Governor Barossa sat in a position symbolizing power, narrowed his eyes, sighed helplessly, and spoke to his guards.
"Go tell the Ming army outside the city that I am willing to surrender unconditionally!"
"I hope they can treat prisoners of war well!"
In the end, Governor Barossa made his choice.
…
On the second day, the Liberation Army and the Zheng Army formed a formation outside the Royal City of Manila to prepare for the surrender.
The twelve-pointed sun and moon flag of the Ming Dynasty, the red background and black dragon flag of the Liberation Army, and the Zheng-character military flag of the Zheng Army are flying high outside Manila!
More than thirty Guangfu-1 field artillery pieces were lined up in a row, and the cold light reflected from the guns.
The war drums are beating!
The Liberation Army was in good order, and accompanied by waves of war drums, they shouted one after another.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
"..."
Zheng Jun's superiors and subordinates also shouted together, and Wan Sheng's voice resounded throughout the entire city of Manila.
The faces of the Spaniards at the top of the city were full of fear!
Once the number of people exceeds 10,000, there is no limit. Although the Ming army outside Manila is only more than 7,000 at full strength, the momentum of their formation is still very terrifying.
Zhu Hongyu rode a tall horse and stood in front of the military formation, enjoying the roar of the mountains.
The pride of commanding thousands of troops and conquering the world surged in my chest.
The Spanish militiamen guarding the city were frightened by the momentum outside the city and their legs were weak and they were trembling.
Everyone's face was full of fear!
With a creak, the gate of Manila City was opened from the inside.
Governor Barossa was naked and carried a thorn stick on his back, imitating the allusion of carrying a thorn stick to plead guilty, and walked to Zhu Hongyu's horse.
Then with a pop, he knelt down in front of Zhu Hongyu's horse, touched his forehead to the ground, and spoke in unfamiliar Chinese.
"The sinners of a small country, who do not know how to be a king, and resist the heavenly soldiers, are really committing a great crime!"
"Now that I have repented, I bear my thorns to plead guilty, and ask the heavenly soldiers of the heaven to have mercy on me!"
"..."
Zhu Hongyu looked down at Barossa who was kneeling in front of his horse, took a deep breath, and spoke.
"The Ming Dynasty is a celestial dynasty, so it is tolerant. When soldiers enter the city, they are not allowed to kill or use swords!"
Well, Zhu Hongyu said that when the soldiers entered the city, they should not kill or use weapons.
When the Spanish in Manila are held for liquidation and public trial in the future, Zhu Hongyu cannot count on his words to be unfulfilled!
Zhu Hongyu waved his hand and said.
"Enter the city, take over the city defense, and clear up the security in the city!"
Zhu Hongyu gave an order, and the Liberation Army began to enter the city and take control of Manila's city defense.
Zhu Hongyu grabbed Ma Xin, who was about to enter the city, and said.
"Admiral Ma, there is no need to rush into the city. We will wait until our soldiers have cleared the city and cleared out the rebels."
Zhu Hongyu didn't want to enter the city now. If someone took advantage of the chaos to assassinate him, wouldn't it be like capsizing the boat in the gutter?
You can't do this kind of thing!
Governor Barossa, who had pleaded guilty, was brought under control, and all the Spanish militiamen in the city were disarmed and imprisoned.
The Liberation Army began to quickly clear order in Manila.
When moving to a strange place, of course you have to clean the house before you can move in.
…
Off the coast of Manila, Liu Guoxuan’s ship!
Liu Guoxuan looked at the reward in front of him that Zhu Hongyu had sent to the navy brothers, as well as his share.
The mood is very complicated!
Although his relationship with Zhu Hongyu is now very tense.
But he had to admit that Zhu Hongyu handled this matter very openly.
However, the more open-minded Zhu Hongyu showed, the more ashamed he felt.
Because of his conflict with Zhu Hongyu, he left Manila Bay with his navy, completely ignoring the overall situation.
Zhu Hongyu, on the other hand, did not treat his navy brothers differently because of personal grudges.
The contrast is too obvious...
Liu Guoxuan felt that his face was burning, he was so embarrassed.
Taking a deep breath, Liu Guoxuan spoke.
"Please pass on all the rewards given to the brothers by Governor Zhu Da!"
Liu Guoxuan suddenly had the idea of asking Zhu Hongyu to apologize, but he stopped him immediately.
Bowing to a young boy, even if this young boy acted openly, Liu Guoxuan could not afford to be embarrassed!
After thinking for a moment, Liu Guoxuan spoke.
"Instruct the navy to return to Manila Port, lower the sails, drop anchor, and be ready to land at any time to reinforce the marine troops!"
Although he, Liu Guoxuan, could not afford to bow his head to a young boy.
But driving the navy back to the shore and being ready for reinforcements at any time was his response to Zhu Hongyu's normal rewards for the navy.
Zhu Hongyu works openly, and Liu Guoxuan is not the kind of jerk who doesn't care about the overall situation!
At this moment, a messenger suddenly ran in from outside and said in Liu Guoxuan's ear.
"The surname of the country..."
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When the security in Manila was about to be cleared by the Liberation Army, a messenger from the Zheng Army trotted up to Ma Xin and said something in his ear.
Ma Xin showed a surprised expression on his face, and then said goodbye to Zhu Hongyu.
"Grand Governor, the war in Luzon has been decided, so I'll take my leave now and gather the army to return to Da Yuan Island!"
Zhu Hongyu asked as he looked at the city of Manila where gunshots were scattered and ringing out continuously.
"The battle situation has been decided, and a celebration banquet will be held after entering the city. Why does the Admiral want to leave now?"
"Did the governor not provide good hospitality?"
Ma Xin thought for a while, then opened his mouth to explain to Zhu Hongyu.
"Something happened over at Da Yuan Island!"
"The traitor Zheng Tai attempted to rebel and surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and sent dead soldiers to assassinate Mr. Guo. Fortunately, Mr. Guo was lucky enough to prevent Zheng Tai from succeeding."
"After the conspiracy failed, Zheng Tai wanted to go to sea to become a slave. Fortunately, His Highness the Crown Prince stopped him. This traitor failed to go to sea. Now he has led his subordinates to defect to the Kingdom of Dadu."
"Now Mr. Guo Xing is mobilizing troops and horses, preparing to encircle and suppress the rebels and the Dadu Kingdom who dare to recruit the rebels!"
"We are going to be sent back to the headquarters for reinforcements!"
When Zhu Hongyu heard this, he murmured in his heart. He remembered that in history, Zheng Tai seemed to have rebelled after Zheng Chenggong died.
It seems that I, the time traveler, should have given me the butterfly!
However, from this incident, Zhu Hongyu can be more sure that Zheng Chenggong's death was really not simple in history.
It's probably Zheng Tai and Zheng Jing's fault.
The reason why Zheng Tai's assassination was unsuccessful this time is probably because Zheng Jing had committed adultery with the wet nurse of Zheng Chenggong's youngest son, and Zheng Chenggong had not discovered it yet.
The relationship between Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Jing did not deteriorate. Without Zheng Jing's acquiescence or cooperation, Zheng Tai's attempt to assassinate Zheng Chenggong would certainly not have succeeded.
Zhu Hongyu said with his fists clasped.
"Since Brother Ma has military orders, I won't force him to stay!"
"Brother Ma came to our Liberation Army's aid this time and helped our Liberation Army win this decisive battle. I am very grateful!"
Ma Xin clasped his fists, and then the whole army headed towards the port of Manila.
Zhu Hongyu personally led the team to the dock to bid farewell to the departure of Zheng's fleet.
He stood at the pier, looking at the fleet of ships in the distance, and fell into deep thought.
Something happened on Damuan Island, and Zheng Chenggong had too much time to take care of himself, so he didn't have to think about rescuing Yongli?