For the temporary formation of a merchant legion, no one takes it seriously at all, everyone cares about weapons, Minny guns and ordinary fire cap guns are completely different ideas, and the lethality is not at the same level at all, seeing that Huang Dianyuan could not give a clear answer, Yizeng turned his head to look at Yi Zhicontent, and said: "The military gate may judge the firearms of the Spanish army?" ”

"Don't worry. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Yi Zhishu said slowly: "At present, only Britain, France and the United States know about the Mini gun, and at present, we have not heard of the large-scale replacement of the Mini gun by the armies of the three countries, and the Citigroup country did not even use the Mini gun in large quantities in the war against Mexico, and it is obvious that the three countries do not want to expose the Mini gun prematurely." It is impossible for the armies of Spain and the Netherlands to use Minnie guns! ”

Hearing this, everyone was relieved, and Yizeng said in a relaxed tone: "Then this battle is much easier." ”

Yan Yangtian said: "I heard that Manila is a strong fortress? ”

"Not bad." Huang Dianyuan nodded and said: "The royal city of Manila is a star-shaped fortress, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a fortress, the royal city is not big, but the wall is tall and strong, twenty-two feet high and eight feet wide, there are many artillery pieces deployed on the city wall, and there is a moat outside the wall, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack." ”

Hearing this, Chen Hongming pursed his lips disapprenously, in the case of a huge difference in firearms, no matter how strong the city wall is, Yuan Qi Tuanlian does not lack experience in attacking strong cities, and he groaned slightly, and then he asked: "Is there a map of Manila?" ”

"There's a simple map." Huang Dianyuan said and looked at Yi Zhicontent.

"The map has been copied several times, and I will give it to you later, and each of you will draw up a detailed battle plan and hand it in." Yi Zhishu changed his words as he spoke, "The Spanish Empire was the first empire to establish colonies around the world, and its colonies are spread over several continents, but there are not many colonies left today.

In addition to being carved up and annexed by other powers or actively sold, some colonies became independent by themselves through uprisings, defeating the Spanish garrison, and countries such as Peru, Chile, and Bolivia in South America were all independent from Spain in the past one or two decades.

After we conquer the South Sea Islands, how can we firmly control them and prevent them from becoming independent or split? This is directly related to our strategic policy of fighting Nanyang, and everyone has discussed it. ”

Hearing this, a group of people couldn't help but look at each other, this is also thinking too far, now the South Sea Islands have not been defeated, which is directly related to the strategic policy of fighting the South Seas? What does this mean?

After a slight groan, Yan Yang genius spoke: "The military gate is far-reaching, beyond the reach of subordinates, can you mention a point or two?" ”

After glancing at everyone, Yi Zhizhi said slowly: "The Nanyang Islands are far away from the mainland, it is not close to the mainland, it is not far away, if you want to firmly control it, there are no more than two ways."

There is no shortage of people in our Qing Dynasty, this is the greatest advantage of the Qing Dynasty's foreign expansion, and it is also a huge advantage that is difficult to match with Western countries, if you want to do it once and for all, the most secure way is to kill all the natives on the Nanyang Islands, and then immigrate from the mainland to Nanyang on a large scale. ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but gasp, how many people do you have to kill? The problem is that those natives are unarmed, Huang Dianyuan hesitated: "There are more than a million people in Luzon, and there should be a million people in Java, all of them are killed?" ”

Yi Zhishu didn't answer directly, and pondered for a moment before saying: "If you don't want to slaughter the natives, you can only assimidate while immigrating, and let the Han people occupy the majority of the population in the Nanyang Islands, so as to prevent the Nanyang Islands from becoming independent in the future to the greatest extent."

We are not fighting Nanyang for the purpose of colonizing Nanyang, but for the permanent inclusion of Nanyang into China's territory, and to adopt this method, we must treat the Nanyang natives with kindness and equality, so that they can be convinced to belong and consciously and voluntarily integrate. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Luzon's uprisings against Spain are also one after another, if we take the second method, we can launch a joint Luzon natives against Spain and the Netherlands." With that, he stood up and said, "You will discuss." Then he went straight out of the official hall.

After waiting for Yi Zhizhi to leave, Yi Zeng couldn't help but whisper: "What does the military gate mean?" ”

"The military has a long-term vision, and it is bound to be inclined to kill all the natives." Chen Hongming said in a sullen voice: "And what I said is very clear, this is the safest way." ”

"Not necessarily." Yan Yangtian shook his head slowly, and said: "Although Ci is not in charge of the army, it is difficult for the military to make up its mind to slaughter millions of unarmed natives. ”

Seeing a few people arguing, Huang Dianyuan said: "One thing, you may not know, whether it is Luzon or Java, the relationship between the Nanyang natives and the Han people is not good, Spain and the Netherlands in order to consolidate their rule, implement the policy of apartheid, and from time to time provoke racial contradictions, create incidents between the Nanyang natives and the Han people to cause ethnic conflicts, so as to achieve the goal of divide and rule.

Over time, the Nanyang natives were extremely repulsive and hostile to the Han people, and the Nanyang natives actively participated in several large-scale massacres of the Han people, and it was not easy to assimilate and integrate them. ”

Hearing this, Yizeng said without hesitation: "Since this is the case, what else is there to say, just slaughter them once and for all!" Anyway, the last thing we lack is people. ”

Chang Bao also echoed: "What I said is that since it is a group of white-eyed wolves, why spend financial and material resources to assimilate and integrate? ”

Yan Yangtian looked at the two of them, then at Chen Hongming, sighed lightly, and said, "That's millions of unarmed people......" ”

"When they massacre Han Chinese, they never relented." Chen Hongming said coldly: "Since you hate us, why bother raising tigers? ”

After a while, Yi Zhishu returned to the official hall with a few simple maps, and the people he saw were very quiet, and said with some surprise: "There is a result?" ”

Yi Zeng said: "Junmen, we are in favor of slaughtering the natives of Nanyang once and for all." ”

Chen Hongming and Chang Bao nodded in agreement, but Yan Yangtian said: "I don't agree with the slaughter of millions of unarmed natives!" ”

After a slight sigh, Yi Zhizhi said slowly: "The colonial expansion of the Europeans is a series of bloody massacres, and at least tens of millions of Native Americans have died from the wars and plagues brought by the Europeans, and Spain alone has killed tens of millions.

Spain and the Netherlands have been entrenched in Nanyang for hundreds of years, and the rejection and hostility of the Nanyang natives to the Han people are also deep-rooted, and they have also participated in the large-scale massacre of the Han people, and their hands are also stained with the blood of our compatriots, so it is not an exaggeration to say that they are our enemies. ”

After a pause, he continued: "However, our first goal in this expedition to the South Seas is to seize control of the South Sea Islands from Spain and the Netherlands. ”

Hearing this, Huang Dianyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's still the big shopkeeper's thoughtfulness." Although he did not have a good impression of the natives of Nanyang, he still couldn't bear to think about slaughtering millions of people.

Manila, Intraura, Governor's Palace.

Spanish Governor Jons stood at the window and looked worriedly at the quiet Manila Bay, and since he learned that the "Xiguan Daily" had published articles criticizing the massacre of Chinese in Spain for several days in a row, he was a little restless and restless.

In the hundreds of years since the occupation of Luzon, the vast empire of the Far East has been like a sharp sword hanging over their heads, which has kept them at peace, and the gradual infiltration of England and France into the South Seas has also disturbed them.

A few years ago, England brazenly provoked a war, the fleet of large-scale expeditions, Spain has been highly concerned, Yuan Qi regimental training to defeat the British fleet one after another, has won Dinghai, Macao, Wusong Zhenjiang victory, is really surprising.

After the end of the war, the Qing State began to build a navy, first fighting Vietnam and then Japan, and in just a few years, it developed to a scale of more than 100 warships and a strength of 40,000 or 50,000 troops.

"Your Excellency." Lieutenant Commander Mainland hurriedly walked behind him and said, "There is definite news that the Qing Nanyang Fleet has assembled ....... in Yulin. ”

It's finally here! Jons felt a sense of relief, turned around, and said in a deep voice: "The empire's overseas colonies are getting fewer and fewer, and the Philippines cannot be lost in our hands. ”

"Yes." Maiterrand answered but did not move.

Jons frowned in displeasure, "Anything else?" ”

Maitrand said: "It is reported that the Qing Navy has concentrated more than 40 large and small warships in Yulin Port, as well as a large number of marines. ”

More than 40 large and small warships! There are also marines, this strength is at least more than 20,000, Jons's face is a little ugly, although the Qing Navy is a start-up, but it has a record of competing with the English fleet head-on before, he didn't dare to underestimate it at all, and he groaned slightly, before he said: "Please General Navid come over." ”

In the twenty-eighth year of Daoguang, the second day of the fifth month.

A huge fleet of more than 200 warships and troop carriers of all kinds arrived in the waters of Manila Bay, and on the flagship 'Zhenjiang,' Yi Zhizu held a telescope to observe the situation in the bay. ”

It seems that the Spanish warships anchored in Manila Bay are ready to be contained outside? In this way, the United States should have learned the news of the large-scale invasion of the Nanyang Fleet in advance, and Yi Zhizhi glanced at Le Xiaoqi, the captain of the 'Zhenjiang' behind him, and said, "How to deal with it?" ”

Le Xiaoqi said without thinking: "Junmen, we have more than 60 large and small warships, and we think that we will divide all the warships into two, put them at the beginning and tail, sandwich the transport fleet in the middle, and go directly into the bay, don't pay attention to them, Manila Bay is a closed bay, if they dare to follow up, we will use steam ships to tow the warships, and we will definitely be able to close the door and fight the dogs." ”

After a slight hesitation, Yi Zhizhi said: "Since Manila is prepared, there is no need to rush into the bay. As he spoke, he pointed to the island at the entrance of the bay and said, "Send a fast boat to land from several directions and search it." ”

"Yes." The communications officer hurriedly replied.

Yi Zhizhi glanced at Le Xiaoqi and said: "There are thousands of islands in Luzon, the sea conditions in the north are slightly better, the reefs in the south are full of undercurrents, and the sea conditions are complicated, so you must be cautious everywhere. ”

Hearing this, Le Xiaoqi couldn't help but be overjoyed, it seemed that this was to let him conquer southern Luzon, and immediately straightened his chest and said loudly: "Remember the military discipline under the mark." ”

The army pressed the border, the whole Manila was in a panic, the indigenous servant army went out to capture the Chinese living outside the city, and the royal city was busy preparing for the big battle, the enemy army had not yet arrived, and the outside of the city was already full of gunfire, flames soared into the sky, and a scene of war.

Seeing the flames of Manila City, Yi Zhicontent's face couldn't help but sink, the other party is preparing to implement a scorched earth resistance policy - strong walls and clear fields? What are you kidding, a mere city of Manila is under the attack of his 30,000-strong army, can he still expect to hold on to help?

"The Spaniards are not planning to abandon the city and flee, are they?" Huang Dianyuan muttered softly, looked carefully at the direction of the fire, he quickly reacted, and said softly: "Big shopkeeper, the Spaniards should be slaughtering the Han Chinese." ”

Yi Zhizu shook his head slightly, and said, "It's not a massacre, it should be captured, and they plan to use the Han people to coerce us." After a pause, he said, "How many Han people are there in Manila?" ”

"Not much." Huang Dianyuan said: "There are only more than 10,000 Han people in the entire Luzon, and Manila is the most concentrated, which should be around four or five thousand. ”

"How many Spaniards are there?"

"It's not clear." Huang Dianyuan said: "The Royal City of Manila only allows legal white people to live, including Spaniards and some mixed-race children with Spanish ancestry. ”

Yi Zhishu said in surprise: "Han people are not allowed to enter? ”

"Not really." Huang Dianyuan said: "Even if the royal city needs some lowly miscellaneous servants, only Malay-Han mixed-race people will serve as them, and Han people will not be allowed to enter the city." ”

Yi Zhixiang was speechless for a while, the Spaniards in Manila were wary of the Chinese to the point of no return, but was it useful to do so?

"The big shopkeeper." Huang Dianyuan said in a deep voice: "There are many members of the South China Association in Manila, and none of them have evacuated. ”

Yi Zhixiang took out a cigarette and lit it, even if the Spaniards coerced the Han, it was impossible for him to stop the army, and he said in a deep voice after a while: "This is a lesson." ”

Hearing this, Huang Dianyuan's expression was a little gloomy, Luzon Manila is one of the key development locations of the South China Association, and I am afraid that the loss this time will be great!

After a slight groan, Yi Zhizhi said slowly: "Don't worry too much, our army is strong, the Spaniards may not dare to resist to the end, after the soldiers come to the city, I will spread the word to them, if you dare to kill the innocent, slaughter the royal city, and leave no chickens and dogs!" ”

Huang Dianyuan said with a wry smile: "The Spaniards know that they have slaughtered too many Han Chinese, so I am afraid that they may not believe that the big shopkeeper will let them go easily." ”