The surrender of the governor of Salamanca represented the complete fall of the Spanish colony of Luzon Manila into the hands of the Hongmen.

Having lost the support of the Portuguese, the Spaniards' greatest shortcomings were exposed in front of the superior forces.

The strength of the Spanish fleet and their sailors and sergeants is undoubted, but their numbers are a fatal shortcoming, when the Hongmen concentrate several times the opponent's numerical advantage to set fire to the other side, and the strength of the Hongmen soldiers is not inferior to the other party, where does the Spaniards have any hope of winning!

If there is the support of the Portuguese, then the Spaniards still have two chances to rely on the geographical advantage to defend the city, and no matter how bad it is, they can still abandon the city and flee to other Spanish colonies such as Xiangshanao or the East Indies.

However, one wrong step and one wrong step, they underestimated the strength of the Hongmen people and overestimated their own strength, and now they also regret that they have no way, and can only rely on the terrain of Manila Castle to support themselves.

At this time, it was a military mistake to abandon Manila, without the strong walls of Manila Castle, with the defeat of the remnants of the army in the hands of Colonel Diego, there was no possibility of entanglement with the Hongmen people.

It is even more impossible to abandon the city and flee the inland of the main island of Luzon, don't forget that in addition to Hongmen, the overseas Chinese of the Ming Dynasty still have a resistance team of nearly 10,000 people in the southern jungle of Manila.

When the Spanish army was unscathed before, this united Daming overseas Chinese team was able to confront their Spanish army on the moon, and at this time, the Spanish army, which lost six or seven percent of its strength, may not be the opponent of this huge Daming overseas Chinese team.

Not to mention, in the hearts of Salamanca and others, the fear of the Daming overseas Chinese gang is more than the fear of the Hongmen army.

Who let the Spaniards leave no room for the inhumane pursuit of the overseas Chinese in Luzon earlier, and there is almost no one who does not have a blood feud with the Spaniards in this contingent of nearly 10,000 overseas Chinese.

Therefore, if it falls into the hands of the overseas Chinese gangs, I am afraid that the fate of the Spaniards will be even more tragic than that of the Hongmen people.

On the contrary, even if the Hongmen people really want to seize control of the Luzon Islands, as long as they don't want to lose the huge Western market and want to do business with the Westerners, they will not and cannot really use too iron-blooded means to deal with the Spaniards.

Among those who surrendered, Colonel Diego was actually not willing, but firstly, Salamanca was the supreme governor of the Luzon colony after all, and secondly, when he was not vigilant, he was put under house arrest by Salamanca first, so that even if he wanted to resist to the death, he had no choice but to watch the Hongmen people pour in from the dilapidated city gate and disarm his subordinates.

Following Salamanca, watching the Governor of Salamanca dress up with a calm but nervous face, and walking under the watchful eye of the Hongmen towards the uneven and remaining fleet of the Hongmen at the Manila dock, Diego was both resentful of the incompetence of his own governor and relieved at the bottom of his heart.

As the military commander of the Luzon colony and the aristocracy of the Kingdom of Spain, Diego could not help but consider his family and the kingdom, and he was unwilling to surrender to death.

But when Salamanca almost used a tough attitude and hidden force to force himself to surrender to Hongmen, whether Colonel Diego admitted it or not, there was still a little joy in his heart, and his life at least did not have to be handed over to the ignorant Lady Luck.

"Hello Li Tianyang, the admiral of the Fujian Navy of the Ming Dynasty and the lord of the Hongmen Hall, I am Salamanca, the governor of the Luzon colony of the Kingdom of Spain. Pauly Lowe. Castro. Ruth, Jin would like to offer you my sincere respect and apologies. ”

In the face of strength and the truth of the battle, no matter how arrogant they are European nobles, they can no longer show their noble temperament in front of Li Tianyang, although they still look unhurried and calm, but in Li Tianyang's opinion, they still have a bit of a sense of inwardness.

"Hello, Governor of Salamanca, I have heard of the prestige of the Governor for a long time, but it is really rude to meet in such a situation today." Li Tianyang still behaved very politely, although as the victorious side, he was also a later invader, but in fact, Li Tianyang and they were not the initiators of this war after all, so he was still able to face Salamanca without any guilt from the position of a moral condemner, and they were the owners of the original Luzon Manila Castle: "My Chinese mainland has always treated people with courtesy, and this war is not out of our own intentions, but this does not mean that outsiders can slaughter our Chinese people at will!" ”

The sonorous and powerful sentences, coupled with the posture of the victor, made Li Tianyang show an aggressive momentum at the beginning, which made Salamanca and others feel weak and did not dare to contact Li Tianyang's scorching gaze head-on.

"I'm sorry, this time it was my Luzon colonial soldiers who were abrupt and did something wrong, I don't know what we have to do to get forgiveness from the Ming Dynasty?"

Although Salamanca is already a prisoner, he still wants to make some efforts for his future, and he knows very well that if he loses like this, even if he is lucky enough to be redeemed by the kingdom and free, he is afraid that it will be difficult to make a difference in the officialdom.

The only thing that can be asked for now is that Li Tianyang is really a faithful believer in Chinese civilization as he said, and he will not really covet these remote vassal lands, in that case, even if he pays a big price, he Salamanca is willing to bear it, even if he loses his family and property for it.

"It's very simple, the Sulu Kingdom of Luzon has been a loyal subject of my Ming Dynasty since ancient times, and it is already disrespectful to my Ming Dynasty to steal its throne and drive the Sulu royal family to remote areas such as Mindanao.

"Now that the war has been decided, my Ming Dynasty is not a ruthless country of killing, since you have surrendered, we will naturally not kill again, but you have invaded the territory of the Sulu Kingdom before, and slaughtered the damage of my Ming children, you must give a reasonable explanation to this level!"

Li Tianyang's words completely broke Salamanca's last glimmer of hope, seeing Li Tianyang's firm gaze, there was no need to worry too much about conjecture, Salamanca and others also knew their final fate in Luzon.

(End of chapter)