Just as negotiations with the Dutch were beginning to get on track on Hainan Island, the war between the Joan navy and the Spaniards on Cebu Island near Luzon was gradually coming to an end.

The reason why it is said to be "coming to an end" is because Zhao Lide and others found that there were fewer and fewer Spanish ships coming from the Americas to take the bait -- counting them, there were already about 20 large and small ships before and after

The ocean-going ships were moored next to the pier in Cebu Harbor as bait, and it is estimated that the entire American fleet was basically here.

In the evening, the sun is setting, and half of the red sun has sunk into the sea, and the afterglow still reflects the rows of neatly moored sea ships in the harbor, looking dignified and hairy. Although the ships still carried the big red cross flag of the Kingdom of Spain on a white background for strategic reasons, even the natives of Cebu knew that the ships had changed owners, and that a yellow-skinned Chinese army had replaced the swaggering whites as the new owners of the island and the surrounding seas.

However, the natives were not disgusted by the new rulers, especially compared to the previous rulers, the military discipline of these Chinese soldiers was much better than that of the previous whites, and they were very friendly to the locals, and from time to time they took out some beer and candy and distributed them to the local idle men or children. Before the arrival of the European colonizers, the local natives were primitive societies, accustomed to primitive communism in which everything was distributed equally, and most of them were lazy, and they were too lazy to move every day when they were full, and would rather lie on the lawn and bask in the sun than think about how to live tomorrow, unless the colonists forced them to work with leather whips, and of course they would not have a good impression of those persecuted.

And these Chinese soldiers not only forced them to do anything, but also often took some delicious and fun small things to distribute for free, although it was only a simple act to buy people's hearts, but for those simple-minded indigenous people, they did what they liked. As a result, the occupation of Cebu Island by the Joan Navy quickly turned from a sneaky one to a bright one, and the locals even took the initiative to help them spy on and supervise the whites, which more or less made up for some omissions.

"It seems that it is not very difficult to completely occupy this side, but unfortunately, the committee has already made a decision, we don't want this island ......"

"It doesn't matter, there are too many small islands like this in the Pacific Ocean, and you can't take care of them all.

It would be more cost-effective to leave such an opening for the Spaniards to continue this route. ”

"Then the Spaniards will be willing to come again in the future, we have played a trick on them this time, even if it is the first power in Europe today, I am afraid that it will be a big loss of vitality. According to common sense, after this war, even if there are still one or two bases here, Spain will never use this route as the main route for the return of gold and silver to the Americas. Coming here just to covet Asian goods? I am afraid that there will not be many European ships coming and going in the future. ”

"So you can't let these prisoners of war go, you have to take some measures, especially those nobles and generals, they can play a very big role......

On a watchtower next to Cebu Island Castle, Zhao Lide and Tang Jian were admiring the beautiful scenery of the sunset in front of them while whispering about their next strategy. Although the general strategic direction has long been agreed, as the situation changes, it is definitely necessary for the forward commander to make timely adjustments to the deployment in this process.

"By the way, the news just sent from the headquarters on Hainan Island: two days ago, we joined forces with the Zheng family to annihilate the harassing fleet of the Dutch at the mouth of the Tamsui River in Taipei, and all obstacles to formal commercial negotiations with the Dutch have been removed."

"Not bad, the main battleships are all on our side, can they use only five schooners to make a convincing record for the Zheng family?"

"Not only did it come out, but it also made Zheng Zhilong decide to go to Hainan Island in person to participate in the next stage of negotiations with the Dutch, of course, it is still with us."

"Oh, that's ...... extraordinary meaning."

The two of them on the tower were silent for a moment at the same time, and now they are no longer the humble little armed police officers in the modern society, as the supreme commander of the armed forces and intelligence department of the Qiong Navy, they all have the vision and judgment worthy of their status A Zheng family's cooperation with the Qiong Navy in the past was only to let the second Zheng Zhihu come forward, Zheng Zhilong himself never intervened, this originally represented an attitude of his: Our Zheng family and you Qionghai are equal to each other, even if the relationship is better, After all, it's just a business relationship, each taking what he needs.

But now that Zheng Zhilong personally participated in their negotiations with the Dutch, the meaning was very different. This is not just a business negotiation between the two sides, and in the end, the top leaders of each side will come forward to express their attitude......... The two of them joined forces to target a third party, and there will inevitably be a distinction between priority and subordination, and since they are negotiating on Hainan Island, it must be the Qiong Navy in the dominant position. In this way, Zheng Zhilong is still willing to participate, which shows that he has recognized the positioning of both sides - the Zheng family is admitted!

"It seems that Awen Haiyang and they have done a very good job, not only did they get rid of the Dutch, but even the tiger of the Zheng family was shocked by the way, we have to hurry up here to close the net, and we can't get any benefit if we wait." After hearing the news from the Hainan Island, Tang Jian immediately felt a kind of urgent pressure, only five ships over there can achieve such a result, he has the main force of the entire fleet here, if it is delayed any longer, even if others don't speak, his own cheekiness can't stand it.

He came all the way from Manila to end the matter.

However, when this "Luzon War" will end, it is not up to him to say the final word, although he Tang Jian is an authority on the battlefield, but this war has not been used since the First Battle of Manila Bay.

It's like some kind of handover ceremony... Whenever a Spanish ship came from abroad, they would send the "Commander's Guard" led by Aror and a few genuine European nobles and officers who were willing to cooperate with them to put on a show, and then they took over the ship without any troops. Including the group of Yarol, they all belong to the "special forces" under the command of Zhao Lide, and this war is basically in charge of the intelligence department, and the army and fleet are only working for the intelligence department.

In the past, the northern latitude was also required to sit locally, so that it could be ready to make up for possible omissions, but since Ta Ade "bought" the island's natives with candy and beer, even the northern latitude can replace this work. After staying here for a while, Beiwei found that there was really nothing to do, so he simply led his reconnaissance team to the surrounding area to carry out intensive training, so as not to be bored and waste time.

And in the north latitude, Tang Jian can't leave, and the military personnel have to stay in charge.

He had no choice but to stay, accompany Zhao Lide to look east and west on this island every day, stay with the troops stationed on the island, and be a titular Zhenshan Tai Sui.

Fortunately, Cebu Island has beautiful scenery and is also quite famous tourist attractions in later generations, there are several deep valleys and fjords on the island that are particularly outstanding, deep jungle shallows surrounded by emerald-like quiet sea, its tranquility seems to never be broken, although Tang Jian is not such an ancillary elegance, easy to be moved by the scenery of cultural people, but also quite fond of the scenery here, often take a can of beer to sit on the beach to watch the sunrise and sunset, a sitting is a whole day. Sometimes Zhao Lide also came to accompany him to fish and chat, as long as there are no new "prey" coming, life on the island is really boring. Although this kind of blandness is exactly what Zhao Lide is trying to achieve, even he himself is not very able to adapt to this slow-paced life, but he can't take the lead in giving up, so he has to work with Tang Jian.

Now that Tang Jian couldn't bear it, he finally took the lead in proposing to end this "war" as much as possible

Ade couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"It's really about the same, but I always think that if I wait two more days, maybe there will be a thousand-ton galleon coming over, are we waiting for the rabbit? If you drag it any longer, you'll become that greedy farmer, right? ”

Tang Jian also smiled, Zhao Lide's words were meaningful~ A few days ago, because after waiting for nearly a month, there was no more ship coming, and everyone felt that it was almost time to stop. But on that ordinary evening, a huge seven-masted ship appeared outside Cebu Harbor, its tonnage almost surpassed that of the European fleet flagship they had captured earlier, only a little dilapidated, but I believe Wang Ruobin would be happy to repair it.

So they delayed it again, but this kind of good luck of "waiting for the rabbit" obviously will not come often, and if they continue to wait, they will really become that stupid farmer, and today, Zhao Lide must also make a decision: "It's really almost, then the net will be closed in two days, and the army will be withdrawn." ”

"Are all the captives left?" Tang Jian pointed to the castle next to it, Cebu Island Castle was used as a European ruling camp here, but now it is also lived in by Europeans, but as prisoners of war. There are infantry from the Joan Navy watching over the high walls on all sides, and it is very funny that the Joan Navy is still wearing Spanish uniforms to guard them.

"Ordinary soldiers and junior officers who are of little use to us are left behind, but senior generals and nobles ..............., and I plan to take them to Hainan Island."

Zhao Lide said slowly, and a smile appeared on Tang Jian's face: "This is not in line with the conditions we agreed with them in advance. "It's okay, I don't want to ruin the agreement, I just take them to Hainan Island for a turn, and I will definitely put them back when I go back."

Ade looked in the direction of Hainan, and a smile appeared on his face: "Take them to see the world, these people will definitely be grateful to me afterwards...... Certain. ”