"What? How many ships came? Zheng Zhilong, who was in a daze in front of Yutu, became excited.

"I don't know."

"What kind of hell cannon did you bring?"

"I don't know, but I think there is."

"That's good!" Zheng Zhilong, who was a little worried, became happy.

Manila came with Li Dan once a year ago, but he was young at that time, and he didn't expect to attack this place one day in the future, and he didn't have too much defense for this place. In fact, when he took Taiwan, it was also a great merit that His Majesty the Emperor asked Li Zicheng to make with no conscience, but Zheng Zhilong did not fight many tough battles.

If it is a field encounter, Zheng Zhilong is confident that he is not afraid of any opponent. But a castle with strong defenses like Manila is simply not something that ordinary artillery can capture.

Next, Zheng Zhilong was not in a hurry, since the reinforcements sent by His Majesty were already on the way, he really had nothing to fear.

The only problem was the supplies, but they were well arranged. Every ten days, a fleet of ships will bring grain from Taiwan. So Zheng Zhilong is not afraid of spending time with these Spaniards.

Zheng Zhilong surrounded Manila on the east, south, and north sides, and sent people to carry stones and cut down the number every day. Little by little, the trenches dug by the other side were going to be filled. Oraza naturally will not sit idly by, as long as Zheng Zhilong's people get close, they will be waiting for artillery. After paying some casualties, Zheng Zhilong learned wisely, he asked people to bring the puppet soldiers he had caught earlier, and pointed a gun at them to carry the soil.

When Oraza saw this, he stopped letting people fire fire.

In his opinion, if the Ming people could not be eliminated, bombarding these Luzon natives with precious artillery would be a waste of ammunition.

Time passed day by day, and the trenches dug by the Spaniards were filled in little by little, but Zheng Zhilong had no intention of attacking. He doesn't attack, and Oraza is happy to be idle. There is no problem with the material support in Manila City for two or three months, and he has already sent a fleet to cut off the other party's supply line, unless Zheng Zhilong leads people into the mountains to hunt and eat, he will not be able to resist for long at all.

On the sixth day of Zheng Zhilong's attack on Manila, a fleet reached Taiwan. After Zheng Zhilong left, it was his younger brother Zheng Zhihu who was in charge of staying behind. He was sitting in a chair in a daze.

Three days ago, he and Shi Bangyao had just mobilized all kinds of supplies and sent them to Luzon, and he didn't know what happened to his eldest brother's battle at this time.

"General! There's a fleet out there to dock for supplies! Said it was sent by the imperial court! A soldier stumbled in.

"It must be the reinforcements sent to Luzon by His Majesty, go and see!"

Zheng Zhihu hurriedly stood up and walked out as he spoke.

When I arrived at the pier, I found that I had been surrounded by water. The people on the shore were all pointing at the fleet, Zheng Zhilong followed his gaze and looked at the sea, only to see seven warships stopped not far away.

Although there are not many boats, they have one feature.

That is, the shape is very peculiar.

Zheng Zhihu ordered someone to wave the flag at the other party, and then stood by the dock to greet him.

After a while, seven warships slowly approached with whistles, and it was Zheng Zhihu who discovered that these ships were not only peculiar in shape, but also made of steel. ....[To tell the truth,Recently, I've been using wild fruit to read and read books to chase more,Change the source switch,Read aloud with more timbre,Android and Apple are available.] 】

This...

Zheng Zhihu couldn't close his mouth in shock.

Can the iron guy float on the surface of the sea?

He had never seen a steel ship, but he heard Zheng Zhilong mention it a few days ago, but he thought that Zheng Zhilong had lied to him, but he didn't expect to see it at this time.

As the warship approached, the crowd began to boil.

There were many businessmen coming and going from the wharf, including many foreign merchants. At this time, when they saw these warships that had never appeared in their imagination, they were all shocked and speechless.

The flagship led by the ship docked, and a middle-aged man wearing a Ming official uniform came down from the ship.

Zheng Zhibao hurriedly greeted him.

"The last general, Zheng Zhihu, dare to ask..."

"I am Xie Xuelong, supervising the Tianjin Maritime Military Affairs, and this time I came to Taiwan to support Zheng Zhilong and Zheng General Soldiers on the orders of His Majesty!"

"It turned out to be the Inspector of Relief, and the last general will have eyes and not know Mount Tai, and please don't be surprised by the Inspector of Relief!"

"General Zheng doesn't have to be polite. We need supplies, here is the list, the war in Luzon is urgent right now, please General Zheng hurry up and prepare. Xie Xuelong didn't mean to be polite, and then took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Zheng Zhihu.

"Good!"

Zheng Zhihu agreed.

People come all the way to support their eldest brother, no matter how unhappy they are, are they still people?

Zheng Zhihu took the list and glanced at it, it is normal to have food and water, but what do you want so much coal for?

"Inspector Xie, it will take a few hours for these things to be ready, please come with me into the city to rest first."

Xie Xuelong nodded, and walked towards the city with a few personal soldiers with Zheng Zhihu.

As soon as he walked not far, he met Shi Bangyao, who came to inquire about it. Zheng Zhihu was about to speak, who would have thought that Shi Bangyao didn't even look at him, and walked straight to Xie Xuelong beside him.

"Brother Yanqing! After many years, I didn't expect to meet here. Shi Bangyao walked up to Xie Xuelong and laughed.

Xie Xuelong is three years older than Shi Bangyao, the two are both Jinshi in the forty-first year of Wanli, and they have a very close personal relationship, and they haven't seen each other for many years, at this time Shi Bangyao was very surprised.

"Haha, Er Tao, I also suddenly got an order from His Majesty." Xie Xuelong affectionately took Shi Bangyao's hand.

When you meet your old acquaintances in a foreign country, you are naturally very happy.

"Let's go! Come with me into town! I won't get drunk today! ”

"Forget about drinking, official business, and you have to go to Luzon after the supply." Xie Xuelong said with a smile.

"Well, I plan to do my best to be a landlord."

"It's a long time coming, but I'm not in a hurry for this day."

"That's good! Today, I will replace the wine with tea, and don't forget to come to me when you are triumphant, and we will be talking about wine when the time comes! ”

"At first sight!"

The two gray-bearded old men walked forward with each other, and Zheng Zhihu, who was left behind, was not a taste for a while.

Look, it's like seeing an old man.

Xie Xuelong stayed in Taiwan for most of the day, and in the evening he bid farewell to Shi Bangyao and continued south.

The speed of the warship he was riding on was about thirteen knots per hour, which was imitated by Zhu You's order Wang Zheng. At this time, they were about four hundred nautical miles away from Dagupan, and if there were no accidents, they could reach it at most by this time the day after tomorrow.

Xie Xuelong stood on the deck, watching the port slowly become smaller, an inexplicable but emotion lingering in his heart.

In the past half day, he and Shi Bangyao have talked a lot.

Neither of them expected that the other party would have such a wonderful encounter, and they were reused by His Majesty one after another. Others don't know how important his position is, but he himself knows it very well.

He was in charge of the most powerful navy of the Ming Dynasty, and perhaps the most powerful navy in the world. He didn't think that there was any chance of losing the battle, and that the iron guy under his feet could wipe out any enemy at sea in an instant.

At 10 noon on the second day, their fleet met a warship.

To be exact, a warship that was chased by more than twenty warships and bombarded with artillery.

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