"Ladies and gentlemen, Manila has reached the most dangerous moment, and only by defeating the hateful Ming people can we keep this territory that God has given to the Spaniards in the East!"

At Manila Castle, the Spanish governor of Luzon, Marinas, convened the city's officers and missionaries to discuss how to attack the Ming army.

"Your Excellency the Governor, there are as many as 20,000 Ming troops outside the city, and there are only more than 600 Spanish soldiers in the Manila Castle, even if all the priests and craftsmen are sent to the battlefield, there are only about 1,000 people, and the difference in strength is more than 20 times, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to win." Major Shabinas, who was in charge of leading the army, was embarrassed.

"Major Sabinas, what's wrong with the twenty-fold difference? When we Spaniards first came to the Philippine Islands more than a hundred years ago, there were only two or three hundred people, and they still defeated thousands of indigenous troops?

When we Spaniards first arrived in the New World, there were only more than 100 people, but we defeated tens of thousands of Indian troops and occupied Mexico, which had millions of territories.

In the face of our sharp guns in Spain, these Oriental natives are just lambs to the slaughter, how can you, as a major, as the leader of the Manila army, be afraid before fighting? “

Before Governor Marenas could speak, the Bishop of the Diocese of Manila, Shalachar, stood up and directly criticized Shabinas.

Shabinas argued, "I am not afraid, my lord. As an army commander, I have to tell everyone what's going on on both sides. The truth is that there is too much disparity between the power of the enemy and the enemy. ”

Shalachar sneered: "Is there a huge disparity, but I don't think so. Although the Ming people had more than 20,000 troops, they were now scattered in the vast areas of Manila to reclaim fields, and some of them were building earthen walls besieging Manila, and they were tired and half dead every day. We only need to concentrate 500 soldiers to attack, and we can crush the enemy army in front of us. As long as you rush into the Ming army camp and kill the Ming generals, you can achieve victory.

As for the large number of Ming troops, don't forget that we not only have these seven or eight hundred soldiers in Manila, but also hundreds of 'Barangei' outside Manila, and each 'Barangei' has hundreds of Filipino Iroques, who have been bathed in the glory of God for decades and have long been the lambs of our Lord. Over the years, tens of thousands of Ming people have come to Manila to cultivate fields, engage in trade, engage in various service industries, and earn a lot of wealth in a short period of time, which has long caused dissatisfaction among the Ilok people. Now that the Ming army has crossed the sea to Manila and has an intention to occupy the whole of the Philippines, the Irokians must have panicked even more.

Let's tell the Iroke that the Ming army came here to plunder their fields and rob their property, and only by defeating the Ming army and killing all the Ming immigrants can they have a good life.

As long as all the Iroku people can be mobilized, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of indigenous troops can be summoned in a short time, and they will definitely be able to defeat the Ming people! “

Governor Marenas rejoiced, "Your Excellency, are you sure that the Iloch will be used by us?" “

Shalachar nodded: "Of course. We have been in the Philippines for a hundred years, bringing the gospel of God to these ignorant natives, changing their backward life, we have opened schools, let their children receive advanced Western education, Iroque, Bisayan, various indigenous peoples in the Philippines have long developed a deep identification with Spain.

Now the Ming invaded the Philippines, not only to capture Manila, but also to enslave all the indigenous Filipinos. Only by standing with us and resisting the rule of the Ming people can they be spared from slavery.

Your Excellency the Governor, I ask you to give an order to these Filipinos, that as long as they help us drive out the Ming, all the wealth and children of the Ming people will belong to them, and there will be no problem in gathering tens of thousands of native servants! “

Marenas was overjoyed: "I will issue an order, as long as these Filipinos are willing to help us drive away the Ming people, all the Ming people's property, fields, and women are theirs!" “

Shalachar: "Your Excellency, I can go out of the city to gather the Filipinos, but for the Filipinos to be obedient, a victory is necessary." The Filipinos must be given hope of victory over the Ming people. “

Marenas nodded: "No problem, I'm going to launch an attack on Akito." “

Taking advantage of the fact that the Ming earthen wall was not closed, Bishop Shalazar and several priests rushed out of the encirclement from the east and disappeared into the night.

Marenas gathered all the soldiers in Manila, left 200 soldiers to defend the city, and personally took more than 500 soldiers to open the city gate before dawn and moved towards the Ming army camp.

In the morning, the first rays of morning light appeared in the east, and the soldiers of the Ming army yawned and walked out of the barracks, ready to start the day's work, repairing the earthen walls, cultivating the land, and being busy every day.

The remaining soldiers of Zheng Sen's camp were more than 3,000 people. Coming from South Australia, even if some food was obtained from the Luzon people in the northern Hawksbill Harbor some time ago, there was not much food left in the army, and it was necessary to rely on the Ming immigrants to make ends meet.

But the Ming immigrants were not rich, how could they afford to support so many troops. There was no way, Zheng Sen had to disperse the army. Most of the army was sent to disperse in the countryside around Manila, to reclaim, gather, and build walls.

The sound of "bang bang bang" fire guns sounded one after another, causing a commotion among the Zheng soldiers in the camp, and when they looked up, they saw hundreds of Xiyi people wearing bright military uniforms and emerald bird feathers on their heads killed.

Although Zheng Jun set up camp, Zheng Sen did not think that the Spaniards would dare to attack the camp with such an army, and the camp was not solid, so the whole camp was enclosed by a wooden fence as a camp wall, and there was neither a trench nor antlers outside the wooden fence.

The Spanish army carried several small cannons, but after a round of shelling, Zheng's camp was shattered, and then Marenas came in with 500 soldiers from the breach.

The Zheng soldiers who got up hurriedly rushed to meet the battle, and the Spanish soldiers fired muskets in succession, shooting and killing hundreds of Zheng soldiers in a short period of time, and the whole camp was in chaos.

Zheng Sen hurriedly came out of the camp tent and looked at the Spanish soldiers who appeared in the distance, his face gloomy as water.

"Damu, it's too messy, let's take shelter on the boat first!" Zheng Zhibao grabbed Zheng Sen's arm and shouted loudly.

"What to avoid? There are only a few hundred Spaniards, but we have 3,000 troops, as long as we hold them back and wait for reinforcements from other places to arrive, we can surround and annihilate these hundreds of Spaniards! “

Zheng Sen shook off Zheng Zhibao, and a series of orders were handed down, ordering the pro-army department to go forward to collect the army, and the Spaniards must be blocked!