After the navy's fleet finished transporting the Jurchen tribe to New North Island, it returned to Daming, except for a part of the transport fleet, the navy warships as protection returned to their original bases and continued to rest. The fleet that had set sail in the early stage is now conducting pre-war exercises on Luzon, the navy's transport ships are constantly transporting immigrants to Luzon, Qi Jin is still recruiting immigrants in Quanzhou, and Zhu Youxiao's purpose is to immigrate two million to Luzon, and then assimilate the locals, otherwise these lazy worms will let other ethnic groups rule in the future, and the second is to restrict their fertility, each family can only have one child, and the relative is to encourage the Chinese population to have children.

Zhu Youxiao did not send too many warships to Luzon, mainly transport ships, because the number of steam engines was not enough, and he was not willing to let his soldiers suffer losses in naval battles and cause too many casualties. At present, Manila has gathered more than 200 warships, all of which are new types of Chinese and Western warships, both large, medium and small, with 200 people on large warships and only 40 or 50 people on small warships. With more than 30,000 naval soldiers and more than 20,000 marines and more than 20,000 logistical supply personnel, the entire port of Manila was packed with these soldiers, preparing for the next step in the capture of Cebu, another important stronghold of the Spaniards.

Just when Zhu Youxiao was preparing for the next move, the Spaniards were not idle, after losing Manila, the Spanish were so angry that they gritted their teeth, King Philip III sent more than 100 warships here in order to retake Luzon Island, but because the Suez Canal has not yet been excavated, he still has to go around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, which makes his fleet go through a lot of hardship, but finally reach Cebu in the Visayas, where he is ready to go.

Xiao Hailong arrived in Manila with the last fleet, and he is now the commander-in-chief of the entire Nanyang Fleet, responsible for troop mobilization and material supply, while Yu Hualong is the front-line commander, responsible for the military operations on the front line, and Chen Qing, the governor of Nanyang, is responsible for stabilizing the stability of the occupied area, and he must ensure the security of the military and civilians in the area occupied by the Ming Dynasty, which is also a complicated job, but the life experience of living here for several lifetimes still plays a big role.

In short, both the Ming and the Spanish were preparing for war against each other, but compared to the Ming Dynasty, the Spaniards, who had ruled here for many years, were much more familiar with the sea conditions than the Ming navy. The sea conditions here are not like Manila, where you can attack directly from the South China Sea, and the next Spanish stronghold Cebu to attack by the Ming army is in the heart of the Visayas, the sea conditions on the way are very complicated, there are countless islands and reefs, and ships can be sunk if you are not careful, but it is another center of Spanish rule, and only by occupying it can you mark the effective expulsion of Spanish rule in this area.

Xiao Hailong has a headache about these situations, but Yu Hualong doesn't care, he thinks that as long as there are enough supplies, these sea conditions are not a big problem, it's a big deal to be familiar with the sea conditions while fighting, what the Spaniards can do, we can also do, and we may be able to meet expatriates to help. Although the Ming Dynasty has been banned from the sea for many years, there are not many people who secretly go to sea in Quanzhou, Fujian, and there are many people who live here.

There are several shipping lanes from Manila to Cebu, but the best way to go is from Zhenghe Island all the way east, passing through a narrow estuary and the narrow Bohol Strait, which is a little farther away. If you follow a series of archipelagos, the distance is closer, but the complex sea conditions may take longer, and if you are ambushed, you may not be able to gain more than you lose, especially if you are introduced into the reef beach, there is a risk of total annihilation. Of course, Yu Hualong's choice is the best sea route, even if there is an ambush in Haikou, he can also break through with *. In the narrow Bohol Strait, perhaps the Spaniards' sidestring guns were even more difficult to use, and they were not as good as the bow guns of the Ming army.

More than 100 warships and more than 30 troop transports of the mighty Ming army sailed towards the Baohe Strait, and the pirates fled from the wind, whether it was the indigenous pirates of the South Seas or the wandering pirates of Europe, they did not dare to harass this huge navy, but many European wandering pirates ran to report to the Spaniards, which made the Spaniards have some preparations.

Just as Yu Hualong predicted, there was no attack at the mouth of the Bohol Sea, and the Bohol Strait was not blocked, and it reached the city of Cebu unimpeded, but it could not be within five miles, because the main channel was full of coral reefs of destroyed ships. It turned out that after getting the news of the attack of the Ming navy, the governor of Cebu knew that the artillery of the Ming Dynasty was *, although the warship was not as big as the warship of the Spaniards, but the artillery was powerful, so he learned from each other's strengths and weaknesses, blocked the main channel, so that the warships of the Ming Navy could not enter the city, and Cebu was the earliest place occupied by the Spaniards, with 30,000 or 40,000 troops, and most of the indigenous people had already believed in Catholicism, and the ruling foundation was relatively solid, and they wanted to trap the Ming army who came to attack here. Yu Hualong really didn't expect this trick, the large warships couldn't enter the port, so they could only rely on small boats to dock, but the Spanish artillery also hit very far, and the mortars of the Ming army didn't have enough range, and many landing boats were damaged, and there were many casualties among the soldiers, which really trapped Yu Hualong on the big ship.

After all, they have ruled in the Philippines for a long time, and they are much more familiar with the situation in this area than the Ming Dynasty, so the Ming army has begun to move south, and they have obtained information, and at the same time as the Ming army went south, their navy began to go north, wanting to take the opportunity to recapture Manila, and then wipe out the Ming fleet trapped in the Bohol Strait.

The Spaniards' plan was indeed good, and they succeeded in accomplishing it by virtue of their familiar geographical advantages. At the same time that Yuhualong was trapped in the Bohol Strait, the Spanish naval fleet also arrived in Manila and began to land under the cover of the guns on the warships. At this time, Manila really did not have too many Ming troops, only less than 10,000 defenders and more than a dozen warships, because there were too few warships, Xiao Hailong did not force an attack, but hid the warships to prepare for a sneak attack.

The Spaniards occupied Manila again with more than 100 warships and 30 supply ships and about 30,000 people, while Xiao Hailong withdrew to the small high ground on the northeast side of Manila with the Ming army, let the Spaniards go ashore, arranged all the mortars to attack the position, waited for their attack, consumed their vital forces, and then counterattacked.

The Spaniards who recaptured the Manila Castle were very popular, and really launched an attack on the position of the Ming army, while Xiao Hailong did not rush to hold the position, and did not use mortar bombardment, just relied on rifle shooting, anyway, their solid iron bullets did not play much role in the strong position, so they slowly grinded down with the Spaniards, patiently consuming the Spaniards' artillery ammunition. In this way, they consumed three days with the Spaniards unhurriedly, and finally the Spaniards' artillery finally weakened, after all, the ammunition they brought was limited, and the three-day attack also exhausted them, and the offensive also stopped with the weakening of the artillery fire, in order to reduce fatigue, most of the Spaniards now began to live in the castle to rest.

In the early morning of the fourth day, before the Spaniards got up, more than a dozen warships of the Ming army took advantage of the cover of the night to approach the Spanish warships, and a fierce artillery bombardment blew up more than 30 warships of the Spaniards, completely blocking the sea passage of the Spaniards' retreat, and blocking the main fleet in the port, and then Xiao Hailong ordered all the mortars to bombard the castle with all their might, and the castle surrounded by mortar on three sides had almost no shooting dead ends, and more than 20,000 Spanish soldiers in the small castle were blown to the ground. There were heavy casualties, and after an hour, the white flag was finally raised, and Xiao Hailong recaptured the castle of Manila, capturing more than 10,000 Spanish prisoners.

Yu Hualong, who was trapped in the Bohol Strait, also found a solution, he let the fleet retreat fifty miles, and then found a small fishing village where the Spaniards were weakly defended, where 20,000 marines were unloaded and let them attack along the coast, while the naval warships carried out artillery protection along the coast and slowly advanced to attack. In the war, the attacker and the defender have their own advantages and disadvantages, the defender has a geographical advantage, but the attacker has the advantage of choosing the time and place, Yu Hualong is to choose a favorable place to attack. The marines approached Cebu City unhurriedly under the cover of warships, and more and more Spaniards came to block it, because the current Spaniards have not yet built a strong castle, (the existing castle was built later, and it was originally wooden) so they were not equipped with artillery to defend the city, and could only rely on the number of soldiers to block the attack of the Ming army, but under the superior firepower of the Ming army, they could only retreat step by step, and finally surrendered.