Dilate!

Standing in the office, looking at the large-spoke map, while marking the blank north bank of the Heilongjiang River and other landmarks on the map, the white flag, while looking at the North Korea, which has been planted with a yellow flag.

Now whether it is Dorgon or Huang Taiji, they are all trying their best to expand. What is the purpose of their expansion?

It's all about expanding your strength!

Whether it was Dolgon's northward conquest of the savage Nuzhi, or Hwangtaeji's annexation in Korea, it was all to strengthen itself.

Compared with them, their own strength is weaker and their territory is more narrow.

Entry?

Staring at the Central Plains, Zhu Guoqiang's brows furrowed, the drought in various places has become increasingly serious in the past few months, Shandong has not rained for several months, and the same is true for most of Heshan, Beizhili, and Shaanxi......

Staring at the map, Zhu Guoqiang's eyes fell on the sea east of the southeast and fell on the top of Taiwan, and then muttered to himself.

"It's up to you whether you can ask for millions of people!"

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For Sun Hejing, who had just arrived off the coast of Jilong Bay, although he did not expect the prince to himself, he did not know the importance of this green-shrouded island to Yu Daming and Yu Pingyu General's Mansion.

From the binoculars, looking at the Western platform on the island at the entrance to the bay, he looked solemn and commanded loudly.

"All troops on alert!"

While the gunners were operating the guns at the end of the guns, through the binoculars, Sun Hejing saw the movement on the island - the island was in chaos, and the sound of brass trumpets and leather drums echoed on the island.

"It's a Ming countryman!"

Even without a telescope, Leo of Pol could clearly see who it was.

"Ming people, why did they come here? Is it Zheng Zhilong or who? ”

As the governor of San Salvador, Leo of Pol never thought that he needed to worry about the Ming people, and in his opinion, the threat to San Salvador City was not only the Dutch, but also the wild people on the island. But he never thought that one day a large number of Ming troops would come over.

"My God, there are sixteen warships, are they trying to destroy everything here and kill us all?"

The priest drew a cross on his chest in horror, not to mention the priest, and even the Spanish soldiers in the city all looked at the huge fleet outside the bay with trepidation.

"God, what now?"

"Gentlemen, we can't fire the cannon first, for the sake of trade with the Ming people, any act of firing the cannon first is likely to affect our relationship with the Ming Kingdom, so, Philip, you and Father Martin go over by boat and ask them why they are here, are they lost their course, or is something happening?"

"Yes, sir."

Although Philip speaks Spanish fluently, he is actually a native of the Ming Kingdom, and a native of the Ming Dynasty who was born in Manila also speaks fluent Hokkien and Mandarin.

Soon Philip and Father Martin set foot on the warship of the Ming Kingdom, and what awaited them was news like five thunderbolts.

"I am Sun Jinghe, the commander of the water battalion under the command of the general of the Ming Dynasty, and I am ordered by the general to ask you to evacuate Taiwan within three days, this is the territory of my Ming Dynasty, and it will not be occupied by outsiders!"

As soon as Yun Haiping translated the Admiral's words into Spanish, Father Martin hurriedly spoke.

"Your Excellency the honorable general, according to the official statement of your country, this is a place outside the country, and it does not belong to the Ming Dynasty, how did it become the territory of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Ridiculous!"

Sun Hejing said in a deep voice.

"Where the sun and the moon shine, where the rivers go, are all the land of my Great Ming, even if it is a place outside the world, it is also the land of my Great Ming, today the general was ordered to come, is to recover the land of my Great Ming, and now there are two choices, first, take your belongings and evacuate by boat, and second, I will knock this place down! You have two hours to consider whether to accept or reject! ”

There are two hours to think about it!

When Sun Jinghe's offer was brought back to the city by Father Martin and Philip, Captain Leo of Pol was stunned.

"Who is General Pingyu?"

Everyone was at a loss for a while, and after inquiring for a while, the merchants in the city told him that General Pingyu was the prince of the Great Mingde Domain, and he was a royal nobleman.

"He, as a prince, is not fighting against the barbarians in the north, why did he extend his hand to Taiwan?"

No one could tell Pol's Leo the answer, but Father Martin spoke to him very directly.

"Major, if it's just an ultimatum from the officials of the Ming Kingdom, we can turn a blind eye, but this is an ultimatum from the prince of the Ming Kingdom, and he is very likely to be the emperor representing the Ming Kingdom!"

For the priest's judgment, Pol's Leo naturally did not object, in fact, the Spaniards did not know about the Ming Dynasty at all, and a lot of their understanding was guessed according to their imagination, just like the plan they formulated to conquer the Ming Dynasty with thousands of people.

The same is true now.

Actually, for Spain, the city of San Salvador is not important. In 1626, Waldes led a fleet from Manila along the east coast of Taiwan to the small island of Jilong Bay to establish the city of San Salvador.

Compared with the Dutch occupation of Tainan is a plain area, the folk customs are mild, suitable for development, not to mention, the northern part of Taiwan is really the de facto "foreign land", and the indigenous aggression is very strong, the Spaniards were besieged by many aboriginal tribes in Taiwan, held up for several years, and continued to attack around, before gradually gaining a foothold, but there are still conflicts with the aborigines of Taiwan.

Originally, the Spaniards thought that after occupying northern Taiwan, they would be able to avoid the threat of the Dutch, but the situation was not satisfactory. Even if they occupied northern Taiwan, things did not go as planned, because the Dutch colluded with the Zheng clan to prevent Ming merchants from coming here to trade along the Ming coast. Moreover, the maritime merchants of Fujian had long controlled the commerce of the Ming kingdom - Manila. And their business with Japan has not been opened, and this place has become a "chicken rib", which consumes a lot of colonial resources every year to operate.

The taste of losing money and making money was so uncomfortable that the Spaniards always wanted to leave, and three years ago, Philippine Governor Coqueira decided to reduce the military strength of Northern Taiwan in order to reduce expenses. He ordered the destruction of the city of Santo Domingo in Tamsui and left only a small garrison in the city of San Salvador.

In fact, the garrison left behind is also pitiful, but there are only more than 100 people, in case it comes to operate in the future tense? But even so, they still had to guard against the invasion of the Dutch, but unexpectedly, they did not wait for the Dutch, but waited for the Ming people.

Is it evacuation?

Or do you stick to it?

If he abandons this, there is a good chance that a military trial awaits him. What to do?

"Major, maybe we can negotiate with the Ming people."

As the host of the local Dominicans, unlike Leo of Bol, he saw a new opportunity.

"Negotiations?"

"Yes, Major, although we have established the city of San Salvador here, but because of the interference of the Dutch, the merchants of the Ming Kingdom will not come here to trade with us at all, if we return this place to the Ming Kingdom, then, the merchants of the Ming Kingdom will naturally come here, and we can continue to trade with them here, and besides, our merchant ships can even enter the Ming cities in the north, of course, with the consent of His Royal Highness the Prince, but, Major, one thing is certain, We have to make concessions here! ”

In fact, if it weren't for the Dominican's insistence on preaching here, perhaps the Philippine Governor Coqueira would have withdrawn from the chicken coop a long time ago, but the Dominicans insisted on preaching to the indigenous people here, so until now, Spain is still holding on here, carrying out this cause that is a bit of a loss in their eyes.

In fact, for the Spaniards, the expansion in South America may be because of the temptation of gold and silver, but the initial driving force also has a religious factor, in fact, in the whole of Europe, at least now Europe, Spain is the most religious country, after all, they have just become unified, expelled the Moors in the south, for them, because the road is important, but religion is equally important, and even religion is the foundation of Spain.

And now Fr. Martin sees a new opportunity for more people to proselytize, not just the indigenous ones. For him, it doesn't matter that the fourth step is a Spanish colony, after all, Spain was ready to give up here, and there is such a good opportunity at the moment, of course, to seize him.

It's just that compared to the memories that the priest saw would be Pol's Leo, the supreme governor of the colony, of course, not as far away as Father Martin, after all, he had more realistic problems to consider.

"Father Martin, but, if you don't resist, give this place to the Ming people, and go back to Manila, and I will be court-martialed!"

For the priest, giving this land to the Republicans had no effect, and he would even be rewarded for his missionary success, but to the supreme governor of the colony, if the land of Leo of Pol was given to the Republicans, then only a military tribunal awaited him.

"But, Major, if we insist on resisting, maybe everyone will die here, and don't forget, there is a whole fleet of Ming people on the sea, and what do we have? That's just 100 soldiers! ”

Father Martin's reminder made Pol's Leo fall silent, too few troops was indeed a reality he had to consider, but there were very few troops, well, as for him, it was only four cannons.

Or can such a small number of troops and a few cannons withstand such a huge fleet of the Ming people?

Even fools know very well what the price will be if they resist.

But the question is...... If you surrender, you will go to a court-martial!