Yu Guozhen's order to "mobilize" spread throughout Xinxiang, Hoi An, and Xinhang in a very short period of time.

The first to be mobilized were the indoctrination agencies at all levels, including the mission department among the common people, who were not only responsible for the posters in the street windows, but also responsible for driving a group of penmen to write corresponding works, including the Yokoba Society, to compile scripts suitable for singing. At the same time, the teachings of the Tiger Guards were mobilized, and they had to explain to each soldier why they were fighting this battle.

Unlike the previous battles in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the area of the current battle has completely left the control of the Ming Dynasty, and the objects of the battle are not Jiankou and Liukou, but the Spaniards. Therefore, the Instructors of the Tiger Guard must also make it clear that the enemies they face are stronger than those of the Rogues and the Prisoners!

The Liukou were amateur soldiers, the Jianguo were semi-professional soldiers, and the Spaniards were professional soldiers, with good training and sophisticated weapons of the era.

More importantly, the Spaniards have been running Manila for a long time, which is enough for them to build castles and forts, according to Yu Guozhen, the castle built by the Spaniards in Manila is the strongest fortress design at this time, with a moat outside, and the castle wall alone is ten meters thick! This is not a Jianjun who dares to show off his might in iron armor, but a regular army armed to the teeth. Yu Guozhen estimated that the casualties he would have to bear would not be small.

However, the entire Xinxiang system was filled with an optimistic and excited attitude towards this, and the feedback made Yu Guozhen surprised.

Both the people and the tiger guards are full of expectations for this battle. And in their discussions, the question of who the governor of Luzon would be.

Over the years, the Xinxiang system has basically expanded at a rate of about once every year and a half, increasing the scope of its territory. However, three years have passed since Chongzhen completely controlled Xinhang and Tamluo in the ninth year, but the territory under Xinxiang has not expanded, and several major wars have been fought. A lot of booty was obtained, and the harvested population brought the total number of Xinxiang people to more than one million, which is certainly gratifying. But it doesn't come as directly as territorial expansion.

That is to say...... Our people have realized the significance of territorial expansion for the whole of China. Hu Jing said to Yu Guozhen calmly: "They know that there are a large number of copper and gold mines in Luzon, and they know that Luzon is suitable for growing rubber. I know that there are all kinds of spices over there. ”

In addition to national feelings, this is another important reason to mobilize the people of Xinxiang, Luzon's rich natural resources. Especially for the copper mines in Luzon, for Yu Guozhen, the next goal of scientific research, as well as the focus of industrial production, requires a large amount of copper.

"Huh."

Yu Guozhen can only smile bitterly, this is the method that Hu Jingshui came up with, and now the industrial production under the Xinxiang system is completely a monster that devours resources. For the vast majority of Xinxiang's products. Sales are not a problem at all - even under the Xinxiang system, it also has as many as 600,000 powerful consumer groups. As a result, the general shortage of Xinxiang's workshops is a shortage of skilled workers and a shortage of raw materials, and the attack on Manila can obtain a large amount of mineral deposits, which is a matter for a considerable part of Xinxiang. It is more important than maintaining the reputation of the Chinese ethnic group.

"It seems that Jingshui, your idea is not unreasonable......" Yu Guozhen said.

"There is nothing wrong with what the lord said, at this time, Xinxiang has not yet been fully accepted by the Chinese ethnic group in the southeast islands, and in their eyes, the Ming Fang is Zhengshuo. But after this incident, I want to come to the hearts of overseas Chinese, and our new Xiang is Zhengshuo. This call to the hearts of the people is unprecedented. Hu Jingshui self-examined: "I was still wrong, the Chinese in Luzon are not willing to cooperate with us, I should make more efforts." I never thought that the Spaniards would be so ruthless......"

After learning the details of how the Spaniards carried out the massacre, Hu Jingshui was also furious. Moreover, he now thinks from a different perspective and also realizes the role of sending troops to Luzon.

Now Xinxiang has eight battleships and twenty-four frigates, and in terms of the number of ships alone, it may not be as good as the Dutch, but there is no problem in suppressing the Spaniards. Coupled with the sixteen armed merchant ships with a small number of guns, relying on the huge market of the Ming Dynasty and the huge profits brought by overseas trade, Yu Guozhen was able to support such a fleet.

In fact, the two largest departments of Xinxiang Heavy Industry are the steelmaking workshop and the Longmen shipyard.

Considering that he wanted to suppress the Wa State and spy on the Zheng clan, the strength of the fleet that Yu Guozhen could mobilize was about half of the total combat power, which gave him a bit of a headache.

"The Spanish batteries are not easy to deal with, their ships have nothing, and at the moment the range of our artillery has not exceeded the range of the battery's heavy artillery, so it will be very difficult to attack Manila head-on." He sighed: "It's a pity, Lin Jianxue and Ding Fugui can't sneak into Manila anymore, if we can bring people to sneak in, we echo inside and outside, maybe the casualties will be smaller." ”

Hu Jingshui also frowned, when he could only use half of the fleet, it would be too difficult to capture Manila.

"Or ...... Just a blockade? He asked.

"Protracted days, long nights and dreams, easy to change. Do you remember the news from Macau that the Dutch were gathering strength in Batavia and seemed to be a little unstable. The reason why I was in a hurry to attack Manila was also to deter the Dutch. ”

"So what?"

"I'm thinking...... Maybe there is another way, for example, not to attack Manila? After pondering for a while, Yu Guozhen turned to look at the map, and then his eyes lit up.

The place he looked at was the island of Taiwan.

"What's going on here, have you collected it?" Yu Guozhen pointed to the northern province of Taiwan.

It was here that the Spanish colonists established two colonial castles, San Salvatore and Santo Domingo, with soldiers and missionaries, to confront the Dutch colony in the southern part of the island of Taiwan. Compared to Manila, which the Spaniards have been in operation for a longer time and have paid more attention to it, the fortifications of these two castles must have been weaker. It might have been easier to attack these two castles with a certain number of troops and draw in reinforcements from the Spaniards in Manila.

Encircling the point to send reinforcements is a tactic that Yu Guozhen has always liked to use.

"This is the Zheng family's sphere of influence, and there is some news here, but it's not very true." Hu Jingshui sorted out the documents in his hand and quickly flipped out one of them: "Ah, here, two years ago, the Spaniards fortified the city of Santo Domingo with stones, but ...... Because of the order of the Philippine Governor Coqueira, they destroyed the city again, and demolished several forts around the city of San Salvador, leaving only the main city of San Salvatore and the barrel square fort. The number of Spanish soldiers stationed here has also been repeatedly reduced, and only ...... remain About 200 people! ”

"Hah!"

When Yu Guozhen heard this information, he immediately applauded and laughed.

This is a godsend, a large castle guarded by only about 200 people, even if it is a fortress structure, what can it do!

Moreover, he has been thinking about playing chess pieces on the island of Taiwan for a long time, although in the original agreement with the Zheng family, he did not take the initiative to go to the island of Taiwan to explore the borderless land, but ...... Recovering the colonies occupied by the Spaniards is not a frontier for the Borderlands! The Zheng family is unable to recover the land, and he takes it back, will the Zheng family turn against him because of this?

Zheng Zhilong, who has lost Xiong Wencan's big backer, even if he turns his face, what can he do?

"Let the staff make a battle plan." Yu Guozhen thought in his heart: "This opportunity, no matter what, can't be missed!" ”

Before he could issue the order, he heard footsteps outside, and then, Mao Yuanyi led a group of young staff officers to appear in front of him. Mao Yuanyi's face was beaming with joy, and those staff officers also looked like they had gained a lot.

"My lord, the battle plan has been prepared, and I hope you approve it!" Mao Yuanyi said.

"Huh?" Yu Guozhen was stunned for a moment: "The battle plan has been prepared?" ”

"It was from Lin and Ding that we received important information that the Spaniards were fighting with the Dutch, so that the Spaniards were now weak and shrinking, and they had to send troops back to Manila from elsewhere. Therefore, the chicken coop garrison on the island of Taiwan is empty, and we can take this place first! Mao Yuanyi said loudly.

Yu Guozhen smiled, and Hu Jingshui next to him also smiled. Mao Yuanyi was a little puzzled, and glanced at the two: "This plan is not good?" ”

"No, what Nan Haibo said just now, it's the same, surround the point to send reinforcements, and take the chicken coop as our goal."

Yu Guozhen looked at the castle of San Salvatore and Fort Santo Domingo on the map, these two places, one is located in Keelung in the future and the other is located in the future Tamsui, which are the most important places in northern Taiwan and are extremely rich in resources. Especially on the chicken coop side, coal and gold reserves are very rich, and controlling this place means that Xinxiang coal has a new source. Near fresh water, it is suitable for farming, and can also become another granary of Xinxiang.

In addition, there is a big advantage, these two places are very close to Tamna, and the ships from Tamna can be reached in only ten days downwind, and the construction of a transit station here is also conducive to speeding up the transportation of people from the north and avoiding the restrictions of the Ming court.

"Tell me about the details of your plans." Yu Guozhen said.

Mao Yuanyi admired in his heart, he led a group of staff officers to come up with tactics with great effort, but he never thought that Yu Guozhen had thought of it. Although it does not mean that Yu Guozhen can really be worth all of them combined, it can also be seen that Yu Guozhen does have endless countermeasures in terms of strategy and tactics.

Therefore, he couldn't help but praise: "The lord is really wise and martial......"

"Hugh said, Mr. Mao, let's just talk about the plan, although it is important to defeat the enemy, but we must also reduce our casualties and losses as much as possible." Although everyone loves to listen to sycophants, when this sycophant starts with "wise and martial", Yu Guozhen is somewhat uncomfortable.

"Yes, our complete battle plan is arranged in this way, and the whole battle plan is divided into two phases, the first stage is to attack the chicken coop, and after completing the objectives of the first phase, we will move on to the second stage, which is to attack the Manila ......" (to be continued)