Chapter 137: The Surrender of the Spaniards (Page 1/1)

Garcia, the Spanish naval commander in Luzon, did not understand why he had lost until he surrendered under the white flag. Only knew that his subordinates said that if they did not surrender, the whole army would be annihilated, he nodded, and the white flag was hung out.

By this time, the number of shipwrecks in the Spanish fleet had reached seven, and the rest of the ships were basically full of fire or smoke. The Spaniards were rescuing people and fighting fires under the watchful eye of the Ming army.

At this time, a Haicang ship quickly sailed in front of the Spanish flagship, and said with a tongue: "Admiral Daming ordered the Spanish Navy Commander to go to the Ming flagship to discuss surrender, please get on board quickly." ”

Garcia hung his head and took the first mate to the flagship of the Ming army, and the Haicang boat took them to the Fu boat, and a hanging basket hung down from the Fu boat, and Garcia entered the hanging basket with a pale face and was pulled up.

Garcia went to the deck, unsheathed his sword, and held it in both hands in front of Chen Houfu, Chen Houfu shook his head, and the guard next to him stepped forward to take it.

Chen Houfu said: "My Ming Royal Navy was ordered by my Ming Emperor to come to conquer the Spanish barbarians who killed our Chinese. The tongue man next to him translated his words, although Chen Houfu had tried his best to speak in layman's terms, but it also took a lot of effort for the tongue man.

Garcia lowered his head and said: "I don't understand political matters, soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, since the Ming army has defeated us, we will surrender, as for other matters, the general can only negotiate with the governor." ”

Chen Houfu said: "You send a man who can speak to Manila to report to the governor. All Spaniards in Luzon should surrender unconditionally to the Ming Royal Navy, otherwise there will be no mercy! ”

Garcia said, "My first mate can bring your intentions to His Excellency the Governor, but it is better to put them into writing, so as not to cause miscommunication between the two sides." ”

Chen Houfu said with a smile: "Okay, I will say a sentence, the tongue man will translate a sentence, you write a sentence, and then your first mate will send it." ”

The soldier brought the brush, and Garcia said embarrassedly: "I don't know how to use this tool from your country." ”

Chen Houfu smiled and said: "We only use a brush in the official future, and it is normal for you barbarians not to use it, my Emperor Tianzong Shengming, I know that you can only use a quill pen, so I specially ordered to bring you a quill pen, as well as the white paper you don't have, you can write your crooked words here." ”

After Garcia was ready, Chen Houfu said: "Born Rear Admiral Chen Houfu of the Royal Navy under the command of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Spanish governor Philip stationed on Luzon Island, Luzon is my Ming vassal country, the Spaniards occupy my subject country, kill our border people, His Majesty the Ming Emperor is furious, and specially ordered us and a total of 20,000 navy to come to crusade. Philip was ordered to quickly lead the Spaniards to surrender unconditionally to the Ming Royal Navy, and if there was any hesitation, the chickens and dogs would not be left. ”

Garcia finished the letter with a sweaty face, and he did not dare to distort the original meaning, so he could only embellish it in some places. His first mate took the letter with him, and then he was sent to the Spanish flagship by the sea, and a few guards rowed the lifeboat to the shore.

Philip watched as the Spanish fleet quickly surrendered under the blows of the Ming army, and immediately gathered his soldiers to prepare for resistance. At this time, after the first lieutenant handed him the letter, he saw 20,000 navies, so he asked the first mate: "Could the Ming army be lying, they can't have 20,000 navies?" ”

The first mate said: "The Ming army fleet has a total of about two hundred ships, and there are about a hundred gunboats among them, so the remaining ships are not smaller than gunboats, it is impossible to carry all the supplies, there should be a large number of soldiers in it, the number of 20,000 may be exaggerated, but it should not be much worse." ”

Philip asked, "Did Garcia say anything?" ”

The first mate replied: "General Garcia said that if Your Excellency does not surrender, it will give the Ming army a reason to massacre the Spaniards, the Ming army's artillery is stronger than ours, then it can be speculated that the single weapon will be stronger than ours, so it is impossible for our existing army to prevent the Ming army from occupying Luzon, it is better to report to the country after surrendering, and mobilize troops to fight the Ming army again." ”

Philip knew that the situation was stronger than people, and if he did not surrender, it would be a fool's dream to win the Ming Dynasty army with the 3,000 Spaniards in Manila. But he was very unwilling.

The first mate said: "General Garcia also said that the Ming army was mixed with Portuguese warships, and I am afraid that the Portuguese also want to take the opportunity to attack the Spanish colonies in order to achieve their ulterior purposes. ”

Philip said angrily: "These Portuguese always want to break away from the great Spain, since they collude with the Ming army, then we have no hope of victory, you go back and tell the generals of the Ming army that we are willing to surrender, but we must be allowed to redeem our lives with money." ”

After the first mate brought the news to Chen Houfu, Gui Shuzhen, escorted by a three-masted gunboat, led the navy to land from the port. He first sent men to take control of the turrets, which were of little use, and then led his soldiers to the Doge's Palace. The Governor's Palace was about five or six miles away from the port, and people wearing Ming costumes could be seen on the side of the road from time to time, and they were all shocked when they saw the Ming army, and they couldn't understand how the Ming army could come to Manila.

At this time, an officer in the Ming army walked towards them with a dozen or so soldiers, and those Ming people hurriedly ran forward, just wanting to get as far away from the Ming army as possible. The officer shouted, "Don't be afraid, fellow, we are not here to collect taxes and catch fugitives. ”

The Ming people looked at the Ming army with muskets in their hands, and knew that people couldn't outrun the muskets, so they had to reluctantly stop, and the officer walked up to them and said: "Don't be afraid, you don't have to be afraid of us whether you are running away or not, we are here to fight the Francophiles." ”

A Ming man asked, "Why are you here to fight the Franc Man?" When did the Ming army come so far to fight? ”

The officer was Dai Chunfeng, and he said with a smile: "In the thirty-first year of Wanli and the thirty-seventh year of Wanli, the Buddha Lang Jiren killed more than 70,000 people of my Ming Dynasty, and His Majesty the Emperor at that time did not report it because of the obstruction of traitors. Now that we have defeated Jiannu, His Majesty the Emperor thinks that even if the Ming Dynasty abandons the people, they cannot be bullied by the barbarians, so we are here to be angry for you. ”

The Ming man immediately reddened his eyes and said: "I don't know in the thirty-first year of Wanli, in the thirty-seventh year of Wanli, the Francophile people locked up the Chinese in the courtyard and slaughtered them in batches on the grounds of resisting taxes. Later, I heard that Emperor Wanli sent someone to ask, but the result was nothing. Until now, the Francophile has not given us an explanation, and the taxes of the Chinese are much heavier than those of the locals. ”

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