Don't underestimate the Spanish's determination to resist. If the city is an ordinary Spanish officer, then even if the Truchens have already broken through the city gate and attacked the top of the city, they will not surrender immediately.

But Fernando is different. He is the illegitimate son of the former king and has the title of duke. He is obviously frightened by the scene in front of him. In fact, when the Truchens took the dock on both sides of the strait one day with a destruction, he was frightened.

Cebu City relies most on shore cannons. It is a matter of time before the castle falls.

But Fernando obviously did not expect the castle to be broken so quickly!

He ignored the persuasion of the city lieutenant general, but took the initiative to flaunt the white flag.

In his mind, although the Truqins came from the "Oriental Barbarians", they had never "slaughtered the city". They must have been infected by our advanced European culture.

For Europeans, it is normal for them to take the initiative to raise the white flag to surrender after the war is completely over, and to obtain free self by paying ransom and negotiating after the war is completely over.

Qitad was not interested in meeting the duke. He took all the white young and strong men who had put down their weapons in the city to the South Bank Military Fort and took care of him. He took care of the duke's mansion.

This is a three-story building surrounded by four sides, with a large garden in the middle and a red spire, which happened to be entered by the Guards of Qitade.

Zhou Jixun came here at this time.

"Your Majesty, why don't you interrogate the Spaniards and let them reveal the specific situation of the three islands?"

Qitad smiled and said, "The interrogation will be carried out by your intelligence personnel. I have promised Fernando that I will never hurt their women and children in the city. When the war is completely over, I will discuss the ransom with him."

"After that..."

"What do you think I came to Cebu Island for thousands of miles?"

"Of course, it occupies this place and is one of the colonies under the jurisdiction of the Governor General of Hexian Town in our country"

"You also heard during the day that there is also an Espanyol division in Mindanao. Luzon is the largest population and probably has at least two divisions. It is easy to take it down, but how easy is it to stabilize it?"

"Then..."

"Haha, Prince Timur is both son-in-law of the current Portuguese Kingdom. This place was once a Portuguese colony, including Makassar, but it was lost later because of its lack of strength."

"At present, the Portuguese only have colonies on the southernmost island of Timor. They have long been salivating about the mines and spices here. I have notified the Portuguese before coming. If I guessed it well, their fleet was approaching Mindanao"

"You mean to let the Portuguese get rid of some of the pressure from our country from the Spanish?"

"That's natural, not only that, I guess the British already had real steam warships at this time. Although they were not as good as us, they were definitely much more reliable than the Russians secretly built in the Sea of ​​Azov. They obviously would not be willing to fail in the Far East."

"In order to separate some of the pressure from our country on the Indochina Peninsula, I also agreed to the French to let them settle in Hue City and become the foreign aid of the Wu family. The Wu family suddenly rose and was sandwiched between Lord Li and Lord Ruan, which was called neutral on the surface"

"But the people here will not adhere to any irrelevant neutrality. Therefore, if Wu wants to gain a foothold in Guangping, Hue and Hejing provinces, he must find foreign aid. The French covet Vietnam and Cambodia for a long time. Now our country has occupied the entire Hexian land."

"They can only find another way. The Wu family's Hue City came at the right time"

"The Portuguese also came from the north of Borneo. When they came, they would pass by Cebu. At that time, I would ask a wooden squadron to cooperate with them to take down Mindanao"

"Your Majesty, in addition to sharing the pressure of the Spaniards, you may also have the intention to share the pressure of the Dutch."

"Haha, you're right. The world is too big. It's impossible to eat it alone. Besides, our country's population is not large. Our country is an emerging country. It's impossible to operate step by step like Europeans. However, we can't take all the pressure on ourselves. Dividing it up is the best way"

"In the past hundred years, the Dutch and Portuguese fought repeatedly for the spices of the East Indies. In the end, the Portuguese only retained half of Timor Island. The resentment in their hearts can be imagined. Now there is a chance to take Mindanao and look at Makassar, which was originally their base. It is definitely undesirable."

....

As expected by Qitade, three days later, the Portuguese fleet arrived.

In addition to the Portuguese Governor Henry, the former Governor of Goa, Fonseca, and Sebastian, who was then Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Portugal!

It is said that Sebastian gradually fell out of favor. If he could regain Makassar, the core of the Nanyang Islands, he could stabilize his family's position in the kingdom.

As for Portugal, Spain is a close relative, and obviously it will not be considered by King Jose I. If he does not take advantage of his outstanding son-in-law and still gain more benefits from his own situation, Portugal will be deteriorating in the future.

A second-class battleship, two third-class battleships, ten armed merchant ships, a pure white regiment, and an Indian regiment, this is all the force that Sebastian personally brought.

If it were in the past, Sebastian would not have thought that he could take Mindanao by relying on these forces, but with the cooperation of the Truchens, it would be different.

In order to reassure the imprisoned Fernando, Gitade allowed him to take his family to go south with Sebastian. As for the others, it must be necessary for the Spaniards to take out real money and silver to redeem themselves.

It's still early to take down Cebu City, just a small goal for Qitad. If the Spaniard completely surrenders, he must take down Manila!

The next month, Qitad indeed welcomed the counterattack of Spanish defenders from other islands such as Banai Island, Mindoro Island, Sama Island, and Bohe Island. The result was self-evident. All the people could only be transported by ships. Before they arrived at Cebu Island, they were wiped out one by one by one by the armored warships.

As for the Luzon Island defenders, they were obviously attracted by Zhuang Jiyun's fleet and Marja brigade, and it was impossible to go south. The Mindanao defenders had to deal with the sudden rebellion of the Portuguese attacks. There was a squadron strengthened by Qitad for them and a Marine Corps, which completely restrained the Mindanao defenders.

A month later, a Portuguese fleet drove from Macau. This time, they brought a mixed infantry regiment composed of native whites and Chinese in Macau.

Seeing that it was progressing slowly, Qitade strengthened a cavalry battalion for them. Finally, he attacked Davao City a month later and would come to rescue the Chinese brigade. The native brigade was defeated. After learning about the situation on Cebu Island, the Chinese brigade and the native brigade obviously would not serve the Spanish anymore.

With the Chinese Travel and the native Travel, Zamboyan City and Kagayan City were successively taken down.

In addition, the Portuguese announced that they would support a Islamic king who had been hiding on the island for a long time, and the situation in Mindanao has temporarily stabilized.

In August, Qitad left the wooden squadron and a regiment of troops on Cebu Island. He led the ironclad fleet and the remaining two regiments' military forces went north again. It had been three months since he took the island of Cebu.

At the entrance of Manila Bay, they met with Zhuang Jiyun's fleet.

"Your Majesty, I have built Guangming Port and Guangming City, and moved all the more than 3,000 Chinese households in Biyao to Guangming Bay. There are gold and silver mines on the mountains behind Guangming Port, so these Chinese continue to do their previous work there"

"The family has already opened up fields in a lower terrain near Guangming Bay"

"During this time, the Spanish fleet came to Guangming Bay, and naturally returned in a defeat."

"Due to the sudden death of thirty Chinese merchants, a large-scale riot was immediately caused in the Eighth Company. The Spaniards closed the city of Manila and instigated the natives to attack the Eighth Company..."

"The Spaniards didn't participate?"

"Your Majesty, after we gained a foothold in Port Bright, the Spaniards naturally realized the danger. When His Majesty took the island of Cebu, they closed the city gates and did not leave. Not only Manila, but their castles on Luzon were closed."

"The natives alone are obviously not the opponent of the Chinese, but they cannot resist the large number of people. At present, both sides have tied, but the losses of both sides are heavy. However, the Spaniards have released the Chinese who are killed in the Eighth Company, and their land and property are all natives, which makes the natives around the Eighth Company gather more and more"

"There are already 70,000 or 80,000 people now!"

"The Chinese leader in Manila City is a man named Lu Haisheng, but there are more Chinese businessmen in the eighth company than in Krabi. Some are the remaining Chinese descendants in the local area, some are just arrived from Guangdong and Fujian, and some are former pirates, each with their own thoughts, and Lu Haisheng cannot completely control the situation"

"If our fleet hadn't been nearby, the Spaniards would have once again divided and wiped out all of them."

"So they are still barely united at the moment?"

"Yes, this Lu Haisheng used to be a pirate, and he still had some force, so he could barely let other Chinese merchants listen to him. But I heard that the situation in the Eighth Company was not stable and everyone was in danger. If it weren't for my fleet, I would have been unable to pass Fort Santiago, and it would have passed long ago"

Qitad fell into deep thought.

"No, these Chinese have lessons from the past. When facing this situation, they should be united closely. Why are everyone still in danger?"

Zhuang Jiyun also seemed to have thought of something.

"Your Majesty, do you mean that the Eighth Company has not only our people, but also those who stick to the rod?"

Qitade did not answer immediately, "For the Qing Dynasty, if our country is stuck in the Philippines and cannot move, it is naturally good. If Manila is successfully taken, we can free up our hands to deal with them. For them, Chinese and natives will not take them into consideration at all."

"The more chaotic it is, the better. Can the sticks be arranged in Krabi, and the number of people in Manila is more common? No, there must be, maybe Hatu is here too"
Chapter completed!