Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 71 Aftermath of the Battle of Manila

With the help of local Ming immigrants, the Ming Zheng army quickly took control of the situation in Manila.

At this time, the soldiers of the Guards were cleaning up the corpses and blood in the city, searching for Spanish soldiers who slipped through the net, and sealing up the warehouse, waiting for Zheng Kezang to send someone to count them.

The Governor's Mansion has already been cleared out first. As Zheng Kezang's temporary headquarters in Manila, Zheng Kezang, Liu Guoxuan and other bigwigs live in it.

At noon, the results of the battle were also counted. In this battle, the Guards killed 670 seven soldiers, and another 810 were injured, and killed more than 340 Spanish soldiers and more than [-] native soldiers.

In the street fighting, the Spanish Army still caused a lot of trouble to the Guards, and the death of six hundred is considered a small number.

More than 12 Spanish soldiers were captured, including [-] officers, including Governor Juan and Major Velosa.

In addition, more than [-] muskets, [-] cannons, more than [-] pieces of knives and guns, and [-] Andalusian horses were also seized.

In the city of Manila, the Guards soldiers were extremely busy. As long as it was the house of Spanish officials and wealthy businessmen, they had to go in and take a look.

Then one box after another of gold and silver, precious stones, emeralds, etc. were carried out, and each large box was very heavy.

At the same time, the gold plates, ivory, coral, gemstones, jade, etc. used for decoration were all disassembled and packed into boxes. These things were all spoils of war to be transported to Yizhou Island.

Everyone's eyes could see clearly, and no one dared to move, because the guards' military discipline was very strict, and Zheng Kezang also promised that they would share the spoils.

After calculating the weight of all the trophies, there are more than 20 taels of gold and more than 410 taels of silver.

In addition, many valuables were found, roughly estimated to be worth about 300 million taels of silver.

And a quarter of the money was found in the Augustine Cathedral.

Not counting the gold and silver decorations in the church, it seems that the priests in Manila are the wealthiest group of people.

Zheng Kezang was very happy. This trip made a lot of money. The wealth accumulated by the Spaniards in the Luzon area for more than a hundred years is really not a small number. Now Zheng Kezang is cheap for nothing.

The once invincible governor Juan was reduced to a prisoner, and Zheng Kezang still had usefulness in keeping him, so instead of executing him, he was brought over for a talk.

Now, Juan finally knew the identity of the group of enemies in front of him, they were the descendants of the surnamed Lord of the Ming Dynasty.

Under the escort of soldiers, Juan finally saw Zheng Kezang.

"Mr. Prince, we have maintained a friendly relationship for the past ten years. Why did you attack Manila? If you don't give me an explanation, the Spanish Empire will definitely seek justice for me." Governor Juan was very excited at the negotiating table. a.

After listening to the translation by the local Chinese, Zheng Kezang said angrily: "Ask for justice? You really don't know why we sent troops here? Many people in Manila are old people from the Ming Dynasty, and you slaughtered them for no reason. Is this a friendly act? I hereby Bringing troops here this time is to seek an explanation for the people of Ming Dynasty."

"Misunderstanding, this is a big misunderstanding. It is not us who slaughtered the people of Ming Dynasty, but the local aborigines. Mr. Prince, you have misunderstood." Juan is still quibbling.

"If it wasn't for your instigation, would those natives have the guts to rebel? By the way, I also heard that you impose heavy taxes on the people of Ming Dynasty, and only those who donate [-]% of their wealth can be protected by you? Do you have to give a person this matter? Confession."

"Mr. Prince, this is all the wrongdoing of the people below. It is a problem left by the previous governor. I have already started to rectify this matter. After your army retreats, I will definitely give the prince an explanation."

"Retreat? Governor Juan, I officially tell you that the entire territory of Luzon has been owned by Ming Dynasty. If you want to survive, immediately order the Luzon fleet in Manila Port to surrender, or you will be killed on the spot." Zheng Kezang said own purpose.

Hearing Zheng Kezang's words, the soldiers of the Guards cooperated and put the bayonet on Juan's neck. As long as he disagreed, blood would be spattered five steps away.

"Don't do it, don't do it! I'm willing to cooperate." Juan de Vargas Huertado obviously has no noble chivalry, and now he just wants to survive.

"Very good, this is a wise decision." Zheng Kezang said with a sneer, patting Juan's face.

"Wu Pingbo, he is willing to persuade the Spanish fleet in Luzon to surrender. Take him to disarm them. If they refuse to cooperate, let Zhu Tiangui send them into the sea to feed the sharks." Zheng Kezang arranged a task for Liu Guoxuan.

"Wang Yang, you are in charge of educating those captured soldiers. They will be useful when the time comes."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

At the same time, Zheng Kezang also met with some influential local Ming immigrants, and selected some people with better reputation and influence from them to temporarily manage the trade between Manila and other countries, collect tariffs, and so on.

In fact, it is not difficult to capture the city of Manila and defeat the Spanish colonists. The difficulty is how to digest the entire territory of Luzon, because the Han population here is too small.

After several slaughters, there are now less than [-] Han Chinese left in Manila.

However, no matter how difficult it is, the entire Luzon must be taken.

The Luzon region is rich in natural resources, and there are also considerable reserves of iron ore, copper ore, and gold ore. These are the metal minerals that Zheng Kezang needs.

In addition, the Luzon Islands belong to the subtropical region, not only rich in forest resources, rich in rice, but also can grow a variety of tropical crops.

The Spaniards have been operating in Luzon for hundreds of years. Although it was a colonial plunder, they did bring advanced technology to the Luzon area and carried out certain developments. They introduced crops such as corn and sugar cane to Luzon. In the future, here will be important grain-producing area.

Here in the Manila Bay area, the naval soldiers of the Spanish Luzon Fleet did not come down, because they had seen the turmoil here in Manila, and they were afraid that it would affect themselves.

It's safer to stay on the boat, and if something happens, they can run away immediately.

Just when they wanted to run, they found that Manila Bay had been surrounded by Zheng's navy and could not get out.

They didn't dare to act rashly, because the Luzon fleet only had eleven Galen ships, and there were scattered small warships. The opposite side was densely packed, and the fight would definitely end.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long, and the captured Governor Juan personally came to persuade them to surrender and survive.

So what are you waiting for, they lost their fighting spirit and were quickly disarmed by soldiers from Wuwei Town.

For a war with no hope of victory at all, Europeans generally choose to surrender, and there is nothing shameful about being a prisoner of war.

Without firing a single shot, 1 second-tier sailing battleship, 2 third-tier sailing battleships, 8 fourth-tier sailing battleships, and 1000 Spanish naval soldiers were captured, and the strength of the Ming Zheng navy increased slightly.

(End of this chapter)