In Manila, Luzon, in the Spanish Governor's Palace, Governor Diego asked West, the Dutch leader who had just entered the door, with some concern: "Your Excellency Antony, Governor of Batavia, is it about to arrive?" ”

"According to His Excellency the Governor, it should be almost there!" West listened, and as he spoke, he found a chair to sit down, shook his ass and felt comfortable, before he continued: "But what does it matter?" Even if His Excellency the Governor had not arrived, could he still be afraid of these natives of the East? It's hard to say on land, but what are you afraid of at sea? ”

The combined fleet of Spain and the Netherlands had a total of nearly fifty warships, and this maritime power, even if it was put into Europe, was a fleet that could not be ignored.

However, Diego always had a condescending feeling when he listened to his tone, which made him feel very uncomfortable in his heart.

It's as if he, Spain, is afraid of Mingguo, and is the kind that is bullied by Mingguo. And these Dutchmen are not afraid of the Ming Kingdom at all, and they can win the Ming Kingdom casually.

Diego feels that it can't go on like this, my Spain is still the suzerain, and in the mainland, you Netherlands are still rebellious! So he prepared to speak, and in a roundabout tone reminded the Dutchman of his tone.

However, before he could speak, he heard West Erlang's legs and continue to say to him: "What the Ming Kingdom can rely on when attacking Luzon must be their army on land. However, it is not possible to have fewer troops on land, and this determines that they must have a lot of food and grass before they can ......."

Listening to him begin to talk about specific things, Diego suppressed his desire to speak, and listened to what he had to say first.

“…… So many grain and grass materials, if they are transported to Luzon from Annam, it is a bit far, in case there is a storm or something, it is a trivial matter that the ship transporting grain and grass materials is gone, what will the army that arrived in Luzon eat? So......" West said here, and said in a very confident tone, "The grain and grass materials of the Ming army must not have been transported from Annan. ”

Hearing this, Diego thought for a moment, as if it made sense. However, before he nodded, he heard West say again: "And there is another point, Annan has just experienced a big war, and as far as Annan is concerned, there must not be so many grain and grass materials for the Ming State to attack Luzon." Therefore, the grain and grass materials of the Ming army must be transferred from other parts of the Ming Kingdom, and if they pass through Annam, it will obviously be a superfluous move......"

Speaking of this, he paused and said in a very affirmative tone: "Therefore, the Ming army attacking Luzon, the grain and grass materials they need must be from Fujian to Taiwan, and then to the northern part of Luzon. The Ming army from Annam, on the other hand, would only bring ten days and a half of grain and grass, and they would inevitably eventually converge somewhere in Luzon. ”

Hearing this, Diego had to admit that the Dutchman was very analytical. That is to say, the Dutch still has the capital to drag.

However, before he could nod his head, he heard West say to him in a slightly reprimanding tone: "What are you still stunned for?" This is long overdue! Reward silver was given, and some of the natives reported to us. ”

Coming to such a conclusion made Diego very uncomfortable.

However, for the sake of the overall situation in front of him, he still did not show it, but asked with a humble attitude: "So how should we deal with it?" ”

"Do you need to ask?" When West heard this, he looked at Diego like an idiot, and then said in a commanding tone: "Send someone to inquire about the news at once, see if there is any movement of the Ming army in northern Luzon, and see which harbor their grain will be hoarded in?" As long as we get this exact news, we will dispatch a fleet to catch the Ming army by surprise and burn their grain and grass, so that the Ming army will either retreat or run out of food and grass and be defeated! ”

After finishing speaking, he also added triumphantly: "This is the way to deal with the natives of the East, don't look at them as strong, as long as you hold this point of fighting, no matter how huge the army is, it will fall apart, and it will be easy to fight!" ”

That's right, that's what they did when they fought the Javanese natives before.

Although Diego's attitude made Diego very dissatisfied, his suggestion was indeed pertinent, so he had to endure it, and asked people to summon Philott and explain to him: "You take two clippers and go north along the coast to search for the traces of Ming ships, and if you find a place where the Ming army is hoarding grain and grass, come back quickly and report it." ”

Hearing this, Philott hurriedly agreed, but before he could say anything else, West on the side interjected, and explained like Diego spoke: "The natives along the way, you also give a reward, anyway, it is coercion and temptation, let them become our eyes and ears, and it can also prevent you from missing anything......"

Philot heard the anger in his heart, the Governor told me to do things, forget it, what are you, a rebel, and you are here to point fingers, and say that I am blind? Lao Tzu's ears were cut off by the Ming people, but where are the blindness?

Thinking about it, it immediately became a little difficult to look at that face.

However, West didn't care at all, and said there: "If you haven't found any trace of the Ming army, either you have missed it, or the Ming army is still on the Taiwan side." You can also go to Taiwan and have a look, as long as you can find the place where the Ming army is hoarding grain and grass, we will win half of this battle. Perhaps when His Excellency the Governor arrives, he will be able to deliver good news to the delight of His Excellency! ”

Oh, you commanded us to do this and that, just to rush to have a greeting after the arrival of your Excellency the Governor? Philot suddenly realized, and thought angrily in his heart.

But before he could object, Diego waved his hand and said, "Go, just do what he wants!" ”

Speaking of this, he raised his voice again and emphasized: "The most important thing now is to repel the Ming army and cut off the Ming Emperor's idea of reaching out to Nanyang. ”

Filot knew that His Excellency the Governor had a point, so he glared at the Dutchman fiercely, and after that, he turned and left, ready to carry out his orders.

However, West stopped and immediately shouted, "What are you staring at? Am I wrong? If you hadn't begged us for the Dutch, you thought I would have come here and joined forces with you? ”

Philott's feet paused suddenly, and his heart was furious, this group of rebels is really lawless!

When Diego saw it, he quickly stood up, turned out of the table, went to the front, pushed Filote and said, "Why don't you go to carry out the military order?" ”

He knew that if he didn't care about this, he would definitely quarrel when he turned around. Originally, the relationship between the two sides was not good, if there was a quarrel, one was not careful, and the Ming army had not yet hit, and the two sides of their side would fight first.

Pushed down by His Excellency the Governor, Philott was angry in his heart, so he had no choice but to leave.

But when he reached the door, he heard behind him His Excellency the Governor say to the Dutchman, "How can he glare at you?" His eyes are that big. ”

"......" Philott's footsteps stopped again, the anger in my heart, my eyes have always been as big as bull's eyes? You are a Spanish governor, why should you be so deferential to a rebel? Don't be the court officials in the country who are so virtuous, so these Dutch will rebel, and the Portuguese will also rebel!

But thinking about it in his heart, he still didn't turn around and go back to argue about how big his eyes were, and he sighed helplessly and walked away.

In the office, Diego and West were talking, when suddenly a guard at the door came in and said, "Your Excellency, Fidnandi of the Bonda Department is asking to see you outside the door." ”

When Diego heard this, he immediately frowned and said, "What is he doing here?" ”

Having said that, he knew that there must be something wrong with the indigenous leader coming to see him. So, he still asked the guards to bring people over.

"Your Excellency, Honorable Governor!" As soon as Fednandi entered the door, he immediately saluted respectfully, and then said, "On the outer side of Manila Bay, I am afraid that there are many remnants of the Ming people gathered, and I ask His Excellency the Governor to send troops to help destroy those damned Ming remnants!" ”

Hearing this, Diego's brows furrowed again, and he said a little unhappily: "I gave a silver reward, this matter of hunting down the remnants of the Ming people, and you still want to come to me, don't you want a silver reward?" ”

"That's not what it means!" When Fidnandi heard this, he was a little frightened, and hurriedly replied, "Before, the people I sent didn't come back, so I sent people over, but there was still no news, and there were almost fifty people before and after. It's no problem if I want to send more people. However, I'm worried that if there are too many people sent, those remnants of the Ming people will run, and only if there are fewer people to pass, they may not run, and it will be easy to catch them! ”

West on the side had been listening with Erlang's legs crossed, and when he heard that fifty or so people had been quietly solved by the remnants of the Ming people, it was a little strange, so he interjected and asked: "What kind of crooked melons and cracked dates did you send, and they were solved by a group of Ming remnants so easily?" Could it be that the people who passed behind didn't even have a lesson and didn't leave a message? ”

Of course, Fidnandi knew what kind of person this was, and he didn't dare to offend, so he hurriedly defended: "No, they are all strong men of my clan, and there are nearly twenty people in the last batch, and I have specially told them, but none of them have come back!" ”

Hearing this, West became even more curious, there is such a thing, could it be, there are really a lot of fish that have slipped through the net?

Thinking so, he stood up and said to Diego, "Then I'll go and see!" ”

Diego listened, but he was desperate and hurriedly agreed.

West immediately walked out, and at the same time said, "All the loot will be mine!" ”

He knows a lot about Mingren, he is an old scalper, and he often hides the money he earns. Those remnants of the Ming people will definitely have a lot of possessions on them. This time, I didn't get any other benefits, so I can collect some interest first.