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Chapter 714 Hostage Threat
When Batavia was attacked by the fleet of the Kyushu Army, Manila, the Spanish stronghold in the Spice Islands, had been surrounded by the Kyushu Army for several days.The Spanish fleet huddled in the harbor, relying on the fort to bombard each other with the peripheral Atlante fleet and the Monarch fleet.Such shelling panicked the Spanish soldiers in Manila.They found themselves blocked in Manila by the Kyushu Army, and had no chance to ask for help from the outside world. They could only wait for people outside to find out that they were surrounded and come to rescue them.

On land, the natives of Luzon led by Overseas Chinese in Manila have cut off the connection between Manila and other tribes on the island, and Manila has become an isolated city.

In Manila, Spanish colonial soldiers armed with matchlock guns rushed into the mansion of Manila businessman Lin Lao.

"This is a private house, you are not allowed to trespass!" Seeing the menacing colonial soldiers approaching, the servants of Lin's mansion hurriedly blocked the door.

"Get out!" The colonial soldier hit the servants of Lin's mansion with the butt of his gun, and then kicked open the gate.

"What are you doing?!" Manila businessman Mr. Lin came out, seeing his servant kicked and curled up on the ground, furious.

"Take this old man away!" The colonial soldiers left with Mr. Lin in their arms, and the people in Lin's mansion cried and howled.

In Manila, overseas Chinese businessmen were captured again by colonial soldiers and held in a courtyard surrounded by square walls.

"Why have we been arrested again?" The overseas Chinese businessmen in Manila were frowning.

The last time they were captured by colonial soldiers, some merchants in Manila failed to revolt, which implicated them.Later, it was Liu Wang of the Kyushu Army who came out and rescued them.

Elder Lin was weak, and was brought here by the colonial soldiers. He was so angry and bloody that he sat on the ground and recovered with difficulty: "The fleet of the Kyushu Army is attacking the fort and fleet of Manila outside. They are probably also afraid, so they are afraid. Take us here as hostages."

The other businessmen were very frightened after hearing this: "Mr. Lin, do you think they will kill us? In the past, the hostages held by pirates at sea usually escaped death, and they are very likely to be torn apart."

Some businessmen couldn't help complaining: "Why did the Kyushu Army come to attack Manila at this time? Isn't this a burden on us!"

Elder Lin waved his hand with difficulty: "Don't worry everyone, they dare not kill us, or even treat us like last time."

"Mr. Lin, why are you so sure?" Many businessmen gathered around and asked in confusion.

"The reason is very simple. The reason why they captured us was that they were afraid of being defeated by the Kyushu Army, and they wanted to use us as a bargaining chip in negotiating with the Kyushu Army. If they dare to tear up their votes, how do you think the Kyushu Army will deal with them. With our money The good thing is, even if the Kyushu army throws them all into the sea to feed the fish, no one will say anything." Elder Lin said.

"It seems to be the case." Everyone nodded.If the colonial soldiers killed them, once they were defeated, the Kyushu Army could dispose of these defeated colonial soldiers at will.

"So we should eat what we should, drink what we should, and don't be scared by them." Elder Lin said.

Acuña, the governor of Manila, stood on the stone building and saw the overseas Chinese businessmen locked up below, his frown still did not loosen.Seizing these overseas Chinese businessmen is just one more guarantee, but this guarantee cannot guarantee their safety.

"Governor, two of our merchant ships were severely damaged in the bombardment with the Kyushu Army and are being repaired." A Spanish colonial soldier came over and said.

"Has the Kyushu army gone crazy! Why did they suddenly attack us, and the Dutch and the Frangipani haven't come yet!" Acunia growled hysterically.

After being blocked for a long time, almost all the subordinates and Spanish businessmen were urging Acuña, asking when the reinforcements would arrive, which doubled the pressure on Acuña.

"I'm afraid the Netherlanders and Frangji are also in trouble," said the subordinate.

"What trouble can they have? Is it possible that the Kyushu Army still has the strength to attack them at the same time?" After Acunia finished speaking, he was taken aback by his own words, "They won't really kill the Dutch, Fran Did the robot clean it up together?"

"Let's send a few people to negotiate with them to see if the Kyushu Army will withdraw for the lives of these overseas Chinese businessmen." The subordinate suggested.

"I'm going to negotiate with them in person." Acuña made a difficult decision.

"No, the Kyushu Army has never acted in accordance with common sense. If you, the governor, act as an envoy in person, you might be detained by the Kyushu Army." The subordinate said.

"You can't get any useful information from them, and I still need to do it myself." Acuna said.

The Atlante and the King, which are blocking Manila, are all summoned warships.Among them, the Atlante was the sailing battleship that Chu Yun summoned when he was dealing with Zheng Zhilong, and it was made by Spain a hundred years later.And it was also a Spanish warship that was blocked in Manila, but there was a generation gap between the two for more than 100 years.

Among the Spanish warships in Manila, a merchant ship took advantage of the temporary truce between the two sides, raised a white flag, and sailed towards the Kyushu Army fleet.The Kyushu Army did not bombard the ship, but sent a frigate to intercept it to prevent the Spanish fleet from using fire.

"Take me to see your chief..." Acuña shouted across the deck to the Kyushu Army frigate coming across.

However, when he was speaking halfway, he suddenly froze, because he saw that on the deck of the frigate of the Kyushu Army opposite, half of the soldiers were black-haired and yellow-skinned Orientals, and the other half were blond-haired and blue-eyed Westerners like him. people.

? ? ?Why did Westerners appear on the warships of the Kyushu Army?

Acuna rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

"Man, are you here to surrender?" A Western soldier on the Kyushu Army's warship shouted.

"I, Governor of Manila, Acuña, want to negotiate with your chief, and take me to see your chief!" Acuña was a little surprised, and found that the accent of the other party was their Spanish accent. What a feeling it was Fuck, when did the sailors of your own country help the Kyushu army beat themselves?

Acuña was taken to the deck of Atlanta by the soldiers of the Kyushu Army. When he saw that the captain was also a Spaniard, he felt more like seeing a ghost.

"Hey, what are you in a daze for? You should be from Spain. For the sake of our relationship, I allow you to surrender." The captain of the Atlante said impatiently.

(End of this chapter)