Chapter 2994

Although these two prisoners have European faces, they are not real Spaniards. They are just mixed-race children left by the colonists in the Philippine Islands. Their origins are not qualified to enjoy the treatment of the colonists, and they cannot integrate into the local people.

The indigenous groups could only make a living by working for the Spaniards as servants.

After the Haihan Army invaded Cebu not long ago, they followed their masters and fled to the mountains and forests west of the city to escape the war.

However, the place they went to was not a temporary residence for ordinary people, but a separate secret shelter. It was said that this place was organized and built by their owner, and the craftsmen who participated in the construction were all transferred out of the dormitory after the completion.

The daily maintenance of the island is also handled by his confidants. Most locals have no idea that such a place exists on the island.

After hiding in the mountains and forests for half a month, they finally got news about another team that got separated when they fled. It was said that that team was responsible for transporting certain important items, but the packhorse pulling the cart died of exhaustion on the way.

, only some items can be buried nearby.

Their master had to confirm the whereabouts of these important items before he would try to escape from Cebu Island, so he sent these two servants to dig out these boxes at the burial site and bring some of the important items back to the shelter.

The important items they were talking about were several notebooks in the box of documents. The Spanish translator who accompanied the team had limited literacy and could only tell that the contents of these notebooks were related to the Spanish military deployment in the Philippine Islands. As for the specific contents

, I’m afraid it will have to be slowly studied by relevant experts from the Military Intelligence Bureau.

However, through these materials and the confessions of these two unlucky men, as well as the information previously obtained by Xiao Zhengyang, it has been basically determined that the identity of this mysterious owner is the Governor of Cebu Vidal, whom the Haihan Army has been searching for to no avail.

According to Spanish tradition, in the past, only one Philippine governor was established in the South China Sea, whose jurisdiction included the Philippine Islands, Jilong Port in Taiwan, and many colonies in the southwest Pacific.

However, with the rise of Haihan, Spain's sphere of influence in Southeast Asia shrank rapidly. First, it lost the Tamsui Port and Jilong Port in northern Taiwan in 1633, and then in 1637, Manila was captured by Haihan. Even the then-Philippines

Governor Aragones was also captured.

After losing the Manila area, the Governor's Palace and other official agencies had to move south from Luzon Island to Cebu Island. If the subsequent chief executive continued to use the title "Governor General of the Philippines", he would be deceiving himself.

So I simply changed it to Governor of Cebu - when Manila is recaptured from Haihan, it won't be too late to change it back to the previous title.

After Aragones and before Vidal, there was actually a Governor Lopez in between. However, Lopez was not keen on confrontation during his tenure, and his energy was mainly focused on operating ocean-going trade routes between Southeast Asia, the Americas, and Europe.

The current Governor-General Vidal took office seven years ago. This man is not willing to divide the Philippine Islands equally with Haihan. He has been promoting the resumption of colonial settlements in the central Philippines and gradually pushing the actual control line towards Luzon Island.

Of course, such an attempt was very dangerous. Before Bidar could accumulate enough armed forces to launch a war, Haihan had already decided to take action. This move was a thunderous move. The Spaniards spent many years operating in the southern part of the Philippine Islands.

All these colonies that were established were lost in just one or two months.

This time when the Haihan Army attacked Cebu, they no longer took the initiative to withdraw their troops after the battle as before, but assumed a posture of occupying this place for a long time. After breaking through the fortress group in the city, Vidal knew that he was unable to resist on the frontal battlefield.

The Hai-Han army had no choice but to flee into the mountains and forests, hoping to avoid this disaster before making any plans.

Relying on the shelter built in secret, Vidal and his party escaped many rounds of searches by the Haihan Army. But his whereabouts were not without clues. Many people in the team transporting important items were captured, and some of them were trying to save their lives.

He sacrificed his life and revealed the location of the buried items, and claimed that Governor Bidar would definitely send people to dig out these items and take them away after learning about it.

The person who had this key information was the Marine Corps to which Xiao Zhengyang belonged, so they set up an ambush near the mining area and waited for Vidal to appear.

Although Vidal did not show up in person, he captured the men he sent, which had the same effect. Xiao Zhengyang felt that it was too slow to call for help from the Toledo camp more than 20 miles away, and the coming and going might delay the opportunity for the war, so he simply used

The existing manpower, plus the temporarily recruited Zheng Agui team, rushed to the shelter where Bidar was hiding to carry out the arrest mission.

Bidar's shelter is located in an inaccessible valley, built on a natural cave. Because there is a mountain spring water source in the cave, as long as there is sufficient food reserves, the cave can be closed to the outside in one direction and concealment measures are taken.

He hid silently for a long time.

Although the confessions of the two prisoners were consistent, saying that the cave had only one entrance and exit, Xiao Zhengyang was worried that the duck would fly away, so he deployed several people on the outside of the valley to serve as lookouts, and then sealed off the area near the entrance of the cave.

According to the prisoners, there are about thirty people in the Bidar family, servants, and guards hiding in this cave. There are only less than ten armed guards with real combat effectiveness, but there are bunkers built inside, and there are also a large number of them.

There are few guns and ammunition for the defenders to use.

If a strong attack is to be launched, the side defending in the dark will have some geographical advantage, and casualties will inevitably occur in the fight.

There are many ventilation holes in the cave connected to the outside world, and the air circulation is not hindered. It is not easy to smoke out the people inside with fire attacks.

After Xiao Zhengyang surveyed the environment, he also believed that it would not be easy to attack by force, so he decided to try to persuade him to surrender, and even asked the Spanish translator to come forward and speak.

In order to facilitate the operation, during this operation, there was a standard text for persuading surrender. The Spanish translation did not need to be modified at the moment. The shouting was straight away. The main effect was "People inside listen, you have been surrounded by the navy and Han army."

, give up resistance immediately and raise your hands to surrender, then you can save your life" and so on.

After shouting several times, there was a response from the cave, asking the Haihan Army to send people into the cave to negotiate.

Of course, this is an extremely dangerous job. If the Spaniards break the pot and die together, the people who go in to negotiate will definitely become victims.

Zheng Agui knew that it would not be his turn as an outsider, so he decided to watch the fun and see how Xiao Zhengyang appointed the candidates.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhengyang had no intention of assigning others, but decided to take action himself. He first explained a few words to his deputy, and then ordered a Spanish translator to follow him into the cave.
Chapter completed!