of Manila to develop Taiwan Island be a kind, calm and kind person? He must be determined in his heart. The blood that flows is at least not that good.

Killing and dirty colonists!

He held the water glass, took a sip of water and said: "I have prepared a sumptuous dinner for you tonight. Thank you for bringing us such a sweet and delicious water source, so that we who are thirsty are about to face God's water." People return to the world.”

"Your Excellency Cariño, you're welcome."

"That's what I should do. It's still early and there are a lot of free rooms in the castle. I think it's better for you and your guards to rest for a while. Here I also need to deal with the soldiers who died heroically. Aftermath issues.”

Cariño's face was heavy but still very polite, without any offensive words, and he didn't sound uncomfortable at all.

"In that case, we won't disturb you anymore." Qin Hao responded with a smile.

"Thank you."

After speaking, Carinho pointed to a soldier under his command and asked him to take Qin Hao and others to the room to rest.

On the way, Wang Jiu glanced at the Spanish soldiers in front of him, then quietly leaned next to Qin Hao and asked carefully: "My lord, they may not be able to understand what I am saying."

"Well, as you said, the soldier in front probably won't understand. I don't know if the bearded guy can."

Qin Hao guessed that he should be able to do it. After all, when doing business in the Far East, Ming Dynasty must be a stop. Therefore, Chinese is also the most indispensable skill for commanders like them. Of course, if there is a translator, it will be treated as if he has not said this. sentence.

Sure enough, Wang Jiu saw that the soldier leading the way had no reaction when he heard what the two said, so he felt relieved and said to Qin Hao: "Sir, I don't think that bearded man is a good person."

"Oh, how did you see that?"

Qin Hao was a little surprised. In fact, he felt the same way. Carinho didn't seem to be an easy person to get along with. He was kind on the surface but actually had an arrogance in his heart.

He looked down upon Qin Hao and his group!

"I can't say this, anyway, I just think he looks like a good person." Wang Jiu scratched his head and scratched his head, fearing that Qin Hao wouldn't care, and then added, "Sir, I usually judge people very accurately, and I'm not just talking nonsense. "

"Well, I understand. You can rest assured and remember not to talk nonsense." Qin Hao reminded carefully.

Wang Jiu nodded and immediately covered his mouth, indicating that he understood. He was still very good at executing Qin Hao's orders. If he didn't tell him, he wouldn't say anything.

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