The purpose of this negotiation was not to start a war with the two countries, but mainly to negotiate peace to recover the islands in Luzon.

Fang Yuan did not want to push the two countries too far, and if they were to directly hand over all the islands of Luzon, the two sides would not be able to continue the talks, and could only choose to go to war. But forcing them to give in is necessary.

Fang Yuan thought for a moment, smiled slightly and said, "That's it! We rule Luzon together. The northern island of Luzon belongs to my Ming Dynasty, and the islands to the south of Luzon belong to you. ”

Luzon Island is the essence of the whole Greater Luzon, rich in minerals, fertile land, and a large number of Ming people.

Fang Yuan's condition was to include Luzon in his own territory and colonies to administer.

As for whether the public opinion in Luzon agrees or not, it does not matter at all. Because the fate of Luzon was not controlled by the Luzon people at all, it only needed that Fang Yuan signed contracts with the Netherlands and Spaniards.

Poole and Cohen glanced at each other, and the domestic decree of the two countries was to keep their interests in Luzon, and there was no mention of not ceding Luzon in the north. The domestic assessment was that Luzon was inevitably lost, and that they were able to negotiate the occupation of the islands south of Luzon could no longer be considered a diplomatic failure.

What's more, the Ming people north of Luzon saw that the Francois were all barbarians and arrogant, far more difficult to manage than those natives. In the past, he could rely on the massacre to reduce the deterrence, but now he doesn't dare to slaughter, with the ability of the Spanish and Dutch people, they can't manage these Ming people, so it's better to let go directly, so as not to cause another incident.

If he bargains again and angers Fang Yuan, I am afraid that he will not even be able to keep the islands south of Luzon.

At this point in the negotiations, the two sides reached a preliminary agreement, and the two of them rushed to Fang Yuan and said, "Okay, we will immediately send the results of the negotiations back to China, and ask Governor Fang to wait patiently." ”

Fang Yuan negotiated with the Spanish and Dutch about the ownership of Luzon. Qin Zhan's conquest of Guangdong was also a frequent success.

Shi Fu took the artillery mothership formation as the arrow, and two huge ships as the cover, brought 500 troop carriers, 200 transport ships, carrying 50,000 sergeants, 100 guns, and countless lead bullets and gunpowder directly from the sea into the administrative office of Guangzhou Prefecture and the city of Guangzhou.

The Guangdong Political Secretary had been prepared for the battle long ago.

Most of the territory of Guangdong is a wild land, and Guangzhou Mansion is the richest and most central province in Guangdong. Once the Canton Prefecture fell, the provinces of Guangdong would be cut into several independent state capitals, and Guangdong's administrative system would immediately collapse.

Guangzhou City is also the most important port of Guangzhou Prefecture, if Guangzhou City falls, the Xuanjia army can land calmly. Relying on the soft-footed soldiers in Guangdong, who are poorly equipped and have low combat effectiveness, to fight against the well-equipped and elite Xuanjia Army is tantamount to driving lambs to fight tigers and wolves.

Therefore, the key battle to defend Guangdong was the Battle of Guangzhou.

On the one hand, the Guangdong Political Secretary mobilized 10,000 soldiers from the Guangzhou Prefecture and assembled them all in the city of Guangzhou. In addition, Zhaoqing, Lianzhou, Gaozhou and other prefectures were used to defend against the infiltration of Tusi in Guangxi, and the 20,000 soldiers with slightly stronger combat strength who suppressed the rebellion of the Zhuang, Yao, and Dong tribes were also assembled in Guangzhou City.

As a result, the number of sergeants stationed in the city of Guangzhou reached 30,000.

Gu Yuanjing and other officials also erected the only two Hongyi cannons and five medium artillery pieces in the fort of the Guangzhou city wall to resist the attack of the Xuanjia Army's naval fleet from the sea.

In addition to arming his own defense, the Guangdong Political Secretary also sent a message for help to Zhu Hengjia, the king of Jingjiang in Guangxi, and the Tusi of various ethnic groups. He promised that as long as Guangxi could send troops to the rescue, after repelling Fang Yuan's attack, the Guangdong Political Secretary was willing to provide two million taels of silver to reward the army, and allowed the Guangxi wolf soldiers to loot in Zhaoqing Mansion for five days, and all the food, money, and women that could be stolen could be brought back to Guangxi.

Zhu Hengjia and the Tusi from all over Guangxi received a letter from the Guangdong Political Secretary for help at the same time, and also received a letter sent by Qin Zhan.

Qin Zhan proposed in the letter that Zhu Hengjia and Guangxi Tusi were invited to send troops to attack Guangdong and slaughter fat pigs. The two sides came together to torture the officials and wealthy merchants in Guangdong, and the two sides obtained half of the silver, and they were also willing to cede the seven prefectures and counties inhabited by the Zhuang, Yao, and Dong ethnic groups in Guangdong to the Tusi of various ethnic groups in Guangxi.

However, the letter also put forward a condition, that is, where Zhu Hengjia and the Guangxi Tusi wolf soldiers passed, they could only kill local officials and wealthy merchants, and they were not allowed to harass the Ming people in Guangdong, otherwise, the alliance between the two sides would be torn up immediately.

Zhu Hengjia, the king of Jingjiang, received letters from both sides, and both sides also made conditions for wooing, and he immediately invited several of Guangxi's largest Tusi to Liuzhou City, where he lived, to discuss countermeasures and how to maximize Guangxi's interests.

Zhu Hengjia in Guangxi, Tusi of various ethnic groups are discussing countermeasures, and on the Guangdong side, the sailors of the Xuanjia Army have also arrived in the waters of Guangzhou Prefecture.

The battle between the two sides has officially begun!

The waters outside the port of Guangzhou City are open, no more than the shoals of Luer Port in Taiwan, and even the steam ironclad ships during the Opium War can enter and exit freely. The artillery mothership formation of the Xuanjia Army can drive directly to the port of Guangzhou City and bombard the artillery on the city wall.

The Xuanjia Army fleet has 400 guns on one artillery mothership, plus 100 guns on the three escort ships, the number of guns in the Xuanjia Army fleet has reached an astonishing 700, and there are at least 3 or 400 guns on the flanks alone.

The firepower of the two sides is very different, and the artillery carrier is covered with iron armor, and the lead bullet of the artillery during the Ming Dynasty is tantamount to itching through the boots, and there is no threat at all.

The artillery bombarded each other for a day, and the forts in Guangzhou City were blown up, and two Hongyi cannons and five medium guns were all destroyed.

Without artillery sniping, the Xuanjia Army's troop carriers began to transport sergeants to land.

Gu Yuanjing and other officials of the Guangdong Political Department still wanted to copy the military book, and the art of war was cloudy, and they attacked it halfway. Taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Xuanjia Army, send 5,000 guards out of the city to attack the position of the Xuanjia Army, which may win the first battle, and may even drive the Xuanjia Army into the sea.

By the time the soldiers of Guangzhou City had reached the landing point, Zhang Ying had already led a thousand soldiers to set up a glaive formation, with a large shield array for defense in front, a musket team for long-range attacks, and a sword and spear team for close combat.

This 1,000-strong military formation was to prevent the sneak attack of the Guangdong soldiers and cover the landing of most of the Xuanjia sergeants.

In the face of the military formation that was ready for battle, the Guangdong soldiers rushed three times in a row, but Zhang Ying's position was as stable as Mount Tai. After the initial temptation, Zhang Ying decisively noticed that the combat power of these Guangdong soldiers was far worse than imagined.

The combat method is the same as that of the barbarians, and the stragglers fight, which shows that they do not practice the formation at all on weekdays;

The armament was inferior, few muskets were missing, most were still using bows and arrows, and the range was ridiculously close. Ordinary archers, the effective range is about 150 steps, but these Cantonese soldiers did not start to release arrows until 100 steps, which shows the difference in arm strength, and they are not even qualified to be an archer;

Even the running speed is far worse than Zhang Ying's estimate, Zhang Ying's department is equipped with ordinary bird guns, generally speaking, this kind of bird guns can not stop the infantry charge, must use the improved breech flintlock pistol, with three shots, or five hits to block the infantry charge. But after a charge, those Cantonese soldiers were all killed before they could kill the military formation, which shows that the running speed is far inferior to that of ordinary sergeants.

As soon as the connoisseur made a move, he knew if there was one, and Zhang Ying could conclude at a glance that these Guangdong soldiers were very imposing, but their quality was extremely poor, and they were indiscriminately filled, and they were not vulnerable at all.

He immediately ordered his soldiers to counterattack from both flanks, and these Cantonese soldiers were caught off guard, immediately collapsed, and fled to the city of Canton in a hurry. Zhang Ying led 500 men in pursuit, and there were many victories, and the corpses of at least 800 or 900 sergeants died outside the city of Guangzhou.

Only then did Gu Yuanjing and others know that there is one of the most important prerequisites for the so-called half-crossing attack, that is, the combat strength of the two armies is at least equal. If you drive a herd of sheep to Bandu to kill the tiger, it is not a soldier like a god, but a soldier on paper.

The city of Guangzhou no longer dared to send a single soldier out of the city to send them to death, so they could only watch, and a day later, all 50,000 Xuanjia soldiers landed on the outskirts of Guangzhou.