Chapter 347 Two Empires
This time, the Spanish mobilized more than a dozen large battleships, thousands of officers and soldiers, and fought from the European mainland to the Far East. I am afraid that the intention was not just Manila.
If it were true, the Spaniards should have fought to support Manila now, but why did they stay in Goa for so long?
Let’s think of this bloody battle between the Womore Empire and the East India Company.
Everything suddenly became clear.
It is probably this time that the Spanish Navy, who rushed to Manila, learned about the war between the East India Company and the Wolmore Empire.
I plan to stay in Goa for a while and see the battle situation.
If the East India Company is seriously injured, then the Spaniards in Goa will take advantage of the situation to rob.
And naturally it fell into the eyes of those senior executives of the East India Company, and naturally it was furious.
But the East India Company cannot be hostile to the Spanish, at least it cannot do so on the surface.
Then I have to cause trouble to the east.
By supporting the Ming regime in Luzon, the Ming people were allowed to solve this evil dog in Spain.
At that time, the East India Company can sit down, watch the tiger fight, and remotely control the war.
For Liu Yu, this incident is not good news.
After all, it would be best if East India could fight with the Spaniards in Manila to lose both sides.
The British store stationed in Annan brings information to the East India Company.
In this battle, the Luzon Ming army fought very well and difficult.
The two sides fought fiercely in the South China Sea area for more than two months.
Even the Li dynasty in Annan was alarmed.
"No intention to offend, I just feel that it is impossible to defeat the Spanish Empire with the strength of the Ming army."
After hearing this, Liu Yu was not angry because he also knew that the current situation was indeed very troublesome.
Based on the news sent back by the four seas, the Qing army was attacking Qiongshan on a large scale.
The attacking force is definitely no less than 10,000, and in the Guangdong-Guangdong area, at least 50,000 or 60,000 Qing troops are gathering.
Now, Spain's local fleet has come to support it, with a force of at least one thousand.
I'm afraid it doesn't even include the mercenaries hired from all over Nanyang.
Now, the situation is really bad.
If you say you want to give up Hainan, that's impossible.
After all, I have been fighting for two months and spent a million taels of silver.
How can you evacuate just by saying that you can evacuate?
But if we do not evacuate Qiongzhou, we will fight to the death with the Qing Dynasty.
Just based on Liu Yu's wealth, it is estimated that it may be consumed in Hainan and the Qing Dynasty.
Now Luzon's troops and warships are difficult to support Qiongzhou, let alone protecting themselves.
As for the Jiading area, Liu Yu never thought about it at all.
They can protect themselves under the threat of Zhen La and Annan, and Chen Shangchuan will burn high incense.
Hearing this, Liu Yu nodded.
The Han people from Qiongzhou were transported to Jiading County in southern Annan.
The distance between Qiongzhou and Vietnam is quite close.
In addition, Jiading County is located in the southern part of Vietnam, and it is basically sailing close to the coastline along the way, so safety is highly guaranteed.
For the Ming court, it was not considered a loss of money.
After the two talked for about an hour, Liu Yu walked out of the Nanyang Shopping Mall.
As soon as I returned to the dock, I saw hundreds of brown-skinned soldiers lined neatly beside the dock.
Liu Yu really has no interest in these natives.
If you use it, you are not as at ease as those soldiers under the command of Ta Lu.
But thinking about it, the East India Company could not join forces with the Spaniards, so Liu Yu stayed behind these 500 people.
As for firearms, the Ming army is not short of firearms now.
However, now the main force of the army is outside, and a large number of heavy artillery have been taken away by the Ming Navy.
"Manila, you must take down the Port of Manila." Looking at the prosperous Lavag Port in front of you, Liu Yu couldn't help but sigh.
During this period, Liu Yu also began to reorganize the troops urgently.
Liu Quan was summoned by him from Dongning County to be responsible for the military defense of Beiting County.
Wang Tong, the general of Huben Town, also led the officers and soldiers of Huben Town in Beiting and Nanpu coastline to guard the death.
"If the Spaniards really reinforce Manila, then the Spaniards have only two roads, one is to land from the Manila port and then go north to attack Nanpu County."
"Two, there is no need to attack on the road, the navy directly enters Lavag Port."
The Governor's Office was brightly lit, and Liu Quan, Wang Tong and other major town Ming army generals were discussing military defense with Governor Liu Yu.
"Sir, now the main forces of the navy are in Hainan, and there are only more than ten bird boats in the Lavague area responsible for patrol and alertness. If the Spanish Navy really lands in the Lavague port, then the Ming court's years of hard work in Lavague will fail." Wang Tong said.
"Not only Lavag, Vigan is also quite dangerous." Liu Quan agreed.
"Can the shore artillery near the Lavag port block the Spanish fleet?" a Ming general asked.
"If it is really time to use these shore defense artillery, then our army is really not far from waiting to die." Liu Yu shook his head.
On the same day, he even ordered the Clippers to go to Hainan and asked the navy in each town to return to Luzon immediately.
But Luzon is not as close to Qiongzhou as Annan is not as close to Qiongzhou as Annan.
This time it takes at least two or three months.
I can only pray that these Spaniards will not attack in the past two or three months.
However, this time fate really favored the Ming court.
For a month and a half, no Spanish fleet was found in the Manila port.
And in this month and a half, Li Du led the Navy Town back to Lavag.
The officers and soldiers of Huben Town, the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, and more than 6,000 Han people and craftsmen were returned together.
The far sea also urgently transported a thousand Qing army prisoners of war from Qiongzhou to Luzon.
With a big stroke of his pen, Liu Yu directly organized these thousand Qing army prisoners into a loyal camp.
As for these Qing army prisoners of war, whether they were loyal or not, Liu Yu didn't care.
Anyway, if Lavag is broken, these Qing army prisoners of war will die. Don’t expect to work hard for these red-haired ghosts as if they were for the Tartars.
Chapter completed!