The situation is stronger than people, no matter how angry and confused you are, you can only endure it, such an enemy is not something that can be resisted by manpower, the wooden stick in Liu Laoxiang's hand is not threatening, and the boats he brought over are useless. [Full text reading]

The thought of the boats made his heart even more bitter, for the Cagayan River flowed from south to north, and by March the north-east wind had gradually stopped, and the direction of the wind had become irregular, and sometimes it would change to the south. From Apari south to Tuguegarao, the wind and the current were both unfavorable, and his boats were pulled by manpower.

And all he brought were small boats, the river at the north end of the Cagayan River was quite wide, but the further south he went, the narrower it became, Liu Laoxiang considered that he wanted to flee south, so the big ships were abandoned by him in the port.

However, the clippers of the Ming army broke into the inland river effortlessly, and looking at the way those boats moved freely on the river, how could they be affected by the slightest force of wind and water? Although Binet has been hesitating, there are also some sentinels around the tribe, so that those sentinels have no time to send out the warning signal, and the speed of the enemy ship can be imagined.

Caring about feeling sorry for his boats, Liu Laoxiang suddenly jumped up as if he had been slapped in the face, pulled Binet up, and shouted loudly in the other party's ear: "Quick, Binet leader, quickly pass the order, retreat immediately, ...... immediately There are a lot of clippers in the Ming army, maybe the brigade is not far away, hurry up and retreat, otherwise it will be too late! ”

"Hmm...... Yes! "At first, it was a little muddy, but when I heard the last sentence, Binet also woke up, the tribe was already in chaos, and the enemy took the opportunity to kill, and it would definitely not be able to resist.

"However, if you leave now, you won't have time to ...... a lot of things."

"Don't worry about those things, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no material to burn, bring weapons and rations, let's go, take the mountain road, the Ming army will definitely not be able to catch up."

Not to mention things, retreating by mountain roads, the old and weak, and the wounded will definitely not be taken care of, at least half of them will be lost in the tribe, and the rugged mountain roads will eliminate others. But no matter what, it is true to ensure that the main force is withdrawn to fight against the Ming army, whose surname has changed greatly, and in this process, there are always people to sacrifice.

Liu Laoxiang was also secretly glad, fortunately, all the weapons he brought were moved ashore, guarded by his subordinates, his brothers were all clever people, and after the mutation occurred, he immediately moved to the depths of the tribe with things. Therefore, the Turen tribe suffered heavy casualties, but Liu Laoxiang only lost a few boats, which is indeed worth thanking.

"That ......" was surrounded by fireworks, and the old man's face looked even darker, he looked helpless, his lips trembled for a long time, and finally gave the order to retreat.

In fact, it is not much difference whether there is a command or not, and the natives have long given up the futile firefighting, as well as desperate resistance, and have scattered birds and beasts. Binet's order only gave a little order to the escape, and by the way, pointed the way for his people.

By the time the old natives stood on the hill, the settlement had been completely immersed in the firelight, and the wide river was reflected red by the firelight, as if the sun had fallen into the river. On the river, the five ships moved freely and freely, until there was no longer a human figure in the tribe, and they turned around, spread their sails, and left downstream.

"Revenge, you must take revenge, when the Ming people chase them into the mountains, I will definitely let them die without a place to be buried!" Looking at this scene, the old native let out an angry howl, his voice was sad, full of infinite unwillingness and resentment. The enemy's ships could not enter the mountains, and in the mountains, the advantage of being large in numbers could not be brought into play, and at that time, the offensive and defensive momentum would have to be reversed.

......, "Lord Wang, since you have determined that this Binabu is a big tribe, and you have the qualifications and ideas to connect with other tribes, why do you want to startle the snakes?" With the 10,000 Chengguan Brigade as the main force, and then outflanking each private soldier, it shouldn't be very difficult to catch them all, right? ”

While the combined forces of natives and pirates were on the run, discussions were also underway in the Provisional Governor's Palace of Apari.

The makeshift governor's palace was made of wood, rather rough, except for a frame made of logs, on which planks were nailed, and in many places the bark was not removed. Still, the huts were much sturdier than the shacks built by the natives, at least until the onset of hurricanes in the summer.

The exterior is rough, and the interior of the Provisional Governor's Palace is also very simple, only a large table is placed in the middle, on which some drawings, maps and other things are placed in a mess, and the most conspicuous is a large sand table. If you are familiar with geography, you should be able to see that the sand table simulates the island of Luzon.

is pointing to the sand table to make a question, it is Liang Cheng, the commander of the navy, as a general, his command is limited, and he is responsible for the command and training of the battle, but the actual military power is not in his hands. This kind of disposition made him a little disappointed, and at the same time he was not burdened, so he was quite active in the Doge's Palace.

Wang Hai did not answer, but looked at Yang Min, before the departure of the Jiangnan fleet, the generals who were the most capable of fighting under Xie Hong were all gathered in the army of Zhengde, so the responsibility of the military adviser finally fell on Yang Min's head, he and Liu Qi fought together in the Japanese country, and he was quite accomplished at the strategic level, and the position of commander of the detachment could only be changed.

After Wang Hai's signal, he stood up as a matter of course.

"It is an established strategy to break each one, but we can't expect the whole of Luzon to be calmed down like this, the natives are locals after all, and they are beginning to be taken by surprise by us, and they will soon be aware of it, even if there is no Binabe, there will be other tribes who will take the lead in launching an alliance, and in the end they will have to fight a battle to gather them and annihilate them."

Yang Min pointed and explained on the sand table: "Everyone, please see, the tribes of Luzon are scattered, we attack in three ways, they are likely to assemble in the center, and after seeing the power of the flywheel warship, I am afraid that they will not dare to camp on the riverside or the plain, so it is easy to infer the location of their assembly......"

"Puluo Mountain, it should be here."

His hand followed the Cordillera Central all the way south, and finally stopped at one place, "Anyway, it is all going to be assembled in the end, and wouldn't it be better for a frightened bird to take the lead?" Of course, their hatred may be higher, but according to the style of those natives, the influence of hatred should be very limited. ”

Wang Hai glanced around, and then asked, "Do you have any other opinions?" If not, then follow the strategy of Vice Governor Yang. ”

"What Lord Yang said is right, just follow this method." Everyone shook their heads.

It is not uncommon for more than 1,000 elite soldiers to defeat tens of thousands of rabble, and it is still debatable how much combat power the temporarily united natives can exert.

In addition, there is another problem with the enemy's large-scale assembly, there are too many people, and the consumption is also large, no matter how much Luzon outputs, it is very nonsense to want to support so many people in such a large place.

"Then, Commander Liang, you lead the naval division to be responsible for the defense of the port, the official commands the Chengguan Brigade to advance along the river, and the private soldiers of each family are deployed in a fan to clear the remnants of the enemy, and the panic must be spread out in an all-round way to force the tribes to move. This official repeats again, this operation must be based on the principle of killing, robbing, and grabbing light, which was ordered by the Hou Ye and must be thoroughly implemented. ”

"Yes!"

With Wang Hai's order, the military operation, known as the Luzon Sweep in later generations, was officially launched. This operation was full of blood and cruelty, but in later generations, except for a few humanitarians, few people attacked and criticized, but there were many opinions, all praising the wisdom of the champion Hou and the resoluteness and courage of several generals involved.

There are many reasons why this happens, but the most important one is that after a few decades, the blood of the native Luzon people has disappeared, and there are no stakeholders to complain about it.

In the Ming Dynasty itself, the expulsion of the natives and the inclusion of Luzon as the territory of the Ming Dynasty is the first step of the great rejuvenation of China.

However, for the natives at that time, the nightmare was so sudden and cruel that they didn't even have time to cry.

Where there are natives living in large numbers, whoever captures it is theirs, and the verification of war exploits can be done with human heads or prisoners. Encouraged by this, the merchants burst out with enthusiasm, and in just five days they advanced more than two hundred miles to catch up with the main force that had just arrived at Tuguegarao.

You must know that the private soldiers are all walking on mountain roads, while the main force is advancing along the big river, not to mention, there are still some private soldiers walking in front of the main force, sweeping away the remnants of the natives, the main force is just a pure march, and the private soldiers are marching while fighting. The speed of the march is truly breathtaking.

Wang Hai and Yang Min didn't feel anything about this, private soldiers born as bandits were originally good at wandering in the mountains and forests. And once the family of the Ming Dynasty gets serious, what a terrifying power it can burst out, and the two people who were born here also know that the Luzon Raiders and the final glory will be attributed to the Ming Dynasty, but this is a win-win plan, especially in the early stages.

What convinced them was only Hou Ye's speculation on people's hearts and the ability to use it according to people, not Hou Ye, who would have thought that these scum would be used in this way, and their subjective enthusiasm would be stimulated?

For this kind of enthusiasm, Wang Hai and others were amazed, but Liu Laoxiang and others were terrified. After they left Tuguegarao, the comfort of the journey remained for only six or seven days, and from the eighth day onwards the men and horses in charge of the guard and the rear were alerted, and soon after, there was an encounter.

Binet didn't care about saying anything more about the Luzon people being the best mountain warriors, so he immediately asked Liu Laoxiang for help, and the two sides gathered more than 1,000 men to fight back, but they were in vain.

This result made him sad and happy, but the sad thing was that the enemy chased him tightly, and he was still very cunning, and he had a strong ability to adapt to the mountains; The good news is that only a small force is chasing, and if you increase the speed of your march, you can still be able to throw the enemy away. He glanced at the allies helplessly, remembered the other party's proposal again, and made a decision from this.

(To be continued)