By this time, the Ming army had taken control of most of the city, and although the Spaniards and mercenaries were still stubbornly resisting in some important areas, they were basically unable to change the general situation.

In addition, after the Ming army entered the city, it immediately organized manpower to put out fires and maintain law and order, and for a time the order in most areas of the city was re-maintained by the Ming army.

Although most of the city's residents are still hiding in their houses, the shouts of killing have largely stopped.

Soon the Ming soldiers found a group of Arab merchants in a compound, and as the richest group of people in the city, their mansion compound bore the brunt of the mercenary looting.

Fortunately, Mutafi had informed the merchants in advance, so although he looked a little embarrassed now, he was still alive.

Some mercenaries, who were still in the spirit of contracting, guarded them from slaughter.

At the behest of the Ming army, the Arab merchants also decided to meet the new owner of Rawag for a while.

Mutafi did not expect the Ming army to move so quickly, but in two hours, a group of Arab merchants were brought back to the camp by the Ming army.

"Respected Patriarch Abdul, I'm sorry to have put you through a long and painful ordeal last night." Mutafi looked at the old Arab man in front of him and said apologetically.

The old Arab man didn't say anything, just looked at Liu Yu coldly.

"This is the actual commander of the Philippine Ming Army, and it was he who took Vigan and took the city of Laoag." Mutafi hurriedly explained.

Abdel is not a fool, naturally knows what the Ming army brought them to the camp for.

After the hellish killing and suffering of last night, the Arab businessmen present have long since lost their temper.

Everyone is mentally prepared to accept the extortion of these Han people.

Many people are even planning to hand over most of their wealth in exchange for the lives of their entire families.

However, Liu Yu's next words shocked the Arab businessmen present.

It was only after Mutafi translated it to the Arab merchants present that the Arab merchants realized the difference between the Ming army and the pirates.

Liu Yu did not let the Arab merchants pay for their lives, on the contrary, Liu Yu did not take any of the wealth of these Arab merchants, and even allowed these Arab merchants to continue to do business in Laoag.

The demand for taxes was also comparable to that of the Spanish rule, much to the relief of the Arab merchants present.

At least the new ruler of Laoag was justified and did not blatantly rob them of their wealth.

However, Liu Yu also asked the Arab Chamber of Commerce to contribute a sum of money for the reconstruction of Rawag after the disaster.

After thinking about it, the Arab businessmen present readily agreed.

After all, they will continue to live in the city after that.

Most of the places where mercenaries and pirates looted and set fire were in the areas where wealthy merchants lived, and even if the Ming people didn't say it, they would take the initiative to rebuild it.

At the same time, Liu Yu asked the Arab Chamber of Commerce to retake these Arab mercenaries.

There were about 500 Arab mercenaries involved in the riots in the city.

After a night of attrition, there are now less than four hundred.

In any case, it is also a big force.

However, after last night's betrayal, most of the Arab merchants turned away from the mercenaries.

If the Arab Chamber of Commerce wants to continue to hire these mercenaries, the Arab businessmen present are absolutely unacceptable.

In the end, it was Abdel who overrode the crowd and took these mercenaries in.

Abdel was saved by Mutafe once, and this time he naturally returned the favor.

There is also the fact that Laoag has just changed the sky, and the Ming army has become the new master.

Although the Ming army showed sincerity to the Arab Chamber of Commerce.

But it doesn't mean that the Chamber of Commerce will really trust these Ming soldiers.

Having a large armed force at hand was also a must for Arab merchants.

After all, no one wants to be a lamb to the slaughter.

As for whether the mercenaries will rebel again, that is not something that Abdel can consider now.

Mutafi was happy, at least they didn't have to go to Batavia anymore.

At the behest of the Ming army, Mutafi immediately went to the area controlled by the mercenaries.

He was accompanied by businessmen from the Arab Chamber of Commerce.

Under the persuasion of Mutafi and the assurances of the Arab Chamber of Commerce.

More than 300 mercenaries chose to continue to work for the Chamber of Commerce, and of course all the wealth they looted last night belonged to them as a condition.

The Arab mercenaries laughed and left, after all, there was nothing more pleasant than being paid alive.

The excited mercenaries even lifted Mutafi and the Arab merchants in the air, so frightened that the merchants almost fainted.

The betrayal of the Arab mercenaries made the remaining mercenary leaders very angry.

After last night's casualties and the escape of the Arab mercenaries, only three or four hundred mercenaries remained, and many of them were wounded in the battle with the pirate Spanish army last night, and their combat strength was greatly reduced.

In addition, the soldiers of the Ming army put down 40 turtledoves and ten Franc machine gun cars on the street in one go.

Such a big battle made the mercenaries dare not come out.

After a heated quarrel, the mercenaries decided to negotiate peace with the Ming army.

Wang Tong met with the leaders of these mercenaries.

The attitude of the Ming army was simple, the mercenaries could keep the wealth they had looted and even keep their weapons, but they had to surrender all their firearms.

The Ming army provided the wounded mercenaries with herbs, food, etc., and the condition was that the mercenaries should get out of the house immediately.

This condition made the mercenary leaders dissatisfied, not because the conditions were harsh, but because the mercenaries were too greedy and were not satisfied with last night's plunder, but due to the deterrence of the Ming army, the mercenary leaders had no choice but to agree.

In fact, the wealth they had plundered last night was enough to keep them at sea happy for years.

However, the Ming army also had one condition, that is, the mercenaries could only leave on merchant ships, and all armed merchant ships must stay.

This is the death of the mercenaries, although the ships belong to the employers, but most of the armed merchant ships in the port have long since been looted by the mercenaries, and these ships are the means of their escape.

The Ming wanted to rob these armed merchant ships with them, but the mercenary leaders naturally did not agree.

After some haggling, the mercenaries finally reached an agreement with the Ming army.

Of the 11 armed merchant ships in the hands of the mercenaries, the mercenaries controlled five of them, and the remaining six were sold to the Ming army for 30,000 Spanish silver dollars each.

After negotiating the price with the remaining mercenary leaders, the Ming army can be regarded as having solved the mercenaries in the city, and only the Spaniards are left.

Sir Brent looked helplessly at the Ming Army flag on the periphery of the wall.

He knew that he was the last Spanish consul in Laoag.

The early morning shouts of killing gradually subsided after the Ming army entered the city.

Sir Brent didn't know how the Ming army had managed to silence the mercenaries and pirates.

The whole city of Laoag is much quieter now than it was last night.

Of course, if you don't count those businessmen and residents who are crying and grabbing the land.

"The Ming army in Sir Brent's city somehow controlled the pirates and disbanded the mercenaries." A non-commissioned officer reports to Brent.

Brent shook his head helplessly after hearing this, the pirate was clearly a dog under the control of the Ming army.

As for what means the Ming army used to appease the rioting mercenaries.

Sir Brent didn't want to know, he just knew that the Spaniards in the city were finished.

Several lieutenants on the side had been encouraging Sir Brent to break through.

The Spanish fleet led by Admiral Terry fled.

Manila is far away, and there is no way to send reinforcements.

The most important thing is that the huge Lawag Mansion simply does not have enough food to consume hundreds of Spanish soldiers and civilians.

A Laoag official calculated that the food stored in the residence would last about two days.

In other words, even if the Ming army besieged but did not attack, the defenders in the official residence could only hold out for two days.

Two days later, the Spaniards either broke through or starved to death.

It was not only the official residence of Laoag that was trapped, but also a series of important areas such as the commercial area where Spanish merchants lived, shipyards, and firearms factories were surrounded by the Ming army.

Their defenses were inferior to those of the defenders of the Rawag Mansion, and only God knows how long they could hold out.