[Today's second update]

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The forces of Southeast Asian countries were in dire straits, and the Spanish army was evacuated, and the main force was thrown into the battle of Batavia, which made the Philippines itself fall into a state of emptiness.

As the seat of the Governor's Palace, Manila has only more than 1,000 troops, and Deng Haonan will naturally not let go of such a rare opportunity.

At present, the Ming Dynasty is in a state of peace and security, and the economic problems that Deng Haonan is most worried about have also been solved with the successful implementation of financial reform and bank monetary policy.

At this time, the economy of the Ming Empire no longer had to look at the faces of the Spaniards, and Deng Haonan no longer had to worry about the trade with Mexico affecting his financial plans. Therefore, against the Philippine colonies of the Spaniards, Deng Haonan can now take action against them.

However, before that, Deng Haonan's original plan was to wait until the multinational forces captured Batavia and distributed the spoils unevenly before attacking the Philippines.

However, according to the judgment of the offensive and defensive battle of Matapura City, the multinational force would consume considerable strength to capture Batavia, and it was likely to be a long war of attrition.

If Fernando had given up attacking Batavia, the territory he had now occupied on Kalimantan would have been enough to make up for his losses. Therefore, Deng Haonan was afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, so he decided to strike first.

On 20 October, the General Staff Headquarters mobilized three marine divisions, one lancer division, and one cavalry artillery division, with a total strength of 50,000 troops, to assemble at the Longmen Port Naval Base in Taiwan, and stationed at the Subic Naval Base in the Philippines on 2 November.

On the 3rd, the Caihua official ship and the escort fleet departing from Beijing arrived at the port of Manila, and the Philippine Governor Fernando personally greeted them at the wharf.

The Caihua official ship was the ship used by the Ming royal family to pardon the vassal states, and when it arrived in Manila, it was naturally not to pardon the Spaniards, but Deng Haonan's welcoming fleet.

Naturally, she married the Jiu'er girl of the Zhao family, who has always occupied the position of the third princess but has never seen the real person.

Now Deng Haonan is the king of Liao, the regent of the supervising country, and the specifications are second only to the emperor, which can not be described as luxurious. Deng Haonan has a lot of opportunities, so naturally he doesn't have time to go all the way to the South Seas in person. However, he sent the highest standard of the palace to welcome relatives to show his favor to the Nanyang Zhao family.

The head of the internal supervision of the Liao Palace, the Duke De, the deputy head of the female official Wang, and the deputy head of the palace guard, Pan Hairu, led the team and brought a large number of dowries to Manila.

On the wharf, the chief supervisor of the palace, Duke De, conveyed Deng Haonan's greetings to Governor Fernando, which was nothing more than some high-sounding words such as good-neighborly cooperation between the two countries.

It's just that Duke De was ordered by Deng Haonan to invite Fernando to Zhao Mansion to drink happy wine.

Fernando did not doubt him, so he agreed.

Zhaofu ushered in a festive day today, and the lights outside the mansion were full of joy.

Miss Jiu'er of the Zhao family, who has been waiting for Deng Haonan for more than three years, finally waited for Deng Haonan to fulfill her promise today and officially marry her back.

It's just that Deng Haonan didn't come in person this time, which made Jiu'er a little disappointed. However, when Jiu'er thought that he was about to meet her long-admired husband, her face was full of sweetness, and she suddenly forgot the bitterness of three years.

Seeing that her daughter was dressed in a red wedding robe and her face was full of happiness, Zhao Chuanfeng and his wife had a big stone in their hearts.

Jiu'er didn't know that Deng Haonan was about to take military action against Manila, and at first Zhao Chuanfeng and his wife were worried about what to do if Jiu'er made a mistake once the war broke out. Now that Deng Haonan has helped them solve their worries, the offensive against Manila must wait until Jiu'er leaves safely.

Zhao Chuanfeng was happy, which meant that Deng Haonan cared about his daughter.

"I really scared my daughter to death just now!"

Jiu'er ran to her parents and told the scene when a large group of people called her princess and bowed to her in parallel.

"Fly on the branches and become a phoenix! It's hard for my mother to see you in the future! ”

Zhao looked at his daughter kindly, a little reluctant.

Jiu'er said disapprerovingly: "What's so difficult? ”

Zhao just smiled faintly and didn't dwell on this issue with her.

"As soon as you enter the Houmen, it is as deep as the sea, Jiu'er can't be willful anymore! What's more, your husband will soon ascend the throne of the Ninety-Five, and the mother's nine sons will soon become the imperial concubine! ”

Jiu'er also listened to her parents and knew that her husband was ambitious. However, what woman doesn't want her husband to climb higher and more majestic! Thinking that Deng Haonan might become the emperor in the future, then she would be the imperial concubine, Jiu'er suddenly had a happy smile on her face.

Suddenly, Jiu'er asked, "Didn't he give his father a big official?" ”

"I haven't been through the door yet! Just call the prime minister! Shame! ”

Jiu'er's elder brother Zhao Chenggong suddenly grimaced, causing Jiu'er to chase and beat the old man for a long time, and he didn't stop until his brother begged for mercy.

Zhao Chuanfeng stroked his beard and smiled silently, and Zhao replied with a smile: "Your husband is really generous, he gave your father the official position of governor of Luzon, and your brother also became a general of Luzon, and his mother was also named Mrs. Yipin, which is considered to have been borrowed from her daughter!" ”

"He still has a conscience!"

Jiu'er muttered in a low voice, she was not surprised that Deng Haonan rewarded her family, after all, the Zhao family had done a lot for Deng Haonan.

At this time, a strange sound of yin and yang came, and Jiu'er felt uncomfortable when he heard it.

"It's time for the princess to go!"

The chief supervisor of the internal supervision, Father-in-law De, appeared in front of Jiu'er, and then the female officer and other maids stepped forward to help Jiu'er get into the carriage and go to the dock to leave Manila.

After Jiu'er boarded the ship and left safely, Manila was suddenly enveloped in a dark cloud.

In the evening, Governor Fernando and his wife, as well as the garrison officers in the fortress, were invited by Zhao Chuanfeng to drink the wedding wine. This Zhao Chuanfeng has a big face in the local area, and the Spaniards have to give face. At the same time, the marriage between the Zhao family and Deng Haonan made the Philippine government have to pay more attention to the Zhao family.

In this way, almost all the civil and military officials in Manila were invited to the Zhao Mansion for a banquet by Zhao Chuanfeng.

As soon as they all acted according to the plan, Zhao Chuanfeng personally sat in the Zhao Mansion, and after counting the guests in the five hundred nursing homes at home, and after there was no shortage of them, he immediately blocked the front and rear doors. At the same time, for the sake of safety, Zhao Chuanfeng was not prepared to use force, so he poured sweat medicine into the second round of wine, and charmed more than 400 Spanish and Filipino government officials, including Governor Fernando, and imprisoned them in the dungeon of Zhaofu.

Zhao Chenggong led two hundred family members, armed with firearms and daggers, in the name of sending off relatives, to subdue the Spanish defenders at the city gate when they left the city.

At the same time, the Ming army had already set out from Subic last night and lurked overland in the Buck Mountains north of Manila.

When the Zhao Mansion then released the salute, three special signal flares were lifted into the air, and the 50,000 Ming troops lurking in the Buck Mountain immediately began to act.

The three marine divisions were the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions, plus the 3rd Lancer Division and the 2nd Cavalry Artillery Division, with a total of 50,000 horses and 200 field artillery pieces.

After receiving the signal to attack, the Ming army was divided into three attack echelons. The first echelon consisted of the 3rd Marine Division and the 3rd Lancer Division, and the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the 2nd Cavalry Artillery Division quickly set off and marched directly to Manila City to capture Manila City. The second echelon was the 4th Marine Division and the 3rd Regiment of the 2nd Cavalry Artillery Division to advance rapidly to the west and directly attack the Barak Fortress north of Manila Bay. The third echelon was the 5th Marine Division and the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Cavalry Artillery Division to advance rapidly to the southwest and attack the Treres Fortress south of Manila Bay. At the same time, the Pacific Fleet will also sail into Manila Bay and launch artillery bombardments on the two fortresses of Barak and Tierres from the sea, covering the army to capture these two places from behind.

Since ancient times, it has been difficult to prevent thieves!

Indeed it is! No, the first echelon basically attacked Manila City without any suspense, because there were only 1,000 defenders in Manila. The main officials were all invited by Zhao Chuanfeng to drink, and the rest of the officers and soldiers were also drinking the wedding wine sent by the Zhao family in the horns, and soon they were all infected with sweat medicine, and they fell to the ground one after another, sleeping like dead pigs.

The 10,000 cavalry of the 3rd Lancer Division were the first to enter the city, and the horseshoe of the war horse stepped on the brick and stone avenue, making a crisp and powerful sound.

The sound of thousands of galloping horses immediately alarmed the people on both sides of the street.

The people of Manila have basically seen the military uniforms of the Ming Navy, and now they are a little surprised to see the army wearing gray military uniforms entering the city, but only after seeing the Ming flag did they know that it was the army of the Ming Empire that entered the city.

It is said that the Ming Empire and the Spanish Empire jointly went to war against the Dutch, and the citizens of Manila knew about this and did not care.

However, after the cavalry, the infantry also entered the city, which was a novelty.

Most of the citizens of Manila don't think Fernando has any reason to let tens of thousands of Ming troops into the city, not to mention that there are not so many troops in the city, and the security problem alone is puzzling.

Although the Spaniards are allied with the Ming, they have not yet reached the point of trusting the Ming so much.

People began to suspect that something was wrong, and it was not until the 1st and 2nd Mounted Artillery Regiments then entered the city with their artillery that the citizens of Manila were even more convinced that something was wrong.

However, the defenders of Manila did not fire a single shot, which made the citizens doubt their judgment.

This suspicion was eventually solved.

Soon, the Ming army occupied the whole of Manila. From the city walls to the streets and alleys, everywhere was occupied with Ming soldiers. The Ming cavalry patrolled the streets and alleys in groups of five and ten, ordering all citizens to stay home and impose a curfew.

Some bold citizens secretly observed the situation outside through the crack in the door, and soon they found that the Spanish flag on the top of the Doge's Palace building was lowered, and the red flag of the sun and moon of the Ming Empire was raised.

Manila has changed hands!

It was only then that the people of the city learned that the place where they had been living had changed hands.

The implementation of the curfew caused every household in Manila to blow out their lights, and the whole city was suddenly plunged into darkness, except for the governor's palace.

And lightning and thunder were thundering in the western sky.

The Barak Fortress and the Tres Fortress were the only barrier to Manila Bay held by the Spaniards.

These two forts were so strong that from the day they were built, until a few hundred years later, the American fleet had to take a sneak attack when they entered. The front is impossible to enter, which shows that it is strong.

However, any strong fortress has its fatal weakness. Just like Lushun, the first fortress in Yadong, it was difficult to break through the front, and it could only be done from behind him.

The same is true for the Manila Fortress, where Barak and Tyreth are the two big crab pincers in Manila's fort defenses. Attacking from the front will undoubtedly blow your head and bleed.

The Pacific Fleet cooperated with the army to attack the two fortresses, attracting artillery fire from the defenders of the two fortresses.

The Pacific Fleet was dispatched, with ten battleships and fifty cruisers, divided into two fleets, the north and the south. The southern fleet was responsible for attacking the fortress of Tyres, and the northern one was responsible for attacking the fortress of Barak.

When the Spanish defenders first saw the arrival of the Pacific Fleet, they thought they were going to dock in port, so they told the Pacific Fleet about the day's shipping lane, so that the Pacific Fleet could suddenly launch a heavy artillery attack on both fortifications on a safe shipping lane.

The defenders of the Spanish fortress were immediately blinded, in addition to the Pacific Fleet's powerful artillery fire, which made them unable to open their eyes, and they did not understand why the Allies suddenly opened fire on their own people, and the main thing was psychological confusion. They don't know what to do?

Still not fighting back? This simple question became a big problem in the minds of the Spaniards.

However, with the continued shelling of the Pacific Fleet, the Spaniards eventually chose to fight back.

Knock knock!

The fortress artillery did not open fire until ten minutes later, and dozens of huge cannons, hundreds of various high-powered artillery pieces opened fire at the same time.

In an instant, the mouth of Manila Bay was full of artillery fire, and the sea water boiled in an instant.

The roar of the cannons was deafening, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, covering the sea and the sky.

From the moment the artillery of the Spanish fortress returned fire, the shelling of both sides suddenly entered a white heat. It was true that the Pacific Fleet had the upper hand, but it was difficult for the shells fired from the ship's guns to destroy the fortress fortifications of the Spaniards. On the contrary, the fortress artillery of the Spaniards was extremely powerful, and a single shell hitting a battleship would cause considerable damage. If you hit a vital point, you can sink a battleship with a single shot.

Fortunately, the Spaniards returned fire in a hurry, with very low accuracy, and did not cause much damage to the warships of the Pacific Fleet. On the contrary, the naval guns of the Pacific Fleet fired quickly and had a strong suppressive force. And although the fortress guns of the Spaniards were very powerful, they fired every five or six minutes, and the suppressive force was weak. At the same time, the Pacific Fleet opened fire on the move, and the Spaniards' shells were more difficult to hit.

As the artillery battle between the two sides broke out, thick smoke soon billowed around the mouth of Manila Bay, and although the shells of the Pacific Fleet could not cause serious damage to the fortifications, they blew up a considerable amount of smoke and dust, which immediately obscured the sight and firing range of the fortress batteries, making it impossible for the Spanish artillery to aim and determine the enemy's position.

The Pacific Fleet's side did not bargain either, as the passage at the mouth of Manila Bay was narrow, and soon the smoke from the shelling also obscured their vision.

The two sides then began to shoot blindly, and the fight could not be opened.

At the same time, the Ming army also arrived behind the Spanish defenders at this time.

Behind the Barak Fortress in the north, 50 field guns of the 3rd Regiment of the 2nd Cavalry Artillery Division of the Ming Army took the lead in launching the attack after half an hour of arrangement.

Knock knock!

Fifty field guns opened fire in turn, and shells whistled towards the Barak fortress. The defenders of the Barak Fortress, who were already busy, were suddenly shelled from behind, and immediately exploded and became a mess.

Shells whistled in, and the rear of the fortress battery was violently destroyed. The forts of this era only had a semicircular defensive wall in front of the siege, and there was no protective wall in the back to facilitate the entry and exit of artillery and the transportation of shells and gunpowder.

In this way, the attack from behind did not have any fortifications at all.

The artillery shells of the Ming army fell on the fort, and in an instant the earth and rocks were scattered everywhere, and the Spanish soldiers were killed by the air waves and rubble in an instant, and suffered heavy casualties. The hot shells shattered the powder box, creating lines of fire and igniting the gunpowder in an instant. The powder box exploded, and the flames burst into the air, turning into a cloud of smoke that engulfed everything around it.

After a round of shelling, the Spaniards' Barak battery was suddenly in flames, and the soldiers scrambled to flee in confusion.

"Stop shelling! All on the bayonet, blow the trumpet! ”

At this time, the defenders of the Spanish fortress were completely lambs to the slaughter, and they had no power to fight back at all, so there was no need to waste shells.

All the officers and men of the 4th Marine Division quickly mounted their bayonets, and as the charge horn sounded, more than 10,000 officers and men of the division swarmed forward.

Suddenly, the shouts of killing shook the sky, those who saw it were terrified, and those who heard it were afraid.

"Kill!"

The 4th Marine Division suddenly struck out from behind the Barak Fortress, which immediately terrified the Spanish defenders of the Barak Fortress.

The Barak defenders, who only had more than 1,000 men, were suddenly shelled from behind just now, and most of them were killed and wounded by surprise, and the remaining soldiers scattered and fled because they had no weapons.

However, the front was under heavy shelling from the Pacific Fleet, and behind were the enemy troops all over the mountains, and they could not run away at all.

Some Spaniards were more backbone, and picked up some tools as weapons, ready to resist. However, when the Ming soldiers came to the front with bright bayonets, the Spanish soldiers realized that their muskets and bayonets could be used as weapons like spears.

As the Ming army's triad assassination tactics killed dozens of resisting Spanish soldiers, the remaining Spaniards immediately threw away their weapons and raised their hands in surrender.

The fortress of Barak was captured in less than an hour, as was the fortress of Tires on the opposite side. Facing the Ming army rushing up from behind, the defenders of the Treres fortress did not think about it, and the defender commander was the first to take the lead in surrendering.

After the Ming army captured two forts, the Pacific Fleet sailed to the Manila naval base.

At this time, the military port of Manila had been taken over by the Ming army. Therefore, the Pacific Fleet can be safely docked.

Zhao Chuanfeng and Shi Jianfei met at the Governor's Mansion in Manila.

At this time, Shi Jianfei already knew that Zhao Chuanfeng was appointed as the governor of Luzon, so he did everything according to Zhao Chuanfeng's wishes.

After all, Zhao Chuanfeng is a local wealthy family in Manila, and it is relatively safe for him to arrange the aftermath.

After a busy night, the next day, when the citizens of Manila took to the streets again, it seemed as if nothing had happened. It's just that the rule of the Spaniards has ended, and since then the Philippines has changed back to the name of Luzon and has become a colony of the Ming Dynasty. V