Before Ah Liang could translate, Goodland said, "I'm Goodland, please spare my life." "It was in Mandarin.

Dai Chunfeng was overjoyed and said: "It turns out that you can speak Chinese, then it's simple, tell me your other rebel strongholds, and I can consider sparing your dog's life." ”

Goodland replied, "Thank you, Lord Ming, for your grace not to kill. I am willing to tell you all the addresses of the strongholds, as well as their leaders and terrain, I can tell the Ming Lord in full. ”

When Dai Chunfeng heard the word "all the parts", the whole person was not good. He took a sip and said, "The barbarian is really a barbarian, Dagui, bring the map, let's mark it." ”

With Goodland's help, the various strongholds of the rebellious Luzon were quickly clarified. The Ming army was naturally invincible according to the map, and soon killed or captured the Luzon people in various strongholds.

The Luzon rebellion, which was like a joke, quickly vanished with the defection of their chief leader, Goodland. As for how to deal with the more than 5,000 captives captured, Yang Jingchen and Gui Shuzhen had a dispute.

Yang Jingchen felt that he only needed to imprison them, or let them go after some reprimands, so as to show the benevolence of the Ming Dynasty. However, Gui felt that he was about to face the attack of the Spaniards, and the stay of these people in Luzon was a time bomb, so he suggested killing them all to prevent future troubles. The two of them insisted on their own words, and neither could convince anyone.

Dai Chunfeng watched the two quarrel with relish, eager to cheer for the two. I don't want Gui to say suddenly: "Governor Yang, it's actually useless for us to quarrel, this matter is too big, we can't be the master, it's better for Director Dai to decide." ”

Yang Jingchen thought about it, he was only in charge of civil affairs, and Gui Shuo was really in charge of the army, and this kind of thing involving two aspects could really only be managed by the Military Survey and Statistics Bureau, so he also looked at Dai Chunfeng with a smile.

Dai Chunfeng didn't expect that they were all pushed on him in the end, he stood up dissatisfiedly and said: "One of you is the governor and the other is the commander, whether it is the rank or the military rank, they are all higher than me, why do you want me to make up your mind in the end?" ”

Yang Jingchen said with a smile: "This matter involves two aspects: civil affairs and the military, we are only in charge of one aspect, of course there is no way to make a decision." Although you are a petty official, Huang Jingluo said when you came here that your Military Survey and Statistics Bureau can manage any aspect, and of course it should be up to you to decide. ”

Gui Shuzhen just smiled and said, "You are the first protégé of the Son of Heaven." ”

Dai Chunfeng said helplessly: "I heard what the two of you are arguing about, Governor Yang wants to be merciful, and Commander Gui is worried that these Luzon people will become hidden dangers during the war, so it's very simple, send these people to the mainland, so don't you have to worry about both?" ”

Yang Sichen said: "No wonder Huang Jingluo said that he would ask you if he was undecided, and sure enough, your method was the best." ”

Gui Shuzhen thought in his heart, these Luzon people went to the mainland, but they were afraid that life would be even worse, and now that the mainland is just short of labor, it is difficult to say how much they can come back in the end. However, this had little effect on him, and the disobedient Luzon people were sent away, which would have better deterred the locals, and fighting the Spaniards would not be affected much.

After the three of them had discussed, they informed Chen Houfu to come and pick them up, and at this time, the Kingdom of Sulu sent people to ask for help in resisting the Spanish invasion.

At this time, the generals of the Ming army were dumbfounded, they only knew that Luzon was divided into three parts, but they didn't know that there were still Luzon people resisting the Spaniards and were not conquered by the Spaniards.

It's no wonder that they don't know, Zhu Youxiao himself doesn't know, he just thinks that the whole territory of Luzon is occupied by the Spaniards, and his army is here to save his brothers in Southeast Asia from Spanish colonial rule. Of course, Huang Kezhang and Yang Jingchen knew about the Sulu Kingdom, but they didn't know that the Sulu Kingdom was still resisting the Spaniards.

The Ming army immediately sent someone to send the information to the South China Sea Economic Strategy, Huang Kezhang was overjoyed to hear the news, and the reason for the Ming to send troops was more sufficient, he sent Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong to Manila immediately, the Ming army's warships in Luzon had reached an astonishing 500 ships, Chen Houfu sent ten transport ships to transport the rebellious Luzon people back to the mainland, and then began to discuss the follow-up plan with everyone.

Yan Siqi said: "Huang Jingluo said that this Sulu Kingdom had seen the Ming Dynasty during the Yongle period, and the king went there in person, so it seems that the Sulu Kingdom went to the Ming Dynasty at once, so the Sulu Kingdom is a subject country of the Ming Dynasty." Now that they are asking for support, where to find this opportunity, I don't think it is better to send troops directly to Mindanao and occupy the whole of Luzon. ”

Yang Jingchen said: "Now that our forces on the main island of Luzon have not been fully spread, we have begun to occupy other places, and the governance may not be able to keep up." Besides, before the Spanish occupation of northern Luzon, there was no kingdom, so we all met resistance, but there was already a kingdom in the south, and the resistance at that time would not be like that in the north, and we were afraid that our troops would be insufficient. ”

Dai Chunfeng said with a smile: "There is no problem with this, the north is because there has never been a kingdom, so they are ignorant and fearless, but after this blow, I believe that a large-scale rebellion in the north will not appear for at least ten years." And the south has already been ruled by the kingdom, and as long as we do not abolish their kings, those kings will help us to rule, and then no one will rebel. ”

Chen Houfu also said: "Yes, it is too ugly to directly occupy the southern part of Luzon, which already has a kingdom, and we only need to collect taxes." Besides, if we go and help them fight the Spaniards, won't they get food? Are they embarrassed not to pay for the military? “

Zheng Zhilong said: "Although we have many warships, the number of gunboats is still less, and many ships have the ability to jump into gangs. I don't know how many gunboats there were in the Spanish ships, but we're afraid we have to think about it in the long run. “

Dai Chunfeng said: "We have done a survey, and many Spanish warships also have weak artillery fire, and they also like to jump gang to fight. Our navy has nearly 200 gunboats this time, in terms of the combat power of Spain on the Luzon side. We are at least superior in battles on the sea. “

Yan Siqi smiled: "Then what are we waiting for?" Commander Chen, give the order. "He has a higher rank than Chen Houfu, but he was ordered to support, so Chen Houfu still has to issue orders.

Chen Houfu smiled and said, "Governor Yan, how dare the lower officials order you." “

Yan Siqi said: "This is the South China Sea, not the East China Sea. I'm not here to take the lead. “