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Chapter 331 Landing in Dagupan

For defeating Zheng Zhilong, Olaza has no confidence at all.

Zheng Zhilong's strength at sea over the years is obvious to all. Changing from a pirate to a regular army is not as simple as a change of identity.

With the support of Zhu Youjian, Global Commerce's business can be described as flourishing.It brought great benefits to the court.Correspondingly, as one of the forces that guarantee the safety of global commerce and maritime trade, Zheng Zhilong and his subordinates can be said to have benefited a lot.

Superior logistics and good equipment made Zheng Zhilong's navy the well-deserved overlord of the southeast waters of Ming Dynasty.

No one can underestimate his thousands of large and small warships, and fifty or sixty thousand elite troops.

That's why Zheng Zhilong was worried about the emperor's suspicion and didn't dare to over-develop, otherwise there would be more.

Olaza does not have the confidence to defeat Zheng Zhilong, but he is confident in defending Manila.All this benefits from the superior geographical location of Manila.

Corregidor Island is at the mouth of Manila Bay, with long coastlines on both sides.As long as enough warships are deployed at the mouth of the bay, no matter how many warships Zheng Zhilong has, he will not be able to drive in.Even if Zheng Zhilong can win in the end, he will have to pay a heavy price.

Can Zheng Zhilong afford such a loss?

Even if you can afford it, is it worth it?
I just want to sell grain to him later, it's not that I don't want to sell it.

Of course, it would be best if he didn't come, but with Zheng Zhilong's personality, it might be impossible.

After Hong Xu left, Olaza began to actively deploy the attack.

He ordered all the warships to be dispatched, and some of them went to patrol the sea off Manila Bay, and immediately reported the enemy's situation.A part was stationed near Corregidor Island, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

Then the army was completely contracted, and more than 3000 regular troops and more than 8000 indigenous people were all stationed in Manila.

After inspecting his own defense line, Olaza felt relieved.

At this time, Manila is already impregnable, and he even looks forward to Zheng Zhilong's arrival.

But Zheng Zhilong is destined to disappoint him.

After Hong Xu left Manila Bay, he led the fleet back directly.According to the previous agreement, if Olaza could not provide enough food, he would directly meet up with Zheng Zhilong and go to Dagupan together.

After Hong Xu got in touch with Zheng Zhilong through Jin Yiwei on the ship, he brought them to a place called Bolinao.When Hong Xu arrived, Zheng Zhilong had already occupied the place with his people.

"Hong Xu, tell me about the situation at that time in detail." Hong Xu's report was very brief, and Zheng Zhilong didn't know the details at that time.

"General Soldier, Olaza's attitude was pretty good at the beginning. He asked me if I could discuss it with you and wait a few days before paying the rations. Seeing that I disagreed, I even said that I would take out 10 taels of silver to express my apology. .I naturally couldn’t agree, and said a few ugly words. Then he got angry, and said that if there is no food, let us figure it out.”

"Hey! Let's meet in a few days and see if he's still so stubborn." Zheng Zhilong said with a sneer after hearing this. "Let's go, go directly to Dagupan, and make peace with Zhibao."

"Yes! Commander!"

This time Zheng Zhilong led [-] large and small warships and [-] soldiers.The purpose is to take Manila in one fell swoop and drive away the red-haired ghosts.

Half a day later, the mighty fleet landed in Dagupan.

Knowing that Zheng Zhilong would come in advance, Zheng Zhibao took Kang Li and others to greet him at the port.Even though he was mentally prepared, Conley was still surprised by the huge fleet.

"How is it? Is it too much? Is it too big?" Zheng Zhibao was very satisfied with Conley's reaction.

"Many! Big! With such a fleet, wouldn't it be invincible at sea?"

"Hahaha! Invincible is not invincible, I don't know. But it is still no problem to drive away these red-haired ghosts. By the way, this is only half of Taiwan's strength. In Songjiang, there is a guy named Liu Xiang, who is still strong. That's right, it's almost the same as what you see now." Zheng Zhibao said with a big smile, his face was full of pride.Of course, all this was said to intimidate Conley and make him obey orders obediently.

"It's horrible," Conley murmured.

"Terrible? You have never seen anything truly terrifying. Everything you see in front of you is vulnerable to His Majesty's eyes!"

"What? How is it possible?" Obviously what Zheng Zhibao said was beyond Conley's cognition.

"What is impossible, one day you will know."

Just as he was talking, Zheng Zhibao saw Zheng Zhilong standing on the flagship deck, and waved excitedly:

"Big brother!"

As soon as the boat docked, Zheng Zhibao went up to meet him. Zheng Zhilong got off the boat, patted him on the shoulder, and asked:

"Who's Conley?"

"Zheng Zongbing, I am!" Before Zheng Zhibao could speak, Kang Li, who was beside him, nodded and walked forward.

Zheng Zhilong looked Kangli up and down, nodded, and said with a smile:
"Zhibao is in Luzon thanks to your care, Zheng is very grateful!"

"Oh! Zheng Zongbing! Look at what you said. If Zhibao hadn't come to help me, I would still be leading the villagers to farm in the village. How could I be here today!? Daming treats me like a reincarnation. If I, Kangli, are ungrateful How is it different from a beast?" Conley couldn't wait to show his loyalty, as for what he thought, only he knew.

"Hey~ You are a descendant of the royal family of Luzon, the future king of Luzon. Don't say that again." Zheng Zhilong said with a smile, apparently satisfied with Conley's answer.

"Even if you become the king of Luzon, you can't forget your roots! Don't you think so?"

"Hahaha! You are very good!"

Zheng Zhilong sent people to organize soldiers to land ashore, and then walked to Dagupan City with Zheng Zhibao.

Dagupan is not big, but at this time the city is full of people.Most of them are the rebels and refugees who have been absorbed these days.At this time, when the people in the city saw Zheng Zhilong leading people into the city, they all stood on both sides of the road curiously and watched, and they were all shocked by the well-organized troops.

"Welcome to the city, General Zheng, the commander-in-chief of Ming Taiwan!" Kang Li shouted loudly without losing the opportunity, and under the leadership of the people who had already arranged, all the rebels and common people in the city followed suit!

"Welcome to the city, General Zheng, the commander-in-chief of Ming Taiwan!"

"Welcome to the city, General Zheng, the commander-in-chief of Ming Taiwan!"

Zheng Zhilong enjoyed this feeling for the first time, and secretly praised Kang Li for coming.This is not like the actions of a small patriarch in the village, it is clearly the behavior of an old fritter who has been in officialdom for many years.But let’s not say it, it feels good.

Zheng Zhilong led the people to Zheng Zhibao's temporary residence, which was originally the house of Lu Jian, who worked for the Spaniards in the city. When the rebel army came, he was so frightened that he packed up his things and ran away with his family.Conley naturally gave up the most luxurious house in the city to Zheng Zhibao, who accepted it bluntly, and used it as a place to handle various affairs of the rebel army.

Zheng Zhilong sat at the head, and after all the soldiers sat down, he said:
"Zhibao, tell me about the situation here."

(End of this chapter)