Fu Wenlong left Dongguan on the first day of September, taking the last batch of soldiers, equipment, and ships with him. On September 12, we finally arrived at Hong Kai Port in Vietnam. Today, Hong Kai Port has become the largest coastal city in Vietnam, with a population of more than 50,000 people, and the prosperity is not much worse than that of Thang Long.

In Hongji, the troops will stay for 15 days for adaptation training. After all, the tropical weather is more than 10 degrees higher than that in Guangdong, and some soldiers in such a unit are very uncomfortable.

Wang Jinbao, the commander of the third division, saw that his troops were finally full, and he couldn't close his mouth with joy. But even happier than him is Zhang Da Scara of the Navy, who has now changed his name to Zhang Hai. When he saw the 1,200-ton warship, he ran up and down happily, shouting, "Lao Zhang, I also have a big warship, and I don't have to bow my head in front of Yan Qingshan in the future!" ”

Fu Wenlong looked at Wang Jinbao and Zhang Hai, and said: "I have given you everything you need, the next step is up to you, when will you be ready to send troops to Manila?" ”

"Don't worry, as long as the recruits are adapted, they can send troops."

Fu Wenlong nodded, "Then I'll wait for your news!" ”

Next, Wang Jinbao and Zhang Hai respectively took their own teams to start training, striving to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

On the first day of October, the army training was completed, and the plan formulated by Fu Wenlong, Wang Jinbao, and Zhang Hai was as follows: Zhang Hai led six warships to start first, and Fu Wenlong and Wang Jinbao led the fleet to follow. At normal speeds, it would take about eight days to get from Hongji to Manila, but it's October and the wind is mostly northwesterly, so the fleet travels with the wind most of the time and arrives in Manila in five days.

The Philippines is an archipelago country, with a total of more than 7,000 islands, but now there are only 20 or 30 islands settled, and there are 13 major islands, with Luzon Island in the north being the largest, followed by Mindanao Island in the southeast, and Baliwang Island in the southwest.

Luzon Island is located in the northern part of the Philippine Islands, the triangular Jianrui, the total area is equal to Zhejiang Province, are about 100,000 square kilometers, accounting for more than 30% of the total area of the Philippine Islands, roughly a south-north trend after the rectangle, about 740 kilometers long from north to south, about 220 kilometers wide from east to west, the coastline is more than 5,000 kilometers long, there are many excellent bays. It is also the core of the Philippine archipelago, and the main forces of the Franc machine colonists are on the island of Luzon.

The topography of Luzon Island is high in the north and low in the south, two-thirds of which are highlands and hills, basically distributed in the north, so most of the bay places suitable for landing as ports are distributed in the southern half, Manila is located in Manila Bay at the southern tip of Luzon, the estuary of the Bashi River.

Therefore, arriving in Luzon is not the same as arriving in Manila. The fleet traveled another day along the coastline of northwestern Luzon to Lingjiayan Bay in central Luzon. There is a large river called the Arno River, which the Chinese have always called Tortoiseshell Harbor, which is a good anchorage, but it is still about 220 kilometers away from Manila City. In 1574, the famous Chinese pirate Lin Feng led his army to attack Manila, where he built a city and established himself as a king, and fought with the Francophone army for more than ten months. Finally, the follow-up was unable to succeed and withdrew.

Because Lian Aya sailed for nearly ten days, the crew and soldiers were very tired, so Fu Wenlong and the others also discussed and decided to rest here for a day before continuing to move south. When they sailed into the mouth of the Arno River, they found that there were three Chinese merchant ships anchored here.

Zhang Hai also went out to inquire, and it turned out that he knew the owners of these three Chinese merchant ships, namely Chen Zuowei, Hu Yuan, Zhao Ming, and Zhao Xin's brothers, all of whom were Chinese businessmen doing business in Manila. In this era, the sea on the sea is full of thieves and merchants, and you will rob it if you are weak, so I am very familiar with them Zhang Hai, an old pirate.

Chen Zuowei is an old man who is about the same age as Zhang Hai, and after hearing that Zhang Hai was going to Manila to avenge the Chinese, he couldn't help but pat his thigh and said: "Old ship owner Zhang, why did you come, half a year ago, the natives of Manila have openly begun to rob the Chinese shops in Barrian, wounded and killed many Chinese, Zhang Tuo, the Chinese governor of Barian, made representations to the Governor's Office of Franco, but the governor was vague about this and did not give a positive answer at all. ”

Zhao Ming hated and said: "What kind of vagueness, he is simply shielding the natives, and he is so strong that we Chinese should exercise restraint and hand over our weapons in order to ensure safety, it's just bullshit, after handing over the weapons, we have no resistance at all, and we can only be killed." ”

Zhao Xin also said: "There is also Archbishop Amber of Manila, who publicly announced that he would punish the infidels, what heretics, aren't we Chinese?" A few missionaries also openly robbed in the Barian district with the Franc soldiers, what kind of monks are this, they are simply robbers. ”

Chen Zuowei said: "Old Ship Owner Zhang, turn around quickly, don't go to Manila." ”

Zhang Hai said with a smile: "Several, I won't hide it from you, I brought reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty, as well as the warships of the King of Chu." ”

A flash of excitement flashed in the eyes of the Zhao brothers, and Zhao Ming said: "I didn't expect that the emperor hadn't forgotten us hard-working people. Elder Ship, where are your warships? ”

Zhao Xin also said: "It's better to occupy Manila and drive the Francophone away, so that we can do business here with peace of mind." ”

Chen Zuowei shook his head and said, "I don't think so, in the thirty-first year of Wanli, isn't there someone who reported it to Emperor Wanli?" What is the result, that is, an edict was issued, and there was nothing, and in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, didn't the Buddha Lang Jiren still kill us Chinese again? As a result, what about Emperor Chongzhen? didn't even send a fart, we overseas Chinese businessmen are untouchables in the eyes of the imperial court, and it's not a pity to die as much as we want. ”

And Hu Yuan said: "Yes, even the emperor can't be relied on these days, let alone a prince?" You young people, don't daydream. ”

At this time, Zhang Haidao: "Several, you are all wrong, the King of Chu is different from other emperors, he will not let us overseas Chinese businessmen leave it alone." This time, the king of Jingbei is to drive away the Francophile and occupy Manila, so that we Chinese will no longer be bullied by foreigners in the future. ”

When the Zhao brothers heard this, they were also very pleased, and Zhao Ming said, "Is it true?" That's great, I've long seen that this group of Francophiles is not pleasing to the eye, and I can breathe a sigh of relief this time. ”

Zhao Xin also said: "Yes, brother, let's not go, stay and help them, I also want to kill two Francophone people with my own hands, even if it is to kill a few natives." ”

Chen Zuowei glanced at their brothers, shook his head, and said, "You only have six boats, how many people can there be, how can you beat the Francophiles?" ”

Zhang Haidao: "We are only in the vanguard, and the team is still behind, and we will arrive in Manila in a month or two at the latest." ”

Hu Yuan snorted and said: "What's the use of thousands of troops and horses, people have artillery and muskets, it's very powerful, besides, people are also a country, I heard that it is several times bigger than China, we can send troops, people can also send troops, maybe they will be in a hurry, and they will go directly to China, we small people are fooling around, let's escape as soon as possible." ”

Zhang Hai heard him say this, and also asked: "Several, everyone knows that there are ten times more Chinese in Manila than the Franco, although the imperial court did not care about us Chinese in the past, and we were always bullied by others, but if all the Chinese can really unite and deal with the Franco, we will not be slaughtered twice by the Franco, but now someone has come to help us, if we ourselves are not angry, and we dare not resist with the Franco, then we overseas Chinese are too unproductive." ”

Zhao Ming and Zhao Xin brothers glanced at each other, and Zhao Ming said: "Old ship owner Zhang, you are an old-timer, our brother and you have no deep friendship, but you are so old, you have to rush back to Manila, just rush to this point, we can also trust you, this time I will do it with you, even if you die in Manila, I don't regret it." ”

Then they brought the Zhao brothers to meet Fu Wenlong and told them about the situation in Manila again. Fu Wenlong and others also launched urgent consultations, and finally decided to leave the corresponding personnel in Tortoiseshell Harbor to build a walled city here, and wait for the follow-up army to arrive. And Zhang Hai led all six warships to fight to destroy the fleet of the Franc machine man in the naval battle.

After discussing and deciding, everyone was immediately assigned, and the Zhao brothers took people to Manila to investigate the situation. Fu Wenlong and Zhang Hai waited for the follow-up troops at Tortoiseshell Harbor.