November 20, 25th year of Wanli, South Seas, Luzon Island.

In an open field about forty miles north of Manila, the Ming army was cleaning up the battlefield.

"Hou Ye, Hou Ye!"

Chen Longzheng ran to Xiao Ruxun's side, who was checking the loot, with a statistical report in his hand.

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

"The statistics are out!"

Xiao Ruxun stretched out his hand and took the statistical report.

"According to statistics, our army lost 67 people in this battle, more than 300 were wounded, more than 50,000 thieves were killed, 6,000 were captured, and less than 2,000 escaped."

Xiao Ruxun nodded.

"These people still have a bit of combat power, to this point, they can still fight back, retreat, and persist in fighting when we are sneak attacked, if this momentum is put on dealing with the Spaniards, how can the Spaniards gain a foothold here? To put it bluntly, there is still no infighting, so that the Spaniards have taken advantage of it. ”

Xiao Ruxun returned the statistical report to Chen Longzheng.

After a period of waiting and preparation, Xiao Ruxun led his army to land again on Luzon Island on the evening of 8 November, and after more than a day of marching, he successfully arrived at the place where the two major forces were fighting on Luzon.

First, 10,000 cannons fired in unison, and then the guns and artillery attacks annihilated the exhausted two major forces in one fell swoop, and they took advantage of the fishermen, they killed more than 40,000 by each other, and more than 10,000 were killed by the artillery fire and sneak attacks of the Ming army, and then more than 6,000 people really had no strength to escape, and they were captured, and less than 2,000 were left to run away.

Xiao Ruxun did not order the pursuit, let these people go back, and convey the message of panic, which was more useful than killing them.

"The timing of this battle is really just right, let them kill each other until they are exhausted, and then we will suddenly kill and annihilate them all in one fell swoop, so that we will have no opponents in the whole of Luzon, and they will have no more strength to resist."

Xiao Ruxun nodded, a playful smile on his face.

"The loss of seventy or eighty thousand strong men before and after, the total population of this big island seems to be hundreds of thousands, this time, we have no worries, Tilong, you go and arrange a herald to go back, let our Luzon king come back, we can start to prepare his palace and residence for His Royal Highness."

"And what about the rest of the tribes? Going the way of the Spaniards? ”

"Of course it's not just that, let's go around their tribe, declare our status, and then support the obedient, tax and serve, and kill the opposition, not a single one is left, such a good feng shui treasure land, in the future, I should let the people of China live here, grasp this Nanyang key point, how can these barbarians occupy this place?"

Chen Longzheng asked with a little surprise: "What does Master Hou mean...... Planning to immigrate to populate here? ”

"Why not? The land annexation in the Ming Dynasty is becoming heavier, and there are more and more landless farmers, but there is so much land, although Myanmar is large, there will be a day when it will not be able to fill the displaced people, then the island of Luzon is an excellent place to come, so fertile soil and superior conditions, can even become the granary and fruit warehouse of my China. ”

Chen Longzheng listened to Xiao Ruxun's words, and his brows were still furrowed.

"Master Hou, the desires of the landlords and gentry are difficult to fill, how big the land is, how big they can annex, and expand the land overseas, it is just an expedient measure, and it is not a cure for the symptoms."

Xiao Ruxun narrowed his eyes and looked north.

"The symptoms must be treated, and the root cause must be treated, but the symptomatic treatment does not prevent the root cause, so how can you give it to others? This is also for the benefit of future generations, if you give up, future generations are afraid to blame you and me, as for Ben, it is not yet time to cure them, when the time comes, I will always let them spit out all the money with interest. ”

Chen Longzheng didn't quite understand what Xiao Ruxun was thinking, but Xiao Ruxun never disappointed him, and he was willing to believe that Xiao Ruxun had the best way to deal with these problems in his heart, so he didn't say more.

Chen Longzheng and Xiao Ruxun's soldiers acted in two ways, Xiao Ruxun led the elite soldiers and horses to begin to "visit" those tribes one by one, accompanied by some missionaries who could communicate with the local natives at any time.

If the other party is willing to accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty and pay taxes to the "King of Luzon", then hello, hello, everyone, send a banner of "good people" to this tribe, and announce that this tribe is covered by my surname Xiao.

If the other person is unwilling and acts hostile......

Then I'm sorry.

Guns and cannons rang out, the sound of killing shook the sky, all those who dared to resist were killed, and all the rest were seized as slaves to open mines and cut wood to build the local area, more than ten days, half of the tribes of Luzon Island were bombarded by Xiao Ruxun's guns, and the Spanish negotiations were different, Xiao Ruxun advocated the policy of sticks and gold dollars.

Those who cooperate with me have great benefits, and those who do not cooperate with me will be killed directly and will not be given a way out.

Those who were wise and willing to cooperate, the leaders were given official positions and became nobles, and then people were sent to assist the Ming army in managing those disobedient captives, and let the obedient ones be overseers, supervising the work of those who disobeyed, and in the mines, in the logging sites, and on the construction sites of the cities, you can see the good people and natives wielding whips everywhere.

In this way, the good people and natives were accepted by Xiao Ruxun as part of the ruling class, and they were responsible for managing the captives who rebelled against the natives, while the Ming army was in a higher position, being the overseer, not the executor, just holding a weapon to supervise on the side, and the specific management was all handed over to the good people and natives.

In order to take credit for the new master and declare his knowledge of the times, the good people and natives treated the rebellious natives as cruelly as they could, just as the Allied forces that had treated their compatriots cruelly from the position of the Spaniards at the beginning, and the new allied forces were formed again.

Three days later, the "King of Luzon" Hendry wore luxurious local costumes, accompanied by Xiao Ruxun and the allied forces, held a grand enthronement ceremony in Manila, officially became the king of Luzon recognized by Xiao Ruxun and the allied forces, and began to exercise his "power".

He can live in the most palatial palaces in Manila, enjoy the best treatment and the most money, get the most women to serve and have enough good food and wine, or he can leave Manila to enjoy hunting and all kinds of entertainment in the nearby leisure and entertainment places specially designed for him.

All in all, in addition to handling government affairs and mastering the army, he can do anything, enjoy as much as he wants, and the new colonial government will have a special allocation to be responsible for providing Hendry's enjoyment, and naturally there is one more important point-

He will have no offspring, not one.