Seeing that these soldiers didn't say a word, he said again: "The empire on the other side has a vast territory, a huge population, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. How many troops are needed to conquer it? I'll tell you the answer, it takes one hundred and sixty-nine people. It only takes one hundred and sixty-nine men to conquer the country. Now you sue me, will you be one of these hundred and sixty-nine people? ”

"Yes, we do!" Even those street scoundrels who were tossed by the sea, their enthusiasm was ignited by Alfonso, and the sound was higher and higher, and the morale of the entire army reached its peak in an instant.

The one hundred and sixty-nine people he said certainly did not mean that he really could lay down the Ming Dynasty with only one hundred and sixty-nine people. He was talking about the Spanish adventurer Pizarro's conquest of the Inca kingdom with one hundred and sixty-nine men. The story of the Inca Empire, with a population of more than 6 million, was wiped out by the illiterate adventurer Pizarro with 169 people, is a legend that belongs to the Spaniards in this era. Every Spaniard who came to the Far East idolized him and wanted to continue his legacy.

With his mobilization, this group of Spanish soldiers all thought that they could also replicate this experience, harvesting countless gold and silver in this empire, Oriental beauties. Alfonso added:

"You don't need to worry, although the military expenditure of the empire is only a mere nine thousand pesos, but here I have raised more than 100,000 taels of silver and a few thousand taels of gold for you. In addition, you will have tens of thousands of local natives as servants, guides, and backups, and the wounded soldiers will be treated as soon as possible, and the souls of the dead will return to heaven. Our opponents are just a bunch of armed beggars. No training, no equipment. The weapons are not much more advanced than the wildlings. We are invincible in the face of them. ”

Alfonso's reinforcements. Now it's all in his governor's office. Just as Li Yanqing had captured half of the Spaniards' supply depot before the war, Alfonso had the same support from the Ming Dynasty. A few kind-looking, middle-aged men dressed in silk shirts bargained with Alfonso

"Sink those merchant ships and kill them all. Yes, we can't let any merchant ship successfully trade, what we have to do is to make Xiangshan open the sea a joke. As long as we can do this, we are the heads of several families. I'm willing to give you another military expense. ”

If there are maritime merchants from Fujian and Zhejiang here, seeing these people, it is guaranteed that they will be frightened and will not possess their bodies. These are not a small trick, they are all agents of big families who are doing maritime trade during the sea ban. The most resolute attitude against the opening of the sea is the coastal giants of Fujian and Zhejiang. They eat the dividends of sea trade smuggling and get a huge income every year, how can they agree to the imperial court to open the sea ban and destroy all their income?

Some of them became compromisers. Obediently went to Xiangshan to apply for a red order for the ship, hoping to continue the business. It is only necessary to cede a part of the profits, and the prices of commodities cannot be handled according to the "laws of the market" as in the past. They can only obey the guidance of the imperial court and accept administrative arrangements.

The other part has become a fighter for the defense of the laws of the economy. It was decided to borrow the hands of the Japanese and the Yiren. to undermine the overall situation of this sea opening. The pirates of Zhejiang and Min had to be regarded as two sides of the same coin, and they were all subject to the remote control of these merchants.

Since Lin Feng's defeat and disappearance. At present, the famous pirates in the Fujian and Zhejiang Seas, with Li Zhongwei, have all defected to the Philippines. There are a lot of pirates. There must be a hundred and ten people, lead. The total number of its troops is more than 30,000, and it is claimed to have 100,000 soldiers. And these maritime merchants also took out a huge amount of money as an investment to finance the war of the Spaniards.

In fact, without their funds, it is likely that this attack on Daming would have ended without a hitch. It was not uncommon for the Spanish army to be paid for more than four months, and the indigenous troops were not necessarily paid once a year. With 8,300 pesos for military spending, it is not even possible to make up for the arrears. This time, with the aid funds of the maritime merchants and the food they provided, Alfonso's troops made up for the arrears and took care of the food, and the morale of the army was greatly improved.

However, in the face of the request of the maritime merchants, he could not accept it. "I must warn you that it is not easy to catch a merchant ship at sea. You and your friends must understand this. And now, the East India Company's escort fleet is not weak. If you could defeat them in naval battles, you wouldn't have come to cooperate with me. I heard that one of the most powerful fleets among you has been completely crushed by the East India Company. ”

"It's a small setback, a small setback. Our elite is still there, and there is no loss of strength. "A maritime merchant blushed and fought for power for his men on the side." They were only the former in South Australia when they were ambushed by 100,000 sailors of the East India Company, and fought fiercely for a day and night, killing more than 30,000 enemies, and the wreckage of warships was all over the sea. Lin Feng broke through the encirclement and successfully turned in. It's just that I don't know why, and I haven't come to meet your army yet. The vitality of our boat division has not been damaged, and there are still hundreds of thousands of troops and nearly 1,000 boats. ”

"Well, I'm not here to talk nonsense with you. The navy of the empire is a valuable asset that will not be wasted in meaningless attrition. If we split the fleet evenly and attack the merchant ships, it might ruin the opening of the sea, but it would also ruin my plans. What I want to do now is to conquer this country in the shortest possible time and by the most direct means, instead of wasting time with it. ”

He said, unfolding a map. The map seemed too sloppy to him, and there were many places where there were strict errors. But there is no way, the cartographic technology of this era, and the cartographers he can master, have reached this level.

He was only a captain in 1851, not a professional surveyor, nor a technician at the Royal Arsenal, and what he could do was too limited. Since it cannot be compensated technically, it can only be made up by military affairs, but fortunately, the opponent is just a group of barbarians.

He pointed with his finger and said, "My plan this time is this, we will attack Guangzhou with a force. ”

A representative of a maritime merchant was overjoyed and said: "This plan is very good. As long as we wash Guangzhou, even if the matter of opening the sea in Xiangshan is half broken, we can still get the recipe for Guangdong salt and sugar by the way. ”

"No, dear sir, there is some truth in what you say, but the problem is that Guangzhou is not my target. There are the most elite troops of the Ming Dynasty at present, and the troops are the most abundant, and we are not suitable to attack there for the time being. The purpose of my attack on Canton was only to make a feint and attract the attention of the Canton troops, so that he could not come to the aid of other places. ”

He pointed with his hand again, "This is Xiangshan." ”

A maritime merchant who was rough in the art of war couldn't help but applaud: "It's a good one-handed voice to attack the west." We pretended to hit Guangzhou, but we actually hit Xiangshan. When they entered Xiangshan, they killed all those who came to Xiangshan to do business, and then burned their ships to see who dared to do business here. ”

Alfonso shrugged, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid it won't work either." As far as I know, there are also relatively strong armed forces in Xiangshan City, and there is a very good line of defense. Like Guangzhou, it was only to draw the attention of the Ming army, not to our main direction of attack. Our real goal is here. ”

He pointed to a place on the map, "Yizhou." My fleet and I will suddenly appear in front of the Yizhou garrison with lightning speed, and we will take this island in our hands. Whoever controls Yizhou will win the final victory. (To be continued!)

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