? The next morning, Shang Yi left Chenggang to guard Fort Santiago and also managed the fleet, leading two special forces battalions and one thousand volcano army land soldiers to the Barian District.
Near the wharf in Balian District, Shang Yi, Song Xiechang, Zhang Gengqiu, Li Huamei and others met. After everyone met, they naturally felt happy again. After Shang Yi led the fleet to Manila, the situation was immediately realized. Now,
The initiative has been completely in the hands of the Chinese army, and the Spanish had only a handful of days in Manila. If Shang Yi came to rule Manila, the Chinese would no longer have to be bullied by outsiders.
Shang Yi also praised Song Xiechang, Zhang Gengqiu and others for their performance during this period. At this time, the Chinese army in the Binongduo District were crossing the Bashi River one after another and entering the Balian District. Therefore, Shang Yi and others were also at the wharf.
A simple military meeting was held to arrange and plan to attack Manila City.
This time, the troops led by Song Xiechang across the Bashihe River were the infantry regiment, the 23rd Battalion, and the pirate troops under Li Huamei, and there were 1,000 militias, plus Shang Yi brought
The total force of the troops has reached nearly 10,000. In addition, they have more than 60 artillery pieces and more than 100 launch boxes of various Thunderbolt rockets. Such a huge force has never been in Manila, just attacking Manila that year.
The pirate Lin Feng brought only more than 6,000 troops, but his combat effectiveness was even more different from that of the Chinese army. Therefore, everyone was full of confidence in conquering Manila City.
Aconia also told Shang Yi that after the lobbying and persuasion of missionaries, the Jesuits in Manila's missionary area had already stated that they would obey Shang Yi's rule in the Philippines and would not provide Spanish colonists with it.
Any help.
During the confrontation between the Chinese and Spanish troops across the Pashi River, Aconia sent three other missions to the Domingo Society, and the Franciscans contacted the Jesuits to persuade them to remain neutral in this war.
Don't interfere easily. At this time, the Archbishop of Manila also sent people to various places, hoping that other churches would provide support to Manila City. Although the various religious orders are competing with each other, not only are missionaries in the Manila area, they are all from
The Philippine Governor's Office gives salaries or allowances, and the treatment is absolutely generous. It is said that people are short-spoken and rude. Now the Spanish colonists are in trouble, and these religious orders cannot be ignored.
Of course, another very important reason is that they are not sure what kind of opponent the Spanish colonists are facing, otherwise they will seriously consider the proposals of Aconia and others, although they are taking money and consuming with others.
Disaster, but you can't get yourself in.
Therefore, Doming and Francisco both flatly rejected the proposals of Aconia and others. Only after persuasion did the Jesuits, who belonged to the same religious order, decided to wait and see for a while before talking. Yesterday, Yang Mano
He rushed back from Mindanao and told Aconia the result. Because Mindanao is in the southernmost part of the Philippine Islands, he returned the latest, and Aconia already knew that the first two monastic associations had rejected his proposal.
I was also anxious, and I felt relieved when I learned that the Jesus would decide to be neutral. This is why I can give Shang Yi an explanation.
However, after seeing the huge Chinese army's forces the next day, when Aconia reported to Shang Yi, she also changed the Jesuit's neutral decision to support Shang Yi, and at the same time sent Yang Mano and Guo Najue. He immediately rushed to Mindanao Island to explain the situation to the Jesus Church, and asked them to send someone to meet Shang Yi and express their support to Shang Yi.
Of course, Shang Yi didn't know about the tricks of foreign monks, so he was very happy after learning about this result. After all, the missionaries are still very influential among the indigenous peoples in the Philippines, and they have the support of some missionaries, and have the responsibility to capture Manila. After that, it is still very beneficial to stabilize the control in the Philippines as soon as possible.
At this moment, soldiers came to report that the Spanish sent representatives to negotiate with Shang Yi.
It turned out that last night, after Morell returned to Manila City, he told Chacon all the war. After learning that the physiognomy sent a huge fleet to Manila this time, the governor had no doubts at all. Now he was right The strength of a physiological person is not afraid to be underestimated.
At this time, all Spain's strength in the Philippines had been concentrated in Manila. In addition, the naval forces brought by Moreller, there were more than 100 Spanish soldiers, more than 700 soldiers to attend, and more than 500 other servants were allowed to attend. There are more than 600 indigenous soldiers, plus the about 4,000 indigenous people in the State and Spain brought by Arnoki III, and more than 2,000 other indigenous people. The total force is about 10,000, but there are less than 2 musketeers. Thousands, and there are only eighteen artillery pieces, including two twenty-four-pound cannons, six twelve-pound cannons, and eight six-pound cannons.
Judging from the combat effectiveness shown by the Chinese army in the previous battles and the size of the fleet that Morell described this time, Chakon did not believe that his existing military strength could be an opponent of the Chinese army. But now Spain is There is no assistance in Asia.
Although Chacon has sent someone to send a letter of help to the Spanish Mexican colony, it will take at least five or six months to go there, and it is still a matter of whether the Mexican reinforcements can arrive in Manila. There is a Pacific Ocean in the middle. In this era, the success rate of crossing the Pacific Ocean will basically not exceed 60%. According to the estimate of Chakong, on Mexico, it can only provide at most about 1,000 to 1,500 people. The reinforcements, and the Spanish soldiers, could never exceed one thousand. Therefore, even if the reinforcements from Mexico can arrive safely as soon as possible, it may not change the overall situation.
In this case, Chakong finally thought of negotiations. Of course, he could not make any decisions on such a big thing, so he invited the Archbishop to discuss it.
Although the Archbishop did not understand military affairs, he also understood at this time that there was not much hope for victory. Moreover, after losing to Manila, the Archbishop's mind became much brighter, and he knew that there was no way to win eternal life by just shouting that believing in God Used, although the Archbishop's religious sentiment is very fanatical, it is not completely irrational and pragmatic. Although he is willing to sacrifice his life for religion, he should also cherish his life, considering that there are missionaries in the other party's camp. The existence of the two sides also means that the two sides still have a certain basis for negotiation, so the Archbishop also agreed to the Governor's suggestion and negotiated with the physiological person.
After receiving the approval of Francesco, Chacon immediately began to act and sent Alonso, the staff officer of the Governor's Office as the main envoy, with Moreller as the deputy envoy, and the church also sent a Chinese-speaking missionary Jean Thodder.
Go with them not only to act as a translator, but also to be able to communicate with each other's missionaries to facilitate this negotiation.
Shang Yi generally would not refuse negotiations, at least he could listen to the other party's opinions first, so he also asked Aconina to come forward to welcome the Spanish envoy.
After meeting, the three Spanish envoys knelt on one knee to Shang Yi and greeted Shang Yi with the highest etiquette of the European royal family. Because when Aconia greeted them, she had told them that Shang Yi's identity was China.
The emperor. This scared the three messengers. It turned out that the emperor had made an effort in person. So can the negotiation be settled? The three of them were a little worried, but they forgot to go to Arconia.
Tantan's mouth wind.
After the ceremony, Shang Yi said in Spanish: "You are coming to see me. If you have anything, just say it."
The other party could speak Spanish. This situation scared the three of them again. After looking at each other, Alonso spoke first and said, "Dear Your Majesty, are we here for peace?"
Shang Yi sneered and said, "Peace? This is the first time I know that there is peace in the Habsburg dynasty in Spain. After discovering the North American continent from Columbus, Cretes was in Mexico, Pizarro
In Peru, I have never heard of what Legabishi did in Luzon, who would Spain talk about peace with?"
Alonso was also stunned. He didn't expect that Shang Yi would be so familiar with the history of Spanish colonial development, but the missionary on the other side asked × Todd to argue: "But your Majesty, all the things you said are already
It’s history, and it seems that it’s not our turn to pay responsibilities for it, but this time you have clearly invaded the territory of the empire and destroyed the peace in the Philippines. This is always true.”
Shang Yi laughed and said, "For the first time I heard that Luzon is the territory of Spain. It was less than a hundred years since you arrived in Luzon. As early as two hundred years ago, Luzon had already praised the Ming Dynasty.
So Luzon must count that it should be China's territory, and it was yours that Spain invaded China's territory."
Alonso was also afraid of being stalemate, so he hurriedly said, "Dear Your Majesty, as far as I know, the Philippines could only be regarded as a vassal of your country, nor could it be regarded as a territory of your country, right? Of course, we are not talking about history, only
Let’s talk about the current situation, we really hope to get your peace.”
Shang Yi said lightly: "You should all be very clear about the reason for my troops this time. It was caused by your massacre of Chinese in Manila. I remember that before the war began, I wrote a letter to your governor.
Remind him to pay attention to his own behavior. If a massacre occurs, I will never sit idly by. Unfortunately, your governor seems to regard my warning as an empty intimidation. Therefore, the responsibility for this war lies entirely with you.
It's not about me."
Alonso couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, this is our Governor's negligence, but we are willing to remedy it and restore the peace again."
Shang Yi said: "I'm so yelling that I want to hear it. How do you plan to remedy it? As far as I know, the Chinese people who died in your massacre have already died in the past two thousand, and maybe there are more than 10,000 people.
Homeless, how can you help these more than 2,000 lives?"