Deng Zilong used only two thousand ships, Jiazi and Jiaxu, to blockade the west port of Guam, which had lost a large number of warships.

He was not in a hurry to attack next, the rudimentary but huge port had too many enemy troops, and there were three barracks in sight of them alone, not to mention a dozen shore guns, and it was not beneficial to attack the past.

The key is that Deng Zilong has few soldiers, he only has nine boats and eight or nine hundred banner troops.

There is also one of these nine ships that is the seat of Zheng Cong, the deputy Qianhu, and the girder columns under the deck are discounted, and it will not work if it is said no.

His strategy is to do what a pioneer officer should do, not to take credit from the Chinese army, and to do enough kung fu to clear the wilderness.

Except for another Jiashen and an ironclad ship cruising around the harbor with a damaged 500 shark ship, the remaining four warships sailed around the island from the port in two groups to the northeast and southwest to search for the enemy's deployment on the shore...... Guam is so small that a single walk along the coast will take in most of it.

On the deck, Deng Zilong's official boots slowly paced with heavy footsteps, and beside him, a row of fallen New Spanish sailors knelt, and the seasoned banner army was pressing them about the situation.

After these unlucky ghost warships were sunk and shattered, they floated with wooden barrels and broken boards and held on until the battle was over, and the Ming army cleaned up the battlefield and were salvaged along with those barrels and wooden boxes, obviously they already knew what the outcome would be.

"General, it's all said." The subordinates who grew up in Haojing and were recruited as the flag army to receive double salaries because of their proficiency in many Chinese walked up to Deng Zilong and said: "There are three high-eyebrow people over there who claim to be Aleman hired by Xiyi, and Xiyi gives them three pieces of this a month." ”

Deng Zilong took the Ducatt handed by his subordinates, weighed it twice, and said: "I have seen it in Xiangshan, it is worth a penny, and the military salary is not high, so you are willing to run here to work hard?" ”

The three coins in January are equivalent to two or four coins of silver, which is definitely not low, but the mercenaries prepare their own armor, Deng Zilong feels that the price is not high if you count the fine armor on the three Almans.

Now, of course, the three have nothing.

"They have different salaries, the one in the middle is a nobleman, and Xiyi gives him eight in a month."

Deng Zilong bowed his head slowly, he had already learned about the status of Westerners, and he felt that it was easier to accept.

The Ming people are because you passed the imperial examination or joined the army, and you have meritorious governance or military merits, so you are promoted and get a higher salary than others; Westerners, on the other hand, were able to get higher salaries and military salaries because they were nobles.

In Spain, the difference in price brought by status is two to three times, which is the salary of a mercenary; If they were nobles who served directly in the infantry, their salaries were more than three times that of others.

"What about the troops?"

"There are more than 800 people like them on the island, more than 2,000 Xiyi troops, with three American Legions, but now there are only two." The banner army explained to Deng Zilong: "Lin Jiang fought fiercely on the island, and one of the enemy's garrison regiments was dispersed, and the demoralized remnants were transferred to the eastern island to rest. ”

"By the way, there is another island more than 100 miles to the northeast, and there are many small islands to the north, but there are only more than 300 garrisons on the island less than 200 miles away, which is about all the troops of Xiyi on the island."

Deng Zilong blinked, stunned for a moment before coming back to his senses, the banner army thought that Deng Zilong did not understand how many troops a legion had, and explained: "Xiyi sent a total of four legions to Guam, 12,000 soldiers, and now there are 9,300. ”

"I know." Deng Zilong paused and muttered to himself, "Two thousand seven ...... Now Xiang Yongdu is so capable of fighting? ”

Others only know that the Nanyang Military Government sent warships to Guam earlier, but they don't know how many they sent, but Deng Zilong knows very well, and Lin Manjue is the commander.

Deputy General Zeng Xi Shun did not participate in the battle, and the Ming army who actually landed on the island was less than 400, which is still the situation that there were no casualties in the earlier ship battles at sea.

Deng Zilong didn't give them any hope when he encountered the boat of fugitives at sea, and he didn't ask about the capture, and now it seems that these people have been away from Luzon for five months, and they are already very old pawns.

In Deng Zilong's eyes, the skills of the association can be skillfully applied, he is not in a hurry to fight, he can obey the orders of the commander, attack when he should attack, retreat when he should retreat, and do not ask to kill the enemy, he is already an old pawn.

Lin Manjue's subordinates were not such fierce men, but their leader had sufficient prestige during his five-year career as a bandit, and by virtue of his personal ability, this total force already possessed such combat power when he arrived in Guam.

Now only 100 people have survived in the war, but these 100 people have more than a dozen air-dried ears stuffed into their waist ear pockets, and when it comes to killing the enemy, it is rare for the entire Nanyang except for Chen Mu's headquarters to reach this number.

Especially the situation they faced, Deng Zilong's eyes looked at the port, and his thoughts had drifted to the distance behind him.

He thought, Lao Tzu should fool Chen Chaojue and eat this team of 100 by himself; Or bypass Chen Lan and go straight to Chen Mu, and use their exploits to draw these people under their own hands?

The way is different, but the purpose is the same, he wants this to put the total.

The so-called strange goods are inhabitable, that is, others don't know the value but they discovered it earlier - in the eyes of everyone, Lin Manjue's department is still a small general, and even a general with less than half of the troops.

But let Deng Zilong see that this is not a general, this is a team of 100 officers.

To put it mildly, with their record, it is more than enough to charge a guard, for example, Guam Guard?

Deng Zilong shook his head, it is better to find a way to get his subordinates to be generals, but it is not impossible for the little chief soldier to do it.

"The Chinese army is almost there, right?"

His subordinates and cronies arched their hands on the side and said, "If it's soon, it will be an hour in time, general, these prisoners?" ”

"Then ask who knows all their troops, including those who are now at sea preparing to be transported to Guam, and if they can't ask anything, they will be fed."

"Decapitated rice?"

"No, it's just a full meal, life and death Deng Mou said it doesn't count, I have to wait for Chen Shuai to fall, by the way, ask what the three are, Aleman, one or two taels of silver per month, are you willing to help Deng fight, you will always be able to use it in the future, if you don't want to, forget it." Deng Zilong looked to the west and said, "Chen Shuai is here, they don't think they will survive." ”

Chen Lan hated foreign Yi more than Chen Mu, and he fought against thieves and robbers all his life, probably he was very annoyed except for the Ming army floating on the sea, in fact, if he handed them over to Chen Lan, the possibility of surviving was lower than tying a big stone and sinking into the sea.

Glancing at the captives on the deck with pity, Deng Zilong glanced roughly at the eastern part of Guam, then took a closer look at the island with his binoculars, and the corners of his mouth hooked up when he looked at it.

"Eh, it's smoking on the island again, it's quite far away, Lin Manjue's march is not ordinary!"

The three flushes of black smoke in the southwest of Guam had just been extinguished for a day, and another burst of black smoke rose from the northeast of the island, thicker and thicker.

Deng Zilong estimated that if Lin Manjue had been given two thousand-strong troops to explore the island at that time, Guam might have been planted everywhere by now.