For the victory over Zheng Zhilong, Oraza has no confidence at all.

Zheng Zhilong's strength at sea over the years is obvious to all, and changing from a Haikou to a regular army is not just a simple change of identity.

With the support of Zhu Youzhen, the business of global commerce can be described as prosperous. It brought great benefits to the imperial court. Correspondingly, as one of the forces that ensure the security of global trade and maritime trade, Zheng Zhilong and his subordinates can be said to have benefited a lot.

Superior logistics and good equipment made Zheng Zhilong's navy a well-deserved overlord in the southeast waters of the Ming Dynasty.

No one can underestimate his more than 1,000 large and small warships and 50,000 or 60,000 elite troops.

This is still Zheng Zhilong's fear of the emperor's suspicion, and he does not dare to overdevelop, otherwise there will be more.

Oraza didn't have the confidence to defeat Zheng Zhilong, but he did have the confidence to hold Manila. This is all thanks to Manila's prime location.

Corregido Island is the mouth of Manila Bay, with a long coastline on both sides. As long as enough warships are arranged at the mouth of the bay, no matter how many warships Zheng Zhilong has, he will not be able to drive in. Even if Zheng Zhilong can win in the end, he will definitely pay a heavy price.

Can he, Zheng Zhilong, bear such a loss?

Even if you can afford it, is it worth it?

I just want to sell grain to him later, not that I won't sell it.

Of course, it would be best if you didn't come, but with Zheng Zhilong's character, I'm afraid it's unlikely.

After Hong Xu left, Oraza began to actively deploy attacks.

He ordered all the warships to be dispatched, and some of them were to patrol the waters off Manila Bay, and immediately report the enemy situation when they found it. Some were stationed near the island of Corregido, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

Then the entire army was downsized, and more than 3,000 regular troops and more than 8,000 natives were stationed in Manila.

After inspecting his own defenses, Oraza was a little relieved.

At this time, Manila was already impregnable, and he was even looking forward to Zheng Zhilong's arrival.

But Zheng Zhilong is destined to disappoint him.

After Hong Xu left Manila Bay, he walked back directly with the fleet. According to the prior agreement, if Oraza could not provide enough food, he would directly make peace with Zheng Zhilong and go to Dagupan together.

After Hong Xu got in touch with Zheng Zhilong through the Jinyiwei on the ship, he led people to a place called Bolinau. When Hong Xu arrived, Zheng Zhilong had already led people to occupy this place.

"Hong Xu, tell me about the situation in detail." Hong Xu's report was very brief, and Zheng Zhilong did not know the details at that time.

"Chief soldier, Oraza's attitude was quite good at the beginning, and asked me if I could discuss it with you and delay the delivery of food in a few days. Seeing that I didn't agree, he even said that he would take out 100,000 taels of silver to express his apologies. Naturally, I couldn't agree, and said a few ugly words. Then he got angry and said that if there is no food, let us see what to do,"

"Hey! Wait a few days to see if he'll be so tough. After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong said with a sneer. Let's go, go directly to Dagupan, and meet with Zhibao. ”

"Yes! Total Soldiers! ”

This time, Zheng Zhilong led 600 large and small warships and 20,000 soldiers. In order to take Manila in one fell swoop and drive away the red-haired ghosts. Half a day later, the mighty fleet landed at Dagupan.

Knowing in advance that Zheng Zhilong would arrive, Zheng Zhibao took Kang Li and others to greet him at the port. Rao was mentally prepared, but Conley was still surprised by the huge fleet.

"How? How much is it? Is it big or not? Zheng Zhibao was very happy with Conley's reaction.

"Many! Big! With such a fleet, wouldn't it be invincible on the sea? ”

"Hahaha! Invincible is not invincible, I don't know. But it's okay to get rid of these red-haired ghosts. By the way, this is only half of Taiwan's strength. And in Songjiang, there is also a guy named Liu Xiang, whose strength is not bad, which is similar to what you see now. Zheng Zhibao said with a laugh, his face full of pride. Of course, saying this is still to deter Conley and make him honestly obey orders.

"It's horrible." Conley muttered.

"Terrible? You haven't seen anything truly terrifying. Everything you see in front of your eyes is vulnerable in the eyes of Your Majesty! ”

"What? How can it be? Obviously, what Zheng Zhibao said was beyond Conley's cognition.

"What's impossible, you'll know one day."

As he was talking, Zheng Zhibao saw Zheng Zhilong standing on the flagship deck, and waved his hand excitedly:

"Big brother!"

As soon as the ship docked, Zheng Zhibao greeted him, Zheng Zhilong got off the boat, patted him on the shoulder, and then asked:

"Who's Conley?"

"Zheng Zongbing, I am!" Before Zheng Zhibao could speak, Conley on the side nodded and stepped forward.

Zheng Zhilong looked Kangli up and down, nodded, and said with a smile:

"Zhibao is in Luzon thanks to Your Excellency's care, Zheng is grateful!"

"Oops! Zheng Zongbing! Look at what you said, if it weren't for Zhibao coming to help me, I would still be in the village with the villagers to farm, where would I be today!? Da Ming is like a reinvention to me, if I Conley is ungrateful, how is it different from a beast? Conley couldn't wait to show his loyalty, and only he knew what he thought.

"Hey~ You are a descendant of the Luzon royal family, the future king of Luzon, don't say this again in the future." Zheng Zhilong said with a smile, obviously satisfied with Conley's answer.

"Even if you become the king of Luzon, you can't forget your roots! You say yes, right? ”

"Hahaha! You're good! ”

Zheng Zhilong sent people to organize soldiers to land on the shore, and then walked with Zheng Zhibao to Dagupan City.

Dagupan was not big, but the city was crowded with people at this time. Most of them are rebels and displaced people who have been absorbed in recent days. At this time, when the people in the city saw Zheng Zhilong leading people into the city, they all stood curiously on both sides of the road and watched, and they were all shocked by the neat lineup of troops.

"Welcome to General Zheng, the general soldier of the Ming Dynasty, Taiwan, to enter the city!" Conley wasted no time in shouting loudly, and under the leadership of the people who had already arranged it, the rebels and the people in the city all shouted!

"Welcome to General Zheng, the general soldier of the Ming Dynasty, Taiwan, to enter the city!"

"Welcome to General Zheng, the general soldier of the Ming Dynasty, Taiwan, to enter the city!"

Zheng Zhilong enjoyed this feeling for the first time, and secretly praised Conley for coming to trouble. This is like the behavior of a small patriarch in a village, and it is clearly the style of an old fritter who has been in the officialdom for many years. But not to mention, it feels good.

Zheng Zhilong led people to Zheng Zhibao's temporary residence, which was originally the house of a Lu traitor who helped the Spaniards in the city, and when the rebels came, they were so frightened that they packed up their things and ran away with their families. Conley naturally gave the first mansion in the city to Zheng Zhibao, who accepted it unceremoniously, and used it as a place to deal with the affairs of the rebel army.

Zheng Zhilong sat at the top, and after the soldiers sat down, he spoke:

"Zhibao, tell me about the situation here."

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