Zheng Zhilong knew that His Majesty the Emperor attached great importance to this battle, so he was quite well prepared this time.

Needless to say, Zheng Zhifeng, who was renamed Zheng Hongkui, and Gan Hui and Shi Daxuan, who were originally Eighteen Zhizhi's brothers, can be said to be elite.

After listening to Zheng Zhilong's words, in Luzon for many days, Zheng Zhibao, who had the most right to speak, spoke up without giving up.

"This place is only more than 300 miles from Manila, and there are no mountains and lakes in between, all plains with flat rivers. In my opinion, we have the advantage of numbers, and we don't need any strategies, just push them over. ”

"How many soldiers does the red-haired ghost have on the island?" Zheng Zhilong stared at Yutu and asked.

"Originally, there were about 4,000 regular troops on land, but we killed some of them a few days ago. Now it is estimated that there are only about 3,000 people who can fight. The number of indigenous soldiers is unknown, but they are too weak to fear. ”

"What about the sea?"

"There were about a hundred warships, more than three thousand sailors. But I haven't been here for long, and that number may not be accurate. ”

"Well, it doesn't matter. Let's fight a land war, it doesn't matter how many sailors they have. Then Zheng Zhilong looked at the generals around him. If you don't have any other opinions, just do what Zhibao says! ”

"Good!"

"No comment!"

Seeing that Zheng Zhilong had made a decision, the generals echoed it one after another.

To tell the truth, I have come all the way here, and when I hear that the enemy is only a few thousand, I really can't lift my energy.

"Pay attention to me, Your Majesty is very much in this battle, if anyone goes wrong, I will cut off his head!" Zheng Zhilong naturally saw that the people below didn't care, and scolded with a calm face.

"Yes! Total Soldiers! ”

"Hong Xu, Shi Daxuan, you lead 300 warships and 5,000 soldiers to guard the entrance to the bay outside Dagupan to prevent the enemy from attacking Dagupan. Gan Hui, you take 3,000 men to camp here, and be responsible for guarding military rations and all kinds of supplies. The rest of the soldiers, repair for a day, and follow me out of the city early tomorrow morning to attack Manila! ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Zheng Zhilong assigned the task, and everyone in the hall responded. Only Conley sat there and watched Zheng Zhilong stop talking.

"Conley, what's wrong?"

"General Zheng, what about me?"

"You? Naturally, you're going to attack Manila with us! Let you also see how invincible our Ming army is! ”

"General Xie Zheng!"

Conley said gratefully.

In fact, he was worried in his heart, Zheng Zhilong brought too many people, and he was too strong. With their strength, they can completely defeat Manila, and when they kick it away, won't it be in vain? Fortunately, Zheng Zhilong didn't plan to leave him, so one of his hearts was put back in his stomach.

They were planning to attack Manila here, but the owner of Manila was already irritated to the extreme.

Auraza has just received news that Dagupan has been captured by Conley's rebel forces.

The problem he was most worried about now was that Zheng Zhilong would land directly in Dagupan, because whether it was distance or location, landing from Dagupan seemed to be more reliable than directly attacking Manila. On top of that, it is possible to bypass their layers of defenses at sea and go straight to Manila from land. But fortunately, Taiwan is far away from here, and when Hong Xu goes back to report the matter to Zheng Zhilong. Then report to their majesty, then send troops, and then come from Taiwan. It's going to take a month or two, right?

So he still has time, as long as he can drive away Conley, who is entrenched in Dagupan, whether Zheng Zhilong attacks Manila or Dagupan, he will be much easier. Thinking of this, he ordered to send fifty warships and a thousand sailors to Dagupan. Aim to get Conley out of Dagupan within a month.

Oraza's calculations were good, and when Zheng Zhilong set out from Dagupan with more than 12,000 soldiers, the fleet he sent also set off.

The two sides inadvertently formed a situation of attacking each other's bases.

But Zheng Zhilong was defensive, while Oraza was not. He didn't expect Zheng Zhilong to come to Luzon with Hong Xu!

To be exact, the army attacking Manila was 16,000 men, but 4,000 of them were Conley's rebels.

He led his soldiers all the way south, sweeping all the way. Basically, there was no strong resistance, and the musketeers in the ranks did not even have a chance to shoot.

There was no resistance, plus all the way to the plains. Five days later, they arrived at Ballywag, about 70 miles from Manila.

With such a close distance, the news of their arrival naturally couldn't be hidden from Oraza.

In fact, two days ago, he had already learned the news of Zheng Zhilong. When he heard that Zheng Zhilong had marched to Concepción, he was so frightened that the books in his hand fell.

"Why is Zheng Zhilong here? Why is he so fast? What the hell is going on!? ”

Oraza was full of doubts, but no one could answer his questions.

Shocked, he began to actively think about how to deal with it.

First of all, he decided to send Aloy to negotiate with Zheng Zhilong to see if he could get Zheng Zhilong to withdraw from the army through negotiations.

Secondly, he sent troops to drive the people in the city to frantically build fortifications two miles outside the city to deal with possible future wars.

Again, he ordered the fleet stationed in Manila Bay to pour out and attack Dagupan around the rear to put pressure on Zheng Zhilong's side.

It was the best strategy he could think of, and there was nothing else he could do. If the city of Manila is broken, he will have no choice but to escape.

And after Zheng Zhilong captured Ballywag, Aloy came to the door as soon as possible.

Zheng Zhilong naturally wouldn't embarrass this "good friend" who used to drink together, and the celebrity politely invited him in.

"Aloy, why are you here? Something? Zheng Zhilong looked at Aloy, who was embarrassed, and asked with a smile.

"Zheng Zongbing, why am I here, don't you know?" Aloy replied with a wry smile.

"I really don't know, I'm here to ask for food. What are you here for, how do I know? ”

"Zheng Zongbing, you must have seen it along the way. This season's grain production has indeed decreased a lot, and we really don't sincerely tease Zheng Zongbing. Besides, this reduction in grain production is not something we can control. We, the Governor, are already collecting food from neighboring countries! ”

"This season's grain production is reduced, what about last season? But high yields? ”

"It's highly productive!"

"Have you ever thought about why this season's grain production has decreased? Where did your seed come from!? ”

"Huh? Seed! Aloy seemed to have something in mind.

"When you came to buy seeds, I said that if you want to continue to produce high yields, you have to buy seeds from us every season. You promised with pleasure. But what did you do then? Not only did he want to break the contract and not let us recycle the food, but he also secretly kept the seeds and cultivated them himself!

Production? That's right! Do you really think that the seeds of our Ming Dynasty can be stolen by you casually?

I'm not afraid to tell you that these seeds have a genetic code. Do you know the genetic code? I don't understand you either! In short, if you want to have a high yield, you must buy seeds from Daming! But now I understand, it's late! ”

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