Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

In truth, he regretted it less than half a day after he declared war. It was not as if there were no civilians in the colony, and he understood his own impulsiveness after being coaxed by countless of civil officials.

The Governor was filled with regret. He kept banging his fist on his head, "Why aren't you calm? Why aren't you calm?"

"Where is my army? "Where are we now?"

"Report... Report to the governor, the garrison in Manila... You haven't left the city yet? "

"What?" Three days have passed since the war broke out, and the reinforcements have still not left the city? "

"His Excellency the Governor, General En Mu said that the troops' supplies are scarce, and the soldiers lack of training. He has already submitted a year and a half of her replenishment requests to the Governor, but …"

"Shut up!" Bai Tila smashed the coffee cup in front of him. "Bastard, if I had the money, wouldn't I be able to replenish him?"

Money, money, how hard is it to earn money in this day and age? In order to protect his position as the governor, Bai Tila had bribed the whole country before the Queen could overthrow him.

He had misappropriated too much of the colony's public funds. Not to mention that after all these years, the international situation was not very good and business was becoming more and more difficult.

The Chinese in the north took advantage of the rise in power, and the Chinese merchants that joined hands were no longer as despicable as they were in the past. Furthermore, they took the initiative to create an oceanic fleet and directly interfered with the big cake called the Ocean trade.

After all, they were very weak, but it was still very easy to rob the businesses of the Dutch, Spaniard and the other countries.

Manila's business tax has been falling for years, and the Philippine economy has become increasingly marginalized.

General En Mu was the highest ranking military officer in the Philippines. A year and a half ago, he had already applied for the formation of an army formed from a pure rear mounted rifle. Even if it was only three thousand soldiers, he would first establish such a mobile army to respond to special situations.

The Governor had misjudged the situation. He believed that Spain had no enemies at the moment, and at the same time did not want to challenge the international status of a powerful country. There was no need to prepare for war.

As a result, the application was rejected, along with another batch of requests for equipment.

And all of this was going to take his life today!

From the moment the Chinese in the north of Luzon started their uprising, Governor Bai Tila ordered Major General En Mu to organize a support unit of 30,000 people to suppress the rebel army as quickly as he could.

According to the Governor's plan, the four rebel armies did not exceed fifteen thousand men in total. Furthermore, they were scattered throughout the four different cities. It would not be a problem for the defenders to last for three more days to a week.

Then, the thirty thousand regular troops of Manila headed north. Within three days, they wiped out the rebellion in dagupan and continued to head north in an attempt to finish the battle within a month.

But he never would have thought that Major General En Mu still hadn't left the city in three days!

At this time, in the temporary camp 50 kilometers north of Manila City, there was chaos. The so-called elites that were transferred from the various camps were gathering together with their heads hanging their heads like pestilents.

The continuous rain for a few days had turned the entire world into mud. In this kind of environment, marching would destroy morale, and the soldiers would often be stuck in the mud for a long time without being able to pull their military boot out.

The field gun's carriage was stuck in the mud, unable to be pushed out.

The more he looked at the troops and their supplies, the angrier he got that the quartermaster in front of him had already been scolded as a grandson.

"Why is there only 80,000 kilograms of gunpowder left?" There's still 130,000 kg of the previous report. Have you embezzled money? "

"No!" "General, how could I dare? It was raining before, and the storage was in a state of disrepair, so much gunpowder was flooded …"

"Where are the horses? Where are the nine hundred war horses? I haven't seen more than a hundred yet! "

"Plague... General, you don't know, but in this kind of rainy weather, forget about people, even animals can't stand it … "Many Gadflies drink blood, and some even drink blood from bats …"

"The horse's hooves are soaked in mud and water, so it won't be long before it goes limp …"

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!" General En Mu cursed angrily, but at the same time, a gust of wind blew past the tent, causing a puddle of water to flow through the cracks in the roof of the tent, wetting all the tables in the tent.

Feeling extremely depressed, the general walked out of the tent. Looking at the twenty thousand soldiers fighting in the mud, his heart was filled with despair.

"This war cannot be fought like this! We've already lost the initiative, the enemy is probably already prepared to defend … "Even worse is that the Chinese have already declared war …"

"And now we leave Manila? What if the enemy attacks? Strategy must be modified... "

When General En Mu returned to the city area, an intense argument broke out between General Governor's Mansion and Governor Bai Tila. The two of them almost pissed their pants when they closed the door.

General En Mu felt that the strategy now was to stick to Manila. Right now, the northern part of Luzon was not suitable for army operations at all.

There was only one railway line that led to the dagupan, but it had long been broken by the Chinese army, and the roads in other places were all mud. There were no renovations at all.

Not to mention the newest cement road, there weren't even a few basic gravel roads. Under the immersion of the heavy rain, how could the thirty thousand strong army move forward?

When we reach the north, I'm afraid the Chinese reinforcements will have landed from Manila!

The general was thinking about matters on the battlefield, but the governor was more concerned about politics. Losing territory was a crime that could not be avoided, and if he did not settle it now, his career would come to an end.

The north of Luzon had been infiltrated too deeply by the Chinese. Once they left the control of the Spanish colonial government, these Chinese would definitely establish their own government.

These people would quickly purge the Spaniard's power and begin to retaliate against the natives. Those natives did not understand loyalty at all, they would listen to whoever was stronger than the rest.

A group of tropical monkeys had no national ideas, and it was estimated that if the Chinese threw a few pieces of meat at them, the natives would have to acknowledge the Chinese regime.

The longer the situation dragged on, the harder it would be to take back the Luzon!

General! General! Do you have to wait until the Chinese send thousands of civil officials to the Luzon to exercise their authority before you accept?

Just as the two of them were quarreling, shocking news arrived!

"Reporting to the Governor, to the General! Hong Kong, our intelligence personnel sent back an urgent message... The Chinese warships are already heading south! "