Shen Qi agreed to accept the Catholic baptism, which was considered to satisfy Felipe and Archbishop Perez, and after the dinner, Li Dan was supposed to leave the royal city of Manila and return to the Benodo community where he lived, and Zhu Hui left him in the Governor's Palace.

Shen Qi, Ma Zhishan and fifteen strong men gathered in the guest room where Zhu Hui and Li Dan lived, and everyone held a meeting together to analyze the current situation and discuss Lin Feng's possible current situation.

According to the information obtained at the dinner just now, and the situation that Cai De said on the Jade Pillow Continent, Lin Feng originally expected Gou'er to help him move rescue troops to Japan, but after learning that Zhang Gou'er betrayed him, he was forced to be helpless, so he sent Cai De, the lord of Jiuao, back to move the troops, and the general Cai De was gone, which would inevitably lead to a great reduction in Lin Feng's combat effectiveness, and perhaps fell into an extreme predicament, so he came up with the merchant who used the Japanese Federation to make up a set of Muslim tribes that he was about to unite with the Malay Peninsula, with the support of the Ottoman Emperor, Prepare a lie for the Ming Dynasty.

Because of this sudden news, the merchants of the Sakai Town Society, a branch of the Jesuit Society, would rather believe it than not believe it to the Manila authorities, and if Lin Feng really did this, it was ostensibly an attempt against the Ming Dynasty, and Luzon Island would bear the brunt of the attack in the middle, and the Manila authorities had to respond to this.

Because the Spaniards have always been interested in the occupation of the Ming Dynasty in Macau, it is very convenient to develop trade with the Ming merchants, therefore, in the exchanges with the Ming government, the Manila authorities have repeatedly put forward a lot of rude demands, resulting in poor communication between them and the Ming court, for this emergency, they have not had time to inform the Ming government.

After all, there were too few Spanish soldiers stationed in the Philippine Islands, and they had to deal with the resistance of the indigenous people in Mindanao in the south, and General Fernando hurriedly gathered all the navies stationed in the Philippine Islands, which were only a thousand men, so when the merchant travelers of the Congratium returned to Japan, he immediately sent a fleet of Japanese "Christians" to Manila, which was tantamount to sending charcoal to the governor of Manila, Lavizarles.

It has been three days since Bee Suga Koroku came to Manila with a fleet of Japanese ronins, and Zhu Hui judged that Wasuka Koroku must try his best to establish contact with Lin Feng, so someone must keep an eye on the Japanese fleet stationed at the mouth of the Bashi River and observe their every move, and at the same time, he must contact Zhang Gou'er as soon as possible.

Archbishop Perez once said that the Ryukyu expeditionary force brought by Zhang Gou'er had nothing to do in Luzon for several months, and had not even caught a single pirate, but in Zhu Hui's opinion, I am afraid that no one can touch the details of Lin Feng's gang more than Zhang Gou'er, and I still don't know what Zhang Gou'er's attitude is towards Lin Feng.

The meeting was held at midnight, and Zhu Hui assigned a task to everyone: the task of monitoring the Japanese fleet at the Bashi River Estuary was handed over to Ma Zhishan and ten strong men, Zhu Hui went to find Zhang Gou'er by himself, and the other five strong men and Li Dan accompanied Shen Qi to find Felipe to collect cash.

In the early morning of the next day, Ma Zhishan took ten strong men to the Manila port market in the dark, and after dawn, Li Dan accompanied Zhu Hui to meet General Fernando, the supreme commander of Manila's defense, and asked him about the dog's camp.

Because Felipe boasted that Shen Qi was the personal representative of the governor of Fujian, Pang Shangpeng, in the eyes of General Fernando, Zhu Hui and others were the entourage of the governor's personal representative.

When Li Dan introduced Zhu Hui, he specially explained that Zhu Hui not only represented the Fujian Governor Yamen, but also the intelligence officer of the Jinyi Wei Yamen, the highest military intelligence organ of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Hui explained his intention through Li Dan straightforwardly, the Ryukyu Kingdom originally belonged to the subject countries of the Ming Dynasty, and the purpose of his visit to Luzon Island was to be entrusted by the Ming Dynasty to assist the Ryukyu Expeditionary Force and come to arrest the pirate leader Lin Feng.

General Fernando heard Zhu Hui mention the expeditionary force of the Ryukyu Kingdom, showing a look full of disdain, pursed his lips, and talked about his complaints about this expeditionary force, saying that they had come to Luzon Island to play in the mountains and rivers, and they had not taken the initiative to catch pirates once, if they were not stupid, they might still be suspected of giving news to the pirates, in short, they were very dissatisfied with the team brought by Zhang Gou'er!

Zhu Hui naturally had the bottom in his heart, and he could guess Zhang Gou'er's mentality, and after listening to these complaints of General Fernando, he had no choice but to condemn this Ryukyu expeditionary force in the name of the official Ming court, and said that he would definitely be able to change the situation as soon as possible by coming to supervise the army.

General Fernando talked about the fact that in the past month or so, although there were still some small local conflicts with the Lin Feng gang, most of the Lin Feng gang's forces seemed to have really been transferred, and in order to deal with the possible large-scale Muslim army, Zhu Hui asked Zhu Hui to take charge of the 200-strong Ryukyu expeditionary force, and if necessary, organize them into the team sent by the Japanese.

Of course, Zhu Hui understood that although the spies of the Sakai Town Public Council of Japan deceived the Manila authorities, if Lin really had such a Muslim coalition army, with the support of the Ottoman Emperor to attack the Ming Dynasty, General Fernando could not be clearer, and whether they had the ability to conquer the Ming Dynasty was a question mark first, and it would not be a problem to come and destroy the Spaniards on Luzon Island by the way.

According to the information provided by the Coalition, if the Muslim Expeditionary Force attacks Daming in May, it will take the lead in attacking Luzon in February at the latest, not to mention that there are Muslim tribes everywhere in Luzon, Mindoro, Cebu, and Mindanao.

For General Fernando, the armed forces he can count on are of course the main force of the Spanish navy, and the army composed of local Christians is extremely weak, which has been shown in several battles to quell the Lin Feng pirate gang, due to the previous Ming Empire's army into the island to quell the rebellion, the Manila authorities are deeply taboo, to say that now go to explain the situation to the Ming Emperor, ask the Ming Emperor to send troops with them, and jointly deal with the possible Muslim army, even if the Ming Emperor agrees, then, the Ming Dynasty's reinforcements have not arrived, Perhaps Luzon has fallen.

Through this exchange with General Fernando, Zhu Hui and Li Dan thoroughly understood the mentality of the decision-makers of the Manila authorities, in their opinion, first of all, the information of the Sakai Town Public Consortium is reliable, Lin Feng defected to the West Malay Muslim tribes, and the attack on the Ming Dynasty may be a cover, and its goal is still directly aimed at Luzon, and the armed forces on the Philippine Islands controlled by the Spaniards are extremely limited, and they have to block the news from the people on the islands, so as not to cause a riot of local Muslims. How important it is to them!

The proud Western commander had no idea that if the Japanese fleet joined forces with the Lin Feng gang lurking around Manila, it would be possible to expel them overnight and take Manila from their hands.

Zhu Hui told Fernando about this possibility, and the battle-hardened general laughed when he heard it, in his opinion, first of all, Archbishop Perez's information could not be wrong, and secondly, he personally met these more than 1,000 Japanese ronin, although these people looked rather dirty, but they were all baptized Christians, and behind them were the branch of the Society of Jesus, the Congregation, so it was impossible for them to cooperate with pirates in Manila.

Seeing that General Fernando was still so stubborn, Zhu Hui closed his eyes for a while, and suddenly remembered that General Fernando had just said that he wanted to incorporate the expeditionary force led by Zhang Gouer into the Japanese army.

If Zhang Gou'er is willing, then agree to Fernando's plan, so that he can effectively control the group of Japanese ronins, but Zhu Hui still doesn't know Zhang Gou'er's attitude, and he doesn't know what tacit understanding there is between Gou'er and his uncle Lin Feng.

General Fernando sent a soldier to take Zhu Hui to the outside of Manila to find Zhang Gou'er's camp, but Li Dan did not follow them out of the city because he had to accompany Shen Qi to find Felipe to collect cash.

Zhu Hui followed the soldier out of the royal city of Manila, crossed the Bashi River, faced the scorching sun, and after walking for more than an hour, came to a village called Pasig, which was the camp of Zhang Fan of the Ryukyu Expeditionary Force.

The Spanish soldiers stood under a coconut grove outside the village, shouting loudly at a large group of wrestling soldiers in the distance, these soldiers stopped training, some laughed at Zhu Hui and the Spaniard, some waved at them and made strange noises, some sat on the ground and drank coconuts, and some held coconuts and brought them two.

The sweaty Spanish soldier drank the coconut, and Zhu Hui asked the soldier who gave the coconut, "Where is your commander, General Zhang Fan?" ”

The Ryukyu soldier looked at Zhu Hui vigilantly, did not answer, turned around and was about to leave, but was grabbed by Zhu Hui.

"Please don't worry, don't be afraid, I am Zhu Hui, the sworn brother of your main general, General Zhang Fan, from Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, Ming Dynasty, hurry up and report to him." Zhu Hui deliberately said this, wanting him to pass the word, meaning to the dog not to forget Xu Ajiao.

When the Ryukyu soldier heard Zhu Hui's words, his expression suddenly relaxed a lot, and he bowed to Zhu Hui without saying much, and ran away like a smoke.

The Spanish soldier had already drunk a large coconut, wiped his mouth, shook his head at the Ryukyu soldiers, and pointed his finger at Zhu Hui, his face full of angry expressions, as if to tell Zhu Hui that the leader of this team was a bastard, and even Fernando might not be able to find him when he came to inspect in the future.

Zhu Hui smiled slightly, although he didn't understand a word, but because Fernando had talked about the situation of the army brought by Zhang Gou'er before, he basically understood what the Spanish soldier meant.

Now that he had arrived at Zhang Gou'er's camp, Zhu Hui advised the soldier to hurry back, handed him another coconut, and bowed to express his gratitude.

After the Spanish soldier left, Zhu Hui walked over to the group of wrestlers, who now knew that Zhu Hui was their main general's brother, and they had all heard Zhang Gou'er say that this brother was still a hero who stood up to the sky, and they all got up from the ground one by one, and lined up very respectfully to greet Zhu Hui.

The soldiers of the Ryukyu Kingdom gave Zhu Hui a salute and invited Zhu Hui to a compound in the village, which was their barracks, and someone invited Zhu Hui to sit down and eat some fruit, telling him that he had sent someone to find Zhang Fan.

After having lunch at the camp, Zhu Hui still didn't see the dog come back, Zhu Hui guessed in his heart that the dog might have seen Lin Feng alone again, and he couldn't help but doubt the dog's attitude.

If Zhang Gou'er has already made up his mind and cooperates with Lin Feng and Bee Suga Xiaoliu to capture Manila in the future, what should he do now?

Before Zhang Fan's expedition, due to the prior arrangement of Guo Yi and Xu Ling'er, Princess Xu of the Ryukyu King's Palace interceded with King Shangyong, therefore, King Shangyong gave him a large amount of military expenses, and after arriving on Luzon, due to Zhang Fan's "passive cowardice" and money in his hands, these 200 Ryukyu soldiers were at ease, and those Spaniards had nothing to do with them.

Since the arrival of Zhang Fan and others, the Lin Feng group has never engaged in major military operations, as if suddenly disappeared, to the Spaniards, Zhang Fan seems to be a lucky general, the Manila authorities slowly relaxed their vigilance, reopened the port market, and no longer arrested people on a large scale.

General Fernando had come to inspect the camp of the Ryukyu Expeditionary Force many times, but once did not find their main general, Zhang Fan, their group was stationed outside Manila, and they only cared about eating, drinking, and having fun every day, so that General Fernando was angry when he saw it, and he wanted to expel them from Luzon Island for a long time, until a few days ago, the Japanese Federation sent secret information, and felt that this group of people could still come in handy, so they gave up.

The soldiers of the Ryukyu Kingdom finished eating collectively in this courtyard, and Hula all ran out at once, leaving only a dozen men to accompany Zhu Hui.

Zhu Hui anxiously waited for Zhang Gou'er, according to his understanding of the dog's personality and Guo Yi's evaluation of the dog's behavior in Shuri Castle of the Ryukyu Kingdom, he believed that the dog would become more and more sensible, and would not continue to follow Lin Feng to do those ridiculous things, so he sat here and waited until dusk, but there was still no trace of the dog.

When it was time for dinner, the soldiers of the Ryukyu Kingdom came back for dinner, and Zhu Hui firmly believed that the dog would not not see him, so he decided to stay and wait for him, so he went to eat with the soldiers.

Just when Zhu Hui was just serving the rice bowl, someone whispered in his ear: Please follow me.

Zhu Hui hurriedly dropped his job, got up and followed the Ryukyu soldier out of the courtyard, and the two ran towards another village.

Coming to the front of a church, the soldier glanced at Zhu Hui to let him in.

Zhu Hui did not hesitate, and walked quickly into the church, and the soldier quickly disappeared.

As soon as I entered the church, I saw a pair of Western men and women, and when these two saw that someone had come in, they exclaimed, and they all ran to the back and hid.

"Brother, you want to kill me!"

Zhu Hui hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the dog's hands, looked at the dog carefully, hugged the dog, and tears came out of his eyes......

"Brother, I knew you wouldn't ignore my ......"

"Brother, I heard that there is an envoy from the governor of Fujian, I guess that you are here, and you will ...... you when you enter the royal city today" The dog's voice also whimpered.

Before they finished speaking, they closed their eyes, and suddenly, they heard a woman ask in a stiff Japanese dialect: "General Zhang Fan, who is this gentleman?" ”

Only then did the dog let go of Zhu Hui, turned around and replied: "Finally, I am looking forward to it, this is my brother Zhu Hui, he can send you to Daming safely, and you will never live this kind of fearful life in the future." ”

Zhu Hui also hurriedly looked at the two Westerners in front of him and asked, "Brother, is it Mr. Mark and Miss Louise?" ”

Gou'er nodded and replied: "Exactly, in order to help Sister Yi'er and Sister Ling'er, the two of them transported the coffins of Lord Lu Yunlong and Brother Wang Chong out of Sakai Town, offended the Xiaoxi Lonzo of the Zhonghe Association, and were chased and killed and fled here, the priest in this village is a Chinese, if it weren't for the protection of this priest, Mr. Mark and Miss Louise would really be desperate." ”

"Why don't you go to Shurijo Castle in the Ryukyus to join Sister Yi'er?" Zhu Hui asked.

"Mr. Mark and Miss Louise were in Manila a few days ago, and the merchant ship of Little Silonzo returned to Japan from Siam, passed through Manila, and in front of the Governor of Manila and the Archbishop, they sued the two of them, saying that Miss Louise was carrying information for the pirates, and that Mr. Mark had embezzled the money for three thousand muskets, and that the two of them had escaped from the royal city of Manila, and when they arrived on the north bank of the Bashi River, they were captured by our soldiers, and I hid them here." The dog replied.

"In this way, the lie that the Muslim army is about to invade the Ming Dynasty should be this Mr. Little Silonzo?" Zhu Hui asked.

"Yes, if Ronzo Konishi's plot succeeds, his son Yukihiro Konishi will be the future governor of Luzon! My poor uncle, Lin Feng, just made a wedding dress for someone. ”

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