Time flew by in the hustle and bustle of the staking field, and in the blink of an eye, it had been more than three months since the survey camp arrived on Luzon Island.

During this time, the local government was re-established, and the civil officials sent from the Ming Dynasty served as the chief officials of the prefectures and counties, while the auxiliary officials and errand officers below were mostly held by Luzon natives. In order to maintain the needs of local law and order, various localities also set up their own security teams of the Luzon people, of course, they were only equipped with all kinds of cold weapons, and the muskets, artillery and other sharp weapons of the Ming army could not be handed over to them for use casually.

The Luzon people accepted the change of regime with a sense of equanimity, and anyway, their king had died in the war with the Spaniards 20 years earlier, and it didn't make much difference whether the Spaniards ruled them or the Ming ruled them. If there is a good or bad thing, they would rather accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty, after all, the Ming Dynasty and Luzon are closer in history, the language is also closer, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty are obviously more reasonable than the Spanish officials.

The Spaniards left without a fight, but Su Hao and Deng Zilong did not take it lightly at all. Both the reconnaissance battalion and the navy sent a large number of scouts to keep on guard throughout the island and the surrounding waters in case of a sudden counterattack by the Spaniards. Chen Guanyu and some newly recruited believers in Luzon began to infiltrate Sumatra, Java and other places to spy on the movements of other European colonial armies there.

On this day, Deng Zilong's sailors hurried back to report that a Spanish fleet of 20 warships was heading for Luzon.

"If our intelligence is not wrong, this should be the entire naval force of the Spaniards in the South Seas." Su Hao looked at a map of Southeast Asia and discussed with Li Zhen, Deng Zilong, Tu Wenhuan and a group of generals.

Deng Zilong said: "According to Daochang Chen's previous interrogation of the prisoners, as well as the information collected by our scouts these days, the Spaniards only have a total of more than 20 warships in this area, and they are all merchant ships. We fought them only three months ago, and they had to send letters back to Europe and send more warships, but it was too late, so. The old man agreed with the change, this should be all their strength in this area, at best, only a few ships were left to guard the base. ”

Hao Tong stood up and said to Deng Zilong and Su Hao: "General Deng, General Su, the last general asks for help, please send the last general to lead the warship to meet the Spanish fleet, and the last general will ensure that the battle will be completed, and the Spanish fleet will not return." ”

Looking at Hao Tong's eager look, Su Hao smiled: "What." Hao Tong. Can't wait? ”

Hao Tong replied shyly: "General Su Bing." Our sailors went to Luzon this time, and only fired one cannon when they were full, and they didn't do anything else, and the scenery was all the brothers of the Kanyu Battalion. If we can't fight a good battle to show the majesty of our sailors. Our sailor brothers can't hold their heads up in front of the brothers in the survey camp. ”

Su Hao laughed and said, "I think you think you can't hold your head up in front of Deng Kui, right?" Did Deng Kui show off his title of general in front of you every day? ”

"How dare the last general?" Deng Kui, who was sitting on the side, quickly got up and denied it, but the embarrassed expression on his face clearly showed that what Su Hao said was true.

Hao Tong said: "General Su don't blame Deng Kui, his generals are fought with real knives and guns on the battlefield, and the last general is convinced, and the last general just hopes to have a chance to prove himself." ”

Hao Tong and Deng Kui were both sent by Tu Wenhuan to Su Hao's side, after the First Battle of Banzhou, Hao Tong led the first section of the survey camp back to Yunnan, and Deng Kui followed Su Hao's side. A few years down. Deng Kui became a general, and Hao Tong was just promoted from a garrison to a guerrilla not long ago, and this promotion was somewhat for the sake of balance. With Hao Tong's heart, how can such a gap be accepted.

Su Hao looked at Deng Zilong and said, "General Deng." What do you think? ”

Deng Zilong said: "Hao Tong is eager to fight, this is a good thing. Our ships are armed with artillery, and with 18 ships against 20 Hongyi ships, there should be no suspense in winning, and what we have to consider is only how to reduce the battle damage, and try not to let Hongyi escape. ”

Hao Tong said: "General Deng, the last general is willing to make a military order to ensure that not a single warship will be damaged, and the casualties of the sergeants will not exceed 100." As for the Spaniards, the last general promised not to let an enemy ship escape. ”

"Hao Tong, your words are a bit big." Su Hao said, "The sea is vast, in the midst of the melee, how can you guarantee that not an enemy ship escapes?" ”

Hao Tong said: "Back to the Soviet Union, the plan of the last general is to meet the enemy with 10 ships, and 8 ships to intercept the enemy fleeing from the battlefield. When he was in Nanjing, the last general asked the European missionaries that the range of the artillery of the European warships was only about 600 paces, while the range of our artillery could reach 1,200 steps, which meant that our army could fight outside the range of the opponent. In addition, our army's artillery is a flowering bullet, and the enemy army is a solid bullet, and the power is not the same, so the last general thinks that our army has no problem at all with one enemy and two enemies.

The last general said that the casualties of the sergeants were not more than 100, considering that there might be close combat when intercepting the enemy, and casualties were inevitable. If it weren't for that, the last general would even dare to say that this battle could have achieved zero casualties. ”

"Haha, it's really terrifying." Su Hao said to Deng Zilong with a smile.

As soon as these words came out, the whole room burst into laughter, among these cadres, Su Hao was the youngest, and Hao Tong was nearly 10 years older than him. Su Hao said terrible words in the future, it was really too cute.

Everyone laughed, and Tu Wenhuan said: "Hao Tong's analysis, Tu feels that it is basically true. With the strength of our army, if we command it properly, there is no suspense about the total annihilation of the Spanish fleet. However, Tu was thinking just now, should we completely defeat the Spaniards in this battle......"

Su Hao was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "What does Mr. Tu mean?" ”

Tu Wenhuan said: "Hao Tong, the right talent, said that he can finish it in one battle. Tu was thinking, is we just going to defeat the Spaniards when we go to Nanyang this time? ”

"What Mr. Tu said coincides with the old man." Li Zhen interjected on the side.

Su Hao looked at Tu Wenhuan and then at Li Zhen, and said, "What do you mean by the two gentlemen, is it that our target is not only the Spaniards, but all the Europeans in the Nanyang area. ”

"Exactly." Li Zhen said, "In this Nanyang area, there are British, French, Portuguese, and Dutch, and we drove the Spaniards out, but we only defeated an opponent, and it can't be called a battle." Only by annihilating the fleets of these European countries can we say that we have truly controlled the South Seas. ”

It's really the most poisonous thing than a reader...... Su Hao muttered viciously in his heart. However, he also felt that Li Zhen and Tu Wenhuan's reminder was very correct, since the defeat of the Spanish Armada to the British, Spain is no longer the most powerful country in Europe. At present, the most powerful in the South Seas are the British and the Dutch. The mere annihilation of the Spanish fleet can only be regarded as a small victory, and how to achieve victory over the British and Dutch fleets is the most worthy of consideration.

"The younger generation is confused, how our army should fight, and I ask the two gentlemen to give advice." Su Hao sincerely said to Li Zhen and Tu Wenhuan that in front of these old people, he is a real junior, and there is no pressure to humbly ask for advice.

"The old man is not good at fighting, so let's ask Mr. Tu to talk about it." Li Zhen kicked the ball to Tu Wenhuan. In fact, when he said this, it was also out of respect for the sailor, he was rich in learning and five cars, and he was also quite accomplished in strategy.

Tu Wenhuan naturally knew Li Zhen's intentions, he said with a smile: "Mr. Li is Tu Mou in the examination school, then Tu Mou will reluctantly answer, if he says something inappropriate, please ask Mr. Li, Deng Zongbing, and Su Zongbing to correct it."

In Tu's opinion, he did not approve of this battle being a war of annihilation. Our ships are strong and strong, but in this battle, we should cover their edge, give the Spaniards an illusion, and make them think that although our great Ming naval division has the strength to fight, it is not invincible, and if they are stronger, they may be able to eat us. ”

"And it is impossible for the Spaniards to return to Europe to send more warships over, so they must ask for help from the Dutch and the British in the South Seas, and borrow their fleets to fight our army." Li Zhen couldn't help but take Tu Wenhuan's words and said.

"Could it be...... Is it to lose this time? Hao Tong listened to everyone's words and asked depressedly. He finally seized a chance to fight, and if the task was to lose the battle, it would be disgusting. Can it be considered credit for being ordered to defeat the battle, it seems that no general has been promoted because of the defeat of the battle, right?

Deng Zilong understood Li Zhen and Tu Wenhuan's strategy, he waved his hand and said, "Hao Tong don't worry, you still have to win this battle." The meaning of Mr. Li and Mr. Tu is that you don't play too well, and you can only use five points at most. You have to beat the Spaniards without making them think you're invincible, you know? ”

"This ...... The last general seems to understand, but how to handle this measure, the last general is still a little uncertain. Hao Tong said.

Deng Zilong said: "In this way, let's follow what Hao Tong said just now, meet the enemy with 10 ships and intercept with 8 ships." Hao Tong is responsible for meeting the enemy, and Mr. Tu assists Hao Tong in command, so he can only win a small victory, not a big victory. The old man commanded the intercepted warships and gave the Spaniards another stab. ”

"General Deng Bing, you are old, you don't have to do this kind of operational command in person, right?" Su Hao persuaded.

Deng Zilong smiled: "Is the old man incompetent?" Come on, let's go outside and make moves, if you can survive 10 moves under the old man's fist, the old man will give you the position of the chief soldier of the water division, how about it? ”

"Uh...... The younger generation is still willing to bow down. Su Hao politely refused. Although Deng Zilong is already seventy years old, Su Hao has seen the scene of him leading the troops to train, a forty or fifty pound big knife dances like the wind, not to mention one Su Hao, even ten Su Hao are given for nothing in front of him.