Chapter 135 The strong ships of industrial countries!
Zhu Hongyu made a tour and inspected the material reserves in the city. He was quite satisfied.
Although he did not think that he would be defeated, the situation would not be reduced to the point where the Liberation Army would need to occupy the city and defend it.
But in war, no one can guarantee that he will win.
Could the Gaoliang River Car God have imagined that his car overturned during the Northern Expedition, that all the Jingsai cavalry were annihilated, and that his donkey cart drifted and escaped?
Before Zhu Qizhen, the God of War of the Ming Dynasty, overturned his car in Tumu Fortress, could he have thought that the half-million-strong army he led would be defeated, and that he would even be forced to study abroad in Wala?
All in all, there is nothing wrong with thinking about defeat before thinking about victory!
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Zhu Hongyu walked to the top of the city, and Chen Wenbin on the side suggested.
"Grand Governor, this newly built city has no name yet, please Grand Governor give it a name!"
Hearing this, everyone around him also spoke one after another.
"Please give me your name, the Governor!"
Zhu Hongyu thought for a while and then said.
"Luzon is located in the south of the sky, thousands of miles away from the Central Plains. We are living in barbaric lands outside China because our country has been destroyed, our family has been destroyed, and our rivers and mountains have fallen."
"In that case, let's call this city Weiyuan City!"
"It means to show off your power outside the territory and look far into the country!"
Everyone bowed down and spoke.
"Great Governor Shengming!"
Zhu Hongyu just nodded, and then opened his mouth to give instructions to Chen Wenbin beside him.
"The summer harvest must be carried out as soon as possible. Once the food is in storage, the war will almost begin!"
"Gather the people into the city in advance so that the war will not be unfavorable and it will be too late to evacuate the people!"
Chen Wenbin nodded. As the director of the internal affairs department of the military government, this was his responsibility.
Just when Zhu Hongyu was about to return to the military government's government office and arrange for the military government's government office to be relocated, an accompanying secretary came up to report.
"The Governor, Mr. Chen Yonghua Chen is here to visit!"
"He also brought news about Taiyuan Island!"
Zhu Hongyu's expression became serious and he gave instructions.
"Take people to the living room!"
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Not long after, Zhu Hongyu met Chen Yonghua in the living room.
Zhu Hongyu ordered someone to serve tea, and then asked.
"How is the war on Taiyuan Island?"
Chen Yonghua smiled and said.
"The war on Da Yuan Island has ended. Thanks to the Liberation Army's cave siege and assistance, Guo Xingye successfully captured the city of Relanja!"
"The current Damuan Island is already my Ming Dynasty's land!"
"The students who came this time not only brought back all the brothers from the Liberation Army, but the merchant ship that the Governor wanted is now docked at the port!"
"My surnamed Guo specially ordered me to select two newer and more fortunate boats for the Governor!"
"Although I can't say that this lucky ship can sail across the ocean like the red-haired sailing ship, it will definitely have no problem sailing and fighting in the South Seas!"
Zhu Hongyu also nodded, feeling happy in his heart.
He thought that Zheng Chenggong would send him at most two Guangzhou or Shachuan ships, but he did not expect that he actually sent two Fuzhou ships.
Mr. Guo Xing handled this matter openly!
Zhu Hongyu laughed loudly and said.
"That's good, that's good! Mr. Chen thanked Mr. Guo on behalf of my governor!"
"I just wonder how Mr. Guo Xing is thinking about attacking the Spaniards?"
This was the question he wanted to know most.
The Governor's Mansion in Manila can mobilize more than 10,000 troops. It would be a lie to say that Zhu Hongyu was not panicked at all.
After all, the Liberation Army only had about 3,000 people in total, and two-thirds of them were new recruits without any combat experience.
With a force structure like the Liberation Army, if we continue to face the enemy with inferior force, if one mistake is made, the situation will overturn!
How could Zhu Hongyu not panic!
Chen Yonghua said.
"Reporting to the Grand Governor, Mr. Guo Xing agreed to send troops!"
"But our soldiers have just finished the battle of Relanja City, and they need to repair for a period of time before they can move towards Luzon!"
Zhu Hongyu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and the expression on his face became much more relaxed.
If Zheng Chenggong is willing to send troops to help, then this battle will be truly stable!
Even if the Spanish in Manila tried their best, they could still gather more than 10,000 mixed troops, nearly half of which were indigenous people and mercenaries.
It sounds like there are a lot of troops, but the combat effectiveness is actually quite weak.
But Zheng Chenggong had at least 20,000 to 30,000 elite soldiers under his command.
These two to thirty thousand elite soldiers are all veterans who fought in the War of Resistance against the Qing Dynasty.
After more than ten years of high-intensity war, those who can survive are all the best among the best, otherwise they would have turned into white bones on the battlefield.
It doesn't take much. As long as Zheng Chenggong can send three to five thousand people to Luzon to assist in the battle, Zhu Hongyu is sure that he can completely defeat the Spaniards and capture Manila.
Zhu Hongyu asked.
"I wonder how many reinforcements I can send here?"
Chen Yonghua smiled and said.
"Report to the Grand Governor, Guo Xingye can send 5,000 people to Luzon to help in the war."
"I just don't know what the Grand Governor thinks about the distribution of spoils after the war?"
Zhu Hongyu said.
"Okay, with five thousand people like Mr. Guo joining the battle, this battle is absolutely unwinnable!"
"If the spoils of war are distributed..."
Zhu Hongyu fell into deep thought, and then tentatively asked.
"What does Mr. Guo want? Please speak up, Mr. Chen!"
Chen Yonghua said.
"The surnamed Guo wants all the ordnance captured in this battle, including all muskets, artillery, gunpowder, cannons, swords, spears, armor, etc..."
"As well as prisoners of war, food and medicine, etc.!"
"There are also warships from the Spanish fleet that were captured in this battle. I also want them!"
"As long as the Governor agrees to these conditions, five thousand reinforcements can come to Luzon at any time!"
Zheng Jun had just experienced the heartbreaking defeat of Nanjing, and lost a large number of various ordnance.
It is not difficult to understand that Zheng Chenggong wanted to regain his strength and ask for the captured ordnance.
As for prisoners of war and food and medicinal materials, it was because Zheng Chenggong wanted to open up the expansion island and needed labor as well as food and medicinal materials.
Warships are naturally easier to understand!
Although Western sailing battleships are not very comfortable, they are the absolute hegemons on the sea in this era.
It’s normal for Zheng Chenggong to want a battleship!
Zhu Hongyu, however, fell into deep thought for a moment and then spoke.
"All the ordnance that Mr. Guo Xing wants to capture is fine, as are the prisoners, food, and medicinal materials. But for the warships, I can agree to give him half of it at most."
Zhu Hongyu said this because he also wanted the Spanish sailing battleship.
He also planned to let Kang Mazi experience what it means to have strong ships and cannons from industrial countries two hundred years in advance!
Chen Yonghua frowned, thought for a while and then spoke.
"Sixty percent, the most I can give to Mr. Guo is sixty percent!"
Chen Yonghua laughed loudly and said.
"Grand Governor, please don't be offended if a student says something unpleasant, even if Mr. Guo Xing agrees to give all the Spanish ships to the Grand Governor."
"Can the Grand Governor find enough sailors to sail the ship?"
When Zhu Hong heard this, he couldn't help but frown, because he knew that what Chen Yonghua said was correct.
For a while, he really couldn't find enough sailors and sailors!