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    Manila.

    Zhang Huangyan, Governor of Luzon, personally went to the pier to meet the emperor's envoy.

    After some courtesy, Liu Hanyi was taken to the Governor's Mansion, which is the castle left by the Spaniards.

    Before entering the castle, I heard cheers and shouts from the northeast of the city.

    "Da da da da!"

    As soon as they came riding on a fast horse, the soldiers got off their horses, cupped their hands and said to Zhang Huangyan, "Reporting to the General Command, our army has won a complete victory. Only 6 people were slightly injured, 1 person was seriously injured, and 1 person was bitten to death by a poisonous snake.  Five barbarian villages, more than 300 barbarians were killed, and more than 1,600 barbarians were captured!"

    "good!"

    Zhang Huangyan was very happy.

    Liu Hanyi asked curiously: "There are often wars in Lu Song?"

    Zhang Huangyan explained: "The barbarians in this conquest often attacked the Han farms, and occasionally attacked the indigenous tribes close to the government. The previous governor mainly focused on appeasing, but who knew that the barbarians made more progress. The governor couldn't bear it and launched an army crusade."

    "So that's the case." After hearing this, Liu Hanyi was more confident in persuading Zhang Huangyan to send troops.

    Zheng Guozhong, the previous governor of Luzon, only sent troops once during his seven years in office.  Its main energy is busy with resettling the Han people, educating the aborigines, building ports, building roads, and digging canals. The small frictions on the periphery of the site are often resolved by peaceful means.

    Today's Zhang Huangyan is obviously much tougher, and he sent troops directly after only half a year in office.

    Afraid of being misunderstood by the emperor's envoy, Zhang Huangyan said in more detail: "The natives of Luzon Island are mainly Tagalogs. These Tagalogs are scattered into large and small tribes, and they have no affiliation with each other. They said  People with the same language can farm and weave, and the closer they are to the sea, the easier it is to be civilized. But the more they go to the mountains, the more unruly they are. Every year, they plunder the Han people¡¯s farms, and even hunt the heads of the Han people. The Han people on the border can¡¯t bear it anymore.  Even if I don¡¯t send troops, those Han landlords will unite to conquer.¡±

    The Tagalog people are the main ethnic group in Luzon Island.

    Tagalog is very close to Miyako.  The Miyako Islands, located between Taiwan and Ryukyu, are currently under the jurisdiction of Ryukyu County.

    The Tagalog people are deeply influenced by Indian culture, and at the same time have been in contact with the Han people for a long time.  The Tagalog people in the coastal areas are extremely civilized and good at planting and weaving. They cannot be regarded as ordinary barbarians. As long as schools are popularized, a large area of ??Sinicization can be achieved in two or three generations.

    Zhang Huangyan took Liu Hanyi to the northeast of the city when he asked to see the triumphant return of the army.

    Small boats returned with soldiers and luggage.  There were also sergeants on the bank, leading the prisoners along the river, and many female prisoners were crying.

    ?The 3,000 Datong Army stationed in Luzon have brought their families to settle here.  Each person gets a full quota of 100 mu of land, and a few family members get hundreds of mu of land. It can be said that all of them belong to small landlords.  If there is a battle loss, recruit troops from the local Han people to supplement.

    The armor of the soldiers has also changed, and they no longer wear cotton armor, because it is too hot and not suitable for combat in tropical areas.  Now they wear all chain armor and chain helmets, and wear a sunshade bamboo hat, and also wear a standard coir raincoat on rainy days. The 100% armor rate is enough to crush the aborigines.

    Liu Hanyi asked: "How to deal with those prisoners?"

    Zhang Huangyan replied: "Priority is sold to soldiers as tenants (essentially serfs), and the rest are sold to local Han people. Children are raised in orphanages and become Han people when they grow up. It's not that the government can't govern benevolently, but  It is this kind of barbarians who are afraid of prestige and do not obey virtue, and plunder farms again and again. Now that they have sent troops, of course they must be done once and for all, and they must not let the captives go back to the mountains."

    "That's true." Liu Hanyi echoed.

    Liu Hanyi pointed at the boat operators again, and asked, "The oarsmen are dark-skinned, aren't they Han Chinese?"

    Zhang Huangyan said: "Most of them belong to Pampanga people. When Spain ruled here, the indigenous servants were all Pampanga people. They can speak Chinese and Spanish. In the Battle of Manila, most of the Pampanga soldiers were killed, and the rest were all loyal.  Subordination. This race is very obedient, and more than 2,000 people have naturalized into Han people one after another. They are afraid that the government will not trust them, so they convert to Mazu one after another, and they even speak Chinese at home.¡±

    To put it bluntly, it was Mu Qiang.

    In the past, he served as a lackey for Spain and collectively converted to Catholicism.  Now they are acting as lackeys for China and collectively convert to Taoism. The Datong army came to Luzon, and the people who killed the most were the Pampanga people. The more they were killed, the more they would obey the rule of the Han people!

    Today, among the people of Pampanga, being able to speak Chinese can make them superior to others, and they walk with wind on their feet.  On any occasion, they deliberately speak Chinese to show off, and the spread of Chinese is very fast.

    Other tribes still need the persuasion and enlightenment of the government.The castle was built in Nanbawa," Liu Hanyi said, "I don't know how to fight, but I also know the story of besieging Wei and saving Zhao.  Our army went straight to Batavia, and the Dutch defenders of Nanbawa must return to the division to rescue, and Nanbawa will be defeated.  Even if our army can't take Batavia, it's okay to retreat safely, right?  On the way to withdraw troops, you can easily occupy Nanbawa, isn't it easier than directly attacking Nanbawa?  "

    "Indeed." Zhang Huangyan nodded in approval.

    Liu Hanyi continued: "I have already inquired. In order to capture Ceylon, the Dutch sank one warship and severely damaged three warships by the Portuguese. In addition, a few years ago, the Dutch warship was severely damaged by our Datong Navy, and it is still there.  It has not been fully restored. Although the number of ships has been replenished, most of them are converted from merchant ships, and they cannot beat our Datong Navy. As long as the navy of Guangdong, Taiwan, Luzon, Palembang, and Malacca are dispatched, they can suppress the Dutch Navy ships  , successfully sent the army to Batavia to land."

    Zhang Huangyan asked: "Our army is small, how can we capture Batavia?"

    Liu Hanyi said: "There is no need to attack by force. With the support of the local Han people, as long as we give money, we can buy enough food on the spot. Our army is small, and the Dutch have even fewer soldiers. Batavia has only a thousand defenders. They dare not go out of the city to fight.  , can only be surrounded until they run out of ammunition and food."

    Zhang Huangyan added: "The Sultan of Mataram is a puppet of the Dutch. Will Matalam send troops?"

    Liu Hanyi said: "You can incite the nobles in Matalan to rebel. There was a rebellion in the past two years, and the capital of Matalan was occupied, and the old sultan of Matalan was killed. The current sultan of Matalan, the whole country  Only by relying on the support of the Dutch can we quell the uprising and return to the capital. As long as we contain the Dutch, the Matalan nobles will respond. At that time, the Sultan of Matalan will not be able to take care of himself, how can he rescue Batavia?"

    "Since the angels have made up their minds, then I will send troops." Zhang Huangyan is actually unwilling to be lonely, he needs enough reasons to convince himself.

    However, sending troops to Batavia did not disobey the imperial order.

    When Zhao Han issued the order, he took into account the rapidly changing situation, so the military order was very vague, and he gave the frontline governor and officers and soldiers enough autonomy.
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