"Let's talk about our achievements."

Zhu Hongyu said to Li Guangyuan.

Li Guangyuan nodded vigorously and continued.

"In this battle, our army killed 126 enemies, of which 16 were Japanese samurai, and the remaining 120 were Spanish red-haired."

"In addition to killing the enemy, our army also captured thirteen prisoners of war!"

"The enemy that was invaded this time, except for the prisoners, has been completely wiped out by our Liberation Army!"

"I have sent someone to briefly interrogate those prisoners of war. Except for the father and son of the Skogg family, the remaining prisoners of war are all red-haired craftsmen."

"Almost all of them are cannonmakers who cast cannons. In addition to casting cannons, these craftsmen can also build castles, make muskets, make clocks, build ships, etc...."

Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.

"Those craftsmen should settle down and not shorten their food, and try to persuade them to do things for us."

"Even if you don't agree, you will lock up and keep it first."

Zhu Hongyu attaches great importance to craftsmen. If he is an ordinary Spanish, he is too lazy to talk nonsense.

Except for the Skoggs father and son who were useful to him, they would just kill him with one knife!

But he was quite patient with craftsmen.

Even if these craftsmen are Spanish!

"How many craftsmen are among the Chinese who were rescued by us?"

Zhu Hongyu asked.

Li Guangyuan shook his head and said.

"I don't know very well that the rescued Chinese are the ones Company Commander Liu is responsible for."

Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.

"Okay, then I'll ask Liu Shantai later, and you will continue to say that you have seized it."

Li Guangyuan took out a piece of white paper with words and presented it to Zhu Hongyu.

"Please take a look at the general!"

Zhu Hongyu took the blank paper and started to look.

This piece of paper records the list of seizures of the Restoration Army in this battle.

Spanish heavy-duty collide guns, ninety-four spears, sixteen Japanese swords...

In addition to these weapons, there were several carriages, gold, silver, money and money found from the Spaniards, some tools needed to cast cannons, and a certain amount of food.

Of course, the most important thing is the more than 200 Chinese people.

Most of these people are young and strong men. With a little training, they can be supplemented with the Ming Dynasty's Restoration Army.

Even if the remaining people are not young and strong, they are all craftsmen with craftsmanship. The importance to Zhu Hongyu is self-evident.

This time, Zhu Hongyu couldn't help but smile.

Now he is a fat guy!

...

On the second day, the Ming Dynasty's Restoration Army divided into three groups after repairing it for a night.

The team led by Zhu Hongyu and Hu Dinggao all the way, and the two led a large group of people toward the discovered settlement.

The team led by Li Guangyuan and Wang Youcai all the way to the Jian Nei, preparing to take back the family of the Guangfu Army.

The last route was led by Shi Yongxin and Liu Shantai, and the father and son of the Skochi family went to the Skochi family's manor to extort gold, silver and money.

Raise funds for the Restoration Army!

Before the latter two men arrived at the settlement, Zhu Hongyu had to take people to prepare for the welcome.

I dare not think about building a house with stone and wood because it takes too long, and the Spanish will not give them so long to operate it slowly.

However, simply setting up a few shacks that can be used as a place to accommodate is also the most basic requirement.

In addition to setting up a place to stay, Zhu Hongyu's most important task was to build fortifications in advance to prepare for possible attacks by the Spanish.

During the battle in the mine, he killed more than 100 people in one go, and there was even a high-ranking official from the Governor's Office. The rebellion of the Restoration Army must be hidden.

The Spaniards, who regard Manila as their forbidden body, cannot tolerate the existence of a Chinese rebel army like the Ming Restoration Army in Manila.

Encirclement is certain!

The form will be extremely serious!

In this battle in the mine, the Restoration Army destroyed more than 100 Spanish people in one go, and most of these more than 100 people were still well-trained and experienced Spanish Army.

As long as the Spanish Governor of Manila is not stupid, he will definitely realize that the strength of the Restoration Army is not weak.

The troops sent to encircle and suppress the Restoration Army this time will have at least a thousand people.

Facing the Spanish Army with a scale of thousands of people, the Restoration Army is definitely not an opponent in the field.

We can only build fortifications in advance and prepare to defend them.

After the Spanish realized that they could not bear the Liberation Army, they retreated by themselves.

...

After a journey, Zhu Hongyu and his party finally arrived at the valley.

The river valley is very wide, with three or four hundred meters wide at the widest point. The river flowing through the middle of the valley is abundant and the water quality is clear and clear.

From time to time, a few fish jumped out of the water, and their tails slapped the river surface, splashing crystal clear water splashes.

On one side of the valley are extremely towering cliffs and on the other side are hills with gradually slowing slopes.

Next to the water source is a large area of ​​lush grass and trees that can be reclaimed into fertile fields.

The layout of the entire river valley is wide in the middle and narrow on both sides. The narrowest place is only forty or fifty meters.

From the terrain, it will be very easy to defend and difficult to attack.

As long as you can block the entrances and exits on both sides of the valley, and be careful that the enemy cannons are set up on one side of the hills, there is basically no possibility of being broken in this valley.

"A good place, it's a good place!"

Zhu Hongyu said with admiration.

"General, what will we do next?"

Hu Dinggao asked.

Zhu Hongyu pondered for a moment, then spoke.

"First use tinea oil to burn the entire valley, then clean up the small puddles that are full of stagnant water and rotten water, and turn over the land."

"First sort out a place to stay!"

There is a reason why Zhu Hongyu made such arrangements.

The climate in Southeast Asia is hot and humid, with miasma and dysentery rampant, and diseases such as malaria are the biggest enemies of the expanders.

Whether it is Chinese or Western colonists, they have been killed by malaria!

Although the medicinal effect of the cinchona tree has long been discovered, the Spaniards have already brought the cinchona tree to the Southeast Asian Sea and planted and cultivated a certain number.

But these cinchona trees are in the hands of the Spanish. The Spanish are very concerned about the cinchona trees, and Zhu Hongyu has no place to do it.

Although Zhu Hongyu also knew that the artemisinin contained in Artemisia chlorophyllium can also be used to treat malaria, Artemisia chlorophyllium could not survive in Southeast Asia.

Therefore, he could only use stupid methods to prevent malaria.

Malaria is transmitted by mosquito bites. Since he can't handle malaria, he can only handle mosquitoes.

A torch burns all the grass and trees around the settlement. Cleaning up places like stagnant ponds that are prone to breeding mosquitoes can eliminate mosquitoes to the greatest extent and reduce the possibility of malaria.

Zhu Hongyu began to direct the soldiers of the Restoration Army to work. As the tincture oil was splashed, thick smoke rolled, and large areas of dense grass and trees were ignited.

When the fire went out, the valley was burned to a white ground.

Some of the soldiers of the Restoration Army began to carry hoes and shovels to fill up soil on the open space in the river valley, preparing to reclaim the fields.

Another part of the Restoration Army soldiers were preparing to build shacks and build houses.

Zhu Hongyu didn't rest, and worked with the soldiers of the Guangfu Army, carrying hoes and hoeing the ground.

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