Zheng Zhilong has been floating on the sea for half his life.

He is fluent in several Chinese, including Spanish and Portuguese.

So I have a deep understanding of these red-haired ghosts.

Spain was very strong, and although the garrison in Luzon was only about 4,000 men, it had excellent weapons and high-quality armor. Most importantly, they have been working in Manila for decades.

Although Zheng Zhilong is already the chief soldier of a province and Tai Nanbo, who was personally sealed by His Majesty. But in his bones he is still a Haikou dressed as a businessman, he believes in harmony and wealth, but this harmony, in his opinion, is fought by powerful force.

These Spaniards came all the way to Luzon, but they didn't come to help these Luzon natives live a good life in peace and contentment.

He had made up his mind before sending out the army, and if Oraza didn't give an explanation this time, he would give him some color to see.

He was not afraid of the Dutch in the past, and now that he is in great strength, he is not afraid of these Spaniards.

After a day and two nights, the fleet reached the coast of Manila Bay, only twenty miles from Corregido Island.

"Zhibao, order the fleet to disperse and block the access to the sea in Manila Bay."

"Yes, big brother!"

"Zhifeng, you lead people to surround Corregido Island."

"Yes, big brother!"

Zheng Zhilong looked at Correshido Island with a telescope, and gave an order to Zheng Zhibao and the others on the side.

After receiving the order, each of them left the flagship.

Corregido Island is small in size, but its location is extremely important.

It happened to be at the entrance to Manila Bay, and no ship trying to enter Manila Bay could escape his detection.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong's huge fleet naturally couldn't escape.

"Sir! You see! There's a huge flotilla there! ”

A soldier with a telescope cried out, and his commander looked in the direction of his finger, and there was a cluster of black dots faintly on the sea level. He snatched the soldier's binoculars and became nervous when he saw it clearly.

Too much!

With so many ships here at the same time, it must be a bad comer.

"Quickly light a beacon fire to warn Manila, and send another ship to report to the governor's palace!"

"Yes! Sir! ”

Several soldiers moved quickly, and a quarter of an hour later a small boat sailed out of the island of Corregido. At this time, the fifty warships led by Zheng Zhifeng were getting closer and closer to Koreshido Island. This chief also saw the flag hanging on Zheng Zhifeng's boat!

"Global Commerce! It's the fleet of Zheng Zhilong of the Ming Dynasty! ”

The chief screamed.

He vaguely guessed why the other party suddenly appeared here. Their governors bought their grain at the beginning of the year and promised to sell it after the harvest. As a result, when the harvest season came, people came to negotiate a good opportunity, but they didn't plan to sell to others. He knew that.

"Sir, the other party is approaching, it seems that they are planning to surround Correcidor Island, can we open fire?"

"the fart! Are you out of the blue? How can so many people fight on the other side? ”

Since the other party did not take the initiative to attack, it means that there is still room for relaxation, and there is still something to talk about. If I don't shoot the cannon myself, I'm afraid that no matter whether this battle is fought or not, I'm afraid that my first life will be lost.

"They don't attack, and we can't take the initiative. Look at what this group of Ming people are doing all the way here. ”

Zheng Zhifeng almost brutally surrounded Corregido Island, and then controlled the large and small ships docked on the island.

After doing all this, Zheng Zhifeng sent a Spanish-speaking man to land on the island with two escorts. The island's highest commander, Torres, was found to be the one who had just stopped the soldiers from firing.

"Dare to ask why your warships are surrounding our island of Corregido?" Torres said angrily.

"You don't know?" The person who landed on the island was called Quan Zongguang, whose ancestral home was Fujian, and he followed the smuggling fleet back and forth to Luzon to do business in his early years, so he could speak Spanish. Quan Zongguang remembered Zheng Zhifeng's advice before, and asked proudly with his face up.

In fact, he was a little nervous, and came to the chassis alone with two escorts, saying that he was not afraid that it would be a lie.

But Zheng Zhifeng told him that even if he spit on these people's faces, they wouldn't dare to do anything to you! Quan Zongguang naturally didn't dare to spit in other people's faces, but he still had the courage to take the shelf.

"How would I know? We have always been good friends with Daming, and we have no less business dealings. What do you mean by that? ”

"Less fucking pretending to be a lake! What about grain? I said yes! Why don't you sell to us!? ”

"The grain hasn't been harvested yet."

"I don't believe it! Unless you let our men go to the island and look at the land. ”

"I can't be the master of this."

"I know. I don't plan to let you call the shots, so you should send someone to bring a message to your governor. He has to sell this grain. If you don't sell it, you have to sell it! We're here with 400 ships! If he doesn't know each other, huh! ”

Quan Zongguang became confident at this time.

Sure enough, it's the same as the boss said, no matter how crazy he is. None of them dared to touch themselves.

Torres was furious inside.

They have been powerful in Luzon for so many years, and they have always bullied others, but I didn't expect that today a little minion would threaten them.

But let him take the whole sect light, he really didn't dare. After all, it's not a wonderful thing to be surrounded by fifty warships.

"I'll send someone to report this to the Governor now."

"Our commander-in-chief said that if there is no reply in an hour, we will attack!"

After saying that, he turned around and left.

It was only when he returned to his boat that Quan Zongguang quietly wiped a cold sweat.

I'm kind of going around the ghost gate.,Alas,Sometimes it's not necessarily a good thing to know a foreign language.。

"How?" Seeing Quan Zongguang coming back, Zheng Zhifeng asked.

"According to the general soldier's wishes, let him send someone back to Manila to deliver the letter."

"Hmm."

Zheng Zhifeng nodded. Swaggering over, Oraza must have known.

In fact, when the beacon fire was lit on Corregido Island, some soldiers reported the situation to Oraza.

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

At first, Oraza didn't care much, thinking that it was just a signal to guide the ship.

Soon after, however, Torres arrived, reporting the situation at the entrance to Manila, and Oraza changed color.

"Are these Ming people crazy!? So many people!? Is it possible to go to all-out war!? Oraza said angrily.

"Your Excellency the Governor, Nicholas Yiguan must have come here to ask for food!" Franco on the side said.

"Asking for food? It is only a million acres of grain, and it is said that it is not as much as the family property of one of their vassal kings. Is this food worth all the trouble they make? Oraza frowned and wondered.

"Your Excellency the Governor, that's not what I said, I look at these wise people. I love face from top to bottom, and when the army comes at this time, I am afraid that we also feel that we unilaterally tore up the treaty, and we can't hold on to our face. So I want to ask for an explanation. ”

"So what now? The grain is all loaded and ready to be shipped back to China. ”

"I don't know." Franco spread his hands and replied very simply. The trouble was caused by you, you didn't listen to what you said at the beginning, and now ask me what to do, how will I know?

Oraza was so angry that his eyes widened, and his temper immediately came up.

"Fuck! What's the big deal! Really when I'm afraid of him? Ordered to put our fleet on standby, and there is no food! If you want to fight, come on! ”

Franco looked at the angry Oraza and stood by without saying a word.

Half an hour later, a second wave of messengers from Carres arrived.

"Your Excellency the Governor, Akito said. This time, they gathered 400 large and small warships and nearly 10,000 soldiers! The purpose is to get food! We have to sell this grain! If you don't sell it, you sell it! He also said that if you don't have the right words within an hour, he will directly lead the army to attack Manila! ”

Oraza listened to it and was completely hooked!

Bandit! Bandits in a frenzy!

We just don't sell you food! Is there such a bully?

"Hit it! As long as they dare to open fire, we will shoot back immediately! Let them see how powerful our Spanish cannon is! Almost frantically, Oraza knocked over the silver tea set on the table, and the warm coffee was scattered on the precious, Ming-made wool carpet. Oraza didn't care, pacing back and forth in the room. "Nope! We take the initiative! Give them some color! Let them know we're awesome! ”

"Don't, Governor!" Franco couldn't sit still.

Are you kidding.

Let's not talk about whether it can be fought or not, can this battle be fought like this?

"Your Excellency the Governor, you can't fight! Nicholas Ichikan was so powerful that these four hundred ships were only half of his command. Even if we win this battle, he will definitely not give up in the future. At present, the Ming Emperor is eloquent and ambitious, and extremely warlike! Doesn't that give them a reason to send troops? Moreover, we already have an increasingly powerful enemy, and if we offend another great eastern power that is even more powerful than the Netherlands, we will surely fall into a deeper quagmire!

We are here to do business with Daming, and we have offended Daming. His Majesty the King, how can the Governor explain? ”