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The scouts who returned from a brief exploration of Luzon corroborated the confessions of the noble captives.

After resting for a few days on Chenlai Island and repairing the warship, Chen Mu and his fleet continued south in late June, heading northwest of Manila to Hawksbill Harbor, which was still the territory of King Suleiman of Luzon.

Chen's fleet remained on Chenlai Island, but spread out the fleet to patrol the tortoiseshell harbor, especially sending two fleets directly into the waters southwest of the tortoiseshell harbor to prevent a sneak attack by the Spaniards.

Faster than the fleet was moving two galleys sent by Chen Mu, carrying sailors and accompanying military doctors.

Just ten years ago, King Suleiman fought a battle with the Spaniards, he was seriously wounded in the battle, he was hiding in the dense forest, the army was defeated, there were no doctors and there was no lack of medicinal materials, there was no Chinese medicine and no Chinese medicine, it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and the investigating flag army got this news from the local overseas Chinese who supported Suleiman's restoration war.

Chen Mu didn't have anything to say, there was only one pair of hands that gave charcoal in the snow, and they grew on his arms.

His fleet only has more than 3,800 banner troops, even if Chen Lan and Lin Afeng are counted, they are only worth more than 10,000, and the strength of Xiyi is still seriously insufficient; But this was not a problem, when his fleet sailed towards Luzon, with the words "Boundless Heaven" on the Red Sea Ship, Chen Ye felt that he had to tell the Philippine Governor under the command of Philip II a cold fact that the Philippine Islands had been surrounded.

"What a beautiful country."

The fleet sails along the northwest coast of Luzon, with a view of the tropical forests and mountains as the sun rises and sets. The strong men of the island's inhabitants were all recruited by the king to fight further south, and the fishermen along the coast were not too surprised when they knew that the Ming Dynasty fleet would pass through here, but they were only a little more worried.

Tall palms that grow in unison to the north during typhoons are too sparsely populated for a huge island, and northern Luzon is relatively backward and impoverished, with hundreds of settlements and villages along the coast, and there seems to be no trace of a city.

Some of the beaches are white, some are gravel, and sometimes you can see coral islands not far from the coast, and the guide who guided the boat said that the coral islands are magical, and they are cool to step on even when the sun is shining.

Chen Mu didn't care about this, he just wanted to know which coasts and mountains were suitable for laying mines, digging trenches, and Chen Bu artillery, and then blowing up the fucking Spaniards into the sky.

None of these beaches are optimal, and there is no danger to keep.

Until his fleet arrived at the port of hawksbill turtles.

The port of tortoiseshell does not produce tortoiseshell, it is neither the commercial center of Luzon nor the best port in Luzon, and even Li Yuxi, a spring merchant who often runs here with his ships, does not know why it is called this name, only that the most likely reason is that most of the fleets going to Manila will stop here on their first voyage.

The hawksbill turtle is a species of sea turtle with a very hard shell, like this bay, between two huge mountain ranges, a huge mountain range to the east and a tall and endless volcanic ridge to the south, the northernmost part of the volcanic ridge is the hawksbill port, and the southernmost point is Manila Bay, which runs for 400 miles.

If it weren't for the newly repaired patches of wood of different colors at the unloading dock, the carbonized edges of the flames could be seen in some places, and the low Song and Ming buildings in the harbor still bear the scars of artillery bombardment.

The most common docks on the shore were damaged Fu boats, Cantonese ships, and local warships that Chen Mu could not name, and Luzon soldiers huddled or sleeping in the open under the eaves of the streets in the distance could be seen everywhere, and most of them were soldiers under the command of the Luzon king, including Chinese, Malays, and local warriors.

Of course, except for a small number of native samurai who did not wear armor, were barefoot, carried swords and bows, and had dark skin and dangerous eyes, the other ethnic groups were almost no different from the Ming people in terms of appearance, and at most they could see some differences in clothing.

The most of the warriors who can still pick up weapons in Tortoiseshell Harbor today are the Ming people, but they are the most wary of the visit of Chen Mu's fleet. They carefully held their weapons, and saw the huge fleet of ships waving their flags and approaching the harbor, but they could not do anything about it.

With Ishiki leading the fleet to dock first, the defense of the port was taken over.

Chen Mu witnessed all this through the binoculars on the warship, and he guessed that the Ming people should be wary of him out of status, and that these Ming people who invested manpower to support the Luzon king when he was at a disadvantage should be pirates, because the maritime merchants should be happy at his arrival rather than wary.

"Have you beaten these people?"

When he got off the boat, Lin Feng followed behind Chen Mu and shook his head at the ridicule of the young handsome, "I don't know, too many people have been driven by Lin from the sea over the years, if these people hate Lin Mou, and they hate Dashuai, and they are not Lin Daoqian's people, then it should be Shi He." ”

Half of the family members on the Chihai ship had already disembarked, and the flag army of the dock held the guard of honor and spread out to the port, and the boundless Great Banner of the Celestial Empire was erected in the port, Chen Mu stopped and said suspiciously: "Shi He?" ”

"Well, a native of Qiongzhou, he should be very old, he was a sea man in his early years, a native of Qiongzhou Mansion, Lin had no dealings with him, Li Mao knew him; Seven or eight years ago, the Francois plagiarized the caravan, plundered merchant ships, and lured women, and the imperial court didn't care, so Shi He led people to break the masts of the three Portuguese ships at sea. ”

Chen Mu was amazed by this and asked, "What about later?" ”

"The Portuguese warship was damaged, there was no other way, go to Qiongzhou Port to find the officers and soldiers to take refuge, Qiongzhou commanded and the Portuguese to attack Shihe together, although the design ambushed the officers and soldiers, Shi He was also greatly injured, and he couldn't do some business at sea."

"Later, Zhuang Gong saw his ship at sea, and on the way to Manila, he wanted to grab the prosperous maritime merchants, but there were not many of his people at that time, so he retreated without fighting."

Chen Mu nodded, and the envoy of the Luzon State and his banner army continued to walk towards the camp where King Suleiman was recuperating from his wounds, and after a while, he said to Lin Feng: "Don't worry, on the sea now, as long as the pirates don't do evil to the Ming Dynasty and the tributary countries, the days of suffering from the enemy on their backs are gone." ”

"What has Lin Daoqian been doing lately?"

Lin Afeng was supported by his own side and seized Lin Daoqian's territory in Taiwan, but Chen Mu did not forget about this pirate leader, "I heard that he is doing well in Fujian." ”

"It's not so good, the court didn't trust him when there was no war, at the beginning of the year, Tolin built him dozens of white-ship ships in Taiwan for the sake of friendship with the same surname, he wanted to go to Siam, and it is estimated that it will not be many days before he will lead the fleet through Luzon."

Chen Mu smiled, go to Siam? To what Siam, "he has no enmity with you?" ”

"What kind of revenge can that be, Lin didn't kill others, and he didn't destroy his ship, it's just that he took a place that he didn't need after recruiting An, and Chen Shuai wanted to use him?"

"No, I don't use it." Chen Mu shook his head: "If all the generations are dragons and phoenixes, if they are outside the territory, they are heroes who can tear the soil and call them lonely." The world is big, you don't have to be the enemy of your own motherland, there are brave and wise people, you should not waste your strength at sea, and you can do a bigger cause in the world hand in hand with me! Let's go to the king of Luzon. ”

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