Fort Santiago was just the first stop for the Ming army to quell the rebellion.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Cijiong, the king of Ding, ordered the Ming army to divide its troops and disperse to the Spanish colonies to quell the riots!

Upon learning of this, the governor Salcdo almost spurted blood.

The Ming army said that it was going to quell the chaos, but I was afraid that after it was quelled, the Spanish colonies would have to be surrendered!

Enraged, Salctor frequently made serious representations to the Ming army to protest against the Ming Dynasty's illegal occupation of Fort Santiago and the Spanish colony, but received no reply.

This time, it was Sarcator's turn to take the initiative to go to Fort San Diego to ask to see Zhu Cijiong, but Zhu Cijiong refused him on the grounds that he had too much government affairs and had no time to meet guests.

Salctor almost exploded on the spot, but in the end he was politely received by a Ming diplomat.

"On behalf of the Spanish Empire, I lodge a grave protest against you, and I hope that you will immediately withdraw from Fort Santiago before nine o'clock tomorrow morning, otherwise, it will be a declaration of war against our Spanish Empire!"

Salctor seemed very strong, and as soon as they met, they concocted such a hand.

However, the young diplomat who saw Daming smiled, showed his snow-white teeth, and said leisurely: "Okay, declare war, since your country is so enthusiastic and belligerent, and my Daming is not a country that is afraid of things, come on, is it a declaration of war at nine o'clock tomorrow?" ”

Salcto's eyes widened, thinking that something was wrong with his ears.

I only heard the diplomat of the Ming Kingdom take out a small notebook, and the one that didn't raise his head asked seriously: "Are you sure that your country will declare war at nine o'clock tomorrow morning?" Will the time change? ”

Salctor's face turned red, like the color of pig's liver, and he held back for a long time before he said, "You heard it wrong!" Leave! ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, please wait a moment!"

Salctor's footsteps paused, and he frowned with a calm face and said, "What else is going on?" ”

The diplomat smiled and said politely: "Your Excellency the Governor, Manila City is the main place of the riot, and His Royal Highness the Prince of China hopes that His Excellency the Governor General can make it convenient for the Ming army to enter Manila City to maintain stability." ”

Salctor was so angry and annoyed that he couldn't hold back any longer, and yelled irritably: "No way! ”

Just kidding, Manila is the nest of Spain's colonies in the South Seas, and if the Ming army is allowed to get involved, will Spain still have colonies in Luzon? Just pack it up and go home!

Before leaving, Salcto said hatefully: "My Spanish army has the strength to maintain the stability of Manila!" ”

"Then we'll see."

The diplomat smiled brightly, but in his heart he was full of disdain.

He sighed: "What Your Majesty said is really a wise saying, Western monkeys are all paper tigers who are strong on the outside and dry on the outside!" ”

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After nearly a week of repression, the Ming army basically controlled the situation of the anti-Chinese riots, and also controlled most of the Spanish colonies.

During this period, the Ming army had many skirmishes with the Spanish colonial army, but both sides were very restrained and tried their best to avoid firefights, and most of the conflicts were resolved in hand-to-hand combat.

If we talk about single-arm firearms combat, the soldiers of the Southern Army who have little experience in war may not be able to fight the Spanish soldiers who have been on the battlefield for a long time.

But when it comes to hand-to-hand fighting, the Spanish soldiers are completely inadequate.

Not to mention the numerical advantage of the Ming army, the fight was like a group of black and astringent brothers beating their little brothers.

In terms of individual combat ability, the Ming army, which has already popularized the fighting skills of the modern army, can beat the Spanish little brother out!

This is not a Chinese martial art, but a fighting technique that has evolved over thousands of years of warfare, and the moves are practical.

This kind of martial arts is fundamentally different from pure ring competition, and each of his moves and styles contains the power of one-hit defeat.

The Spanish soldiers in the clashes had bruised noses and swollen eyes, and were said to have been killed from time to time.

Under the deterrence of the Ming army and the weakness of the Spanish colonial army, the indigenous leaders personally went to the Ming army camp with gifts to apologize, and said that they would obey the dispatch of the Ming in the future.

It fully demonstrates the iron law of 'having milk is a mother, and having a fist is a father', which is very Filipino!

At 9 a.m. on 29 August, the Daming Fleet, which departed from the Zhoushan Naval Base, arrived at Manila Bay without incident.

When the 28 sail battleships cut through the waves and sailed in line to the Daming Trade Wharf, the tens of thousands of Chinese stranded in the Daming Merchant House, as well as the Chinese who came from nearby, spontaneously gathered in the north and south and witnessed the heroic appearance of the Daming warship excitedly.

They were informed that His Majesty the Ming Emperor would be in the South Seas in person, in this fleet!

Since ancient times, no emperor has set foot overseas, only Emperor Tianwu has sailed to the sea twice!

This fully shows that this emperor attaches great importance to the sea, to the South Sea!

There is also a deeper meaning: where Emperor Tianwu has been, it will definitely become the land of the Ming Dynasty!

When the Daming fleet appeared in the sea from afar, the people on the shore had already begun to cheer.

When we approached the waterway, the cheers kept rolling in, and the whole pier was boiling!

The fleet was composed of 15 1st class sail battleships such as the Wanli 1st Rank Sail Battleship, the Taichang 2nd Class Sail Battleship, and the Tianquan 15 3rd Class Sail Battleships, as well as 10 4th Class Sail Battleships such as Xu Da.

The ones who came were all big guys, all heavy artillery ships, and they looked terrifying!

Half an hour ago, when the Ming fleet entered Manila Bay, three Spanish warships on patrol issued a warning that the Ming fleet was not allowed to approach, and even wanted to expel it.

Zhu Cihong was happy on the spot, and ordered a wave of artillery to help the fun.

In the midst of a stormy shelling, three Spanish warships fled with sorry flags, and one of them was badly damaged and nearly scrapped.

The Ming fleet showed its strong strength and domineering, and entered Manila Bay, which the Spaniards had occupied for nearly a hundred years, without resistance!

Twenty-eight warships carried a 5,000-strong integrated brigade of the Tianwu Army, 2,000 Imperial Forest Corps, 2,000 marines, and 4,000 sailors, a total of 15,000 men.

After the battleship dropped anchor, sailors in blue naval uniforms lined up on the side of the ship to salute the people on the shore.

A group of Tianwu soldiers wearing fiery red army uniforms disembarked one after another and went to the dock to line up for vigilance.

In the end, the Imperial Forest Army lined up neatly to escort the Ming Emperor Zhu Cihong to disembark and land on the shore to patrol Luzon.

When Zhu Cihong, wearing a new-style naval uniform, appeared on the gangway, tens of thousands of Chinese on the shore almost shouted out their throats, and countless people waved the small national flag of the Ming Dynasty and sang the national anthem of the Ming Dynasty, bursting into tears.

How many years, how many generations, they have suffered in Nanyang and lived a humiliating inferior life, and this suppressed emotion has all been released at this moment!

And today, with the Ming Emperor setting foot in the South Seas, all this will become a thing of the past.

In the future, as the people of the Ming Emperor, they will only raise their eyebrows in Nanyang!

Dozens of lion dance teams and more than a dozen dragon dance teams on the shore fully vented their pride as a Chinese in the midst of firecrackers and gongs and drums.

Zhu Cihong stood on the gangway, feeling the enthusiasm of the Nanyang Chinese, and couldn't help but wave to them.

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(End of chapter)