Chen Jingui's face changed, and he wanted to say something, but Lin Fei was very anxious and had already walked out, Chen Jingui wanted to stop Lin Fei, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed again.

Lin Fei came outside and asked Zhang Chuang, "Where are we going?" ”

Zhang Chuang said: "Let's go to the first line of defense of the Spaniards, where the command post is condescending and can see the situation on the second line of defense. ”

Lin Fei said "Okay", and Zhang Chuang shouted at Lin Fei's attendant on the side, "Go and bring your majesty's war horse." ”

An attendant quickly led the horse over, Lin Fei turned over and rode all the way to the command post of the first line of defense of the Spaniards, which was already empty, and there was not even a piece of paper left, Zhang Chuang pointed in the direction of the second line of defense with his hand, and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look." ”

Lin Fei raised his head and looked at the second line of defense, only to see that the line of defense was full of small points of movement, like a large group of ants, and those small points were people who were walking, because the distance was too far, the person was only as big as a point.

Zhang Chuang asked, "Your Majesty, what do you say the Spaniards are doing?" ”

Lin Fei raised the binoculars, looked at the direction in which the Spaniards were moving, and said: "They are moving in the direction of Manila, there are two possibilities, one is the change of troops, the other is the retreat of the troops, I think the latter is more likely." ”

Zhang Chuang was stunned for a moment and asked, "The troops are retreating?" Why did the defenders of the second line of defense of the Spaniards retreat? ”

Lin Fei thought for a while and said: "There are many reasons for retreating without a fight, I think the Spanish defenders want to gather troops. ”

Zhang Chuang asked, "Gather your troops?" Why are they doing this? ”

Lin Fei said: "Aren't you making waves in the second line of defense? They also blew up a lot of ammunition depots, and their ammunition reserves were probably insufficient, and they didn't want to transport ammunition from the follow-up line of defense, and they also felt that there was no need to hold on to the second line of defense, so they chose to retreat. ”

Zhang Chuang suddenly realized and said, "Then should we send troops to seize the second line of defense?" ”

Lin Fei thought for a moment and said: "Don't worry, I just said, there are many reasons for retreating without a fight, and wanting to gather troops is only one of them, they are very likely to have other intentions, in this way, you first lead the troops to reconnoitre, and then tell me the results of the reconnoitration, and then make a decision." ”

Zhang Chuang agreed, said goodbye and left, Lin Fei remembered Chiyo Mika in his heart, and hurriedly urged the horse to run back to the command post on the position, and when he entered the command post, the chair that Chen Jingui was sitting on just now was empty, Lin Fei hurriedly asked: "What about Chen Jingui?" ”

At this time, Li understood and smiled: "Lao Chen, he's gone." ”

Lin Fei was taken aback and said, "Gone?" Where did it go? ”

Li clearly said: "I have returned to Yanhuang City." ”

Lin Fei asked anxiously, "Didn't I tell him to wait for me to come back?" Why did he leave so quickly? ”

Li clearly said: "That's right, he wants to take the transport boat back, the time has been agreed, there can be no delay, he wanted to tell you when you went out, but you left in too much hurry, and he didn't have time to say that you went out." ”

Lin Fei let out an "oh", and then asked, "Then did he say something about Chiyo Mika?" ”

Li understood for a moment and asked, "Chiyo Mika?" What does it have to do with Miss Mika? ”

It turned out that Chen Jingui hadn't mentioned Chiyo Mika to anyone, so Li Ming didn't know anything, and couldn't help but be confused when he heard Lin Fei's question, Lin Fei had no choice but to wave his hand and said, "Forget it, don't talk about this matter, the results of the battle have been counted, right?" Report it to me. ”

Li Ming agreed, and hurriedly said: "Our army has invested four regiments of troops, with a total of 329 casualties, of which 223 were killed in battle, the rest were slightly wounded, 875 enemies were destroyed, 128 enemies were captured, and a large number of weapons and ammunition were captured. ”

Lin Fei frowned and said, "There are many brothers who died in the battle, and if you deal with the aftermath, didn't Chen Jingui send the follow-up soldiers?" Sue the commander-in-chief of the four regiments, go and make up for it. ”

Li Ming agreed and walked out, and after half an hour had passed, Zhang Chuang came back and reported: "Your Majesty, the Spaniards have retreated from the second line of defense. ”

Lin Fei slapped the table when he heard this, and said, "Okay... Order all troops to move into the enemy's first and second lines of defense, use the second line of defense as an offensive position, and prepare to attack the third line of defense. ”

At 9 o'clock in the morning of June 21, the transfer of various units was completed, and Lin Fei also personally stationed in the command post of the second line of defense, and began to prepare for the attack on the third and fourth lines of defense of the Spaniards.

At 8 o'clock in the morning on June 22, Lin Fei was in a meeting, and suddenly someone came to report: "Your Majesty, there are more than a dozen Chinese outside asking to see you." ”

Lin Fei was stunned for a moment, didn't speak, his face was covered with a layer of clouds, Li Ming smiled on the side: "Your Majesty, these people must have come to us, they must want to cooperate with us inside and outside, and defeat Manila, why are you unhappy?" ”

Lin Fei shook his head lightly and said: "At this time, Manila has been locked down, and it is difficult for people in the city to come out. ”

Everyone was surprised, Lin Fei thought for a while and said: "Invite the leader of these Chinese, I will see him in person, today's meeting will be held here first, everyone go back first." ”

Everyone stood up and walked out, Lin Fei also got up and walked to the reception room, the so-called reception room is just an empty pit, Lin Fei came to the reception room, and an attendant came over and said: "Your Majesty, the Chinese leader has arrived, let him come in?" ”

Lin Fei thought for a moment, waved his hand lightly, and asked, "What's this person's name?" What does it do? ”

The attendant replied, "His name is Wang Ruihe, and he is the president of the Manila Chamber of Commerce and Industry." ”

Lin Fei said: "Go and invite our guide, I want to ask who this president named Wang Ruihe is?" ”

The attendant agreed, and after a short time, he invited the Chinese businessman Xu Wenwu over, this Xu Wenwu served as Lin Fei's guide when Lin Fei attacked Wuduan City, he was a businessman who often went to various places, and he knew more about the situation in various parts of the Philippines, so Lin Fei left him in the army and acted as a guide.

Xu Wenwu soon came to the reception room, and Lin Fei asked directly: "Old Xu, have you heard of Wang Rui and this person?" ”

Xu Wenwu's face changed, and he said, "Wang Ruihe? How is he? ”

Lin Fei observed his words and knew that Xu Wenwu had not only heard of Wang Ruihe, but was also very familiar with him, but he still asked tentatively: "Old Xu, looking at your appearance, it seems that you are very familiar with Wang Ruihe?" ”

Xu Wenwu nodded and said, "Of all the businessmen who have been to Manila, who doesn't know Wang Ruihe?" ”

Lin Fei said with a smile: "I didn't expect Wang Ruihe to be so famous, so tell me, what kind of person is this Wang Ruihe?" ”

Xu Wenwu didn't think about it and said: "This Wang Ruihe is a very good person, let's just say it, all the things that help people in Manila, orphanages, and almshouses are almost all opened by Wang Ruihe, and when there is a plague in the city, Wang Ruihe also sends medicine for free, all in all, he has done all the good things." ”

Lin Fei said with a smile: "If this is the case, the business of this Wang Rui and his family must be very large, otherwise they will not be able to support so many expensive things." ”

Xu Wenwu nodded and said: "Yes, Wang Ruihe is the patriarch of the largest Chinese merchant family in Manila, and he has countless factories and shops, and he can be regarded as the richest Chinese businessman." ”

Lin Fei had a general impression of Wang Ruihe, so he smiled and said, "Okay, Brother Xu, I don't have anything to ask, you go and get busy with yours." ”

Xu Wenwu said goodbye, Lin Fei waved his hand and called the attendants, and ordered, "Invite Wang Ruihe in." ”

The attendant turned to go out, and soon came in with a man in his fifties, this man was dressed in a Spanish suit, his gray hair was combed neatly, and he looked at his face, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and a group of kind, but between his eyebrows and eyes there were three points of sorrow, seven points of fear, and he looked at his body, medium stature, slightly fat.

Lin Fei knew that this man was Wang Ruihe without the introduction of his subordinates, so he walked up to him, stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Wang Ruihe, I am fortunate to meet you." ”

Wang Ruihe obviously didn't expect Lin Fei to take the initiative to shake hands with him, and was stunned for a moment, then he stretched out his hand, shook Lin Fei gently, squeezed out a reluctant smile at the corner of his mouth, and asked, "Are you the emperor of the Chinese Empire?" ”

Lin Fei smiled: "Of course, it's like a fake. After speaking, he laughed, Wang Ruihe smiled unnaturally, Lin Fei and Wang Ruihe sat down face to face, and said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, you don't have to be restrained, I am not the tyrant who likes to eat human flesh in Spanish propaganda." ”

The Spaniards slandered Lin Fei in their propaganda, saying that he likes to eat human flesh, especially the meat of **, and he has to eat one every day. Wang Ruihe smiled and said "yes", still looking restrained.

Lin Fei saw that he was restrained and difficult to change, and he no longer persuaded him, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Wang Ruihe came to me, do you have any advice?" ”

Wang Ruihe smiled politely and said: "I can't talk about advice, I heard that Your Majesty is also a descendant of Yan and Huang, and you are the same ancestor as the old man, so I want to come to advise Your Majesty a few words." ”

Lin Fei asked, "What do you want to persuade me?" ”

Wang Ruihe said: "I want to persuade you not to attack Manila again, and I also want to persuade you to lay down your arms and make peace with the Spaniards." ”

As soon as Wang Ruihe's words came out, the two attendants beside Lin Fei were furious, one of them stretched out his hand to Wang Ruihe, and scolded angrily: "You are a traitor......

Lin Fei turned his face and scolded the attendant angrily: "Don't be rude..."

The attendant withdrew his hand stupidly, lowered his head, and didn't dare to say more, Lin Fei looked at Wang Ruihe and said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, Governor Sanders asked you to come, right?" ”

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