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- A month later, Zhao Hao and his party arrived in Luzon. However, he did not go to Yongxia. Instead, he picked up the kings of various countries who had been waiting for a long time at Tortoiseshell Port. Then, under the escort of the war zone combat readiness fleet, he sailed straight to Borneo to draw the end of the long-lasting Nanyang War. period.
After the Battle of Leyte Gulf last year, the Spaniards in the Far East completely lost reinforcements and hope of victory, as well as crucial sea control.
Then, the Spaniards in Cebu and Brunei were easily blocked in Cebu Bay and Brunei Bay by the coast guard fleet.
With the turn of the year, Luzon carried out another wave of "New Year Offensive". 10,000 marines and 20,000 soldiers, under the cover of the coast guard fleet, launched a landing operation in Cebu.
There were nearly 5,000 soldiers of mixed composition in Cebu City at that time, and their morale was low and people were panicked. Fortunately, a thousand Spaniards who survived the Battle of Leyte Gulf escaped into Cebu City, bringing the number of Spanish soldiers in the city to 2,000. Only then did they overwhelm this ragtag group of Mexicans, Southeast Asian natives, and Japanese ronin. military.
But even the Spaniards were frightened by the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Seeing the overwhelming number of Ming people landing, how could they dare to go out of the city to fight? They could only hide in Cebu City and defend it with a strong castle.
However, the people of the Ming Dynasty had long expected their reaction. According to Zhao Hao's instructions of "I would rather waste more time and materials, but also try to reduce casualties", the battle plan formulated by the theater staff office did not include a storming of Cebu City. plan of.
Since the city of Legazpi was first built, the Spaniards have occupied Cebu for fifteen years. This has always been the Spanish stronghold in Southeast Asia. The colonists who committed evil deeds built this lair at all costs just so that they could have a place to hide in case the list was drawn one day.
And in order to welcome the arrival of the Invincible Fleet, a large amount of military supplies are stored in the city. Therefore, the staff office believes that if a direct attack on Cebu is carried out, huge casualties will inevitably occur.
At this point in the battle, the Coast Guard has already secured victory, and of course there is no need for any more unnecessary sacrifices. Zhao Hao did not want Yongxia Yingling Cemetery to be filled up early.
So after the siege, the soldiers and the civilians who arrived later used lightning speed to dig a deep trench around the small city of Cebu.
By the time the Spaniards woke up, they had been cut off from the outside world.
The garrison commander of Cebu City also took great pains to organize several battles to capture the trenches. However, this time the offensive and defensive positions changed, and the weaker side became the Spaniards. The Ming people relied on deep trenches and high bunkers to easily resolve their offensive.
After leaving behind hundreds of corpses, the Spaniards stopped struggling in vain and huddled in the city watching the Ming people. They built strong and tall forts outside the trenches and set up crossfire points with no blind spots. They even pushed the Xuande cannon up the camp wall, completely stopping their attempts to break out.
¡°And after the construction of the fortifications was completed, so many troops were no longer needed to siege the city. The military and civilian forces boarded ships and evacuated Cebu, greatly reducing the cost of siege.
The withdrawn troops were transferred to Brunei Bay by the fleet, and they followed the same pattern on Brunei City, and surrounded it before the rainy season arrived.
And the distance between the two sides' positions was beyond the range of artillery. They couldn't even shoot each other to reduce the fire. They could only stare at each other through the rain on their respective city walls. Thinking about who am I, where am I, what am I doing?
Out of boredom, we built several high towers overlooking the city so that we could launch rockets into Cebu City from above.
Originally, the officers and soldiers were just trying to understand someone who was bored, but they didn't expect that they would become the hand of God and actually make the war end faster than expected.
Originally, according to the staff's deduction, it should not be a problem for the Spaniards to hold on for more than a year with their strong fortresses and sufficient supplies of food and grass.
However, Cebu City is similar to the original Intramuros of Manila. Although the outer city wall is made of stone, the buildings inside, except for the church and the Governor's Palace, are basically made of bamboo and wood structures.
After the continuous rocket attacks in Oda City, all bamboo and wooden buildings were burned down. The limited number of stone buildings cannot accommodate so many homeless people, so a large number of Cebu residents can only sleep on the streets.
Under the torrential rain and scorching sun, diseases soon became rampant in the city, and mosquitoes were rampant. There were so many dead that there was no time to bury them, so they could only be left to rot in the streets. As a result, more people became infected and fell ill, and even the garrison commander died of the disease. Cebu became a city of despair.
The remaining people had completely lost the will to fight. They just wanted to escape from this plague city. So after the acting commander Lieutenant Colonel Mata requested an honorable surrender to no avail, he quickly ordered the white flag to be hoisted and chose to surrender unconditionally.On the contrary, dealing with the epidemic in Cebu City took a lot of manpower and material resources from the war zone epidemic prevention department. It took a full two months to completely purify Cebu City.
At the same time, Jinke transferred Lieutenant Colonel Mata and his party to the city of Brunei, ordered them to enter the city to persuade them to surrender, and promised to return their freedom if they succeeded.
In fact, there are 80,000 indigenous believers in Brunei City, and the consumption of materials is staggering, which is far inferior to what Cebu can withstand. They had run out of food and were beginning to suffer from famine.
So after confirming from Lieutenant Colonel Mata that there would be no reinforcements, they quickly raised the white flag and surrendered in Kaesong.
The reason why the city entry ceremony was postponed until mid-October was firstly for the purpose of epidemic prevention; secondly, it was to wait for the arrival of Zhao Hao and his distinguished guests; thirdly, it was to prepare for a grand victory parade
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On October 15th, the eighth year of Wanli Period, the Nanyang Sea was calm and calm as the cool season entered. The gentle north wind blew away the heavy moisture that filled the air during the rainy season, and the sea surface finally became refreshing.
At about 9 a.m., two brand-new blue giant ships, the heavy battleship HMS Haiquan with hull number 15, and the heavy battleship HMS Nanyang with hull number 16, slowly sailed into Brunei Bay one after the other.
These two heavy battleships are sister ships newly launched by Jiangnan Shipyard this year, with a displacement of more than 2,000 tons and 86 guns. Both the tonnage and the number of guns exceed previous battleships.
Over the years, every pair of sister ships produced by Jiangnan Shipyard will be significantly improved on the basis of the previous pair. There is no way. To build a ship from scratch, you must cross the river by feeling the stones, continuously accumulate experience during construction, and actively make adjustments based on feedback from the Coast Guard, in order to figure out what Yang Fan wants the perfect warship to look like.
After seven iterations, the design of these two ¡®Haiquan-class¡¯ warships is finally approaching perfection.
With the tonnage finally exceeding 2,000 tons and the adoption of replaceable full armor, the Haiquan class ship shape has become more slender and graceful. The forecastle has completely disappeared and the stern has almost disappeared, bringing excellent stability to the battleship. The more mature steering wheel and sail cable system have greatly improved the maneuverability of the battleship, making this large ship of over 2,000 tons as easy to maneuver as a destroyer.
The launch of the ¡®Haiquan class¡¯ marks the Ming Dynasty¡¯s warship design and construction level, which finally returned to the world¡¯s top ranking after two hundred years!
Therefore, Zhao Hao was very proud of these two warships. He made an exception and ordered the two ships to enter service directly after completing the sea trials without returning to the factory, and follow him south. The two ships were also specially given temporary ship names to serve as review ships for this grand military parade.
The 15th ship Haiquan was in front as the main review ship, carrying Zhao Hao and his distinguished guests - ten from Aceh, Bazhang, Phoror, Pattani, Champa, Makassar, Banten, Sunda, etc. The kings, sultans, and rajas of Southeast Asian countries. There are also tribal leaders in Mindanao and even farther away in Guinea.
¡°Coupled with Luzon, Sulu, and today¡¯s host country Bo Ni, there are now only five or six small countries under Portuguese control in the entire Southeast Asia, and they have been strictly ordered to miss today¡¯s maritime military parade.
Although the coast guard fleet defeated the powerful Portuguese fleet before, it did not expel them from Nanyang after all. Therefore, although the Turkish emperors of these Southeast Asian countries actively moved closer to the group, they inevitably still had some small thoughts of pleasing both sides and taking advantage of them. .
But since last year, when the Coast Guard fleet completely wiped out the Spanish Armada, the countries in Southeast Asia have understood what their destiny is and have completely given up their illusions. They have rushed to petition to follow the example of Luzon, Sulu, and Bali and get canonization from the Ming Dynasty.
Zhao Hao¡¯s stay in Beijing for such a long time had a very important purpose, which was to register household registration in Beijing for various countries in Southeast Asia. ,
This time when he went south, he brought a bag full of books and letters. With a stroke of his pen, my father-in-law approved the establishment of the Aceh Governor's Palace, the Java Governor's Palace, the Makassar Governor's Palace, the Johor Governor's Office, the Banten Governor's Office, the Sunda Governor's Office, and the Pattani Governor's Office. Department, Champa Xuanwei Department and Jiugang Xuanwei Department, nine administrative regions
? Among them, the Old Port Xuanwei Department located in the Strait of Malacca is a resettlement. During the Yongle period, Zheng He, on behalf of the imperial court, ennobled Shi Jinqing as the Secretary of Xuanwei in Old Port, and built a city gate and warehouse in Palembang as a naval base for the Ming Dynasty and a foothold for Western operations.
Later, after Xuande stopped going to the West, the descendants of the Shi family continued to serve as the propaganda envoys of Old Port, maintaining this overseas territory for the Ming Dynasty.
It was not until the Zhengtong period that it was annexed because of its isolation and helplessness
Zhao Hao reset the Luzon Governor's Palace, and of course he would not forget the Xuanwei Department of Old Port. But because it was too long ago and he couldn't find any descendants of the Shi family, he asked Lin Feng to serve as the consolation envoy
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What is very funny is that Zhao Hao and his son-in-law established three mansions, three capitals and three xuanwei in one go, but they did not cause much trouble in the court.
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Xianggong Zhang is a wise man, and the little pavilion has opened up thousands of miles of territory.
Although he integrated his thoughts in this way, Mr. Zhao could not help but feel sad in his heart. He finally realized Zheng He's loneliness back then
Eunuch Zheng¡¯s seven voyages to the Western Seas and his voyages to the South Seas were truly unparalleled achievements and will be admired by all generations!
But it happened that the blind civil servants in the Ming Dynasty only stared at the blind officials in front of them, and could not see his merits at all. Instead, they slandered him in every possible way
But it doesn¡¯t matter, history will give Zheng He a correct evaluation.
The same goes for Zhao Hao
ps. Write more~¡¤~(remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com)nbsp; Only the sycophants praised him a few times, saying that Mr. Zhang was wise and mighty, and that Xiaoge Lao had opened up thousands of miles of territory.
Although he integrated his thoughts in this way, Mr. Zhao could not help but feel sad in his heart. He finally realized Zheng He's loneliness back then
Eunuch Zheng¡¯s seven voyages to the Western Seas and his voyages to the South Seas were truly unparalleled achievements and will be admired by all generations!
But it happened that the blind civil servants in the Ming Dynasty only stared at the blind officials in front of them, and could not see his merits at all. Instead, they slandered him in every possible way
But it doesn¡¯t matter, history will give Zheng He a correct evaluation.
The same goes for Zhao Hao
ps. Write more~¡¤~(Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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