Manila is the essence of the whole of Spain in the Philippines, which can be called the golden city soup pool. [Full text reading. Even after the departure of the troops, there were still two companies of indigenous infantry, four temporarily mobilized companies of indigenous soldiers (each company was vacant), and half of the Spanish engineering company, which, combined with the fortress, could be described as tightly garrisoned.

But shortly after Alfonso's main force left, the Moros launched a major offensive against Manila. These Moro people living in the South Philippines were a nightmare for the Spaniards, harassing the Spanish-controlled Philippines all the time. Their attack was too hasty and not well coordinated, and the Spaniards eventually pushed them back, but their own casualties were very heavy.

At this moment, Daming's fleet landed, and the chess pieces left in the Philippines by Tiannumen also played a role, and someone directly opened the door of the fortress, and Daming's army broke through directly. However, the accounts of the two belligerents are completely different from the battles that followed.

According to the record of the famous Spanish historical work "The Undefeated Army God, Don Juan's Expedition" (sponsored and published by Don Juan Sugar Company), at that time, Major Don Juan was framed by villains and imprisoned for no reason. However, he was still infinitely neutral towards his country, and was in prison strategizing how to defeat England. At this moment, the attack of the Ming people left the Spanish defenders helpless, and as a result, his loyal men persuaded the guards to open the prison door.

Tang Juan lived up to his expectations, and as soon as he came out, he organized all his troops, one and a half companies of Filipino indigenous soldiers (including one company of baggage soldiers), and half of the company's engineering troops. Among them, only half of the combat soldiers are indigenous soldiers, and the others are special forces.

But the brave Lord Don Juan did not hesitate and decisively launched a counter-assault against the Ming army. In battle. He rushed left and right like God, God bless him. No weapon could hurt him.

The Ming army fled in disarray, and there were more than 60,000 corpses on the battlefield. Even those noble Spanish women were rescued by His Excellency Don Juan, and these beautiful and chaste women formed an indissoluble bond with Mr. Don Juan in the years that followed.

Of course, there are also historians who put forward counter-evidence, such as according to the records of the Ming Dynasty afterwards, its troops were basically intact, how could there be 60,000 killed? Besides, they mobilized only 13,000 troops this time, and where could they get 60,000 troops to kill.

Another example. Of the forty-three Spanish women who were taken captive, including Alfonso's wife and cousin, only three of the more bloated women were abandoned by the Ming army, which should not be credited to Don Juan. The fortress was voluntarily given up by the Ming troops, etc.

However, none of the above has any effect, and the arguments in favor of Don Juan's faction are more sufficient. For example, according to the later situation, wherever Mr. Don Juan appeared on the battlefield, the Ming army would definitely lose, and as long as Mr. Don Juan left, the Ming army would definitely win. Visible. This is all thanks to Mr. Don Juan. If the Spanish Empire had insisted on appointing Mr. Don Juan as Governor of the Philippines, there would not have been four defeats that would have culminated in peace with the evil axis of the Ming in the Far East.

Regardless, Legends are always more popular. Don Juan's story later became the hottest theme in Hollywood, and action movies, romance films, and action romance films based on his stories all got good box office. can also make a few handsome men and beautiful women popular. As for what the original form looks like, who cares?

The records of the Ming Dynasty are vague, and some even dare not record. This makes some historians think even more. This battle was a loss for Daming. But the actual situation is that Li Yanqing and others asked about the beginning and end of the Manila Raiders. The evaluation is: "How to record this." ”

Their assault on the Spanish Doge's Palace yielded little success, even if Don Juan offered to lead the way and let them sack churches and warehouses. The income was only a few dozen stones of rice grain, a thousand taels of silver, and a few dozen taels of gold. The rest is nothing more than gunpowder for weapons, which are of limited value.

However, in this operation, they settled the whole story for Tang Juan, allowing him to successfully burn down several warehouses and wipe out the huge deficit. By the way, he also looted the church property and made a fortune. After all, he is a Spaniard, and he has too many advantages over Daming in robbing his own people.

If you want to talk about the harvest, it is that the Ming army captured the group of noblewomen who came to the Philippines from Spain to see how Alfonso conquered the East at the Governor's Yamen. Of course, these people also came to share the market with the bottom buying group, and their family bet all the treasure on Alfonso, wanting to get a piece of the pie after the victory. These people came here to invest in Afurong's business, and they are also the pioneers of the family. On them, they even brought a sum of money to buy Fleur.

Four boxes of gold coins, although they can't be used in Daming, but after they are melted into gold, there are about two thousand taels, and this wealth is already very large. But it's nothing compared to the income in the back. At the dock, the Zhejiang soldiers captured the Spanish treasure ship that transported gold and silver from the American colonies back to their homeland, which was the real big fat sheep.

Regardless of the fact that the Spanish Empire claims that the sun never sets, colonies all over the world, and the huge gold and silver reserves of the United States, the wealth situation of the Spanish Kingdom is actually very bad. It was all about thieves and plundering to repay the royal family, and the Philippine galleon trade was an important link.

In the past, their transportation quota would not exceed 250,000 pesos, but now that the Spanish royal family is obsessed with the Oriental Fleurs, and the war against the Far East requires military salaries, the king ordered to bring back more gold and silver.

And the Spanish nobles also asked the captain to bring back more gold and silver through their connections, otherwise they would buy Hibiscus with something. Under the joint pressure of several parties, this galleon transportation was an illegal transportation, and the gold and silver on it were pulled too much and seriously overloaded.

The ship was full of silver and gold bars, and a rough estimate of it was more than a million. Qi Jin almost had to worry that the soldiers of the East India Company would fight for this money, and his own people suffered only double digits of casualties in Manila, but these captures could kill their troops.

Fortunately, the Zhejiang soldiers were the most obedient troops of this era, and with them as the backbone, the soldiers of the other East India Company only had two small riots, and then they were quelled, and the loot was transported back to Yizhou.

As for the total amount of this wealth, no one can say the exact amount. I only know that more than 150 years later, there is a mysterious old man in Xiangshan, who claims to be Liu Chaozuo, the governor of Liangguang who has become an immortal, and all the treasures of the Spaniards are stored in the Spanish Credon Bank, and they can be recovered with only a start-up fund. As long as you are willing to sponsor a little start-up capital, you can get a hundredfold return......

Hong Simei looked at the rich booty, and even the resentment of Wang Zhi's widow entering the door was diluted, she just grabbed the gold coin and threw it into the sky, and said as she threw it: "It's back, it's all back." All the money spent in this battle has been repaid. Even the military expenditure for the South Seas has been settled. ”

Li Yanqing said: "It's too late." Attacking Japan in the South Seas is a matter of the future, and just now a messenger came from Xiangshan and brought me a letter. ”

"Faith, whose faith? Which other vixen do you know in Xiangshan? Zhang Ruolan's hand was already on Li Yanqing's shoulder, and the next position must be the ear.

"Don't talk nonsense, it's a letter from the old father-in-law, sent by the eldest brother."

As soon as she said this, Zhang Ruolan didn't dare to make any more trouble. He only asked, "What did Dad say?" ”

"Tianjia is seriously ill and returns to King Qin. Considering the time of the letter, I am afraid that most of the heavenly family has already ......"

"Take the waterway, the waterway is fast. With the help of the Cao Gang, it can be faster. Bring more silver, take money along the way to open the way, and there will be no threshold that cannot be crossed. ”

The word Qinwang should not be used lightly, and it is even more taboo to bring foreign soldiers back to Beijing. A careless point may be a catastrophe. Zhang Ruolan gave an order and invited all the leaders of the Zhejiang soldiers, but the henchmen of the East India Company were arranged outside, and the other side was also full of gold coins. In order to seize this force, Zhang Ruolan was ready to fight.

But as soon as Li Yanqing finished speaking, Qi Jin and the others had already piled up a mountain of gold and knelt on the ground like jade pillars and said: "We all listen to Liu Observation's orders, and we are willing to die for observation!" (To be continued.) )

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