Ning Xiu has been inquiring about news from Manila these days.

In his opinion, since the news was sent to Sanchez through the mouths of those missionaries, the governor of Manila would not let go of this golden opportunity.

So how many people will Sanchez bring with him?

This is an issue that Ning Xiu is very concerned about. Because if Sanchez came out of the nest, Ning Xiu learned that the Fujian side would assist in the defense. If Sánchez had only brought part of his troops, he would have been able to contend with the strength of Guangdong Province alone.

It happened that there were merchant ships returning from the South Seas, and Ning Xiu immediately ordered someone to inquire, and the news he got was that the Spaniards had attacked Ming this time, with a total of fifty ships and nearly 20,000 people.

Ning Xiu didn't know if this number was exaggerated, but he felt that even if it was, it wouldn't be exaggerated too much.

Manila is an important port in the South Seas, and it is normal to arrange 10,000 or 20,000 people.

In this way, Ning Xiu felt that it was necessary to notify the Fujian guards to assist in the defense. After all, Ning Xiu could not guarantee that the Spaniards would definitely launch an offensive from Guangdong.

Of course, Ning Xiu thought that the main force of defense was still the new army he had trained. After all, most of the Min army is also a guard army, and at most they rely on the defense of the fortified city, so it is impossible for them to go out of the city to fight.

In Ning Xiu's plan, once the Spaniards' offensive was frustrated, they would go to sea to pursue, and it was best to annihilate the Spanish fleet.

Some soldiers with a keen sense of smell have sensed that a big battle is approaching.

Not only has the daily training volume increased, but the officers have also sent a large number of people to patrol the posts.

"I heard that it was the Franc machine who was coming to fight us."

Wu Ergou said very proudly: "Don't talk nonsense, this is what I finally heard from the management officer." ”

"Franc man? They don't stay in the trenches, why are they here to beat us? ”

The little monkey scratched his head.

"It's not the Franc machine man in the trench, it's the Franc robot man in Manila."

Wu Ergou glanced at the little monkey.

"Where's Manila?"

"In Luzon."

"Where's Luzon?"

"In the South Seas."

"Where's Nanyang?"

“...”

Wu Ergou almost collapsed when he was asked, stared at the little monkey with a black line and said, "Anyway, it's a far, far away." Moreover, Lord Ning said that the Franco-sturgeon in Manila is also called the Spaniards, and the Franco-sturf in the trenches is also called the Portuguese. There was a feud between the two, and later the Spanish conquered the Portuguese and established the United Kingdom. In Daming, we call them all Franc machine people, they don't call it that, and they are very clear. ”

"Then who will the Franc machine man in the trench help this time?"

Chen Mazi interjected.

"Most of the time they don't help either side."

Wu Ergou shrugged his shoulders and analyzed: "Although the Portuguese Francophile hated the Spanish Francophile, but now that they have established the United Kingdom after all, they have a common king, and it is definitely impossible for them to meet each other in battle." ”

Wu Ergou swallowed a mouthful of spit, and when he saw that everyone was listening carefully, he continued: "As for helping the Spaniards fight us, it is even more impossible. Not to mention that our Xiangshan New Army is strong and strong, and those trench Franc machine people throw rat traps, they want to beat us, can the court sit idly by? At that time, the imperial court will be furious and send hundreds of thousands of troops to suppress it, and the trench in the land of projectiles will not be filled? ”

"Makes sense!"

Chen Mazi praised: "What the two dog brothers said makes sense, those Manila Franc machines are not clear to everyone, but it is impossible for the Franc machines in the trench realm to be unclear." ”

"So the best thing for them is to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight."

Wu Ergou added on the side.

"Isn't this a wall ride?"

The little monkey said angrily.

"It's riding the wall, only by riding the wall can you live longer."

Wu Ergou didn't think that the behavior of the Trench Furriot was shameless, in his opinion, normal people would choose this way.

"When the time comes, whoever wins will not do anything to them, and their strength will not be compromised."

"Hmph, but I heard a sentence that if it is not my race, its heart will be different. After all, these trench Franc Robot people are closer to the Manila Franc Robot Machine, and if our army has a decline, maybe they will take advantage of the weakness and stab them in the back. ”

The little monkey said worriedly.

"So don't be sluggish, and take down these bunnies in one go."

"Woo, woo, woo~"

While everyone was discussing passionately, the horn suddenly sounded.

Everyone was stunned, and then they ran towards the school field.

In the army, it was clearly stipulated that soldiers who did not arrive at the school yard for a stick of incense at the sound of the horn would be beaten with twenty sticks.

Everyone knew that the Twenty Sticks were not a joke, so they didn't dare to take this risk.

"Damn, I'm tired of Lao Tzu."

After running to the school grounds, Wu Ergou gasped for breath, and his waist couldn't stand up.

Chen Mazi is no better, he is an auxiliary soldier who usually has few opportunities to exercise, and he is almost sitting on the ground at this moment.

It's just that the officers in charge won't give them this opportunity, and they immediately walked over with their own soldiers in a row, and pulled out the soldiers who were not standing in standard posture and scolded them.

Soon the queue became neat, Qi Wen glanced at everyone, cleared his throat and said: "General Ben announced that from now on, the whole army will enter a state of readiness for battle, and as it prepares for battle. ”

This sentence is simply Wang Bang, and the soldiers can't help but whisper.

It's really going to war. It seems that they were not mistaken.

"Lord Ning has an order, our army needs to defend the entire territory of Guangdong, but the focus is on Guangzhou and Chaozhou."

Qi Wen continued: "So General Ben is going to divide his troops today and transfer some of you to Chaozhou Mansion. ”

In Ning Xiu's judgment, if the Spaniards attacked Guangdong, they would definitely attack Guangzhou and Chaozhou.

Needless to say, Guangzhou Mansion is the location of the Yamen of the Chief Administration and the Yamen of the Governor, and it is also a provincial government, and the capture of Guangzhou Mansion is a great sensation.

In addition, the trench is also in Guangzhou Prefecture. Sánchez will certainly take a gamble if necessary, and the Portuguese who gamble on the trenches will fall on them.

As for Chaozhou, because it was closer to Fujian, it was conducive to the Spaniards to join forces.

After all, the Spaniards only had fifty ships this time, and the strength of the army was too thin to attack the fortified position.

So if the Spaniards want to attack Fujian and Guangdong at the same time, then the Guangdong side will definitely choose Chaozhou.

This is also in line with the meaning of Ning Xiu. Although the training of the new army is very good, after all, the number of people is small, only 20,000. If the entire coastline of Guangdong is defended, the fortified forces everywhere will also be overstretched.

Therefore, Ning Xiu didn't want the troops to be too thin.

He decided to deploy heavy troops in the Canton and Chaozhou prefectures. The rest of the provinces sent only a small number of soldiers to assist the local guards in the defense.

Ning Xiu believed that if the Spaniards sent small troops to harass these prefectures, the soldiers would not be in danger as long as they held on. If the Spaniards really changed their minds and turned around and went to these prefectures, Ning Xiu would also have time to lead his army from Guangzhou to help.

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