Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

At this moment, Li Qiang, a brigade commander of the Tiandi Army, was standing only one kilometer away from the royal city.

He stared at the towering city in front of him, his mind constantly thinking about the next course of action.

Just then, Xiang Zhixia came back with the tall Pablo.

The two of them trotted to Li Qiang, saluted Zhixia, and reported: "General Li, we just received news that Governor Welsh in the royal city has escaped. Now, a priest named Sharal has organized the believers in the city to close the city gates and announced that he wants to negotiate with us."

When Li Qiang heard this, he couldn't help but frowned slightly and started thinking secretly in his heart.

After a moment, he slowly said, "Let's talk. The commander-in-chief has already told us that if armed conflict can be avoided, we should try not to do it. After all, once this royal city is destroyed by war, it will become dilapidated, and it will take a lot of manpower and material resources to rebuild it in the future. It's really too much trouble!"

Not long after, Li Qiang led a squad of elite soldiers to the foot of the city wall.

Pablo and Xiang Zhihua followed closely behind and came together.

Pablo raised his head and shouted to the city wall: "Father Sharal, General Li of the Heaven and Earth Army has arrived. If you have anything to say, you can talk to him directly!"

Father Sharal, a slightly old but determined figure, slowly poked his head out from the city wall again.

His deep eyes were fixed on Li Qiang, who was standing tall and straight like a pine tree under the city wall. He opened his lips slightly and shouted in a slightly hoarse voice:

"Respected General Li, please listen to my sincere words. This Spanish Royal City was built in Manila by Philip II at the request of the great Pope of Rome. He spent three years and countless gold and silver and effort to build it into the capital of the East Indies."

Father Sharal paused for a moment, and then continued passionately: "This place is not only the administrative center of the Kingdom of Spain in the East Indies, it is also an important missionary base of our sacred Catholicism in the mysterious East. It is a sacred place where God spreads the gospel and saves all living beings in this vast Eastern land.

Therefore, I sincerely hope that after entering the city, your army will solemnly swear in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit:

There must be no blasphemy against God and the Blessed Virgin Mary;

Catholic churches and monasteries must not be trampled upon, and religious schools that spread the doctrine must not be disbanded;

Monks and nuns must not be persecuted, and devout Catholics must not be arrested or persecuted.

As long as you agree to these conditions, I will immediately order the city gates to be opened to welcome your army.

But if the general refuses to agree, then tens of thousands of loyal believers in our city would rather dedicate their blood and flesh to the omnipotent Lord. "

After Father Sharar finished speaking, Xiang Zhixia, who was standing nearby, quickly translated it word by word to Li Qiang.

As Xiang Zhixia finished speaking, Li Qiang's already tense expression became even more gloomy, and the anger in his heart grew more and more intense.

After hearing everything, he finally couldn't hold back his anger and shouted at Xiang Zhixia:

"What the hell is this old guy up to? I have always believed in the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, who saves people from suffering, and the God of Wealth, who brings in huge amounts of money.

Who is this God? Who are the Lord and the Virgin Mary? I won't burn that incense stick at all!

If you lose a battle, you should act like you lost. If you lose, you still put forward this condition and that condition. You even dare to threaten me with the lives of all the people in the city. You are simply ignorant of the world and you are tired of living!"

"General Li, please calm down. These foreigners have always been very self-righteous and think they are superior to us Chinese. Even the Bodhisattva they believe in is much more noble than others."

Xiang Zhixia became more and more angry as he spoke. He spat towards the city wall and said, "Humph! This is really too much. We should teach them a lesson and let them know that we are not easy to bully!"

"That's right, we must show them how powerful we are!" As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qiang quickly took a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle from a soldier next to him.

With skillful and quick movements, he raised his gun and aimed at the Spanish flag flying high on the city wall.

There was a loud bang and the bullet flew out of the gun and hit the flag-raising rope accurately.

In an instant, the rope for raising the flag broke, and the national flag that symbolized the authority of the Spanish colonists slowly fell.

This sudden scene stunned the people watching from afar at first, and then they broke into thunderous applause and cheers.

Everyone shouted excitedly: "Great shooting! What a sharpshooter!"

You have to know that in this era, firearms were still relatively backward.

The matchlock and flintlock rifles in mainstream use are muzzle-loading guns, and the barrels have no rifling at all. Guns without rifling have no sights.

This type of weapon usually has a strong lethality only when it is attacked with concentrated firepower. If you want to accurately hit a distant target with a single shot, it is almost entirely dependent on luck and does not reflect the shooter's shooting level at all.

However, for someone like Li Qiang, being able to hit the flag-raising rope which was over a hundred meters away from him with one shot was simply a miracle.

Father Sharar on the city wall was so shocked when he saw this that he was speechless for a long time. Colonel Pablo under the city wall was also shocked and thought to himself: "What kind of shooting skill is this? Is this man the god of war?"

However, neither of them regarded what was happening before their eyes as a miracle.

They opened their eyes wide, their gazes fixed on the exquisite Type 56 semi-automatic rifle in General Li's hand, as if time had stopped.

Their mouths slightly opened, their faces filled with astonishment and disbelief, and they thought to themselves: How could such a powerful and ingenious weapon exist in this world?

At this moment, Li Qiang had just finished firing the gun. He turned around, looked at Xiang Zhixia with a firm gaze, and gave an order in an unquestionable tone:

"Xiang Zhixia, you must immediately go to the city wall and shout to those foreign devils, ordering them to surrender unconditionally! I will only give them ten minutes. If they still don't open the city gate within the specified time, then we will launch a violent attack!"

"As ordered!"

Xiang Zhixia saluted Li Qiang like the Tiandi Army. His movements were clean and neat, and had quite a bit of the style of the Tiandi Army.