"A few days ago, have all the victims of the floods in Henan been properly settled?" Looking at the vast sea, Zhu Youzhen suddenly asked.

"The victims have been properly resettled, but their houses and grain fields have been washed away by the water, and it will take some time to rebuild after the disaster."

"In the past two years, the climate has become more and more abnormal, and I feel that in the next few years, Daming will face more natural disasters. That's why I'm keen to open up more territory, because that's the only way we can talk about transferring risks to other places.

Luzon has a warm climate, rice is harvested three times a year, as long as it can be won, coupled with our high-yield grain varieties, it will definitely become another granary of the Ming Dynasty. How much famine can be solved by transporting it far and continuously inland?

In these days, some people in the DPRK began to pity the Jiannu in the northeast, saying that they were too cruel to them. In my opinion, it's just enough of the peaceful days. The disaster in the country is still uncontrollable, and I still have the mood to pity those Tartars, what a cheap bone!

You are the head of a hundred officials, and you should and have the obligation to understand that kindness can be internal, but it must not be external. I don't want to hear such a voice in the future, if you can control it, you can control it, and if you can't control it, you will kill people. Got it? ”

"The minister understands!"

After listening to Zhu Youzhen's words, Fan Jingwen replied solemnly.

"Let's go, go back to Beijing!" Thinking of some nasty ghosts in the court, Zhu Youzhen was not in the mood to stay and play in Tianjin. After informing Wang Zheng, he took people back to the capital.

And Aloy, on the other hand, also returned to Manila with his entourage.

He was so confused that he didn't even know how he got back. When he saw Oraza, Aloy fell to her knees and burst into tears.

"Your Excellency! I was wrong! Kill me! ”

"Hurry up, what's going on? Didn't you talk about it? His crying blindfolded Oraza into crying, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him up.

"My lord, Zheng Zhilong's wolf ambition is not to ask for food at all! It's about annexing all of Luzon! ”

"What!? What's going on!? ”

Olaza was startled and asked sharply.

Aloy recounted the conversation he had with Zheng Zhilong just now, and Oraza listened, his face was already gloomy and about to drip water.

"It's too much of a deception! It's too much of a deception! What kind of thing is he Zheng Zhilong! Luzon is our Spanish! It is of our great King's Majesty! Could it be that he wants to provoke a full-scale war between the two countries!? ”

"It's not Zheng Zhilong! Zheng Zhilong was just under the orders of the Ming Emperor! It was the Ming Emperor who wanted Luzon! ”

"Emperor Ming, Emperor Ming..."

Olaza wilted.

He had never met the Ming Emperor. But knowing that he is young and capable. In the past few years since he ascended the throne, there have been major moves, recovering Taiwan, annexing Korea, and eliminating Jiannu, and now, are you eyeing Luzon again? But didn't the Ming Dynasty always care about overseas territories? If they do occupy Luzon, will His Majesty go to war with them?

Auraza's head spun rapidly, and after some thought, he sat down in his chair in a daze.

No way.

One Dutch is already too much for them, and His Majesty could not be willing to have one more formidable opponent in the East, and such a formidable opponent. All we can do right now is to defend Manila! Let Zheng Zhilong return with a feather, and let the calculation of the Ming Emperor be stillborn!

"Someone!" Oraza jerked to his feet.

"Pass my order and send people to catch up with the fleet heading for Dagupan, let them go to the waters of Laoag, and block Zheng Zhilong's supply line."

"Open the storehouse and give all the muskets and armor inside to the native soldiers. In addition, open the treasury and issue silver! Increase the salaries of the regular army and indigenous soldiers to five times what they are in peacetime! Advance a month's worth first! ”

"In addition, send people out of the city to recruit soldiers, as long as they are willing to join the army, pay three months' salary first, and in addition, the taxes for the next three years will be exempted!"

Oraza is out of the way, since you Zheng Zhilong want to play hard, then I can't admit it easily.

If this Luzon is forcibly occupied in his own hands, I am afraid that his own vice king will also be able to do it!

At the moment, there is no other way but to die. As for escaping, anyone can, but he Oraza cannot. Fleeing without a fight, returning to Mexico is also a death! It's better to stay and do one, and it is still unknown who killed the deer.

What he was sure of was nothing more than Zheng Zhilong's long-term battle, and it was difficult to supply, so he only needed to cut off their supplies and hold on for some more time. There is only one way in front of Zheng Zhilong, and that is to retreat! As long as they retreat, they will definitely lose their spirit, and if they want to get involved in Luzon in the future, it is tantamount to a fool's dream!

After thinking everything through, Oraza felt a lot more comfortable. Only then did I remember Aloy who was kneeling on the ground.

After thinking about it, he helped Aloy to his feet.

"I don't blame you entirely for this, you went to Taiwan that day with my approval, and I am naturally responsible. Now that Zheng Zhilong's soldiers are approaching the city, we have no other way but to resist desperately! Next, it's time for you to serve His Majesty! ”

"Lord Governor!" Aloy choked.

Unexpectedly, instead of blaming, the Governor said such a thing. At this time, his heart was extremely firm, and his blood was surging in his body.

If the city is there, I will be there. If the city is broken, I will die!

Zheng Zhilong did not know about this touching scene in the Governor's Palace, and he launched an attack the morning after Aloy left.

His twelve thousand soldiers were divided into three parts.

Four thousand musketeers armed with flintlock muskets, and six thousand infantry armed with swords, shields, and spears. The rest were responsible for controlling a hundred artillery pieces and supervising the war, which was naturally the rebel army under Conley.

Zheng Zhilong led people outside the city and was shocked by the fortifications outside the city.

I saw that outside the city of Manila, there were fortifications criss-crossed, not to mention artillery, and even people had to work hard to get there.

Zheng Zhilong made a visual inspection, and it was about two miles away from Manila.

Two miles away is the huge castle that the Spaniards have built for decades and put in countless painstaking efforts to build.

Zheng Zhilong did not rush to attack, but sent people to spare a circle outside the city.

It was found that there were such fortifications not only in this direction, but also in the entire perimeter of Manila.

"Zhibao, order someone to pull the cannon over, and fire two cannons first, so that they know that we are coming!"

"Okay!"

Zheng Zhibao had just walked on his front foot, and before the cannon was set, the Spanish artillery at the head of the city took the lead in firing.

Several shells flew with a roar, and by chance, they smashed into the camp of the rebels.

The natives who smashed it turned on their backs, wailing again and again.

Their cannonballs were quickly pulled in and fired at the city, but the solid shells hit the hard walls and had little effect.

"General Zheng, I'll take someone to try it first, and let the rest of the soldiers retreat one after another. This will only add unnecessary damage. ”

When the two sides were shooting at each other, Lu Jiang, who was standing on the sidelines watching the battle, couldn't help but stand up.

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