"Go ahead, prepare for the grand ceremony, this is a great victory!"

The Governor of the Philippines, Coquela, appointed by the Spanish royal family, smiled at the governors, bishops, judges, and military officers and gave orders.

Provincial Governor Sanders was a little scared: "Your Excellency the Governor, will the emperor of China send troops to retaliate?" ”

Coquela reassured the crowd and said, "No, the Chinese emperor only rules the local people, and they will not care about the life or death of the people overseas." Fifty years ago, we killed the Chinese in the Philippines, and the Chinese emperor did not send troops to the campaign. Forty years ago, we killed the Chinese in the Philippines, and the Chinese emperor did not send troops to the army. Of course, the Chinese emperor is very face-loving, and we should send an envoy to apologize. As long as he takes out the gift, kneels down to apologize to him, and claims that the Filipino Chinese rioted, the Chinese emperor will definitely not pursue it. ”

"That's best, please send an envoy as soon as possible." Sanders said.

Coquela said, "Mr. Governor, you are responsible for selling the property of those Chinese, and every gentleman present has a share. ”

"Thank you, Your Excellency, for your kindness and generosity." The crowd immediately cheered and saluted.

In addition to removing the threat of too many Han Chinese, Coquilla slaughtered Hua this time in order to take the opportunity to make money.

Just this year, Spain suffered a major defeat in both Europe and the Americas.

Spain's coastal colonial stronghold in Chile was completely pulled out by the Netherlands and directly cut off the Pacific shipping route. That is, Spain's American fleet, unable to deliver goods to the Philippines, could only return to Europe via the Atlantic.

Spain suffered heavy defeats to France at the Battle of Rocroix and the Battle of Cartagena, losing hegemony in Europe and the Mediterranean.

As Spain's royal finances became more and more crumbling, the Philippine governor was even worse.

The convoy in the Americas could not pass, and the spice shipping lanes were blocked by the Dutch, and every shipment of spices had to be taxed to the Netherlands.

Moreover, in order to save money, Coqueira reduced the garrison in Keelung two years ago. Zhao Han took the opportunity to set up Keelung County, which was equivalent to recovering Keelung without bloodshed, and Spain had only one trading point left in Taiwan, which must also be governed by Chinese officials.

There has been news in Spain that Coqueira will be convicted - historically, this bastard was imprisoned for four years after returning to Spain for losing Taiwan.

Desperately short of money and about to be arrested and punished, Coqueira came up with a vicious plan.

Killing all the Chinese in the Philippines and sharing the money they have stolen can reverse the financial deficit in an instant, and it can also buy off a number of officials. He could also leave a sum and take back Spain to bribe the royal family as a way to exempt himself from punishment.

As for killing all the Chinese, causing the Philippine colony to be unable to function, what kind of bad consequences are related to Corqueira's?

His governor's term is coming to an end, so leave it to the next governor to have a headache!

The Chinese neighborhood outside Manila was burned to the outside of Jiannei, and only some of the buildings on the periphery were burned. Those vicious guys are reluctant to burn them all, because the Chinese area is very rich, and a lot of goods can be snatched up.

Spanish officers led their troops into the Chinese area and looted everywhere, and the few Chinese who did not flee were killed even if they handed over their goods.

Spanish civilians and indigenous civilians, on the other hand, traveled farther in droves. Because there are Chinese villages nearby, it is estimated that there are still some Chinese who have not had time to run, so they can take the opportunity to kill people and grab things.

More than a dozen Chinese business leaders were taken out of the city en masse.

They pleaded bitterly because the Governor of the Philippines had promised to protect their lives and property no matter what happened.

However, to no avail, they were dragged to the river and killed.

Forty years ago, too, many Chinese businessmen betrayed their compatriots, and even a rebel leader defected. It was only because the governor Akuna promised to take them into the city and protect their lives and property.

As a result, he died when he entered the city, and it was a booby trap.

Filipino Chinese know about this matter, but there are still businessmen who repeat the mistakes of the past, and they have a sad trace of luck in their hearts. However, more Chinese businessmen learned the lesson and fled without hesitation, but were intercepted by the pursuers and resisted vigorously.

……

Swampy area.

The pursuers stood on the perimeter and hesitated, they did not want to chase in, in case they fell into the swamp it would be bad.

There were six Spanish officers on horseback, 106 Spanish musketeers, more than 300 Japanese mercenaries, and the remaining 2,000 were all Bangbangya (indigenous Filipinos).

Commander Blanco was silent, he was very interested in the Chinese goods.

There were more than 10,000 Chinese living in the stream, and those who managed to escape into the swamp were at least more than 3,000, and must have brought with them a lot of gold and silver.

The Bangbangya people who had swept the woods in the rear returned, and they caught more than a dozen lone Chinese.

Blanco immediately had his body searched, not for the Chinese captives, but for the Bangbangya who had captured the captives.

After the search was completed and the goods were handed in, Blanco said: "The Japanese soldiers were executed. ”

The Japanese mercenaries stepped forward with a smirk, but several Bangbang Yaren officers ran out and knelt down to plead, saying something in broken Spanish.

Blanco nodded, "Go ahead." ”

The Bang Bang Ya officer was overjoyed, but he rushed up to pick up his clothes. The Han captives were stripped of their clothes, even their worn-out shoes, and they changed their shoes on the spot.

The stripped Han captives were dragged to the edge of the swamp and tortured by Japanese mercenaries wielding butcher knives.

Even children!

"Dada-da-da!"

A fast horse galloped and ordered: "Your Excellency the Governor has decreed that the Chinese who fled into the swamp should not be pursued, they will starve themselves and drown in them." All the soldiers immediately went to the port and attacked the Chinese towns in the north by boat! ”

……

This swamp, which disappeared after a few hundred years, was the result of human exploitation.

The same is true of Liaoxi, which was full of swamps during the Three Kingdoms era, and Cao Cao's expedition to Liaodong almost failed, but it was reclaimed as fertile land in the Ming Dynasty.

After walking for two days and confirming that there were no pursuers, Wan Zhaoan was already very cautious, but two people still fell into the swamp and died.

On the third day, when he came to a relatively open and solid grassland, Wan Zhaoan decided to reorganize the fleeing team.

Wan Zhaoan shouted with all his might: "My name is Wan Zhaoan, and I have served as a soldier for His Majesty the Emperor of Datong. I have fought with the Ming official army, with the eight thieves Zhang Xianzhong, and with the Manchu Tartars. After fighting for several years, Lao Tzu has never lost, and he commands a hundred people, which can be regarded as a real 100 general! Disabled and discharged, His Majesty the Emperor Datong was benevolent and righteous, rewarded land, rewarded money, and was professionally placed as a police officer. What does it mean to be a police officer? Lao Tzu came to Nanyang. This Luzon foreign army, if they meet His Majesty's Datong army, they don't even deserve to carry shoes! ”

The refugees are demoralized, but they are listening, and they are now missing a backbone.

Wan Zhaoan said: "Regardless of men and women, raise your right hand if you can write and calculate!" If you can't hear it later, you can help spread the word. ”

More than two hundred hands were raised at once, many of whom were fellow maritime merchants.

Wan Zhaoan said: "The proprietor and the shopkeeper, as well as those who were famous in the previous dynasty, all came to me to listen to the order. ”

This time, more than a dozen people walked out and gathered one after another.

Wan Zhaoan asked them for their names, places of origin and occupations, and asked them to count the number of refugees.

After working for a long time and chaos, I finally counted the number of people. There were 3,294 children, including 2,501 men over the age of 12 and 748 women, and only 45 children were taken out by their parents.

Not only were there few children, but there were also few old people, and they fled too slowly, and their physical strength could not keep up, and they were all killed by the pursuers.

These are not the only ones who fled into the swamp, and some of them lost contact with the large army, and most of them will be trapped in the swamp.

Then he counted the materials, regardless of the gold, silver and money, and threw it away himself, or kept it quietly. Anyway, you will definitely not be able to buy anything, and you will not be able to buy it when you get out of the swamp, and the whole Philippines is engaged in the massacre of China.

Wan Zhaoan only ordered the collection of grain, and the situation was very bad.

Lin Lang, the shopkeeper of Fulongsheng Firm, sighed at Wan Zhaoan and said: "Flee in a panic, even if you want to bring something, you must bring money, who would think about bringing food?" However, it was a poor family, and there was no money to take away, so they took away a few catties of rice, and many of them were lost halfway. Some people have been hungry for two days and two nights, and they don't even have the strength to walk. ”

In a word, there is no food for a long time!

Wan Zhaoan felt a little desperate, and said to the more than 200 literate hyphenations: "The red-haired ghost killed us Han people, and he came once forty years ago. I heard the old man say that it was killed at that time, and if we want to live, we have to hug each other. You have to follow orders, and if you are alone, you will not end well. Our Datong army fights in an organized manner, and we listen to orders at the first level. Now, I have organized these more than 3,000 people into the 'survival army', and I have appointed myself the generalissimo of survival. Elect yourselves three leaders. ”

The leader has to serve the people, and Wan Zhaoan cannot be blindly chosen.

More than 200 literate people quickly elected three major leaders, namely Lin Lang, the shopkeeper of Fulongsheng, An Xiang and Chen Yigui, and Lei Lisheng, the former Ming Xiucai.

Lin Lang was in charge of food and supplies, Chen Yigui was in charge of pacifying and managing refugees, and Lei Lisheng assisted in the formation and training of the army.

The most important thing at the moment is to eat in the swamp.

Both men and women, as long as they are over 12 years old, are all classified as soldiers, and the military system is exactly the same as that of the Datong Army.

There are three articles of military law: all materials are returned to the public, it is not allowed to oppress compatriots, and those who disobey orders die!

In groups of 10 people, search for food on the spot.

What can be in the swamp?

It's nothing more than grass roots, insects and ants, and if you're lucky, you can get a fish. Even these can only be eaten raw, because you can't get dry firewood to make a fire, and you can't find an iron pot and clay pot to cook rice.

Fortunately, someone with a compass was able to recognize the direction!

After four days of walking in search of food, the refugees were finally taken out of the swamp. Of the 3,294 people at the time of the reorganization, only 2,616 died of disease, starvation, and drowning, and only 12 of the 45 children died.

The only good news is that everyone is obedient, there is no infighting, there is no seizure of power.

Because they were all weak from hunger, more or less sick, they just wanted to get something to eat and live.

"There is a red-haired ghost's manor in the northwest, and I went with the three shopkeepers to that area to collect mountain goods." A guy offered to provide information.

Wan Zhaoan asked, "Is there a fire gun?" ”

The guy nodded: "Yes!" The red-haired ghosts have firearms in their hands, and I've seen them go into the mountains to hunt. ”

Wan Zhaoan continued to advance with his troops, and two more died in half a year, and I don't know whether they died of illness or starvation.

Finally, in the afternoon, they approached a sugar cane plantation.

The surrounding area is densely packed with sugar cane, and I heard the guy say that in the center of the sugar cane plantation, is the house of the red-haired ghost.

Wan Zhaoan warned these people: "There is a war coming soon, and you are all familiar with your superiors in the past few days. Remember, the soldier must follow the captain, the commander must listen to the commander's orders, and the commander must listen to the captain's orders...... Quietly passing through the sugarcane field, the sugarcane forest is very large, and it is easy to get away if you don't stop ordering, and you can't get out if you are scattered. The first regiment followed me to the east, and the second regiment followed Lei Xiucai to the west. Act now! ”

This order, uttered from Wan Zhaoan's mouth, was forgotten by everyone in a blink of an eye.

More than 2,000 refugees, who were half starved to death, rushed into the sugar cane fields, broke the sugar cane and nibbled on it, as if they had forgotten all about the war.

Wan Zhaoan suppressed his anger and said: "Hurry up, in the house of the red-haired ghost, there are big fish and big meat!" ”

A young man who worked as a shoemaker said: "Handsome, let the big guy take a few bites first, and he won't have the strength to walk without eating sugar cane." ”

It's really gnawing, not only chewing sugarcane water, but also swallowing bagasse because everyone is so hungry.

Perhaps more than 2,000 people broke sugar cane, and the commotion was too great, and soon a few natives came running and yelling at something.

"Kill!"

Wan Zhaoan drew his sword and rushed forward, and everyone also rushed forward with sugarcane sticks.