Chapter 201: The Luzon Rebellion
Anyone who has read the history of the South Seas at the end of the nineteenth century will know the position of Andreas Bonifazio, Jacinto, and Emilio Aguinaldo in the history of Luzon at the end of the nineteenth century among the more than 100 Luzon people who met in this cave.
The meeting held in the cave will determine the future history of Luzon.
If there was no time and space for Hu Zhen to appear, they could do it, but after Hu Zhen and Huaxia Jun appeared strongly, this could only be a bubble forever.
At this moment, Andres Bonifaxiu shouted loudly to the people attending the meeting in the cave: "Our Katipunan organization now has more than 30,000 people, and there are still more than 100,000 people on the periphery, and we have raised 200,000 pesos. ”
When everyone heard this, their blood boiled, and they were eager to rush out of the cave to uncover the bamboo, beat the Spaniards to the ground, and establish a great African Penang state.
But there were also people in the crowd who were very calm, and Emilio Aguinado was one of them, and he said in a low voice: "I have 20,000 or 30,000 people in Cavite, and there are estimated at 108,000 people on the periphery, and the people of the Catipunan organization combined are estimated to be more than 200,000, but I don't think we are the opponent of the Spanish colonial army now!" ”
"We have two or three hundred thousand men, why are we not the opponents of the Spaniards?" It was Jacinto who asked, and he spoke with anger in his tone.
Aquinasto glanced at Jacinto and said softly, "What if you have two or three hundred thousand?" Those were people with no military training, and the weapons were even worse, only a few muskets out of a hundred people, and the rest mainly used bows and arrows and spears, and even bows and spears were not enough, only wooden sticks and bamboo spears could be used, could this be a well-armed opponent of the Spanish army? I'm afraid 10,000 people can't beat a thousand Spanish colonial troops! ”
"Then what do you think we should do, we can't just sit here and wait for death, right? The minions sent by the Butcher of Velaire went out to search. As soon as we find a suspicious object, we will immediately slaughter the entire village, and one day our people will be slaughtered? When the time comes, what will we rely on to rebel against the Spanish colonial rulers? ”
"I've made a suggestion a long time ago. Learn from Dr. Jose Rizal, contact the powerful Chinese Guild, ask for their help, and maybe ask the Chinese Guild to send troops to liberate the Luzon Islands! Aguinaldo said his advice, if leaning towards the Huaxia Guild. His family's fortune was secured and the Spaniards were evicted, which was a good way to get the best of both worlds.
Someone in the crowd immediately jumped out and yelled at Aquinado, "Huh, Jose. Rizal just wrote a book "Social Tumor" a little influential, and he did not advocate the use of violence to liberate the Luzon Islands, and more importantly, he had Chinese ancestry, so he let the Luzon Freemasons merge with the Huaxia Guild, and we don't have Chinese blood, what are we doing with the merger with the Huaxia Guild? ”
A lot of people jumped out and yelled, "It's ridiculous. What we want is a big non-legal Penang country, what are we doing merging with the Huaxia Guild......"
"Looking at the whole world, there is only one Huaxia Guild that can compete with the Europeans, what's wrong with cooperating with the Huaxia Guild? Many of us have Chinese blood, but it's just that it's so old that many people forget it! Aguinaldo was not confident in defeating the Spanish army, believing that there was only hope by relying on the Chinese Guild, and in another historical time and space, he was the leader of the rebel group and the first president of Afrodisen. But it is not surprising that Spain surrendered for possessions.
A man in the crowd named Macabros shook his head and sighed, "Aguinaldo, you're hopeless......"
Aguinaldo's words to this not-so-well-known up-and-comer. Immediately furious, but speechless: "You are helpless......"
The well-coordinated Andreas Bonifa saw that the tension between the two sides was not quite right, so he stood up and said: "I am an admirer of Dr. Jose Rizal, but I do not agree with his approach to transforming society by gentle and peaceful means, and we must overthrow the Spanish rule by violent means. Cooperation with the Huaxia Guild may be an option, but we want to contact the Huaxia Guild now, but it is difficult to do it, everyone knows that now the entire coastline is blocked by the Spanish fleet, and there is no way to send people across the sea to contact the Huaxia Guild! ”
Hacinto continued with Bonifa Xiu's words, he knew that Aguinaldo had a good power, and if he brushed his sleeves away, the consequences would be unpredictable, so this time his tone softened a little: "We just want to cooperate with the Huaxia Guild, and we must also show our abilities and advantages, otherwise, it is not someone else's dog or a parasitic vine, so what's the point?" ”
Bonifaxiu felt that it was better to hold an uprising than to argue endlessly, so he raised his fist and shouted: "I propose that while the Spaniards are empty of troops on the main island of Luzon, they will immediately hold an uprising, take Manila, and liberate the whole of Luzon!" ”
Macablos jumped up and responded: "Yes, immediately hold an uprising, take Manila, and liberate all of Luzon!" ”
More than 100 people in the cave shouted: "Hold an uprising, take Manila, and liberate the whole of Luzon......"
Aguinaldo was worried, but most of them wanted an immediate uprising, and even his loyal subordinates, Natibida, Mabini, and others, were in favor of an immediate uprising, so they had to follow suit.
After the military uprising that swept the whole of Luzon was launched, people did not expect that because of the encouragement and influence of the Chinese army's victory over the European colonial rulers, as many as 600,000 young and middle-aged people participated in the uprising.
However, these untrained rebels fought mainly with broadswords, spears, sticks and stones, and a small number of firearms, and were not even as effective as the Spanish army, which was less than one-tenth of their own number, and even more helpless against the Spanish army, which was stationed in strong fortifications and used artillery for defense.
The Spanish Viceroy in Manila, Valeriano. General Velaire, who had always been worried about the attack of the Huaxia Guild, carefully sent troops to arrange fortifications around the coast, and mobilized the main force to go to Mindanao, Leyte, Negros and other places to suppress the natives under the command of Dagaan, but unexpectedly received the news of a large-scale uprising of the natives in Luzon, and immediately jumped up and shouted: "These natives are really looking for death!" ”
Don't look at the guerrillas that Velaire sent 200,000 troops to encircle and suppress Dagaan, and only 50,000 troops left in Luzon Island of 105,000 square kilometers seem weak and empty, in fact, these 50,000 troops are all elite reserves in Velaire's hands, even if there are one million young and middle-aged people who revolt, they are not necessarily his opponents of these 50,000 people.
What's more, this Velair has another killer trick: recruit troops in Luzon!
Velaire walked back and forth in the house a few times, raised his head, and gave a categorical order: "Immediately gather loyal volunteers and counterattack the rioting natives!" (To be continued.) )