After the cause and effect were fully understood, and the master's intentions became clear, the expedition fleet requested to continue the talks.
The Spaniards did not try any other tricks and sat down at the negotiation table. Unfortunately, this time the expedition fleet became more tough and insisted that the "entrusted guardianship system" implemented by the Spanish in the Philippines was illegal because this system was inconsistent with
Luzon's vassal status is contradictory.
This is very troublesome. For the Spaniards, this means that the Ming Empire does not recognize Spanish rule over Luzon.
This kind of "non-recognition" is not just a non-recognition in the diplomatic sense, it is now very realistic - there are more than a hundred warships from the navy and the army, and an army of more than 10,000 people is close at hand, and they have also captured ten Spanish warships.
and two thousand naval officers and soldiers.
A battleship is nothing more than a pile of money and time, so that's fine, but the two thousand Castilian naval officers and soldiers must not take it lightly.
Europe in this era is not the Europe during World War I and World War II. A country with a population of several million can be regarded as a great power. Usually, if two thousand people die in a war, it can basically be regarded as a decisive battle.
You must know that in Europe about forty years later, the famous "Battle of Lützen" in the Thirty Years' War was a key battle between the imperial army and the Protestant army, which almost determined the success or failure of the religious reform.
At that time, the two sides were already at war - if the Imperial Army failed, the Habsburg emperor might abdicate; if the Protestant Army failed, the Reformation might "collapse in the middle."
So both sides were fighting desperately, but how many casualties did both sides suffer in the end?
The Protestant Army suffered 5,500 casualties, the Imperial Army suffered 4,500 casualties, and that was it.
More than 40 years later, the affordability is just like this, let alone today more than 40 years ago? What’s more, it’s still thousands of miles away in the Philippines?
Therefore, Governor de Vera simply put aside the question of "whether the Philippine Governor's Office is legal" and asked to discuss the issue of ransoming the captives first.
To be honest, the Ming Dynasty usually does not discuss the ransoming of prisoners, at least it does not treat it as a big deal. If Gao Pragmatic hadn't said hello a long time ago, Gao Zhenxin would definitely think that Governor de Vera was cheating.
Wrong medicine.
As for now, it's okay to talk. Gao Zhenxin proposed that you don't need to spend money to redeem these two thousand prisoners of war. You can just give up the city of Manila in exchange.
But Governor de Vera still wanted to try other conditions, so he proposed that a soldier or sailor should be redeemed at a price of 100 pesos, and an officer would be redeemed at 1,000 pesos. Overall, the value is about 300,000 pesos - roughly
Equivalent to 240,000 taels of Kuping silver.
Gao Zhenxin flatly rejected this proposal. Although in his opinion, the Spanish were not valuable and 240,000 taels was not a small amount, but now he captured 850,000 taels of American silver in the first battle and captured 10 large Galenic warships.
The two together are worth almost 2 million taels of silver, so why would you care about the "mere" 240,000 taels?
Therefore, Gao Zhenxin made it clear that he did not accept it. He still demanded the city of Manila, and threatened unceremoniously: "If you don't accept this condition, when our army division takes Manila, these prisoners will not be worth what they are today."
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Although de Vera was very panicked, as a nobleman who could serve as governor, he was good at pretending, so he naturally looked confident, showing that Manila was not only a fortress-like city, but also had extremely strong walls.
Moreover, the city's reserves of supplies are extremely rich, even if it lasts for three years, it will be no problem.
Who would have thought that Gao Zhenxin laughed loudly after hearing this, stood up proudly, and said coldly: "In that case, let's stop here for today's talks. Don't talk about three years. If you can still insist on this sentence after three days, I will respect you."
You are a man!"
After that, Gao Zhenxin turned around and left, and the accompanying Takagi San also followed coldly. However, although Zhu Yingfeng did not know how to fight, he came from a noble family and was very arrogant. Before leaving, he said: "A kind reminder.
One sentence, prepare a few small boats in the city, lest you feed the bastard and we can't cut off the head and return to Beijing to discuss our merits."
These sentences contained some colloquialisms, and Governor de Vera couldn't quite understand them. After hearing the interpreter's translation, he was so angry that he was shaking all over. But when he thought about it, he was a little confused: How could I possibly do this in Manila?
Will a boat be needed?
However, he didn't understand it for a moment, but Pedro de Di Fradish, the captain of the Portuguese "Grandura", understood it - this man was not a good person, he was also an old colonist, and
Specializing in India, Manila and Macau, he had heard some stories about the wars fought by the Orientals.
Among these stories is a story I heard when I was in Macau, which is called "Pang Lingming carried out a desperate battle, and Guan Yunchang released water to flood the seven armies."
In fact, "the seven armies were flooded" is just a romance in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". In fact, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and other official historical records, Guan Yu neither stored water nor breached the embankments, but the rain caused "the overflow of the Han River".
Yu Jin and others were trapped by the natural floods caused by the floods. Guan Yu took the opportunity to attack by boat, and Yu Jin and others surrendered.
The official history "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" determined that the flood was a natural flood and placed it in "Book of the Later Han·Zhi XV·Five Elements Three". And "Book of the Later Han·Zhi XV·Five Elements Three" itself specifically records natural disasters
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But it was remarkable that Di Vladish knew about "The Flooded Seventh Army". How could he know the difference between "a novel is not an official history"? At that moment, he vividly recounted some of the stories that had been rumored to him when he heard them.
Governor Vera listened.
Unfortunately, the story he heard exaggerated the power of "water storage and flushing the city" even more powerful than the one in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Now after he relayed it, it became even more as if the water was indestructible and was trapped in the "water city".
The only portion is for making fish and turtles.
Governor de Vera was really frightened at this moment and could no longer maintain his posture as a noble man. His face changed drastically, he hurriedly said a few words of courtesy and left, and immediately took his people back to the city and boarded the board in person.
Tower, observe the movements in the northern suburbs of the city.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This is amazing. It turns out that the "Ming Army" moved very quickly and had already crossed the Pasig River. However, they did not continue to move forward.
, but took the time to build two lines of defense, and on the river bank to the north of the defense line, some kind of construction work was obviously underway - what else could it be if it wasn't water storage?
In fact, although "Seven Armies Flooded" is a fiction, similar battles have actually happened, even during modern wars, and major victories were achieved.
For example, during the Red Dynasty's War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, General Wu Xinquan, commander of the 39th Army of the Red Dynasty Volunteer Army and deputy commander of the West Coast Defense Command, once commanded a version of the "Seven Flooded Army" to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, and fought so hard that he had just taken over as the "United Nations Army"
Commander-in-Chief Ridgway was stunned.
It was April 1951, and Wu Xinquan led the 39th Army to the Chuncheon and Hwacheon areas. Here, Wu Xinquan received an order from the headquarters, asking them to delay the US military's attack.
During the period of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, especially in the early days, our army did not have air superiority, so transportation and operations were very difficult. How to delay the U.S. military from seizing the high ground was a big problem faced by the volunteers at that time. The U.S. military had equipment advantages and a large number of Korean troops.
As cannon fodder, how to stop the US military in this situation, Wu Xinquan, as the frontline commander, had to think of a way.
Based on his many years of war experience, since he can't think of a good solution at the moment, he has to look around.
In order to find a way to delay the US military's attack, Wu Xinquan first discovered the Huachuan Reservoir on the map and had a way to block the US military. In order to plan this matter carefully, Wu Xinquan personally took the reconnaissance section chief Cai Yu to the Huachuan Reservoir.
Survey the terrain and see what's going on there.
After the terrain survey, Wu Xinquan came back and played with the sand table. Using water to replace troops is a good method, but if it is not used properly, it can easily cause serious consequences. The huge disaster caused by the multiple bursts of the Yellow River's banks is a good example.
Wu Xinquan, who was born in China, understands this truth very well, so he has to find a way to get the best of both worlds.
After figuring out the topography of the reservoir, the flow area and the conditions along the coast, Wu Xinquan finally figured out how to block the US military without harming the people along the coast.
He ordered his troops to close all the twelve gates of the Hwacheon Reservoir, and then began to store water and drain it downstream according to the situation. In this way, after eight days of water storage, the U.S. military finally arrived.
The Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Army, Ridgway Ridgway, began to deploy troops to cross the Han River. The U.S. troops crossing the river felt happy at first, because it was so shallow that the Han River could be crossed easily, right?
At this time, following Wu Xinquan's order, the long-simmering river water was finally "liberated", rushing and roaring down, surging like a waterfall, like thousands of troops galloping away, the black and long waves
The river water rushed towards the American troops who were crossing the river.
The moment the volunteers opened the floodgates, the "First Marine Division" of the US ace army was collectively dumbfounded. The floods rushed towards them like lions from east to west, two pontoons were washed away, and tanks and artillery were submerged.
The First Division of the U.S. Marine Corps claims to be extremely familiar with landing operations, but that does not mean that they are not afraid of floods. At this time, the turbulent Bukhan River was filled with waves, one after another, pinning the American soldiers to the bottom of the water.
Can't stand up, can't breathe.
About half an hour after the volunteers opened the gate, the water surface rose by nearly 1.5 meters. One of the two pontoon bridges of the US military was completely washed away, and the other was mostly washed away. The US military was dragged back to the shore in embarrassment. Cars on the bridge
, tanks, and artillery were all washed into the river by the flood. Due to the rapid rise in water levels downstream, the flood rushed onto the road. A large group of American soldiers were washed away without a trace before they could react.
An artillery battalion of the 1st Marine Division had just set up a fort on the position when the flood came over. The artillerymen ran fast and were not drowned by the flood, but the cannon, ammunition, tents and other supplies were all washed away by the flood. .Even some people in the tents were washed away without a trace. This battle-hardened US military force never dreamed that the battle could still be fought like this.
No matter how well-equipped the U.S. military is, it cannot withstand natural forces like floods. This wave of floods directly swept away the U.S. troops who were preparing to cross the river.
Wu Xinquan was sitting next to the monitor at this time. When the good news came that "the U.S. troops were flooded", he heard that the U.S. troops were in chaos on the position. He was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear. But not long after, he sighed again and again. After two breaths, he said: "What a pity! What a pity! If the dam could be blown open, no one would be able to escape."
In fact, Shen Mu, deputy chief of the operations section, had previously suggested blowing up the dam directly and sending all the American troops crossing the river to feed the bastards. However, Wu Xinquan considered that North Korea is an ally and the dam of this hydropower station will still be used after the war. To generate electricity, it must be invested in the production and construction of North Korea. Therefore, for the benefit of the North Korean people, he could only regretfully give up this attractive result.
After the flood, roads were destroyed, bridges collapsed, and the land was washed away into mud. The heavy equipment of the US military was stuck in the mud and could not move forward. The Bukhan River, which could be crossed in half a day, took the US military a full week. Just passed.
Faced with Li Qiwei, whose performance by the US military and even the entire "United Nations Army" was the most outstanding during the Korean War, the 39th Army still perfectly completed the task assigned by its superiors to lag behind the US military.
Since "Seven Flooded Armies" could be played in the 1950s, what can't be played in the late 16th century? General Wu did not fully discharge the flood because he had to take care of the interests of his allies. Gao Pragmatic did not have such pressure, and Gao Zhenxin Wouldn't even care.
Seeing this situation, de Vera was very anxious and quickly held a military meeting to discuss how to deal with the "Ming Dynasty Army"'s water attack plan. However, although this kind of operation has happened in Europe, it is rare and the response is difficult. There is no good solution. Generally speaking, the only way is to move quickly, or else send troops to destroy the opponent's plan.
But at present, neither of these two methods can be implemented: if it is transferred, people cannot be transferred, but Manila City cannot be transferred. If all the people run away, won’t Manila City be given to the "Ming Army" in the same way? If this is done , then you might as well exchange Manila for 2,000 prisoners!
As for destroying the enemy's actions, this one doesn't seem to be easy to handle. Although no one has ever fought against the "Ming Army", judging from the results of the battle at sea, the Ming Army is undoubtedly very powerful in artillery - The Spaniards could easily draw this conclusion from observing the battle damage of their captured warships: although they had been temporarily repaired a lot, it could still be seen how violently they had been bombarded before.
[Note: The reason for this is that the color of the wood in the newly repaired position will be significantly different from the color of the original hull wood, just like the repair shop after the vehicle is scratched and the technology is not up to standard, resulting in serious color differences in the repaired area.]
Especially judging from the battle damage of several battleships in the Great Treasure Fleet, the artillery fire of the Ming army was by no means inferior to that of Europe at this time, and it was even possible that it was even worse.
Under this circumstance, the Spanish officers unanimously believed that the Ming army's musketeers must be very strong, and they still have an overwhelming strength advantage. At this time, they have to "sabotage the enemy's actions", even if the army in Manila is full.
However, if they go out, they may not be able to complete the mission, and they may be taken advantage of by the Ming army, which has been prepared for a long time. The opponent's two lines of defense have shown that they are sufficiently prepared for possible sabotage actions launched by Manila.
He couldn't run away, and he would be attacked by the water if he stayed. De Vera was always so anxious that her mouth bubbling, and she began to regret it in her heart. If I had known this, it would be better to think of a way at the negotiation table, even if I can't get any advantage.
, even if he really traded the city of Manila for those two thousand prisoners, at least he could earn himself a reputation as a benevolent person who cared about the soldiers.
Moreover, even if Manila is lost, as long as these two thousand prisoners are exchanged and everyone retreats to the southern Philippines and persists in resisting on Cebu Island, perhaps reinforcements can be sent out after the British are defeated at home and the Dutch rebellion is suppressed.
Come and regain Luzon Island?
This idea was like spring grass that could not be stopped. Although no Spanish military officer or senior official in the Governor's Office was willing to suggest it first, Governor de Vera could no longer stand it any longer and took the initiative: "Let's get in touch again.
Mr. Gao Zhenxin, the commander of the Ming Dynasty fleet, said that I sincerely hope and strongly recommend the resumption of negotiations, and at the same time... I am also willing to make major concessions."
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