The other pirates also patted their chests and promised that they would follow the boss's desperate efforts to capture Manila and kill all the Francos there.

As soon as Qiao Haipeng saw that the military heart was available, he immediately waved his hand and said, "Okay!" You are all good, this is a test for you, if you are good, then we will accept you into the gang. But I have to say ugly things ahead, I have captured Manila, if anyone brings disaster to our own Chinese people, then don't blame me for being unkind, I especially killed him. ”

When He Wuyi heard this, he jumped up from the ground with a "Teng", turned around and shouted: "Brothers, have you heard the words of the master, if any bastard dares to spoil our own people, I will kill him with one knife without the hands of the master." ”

Qiao Haipeng nodded, and said to everyone with a smile: "You are also our people now, but you can't beat the Francois in this way, we have to conduct a simple arquebus training for you for a few days, and we have to change you into unified equipment."

Rest assured, we have not taken a penny of your personal property on the island, and we have not committed any crime against your relatives. Later, you will go back and collect your belongings on the island, and settle your families together. Since ancient times, emperors have not sent hungry soldiers, and after a while, each brother will receive a hundred Franc silver coins, and the leaders will double. This is just our greeting gift, and when we get to Manila, the brothers are waiting to get rich. ”

The pirates below immediately cheered when they heard this, especially those leaders, everyone has a small fortune on the island, and they all have family members and children, and now when they hear Qiao Haipeng say this, they all put their hearts in their stomachs.

Not to mention the other pirate minions, a hundred Franc Coins is a lot, and this new boss is really exquisite. Before he could do his best, he made a sum of money to sell his life first. Laid down Manila, it must be indispensable for everyone's profit.

Qiao Haipeng asked these pirates to settle down the affairs of the family, and then gathered all the people, and the first thing was to clean them up thoroughly. These guys used to be sloppy, and the Admiralty couldn't stand the smell of these people.

Not only did they shave their hair, but they were also washed with hot water mixed with disinfectant. Then a uniform dress change was carried out for them. Including firearms and full clothing, armor.

Because the cargo of the Spanish fleet from Mexico was more important, the Spanish infantry, which was accompanied by six companies of infantry, was also captured.

The armor of more than 1,000 armored spearmen in six Spanish infantry companies was rationed to these pirates. Includes a metal front breastplate, as well as a metal helmet. The costume was also the full standard of the Spanish infantry, including a blouse, a jacket, a shirt, shorts and leggings, and a pair of leather shoes for the infantry.

The weapons were an arquebus, two short muskets, and a scimitar used by pirates. As well as matching belts and cross-body leather ammunition purses, the officers and men of the Admiralty also designed for them a number of pre-filled powder rolls wrapped in oiled paper containing accurate quantities of gunpowder and a projectile. Let them make a batch for themselves in the past few days, enough to use in battle.

After all the pirates changed their costumes, they dressed in uniform and lined up to stop wherever they went, not to mention how energetic they were. In the past, they were a group of pirates called Hanako, but now they are still standing crookedly, but at least they are like it.

Because of the importance of the capture of Manila by the troops this time, it is necessary to contain the hearts of these pirates, Qiao Haipeng and Lu Gambo decided to not only carry out the gold yuan policy on these pirates, but also carry out other work on them.

So the two doctors of the fleet also did a medical examination for them, and in the following days, a medical examination was done for their families. This time the fleet left the base for too long, so the two doctors who accompanied the team prepared a large number of modern medicines. But a few months have passed, and more than half of these drugs are left.

These pirates and their families can only rely on one Lang Zhong to see a doctor on this island all year round. After all, the conditions are not good, and the medical skills of that Lang Zhong are less than half a bottle, plus there is a lack of medical treatment, so the pirate and his family have more or less some old illnesses.

This time, after a few days of hard work, the two doctors who accompanied the team cured many people's diseases, which made these pirates all grateful. When they saw a few pills with their own eyes, they cured their own babies and mothers-in-law's old diseases, which are miracle doctors.

The mere healing of the disease has taken the hearts of a bunch of pirates, and the sickness of people in this era is a disaster, and curing the disease is no different from escaping death, especially the pirates who are on the island all year round.

He Wu also deliberately found Qiao Haipeng and wanted to pull a few more pirates into the gang, Qiao Haipeng thought about it and agreed. However, Zhou Cheng and Fujii were specially sent to let Van Bit and several experienced Dutch captains personally drive the ship to follow He Wu.

Because this operation is not trivial, they are afraid that He Wu will leak the news. But the situation is good, in two days, He Wu pulled nearly a thousand people, all of whom were a pirate gang composed of Ming people, and they wanted to join the pirate island before, because He Tianxing had strong soldiers and horses in his hands, and there was no place for them.

Of course Qiao Haipeng is willing, the more the merrier, the same silver coins and equipment, the same cleaning and physical examination, and receive unified training.

All a dozen companies of pirates were reorganized into the Far Eastern Company, the Luzon guerrilla fleet, numbering more than 2,000. The commander of the fleet, He Wu, and the deputy commander were several powerful pirate leaders and ship owners. The guerrilla fleet was equipped with more than a dozen sailing ships and dozens of Ming junk ships.

Over the next few days, the officers and men of the Admiralty began training the pirates in their reorganization. The pirates were divided into a dozen companies of three platoons each, according to the ranks of the leaders of each size. The personnel are also uneven, but they are not much worse.

The Admiralty trained them in a simple musket volley, focusing on practicing three-stage firing and standardizing their reloading. I didn't expect them to practice very well, just to be able to roughly stand in a row and shoot a three-part salvo.

These pirates have good marksmanship, and their knife skills are even more fierce. In terms of individual combat, if it were to be a one-man battle, the officers and men of the Admiralty would not be their opponents at all. After all, they are all veteran pirates who have experienced a lot of battles at sea, and they all have some unique skills and life-saving skills in their hands.

Although they didn't expect the pirates to train in a few days, after firing hundreds of empty guns and dozens of live ammunition, the pirates were really trained like that. After all, these pirates have a good foundation, and once they realize the advantage of the salvo, they will immediately practice with their hearts.

At the same time, the four Spanish galleons were also refurbished, and all combat readiness was completed. Qiao Haipeng gave the order for the fleet to depart.

The main force of the fleet consisted of four Spanish galleons, ten galleons of the Admiralty, and a dozen galleons of the pirates. The entire fleet has a total of more than 3,000 personnel. They left Pirate Island in a big way and headed for Manila.

After several days of sailing, the four galleons were the first to leave the group and sailed into the waters of Luzon one evening. Soon they were spotted by a Spanish patrol and inquired about on board, and when they learned that the fleet was from Mexico in the New World, they immediately sent a clipper to inform Governor Victor of Manila.

and informed that there was also a royal envoy on board, Sir Albert, and the news immediately caused a sensation in the Spanish royal city of Manila. Spaniards who had some status in the royal city had received an invitation from Governor Victor to attend the welcome banquet at the Governor's Palace tonight.

Located on the banks of the Passy River, the 64-hectare Intramuros of Manila is a star-shaped fortress built by the Spanish in the 16th century, surrounded by 2.44-meter-thick and 6.7-meter-high stone walls, and is designed to defend against indigenous rebellion and Chinese pirates.

During the Spanish rule, the city of Intramura was Manila, and Spanish travel law stipulated that only legal Caucasian people could live in the intramuros. The Spaniards imposed a very unfair tax in Manila, with Caucasians being excluded from tax, indigenous Malays paying a basic tax, mestizos paying twice the basic tax, and Han Chinese paying four times the basic tax.

The captains of the four Spanish galleons were all piloted by four Dutch captains including Van Bit and 400 Dutch sailors, nearly 200 Japanese daredevils, 200 elites selected from the pirates, and 300 officers and men of the Admiralty, all dressed in Spanish infantry uniforms, all wearing grimace masks on their faces.

Four Spanish galleons, guided by two warships, slowly sailed into Manila Bay. Governor Victor is leading all the leading men of Manila to wait near the docks in the harbor to welcome Sir Abel.

It was already completely dark, and when they saw the figure of the four Spanish galleons, several batteries began to fire cannons, and several companies of Spanish infantry also stood in a neat queue, waiting for the inspection of the envoys from the kingdom.

When the four Spanish galleons slowly approached the pier, the whole pier resounded with enthusiastic cheers. Sir Abel stepped gracefully off the galleon under the protection of several Spanish officers.

Although Sir Abel's guards all wore a menacing grimace mask and a fat cloak, the welcoming crowd did not make a fuss. They all thought it was just a sign of some noble guard.

Governor Victor walked out of the welcoming crowd and greeted him with a laugh and a warm greeting with Sir Abel.

"My most esteemed Sir Abel, welcome to Manila, how come there are only four ships, is there no escort?"

Sir Albert smiled bitterly and said: "Your Excellency the Governor, the waters around Luzon Island are not calm, we have encountered several pirate intrusions, and several warships have been chasing pirates everywhere, it is estimated that we will come to Manila tomorrow." ”

Governor Victor frowned, then smiled: "Sir, no, our navy has wiped out all the pirates in the surrounding waters, you ......"

Suddenly, a burst of artillery fire was heard on the surface of Manila Bay, which turned several Spanish Navy patrol boats cruising in Manila Bay into flames. R1152