That's right, Francisco Sánchez really thinks so, with an army of almost 30,000, how can he get rid of those Ming barbarians.

After all, the missionary Martín de Rada had already proposed a plan to conquer the Ming kingdom in a letter to the governor of Mexico.

"The Chinese don't like war at all. They relied entirely on numerical superiority and fortifications of the walls. If any fortress is occupied, they will succumb. Therefore, I believe (with God's help) that they can be subdued, they have little strength. ”

His predecessor, Doge Francisco de Mourn, submitted a complete plan to Philip II.

Francisco Fuqi believed that only 4,000 soldiers were needed to capture the Ming Dynasty, and used Fujian Province as a breakthrough point, after which 3,000 men occupied the entire province, and then recruited 5,000 displaced people in Southeast Asia and Japan to supplement the follow-up forces.

This plan was refined with the support of Philip II, which was expected to send 12,000 soldiers, with 500 in India and 5,000 in Japan.

After the conquest of the Ming Dynasty, the first action was to establish Spanish schools, inculcate Spanish culture, and fundamentally erase the Ming Dynasty.

Then churches were built in various places, the religious beliefs of the Ming Dynasty were changed, and religious rule was implemented, so that China became a Catholic country.

Finally, treating them with kindness, showing them force, and religion, will make them stand firm with us.

Even plans such as how to plunder the corresponding wealth in China have been fully planned.

It's just that God favored this barbarian kingdom too much, and the later Dutch independence and the war with the British and other things were delayed again and again, so that this great plan was finally shelved.

But Francisco Sánchez was able to convince Philip IV and the opposition at home to restart the plan that a large amount of silver was flowing to the Ming Kingdom, especially after Japan closed itself to the Ming Kingdom, and only retained trade with the Ming Kingdom.

With the support of a large amount of Japanese silver, this barbaric country is gradually becoming the country full of gold described in "Marco Polo's Travels".

It was also for this that Philip IV and the Spanish authorities finally agreed to Francisco Sánchez's request.

Spain now urgently needs to get a large amount of gold and silver from the Ming Dynasty to save the situation of the river, and if it drags on, the position of the supremacy of the sea will be secured by some barbaric British.

The excellent results of the Dutch East India Company in front of him also proved the fact that the Ming navy was vulnerable, and gave hope to Philip IV, who had a headache because of the increasingly unstable domestic situation.

As early as April of the second year of the Apocalypse, the Dutch East India Company issued an order, and twelve sophisticated warships roared out, aiming directly at the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, the two countries organized a group to loot, and put together a powerful lineup with fifteen large and small warships and more than 1,000 elite soldiers.

At this time, the fleet of the Daming Naval Division, which had beaten the Japanese and Spain, had been reduced to a few ships due to lack of money for maintenance, and after many reductions, the main warships in the naval divisions of the southeastern provinces were reduced to a few ships.

When Nurhachi established Houjin in Liaodong, the north was in a dark battle, and the country's soldiers, horses, money, and grain were smashed to the front line of Liaodong, and there were only a few fragments of soldiers and horses left on the southeast coast, and they were unable to catch pirates in peacetime. This was the time when the Ming Dynasty sailors were at their weakest.

With the strength of Europe's number one maritime power, the Ming Dynasty, which challenged the weak stage of naval warfare, went well: the Dutch killed Penghu in July of this year and defeated the Ming army that rushed to the ground after hearing the news.

After that, the Dutch invaders were stationed and raided the surrounding coastal villages, plundering not only money but also population, and the pillboxes were quickly repaired, and the fleet increased to eighteen ships.

The entire southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty fell into chaos, but because of the opening of the northeast, the court continued to do nothing, and the Ming army, which had no money and backward equipment, could only defend it hard.

The Dutch, who had tasted the sweetness, opened their mouths to the Ming Dynasty lion in June of the following year: not only to occupy Penghu, but also to give them the exclusive right to trade, and the Ming Dynasty was not allowed to trade with any other country without the consent of the Dutch.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty sailors only had poor small and medium-sized warships. The strength of the Dutch warships, in the words of the front-line generals of the Ming Dynasty: "The front and rear are equipped with huge cannons, and they all deserve to be broken!" "It's a beast of the sea that's hard to fight!

But there are many strange emperors in the Ming Dynasty, who play beasts to cultivate immortals, take drugs, and play women as carpenters, but they have a common feature - head iron.

Fujian Governor Zhou Zuo can't figure out the Hongmaoyi people, right? Change!

In addition, it was the ruthless Nan Juyi - who attacked every day, and did not attack if he could not fight, repaired pillboxes and held each other if he could, and even blocked the sea route, cut off the foreign aid of the Dutch, and sent fireships to launch suicide attacks on the Dutch fleet.

In the end, the Dutch failed to defeat the ruthless man Nan Juyi, and under the supervision of the Ming army, the Dutch demolished the fortress and sailed away with hundreds of remnants. The Battle of Penghu, which lasted for two years, finally ended in a disastrous victory for the Ming Dynasty.

However, the remnants of the Dutch army who left in disgrace did not return to Batavia, but turned the bow of the ship, landed on the island of Taiwan, which was neglected by the Ming Dynasty at that time, and once took root, and then continued to try to retake Penghu.

It wasn't until Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne that he incorporated Zheng Zhilong's pirate team and reorganized it into the South China Sea Naval Division that it was completely eliminated - no matter how good the Dutch were, they couldn't beat Zheng Zhilong, who was backed by the Ming Dynasty.

But the Dutch's record of taking Taiwan, coupled with the battle plan that had been prepared to attack the Ming Kingdom, gave Sanchez courage.

So this plan was restarted, and the executor was Francisco Sánchez - with an army of 30,000, he took the cities and lands on the southeast coast of the Ming Kingdom and became the new colony of the Spanish Empire.

Looking through the plan again, Sánchez shouted, "Acuña? ”

When Acuña pushed the door in, he first gave a military salute and then asked, "Yes, Your Excellency, I don't know what you command?" ”

Sanchez said: "Inform the navy and let them kill all the Ming people after they find them at sea, otherwise they will not come to Luzon." ”

"As you wish, Mr. Governor."

Hearing Acuña's answer, Sanchez was a little relieved.

The last massacre in Luzon did not attract the Ming army, which was in line with the conclusion reached by the then envoy Cueva that "the Chinese army will not avenge the Chinese".

What if the result is the same as last time? What if the Ming army still doesn't come to Luzon? Do you want to attack Fujian directly?

There are damn Dutchmen over there, and who can guarantee that they won't stab themselves in the back?

Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in the Ming Dynasty, did not wander in Nanjing City for a long time, because before Emperor Chongzhen arrived in Nanzhili, the order of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies to transfer troops had spread throughout the army, and the assembled army had already begun to assemble.

When the last team was assembled, the number of Ming soldiers assembled outside Nanjing had reached 150,000.

This time, Emperor Chongzhen did not play any military parade ceremony, let alone go to the army to speak or anything, but let the Nanjing Ministry of Rites toss and sacrifice to the sky, and after suing the Taimiao, he led the army to pull out.

That's right, when he was in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, he also told Zhu Chunchen that he was going to Nanzhili to wait for the good news of the soldiers, but Emperor Chongzhen couldn't sit still anymore after watching the ceremony of the army passing through the city several times in a row, so he simply led the army to Songjiang Mansion himself.

But after arriving in Songjiang, Emperor Chongzhen was no longer able to be willful - whether it was Zheng Zhilong, or the remaining soldiers and horses, plus the official positions that accompanied him, and counting Wang Chengen and others, who knelt down one by one to beg Emperor Chongzhen to give up the idea of driving the expedition, finally let Emperor Chongzhen stay honestly.

After Emperor Chongzhen tentatively expressed his desire to drive the expedition in person, Zheng Zhilong and the accompanying officials were frightened, not to mention Wang Chengen and Xu Xianchun.

Naval conquest is different from land conquest, and running to Luzon is even more different from running to Ming proper.

To put it mildly, if His Majesty the Emperor is injured a little and the treatment is not timely, it will collapse that day.

And the fuck is that although Emperor Chongzhen has a son, the eldest son of the emperor is only a few years old, and his mother is still from the Xibe Department, and the eldest son has not been completely weaned yet, what should I do then?

So Emperor Chongzhen didn't go on any longer - the accompanying imperial historians were going to die, what else could Emperor Chongzhen do?

Did you really kill a few?

If these guys are in other things, especially Emperor Chongzhen's rectification of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, Emperor Chongzhen doesn't mind beating these guys to death at all.

But now in order to ensure the personal safety of the emperor and prevent the emperor from coming, if he beats people to death, the fun will be great - the name of the beaten will live forever, and the reputation of Emperor Chongzhen will stink home.

Although Emperor Chongzhen's reputation among officials was already stinky enough.

After going to sea, Zheng Zhilong wiped the sneer on his head and said: "No, I have to kill those Francois barbarians as soon as possible, it will drag on for a long time, I am afraid that there will be another incident on His Majesty's side." ”

Zhao Qing, the eunuch of the prison army, also had palpitations, and nodded and said, "Yes, I'm afraid that Your Majesty will make trouble with the royal drive again."

The sea is stormy and the waves are high, but it took a long time for our family to get used to it, and I don't know if Your Majesty is seasick or not? ”

Shaking his head, Zhao Qing said again: "Anyway, let's solve it quickly." ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "It's right to fight quickly, but you can't underestimate those Francophone barbarians."

When Zheng was a thief at sea before, he had fought with these barbarians, and it was very difficult. ”

Thinking of the scenery of the sea when he was a pirate and the helplessness in the face of the Franco's strong ship and cannon, Zheng Zhilong heaved again, stroked the body of a copper cannon in front of him, and sneered: "This time it's the turn of those Franco-machine barbarians to taste Lao Tzu's power!" ”

Zhao Qing couldn't laugh or cry: "I said Admiral Zheng, do you want to look down on those barbarians, or underestimate those barbarians?" ”

Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "Neither underestimate nor look high!" You should have read the information provided by Jinyiwei and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, that Francoji is actually not a country, and the Hongmaoyi people who were originally entrenched in Daryukyu were ruled by Franco, and now they are only a short time independent.

That is to say, the Hongmaoyi people who attacked the Great Ryukyu this time and the Franco-machine barbarians in Luzon are equivalent to using the power of our Ming Dynasty to single-handedly challenge two maritime powers.

It's not okay to underestimate them, but if you want to admit it, don't even think about it. ”

Zhao Qingdao: "Actually, our family thinks that no matter how this matter is counted, our Daming has suffered, and those barbarians have always taken advantage of it." ”

Zheng Zhilong asked curiously, "Why?" ”

Zhao Qing replied: "Da Liuqiu was originally the land of my Ming Dynasty, and the same is true of Luzon.

Even if you slaughter all the barbarians in these two places? These two barbarian countries are thousands of miles away from me, but how can they kill their land? ”

Zheng Zhilong snorted, but he was silent for a long time before he spoke: "What else should I do?" His Majesty's will is to kill all these barbarians, can we still leave a few ships for them to go back? ”

"That's right, wouldn't it be better to leave one or two for them to run, and then kill them all when they are outside the gates of the other country? Your Majesty's will is to slaughter these barbarians, but there is no explicit decree that we must slaughter all in Luzon, right?

As for returning to the Ming Dynasty, let's say that the exhaustive search for thousands of miles has also completed His Majesty's will, not without fault, but with merit, how about it? ”

Zheng Zhilong looked at Zhao Qing, the eunuch of the prison army, with black lines on his face, and asked, "What if there is no merit?" ”

Zhao Qing smiled and said, "Our family is with you, what are you afraid of?" Our godfather is Cao Huachun and Cao's father-in-law, and when the time comes, I will ask Cao's father-in-law to intercede, which is great, that is, he will be sent to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum, which is not a big deal. ”

Zheng Zhilong gritted his teeth and said, "It's done!" ”

Zhao Qing's godfather is Cao Huachun, and his son is still with Emperor Chongzhen.

Besides, this time he is just chasing the remnants of the evil, as long as he does not directly attack the Franco, it cannot be regarded as going against His Majesty's will, let alone being an unauthorized provocation like the last time he destroyed Majapahit, so it shouldn't be good.

As for taking some boards like last time, it doesn't matter, first figure out the location of these barbarians' lair, and then fool His Majesty into an expedition to Franc next time.

This time, let's let these barbarians live a few more days!

Zheng Zhifeng, who had been following Zheng Zhilong, couldn't be darker anymore - his eldest brother, he was a little lawless when he was excited, and now there was a eunuch who was crazy with him.

However, it would be a good thing to find out the route of these barbarians at sea.

After thinking about it, Zheng Zhifeng simply spoke: "Big brother, those barbarians may have nautical charts on their ships, pay attention to them when the time comes, these things are of great use." ”

Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "Don't worry, these barbarians' charts are ours!" ”

While a few people were talking and laughing, the lookout on the mast waved a flag to signal that there was a ship in the distance.