"Who is this person?" Li Xiao asked softly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ding You, who was on the side, hesitated for a moment, and then said to Li Xiao in a low voice: "Lord Yu, this person is Wang Kun, the supervisor of my Tang army arranged by the imperial court in the past. We obeyed Lord Lee's order and forced him to live in this house and not to go out if he had nothing to do. Unexpectedly, just last month, this person suddenly went crazy, and since then he has been wild and profligate, and it is difficult to detain him. This kind of shape is something I didn't expect. ”

At this time, another person rushed out of the room, but it was Wang Kun's entourage, crying and dragging Wang Kun into the house.

That Wang Kun was still struggling and kicking, but his face was full of tears and snot.

He was held by the little entourage, his mouth was ho-ho, and his expression was crazy and hideous.

In the end, Wang Kun was forcibly dragged back to the courtyard by the little attendant, and the door was slammed shut.

Seeing Wang Kun become like this now, Li Xiao also let out a long sigh in his heart.

After being under house arrest in Kaohsiung for more than a year, Wang Kun was finally locked up crazy.

This great eunuch, who was famous in the history of the late Ming Dynasty and made waves, now ends up like this, but it is really embarrassing.

"Pass on the order of this duke, since this Wang Kun has gone crazy, there is no need to be imprisoned like this. Just outside Kaohsiung City, give some land to that little entourage, and let him take Wang Kun to live. Li Xiao finally let out a long sigh and ordered softly.

Ding You hurriedly surrendered his hand: "Yes, I am obeying the order." ”

Subsequently, Li Xiao and the others bypassed a few streets and entered the mansion, and Ding You arranged a banquet to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Li Xiao and others.

After the banquet, Li Xiao convened important generals above the deputy battalion commander, as well as Ding You and Ma Huaguang, to discuss the matter together.

Li Xiao first gave a brief description of the situation in the Philippines.

Before the 14th century, there were no states in the Philippine archipelago, and most of them existed in the form of indigenous tribes.

According to the records of the Foreign Records of the Wu Period, the earliest national power to reach the Philippine Islands was the Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China.

In 226 A.D., Xuanhua of Eastern Wu engaged in Zhu Ying, Zhonglang Kangtai Fuhai to patrol Southeast Asia, arrived in Vietnam, Cambodia and the Nanyang Islands and other places, and also went to Chenyan, Tamlan and Dubo in the present-day Philippines In 1390, the Minangkabao people immigrated from Sumatra and established the first state in the history of the Philippines - the Sultanate of Sulu.

The border was located in the Sulu Islands at the western end of the Muslim Autonomous Region in Mindanao in the southern Philippines, as well as in the middle of the provinces of Basilan and Tavitawi, Palawan, northern Borneo, and other islands around the Sulu Sea. The capital is located in Ho Lak.

In the third year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1405), Zheng He, the eunuch of Sanbao, led a huge fleet to Luzon, that is, Xu Chailao, the leader of overseas Chinese in Jinjiang, was appointed as the governor of Luzon by the edict of Emperor Yongle, and he oversaw the political, economic, military and cultural power of the country, and served for 20 years (1405-1424).

During this period, Xu Chailao spared no effort to promote the culture of the Chinese nation, implemented the rule of Confucian etiquette, disseminated the advanced technology of agriculture, fishery and industry in southern Fujian, and greatly developed shipbuilding, textile, pottery, and tea planting, making outstanding contributions to the social stability, economic and trade development, and literary and artistic prosperity of Luzon.

In 1450, the Arab merchant Saeed? Abu Bakr established an Islamic regime in the Maguindanu region of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.

In 1521, Magellan's expedition arrived in the Philippine Islands during its first circumnavigation voyage to the Great Geographical Discoveries.

In 1565, Cebu Island was occupied by Spanish people from Mexico, which was the beginning of Spanish rule in the Philippines.

The name of the Philippines comes from the contemporary King Philip II of Spain.

From 1571 to the present, its land has been occupied by Spain, so the "Hailu" is translated as Little Luzon, and the Spanish is called Greater Luzon. In the past, most overseas Chinese who went to the Philippines landed in Luzon, so Luzon was the common name of the Philippines.

During the era of Spanish rule in the Philippines, the Chinese also called Spain Greater Luzon and the Philippines Little Luzon.

Luzon was rich in gold, abundant products, and prosperous trade, and sent envoys to China three times from 1372 (the fifth year of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty) to 1410 (the eighth year of Yongle of the Ming Dynasty), and the Ming Dynasty also sent envoys to apply for employment in 1405.

In the 15th and 16th centuries, merchants and people on the southeast coast of China had frequent contacts with Luzon, and overseas Chinese began to live in Luzon.

In the 16th century, Spanish colonists invaded the northern Philippines and met with stubborn resistance in the Manila area. Under the command of King Suleiman, the people of Manila fought valiantly against the Spanish invasion. Suleiman was killed in a naval battle on 3 June 1571, after which Luzon was gradually conquered by Spain.

After Spain established colonial rule in Manila, Chinese Ming Dynasty historical records still refer to it as "Luzon".

After the Spaniards destroyed the state of Luzon and occupied the entire island of Luzon, they began to massacre the Chinese in Manila, killing more than 25,000 Chinese, which can be described as extremely cruel.

Next, the Spanish army began to march into the whole of the Philippines, and most of the current Philippine Islands have fallen into its hands, except for the Sulu Kingdom in the west and the Maguindanu Kingdom in the south.

After introducing the history and politics of the Philippines, Li Xiao began to introduce the land, population, and minerals of the Philippines to the audience.

Li Xiao told them that the Philippines is mainly divided into three major island groups, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, with more than 7,000 large and small islands and a total area of nearly 300,000 square kilometers, which is eight or nine times the size of Taiwan Island.

Moreover, the Philippine archipelago is rich in products and can be cultivated a huge area, according to the statistics of the Philippines, the total arable land area of the Philippines is 106,000 square kilometers, which is nearly ten times that of the island of Taiwan!

According to statistics, there are more than 20 kinds of mineral resources in the Philippines, including copper, gold, silver, iron, chromium and nickel. The reserves are about 4.8 billion tons of copper, 1.09 billion tons of nickel and 136 million tons of gold. It is a country rich in resources.

In terms of population, the prehistoric Negritos may have been the earliest inhabitants of the Philippines, and in addition to the remnants of Chinese descent, there are indigenous people such as Tagalog, Ilogo, Bonbanja, Visaya, and Maguindanu in all parts of present-day Luzon.

Of course, Li Xiao has processed these words, but he only said that he heard them from the Taixi people, so he would understand them, but he would never tell them that these knowledge about the Philippines were learned by himself from modern society.

After listening to Li Xiao's brief introduction, everyone's eyes widened.

Zu Kuan was the first to jump up and scolded: "it, such a fat treasure land, not allowed to be occupied by the Chinese Han people, is actually occupied by the Xiyi and the natives, it is really tyrannical!" ”

Ding You, head of Taiwan's colonization group, also said: "In this Philippines, the amount of land that can be cultivated is nearly ten times that of Taiwan, how fat!" If China can take possession of its land, even if it is to resettle 10 million or 20 million people, it will be more than enough. ”

Ma Huaxing also followed closely: "Then Luzon has a lot of minerals, if it can be mined, the money that our army can earn in the future is afraid that it is immeasurable, such a treasure land, don't take ridicule!" ”

Seeing that everyone was attracted by their own descriptions, and their fighting spirit quickly rose, Li Xiao's heart couldn't help but feel inexplicably happy.

Next, everyone held a meeting to discuss the specific battle plan.

After some heated discussions, the plan was finally decided as follows.

On the island of Taiwan, Luo Zheng, deputy mayor of Liupingnan Town, and Er Bilun, deputy commander of the second battalion of Pingnan Town, led the soldiers of the second battalion of Pingnan Town to stay in Taiwan.

Li Dingguo, the mayor of Pingnan Town, was the main general, and Cao Bianjiao, the commander of the C Battalion of Pingnan Town, was the deputy general, leading the two divisions of Pingnan Town's A Battalion and C Battalion, as well as all the cavalry troops, firearms troops, rampant general and auxiliary troops, and sailors to attack Luzon.

Li Xiao's plan, Li Dingguo, Cao Bianjiao and others were happy, especially Zu Kuan, who laughed out loud with joy. However, Luo Zheng, deputy mayor of Pingnan Town, and others were extremely disappointed.

However, Li Xiao then explained to them that after taking Luzon Island, when they took over the sweep of the Philippine islands, they could rotate the soldiers and horses of the B Battalion to go, and Luo Zheng and the others showed joy on their faces and their spirits were also lifted.

As for the departure time, Li Xiao also calculated carefully.

He calculated very carefully, because he knew that if he set out now, then, after nearly half a month's journey, he would be able to lead his army to Manila Bay, outside Manila. In this way, it just avoided the rainy season in the Philippines, so that its own firearms unit could come in handy.

The entire battle plan can be roughly divided into three phases.

The first stage is to seize Luzon, the most important island of the Philippines.

First of all, Li Xiao's naval fleet, carrying all the soldiers and horses of Pingnan Town, which had invaded the Philippines, set out from Kaohsiung and traveled all the way south, and was expected to arrive at the Laoag area at the northern tip of Luzon Island within 15 days.

Subsequently, from here, all the troops of the A Battalion of Pingnan Town landed, led by Li Dingguo and Zu Kuan, and 1,000 flying harrier cavalry, 1,000 auxiliaries, and 20 heavy dragon cannons, which were also under the full command of Li Dingguo. This army and horses attacked Tuguegarao, Iragán, San Fernando, Lingayan and other northern Luzon cities all the way, and must sweep away the entire northern Luzon region.

After putting down these troops and landing, all the sailors, with the rest of the troops and horses, continued all the way south to Manila Bay.

After destroying the Spanish fleet stationed in it, he sent all the soldiers of the second battalion of Pingnan Town, 2,500 Xuanhu heavy cavalry, 1,500 flying harriers, 2,000 auxiliaries, 2,500 rampant troops, 2,000 musketeers, and 60 heavy dragon guns, to land and attack Manila, the heart of Spain in Luzon.

After the capture of Manila, this army will continue to attack the counties and towns of the affiliated states such as Malloros, Quezon City, Santa Rosa, Lucena, Batangas, etc., and completely destroy all the hostile forces in the entire southern Luzon region.

At this point, the first phase of the entire Philippine occupation plan was completed.

The second stage of the next step is to draw troops from various battalions and take turns to attack and seize the islands of the Visayas in the central Philippines, and it is imperative that all the indigenous resistance forces in the entire Visayas be wiped out within half a year, and all the central Philippine regions will be included in China's Chinese territory.

After the second phase is completed, the third phase is next.

At this stage, in order to occupy all the Philippine Islands, the Waiter attacked the state of Maguindanu on Mindanao and the remnants of Sulu on the island of South Tagalu. The complete destruction of these two small countries, and thus the complete possession of the whole Philippines.

This stage should be completed within six months at the latest.

In this way, in more than a year, Tang Junping Nanwai Town will be able to completely occupy the Philippine Islands, so that this extremely vibrant southern hot land will become a new territory for the Chinese Han people to recuperate and recuperate, and become the Chinese land that the descendants of the Chinese nation will pass on forever.

After the Philippines was generally stable, Li Xiao would continue to attack the south, attacking the island of New Guinea, which was still a wild but extremely fertile island with a lot of minerals, and wiped out all the natives on the island who did not submit to the king, and occupied this wild and fertile land as China's permanent inherent territory.

After the capture of the island of New Guinea, the next target is naturally the uninhabited and barbaric, but extremely fat and fertile Australian continent......

To be honest, the current Li Xiao is very dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty that he is still loyal to on the surface.

Such a huge empire, since the founding of the country to the present, except for the flashy Three Treasure eunuch Zheng He who went to the West, has almost completely lost its enterprising spirit.

It is truly deplorable that more than 100 million Chinese people can only stick to the land handed down by their ancestors, rigidly clinging to it, and resting on their laurels, so that this large area of overseas rich and fertile land will fall into the hands of the West from thousands of miles away, and let their own Chinese people be slaughtered and humiliated by others in overseas lands without doing anything.

According to historical records, in 1603, after the Spanish colonists and the local aborigines carried out a large-scale massacre of the Chinese, the Wanli Emperor said angrily after hearing this: "The emperor deceived the imperial court and provoked overseas, causing 20,000 merchants to use their blades, damage the prestige and humiliation of the country, and die innocently. The Luzon chieftain killed the merchants without permission, and the officials discussed the crime. ”

However, the Ming Dynasty, which was already in the twilight, was only so excited and dissatisfied for a while, and finally gave up the plan to take revenge on Spain, and finally the official attitude of the Ming Dynasty to this was: "The four people of China, the merchants are the most cheap, how can they be untouchables, raise a military revolution, and abandon it without pity." ”

This statement of the Ming Dynasty government simply made the Spaniards ecstatic, and they no longer had any worries, and they even more wantonly bullied and slaughtered the remnants of the Chinese. Since then, the Chinese have been completely reduced to a lower race than the local aborigines in various places overseas.

Every time he thinks of such history, Li Xiao's heart is dripping blood.

Therefore, this plan to attack the Philippines was given a very incendiary name by Li Xiao: Dragon's Revenge.

These Spaniards, who had deeply hurt the Chinese dragon, these local natives who dared to resist the rule of the Chinese Empire, were waiting for them with the powerful and sharp teeth of the enraged dragon, tearing them to pieces and throwing them into the garbage heap of history.

On the 18th day of the ninth lunar month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the Tang army marched south.

On the third day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the soldiers and horses of the Tang Army, Pingnan Town, which had invaded and attacked the Philippines, set out from Kaohsiung Port, boarded more than 400 large and small ships, bypassed Eluanbi, Tainan, crossed the Bass Strait, and traveled all the way south to Luzon.

More than 400 ships unfolded an extremely huge formation on the sea, covering almost the entire range of Li Xiao's field of vision, and the Tangzi military flag on each ship was hunting and fluttering in the wind under the scorching tropical sun.

The soaring Eastern Dragon finally showed its sharp and hideous teeth to the enemy who had hurt it deeply.