Listening to Li Guangyuan's narration, Zhu Hongyu couldn't help frowning.

The families of the soldiers of the Restoration Army were two or three thousand. The evacuation of two or three thousand people was impossible to have no movement at all.

It is normal for the Spaniard to be targeted by bad luck!

It is normal for the Spaniards to send troops to pursue them.

But it is abnormal that the Spaniards can't catch up!

Two or three thousand families are mostly old, weak, women and children. It would be a joke to say that these two or three thousand women and children can escape the Spanish soldiers.

Moreover, two or three thousand people or dozens of people are rushing to the road, which one will leave more obvious traces?

Can this be chased and lost? Can it be induced away?

Isn't this a joke?!

The Spaniards in Manila are not all fools!

Zhu Hongyu smelled the strong smell of conspiracy from it.

In fact, logically speaking, Li Guangyuan took people to Jiannei to pick up the families of the Guangfu soldiers, and Zhu Hongyu should lead the team to pick up the support.

However, the fact is that he is not allowed to do so.

On the one hand, because there is not enough manpower, he also has to lead people to develop the river valley.

On the other hand, it was because he did not dare to take people out of the mountains and forests to wander outside Manila City.

Zhu Hongyu took his men to hang out in the mountains and forests, and the Spanish couldn't do anything to him.

After all, the terrain of the mountains and forests is located wherever it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If the Spaniards really send troops to attack, there will be no problem if there are few soldiers, and there will be more logistics.

But if Zhu Hongyu dares to take people out of the mountains and forests and go to the outside of Manila City to wander around, the Spaniards will never miss this opportunity to wipe out him!

There are quite a few people in the Restoration Army, but the Restoration Army is not good at military preparations, and the establishment time is still short, training is not enough, and the war experience is also scarce. If it faces the elites of hundreds of Spanish people, it is probably going to fail.

Therefore, he could only send a small number of people to pick up his family, and the large army did not move.

In order to prevent the Spaniards from massacring those families, Zhu Hongyu threatened the Skogg family when he let go of the two fathers and sons.

If the Spaniards dare to attack the Chinese women, children, elderly and weak, they will take people to massacre the Spaniards outside Manila for revenge.

The city of Manila built by the Spanish in Manila is a bastion and its defense is indeed amazing.

However, the interior space of the bastion is limited, and unless necessary, only garrisons live in the bastion.

A large number of Spaniards lived in their respective estates outside Manila.

If Zhu Hongyu takes revenge and massacres the Spaniards in these manors, the Manila authorities will have no choice.

The Spanish sent troops out of the city to provide assistance, and Zhu Hongyu ran away. The Spanish withdrew their troops back to the city, and Zhu Hongyu turned around and continued to attack the manor.

Anyway, it's just fighting guerrillas!

The Spanish did nothing!

Although the Manila authorities can temporarily allow all Spaniards in Manila to take refuge in Manila City.

But Manila's pure-blooded Spaniards, plus tens of thousands of mixed-race people, it is impossible for so many people to stay in Manila City!

First, there is insufficient food and various supplies, and second, people are staying in Manila City, so Manila cannot develop.

The Manila colony that the Spanish worked hard to build in Luzon was considered aborted!

Although the Spaniards' failure to pursue the Liberation Army's family may be related to Zhu Hongyu's threat to them, Zhu Hongyu is sure that the Spaniards have absolutely conspiracy.

So Zhu Hongyu frowned and asked.

"How many Spanish pursuers are there?"

Li Guangyuan spoke.

"Report to the general, there are about 200 pursuers from the Spanish!"

Zhu Hongyu couldn't help frowning again, something even more wrong.

In the last battle in the mine, the Restoration Army defeated more than 100 Spanish people.

Even if the Spaniards don’t have a good memory, they won’t send two hundred people to pursue them, right?

Aren't you afraid of being eaten by yourself?

Such a timid?

There is something strange about this, the conspiracy is so strong!

Zhu Hongyu spoke.

"What's wrong, the Spanish are probably doing something wrong!"

Just as Zhu Hongyu and Li Guangyuan were discussing the matter, Hu Dinggao lifted the curtain and walked into the shack.

"General!"

"Brother Li!"

He thought of Zhu Hongyu and Li Guangyuan bowing and saying hello.

Zhu Hongyu spoke.

"Change your highway and arrange your task!"

Hu Dinggao said with his fists.

"Please give orders to the general and I will ensure that I complete the task!"

"You personally lead a team of brothers with the best skills to go to the forests on the mine to touch the situation."

"I want to know if the Spaniards have ambush!"

Hu Dinggao looked puzzled and asked.

"General, what happened?"

Zhu Hongyu signaled Li Guangyuan to explain what happened to Hu Dinggao.

After Li Guangyuan finished speaking, Zhu Hongyu spoke.

"I suspect that the Spaniards are ambushing and want to use Wang Youcai and others to surround us with help!"

If the Spaniards want to quickly eliminate the Restoration Army, the best way is to surround the points and attack the aid.

Otherwise, if the Restoration Army wants to escape, they will not be able to catch it.

It can only waste a lot of manpower and material resources, and play hide-and-seek with the Restoration Army crossing mountains and ridges on Luzon Island!

"If the Spaniards wanted to surround us and help, then Wang Youcai and the others would not be in trouble for the time being!"

"We must make full preparations to rescue them."

"Ding Gao, please take people to investigate first and find out the deployment of the Spanish troops."

"The others will put aside their work, and leave the construction and reclamation to the families of the elderly and weak, and all the young and strong will be trained for me!"

Zhu Hongyu made the decision and ordered.

"Give some money and food to the arsenal to speed up production!"

"Equip your brothers all their spears as soon as possible!"

Zhu Hongyu kept making arrangements, and everyone below took the order to do it.

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The next day, Hu Dinggao took his men out for investigation and had not come back, but Shi Yongxin and Liu Shantai came back with the money and supplies extorted from Skochi's house.

In addition to a certain amount of silver and gold, more are food, gunpowder, medicinal materials, sugar, salt and other materials.

The arrival of a large amount of money and materials has led to the morale of the Restoration Army.

Zhu Hongyu took advantage of the money he had in hand to formulate a military pay and rank system for the Restoration Army, as well as the expenses required to raise soldiers.

Military pay and military rank are linked!

Ordinary soldiers are divided into first-class private and second-class private.

The second-class military pay is two silver dollars per month, and the first-class military pay is three silver dollars.

The soldiers went up to the non-commissioned officers, with the military pay of lieutenants of five yuan, the military pay of sergeants of seven yuan, and the military pay of sergeants of ten yuan.

The second lieutenant's military salary was 15 yuan silver dollars, the lieutenant's military salary was 20 yuan silver dollars, and the captain's military salary was 30 yuan silver dollars.

The major's military salary was fifty yuan, the lieutenant colonel's military salary was seventy yuan, and the colonel's military salary was one hundred yuan.

The brigadier general paid 150 silver dollars, the major general paid 200 silver dollars, the lieutenant general paid 300 silver dollars, and the general paid 500 silver dollars.

There are also honorary titles such as General and Grand Marshal. The general's military salary is 700 silver dollars per month, and the Grand Marshal's monthly salary is 1,000 silver dollars per month.

This is the military pay corresponding to different military ranks. In addition to this, there are military pay for positions.

For example, if a second lieutenant serves as a company commander, in addition to receiving thirty silver dollars from the second lieutenant, he can also receive a military salary corresponding to the company commander's position.

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Regarding the issue of military pay for the Restoration Army, many readers have unreasonable reactions.

The author thought about it carefully and it was indeed unreasonable.

As the saying goes, listen to people's advice and have a full meal. The author has now made changes.

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