After ten days in this place, the coast guard warships escorting the European captives had also returned, leaving a company of security forces to set up a camp here to set up a transit point for future immigrants to Luzon.

There are Han Min-Ming villages here, and there is also a popular base, but it is a ready-made settlement point.

Almost all of Manila's large warships followed the Dutch to fight against the Ming, and only a small number of armed merchant ships remained in the harbor.

Blanco, the Spanish governor in Manila, sent off the combined fleet, and did not wait for the news of the victory, but waited for the arrival of the naval fleet of the Tiance Army.

"Dangdang!" At 7:35 a.m. on November 3, the bell rang urgently in Manila, which was the Spaniards who discovered the presence of the Tiance Navy and sounded the bell to warn them.

"Lord Governor, it's not good, the fleet of the Ming people is here."

"Lieutenant Colonel Balde, what nonsense are you talking about? How can the fleet of the Ming people get to Manila? Looking at the Manila city defense commander who rushed in in a panic, Blanco said as he got dressed.

The combined fleet of the Netherlands and Spain, with a staggering fifty-five ships, is a sea force that can make all Asian countries tremble. No matter how strong the Tiance Army Navy is, it will not send back any information at all, so that the Tiance Army will hit the doorstep.

Lieutenant Colonel Balder said with a sad face: "Your Excellency the Governor, go and take a look, the warships of the Ming people have blocked the port, and you can see the sun, moon and golden dragon flags of the Ming people on it." ”

The Governor of Blanco had to check on the bell when he heard it, but as a gentleman, he always took his time and dressed himself meticulously.

Finally packing up, Blanco put on his top hat and went out. The Church of San Augustine is a large stone building, and its bell tower is the highest vantage point in the city, and Lieutenant Colonel Blanco and Balde climbed the bell tower.

"Oh God, this is the battleship of the Ming people?" Blanco's brain was a little sluggish, he had only heard of it before, and he had never seen it, but now he saw clearly that the battleships of the Tiance Army were too big, and the most intuitive feeling was that compared with the few armed merchant ships in the port, he knew that the warships of the Tiance Army were big.

Lieutenant Colonel Balder said: "To be precise, the Tiance Army Navy of the Ming Kingdom, this ship is too weird, and it does not have sails as the legend says." Your Excellency the Governor, what should we do? The fact that the navy of the Tiance Army was able to reach Manila indicates that Colonel Francisco's fleet may have been outnumbered. ”

Before Governor Blanco could make any decisions, a loud voice came from the direction of the naval fleet of the Tiance Army:

"The crown prince of the Ming Empire, Shaobao, the military department, the Liaodong Economic Envoy, and the governor of Yingtian, Lord Wang Sihua, informed the following that the Spaniards repeatedly violated the Ming Maritime Frontier, invaded the homeland of our subject country Sulu, and killed our overseas Chinese immigrants, which was a serious crime and had to be severely punished. Now that the combined fleet of the Netherlands and Spain has been annihilated by our army, and our imperial navy has gathered in the city of Manila, and you have been given five hours to reply, do you choose to surrender or destroy? Lisa read on a megaphone according to the persuasion document provided by Wang Yue, and five hours later, it was after lunch.

It was Spanish, and it didn't need a translator at all, Blanco could understand it, but he still couldn't believe it.

"The Combined Fleet was annihilated? That's impossible! That's a mighty fleet of fifty-five warships. Blanco roared.

"Your Excellency the Governor, they have sent a small boat, perhaps a negotiator." Lieutenant Colonel Balder pointed to the sea.

The Tiance Navy laid down a small wooden boat, and inside it was not a negotiator, but a Spanish second lieutenant, who had been specially left for the purpose of persuading surrender.

The sound of the alarm bell in Manila City and the huge persuasion voice of the Tiance Army and Navy alarmed the entire Manila City, including the Chinese.

In 1603, the Spaniards in Manila caused panic among the Spaniards because of the warm reception of the Chinese Emperor Wanli who sent several eunuchs to Luzon in search of "gold and silver mountains". After deceiving the eunuchs, they killed 24,000 of the 26,000 local overseas Chinese at once.

More than 30 years later, the total number of Chinese in Manila has reached more than 30,000, and the total number of Chinese in Luzon has reached 70,000.

The Chinese settlement in Manila is outside of Manila and is divided into two areas, one is called Binnandu, which is a Chinese settlement that believes in Catholicism. One is called Jiannei, that is, "Eight Companies". They are engaged in commerce, crafts or fishing.

Among them, these Chinese who do not believe in Catholicism in the stream are the key targets of Spain's defense.

It is separated by a deep and wide ravine, connected only by a narrow wooden bridge. On the side of the bridge near the city of Manila, there are also gun emplacements and a breastwork, which can cut off traffic by destroying the bridge deck if anything happens...... That's why this place is called "Kannei". The Chinese concentration area in the stream lives under the guns of the Spaniards every day.

"It's Master Wang, it's Master Wang." Hearing the voice coming from the sea, the panic caused by hearing the bell in the royal city just now gradually turned into surprise.

No matter how much the Ming Dynasty is not, the mother country is still the mother country, and even if those court officials again, they will not treat the Chinese like pigs and dogs like the Spaniards.

"Look, that's the fleet of the king's division, and the warship is really huge, so weird."

"Oh my God, the king's warship is too big."

On the rooftop, in the attic, people kept climbing up, looking upside down towards the bay, and every now and then someone would exclaim.

"Haha, the Spaniards have it today! Folks, the king is calling, the Spaniards are going to be finished, woo woo! Someone said that he cried excitedly.

There is a large mansion in the stream, indicating that this is a large family.

A middle-aged man in a robe stood in the courtyard, looked up and shouted to the people watching the excitement on the top of the attic, "Ah Long, Ah Hu, you come down first." ”

"Dad, what's wrong?" The two young men asked as they came down from the attic.

"Are you sure it's the Tiance Army calling?" The middle-aged man asked.

"Dad, I can see it clearly." Ah Hu shook the clairvoyant mirror in his hand and said: "There are many large warships outside the port, although the shape is strange, they are hung with the military flag of the imperial court, and there is a kind of square red flag. ”

"Good!" The middle-aged man patted his thigh and said, "You guys go and inform the brothers to prepare guys and food." There are also the Lin family, the Yan family and the Chen family, all of whom have been notified, let them have people and food, and once the Tiance army comes over, we will also take a hand. ”

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