Wanli Xinming

Chapter 390
Xiao Chongye knew himself, which made Zhong Yanwensong feel a lot faster, and his sitting upright body relaxed a little.Despite being called out for a scandal at home, the former reporter Zhong didn't care.After all, how many people in Luzon can sit in front of the two imperial officials and drink a cup of tea?

After a few words of greeting, Xiao Chongye said, "The two imperial emperors have sent here to meet with Spain. I have been waiting for a long time - but I didn't expect the imperial court to attach so much importance to the matter of the Golden Bronze Island."

When Xiao Chongye and Xie Jie heard this, their heads were full of question marks.Zhong Yanwen felt uneasy when he saw the doubts of the two, as if what he said just now was abrupt.

Xie Jie asked, "What gold and copper island? What are you talking about?"

Zhong Yanwen turned around in his heart when he heard the words, and tentatively explained: "Golden-Copper Island is a large island called Masbate Island in Spain. The expedition team from my family and Lu Wang's family discovered a large open-pit gold-copper mine on the island before the end of last year. Two The imperial envoy doesn't know?"

Xiao Chongye and Xie Jie looked at each other, and only then did they understand the intention of the imperial court to send them here from Ryukyu - no wonder they sent the imperial decree with a clipper. It turned out that the imperial court was eager to use the canonization of Sulu to wrestle with Spain!
This is not a secret, is it necessary to hide it from the two envoys?This cabinet can't do it!Xiao Chongye couldn't help but have such thoughts in his heart.

Xie Jie didn't think about it, because now the domestic world is getting worse, officials and people are all thinking about making a fortune. If you hear that an open-pit gold mine has been discovered here, there must be a large number of people who will come across the sea, or things will get out of control.Besides, King Zhou and King Lu should also be thinking about making a fortune in silence. These two must be secret performances, and they have also taken secrecy measures in Luzon.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with the government order.The canonization of Sulu was to ask for directions, and Daming did not intend to immediately start a war with the Manila authorities - if a war is to be fought, it must be the top of Mount Tai, how could it be possible to use four warships to attack such a big city.At the very least, it is necessary to bring enough troop transport ships to transport the field army to be sure of victory.

But what no one expected was the sound of a cannon from the "St. John", which annoyed Mr. Xiao, the imperial commissioner of Daming.Just after he came out of Ryukyu, he didn't turn around from the old man's arrogant attitude towards the country, and directly bombarded Manila several times, which led to Zhong Yanwen's misunderstanding.

After speaking for a while, Zhong Yanwen opened his mouth and looked at Xiao Chongye.I thought to myself, bro, you weren't so impatient when you were in the capital, what's wrong?

He heard that the imperial envoy had already started contact with the Manila authorities, he pondered deeply, frowned and thought for a while: "Two adults, this is troublesome now."

He then explained: "If the two of you take your apology and withdraw your troops, it will give Manila a chance to breathe. They will definitely concentrate all their Southeast Asian forces in Luzon, and transfer troops from New Spain to this place. In the future, the imperial court will inevitably attack again. A lot of work. This is one of them."

Xiao Chongye listened to what he said was reasonable, and he regretted it in his heart.I could only concentrate on listening to him say "Second [-]": "There are now five towns on the north bank of the Passy River, most of which I emigrated to Quanzhang, and the population has reached tens of thousands. If the warship leaves, these people will be slaughtered by the Spaniards."

After saying this, Xiao Chongye was so frightened that his hands were shaking, and he wished he could have a big mouth on his face.Compared with the slaughter of the emperor's people, what is a hole in the bow of the ship closed?This is considered an improper handling by myself, resulting in a massacre in Luzon. Don't take credit for returning to the country. If you don't go to jail, you will burn a lot of incense.

Xie Jie didn't think much about it these days, and he was sweating after listening to Mr. Zhong's analysis.The two looked at each other, then looked at Zhong Yanwen at the same time, waiting for him to continue.

Zhong Yanwen was taken aback by the sight, and after sorting out the language, he continued to ask, "Have the two adults fought with the Spanish Navy?"

The two imperial envoys shook their heads first, then nodded again.Xiao Chongye said, "I have never seen any other warships except for the Lao Shi Zisheng."

Zhong Yanwen frowned and said, "No! There is a large military port [-] miles east of Manila Port. I have been there and counted it. There are six large ships and twenty or thirty small ships.

Fleet commander Qi Zuoguo interjected: "Someone has already sent a ship to investigate, and there are no ships in that port now."

At this time, Zhong Yanwen was full of contempt for the trio, thinking what kind of thing are these?Now that the imperial court can send so many ignorant officials and generals as ambassadors, it shows how incompetent they are.My move to go out to sea to mess around with rice is the right move.

He murmured in his stomach, but respectfully said on his face: "Several adults, Manila is the hub of the Spaniards in the entire Southeast Asia. Now that all the warships are gone, they must be ambushed behind our fleet, waiting for our army to attack the city without success and when the ammunition is empty. Attacks are inevitable."

Xiao Chongye, Xie Jie and Qi Zuoguo all shook their heads when they heard the words.Listening to Mr. Zhong's analysis, things are really big.Maybe after the second year of Wanli, the biggest tragedy of bereavement and humiliation of the country will happen to a few of them.

At this time, Xiao Chongye no longer had the arrogance of "the imperial envoy of the heaven", so he took a deep breath and regained his composure.He stared at Zhong Yanwen with burning eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "Mr. Zhong is familiar with the situation here, does he have a plan?"

Zhong Yanwen smiled and said: "I don't dare to do it, there is only a humble plan for a few adults to refer to." Clearing his throat: "For this plan, I have to shoot down Manila! In this way, everything will be alive!"

Qi Zuuoguo interjected: "Mr. Zhong, there are 370 elite soldiers in the sealing fleet, 650 eight gunners, and [-] sailors—these sailors basically have no combat skills. Can this idea take down this city?"

Zhong Yanwen first sighed: "This idea is not enough for people to attack the city." When Xiao Chongye frowned, he put a smile on his face and said: "But Manila city is full of [-] soldiers, indigenous soldiers. Although it is thousands, it can be ignored. Although he relies on the strong city, it is not that we do not have reinforcements. We and the King Lu family can gather six hundred daring warriors. In addition, the daring warriors in Luzon for prospecting and exploring Gentlemen, it is very possible to gather [-] soldiers!"

When Xiao Chongye heard this, his breathing became heavy.If you have unexpected reinforcements, you may not be able to give it a try!
Mr. Zhong added: "Now there are tens of thousands of people in the five towns, at least [-] people in small towns. There is no shortage of cold weapons such as knives and axes - if we open the city gates or city walls first, and guide them to fill the city. -" Made a gesture of dumping, "How many Spaniards are there? It's not enough for three to fight one! If the native soldiers see that the general trend has gone against the water, the Spaniards can come out and count his fate!"

Looking at Xie Jie again, he said, "Mr. Xie, hasn't the Military Intelligence Bureau buried a few nails in Manila over the years? If it can be mobilized, some elites can be brought into the city, and the city gates will be opened at night - this battle will be won!"

Xiao Chongye looked at Xie Jie after hearing the words, Xie Jie pondered for a while, and nodded silently.Zhong Yanwen was overjoyed, stood up and said, "Several adults, I used the opportunity to provide vegetables to the city, and I went in for a detailed survey several times, and I can draw a general outline of the streets and buildings in the city. Let's work together as a consultant. How to fight, okay?"

(End of this chapter)