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Chapter 348 The benevolence of women?

Even though he was reluctant in every possible way, Franco agreed, because he knew that since Cerezo had made up his mind on this matter, there must be no room for maneuver.

"My lord, you should also be more careful in the city. If the negotiation fails, your lord should make plans early." Franco thought for a while, and said earnestly to Cerezo.

Cerezo nodded.

"You should also be careful. If this happens, you will be the biggest in Luzon in the future besides me!"

"Thank you sir!"

Regardless of whether it was true or not, Cerezo's beautiful words made Franco feel better, and he commanded the fleet to leave the port slowly, heading towards Corregidor Island.

Cerezo kept watching their fleet go away, and then told the steward standing quietly beside him:

"Tell the people below to set sail immediately."

"Yes, my lord."

Naturally, Cerezo would not put his wealth and life on the illusory negotiations. After discussing the countermeasures with Franco in the morning, he gave orders and was ready to leave.

Getting ready doesn't have to mean actually leaving.When they came, they passed an island, just on the north side of the mouth of Manila Bay, which Franco said was called Limbones Island.He planned to take people to the island for temporary refuge. If the negotiation can be completed, he will come back. If the negotiation cannot be completed, he will go directly south and go back and forth from wherever.

As for the money spent in seeking the position of Governor-General before, it should be considered a waste of money.

Thinking of this, Cerezo curled his lips helplessly, and unconsciously scolded Olaza in his heart.

Baa~
Baa~
He was woken up from his contemplation by the bleating of sheep. When he looked up, he found several sailors were driving a flock of sheep to the boat.

"Damn it! What time are you still playing with this thing?" Cerezo laughed angrily, and opened his mouth to curse at the sailor.

A young man with the appearance of a military officer said with a playful smile:

"Uncle, drifting at sea is too bitter, and it's not like you can take women. Don't scold them."

His name was Boris, and he was a distant relative of Cerezo. He came to Luzon to serve in the army, and he was gilded along the way.

"Boy! Have you tried it too?" Cerezo glared.

"I, I didn't~"

Boris instantly became shy.

Seeing it, Cerezo spat out with a bah sound.

"Hurry up and act! No one can leave when Mingren comes!"

Under his constant urging, the crew on the fleet boarded the ship again with their belongings, and slowly drove out of the bay.

Of course, he would not say to the outside world that he was ready to escape at any time, but announced to the outside world that he would go to the open sea to fight against Daming's fleet.He doesn't care whether others believe it or not.Anyway, Zheng Zhilong can't get in right now, and the main crisis is at sea.It's best to solve it, and run away if it can't be solved.How simple.

Just before noon, Franco's fleet stopped near Corregidor Island.

He ordered the soldiers to drive off [-] Daming overseas Chinese from the ship, and then lined up the fleet containing overseas Chinese across the waters of Corregidor Island and Carvalho Island, waiting for the arrival of the Daming fleet.

Naturally, Xie Xuelong would not disappoint him. Not long after noon, the fleet quietly appeared on the sea level.Franco, who had been watching everything on the sea for a long time, immediately became nervous.

He has never seen this legendary steel warship, is it really that magical?
"Everyone, cheer up! Push these Ming people to the seaside! Give the people on the boat a semaphore! Let them send people to the island to negotiate! If you don't want to, shoot immediately! Kill half of them first!"

Franco yelled loudly, and his mood was quite complicated at this time.There is fear in the tension, and regret in the fear.

Yes, I regret it.

If Cerezo was unlucky, he felt even more unlucky himself.

At first they all ran away, but who knew that they ran into Cerezo again on the way, and couldn't resist his temptation for a while, so they followed him back.Now that he can't run away, he has to tie his head to his waistband to negotiate with the Ming people.

Regret to death!

Xie Xuelong's party is already familiar with the island of Manila. At this time, he and Lu Shiyan are standing on the deck looking at Corregidor Island in the distance.

As the distance gradually approached, Lu Shiyan suddenly called out.

"Master, look at the beach."

Hearing this, Xie Xuelong looked in the direction he pointed, and there was a group of people vaguely standing by the seaside of Corregidor Island.On the south side of the island, more than 20 warships lined up, seeming to block their way.

No, there are people on deck.

"Master, they are playing semaphore again!"

"Don't rush to fire the guns yet. Get closer and see what they plan to do."

As soon as Xie Xuelong's words fell, a small ship slowly moved towards the direction of the First Fleet.

After a while, the ship came to the side of the Suncheon.

Two Luzon native soldiers standing on the deck, and two Ming overseas Chinese with their hands tied on board.Everyone else hid in the cabin.

As soon as they approached, the soldiers of the Suncheon pointed their guns condescendingly.The distance between the two boats was about 20 meters. Xie Xuelong winked at Lu Shiyan, and Lu Shiyan spoke.

"What are you doing? Want to court death?"

The aborigines and puppet soldiers trembled in fright at Lu Shiyan's aura, and pushed the Ming overseas Chinese beside them.

"Tell me!"

With a mournful face, the overseas Chinese looked up into the distance and shouted:
"General! I am a Ming! They have captured all the Ming in Manila! They want you to go to the island to negotiate, otherwise they will kill us."

"What? You said that the people standing by the sea are all Ming people?"

"That's right! They said, if you don't agree to send people to the island to negotiate within [-] minutes, half of them will be killed first! If you don't agree within [-] quarters of an hour, they will all be killed. They also drove the rest of the people to the side of the island." They said they wanted to see if Daming's artillery could hit their own compatriots."

Lu Shiyan was furious when he heard the words.

"How many people in total?"

"Nearly four thousand!"

"so much?"

"All the Ming people in the city are here."

Lu Shiyan nodded silently, and looked at Xie Xuelong, who had already turned pale.

I have to say that Franco, who made mistakes again and again, made the right bet once again.

Xie Xuelong is a literati. After decades of reading sage books, half of them must be the idea of ​​serving the country and the people.

Although he didn't think much of these overseas businessmen, they were still the people of Ming Dynasty in his eyes.Inevitably, pity arose in him.Although somewhat inappropriate.

"Supervisor." Seeing Jian Xuelong's hesitation, Lu Shicuo wanted to persuade him.But Xie Xuelong raised his hand to stop him.

"I don't need to talk about the world, I know it all! Luzon must be taken! But let me shoot at my compatriots, I can't do it. I want to try, if I can't save them, I will avenge them !"

"The supervisor's plan?"

"I'm going to negotiate with them!"

"No!"

"Haha! Shiyan, I am a woman's benevolence, and the leader of the army should not have it. I can't do it without the lives of thousands of people, but let my brothers follow me because of my mistake. I can't even do it if I take risks. Let me go alone. If I can't come back after an hour, don't worry about it."

"Yes!"

Lu Shiyan's eye circles were slightly red, and he nodded heavily.

(End of this chapter)