Although he was locked in a dark and dark confinement room, Li Hongtao was still shrouded in anger and hatred, and was completely unaware of the surrounding environment.

The hatred he had come from Zhu Haitao, who was rising rapidly. He had always been like Niu Banghua, and had a deep covetous desire for the position of the boss. However, the prestige of Li Baijun towards the pirates and his strong abilities made his ambition deeply buried.

He also recognized Li Baijun's powerful ability and was willing to be driven by him to listen to his words and come to Manila to do business and collect intelligence.

But he dreamed of fighting on the sea like other pirates, and he thought that this was the true appearance of a man.

It was not until after Li Baijun's death that he had a chance. He believed that he had provided a lot of news for the Peach Blossom Spring over the years. The credit was not the pirates, and even said that if there was no news of walking by themselves, they would not even drink soup.

But what he didn't expect was that in the eyes of those pirates, he was just an errand runner and could not be compared with the brothers on the island.

They elected Li Baijun's eldest daughter Li Junmei as the new boss. After hearing the news, Li Hongtao was furious.

He has no idea that women can hold up half the sky. In his eyes, women just need to stay at home and have children. They shouldn't be doing things at all, let alone fighting on the battlefield.

However, he had no choice. His foundation was in Manila, and his influence on Peach Blossom Island was close to nothing. Therefore, he had been secretly managing his own power in Manila and was always ready to subvert Peach Blossom Island.

However, Zhu Haitao's sudden appearance instantly made his idea vain. He originally wanted to set a few traps for them, hoping that they would be besieged by the superior forces of the Spanish Royal Navy after taking the bait.

Strangely, they did not even get a trap, but instead came to Mindanao, which ordinary people think had no hope of development. They actually established a country out of thin air here and unified the entire Mindanao within more than a year. Now they have even put forward the banner of anti-Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty.

He couldn't bear it even more. This was originally his position, so how could he be stolen by an outsider?

But now he has dozens of trusted and capable people around him, and he can't compare with Zhu Haitao, who has established a strict rule.

Therefore, he thought of leveraging the power to fight. In his opinion, the Spaniards have been rooted in Nanyang for hundreds of years and have long been deeply rooted. Their strength is not comparable to the Ming Dynasty, which has only been founded for two years. As long as Spain can dispatch troops, it can definitely completely wipe out these "rebels" who dare to fight against the flag.

He came to Confucius' Governor's Office and told Confucius everything he knew about Ming Kingdom.

"Li Junmei, Zhu Haitao, your death is coming." Li Hongtao showed a dark smile under the dark light in the confinement room.

"Major General Gonzaros, hurry up and collect information about the Ming Kingdom, and write it into a report and submit it to me within a week." Conde handed over this task to Major General Gonzaros Army. Although he was idle and a pampered bag, he was good at listening to his own words and doing whatever he asked him to do.

Although Kongde is the de facto king here, the generals under him sometimes sneer at him because of his noble background and support from the country. Therefore, both sides also have various intrigues.

Major General Gonzaros dared not neglect and immediately started his work. After only four days, he wrote a report on the Ming Kingdom and placed it on the Conde table.

Although the Kingdom of Spain declined in this century and had become a de facto vassal state of France, it has always been very strong in Southeast Asia. There are many methods on the open and dark sides, and it is very efficient to use.

After reading this report, Conde was very surprised. He immediately called Major General Gonzaros, Lieutenant General Alfonso and Major General Lockeby.

"My God, how did this country appear?" After reading this report, everyone had this idea in their minds.

Kong De looked at their expressions and knew that they had the same idea as his own about the mysterious Ming Kingdom, so he asked: "How do you think we should deal with this Ming Kingdom? Should we take the initiative to show kindness to them, or should we immediately eliminate this terrifying country?"

"We can't let this country develop anymore!" Major General Gonzaros said immediately. "This country is aggressive and has eliminated all the tribes or countries established by local people on the island in just over a year. Then they devoted them to what they called the "forbidden area" and allowed them to provide free labor for these Chinese factories. If we don't intervene, they will definitely focus on ours."

"Lieutenant General Alfonso, these Chinese navals have some strength. They have attacked many of our ships one after another. The report also said that they seem to have a shipyard and produce a very thin warship. Can we deal with their navy?" Kong De asked.

Lieutenant General Alfonso was very confident about Spain's naval power in the South China Sea. He nodded and said, "Even the Dutch people here, even the Dutch, dare not act rashly, let alone their small sampans. Their slender warships look like sick tall men. As long as we all go out and capture their capital, we can win!"

"Major General Lockeby, what do you think?" Comte asked Lieutenant General Lockeby again.

"I think what Lieutenant General Alfonso said makes sense. These Chinese people have now destroyed so many countries, which is the most proud time. When they see that we have not taken action, they must feel that we have not noticed their actions. At this time, we will join the army in one fell swoop and will definitely catch them off guard." Locke actually had no idea, just continued Alfonso's words.

"Then let's do it! We must catch them off guard!" Seeing that these generals had reached an agreement, Kong De was ready to start preparing according to their plan.

On September 1, 1781, in the Port of Manila, the blood-red lion flag of the Royal Spanish Navy fluttered in the wind, and dozens of warships were arranged neatly, waiting to go to sea.

This time Conde dispatched all the main forces deployed by Spain in the Philippines, including one of the first-class warships "Manila", and all second-class warships, more than half of the third-class warships, and a large number of fourth-class warships, a total of 32.

This naval scale is enough to sweep away the coastal areas of the Qing Dynasty, but in dealing with this mysterious and terrifying Ming Kingdom, Kong De felt that these warships were not enough.
Chapter completed!