nanming man

Chapter 1057 Luzon Island

Luzon Island, located in the south of Taiwan, is not far from China. Chinese people arrived here a long time ago.

In the third year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He, the eunuch of Sanbao, led a huge fleet to Luzon. He also appointed the overseas Chinese leader Xu Chai Lao as the governor of Luzon. He served for more than [-] years and spread Chinese culture here. technology, developed in Luzon.

Beginning in 1571, Spanish colonists began to invade Luzon, established the city of Manila, and gradually controlled the entire Luzon area.

In the Luzon area, the influence of the natives is not strong. It is not far from China. In addition, Luzon produces gold, and Spain transports a large amount of silver from South America. They come to Luzon to buy Chinese silk, tea, porcelain and other items. Many Chinese merchants came here for business and stayed in Manila.

With the increase of Han people, the Spaniards felt threatened, so the Spaniards united with the local natives in 1603 to carry out large-scale looting and massacre of the Chinese in the Manila area, killing more than 2 people.

Thirty years after this massacre, the Chinese in Luzon have grown stronger again.

In view of the previous massacre of China, the Ming Empire did not react violently. The Spaniards carried out a large-scale massacre again, and more than 2 people were killed. After that, Spain will carry out a cleansing every few decades to ensure that the Chinese do not would threaten their colonial rule.

On Luzon Island, in Manila Bay, there are many sea ships moored, most of which are Spanish warships.

Unlike the Dutch model, a large part of the Spanish colonization was funded and led by the government, and a lot of wealth also fell into the pockets of the royal family.

When the Spanish royal family had money, they went militaristically, annexed Portugal, fought the 30-year war, suppressed the Dutch revolution, and spent all the colonial income. However, the people did not accumulate much wealth. As the silver mines in South America gradually dried up, the strength of the Spanish Empire, It also declined.

At this time, the Spaniards were still one of the most powerful countries on the sea, but Luzon was too far away from Spain, and felt that their own national power had declined.

At this time, under the Manila Castle, a group of Spanish soldiers wearing armor and holding firearms drove a group of Han people with fierce eyes, carrying stones on their backs, and built forts and forts.

Inside the castle, the governor of Manila was furious, "Damn the Wei people, their emperor is a shameless villain. He promised Spain that the Wei people's fleet would attack the Ming people, and we Spaniards only need to threaten the Ming people from behind." Chinese people can get the most-favored-nation treatment for trade! Now the Guoxing Lord of the Ming Kingdom is targeting Spain, and the fleet of Wei Guoren has hidden in the harbor, intending to let us face the Ming Kingdom alone. And the so-called The most-favored-nation treatment is not a trade priority at all, the Netherlands and Japan are also most-favored-nations, as long as you trade with Wei, they are all MFNs! Damn it! God will not forgive him!"

The governor of Manila felt that he might have been put on the same line, and he was extremely annoyed.

"Your Excellency Governor, you don't have to worry. The empire has been operating here for many years, and the fortress is strong. Ming people have never paid attention to this place, so there will be no problem!" a Spanish officer said loudly.

No one cared about the previous two massacres. This time, perhaps the news was wrong, and the Ming army would not come over at all.

The governor of Manila shook his head again and again, "Skopelfo, this time is different. The Ming people drove away the Dutch in Taiwan. They are very likely to attack Manila. We must be prepared. The Chinese on the island, you are all in control Are you up?"

"Your Excellency Governor, please rest assured that everything has been controlled! Those who disobeyed have been executed, and the rest will work for us as coolies. This group of people can endure hardships. I have to say that the Chinese are really the best coolies."

The governor of Manila, Spain, cleaned up the Chinese on the island after receiving news that the Ming army might attack Manila.

At this time, it has only been ten years since the last massacre, and there are not many Chinese on the island, only a few thousand.

The Spaniards killed some who resisted, and the rest were captured and forced to build the fort.

Zheng Chenggong defeated the Dutch and took Taiwan, allowing the Spaniards to put away the arrogance of the whites and seriously deploy defenses in Manila.

The Netherlands is a maritime power and is known as the Sea Coachman. In recent years, it has gained momentum and even surpassed Spain to become the maritime hegemony.

The Ming army defeated the Dutch and drove the Dutch out of Taiwan, which shocked the Spaniards and raised their vigilance.

There are not many Spaniards in Manila, only 3000, while the Chinese army is large in number. Spain heard that the Ming army's muskets are very powerful, and knew that it would be impossible to fight recklessly, so they decided to strengthen the fort and build forts to hold on.

There was not much food on the island, so as long as they stayed in the fortress for a few months, the Ming army would retreat when they ran out of food.

Under the city of Manila, a group of Han Chinese, in handcuffs, were busy carrying stones, gunpowder, etc. under the supervision of the Spaniards.

One of the men laid a stone on the wall slowly, looked around, glanced at the bay from time to time, looked at the warships moored on the shore, and muttered in his mouth, "One, two, three... thirty A warship!"

After observing the warships, the man moved his eyes to the fortress. While moving stones, he observed Manila's defenses

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In December, the Wei army's attack stopped at Qiumen and did not continue to advance.

Gao Yihuan wanted to attack, but the weather was cold and the food and grass were not enough, so it was not suitable for the Wei army to fight. In addition, the winter clothes of the Wei army soldiers had quality problems, so the army could only stay in the fortress and wait for the arrival of spring.

In order to reduce food consumption, the Mongols and Yarkands who had been conscripted returned to the east one after another, leaving only [-] Wei troops in Suiye and other places.

During this period, the Russians fled to the fortress east of the Ural River. The Tsar took advantage of the winter Wei army to rest and send reinforcements, gradually stabilizing his position.

Because the Wei army pursued the Russian army, occupied Qiumen, and cut off the way for the Zhungeer tribe to escape westward, facing the pressure of the Wei army, Sengge led Zhungeer to the north and entered an extremely cold place.

In February, when the weather gradually warmed up, the Wei army launched an offensive again. Wu Sangui crossed the Ural River and attacked the Russian fortress, but the effect was not great, so the army retreated to the east bank and entered a state of confrontation.

At this time, Gao Yihuan still hadn't found a way to effectively control Siberia, but he planned to build a fort at the southern foot of the Ural Mountains.

The Russian army entered Siberia mainly at the southern end of the mountain range, a relatively warm area. The Wei army controlled the southern end of the mountain range and the east bank of the Ural River, guarding the passage of the Russian army into Siberia and confronting the Russian army.

(End of this chapter)