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The southern tip of Luzon also runs southeast, with four or five islands as large as Mindoro below, and Mindanao further south.

Both Mindanao and the large islands to the north are currently under the control of the Sulu Sultanate, and Wang Guichen and his journey to the southeast are tantamount to plunging headlong into the arms of the enemy.

After two days and two nights of rapid sailing, the eagle ship sent by Wang Guichen to report the news in advance arrived in Fusu City, and at this time, outside Fusu City, there were still 70,000 or 80,000 natives who had not had time to transport back to Daqin, and there was an endless stream of merchant ships coming from China.

After receiving the letter, Zheng Sihai, the commander of the South China Sea Fleet, was in trouble for a while, and now Wang Guichen, Shi Lang, and Hai Rufeng each took two battalions of men and horses outside, and the South China Sea Fleet was originally inferior to the Dutch in terms of strength, and now it is even more scattered into four branches, each in one place.

There were still 6,500 marines in Fusu City, but there were not many warships, only 14 gunboats remained, and 82 small and medium-sized bluff boats and eagle boats of all kinds, although there were quite a few of them, but none of them were equipped with artillery.

Now the Dutch are crazy, and there are forty-eight large gunboats alone, and if they are all lined up in a battle line, there are seven or eight hundred shells in one salvo, and the scene is quite terrifying.

No matter what Zheng Sihai decides, Zhao Han has already said first: "If the Dutch go north with the wind, the speed will not be much slower than the eagle ship we reported the news, and I am afraid it will be there soon." Lord Admiral, you have to quickly send two eagle ships all the way north to inform the merchant ships coming to Fusu Port from China to take refuge temporarily, and at the same time let Hai Rufeng and Shi Lang prepare as soon as possible and deal with them flexibly. ”

"What Zhao said is that if someone comes, immediately let Huang Dong and Xie Bian's two eagle boats go north."

"Whoa!"

Zhao Han then said: "Lord Admiral, now that the strength of our South China Sea Fleet is scattered and the enemy is strong, it is really not appropriate to go to sea to meet with it, it is better to send a few more speedboats." Monitor their movements, our troops will first be held by the batteries in the harbor, and with the equipment of our marines, it would be best if the enemy landed and operated. ”

Zheng Sihai said: "Now the more than 100,000 natives in the military reclamation farm is a big problem, once the detention is not tight, it is likely to cause chaos, if the foreign enemy attacks and civil strife, the situation will be dangerous." ”

Tong Haifeng said: "Lord Admiral, something is wrong. In addition to controlling Luzon Island, our task is also to ensure the safety of the southeastern coastal provinces of Daqin, what if our army retreats to the port of Fusu and the Dutch find that they can't attack it forcefully, so they sail north to attack the southeast coast of Daqin? ”

Chen Hui also said worriedly: "That's true, now the East China Sea Fleet should go back to the home port of Ningbo Shuangyu, if we retreat to Fusu Port, the Dutch is very likely to take advantage of the situation to attack the states and counties on the southeast coast of Daqin."

Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan, thousands of miles of coastline. The Dutch could attack at every turn, especially on the island of Taiwan, which was now not garrisoned by many troops and was once reoccupied by the Dutch. If you want to take it back in the future, I'm afraid you will have to pay several times the price. ”

In fact, Chen Hui was wrong, if the Dutch went to attack the island of Taiwan, it would be easier to do.

The Great Qin Emperor now sees the entire South China Sea as the inner lake of the Great Qin. The island of Taiwan is just an island in the middle of a lake in an inner lake. Therefore, there has been no rush to immigrate to the island, but to strengthen the control of islands like Luzon first.

Anyway, if Nanyang becomes the territory of Great Qin, it doesn't matter if Taiwan leaves it for three or two hundred years and then develops it. No one can snatch it.

In this case, if the Dutch attack Taiwan, even if they occupy Taiwan, it will not cause a huge shock to the country. This is because the DPRK and Chinese officials do not pay much attention to Taiwan at present.

However, if the Dutch attacked the densely populated coastal prefectures and counties, even if only one prefecture and county were invaded, burned, killed and looted, it would cause a political storm to blow in the Nanjing court.

The "incompetence" of the navy will be magnified by the officials a hundred times, and His Majesty's protection of the navy will become the key point of attack by the hundred officials.

In this era, the slow transmission of news makes people sometimes make some wrong judgments because of the lack of news, if Zheng Sihai knew that Qin Mu had already transferred the East China Sea Fleet and the North Sea Fleet to the south together, preparing to attack the Jiaozhi Zheng clan, he would not be so worried.

But he didn't know, so he couldn't hide in Fusu Harbor and let the Dutch go north to invade the southeast coast of Daqin, and he couldn't afford this political risk.

In this case, although the enemy is strong and we are weak, the consequences of leaving the port are unpredictable, and Zheng Sihai can no longer defend Fusu Port.

"All the warships immediately replenish their food and water, and leave the port with the Governor!"

"Whoa!"

*****

In Baguio Mountain in the north of Fusu City, two days and two nights later, Hai Rufeng couldn't help but scold at the moment when he followed the emergency message.

He has been in Baguio for a long time, but he has just opened like Wang Guichen on Mindoro Island, and it is not a pity to give up.

They nest in Baguio and their whole body is about to grow hair, is it easy?

The pro-soldier Li Hao scolded when he saw the sea like the wind, and also scolded: "Damn, it seems that you can't go to the hometown of the red-haired ghost, general, give the order, let's kill the hometown of the red-haired ghost and turn him upside down."

"Isn't it annoying enough to have less fucking farts? Do you know where the red-haired ghost's hometown is? ”

"Yes!" Li Hao straightened his chest and saluted, and replied loudly: "General, the hometown of the red-haired ghost is in Europe, in the Netherlands, and it is a one-year voyage away from Daqin. But so what? 陛xià said: Kou can go, I can also go! The red-haired ghost can come and make trouble for us, why can't we kill his hometown?"

"Go! Go! Go! Although Li Hao's courage was commendable, it was not the right time, the sea flew like a wind, kicked him aside, and then shouted loudly: "General Han! ”

At this time, in the Baguio mining area, more than 30,000 natives are concentrated in mining, and the news of the indigenous "rebellion" in Fusu City has spread here, and the 30,000 natives are now being held by the Qin army in mining, and the phenomenon of jumping away privately has occurred from time to time.

In Hai Rufeng's view, the possibility of the Dutch attacking Baguio is very high, such a large gold mine, and there is no shore artillery defense on the seaside. The benefits are big, the risks are small, will the Dutch let go of the Baguio gold mine?

Han Rang, the commander of the Marine Corps sent by Zheng Sihai to reinforce Hai Rufeng, asked back, "What is General Hai going to do?" ”

"The Baguio mining area will be handed over to General Han for the time being, I have to go back to the ship immediately, if the enemy comes, I will be responsible for luring the enemy away."

"Okay, as long as the enemy doesn't attack in a big way, General Ben guarantees that the Baguio mining area is fine, and General Hai takes care."

"Take care!"

The sea was as clean as the wind, handed over the Baguio mining area to the marines, and hurriedly crossed the mountains and returned to the seaside.

The gold mines of Baguio were already being mined on a large scale, and there was only time to build a small and rudimentary harbor by the sea for ships to dock, but there was no fort against enemy ships like the port of Fusu.

If the Dutch came to attack the Baguio gold mine, without shore artillery to stop the enemy, the enemy could land on the beach everywhere, which was not easy to deal with!

At this time, Hai Rufeng didn't know whether Zheng Sihai's main force was retreating to Fusu Port, or what? He couldn't get in touch for a while, so he thought about it and sent an eagle boat to quickly go north to contact Shi Lang.

There is no gold mine on Shi Lang's side, and like Wang Guichen, it has just opened, Hai Rufeng instructed the captain of an eagle ship: "You immediately go to General Shi Lang and ask him to lead the warship south to join me, I am worried that the Dutch will attack the Baguio gold mine, if possible, let General Shi send his marines to take the land route, Han Rang, who came to reinforce Baguio, do you understand?" ”

The captain of the Eagle Ship replied loudly: "Don't worry, General, I will bring the letter." ”

"Go!"

"Whoa!"

Hai Rufeng then shouted, "Mo Liang. ”

"Command, General."

"You take two eagle ships to the south to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, once the enemy's fleet goes north, one will come back to report the news, and the other will continue to monitor, and the enemy must not be gone."

"Yes, General."

After Mo Liang finished answering, he immediately set sail with two eagle boats and sailed south.

This time the Dutch suddenly attacked, so that the entire South China Sea fleet was extremely passive, and now Hai Rufeng, Wang Guichen, and Shi Lang each led a detachment of fleets outside, like scattered sand, one is not good, it may be broken by the Dutch, divided and annihilated! (To be continued......)