When Cha Kun heard that it was a lucky ship, he knew that he had misunderstood. It turned out that he was not a Dutchman, but a Ming countryman.
Then there is nothing wrong. Who are the people of the Ming Dynasty? They actually made their subordinates panic like that. Is it because I am usually too nice to my subordinates?
He was thinking about it and was about to speak when he heard his men continue to say: "There are at least a few hundred ships, probably more. They are not here for business. They all look like warships!"
"What?" When Cha Kun heard this, he stood up from his position in shock and asked in disbelief, "Hundreds of ships? Or even more?"
He thought there were probably dozens of lucky ships at most, so he couldn't care less. After all, sailing warships could easily deal with the Ming Dynasty's lucky ships in Manila Bay.
However, a few hundred ships, or even more, is an absolute advantage in numbers. Even if the sail warships are better than Fu Chuan, they cannot be stopped. When did Luzon have hundreds of Fu Chuan warships?
This has never happened before! What on earth do they want to do?
Thinking like this, Chakun couldn't stay any longer, so he left and rushed to the city of Manila immediately.
At this time, the city of Manila had begun to be chaotic. Apparently, the news of a large number of lucky ships discovered in Manila Bay had spread.
Everyone was panicking, because they all knew that the blessing ships represented the Ming Dynasty. The arrival of a large number of blessing ships meant that the Ming Dynasty sent troops, or the Zheng family sent troops. Anyway, it was the people of the Ming Dynasty who came.
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At this time, it is absolutely impossible for them to come here to do business! There is probably only one purpose, which is to attack Luzon!
In the city of Manila, only a handful of people were shocked at first when they heard the news, and then they did not panic, but were extremely excited. These people were the Ming people who survived the Luzon Massacre.
They survived not because of Spanish kindness, but because of their usefulness.
In the first massacre against the Ming people in Luzon, the Spaniards killed all the Ming people in Luzon. It turned out that after the killing, they immediately found that there were no barbers, no tailors, no shoemakers, and no cooks in Manila.
, there are no farmers or herdsmen.
In short, the Spaniards faced a dilemma: there was no food to eat, no shoes to wear, and they could not buy them even if they paid a very high price. The Spaniards finally realized that "Ming people are the workers in all industries, and they work at reasonable wages."
It is impossible for Manila to survive without the outstanding workers who work hard.”
This understanding did not prevent the Luzon Spaniards from giving up the massacre of the Ming people, but they would deliberately leave some skilled Luzon Ming people in the future massacres to maintain the normal operation of Manila.
No, these surviving Ming people are Ming people with special skills!
After hearing the news that a large number of lucky ships had appeared in Manila Bay, and seeing the panic of the Spaniards and natives, they spontaneously gathered to inquire about the situation.
At this time, they were still under surveillance, and everyone was in shackles. After all, they all had relatives who died in the previous massacre, and the Spaniards and natives were afraid that they would take risks if they had hatred in their hearts.
"Uncle Zhang, what's going on? Do the Zheng family really have to come to attack Lu Song?"
"Yes, Uncle Zhang, it can't be for business, right? Those Western barbarians slaughtered us all, aren't they just worried that the Zheng family's fleet will come to rob them of Luzon?"
"Uncle Zhang, is there a possibility that the imperial court sent a large army to avenge us? At least before, I have never heard that the Zheng family wanted to attack Luzon!"
"This is impossible. The Western Barbarians of Luzon have massacred us Ming people several times. When did the imperial court take care of us foreigners? It must not be the imperial army!"
"But if it's the Zheng family, why did they come to attack Luzon now? Didn't they control the coastal area earlier? Also, they never had any intention of going to Nanyang, right?"
"..."
Among the many chatters, the one everyone called Uncle Zhang was the oldest among them, with half of his beard already gray. He was a good shaver and had never had a shave.
At this time, listening to the group of people around him talking at random, he raised his hand to ask them to be quiet for a while, and then said: "The emperor in the court has not changed, has he? He didn't change during the massacre."
If you have taken care of us before, will you take care of us again this time? The ones coming to Luzon must be the Zheng family’s fleet!"
First he expressed his conclusion, and then he continued: "Don't think about revenge, just do whatever you need to do? The Zheng family must be here for business when they come to Luzon. Is it possible that they can retaliate?"
Will they fight for us? In this way or that, what have you done so far? During the massacre in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the Zheng family was no longer the overlord of the sea. Why didn't they send troops? So, don't place your hopes on the outside.
, This is our fate!"
After hearing his words, Akito around him felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on him, and his excitement suddenly cooled down.
Thinking about it according to Uncle Zhang, it seems that it is really the case!
They are just a group of transformed people, who cares about them!
While he was frustrated, people from Ming Dynasty rushed over to meet him. One of them broke in very excitedly and shouted: "It's the imperial court...the imperial army is here, and they want to avenge us! The imperial army is here."
ah……"
As soon as I heard this, it was as if a huge stone had been thrown into the pond that had just calmed down.
"What? What did you say?"
"It's impossible. How can the imperial army come and avenge us? This is a dream!"
"That's right. Aren't we just cunning merchants? If the imperial court doesn't come to attack us, why would it send troops to avenge us?"
"..."
After Uncle Zhang's explanation, most people couldn't accept what this man said.
However, this man was not persuaded by them. Instead, he continued to say with a very shocked and delighted expression: "I was working at the top of the city, and I saw it! The sea was full of warships, at least five
Six hundred ships, maybe more! Let me tell you, if it belongs to the Zheng family, it is impossible to have so many warships. Did you know that they are all warships?"
"What, five or six hundred ships?" When Uncle Zhang heard this, he was immediately shocked. He immediately looked at the man and asked excitedly, "Is it really five or six hundred ships, or a warship?"
"Absolutely, and maybe more, because you can't see the end at all!" the man replied excitedly.
When Uncle Zhang heard this, his hands trembled a little, and he said excitedly: "That must be the imperial army! Although the Zheng family is powerful, it is impossible to gather so many warships to Luzon! They
There are not so many ships! If the imperial army comes, it must be for revenge. There is no other possibility!"
At this point, he was a little confused: "Did the emperor change? Why did the imperial court send a large army to this massacre of Xiyi?"
To be honest, he was a little confused.
However, after he came to a new conclusion, the others ignored his doubts and immediately became excited, talking excitedly about their excitement.
"Yes, the imperial army must have arrived. After all, we are also Ming people, right? The blood of Ming Dynasty is flowing in our bodies!"
"Last time, the current emperor seemed to have issued an imperial edict and went through a crusade, but he didn't have the money, and the Zheng family had the final say on the sea, so he couldn't do it!"
"Yes, I've heard it before. It seems that there are far fewer thieves in the country. My grandfather was just about to take me back, but these damn Western Yi attacked me!"
"I think everyone should calm down. The imperial court has never sent large-scale troops overseas, right? Let's not get too happy too early!"
"You have forgotten that the imperial court sent troops to exterminate pirates. They seemed to have cooperated with these Spaniards and exterminated the pirates together!"
"..."
In the noisy atmosphere, Uncle Zhang fell silent again. He suddenly felt that he had been a bit wishful thinking before. They were right. The imperial court had never sent troops overseas. How could it be possible this time? Maybe they didn't do it at all. Are you not here to fight the Spaniards in Luzon, but have other things going on?
While he was thinking, he suddenly heard a huge noise coming from Manila Bay.
"Boom boom boom..."
There was a huge sound, like thunder, that kept ringing. Just from this sound, you could tell that there were a lot of artillery roaring!
With so many artillery roaring, what else could it be besides an army and a war?
At this moment, the surviving Luzon Ming people all became very quiet and turned their eyes to where the sound came from. Even though they could not see it at all, they stared blankly in the direction of the cannon fire.
They never thought that one day, the roar of artillery would be so sweet and so fascinating to them!
……………
At the top of Manila City, Spanish Governor Chaquin had arrived and was dumbfounded when he saw the countless Ming warships on the waters of Manila Bay.
This was the first time in his life that he saw so many warships.
What shocked him even more was that in front of so many warships, there were actually six smoking iron-armored warships, followed by five or six sailing warships, three of which were flying flags that could tell they were Portuguese. , chasing Spanish warships.
"Boom boom boom..."
Amidst the roar of artillery, the Spanish warships were unable to defeat the four-handed force and fled towards the port, trying to obtain support from shore-based artillery.
"Boom boom boom..."
Iron bullets continued to fall on the sea, and of course some hit Spanish warships. As a soldier, Chaqun immediately saw that the failure of the naval battle was absolutely inevitable. The next step was to attack the city of Manila.