[253] Bing refers to Manila 1

Just when Song Youliang thought that the overall situation in the southeast had been decided to return to Nanjing to prepare for the establishment of Yingtian University Hall, suddenly, the envoy of Jinyiwei Fujian sent a letter from Jinyiwei's branch in Manila. Song Youliang took the letter and looked at it, his face turned pale at first, and then turned into iron blue, and the letter slipped down Song Youliang's trembling fingertips.

Li Xin picked up the letter from the ground and looked at it, he couldn't help but be shocked, and then he was very angry: "Francophile slaughtered my merchants? ”

Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yingtian on the side, is a native of Nan'an, Fujian, and has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he also knows that many people in Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, Fujian Province make a living overseas and do business. Hong Chengchou said: "As far as the minister knows, this is not the first time that the Francophile people have killed our overseas businessmen. In the thirty-first year of Wanli and the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the Franco-Jiyi people in Luzon killed my Chinese people twice! ”

Song Youliang suppressed his anger, looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "Then how do scholars think we should deal with this matter?" At this time, Hong Chengchou's identity was a scholar of Wenhuadian University, the crown prince Shaobao and the governor of Yingtian.

Hong Chengchou said: "The four people of China, the businessmen are the cheapest, how can they be untouchables, and they will start a military revolution, and it is a pity to abandon them!" ”

"What?" As soon as Song Youliang heard this, he immediately rushed up angrily, and roared: "What is the cheapest businessman?" ”

Li Xin also frowned, he knew that Song Youliang had always attached great importance to businessmen, didn't Hong Chengchou's words touch Song Youliang's scales?

Who knew that Hong Chengchou was calm and calm, and said: "Grandpa, don't be in a hurry to get angry, listen to the old minister's words!" ”

"What does the scholar want to say?" Song Youliang suppressed his anger again

Hong Chengchou said unhurriedly: "The old minister said, 'It's a pity to abandon it', but now it's different from the past. Lao Chen checked the accounts of the past two years, and the financial and tax paid by the merchants, especially the merchants who made a living overseas, stood at two-thirds of Yingtianfu, more than half of the country. It's a pity to abandon it now, it's a faint person to talk stupidly. ”

"Damn it~" Song Youliang realized that he was tricked by Hong Chengchou

Li Xin also said on the side: "Scholar, you know that my grandfather is urgent, what can't you say directly?" Look at the grandpa in a hurry! ”

Hong Chengchou had the pleasure of prank, and said with a smile: "It's the old minister's, isn't it." After that, he saluted Song Youliang and said: "The old minister thinks that now the maritime merchant is the humerus of the Ming Dynasty's finance and taxation, and there is a saying among the people that cutting off people's financial routes is equivalent to killing their parents." Moreover, the Franc Jiyi people slaughtered our country's overseas people like this, if I ignore it, it will damage the prestige of the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming clan learns, he will be despised, so the old minister thinks that he should send troops to punish him to promote my great prestige! ”

"Okay~" Song Youliang said happily: "Then the preparation of Yingtian University Hall will have to worry about the University of Lao." This time to go out to the Franc Jiyi people, the national government will personally go out. ”

Song Youliang has always despised the enemy strategically and attached importance to the enemy tactically. In order to build an attack on Manila this time, Song Youliang was also ready for a long-term battle. He decided to first establish a base in Cebu, in the southern Philippines.

Cebu is where the famous navigator Magellan first landed in the Philippines in 1521 and where he died. In that year, after Magellan landed in Cebu, he coerced the local chiefs in the area to submit to Spain and pay tribute to the Spanish king. Lapu-Lapu, the leader of Mactan Island, a coral island near Cebu, firmly refused. After receiving the report, Magellan personally led the iron-clad Spanish army to attack Mactan Island. Lapu-Lapu led the islanders to rise up against the Spanish colonists, repelling the invaders and killing Magellan.

The Spaniards took possession of Luzon in 1565 and established the first Asian colony in Cebu, followed by the occupation of Luzon in 1571. The Spaniards in Luzon were not satisfied with this, and as the Spaniards' trade with Japan began, they also had a disagreement with Taiwan, which was located between Luzon and Japan. In the summer of 1598 (in the 26th year of the reign of Myojin Sect), the Spaniards were sent by the Philippine Governor Don Juan Zamadilo to lead two ships and more than 200 soldiers to prepare to occupy Taiwan.

Due to the advance of the sailors, the Ming warship has arrived at the port of the outer islands of Cebu. The pioneer Gan Hui sent a small boat to report, asking Song Youliang to wait on the big ship for a while, and after capturing the port outside Cebu, Zhou Guoqing landed with the army and occupied the whole island, and then asked Song Youliang to go ashore.

Although Cebu City was the first colonial fortress established by the Spaniards and the second largest city in the Philippines at that time, the Spanish governor only arranged a few small gunboats outside Cebu Island, built two small batteries that were acceptable to scare the natives, and encountered a large number of Ming naval gunboats, but a few rounds of shells were fired, and none of them hit the Ming naval division, and they were all sunk by a salvo of Ming naval guns.

The more than 200 Spanish troops stationed on Cebu Island only fired a few shots each, and when they saw a large number of Ming troops landing, they immediately lowered their guns and surrendered. Their massacre of unarmed Chinese and natives was naturally fierce, and when they encountered an army stronger than themselves, they immediately chose to surrender.

However, Song Youliang did not let go of these colonizers whose hands were stained with the blood of the Chinese, so he specially ordered the Ming army not to take prisoners. When the Spanish soldiers in the front row were knocked to the ground, those soldiers who came to their senses tried to resist with guns, but they were swords and guns by the 4,000 Ming Army Marines, and their bodies were full of holes and blood. In less than an hour, there was not a single gunshot fired on the outer islands of Cebu.

"What are you going to do? Quickly ordered someone to drag these corpses away, so bloody, what can I do if I am frightened! Zhou Guoqing laughed and scolded the soldiers

A few bold soldiers replied with a smile: "Our grandfather was born in the army, and he has fought so many big and small battles, how many dead people will he be afraid of?" ”

Zhou Guoqing scolded with a smile: "The monkey cub dares to talk back? Even if you are not afraid of the dead, you can't let your grandfather step on a pile of dead corpses into the city, right? ”

When Song Youliang landed on the island and walked to the mansion of the Spanish officer, he saw the corpses of the killed Spaniards lying around, which were piled up like firewood by the Ming soldiers, and then piled with firewood and grass, and poured fire oil on them.

"Find the local Chinese leaders, I want to see them!" Song Youliang ordered, standing in front of the tallest building on this island, Song Youliang looked into the distance, but saw that there were military camps, trading houses, churches and other buildings built by the Spaniards all around, and within a few miles, not to mention the native houses, there was not even a slightly larger tree. Said with a smile: "This Spanish man made this fortress with his heart, not to mention condescendingly, there are wooden fences around it to defend, and the surrounding trees are all flat, and the natives want to attack, but they are also discovered from afar." ”

Seeing the war, the Chinese and natives on the island hid in the woods. Song Youliang stood in the Spanish governor's mansion, waiting until his legs were numb, when he saw a group of Ming soldiers escorting a group of civilians of more than 10 people.

Song Youliang asked in Chinese, "Are there Han people among you?" ”

The soldier replied, "I found a few old Han Chinese, and the accent was from Fujian." ”

Song Youliang looked at the sun, only to see those Han people in tattered clothes, their bodies were shriveled, and there was an old Han man for a year, because he saw Song Youliang looking at him, and his whole body trembled with fright

Song Youliang walked down from the height, came to the old man, and asked cordially: "Uncle, don't be afraid, I am Song Youliang, the Duke of Anguo of the Ming Dynasty, and I am here to make decisions for the Han people in Luzon." ”

Those people didn't dare to answer at first, but when Gan Hui asked a few questions in Hokkien, a middle-aged man reluctantly replied: "Master Jun, we are all from Zhangzhou, Fujian. Because I haven't spoken Chinese for a long time, I was speechless for a while, not intentionally slacking off, please atone for my sins! ”

Song Youliang said with a smile: "What do you do here, and when did you come here?" When I saw the clansmen, what were you afraid of! ”

The old man replied again: "Report to the military master, the villain still came to Luzon during the Jiajing period, and has always made a living by making shoes for the Luzon people. Arriving on this island of Cebu was only a dozen years ago. ”

The old man hesitated, then peeked at the costumes of Song Youliang and others, and suddenly knelt on the ground and cried and asked, "Please ask the military master, but you came from Daming?" ”

Song Youliang saw that he was trembling with fear, so he helped him up first, and said gently: "Exactly, I am Song Youliang, the prince of Anguo and the Ming Dynasty, because I heard that our overseas Chinese were bullied by Hongyi in Luzon, so I brought troops to make decisions for you." Don't be afraid, old man, get up, I'll ask you. ”

As soon as the old man cried, the Han people behind him immediately couldn't hold it, and they also started crying. Song Youliang heard that they were crying miserably, and it was difficult to persuade them for a while, so he ordered someone to bring clean clothes and food, and when their crying gradually subsided, he comforted them one after another, and finally persuaded this group of Han people who were crying incessantly.

Song Youliang asked again: "You obviously know that we are Han, do you have any scruples?" ”

The old man who was originally afraid to tremble replied: "Master Jun, the little one is named Lin Guofeng, seven years ago (1639) Hongyi killed the Han people, first the red-haired devil did it himself, and then there were too many Han people to kill, so he recruited the local natives and the scum among the Han people, issued weapons, and did it together." Kill a Han man and reward a piece of cloth. More than 30,000 Han Chinese were killed in ten days, and the river near Manila was full of corpses on both sides, and the eldest son of the old man was tied up with a rope by the scum of the Han people, and pushed into the river with stones along with a dozen clansmen, and drowned. If I hadn't fled quickly, I would have died there that day. Half a year has passed, and the nearby river still smells of corpses, and the fish in the river have eaten human flesh and become fat, and all the people dare not eat the fish. ”

Speaking of this, the old man trembled angrily, and said angrily: "It's okay for the red-haired people to kill the Han people, there are also scum among the natives and the Han people to help kill together, if not, just those thousands of red-haired devils, let's fight with them, what can we do?" ”

Hearing the old man say this, the faces of the people present were all angry, and the "History of the Ming Dynasty" recorded that 30,000 Han people in Luzon were slaughtered, and the official record of the Spaniards was 25,000. At first, the Spaniards deceived the Han Chinese and confiscated their weapons for various reasons, and the Han Chinese who had gone through the Manila Massacre in Wanli advised the new Han Chinese who came to Manila to make a living not to be fooled. However, the inferior nature of the Chinese people's infighting was exposed at this time. Some Chinese went so far as to report to the Spanish colonial authorities that their compatriots were secretly hiding weapons. As a result, after the massacre began, these traitors who betrayed their compatriots did not end well.

Every time Song Youliang reads history here, the roots of his teeth itch with anger, and at this time, he can see the survivors of the massacre standing alive in front of him, talking about the tragic situation of the year, Song Youliang only feels that his chest is stuffy and blocked, and he is uncomfortable like a cotton ball.

The hot-tempered Zhou Guoqing also said angrily: "Don't cry, old man, wait for me to defeat Luzon, and you will find some Han people who did not die that day to identify the murderers, and those who participated in the massacre that day, you say that you will come out, and I will behead them and avenge everyone!" ”

The old man was happy at first, and then asked with a stubborn face: "My lord, what should those red hairs do?" ”

Zhou Guoqing laughed when he heard this, and said to the Ming soldiers beside him: "Brothers, tell me how my grandfather told me to wait!" ”

Those Ming soldiers were angry in the chest of the old man's words, and when they heard Zhou Guoqing's question, they shouted loudly and said in unison: "The grandfather has an order, blood debts and blood are repaid, there is revenge, there is revenge, there is revenge, all the red-haired people, regardless of men, women and children, will be killed!" ”

These Han people in front of them all escaped from the massacre, and they hated the murderers who slaughtered the Han people, and they were overjoyed when they heard Song Youliang's order not to spare, and the lost relatives immediately knelt down again, prayed that day, and persuaded the spirits of the relatives in the sky to be blind.

Subsequently, Song Youliang asked the Han Chinese, who were fluent in the local local language, to tell the indigenous tribal leaders in Cebu that they would join the Ming army in attacking the Spaniards. Unbeknownst to them, these natives refused to cooperate, and Lin Guofeng told Song Youliang that these natives had actually participated in the previous atrocities of Tuhua.

Song Youliang was furious, "Shameless for your face!" So he sent a large army to forcibly load the island's natives onto ships and transport them to the front line in Manila.

The fleet sailed all night and reached the sea of Manila, where the Ming army immediately captured Miyan, and the Spanish defenders fled in boats, and the fleet advanced victoriously towards Manila. Song Youliang immediately ordered the vanguard to lead 700 elite soldiers to attack Manila by night. Unexpectedly, the weather changed suddenly at night, wind and rain, huge waves like mountains, half of the landing ship sank, and more than 200 people were lost.

Song Youliang asked Lin Guofeng about the situation in Manila, and told him that the Ming Dynasty had already sent Jinyi Wei to infiltrate Manila and contact the local Han people. When the army attacked the port, they set fire to the city to attract the Spanish army to return to the defense.

The old man Lin Guofeng shook his head and said: "There was a spy among the Han people that day, and the Han people were killed too badly that time, everyone was frightened, and they would not easily trust strangers, I am afraid that no one would dare to come forward." However, the old man Lin Guofeng muttered again: "There are not many red-haired people in Luzon, even the army and the people, at most there are four or five thousand people. If we talk about the army alone, it is no more than about 2,000 people at most. ”

Gan Hui smiled when he heard this: "With the strength of our army's naval division, we can easily break through the port without internal response." As for the city, I don't think there is any problem with General Zhou, right? ”

Zhou Guoqing patted his chest and said, "Look at me carrying a stack of red hair." ”