The gunshot not only scared Chen Longzheng, it also scared Hughes and his own people. No one expected Hughes to suddenly shoot, and it was at Father Ricci. Of course, it wasn't at Ricci's body, but at the ground between his legs. It was such a short distance, and a bullet was deeply embedded in the ground. Hughes' expression was like that of a devil, and it was very horrifying.
Ricci absolutely didn't expect Hughes to shoot at him. After the shock, he was so frightened that he fainted. He looked no different from being dead, so in the eyes of others, Ricci was killed by Hughes with a shot, or he was scared to death. In short, the blame was on Hughes, and no one could escape from it.
Hughes didn't expect Ricci to be so cowardly, and he was scared to death. He wasn't mentally prepared, and he heard a soldier beside him exclaim, "Father Ricci is dead!!"
Then, all the soldiers looked at Hughes with extremely shocked eyes.
You have guts, you really have guts, you actually killed someone from the Roman Curia! You killed him in front of so many of us!
Hughes panicked and took a few steps back, shouting, "I didn't kill him! He was the one who scared himself to death! I didn't kill him! Don't talk nonsense! I'll kill whoever dares to talk nonsense! "
After saying that, this guy grabbed a gun with a lit match, raised it up, and fired. Bang! It shocked all the Spanish soldiers. No one continued to shout, and they all looked at him in fear.
Hughes panted heavily, looking at the soldiers around him, his mind blank.
At this moment.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang."
A series of gunshots scared Hughes to the point where he fell to the ground. His ears were filled with panicked shouts and screams, as well as the continuous gunshots. After waiting for a gap, Hughes looked up and saw 17 or 18 soldiers lying on the ground, covered in blood.
The Chinese opened fire? The Chinese have launched an attack on us?
He looked around again and saw that almost all the soldiers were running around in panic. There was no order to them at all, let alone using obstacles to stop the Chinese. The Chinese gunshots rang out very quickly. There was almost no pause, and the sound of bullets hitting something could be heard everywhere.
"Hughes! The Chinese are attacking! The Chinese are attacking us! What should we do? Didn't you say there would be no war? What's going on now?! "
Hughes' second-in-command immediately rushed to Hughes' side. He lay on the ground and grabbed Hughes' collar as he roared madly, causing Hughes to feel dizzy from the roar. It took him a while to regain consciousness. Hearing the gunshots and miserable screams, he gritted his teeth and roared, "Organize a counterattack immediately! He wanted to counterattack immediately! If we don't fight back, we'll all die here! Counterattack immediately! Only by fighting back will we have hope of survival! "
At this moment, the deputy did not want to argue with Hughes about the previous matter. There was no way to negotiate with the China people. They could only fight and fight for a way out.
"When I return to the Governor-General's Office, I will definitely take you to the military court! You bastard! "
This deputy's mind was much clearer than Hughes'. When he saw Hughes hit Ricci, he knew the situation was bad. Ricci was clearly trying his best to stop the two armies from fighting. This damned General only knew how to fight. Did he have a pig's brain?!
The deputy crawled up and quickly ran to the back. He wanted to avoid the Chinese people's shooting range and organize a counterattack. He had only run a few steps when Hughes suddenly shouted, "Send someone to the Chinese village at the back to get reinforcements! They also have guns. They can save us! "
The deputy was taken aback. He raised his head slightly and looked at Hughes with a puzzled expression. In the next second, a bullet accurately entered his skull from his forehead. Hughes saw him sway for a moment, his expression turning sluggish. Then, he fell to the ground, revealing the back of his head that had been blown off.
"Ah!!!!!"
Hughes shouted hysterically.
Outside the Spanish camp, Chen Longzheng handed the rifled rifle that he had just fired a shot to the guard behind him. The guard immediately handed over another loaded firearm. Then, he took out a small wooden hammer and started hammering bullets into the muzzle of Chen Longzheng's rifle.
Chen Longzheng's marksmanship was not bad. This guy liked guns. Every day, when Xiao Ruxun arranged for the soldiers to shoot with live ammunition, he would definitely join in the fun and shoot with them. It could not be helped, so Xiao Ruxun gave him a daily quota of 20 bullets to satisfy his craving. Who would have thought that this guy was not just playing around. He was also seriously studying marksmanship. He was the one who took away Xiao Ruxun's third rifled rifle.
The 20 bullets a day did not go to waste. Now, Chen Longzheng had the posture of a sniper.
He crouched next to a tree, using it as cover. He held a gun and aimed with one eye at the Spanish camp. Whoever he saw was in a bad mood, he fired at them. His shots were very accurate. Up until now, three people had fallen under his gun. The 250 arquebusiers' suppressive fire hadn't even killed 30 people!
Good. Another one stood up. He was reckless and seemed to want to raise his gun and shoot at me. It's you. Let's go!
He pulled the trigger and fired again. A bullet flew directly towards Chen Longzheng's target. Then, in Chen Longzheng's field of vision, that person fell down and never got up again.
In the field of vision of the soldiers beside Hughes, Hughes had just raised his gun to counterattack the Chinese, but the moment he stood up, he was shot down by a bullet. The bullet pierced through Hughes's neck, killing him on the spot. He lay on the ground, blood flowing everywhere.
The Spanish soldiers' fighting spirit had collapsed.
"Sir! The Spaniards are fleeing! "
The soldiers who were watching the battle came forward to report to Chen Longzheng.
"I know! The flintlock rifle team immediately rushed over and fired accurately. The shotgun team followed closely behind. Try to wipe out these Spaniards. Don't let anyone escape! Guards, follow me. See how Mr. Lee is doing! He wanted to see him alive, dead or alive! Such a big man can't just disappear like that! Damn the Spaniards! They didn't even let Mr. Lee off! "
Chen Longzheng's eyes were red as he led his soldiers and rushed over. The snipers with the rifled flintlock rifle rushed to the front. After crossing the obstacles, they squatted on the ground and fired accurately. After a round of firing, they shot down more than 30 Spaniards. The remaining few were stubbornly resisting. Most of them were fleeing.
The shotgun team of the Ming Army had already finished reloading their ammunition. They directly rushed forward to provide cover. Another two rounds of firing. Although they weren't accurate, they still had momentum. One round of firing and two rounds of firing had also killed seven or eight unlucky fellows. These unlucky fellows were shot into sieves and their bodies were full of bloody holes.
This time, the Spaniards were really fleeing. Their main general and deputy general had been shot dead. The rest of them were being suppressed by the Ming Army. Who still had the fighting spirit? It wasn't known who took the lead. A group of people screamed and ran back. From afar, a large group of people were fleeing in disorder. They were as pathetic as they could be.
Chen Longzheng didn't intend to let them go. With an order, the Ming Army at the back chased closely. After a round of firing, there was no way to reload immediately. In that case, they didn't need their guns anymore. Many people directly threw down their guns, pulled out the machetes from their backs and pounced forward to slash. Many Spaniards didn't hear the gunshots. They thought that the Ming Army wasn't chasing them anymore. In the end, when they looked back, they saw the Ming Army fiercely waving their machetes and rushing forward.
With a swish, a head fell to the ground. With another swish, half of the body was separated. Most of the Spaniards weren't killed by the guns. Instead, they were chased by the shotgun team with machetes and chopped to death. The last group of fleeing Spaniards was targeted by the shotgun team who had finished reloading their ammunition. At a distance of 150 meters, with a bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, a round of 50 shots was fired. Eleven or twelve people all fell to the ground and died.
Two hundred Spaniards were successfully wiped out by the Ming Army. This small-scale encounter ended in less than an hour.
Chen Longzheng's first battle was a complete victory. Furthermore, the battle loss ratio was shocking. After the battle, the Ming Army only had three people with minor gunshot injuries. They were just grazed by the bullets. Another two people sprained their feet while chasing. Another unlucky guy tripped when crossing the roadblock set up by the Spaniards. He fell head first and fainted. He only woke up after the battle.
Without a single person dying, they had wiped out two hundred Spaniards. This battle loss ratio was unparalleled.
However, at that time, Chen Longzheng wasn't in the mood to taste the fruits of his first battle command. He and a few soldiers of the Ming Army surrounded Ricci's body in grief. Looking at Ricci, who had closed his eyes and collapsed on the ground, the grief in his heart was indescribable.
His friendship with Ricci was very deep. Not to mention the friendship when they translated and compiled The Fundamentals of Geometry together, it was also due to the year of sailing on the sea together. The two accompanied each other day and night, talking about the history of China and the Renaissance in Europe for 5,000 years. Thanks to Ricci, Chen Longzheng was the second Chinese person after Xiao Ruxun to know Europe like the back of his hand. He knew about Spain, Portugal, France, and England.
Not only that, but he also set off a wave of China fever in Europe. He became a guest of the European nobles and enjoyed unparalleled hospitality. All of this couldn't have happened without Ricci's help.
Besides, this time, Ricci spared no effort to bring people to three places. They went to the Philippines and then to Guangzhou. After Guangzhou, they went to Myanmar, and then to the Philippines. He was almost fifty years old and had a long white beard. He was no longer young, but he still ran around. Why did he do this? Wasn't it for Marquis Xiao?
Such a dutiful little old man died just like that. Who said it wasn't injustice?
Chen Longzheng couldn't help but shed tears. He thought of the bits and pieces of time he spent with Ricci. For a moment, he was very sad. He stood up and ordered the soldiers around him, "Collect Mr. Li's body. We will bring it back to Myanmar. He was killed because of us. We must not let him down. After we go back, ask Marquis Xiao to preside over the cremation and leave a cenotaph in Myanmar. Send the ashes back to his hometown. People always have to return to their roots."
The soldiers bowed and obeyed, "Yes, Sir!"
A few soldiers carefully lifted up Matteo Ricci's corpse. They had only taken a few steps when Matteo Ricci's corpse suddenly opened its eyes and shouted in Chinese.
"Don't shoot! Don't shoot! Dragon! Don't shoot! "
Chen Longzheng was about to order the soldiers to chop off the heads of these Spaniards as a memorial to Ricci. In the end, Ricci screamed at the top of his lungs. Chen Longzheng was startled. The four soldiers carrying Ricci's body were even more frightened. They loosened their grip and jumped back. They raised their guns and were about to shoot.
"A moving corpse!!!!!"
"Oh my! My old waist!!! "
Ricci had stayed in Myanmar for a long time and was used to speaking in Chinese. His back was not good, and he had the same problem as Yuan Huang. When Yuan Huang's back was not good, he would open his mouth and say, "My old waist!" Then, he would yell at the top of his lungs for Xiao Ruxun to give him a cupping massage. Ricci did not dare to ask Xiao Ruxun to give him a cupping massage, but he had also learned this phrase. It was easily referring to his old waist!
This time, his yell saved his life.
A moving corpse could still yell about back pain?
The soldiers who had just raised their guns were stunned. They looked at each other and did not know what to do. Chen Longzheng rushed over and threw himself at Ricci's side, shaking him with all his might.
"Mr. Lee? Mr. Lee? You're not dead? You're still alive? "
Matteo Ricci, who had just woken up, was at a loss.
"Of course I'm not dead. Tilong, do you wish for me to die that much?"
Chen Longzheng confirmed that Ricci was not dead and immediately yelled, "Mr. Lee is not dead! Mr. Lee is not dead! "
Then, he shouted at Ricci, "Just now, when I saw you being shot, I thought you were really dead. Mr. Lee, you scared me to death! If you're dead, how am I going to explain it to Marquis Xiao! "
Ricci was dumbfounded. He looked at the messy battlefield and suddenly woke up. He remembered that he had knocked Hughes out with a shot.
"You didn't shoot, right? Tilong, you didn't shoot, right? "
Chen Longzheng's expression changed.
"The westerners have gone too far and knocked you out. Mr. Lee, you are Marquis Xiao's subordinate. You are Marquis Xiao's face. If they hit you, it is the same as hitting Marquis Xiao's face. It is the same as hitting me, the Daming's face. How can I spare them?
The two hundred westerners below the commanding officer were all killed by my Daming's Heavenly Army. Not a single one was spared! This is the consequence of daring to defy me, the Daming! Mr. Lee, don't worry, don't worry. I will send you back to Myanmar safely. You have made a great contribution this time. Marquis Xiao will not treat you unfairly. Mr. Lee, you … Mr. Lee? Mr. Lee? Why did you faint again? Mr. Lee? "
When Ricci heard Chen Longzheng's words, he looked at the messy battlefield and the corpses of the Spanish soldiers. He suddenly realized something and was stunned. He looked at Chen Longzheng's innocent face. He was so angry that he fainted again.
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