Ma Wu led his regimental training brothers to help the Luo sisters pack their bags, and everyone walked out of the camp together, only to see the lights in the Houjiangwan area, Lin Feng stood on the high platform outside the Juyi Hall and commanded in the center, the soldiers carried the looted money and materials to the wharf, Zhuang Gong and Xiao Ke drove the captured businessmen to move from the camp to the wharf.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner, and when Lin Feng saw Ma Wu coming with his family, he got off the high platform and whispered to him: "Good brother, there may be a fierce battle tonight, no matter what happens, you don't care, take good care of your family, in case it falls into the hands of officers and soldiers, I believe you know how to deal with it, if you can escape, you can take them back to Ryukyu, please!" ”

At this time, Xu Ling'er hid behind Luo Aping, secretly glanced at Lin Feng, and found that he was thinner than before, and now he was hunched over and his eye sockets were sunken, and he was no longer the white-faced scholar he used to be.

So, Ma Wu felt a great responsibility and a very heavy heart, he nodded seriously at Lin Feng, but there were no words.

Suddenly, Lin Aying, who was standing in front of Luo Amin, ran to her father's approach, shook Lin Feng's thighs, held her head high, and asked innocently, "Daddy, where are we going again?" ”

Lin Feng's eyes suddenly moistened, he held his daughter in his arms, didn't know how to answer, was silent for a moment, and then handed her back into Luo Amin's hands, and then, with an expectant gaze, he glanced at Xu Ling'er behind Ah Ping.

"Amin, Aping, take care of Ying'er for me, please!" After that, Lin Feng climbed the high platform again.

At this time, there was a scream from the camp, and everyone knew that the merchants who had just been captured did not want to die anymore, and were being tortured by pirates, and some were even slaughtered.

Xu Ling'er couldn't hold back any longer, and pushed aside Luo Aping in front of her, and wanted to rush over to scold Lin Feng and ask him to stop the slaughter, but A-Ping hurriedly grabbed her, and Luo Amin next to her covered her mouth in time.

So, Ah Ping ran to the bottom of the high platform and shouted loudly: "Brother-in-law, for Ah Ying, for us, accumulate some virtue." ”

Lin Feng knew what was going on, so he called Zhuang Gong and Xiao Ke to the front and ordered them to stop abusing the prisoners.

More than 20 merchant ships gathered at the Houjiangwan wharf, some of which are still being renovated, according to Lin Feng's arrangement, Ma Wu took his family to board a big ship, in addition to the Ryukyu group training brought by Xu Linger and Ma Wu, Lin Feng sent them more than 30 personal soldiers as sailors.

The crowd worked all night, and it was not until the fifth watch that the fleet left Nanao Island to prepare for Taiwan, bypassing the waters off Taiwan, and did not encounter the warships of officers and men on the way, and arrived at the waters outside Taiwan's Beigang in the evening of the next day.

Lin Feng stood at the bow of the command ship, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief, he didn't dare to let the fleet dock easily, and sent a speedboat to contact Ma Zhishan first.

In fact, Ma Zhishan had already received a tip, and learned that Lin Feng had brought all the people on Nanao Island, most of them were businessmen who had just been arrested, and it was certain that they would not be able to stay in Taiwan, as long as one person sued them to the government, the army of Hu Shouren, the general soldier of Fujian, would have to come to encircle and suppress them, and he couldn't help but complain that Lin Feng should not be so confused.

Lin Feng's fleet must not be allowed to dock, so Ma Zhishan immediately ordered someone to prepare a ship for himself, and he wanted to go to the sea to meet Lin Feng.

Boarding Lin Feng's battleship, Ma Zhishan greeted loudly: "Don't come to the master of Daao, don't be harmed!" ”

"Second Lord, we are all here to join you." Lin Feng said, stepped forward and hugged his fist at the old man, and whispered, "Please ask the old gentleman to talk in the secret room." ”

Invited Ma Zhishan to the command cabin, the two sat down separately, and Lin Feng asked straight to the point: "I want to divide Taiwan and establish our armed base, may I ask the old man, what do you think?" ”

Ma Zhishan shook his head and replied: "Lord Daao, to tell you the truth, this possibility is almost impossible. ”

Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, thinking that the old man didn't want to accept them, so he asked: "When we formed the uprising, I remember that you once said that most of the elite soldiers and strong generals of the old Australian lord came to Taiwan, and now thousands of strong men have defected to your account. ”

(The old Australian owner in this book refers to Lin Daoqian)

In order to obtain funds from Lin Feng, at that time, Ma Zhishan was bragging, but now he had to answer with a bitter face: "Da Ao Lord, this is not what it used to be, the elite soldiers and strong generals left by the old Ao Lord are all like old people, most of them are old and old, besides, there are some rumors recently, which have made people's hearts unstable, and if they want to secede Taiwan, there is only a dead end." ”

"Why do you say this, what kind of rumors will make people's hearts unstable?"

Ma Zhishan explained: "Hu Shouren, the general soldier of Fujian, wants to change the North Port into a military port, and has begun to send people to build a camp here. This is one of them; Recently, there is a legend that the old Australian owner is not dead, he changed his name to Lin Wuliang, and now he has become a colt in Siam Pattani, many people remember the benefits of the old Australian owner, and are ready to go to Siam to go to the old Australian owner, which makes people panic, and no one wants to sell their lives anymore. ”

(Siam Pattani: present-day Port of Pattani, Thailand)

Lin Feng was shocked when he heard this, and asked with a glare, "My uncle changed his name to Lin Wuliang?" Also made a colt? Are you sure about this news? ”

Ma Zhishan nodded seriously and replied, "According to the merchant who returned from Siam, this news is absolutely true!" ”

Lin Feng couldn't help but lower his head and asked, "So, where should we go now?" ”

"If we fight against the government in Taiwan, and the people's will is not on our side, it is better to expand the territory than to take the fire." Ma Zhishan replied.

"Where to expand the territory?" Lin Feng couldn't help but ask loudly.

"King Suleiman of Luzon fought with the Westerners, unfortunately died, and now the city of Manila is temporarily occupied by the Westerners, recently, I heard from the merchants from the South Seas that the Westerners sent the governor to Manila has just died of illness, and while they are not firmly established, we will send troops to Manila to drive out those red-haired ghosts."

"Then according to the old man's words, we will send troops to Manila!"

Ma Wu and Luo Amin had made a promise to Xu Ling'er, and after landing in Taiwan, they let her go, seeing that it was already dark, and the fleet was still floating on the sea, and they didn't dock at Beigang, they didn't know what the situation was?

Everyone stayed on the ship for a night, and at dawn the next day, Ma Wu suddenly found that a big ship came from the direction of Beigang, and then there were all kinds of fishing boats and merchant ships following him, and he didn't understand what was going on, so Ma Wu went to the command ship to see Lin Feng.

"Brother, why haven't we docked yet?" Ma Wu asked.

"Taiwan is not our foothold, yesterday I discussed with the second Australian lord, and decided to send troops to Manila to expand the territory." Lin Feng replied.

Ma Wu pointed to the oncoming fleet and asked, "Are these the ships of the second owner?" ”

Lin Feng looked at those tattered merchant ships and fishing boats, shook his head helplessly, and replied: "They were all soldiers under the command of the old Australian lord, and now they are all old, and they are still dragging their families, I hope God blesses, let us take Manila smoothly, I will establish a base there, first collect and surrender the Nanyang Islands, and then conquer the world in the future!" ”

Lin Feng, who is no longer young, is still ambitious, but Ma Wu doesn't want to continue to accompany him to play with his life, and asks tentatively: "Brother, we won't follow, just take this opportunity to take my sister-in-law and niece back to Ryukyu, do you think about it?" ”

"Presumptuous! If you dare to leave the fleet, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

Yesterday, after Ma Zhishan returned, he brought his old subordinates Li Chenghuai, Cai De and others, and asked them to urgently gather the brothers who were accustomed to war, and prepare to send them to follow Lin Feng to conquer Manila.

Just when they were preparing overnight, a rumor suddenly spread, it is said that dozens of warships of Hu Shouren, the general soldier of Fujian, are coming in the direction of Beigang to arrest them, these former pirates, everyone is rumoring: Ma Zhishan, the owner of the Second Macao, is ready to take only a part of his cronies to Siam to join the old Australian lord Lin Daoqian.

The rumors spread quickly, and those who had a criminal record were all panicked, and overnight, thousands of men, women, and children gathered in Beigang, all of whom wanted to follow the second Australian lord to Pattani.

These people abandoned their families and businesses to follow the second Australian master, which did make Ma Zhishan very moved, but it was indeed impossible to attack Manila with the old, weak, sick and disabled, the old man made a speech on the dock, persuading everyone not to believe the rumors.

The more Ma Zhishan said this, the more no one listened, and everyone now only thinks about running for their lives. In the end, there was really no choice, so I had to requisition all the ships that could be used in Beigang, so that all the big guys boarded the ships, and seventy or eighty ships escaped from Beigang and joined Lin Feng's fleet.

In this way, Lin Feng led more than 100 ships to sail to the open sea, and made statistics during the trip, totaling more than 1,200 sailors, and about 2,000 soldiers who could fight, including many plundered merchants, and more than 1,500 family members who escaped from Beigang.

The fleet replenished fresh water and food in Tainan, and after nearly a month of sailing, it sailed into Manila Bay in early October of the second year of Wanli.

Since the Song and Yuan dynasties, Manila, located on the island of Luzon, has been a gathering place for Chinese merchant ships to trade in the South Seas.

In the third year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1405 AD), Zheng He led a huge fleet to Luzon, and appointed Xu Chai Lao, an overseas Chinese leader of Jinjiang, as the governor of Luzon, according to the edict of Emperor Yongle, and took over the power of the place.

On the island of Luzon, Xu Chai Lao worked hard for more than 20 years, sparing no effort to promote the way of Confucius and Mencius, implement the rule of etiquette and benevolence, spread the agriculture, fishery and industry of southern Fujian, build a shipyard, and teach the local people weaving, pottery, tea planting and other craft techniques.

In the sixteenth year of the Ming Dynasty (1521 AD), when Magellan's expedition made its first voyage around the world, the Spaniards arrived on the islands.

In the twenty-first year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1542 AD), Charles I of Spain sent an expedition to the islands for a reconnaissance expedition, in order to show respect for the then crown prince Prince Philip, the captain de Villalobos named it "Philippine Islands".

Due to the influence of wind direction and ocean currents, the Spaniards were unable to find a route from the Philippines to Mexico for more than 20 years, so they were unable to migrate to the Philippines on a large scale.

In the thirty-fifth year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1556 AD), Prince Philip succeeded to the throne, which was King Philip II of Spain.

In the same year, Philip II wrote a letter to the Viceroy of New Spain (Mexico), particularly emphasizing the importance of opening up the Philippines as a new colony, ordering the Viceroy of New Spain to be responsible for organizing the expedition, and sent Father Udanetta, a priest of the Augustinian Church, to form an expedition headed by Legazpi.

With the help of Legazpi, the expedition occupied the island of Cebu, reaching Luzon in the north and Mindanao in the south.

In the third year of the Ming Dynasty (1569 AD), Legazpi was appointed Governor of the Philippines by the King of Spain.

The Philippines has three major island groups, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, with a total of more than 7,000 large and small islands, and a large number of tribal races.

In the fifth year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty (1571 AD), Lega Shitbi led 200 expeditionary soldiers to Manila.

In the face of a strong enemy, the Manila authorities on the island of Luzon were divided into two factions, the main and the Raja Matanda to remove the fortifications, and the main battle sent Raja Suleiman to retreat to the north.

After that, Suleiman, with the support of the local Chinese and overseas Chinese leaders, united with other tribes of the archipelago to launch a counterattack on Legazpi, and Suleiman, who took the lead, was unfortunately shot and died, and since then, Manila has fallen into the hands of the Spanish and has become the center of Philippine rule.

In the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty, Governor Legazpi opened the Governor's Palace in Manila, laying the foundation for the rule of the Spaniards, who had many conflicts with the local Chinese, and with advanced firearms, the colonists expelled all the Chinese and locals from Manila.

In the second year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1574 AD), Legazpi died of illness in Manila, and the king of Spain appointed Lavizares as the successor governor, at this time, there were less than 100 Chinese in Manila.

On this day, Lavizares was in the governor's palace on official business, when suddenly someone came to report that a large fleet had come out of nowhere, docked on the south bank of the mouth of the Bashi River outside the royal city, and thousands of soldiers were gathering on the coast.

Governor Lavizares was already troubled by the resistance of the tribes of the archipelago, and was greatly frightened by the sudden appearance of this armed team, and at this time the colonial army in the city was only more than 200 people, so he hurriedly sent his officer Perez to Cebu Island to move troops.