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It's really a tree that wants to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop. On the boat back to Jinling, Qin Mu, Yang Shen, and Jin Gongnan were discussing a strategy to deal with the Manchus, and Yan Gaofei sat in a small boat and hurried onto Qin Mu's dragon boat, bringing a very irritating news.

"King Qin, just now there is a merchant ship that fled back to Ningbo brought back a news, Luzon broke out another round of massacre against the Han Chinese, under the instigation and deception of the Spaniards, including the local natives, Japanese ronin and other forces were involved in the massacre, the slaughter of Han people has exceeded 10,000, according to the merchants who fled back, they escaped when the massacre was still ongoing."

After hearing this, Qin Mu's eyes were full of coldness. As far as he knew, the massacres of the Chinese in Luzon had already taken place twice;

The first occurred in the 31st year of Wanli, when at least 20,000 Chinese were killed: when the news reached the Ming Kingdom, the Wanli Emperor did not know that Lu Dao regarded overseas Chinese who emigrated abroad as untouchables and did not want to pay attention to them; Or because the three major campaigns have just been completed, and the Ming Dynasty's military and financial resources have been greatly lost. In short, he did not send troops to Luzon, but only issued an "Edict to Luzon".

It was only two years later that it was brought to Manila by the owners of a merchant fleet and handed over to the Governor of the Philippines, the Supreme Court of Manila, and the Archbishop of Manila.

As long as the Spanish colonists guaranteed the safety of the lives and property of overseas Chinese in the future, they declared that they "could not bear to punish the colonists" and that "their overseas killings would not be exhausted," and demanded that the Spanish side "think of the emperor's great grace and the great benevolence and righteousness of China."

The connivance of the Ming Dynasty made the Spanish colonizers even more fearless in their oppression of overseas Chinese in the Philippines, and the overseas Chinese in a desperate situation could not bear the suffering. In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the Luzon Chinese launched an uprising and persisted for nearly 4 months.

This time, the Spanish colonizers were completely killed, and countless Chinese civilians, including devout Catholics, died in the massacre.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty was crumbling, the Manchu Qing Dynasty outside the Guanxi was eyeing each other, and civil unrest broke out in the country. They were also unable to take care of the massacre against the Chinese in Luzon.

"Bully me, no one in China will call me!" Qin Mu punched the small table, shaking the wine glass, he took two deep breaths and asked, "What is the cause of this massacre?" ”

Yan Gaofei replied: "Back to the King of Qin, it is said that the Spaniards in Luzon saw that my Great Qin had captured Taiwan and made friends with the Portuguese, and suspected that Great Qin was going to send troops to attack Luzon. ”

Preemptive, Spaniards, this is a preemptive strike!

Yang Shen saw that Qin Mu was annoyed. hurriedly persuaded: "King Qin, I can't bear to make a big plan, and I hope that King Qin will not be angry and raise a teacher." ”

Qin Mu also knew that it was not something that could be done in one or two days to send troops to Luzon, and no matter how unwilling he was, he had to face the fact that it was too late to save people.

Then all that's left is revenge.

If you want to hate, you must prepare yourself first, otherwise if you don't get it right, it will become hatred and hatred.

"Yang Qing don't worry, this king knows it." Qin Mu clenched his fists in his sleeve and said. "However, under the whole world, Mo is the king's land, and the shore of the land. It was not a royal minister. This king will let the Spaniards know that this sentence is not just a lip service to this king, and it is a person who offends my Great Qin. Even if it is far away, it will be punished! ”

As Qin Mu's close ministers, Yang Shen and Jin Lei have also carefully understood Westerners for a while, and they are no longer the same as before. Even Portugal, Spain, England, and the Netherlands can't tell the difference, and they all call them Xiyi or Hongmaoyi.

Jin Lei said: "King Qin, as far as the minister knows, the Spaniards were mortal enemies with the Dutch and the English, and now they have become enemies with the Portuguese.

However, if we really send troops to Luzon, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of other Xiyi, and the Dutch will be unwilling to lose Taiwan, and now the Dutch occupy the Dagang area, and their strength cannot be ignored. ”

This is really unguarded, and now there are four European countries that extend their power to the South Seas, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, and England.

Previously, Portugal was a vassal state of Spain, and the two were in one camp;

Britain and the Dutch came later, and the two countries initially formed their own East India Company and formed allies, and together they came east to compete with Spain and Portugal for shipping lanes and fortresses in the Far East.

Westerners, regardless of which camp they were, used to look down on the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army and thought that the Chinese army was vulnerable. Sandy, the governor of the Philippines, once proposed a plan to conquer China in a report to the king of Spain;

The report states that "only 4,000 to 6,000 men, armed with spears and muskets, ships, cannons, and the required ammunition, would be sufficient to occupy the provinces to be occupied,...... The conquest of one province is enough to conquer the whole country".

Even if the Dutch were driven out of Taiwan, they only thought that it was a sneak attack by the Zheng family, and with the large number of people, they would fail if they were unprepared.

And now the Spaniards still dare to massacre the Chinese in Luzon, which also shows that they don't take China too seriously.

If Daqin sent troops to attack Luzon, the Dutch would definitely not send troops to help Spain, but driven by the general arrogance of Westerners, it is very likely that the Dutch would not be afraid of offending Daqin, and a praying mantis would catch cicadas, with yellow finches behind. After the Great Qin Navy fought with the Spaniards, they were likely to suddenly come and swallow the fruits of victory into their stomachs.

Qin Mu bowed his head and said to Yan Gaofei: "Passing on the will of the king, Yuan Zongdi is ordered to send two thousand troops to Taiwan to assist in the defense. Then send people to Macao, so that the Portuguese governor Vahiki can prepare to cooperate with our army to attack Luzon. He ordered Gu Rong to be the commander and Zheng Zhibao to be the deputy general, to rectify the navy, to make preparations for the attack on Luzon. ”

"Yes, King Qin."

Jin Lei persuaded: "King Qin, I don't object to sending troops to attack Luzon, but I am afraid that it will be inappropriate to let Zheng Zhibao be the deputy general." Not to mention whether the Zheng family will repeat it, just judging from the character of the main and deputy generals, it is not suitable for them to attack Luzon together;

King Qin, please think about it, although Gu Rong is loyal, he is also an unruly person by nature. Looking at Zheng Zhibao again, his personality is more than unruly, and although the Zheng family was defeated, Zheng Zhibao was afraid and not convinced, after all, Gu Rong was a defeated general under the Zheng family;

King Qin asked Zheng Zhibao to be Gu Rong's deputy general, Zheng Zhibao must be even more unhappy in his heart, and after sending troops, it is very likely that the main and deputy generals will fall out. ”

Yang Shen also said: "Lord Jin is reasonable, King Qin, Zheng Zhibao really can't be a deputy general. ”

Qin Mu made Zheng Zhibao his deputy general, considering that he was familiar with the situation in Nanyang, and this time he sent troops to Luzon, Qin Mu planned to transfer 10,000 troops from the Zheng family in addition to the East China Sea Fleet. Sending a Zheng family member to command the soldiers is more willing to use their lives.

But after Jin Lei's analysis, Qin Mu also realized that it was inappropriate to send Zheng Zhibao as a deputy general, and he asked: "Who do you think is appropriate to send as a deputy general?" ”

Yang Shen said: "King Qin, the minister thinks that it is enough to send a Zheng family member to make a show." ”

Jin Lei said directly: "Zheng Sen." ”

Qin Mu nodded and said, "Okay, I'll send Zheng Sen." ”

The Zheng Jiajun had just been annexed, and sending them to fight did need a so-called spiritual leader, and Zheng Sen was a good choice.

Although Zheng Sen is not very familiar with the situation in Nanyang, this is not important, as long as he finds another person who is familiar with the situation in Nanyang to be a staff officer.

Well, Tong Haifeng and Shi Lang are good choices, especially Tong Haifeng, although he is young, he has been on the sea for seven or eight years, and he often travels back and forth in the South Seas.

During this period of contact, Qin Mu found that he was a very loyal person, and he had very rich experience in naval warfare, he had been regarded by Zheng Zhilong as Zheng Sen's right-hand man in the future, but Tong Haifeng was very disgusted with Zheng Zhilong's hooking up with the Manchus, and he was not loyal to Zheng Zhilong, so it was very suitable to send him.

Qin Mu ordered the navy to prepare for war, and did not immediately send them to Luzon. The Northern Expedition is imminent, and it is necessary to make a comprehensive overall plan between the north and the south, and the DPRK, Yunnan, Guanzhong, Mongolia, and other aspects all need to be comprehensively planned, and the priority and priority must be considered as a whole.

After this incident, Qin Mu ordered to speed up the journey, no longer stopping the boat all the way, and hurried back to Jinling.

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PS: I went to see it today, and the next few people have caught up, according to this situation, I will be violently chrysanthemum tomorrow. This monthly pass has been weak for a few days, brothers, can you get up and ask for a monthly pass!.

(To be continued......)