The Sun Never Sets Great China

After the merchant ships arrived, the new "Xiaobao" iron-clad ship and the "Guardian" iron-clad ship were also transferred to Tianjin. Along with the two iron-clad ships, there were eleven naval warships, including two large warships and nine auxiliary ships, with a total of nearly 3000 officers and men. People, with such a squadron, even if they meet the Spaniards at sea, they can fight alone.

When the news of the massacre of Chinese in Manila by Spain reached Batavia, all the officers and soldiers of Batavia’s navy were also deeply grieved. It will take at least a month to come and go just to prepare for supplies and other things, and all the marines have been mobilized to the city of Batavia, how can we allow two sides to fight.At this time, the attack on Batavia was a critical period, and if there was a mistake, all previous efforts would be wasted. Shi Lang had no choice but to suppress his subordinates' request for a fight, and stepped up the attack on Batavia while waiting for Zhang Huahan's order.

After Zhang Huahan's order came, the task of capturing Manila was transferred to the army. Although Shi Lang was somewhat disappointed, he was relieved. Batavia was too far away from the Central Plains of the Chinese Empire. If it weren't for the Chinese Empire The fleet has Priango, Lion City, Borneo and other places as logistics bases. Just besieging and attacking Batavia for a long time will make the fleet of the Chinese Empire overwhelmed. However, these places cannot provide ammunition supplies. A part of the force has to be dedicated to transporting ammunition.

In fact, there are a large number of naval fleets. In fact, it is not without this naval force that they are divided into two to attack Batavia and Manila at the same time. However, to attack Manila requires a marine army. There are more troops in Via City, and Shi Lang is actually unwilling to use the navy to fight land battles, so there is no division of troops.

Since Manila does not need the navy as the main force to attack, but only to assist the army, Shi Lang had to express his affection. Zhang Huahan only specified that Wei Xiaobao would command two ironclad ships and five supporting warships, but Shi Lang directly dispatched a total of thirteen warships for Guarantee the victory of this army crossing the sea.

Everything was ready for the army of the Chinese Empire, and the Imperial Chinese Army began its first cross-sea battle. The officers and soldiers of the First Army and First Division of the Chinese Imperial Army boarded the ships in order. Escorted by naval warships, they slowly left the shore and started heading towards Manila.

The army officers and soldiers were not familiar with boating. When they first boarded the big ship, they were chatting and laughing, but soon after the ship started, many officers and soldiers began to feel dizzy, and then seriously vomited.The whole ship immediately smelled of sour water, and even the commander Li Guangnian could not avoid nausea and dizziness. The military doctor on board was too busy to get his feet dirty, but there was nothing he could do about this kind of seasickness. As long as you get through it, you'll be fine, and the military doctor can't do anything about it.

Li Guangnian and most of the senior generals of the division were concentrated on the Xinxiaobao and Weiwei. Seeing Li Guangnian's disgusted look, Wei Xiaobao walked over and said, "It's not good. I heard that Chairman Zhang boarded the ship for the first time. I have never been seasick, and I was also very sick when I was on a boat in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk for the first time, but I got used to it later.”

Li Guangnian frowned and said: "Yes, Chairman Zhang is a scholar of heaven and man, and he is also good at this aspect. I have also been on a boat on the Yangtze River, but it was not so disgusting." What? Hehehe."

"Lieutenant Colonel Wei Xiaobao was joking. You were promoted from major to lieutenant colonel for your meritorious service in this naval battle, and you were appointed by Chairman Zhang himself. Just like the disciples of the emperor before, you are not yet eighteen years old this year. Hehe, you can be regarded as a successful young man." , I was a fart when I was eighteen, Lieutenant Colonel Wei is young and promising, and his future is limitless."

"Where is there, Major General Li has achieved his ambition in his prime of life, and he is much better than me in leading troops in battle. If it weren't for you and my China, there is today's prosperity, and the territory is far beyond that of the ancients. Under the great prosperity of the Great China, what kind of achievements have you all established? You have conquered the north and the south, and you have expanded thousands of miles. Major General Li also took the lead in fighting against the Japanese invaders. The soldiers brought out by Major General Li were all morale like a rainbow and were unstoppable. It is because of you people The great foundation of the Chinese Empire has been established for thousands of years through this personal hard work. What is the significance of your attacking the invading Japanese invaders and the fleets of the Dutch and British, not only killing hidden dangers at the beginning, He also won the breath for all the people of the Chinese Empire. Major General Li’s army recruited fighters from all ethnic groups regardless of nationality, and made an inestimable contribution to the integration of various ethnic groups in China. The Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Qin Huang, Han Wu are far inferior. My admiration for Major General Li is like the water of a great river, rushing and surging, and like the water of the Yellow River flooding, which is out of control." Wei Xiaobao spoke like a tongue, and once A large number of compliments to the emperor can be said.

Wei Xiaobao found that Major General Li didn't continue to speak after he finished speaking, he raised his head and saw Major General Li's face was flushed, his eyes were shining, and he was short of breath.

"What's the matter with you?" Wei Xiaobao looked at Major General Li strangely, this guy couldn't help flattering himself and made him faint.

"Friends, friends!" Li Guangnian is an honest man, and the people around him are all pragmatic. He has never heard of such flattery. He patted Wei Xiaobao on the shoulder and said, "Hehe, you are also very powerful and have made great achievements. Yes, hehe, then the Three Emperors and Five Emperors and Qinhuang, Hanwu and Wu are not in harmony with me, that is to say about our Chairman Zhang, hehe, you are not bad, I am very optimistic about you." Li Guangnian said with a flushed face, and was caught by Wei Xiaobao After bragging, he didn't feel seasick either.

After the Spaniards in Marani and those natives killed all the Chinese, they felt inconvenient. There were no barbers, tailors, shoemakers, cooks, farmers and herdsmen in the city, no shoes to wear, no clothes Buying, there is no shampoo to wash your hair, no laundry detergent to wash your clothes, no mirrors to use, and other items that you can’t buy even if you pay a high price. There is a dead body outside the city, and there is not even a clean river.

As a last resort, the Spaniards drove the local natives to clean up the river, reopened the port of Marani, and recruited Chinese laborers from elsewhere in order to continue to serve the Spaniards in Manila.

Overseas Chinese are as persevering as weeds. They have been trampled on and uprooted many times.Soon, they will stand up tenaciously again. If there is no accident, the Spaniards will not be able to recruit Chinese for the time being, but after a while, Marani will become a gathering place for some Chinese who are forced by life to wait for the third time. massacre.

What is very different from before is that the current Chinese Empire is no longer the Ming and Qing courts that are indifferent to overseas people. The Chinese Empire has gathered troops in Tianjin Port with great fanfare and will launch a crusade against Manila. The news has also spread to Manila.

The governor of Manila, Legaspi, was shocked when he received the news of the Chinese Empire's dispatch of troops, and hurriedly summoned Sanchez, Mudio, Aguirre and others to discuss countermeasures.

As soon as Legaspi saw Sanchez coming in, he complained to him: "Master Bishop, didn't you say that if you kill those Chinese, the Chinese Empire will not send troops. Now the Chinese Empire has sent troops to punish us, and it has cut off all trade between our country and the Chinese Empire." , what should we do now?"

"Your Excellency, I didn't say that the Chinese Empire would never come to attack us. I just said that the fortress is easy to breach from the inside, and the hidden dangers should be cleared first." The accusation of the Governor.Sanchez didn't care.Although the governor has great power, it cannot be controlled by him. The Holy See personnel have great power now, and even the governor is helpless to them.

Legasbi thought about it carefully, and Sanchez did not say that the Chinese Empire would never attack Manila. He frowned, and in his heart greeted the women of Sanchez's eighteen generations of ancestors, and asked: "Then now What to do? Gentlemen, give me an idea." He said, but looked at Sanchez, everything was caused by him, and he asked Sanchez to give him an idea.

Regarding the Governor's question, Sanchez said indifferently: "What to do, isn't that good? Now that we have cleared the internal hidden dangers, there is a saying, what is there to be afraid of when soldiers come to block you and water comes to flood the earth?"

"Soldiers are coming to block? My lord, the opponent has more than 2 regular troops. They are not natives. They have cannons. It is said that they also have fast guns that are superior to our flintlocks. We only have 4000 people." Legas Than almost jumped up.

Spain in the middle of the seventeenth century was already on the decline. In Spain's heyday, they owned Portugal and the Netherlands. The Spanish Inquisition ran rampant throughout Europe, and they had colonies in Europe, America, Africa, and Asia.

It’s just that since the Dutch Armada was defeated by the British fleet in 1588, Spain has begun to decline. First, the Netherlands became independent, then Portugal, and now even many colonies have been robbed by others. If there is no Zhang Huahan, who is dancing Butterfly, until the end of the nineteenth century, Spain will lose all its valuable colonies.

The position of Governor of Malani is undoubtedly a very lucrative job. In fact, Legasby does not have much ability. The reason why he was able to become the Governor here is all due to his background and money management to get this position.

His idea is very simple, that is, after the term of office is over, he can bring back a large sum of money and return to China to enjoy a luxurious life comfortably. Chinese.If it fell into the hands of the Chinese Imperial Army, what was waiting for him? Legasby couldn't help but shuddered. He scolded Sanchez half to death in his heart. If he hadn't been instigated, how could he have committed the massacre of the Chinese? things come.

"What are you afraid of? We only have 4000 people. What's the matter? We have strong city guards. Don't forget. We still have hundreds of thousands of natives, enough to form an army of tens of thousands." Sanchez's head is indeed Villegas Easy to use, he calmly analyzed the situation clearly.

"Natives? Rely on them?" No matter how stupid Legasby was, he knew that the natives here were unreliable, otherwise the other side's 10 people would not be ruled by thousands of Spaniards.

"Don't underestimate their strength. They accepted our rule because they were not united enough. If we release the news, the Chinese imperial army will kill all the natives to avenge the dead Chinese when they come here. , in order to survive, they can only resist, hundreds of thousands of natives, even if they kill them, they will kill the officers and soldiers of the Chinese Empire."

Hearing his words, Legasby's spirits lifted, and he said, "Can they do it?" "My lord, I think what the bishop said is right, under the pressure of survival, the aborigines will definitely explode with great strength." " I don't know if I really agree with Sanchez's point of view, or if I am flattering Sanchez, a high-ranking member of the Holy See, the others also echoed.

"The aborigines here basically believe in our Almighty God. As long as I say that the people of the Chinese Empire are devils, our war against the Chinese Empire is a holy war, and everyone who dies will go to heaven, the morale of these aborigines will definitely be boosted. "Sanchez said vowedly.

If it is love in the early middle ages, there must be a large number of people fighting for it, but now in Europe, although the power of the Holy See is still stronger, but if it is said in Europe, there are not many people who are interested in launching jihad, but for these ignorant indigenous people I don't know how the effect will be. Seeing that everyone agrees with Sanchez's idea, but he has no idea at all, Legasbi can't help but nodded and said: "Okay, let's start propaganda on the island immediately, our war against the people of the Chinese Empire It's holy war."

The Dutch released the news in Malani that the army of the Chinese Empire was going to kill the aborigines on Luzon Island. The aborigines in Manila were terrified. They were unstoppable in the massacre and killed like hemp. Now they are killed The army of our countries is coming, and everyone is scared to shit.The aborigines on the current Luzon Island are not the Malays who accounted for the majority in later generations. The current aborigines are mainly Tagalogs and Iloks, and there are dwarf blacks and other ethnic minorities in the northern and northeastern mountainous areas. The Jialu people once established a kingdom on Luzon Island. When the Spaniards first arrived in Luzon Island, they encountered stubborn resistance in Manila. Under the command of the then King Suleiman, they dealt a great blow to the Spaniards. , but Suleiman was killed in the naval battle, lost this soul figure, and without a strong commander to direct the natives to resist the Spaniards, the entire Luzon was soon conquered by the Spaniards.

After the Spaniards conquered Luzon, they promoted Catholicism on the island. Before the Spaniards came, there was only primitive religion on the island. Under the cruel oppression of the Spaniards, the indigenous people could only be forced to believe in Catholicism. Catholicism soon prevailed on the island. stand up.

The natives were half-forced and half-thought-poisoned so that the Spaniards convened them. Under the propaganda of the Spaniards, those natives believed that the Holy See said that they could go to heaven after they died in battle, and that God would protect them from harm during the war. If so, the Spaniards soon organized tens of thousands of native troops.

Governor Legasby saw tens of thousands of troops gathered with wooden sticks, spears, a few steel knives, and bird guns. He finally felt relieved. Although these natives had simple weapons, they were better than the large number of people, so they mobilized to charge But there is no problem. At that time, if the Spaniards take advantage of it behind their backs, even if they lose, it is still possible to hold Marani.Moreover, Spanish troops from all over the world began to arrive one after another, and some people on the Spanish armed merchant ships were also called to protect the city. In a short while, Manila gathered [-] Spanish soldiers and tens of thousands of indigenous troops.

After five days of sailing.Many soldiers had yellow complexions and acid water in their stomachs, each of them seemed to have suffered a serious illness. However, most of them had begun to recover and could eat something. The soldiers on the ship reacted too much to seasickness. Slow down the speed of the boat. It was originally a five-day voyage, but Luzon Island has not been seen yet.

After all, merchant ships are not warships, they are still driven by sails, so the current speed is relatively slow. Starting from Tianjin Port to Luzon Island, except for a stop at Taiwan Island, they basically stop and move forward. It's the blue sea and blue sky, the scenery of the sea and the sky line, it's a bit boring to see too much, after all, everyone is very uncomfortable, and they can't wait to go back to land.At dawn on the sixth day, an observer suddenly shouted: "Land. Land!"

Hearing his voice, all the soldiers became excited. The soldiers rushed to the bow of the ship, wanting to see the land clearly. For these soldiers who had never entered the sea, the experience of the past six days was really terrible Now, hearing the land, never before have they wanted to set foot on that unshakable land.

It's a pity that the land is still far away. The observers called out just now can only see it with binoculars. Most people can only see the rolling waves around them. The fleet walked forward for about half an hour before the land was clearly reflected. Everyone's eyes, the soldiers are greedily looking at the land ahead, the fleet has been sailing along the land several miles away, heading for Manila at the southern tip.

The terrain of Luzon Island is high in the north and low in the south.The mountains line up from north to south, with the highest peak reaching more than 2000 meters. The scenery along the way is beautiful and colorful enough to make people addicted. It's a pity that the people on the boat are not willing to enjoy the beautiful scenery like the later generations and those literati who are intoxicated by the scenery. Besides, they are very seasick. , No matter how beautiful the scenery is now, it can't arouse their interest.

Although sailing along the coastline, the entire fleet found almost no human figures on the island, and there was not even a single fishing boat on the coast, as if this big island was not inhabited at all. Seeing all this, Li Guangnian thought that there were few people in this place Or people who don't fish and ignore it, but Wei Xiaobao secretly frowned after seeing all this.

In this way, they sailed for a whole day, but they still hadn’t arrived at their destination at night, so the fleet had to anchor a few miles away from the land to rest. Originally, Li Guangnian proposed to stop the ship and go ashore, but Wei Xiaobao firmly disagreed. The coast here is steep and the island’s forests are dense. It is not an ideal place to dock. Although Li Guangnian is the commander in chief of this battle, both in terms of military rank and military position, he is higher than Wei Xiaobao, but the navy and army have no jurisdiction over each other, and he knows nothing about maritime affairs, so he can only follow Wei Xiaobao's arrangements. .

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