The Yegong River did not belong to the major rivers in Ayutoya, and its current was relatively gentle, so the coalition forces led by Liu Wenxiu were able to cross the Yegong River with relative ease and land on the opposite bank.

In order to cross the Yegong River, the coalition forces cut down trees on the other side of the river and built a large number of traditional Thai canoes to force the crossing of the Yegong River.

A large number of canoes could not be built in a short period of time, so on both sides of the Yegong River, the two armies temporarily fell into a state of tension between the two armies, firing a few shots at each other from time to time, as if trying to maintain regional tension in the area.

The confrontation would not end anytime soon, and the war on the southwestern frontier would not concentrate all the efforts of the imperial court, and for such a nascent empire, the battle that would determine the fate of a country was nothing more than a small-scale military conflict.

The eyes of the imperial court were focused on the southeast, in that far-flung land, the Luzon Islands.

As mentioned earlier, Zhu Chenggong, the king of Yanping County, returned to Beijing on the emperor's birthday to meet him, and sought the emperor's opinion to get the will to attack Luzon.

After returning to Taiwan, Zhu Chenggong immediately ordered the gathering of troops and horses, boarded the boats and ships that had been collected and built during this period of time, and went on an expedition to the Luzon Islands in the name of promoting national prestige.

Unlike in history, Zhu Chenggong did not send credentials to the Luzon authorities in advance, and the Luzon mission that returned to Manila from Jiangning in June did not report anything unusual, so the Luzon authorities were unprepared for this.

It is worth mentioning that as the island of Taiwan began to prepare for the expedition, some Han Chinese maritime merchants who had returned to Luzon from Taiwan reported the incident to the Luzon authorities, reminding them that they should guard against attacks from China.

However, the Luzon authorities did not pay attention to the reminders of these Han maritime merchants, and the Spanish governor did not think that the Chinese had the ability to cross the ocean to attack Luzon, perhaps the original Zheng Yiguan still had this strength, but with the decline of the Zheng group, no one had this strength anymore.

As a result, the Luzon authorities remained lax as before, and only some of the Spanish officers who had been reported to have paid attention to the matter, knowing that the Luzon authorities were so corrupt that it would be useless to warn them, so they simply gathered their men and ordered them to prepare their weapons and prepare for war.

After more than two months of ocean voyages, the Xia army fleet appeared off the coast of Luzon on 13 September, and the Luzon authorities suddenly woke up and realized that the Xia army's target was really the Luzon Islands.

In the rush of alarm bells, the Spanish colonial troops stationed in Manila City hurriedly assembled, and several warships also set off from Manila Port and sailed out, several of which took the initiative to meet the Xia army, and the Spaniards still held on to the last glimmer of hope, hoping that the Xia army was just passing by.

However, this last glimmer of hope was soon dashed, and after a brief contact, the Spanish negotiating warship returned to port in a hurry, and handed over Zhu Chenggong's letter to the Spanish governor Manrique.

This letter was signed "Daxia Edict Seal Yanping King, Zhenhai General", the tone of the text is tough, listing the crimes committed by the Luzon authorities against Han immigrants, and even bluntly saying that "I want to conquer Luzon and snow the hatred of the Chinese", and then the words changed sharply, demanding that the Luzon authorities open the city and surrender in exchange for a worry-free life, if they resist stubbornly, then Xiyi chicken dogs will not stay!

Such naked threats and intimidation made the Spanish governor Manrique's face pale, his heart was afraid, and at the same time he cried out in his heart, he took over the post of governor of Manila not long ago, and it was the former governor Coquela who ordered the massacre of the Han Chinese, what did he have to do with him?

But the angry Chinese did not consider this, and after sending the message, Zhu Chenggong ordered a strong attack, and hundreds of warships immediately sailed towards the port of Manila, and the fleet shelled the land buildings with artillery to cover the forced landing of troop carriers.

Manila cannon sounded the sky, the city was chaotic, the Han immigrants living in the city heard that it was the imperial army to come to conquer Xiyi, naturally cheered, the previous several massacres of overseas Chinese made them accumulate a lot of hatred for Xiyi in their hearts, and now the imperial army is killed, they seem to have found the backbone of the backbone, and have confidence.

"Folks!" In Manila's Chinatown, Han Chinese speaking the Quanzhou dialect stood on the roof of the carriage and shouted, "Xiyi insults my compatriots and treats me like pigs and dogs

, with the hatred of the Chinese!"

"Snow Hate! Snow hate!"

Similar scenes can be seen all over Manila, and at the instigation of some people, Han Chinese people all over Manila have taken up arms to engage the panicked Spanish colonial army and the native servant army.

These Han Chinese immigrants did not receive professional military training, but with their enthusiasm, they still held back many Spanish troops and natives.

Manila quickly became a chaotic battleground, with Spanish immigrants, Han Chinese immigrants and local natives, many of whom were not loyal to the Spaniards, who chose to fish in troubled waters, raiding the homes of the wealthy, looting their belongings, and setting fire to their homes.

With the participation of the savage natives, the situation soon became more chaotic due to fires in many places in the city.

The fire broke out in the backyard, but the Spanish governor Manrique had no time to take care of it, he could only barely send a few soldiers to protect a few important buildings in the city, but who would have thought that the poor military discipline of the Spanish colonial army caused some of the soldiers sent out to join the ranks of looting.

In order to prevent the Xia army from breaking through the port, he could only order the warships in the harbor to sink themselves in the channel, blocking the entrance and exit, so that the Xia army could not attack from the port.

Not only the city of Manila, but the news soon spread outside the city, and the Han people living outside the city also joined the ranks of the uprising, and they took the initiative to drive to the city with several veterans who had participated in the war as commanders, intending to respond to support the compatriots in the city.

Some Han Chinese who did not participate gathered their men to defend the manor and prevent the natives from taking advantage of the chaos to attack.

Outside the port, Zhu Chenggong saw fires in many places in the city, shouting and killing, although he didn't know what was happening in the city, he still accurately seized this opportunity and ordered a strong attack.

Under the cover of long-range weapons such as their own artillery, trebuchets and ballistas, many troop carriers braved the fire of the Spanish batteries, forced their way to the shore, lowered their boats, and rowed towards the shore with all their might.

At this time, the Spanish colonial army still used the mainstream arquebus, so they fired more firepower, and the Xia army landed on land with only minor casualties, formed a military formation on land, and launched a siege on Fort Santiago.

The city of Manila is also a Western-style fortress, with sharp corners and many protrusions, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, which has caused a certain degree of difficulty for the Xia army.

However, after the Xia army landed, the rebel army composed of local Han immigrants soon sent an envoy to ask for an audience, expressing their willingness to lead the way for the imperial army and assist Wang Shi in taking Manila.

Gan Hui, the first general of the Zheng clan who landed first, accepted them and sent several leaders of the Han rebel army to Zhu Chenggong, asking him to speak directly to Zhu Chenggong.