As soon as the two parties met, Yang Chendong pointed to the Luzon area on the sand table and asked Kaohsiung, "How is it?" Do you have the confidence to eat this place in one bite? ”

Looking at Kaohsiung on the sand table, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes: "Luzon? ”

"Yes, it's Luzon." Yang Chendong nodded and acquiesced.

He didn't answer immediately, but thought about it in his mind for a moment before he replied: "Sixth Young Master, our people have landed on this island more than once, and they are very clear about some of the situations inside, their defense strength is very poor, and there is no problem in taking them." But there are mostly Han people there, and the relationship with the Ming Dynasty is very close, so if you move them, I'm afraid..."

Kaohsiung didn't continue to say the next words, but the meaning was very clear, that is, whether Luzon Island would attract the dissatisfaction of the North and South Daming, and now all the supply and demand of Shicheng will pass through the land of Beiming, once the relationship is stiff, I am afraid that there is no benefit between everyone.

"It doesn't matter, it's time for this time and that, our current strength is not good to launch an offensive against Nanbei Ming, but some forces on the periphery can still be swept away. Besides, this time we don't have to play the banner of mercenaries, you know about the capture of twenty Spanish ships by your 3rd Sea Division before. ”

Yang Chendong only mentioned it slightly, and Kaohsiung immediately understood the meaning of this, and immediately said, "Is the Sixth Young Master going to arrange for them to launch an attack on Luzon Island?" Oh, my subordinates understand, please rest assured, Sixth Young Master, I will prepare immediately, and promise not to let others know, this is what we mean. ”

"Hehe, okay. Captain Gao, this time we packed up the Spanish sea ships, I believe it won't be long before they will send people here, plus the Portuguese sea ships are still roaming in this area, no matter how good things are, so many people can't help but share them. What's more, Young Master Ben has never thought of sharing with them, and even one day when the conditions permit, we will fight out and occupy more places, so the construction of the navy is no longer enough, and just one army is no longer enough. ”

"What does the sixth young master mean is to form an army?" Kaohsiung was so smart that he immediately thought of the implied meaning of these words.

"Yes. Next, another army will be formed, but more armies will be formed in the future, and in the future, several armies will be combined to form corps, and there is a long way to go. As for you, you must also be prepared to carry heavy burdens, and when you take Luzon this time, the naval command will be established, and then you will be the first deputy commander. Yang Chendong patted Kaohsiung on the shoulder, this person is steady, has a strong view of the overall situation, and has good command ability, and is a person who can bear heavy burdens.

Hearing this grand plan, Kaohsiung just felt a burst of blood boiling, and immediately stood up and said, "Sixth Young Master, please rest assured, I will go back to prepare immediately." At the same time, naval warriors will be selected in the Red Castle. In fact, what we have been doing this kind of work is only because the number of troops needed is limited, and we have not made a big splash, but it is not a problem to form an army in a short period of time. ”

"Good. At least the candidate for the commander of the Second Army, you can report it to me in the name of the Navy Command. Yang Chendong said that he would do it, and put the task of forming the Second Army on the agenda. In Yang Chendong's view, if you want to expand your strength, it is no longer enough to just be on land, and in addition, the eastern world has been exposed, and you will face various unexpected events and even provocations at any time, and the expansion of the navy is also a must.

Kaohsiung left, and only ten days later, ten warships flying the red, yellow and red parallel rectangles formed the national flag and sailed on the sea, heading straight for Luzon. It seemed that this was just a simple voyage, but no one knew that all the officers and men of the 1st Haishi Division were huddled on these 10 large ships, giving people a very crowded feeling.

This time it was the First Navy Division that received the task, which is also what Kaohsiung meant, that is, the Navy is about to establish the Second Army, so who will be the commander of this army, as the commander of the First Army and the first deputy commander of the Navy Command, of course he has to express his opinion. Yue Guang, the commander of the First Division, was the earliest person to follow him, and he was also the first batch of people to follow the Sixth Young Master, with ability and qualifications, so he made this person a candidate for the commander of the Second Army, and this time the capture of Luzon Island was to give him a chance to show his face in front of the Sixth Young Master.

Yue Guang naturally firmly grasped the opportunity given by the army commander to perform, and after receiving the order, he and the four regiment commanders and staff officers of the 1st Hai Division conducted repeated studies on Luzon and formulated what they thought was the most perfect battle plan.

When ten Spanish-flagged ships arrived at the northernmost pier on Luzon for trade reasons, the 4th Regiment was in charge of controlling the area, and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Regiments launched lightning raids in three different directions, left, center, and right, and soon took control of most of the area around the Cargal River.

The Luzon regime, which had only 50,000 soldiers and was still distributed and defensive, fell after only five days, and the declining governor Chen Rong was captured alive, and the entire island of Luzon became a new place for mercenaries.

On the second day after the change of flag on Luzon, a large number of sea ships under the five-star flag suddenly appeared, they surrounded the ten ships with Spain, and after a "fierce battle", they were eliminated, and the main general Miguel and the deputy general Cruz were captured, and then openly taken away, this scene happened, witnessed by many merchants at the northern docks of Luzon, so far the plan was successfully completed.

Yang Chendong used two enemy generals who were secretly captured and ten warships to act, and reasonably occupied Luzon Island. They defeated the Western powers and returned to Luzon Island for safety, and the news came out, even if the Northern and Southern Ming Dynasty knew about it, there was no way to say anything. As for the mercenaries who did not leave next, but sent troops to garrison this place to better explain, after all, this place has become the target of other countries' forces, and they only stayed here to better protect it.

After Luzon Island became Yang Chendong's new force, he expanded the northern wharf according to his requirements, and renamed it Luzon Port, and at the same time built a new city in the island, Song City, with Li Sheng, who was recommended by Yu Qian, the lord of the Chichi City Mansion, as the first city lord.

Because the population of Luzon at that time was not very large, only more than one million, in order to strengthen the construction here and prosper the economy here, Cambodian Province transferred 2 million people. So far, Yang Chendong has fulfilled his promise to Governor Sun Xiaoguang.

After Luzon Island became a member of Yang Chendong's sphere of influence, they successfully controlled the South China Sea of the Ming Dynasty, relying on Xiaoliuqiu Island, Luzon Island, and the docks and ports of Vietnam Province, forming a pocket on this sea area, if they did not agree, any force of ships entering here could face a major blow on three sides.

The task of capturing Luzon Island was successfully completed, and the time came to May 1454 AD, when the second lady Qiaoyin was in labor for less than a month, Yang Chendong gave up all military affairs, and returned to Chichicheng to accompany Qiaoyin who was waiting for childbirth to wait for the birth of his first child.

Yang Chendong stopped, and the provinces under his influence also settled down, and the continued development of this development should be stabilized and stabilized, and the naval command also passed a resolution on the preparation for the establishment of the Second Army on the sea, ordering Yue Guang to be the commander of the army, under the jurisdiction of the fourth, fifth, and sixth naval divisions, with a total of more than 26,000 officers and personnel.

At the same time, it was also announced that from now on, the mercenary army will be renamed the five-star army, and the edict will be issued to the world.

The mercenary changed his name to become a five-star army, which is definitely a big deal. But at this moment, there are not many people who really pay attention to this aspect, everything is because after Yang Chendong opened his knife to the Phnom Penh Dynasty, various forces also took the opportunity to seek fighters and seize their own benefits.

Shortly after learning the news of the mercenary army's attack on the Phnom Penh Dynasty, Zhu Huixuan, the king of Minzhuang, proclaimed himself the king of Nanming and issued an edict to the world. And soon after, he sent troops to Yunnan where King Mu Bin of Xiping was.

For Zhu Huixuan, the king of the Southern Ming Dynasty, his place was not satisfactory, with the army of the Northern Ming Dynasty in the north and the east, the Mu army of the king of Xiping in the west, and the Vietnamese province in the south where the mercenaries belonged. Surrounded on all sides, there is not even a safe passage to get out, once something happens, isn't it a small life?

In order to solve this trouble, he must fight his way out. After thinking about it, he set his goal on Yunnan, where the king of Xiping was located.

This is also a way to do it, relatively speaking, among the three forces that surround him, King Xiping is easy to bully. In order to achieve the goal of hitting the target with one blow, Zhu Huixuan mobilized an army of 100,000 and dealt a heavy blow to Mu Bin under the Yunnan forces without greeting.

It's a pity that because the news was revealed in advance, it didn't have the purpose of killing with one blow, it just hit Mu Bin hard. But just when the King of Nanming wanted to capture the whole of Yunnan with all his might, Nanming sent troops, and the King of Nanming, who had to fight on both sides for a while, quickly turned from offensive to defensive, and the war was in a state of stalemate for a while.

At this time, the Vietnamese army general Hong Kim under the mercenary forces led his troops out of Lang Son and watched the three parties fight together with the momentum of watching the tiger fight from a mountain.

Hong Jin's appearance not only means that Yang Chendong behind him is paying attention to this matter, but also he has to do a very important thing, that is, to receive the people who were hurt during and after the war. As long as they are Han Chinese, they will accept them and arrange their next life.

Compared with the Han people who spent tens of millions of taels of silver to buy Beiming last time, this time Yang Chendong is no longer paying, but just picking up people.

Facts have proved that a large number of Han people are needed to occupy each land, although after the last purchase incident, Yang Chendong still has more than 3 million Han people left in his hands, but compared to the expansion of his power, this number is obviously not enough.