Fu Wenlong left Dongguan on the first day of September and took the last batch of soldiers and equipment and ships. He finally arrived at Hongji Port, Vietnam on September 12th. Now Hongji Port has become the largest city on the coast of Vietnam, with a population of more than 50,000 people, and its prosperity is not much worse than that of Shenglong Mansion.

In Hongji, the troops have to stay for fifteen days to do adaptation training. After all, the tropical weather is more than ten degrees higher than in Guangdong, so some soldiers in the troops are not adapted.

The third division commander Wang Jinbao was so happy that he saw that his troops were finally full. But the one who was happier than him was Zhang Dascara of the Navy. Now he had changed his name to Zhang Hai. After seeing the 1,200-ton large warship, he ran up and down happily, shouting, "Old Zhang, I also have a large warship, and I will never have to lower my head in front of Yan Qingshan again!"

Fu Wenlong looked at Wang Jinbao, Zhang Hai and the others and said, "I'm here for you all you need. The next step is to depend on yours. When will you be ready to send troops to Manila?"

"Don't worry, as long as the recruits are adapting, they can send troops."

Fu Wenlong nodded, "Then I'll wait for your news!"

Next, Wang Jinbao and Zhang Hai led their team to start training, striving to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

On the first day of October, the military training was completed. Fu Wenlong and Wang Jinbao and Zhang Hai formulated the plan. Zhang Hai led six warships to set off first, and Fu Wenlong and Wang Jinbao led the fleet to follow up. At the normal speed, it took about eight days to go from Hongji to Manila, but now it is October, and the wind direction is mostly northwest wind, so the fleet travels with the wind most of the time and arrives in Manila five days later.

The Philippines is an archipelago country with a total of about 7,000 islands. However, there are only twenty or thirty islands now settled, and there are thirteen major islands, with Luzon in the north the largest, Mindanao in the southeast followed by Baliwang in the southwest, forming a triangle that runs north and south, point north and wide south.

Luzon Island is located in the northern part of the Philippine Islands. The triangular Kinrui has a total area of ​​about 100,000 square kilometers, accounting for more than 30% of the total area of ​​the Philippine Islands. It is generally a south-to-north rear rectangle, about 740 kilometers long from north to south, about 220 kilometers wide from east to west, and has a coastline of more than 5,000 kilometers, and has many excellent bays. It is also the core of the Philippine Islands today. The main force of the Florji colonists is on Luzon Island.

The terrain of Luzon Island is high in the north and low in the south. Two-thirds of it are highland hills, and they are basically distributed in the north. Therefore, the bay places suitable for landing as ports are mostly distributed in the southern half. Manila is located at the southern end of Luzon Island, at the mouth of the Bashi River.

Therefore, arriving at Luzon does not mean that it is to reach Manila. The fleet walked along the northwest coastline of Luzon Island for another day and arrived at Lingyan Bay in the central part of Luzon Island. There is a big river called the Arnold River that penetrates the sea. The Chinese have always called Daimao Port, which is a relatively good parking place, but it is about 220 kilometers away from Manila City. In 1574, the famous Chinese pirate Lin Feng led his army to attack Manila, where he built a city and established a village, and established himself as king. He fought with the Folangji army for more than ten months. Finally, he retreated without power.

Because Lian Ling had sailed for nearly ten days and the crew and soldiers were very tired, Fu Wenlong and others also discussed and decided to rest here for a day and then continue to move south. After they entered the mouth of the Arno River, they found that there were three Chinese merchant ships moored here.

Zhang Hai also went out to inquire and found out that he knew the owners of these three Chinese merchant ships, namely Chen Zuowei, Hu Yuan, Zhao Ming, and Zhao Xin, both Chinese merchants doing business in Manila. In this era, the seas on the seas are both pirates and merchants. If you see you are weak, you can grab them, so you are very familiar with them, Zhang Hai, the old pirate.

Chen Zuowei is an old man who is about the same age as Zhang Hai. After hearing that Zhang Hai was going to Manila to avenge the Chinese, he couldn't help but slapped his thigh and said, "Old ship owner Zhang, why did you come? Half a year ago, the natives in Manila had openly started robbing Barian's Chinese shops, injured and killed many Chinese. Barian's Chinese chief Zhang Tuo made an negotiation with the Governor General's Office of the Folangji, but the Governor was vague about this and did not give a positive reply at all."

Zhao Ming said hatefully: "What ambiguous words are he that he is simply covering up the natives. He keeps asking us Chinese to keep restrained and hand over weapons to ensure safety. It's simply bullshit. After handing over the weapons, we have no resistance at all, so we can only be killed."

Zhao Xin also said: "There is also Archbishop Ambor of Manila, who publicly announced that he would punish pagans. What kind of pagans are we Chinese? Several missionaries even took the soldiers of the Flangji publicly to rob in the Balian area. What kind of monks are these? They are simply robbers."

Chen Zuowei said: "Old ship owner Zhang, turn around quickly and don't go to Manila."

Zhang Hai laughed and said, "I won't hide it from you guys. I brought reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty and the warships of the King of Chu."

A trace of excitement flashed in the eyes of the Zhao brothers, and Zhao Ming said: "I didn't expect that the emperor had not forgotten us miserable people. Elder ship owner, where is your warship?"

Zhao Xin also said: "It's better to take Manila and drive away the Folangji people, so we can do business here with peace of mind."

Chen Zuowei shook his head and said, "I don't think so, in the 31st year of Wanli, isn't it the same? Is it the same? I just issued an edict and nothing was gone. In the 13th year of Chongzhen, did the Folang Jiren still kill us Chinese again? As a result, what about Emperor Chongzhen? He didn't even give a single fart. In the eyes of the imperial court, we overseas Chinese merchants are untouchables, and it's a pity to die many times."

Hu Yuan said: "Yes, even the emperor is not reliable these days, let alone a prince? You young people, don't daydream."

At this time, Zhang Hai said: "You guys, you are all wrong. The King of Chu is different from other emperors. He will not let us overseas Chinese merchants ignore it. This time, King Jingbei is going to drive away the Folang Ji people and occupy Manila so that we Chinese will no longer be bullied by foreigners in the future."

The Zhao brothers were also very happy when they heard this. Zhao Ming said, "Is it true? That's great. I've long disliked this group of Folang Ji people, so I can breathe a sigh of relief this time."

Zhao Xin also said: "Yes, brother, let's stop leaving, stay and help them. I also want to kill two Folang Ji people with my own hands, even if it's a few natives."

Chen Zuowei glanced at their brothers, shook his head, and said, "You have only six boats. How many people can you beat the Folang Jiren?"

Zhang Hai said: "What we came here is just the vanguard team, and the large team is still behind. We will arrive in Manila in one or two months at the latest."

Hu Yuan snorted and said, "What's the use of thousands of troops? The Folang Ji people have artillery and firearms, which is very powerful. Besides, the Folang Ji is also a country. I heard that it is several times larger than China. We can send soldiers, and they can also send soldiers. Maybe they will make people angry and attack them directly. We ordinary people are involved in something, so we escape as soon as possible."

When Zhang Hai heard him say this, he also asked: "A few people, everyone knows that there are ten times more Chinese in Manila than Florians. Although the imperial court used to ignore us, we were always bullied by others. But if all Chinese people can really unite and deal with Florians in unison, they would not be massacred by Florians twice. But now someone is here to help us. If we are not good enough and dare not resist Florians, then we are so unpromising overseas Chinese."

Zhao Ming and Zhao Xin brothers looked at each other, and Zhao Ming said, "Old ship owner Zhang, you are an old senior. Our brothers have no close friends with you, but you are so old and you still have to rush back to Manila. Just for this, we can trust you. This time I will do it with you. Even if you die in Manila, I will not regret it."

Then they brought the Zhao brothers to see Fu Wenlong and told the situation in Manila again. Fu Wenlong and others also started an emergency consultation and finally decided to leave corresponding personnel in Daimao Port to build a city here and wait for the subsequent army to arrive. Zhang Hai led all six warships to fight to eliminate the Folang Jimen's fleet in the naval battle.

After discussing the decision, everyone immediately dispatched the Zhao brothers to Manila to investigate the situation. Fu Wenlong and Zhang Hai were waiting for the follow-up troops in Daimao Port.
Chapter completed!