Chapter 999 1090 From all over the world

Chapter 999 1090 From all over the world

"Okay, we don't need to think about this now."

Seeing the thoughtful look of the people below, Savilla said, "Let's talk about what to talk about with the Ming people tomorrow. Let me first say what I mean, that is, I hope the Ming people will send fewer people to participate in the war.

In fact, it would be the best situation if there were no Ming people. At least we don't have to face the trouble of how to send them away after the war."

"What do you think?"

Ravi Sari looked at the others and asked.

At this time, Garcia said: "Gentlemen, I think. It seems that only by sending troops to encircle and suppress the pirate Lin as soon as possible can we reduce Commander Savilla's worries.

We will eliminate the pirate Lin first, whether we catch him or kill him, we will hand him over to the Ming people.

In this way, they have no reason to send troops here.

As for the Governor's worry, who this place once belonged to, if the Ming people really cared about this place, they would not have seen the arrival of the Ming army until now.

We occupied the Philippines, and the Ming people already knew it a long time ago."

Garcia has been a tax officer at the dock for a long time, and has the most contact with Ming merchants, so naturally he still has his own judgment.

Besides, he also knew the "Ming people" in and around the city. Well, they seemed to call themselves "Song people", although in their opinion, these people were of the same race as the Ming people and there was no difference.

"Garcia's words make sense. I have contacted the Ming officer. He doesn't seem to want to stay here. He just came here to hunt down pirates."

Miguel also spoke at this time.

He was the person sitting at the back among all the people here because he had the lowest status.

The reason why he was called by Savella was just because he had contact with the Ming officer.

"So, tomorrow we will contact the Ming people and try to avoid them asking about the Philippine Island. If they mention it, we will not know about it."

Ravi Sari said: "As for the issue of eliminating the pirate Lin, our proposal is that we will launch an attack on them in the next month.

Due to the lack of troops here in the Ming Dynasty, we will only be responsible for the blockade of the outer perimeter of Pengaslan Bay to prevent them from escaping."

After speaking, Ravi Sari looked at Savilla and asked: "Do you think this is feasible?"

Savi Sari lowered his head and thought for a while, then nodded, "Indeed, although I also hoped that the Ming Dynasty could send troops to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the pirate Lin at the beginning, from the perspective of the kingdom's interests, it is more important to own the Philippine Island, and there is no need to wait for the Ming army to arrive."

"Does the army have the ability to encircle and suppress them?"

Ravi Sari asked again.

"It should be possible. Although they seem to have a large number of people, according to my intelligence, quite a few of them have no combat effectiveness.

The troops they can mobilize will not exceed 3,000 people, including the sailors on the ships."

Savi Sari said.

"Do you have anything to say?"

Ravi Sari turned his head and looked at the others, and asked loudly.

Soon, someone started to ask questions, and Savilla answered them immediately.

Because their questions were mainly focused on the encirclement and suppression of the Lin Feng Pirate Group.

Obviously, this was the most important thing for the Yi people at the moment.

From the manpower to the weapons, to the prepared food and other supplies, and what strategy the military was going to adopt, how to encircle and suppress the pirates, and how long it would take.

Discussing these issues was naturally for the preparation of war supplies.

If the war was halfway through and it was found that there were no supplies, how could it be fought?

When Westerners fought, the requirements for supplies were still relatively high.

Until Savilla made an explanation that satisfied everyone, the questions in the room stopped.

"Now that everyone knows what preparations to make, please make arrangements in the next few days to collect sufficient supplies for the next battle.

Please note that this battle is related to whether we can stay here permanently. Please make sure to do the assigned tasks well and not make any mistakes."

After Savella introduced the military's requirements to several relevant officials, he also heard his own requirements.

And finally, it was Governor Ravisalli who made a summary.

The next morning, Miguel and Garcia arrived at the Pier Hotel to welcome Deng Zilong into Manila City and meet with Manila's senior officials to discuss cooperation matters.

"Lord Lin, there are fishing boats ahead."

On the vast sea, two Fu ships were sailing with the wind, and land could be vaguely seen in the distance on the right.

Of course, for the people on the boat, they knew that it was just an island.

With the shouting, a figure went up from the cabin below to the ship's top.

Under the guidance of the soldiers, he soon saw several small fishing boats in the distance.

In fact, they are called small fishing boats, but they are more like wooden rafts in some places in the Ming Dynasty.

The boat planks were made of logs of similar size tied together, and several people were throwing fishing nets into the sea.

"Come over and ask about the situation."

The two Fu ships immediately turned and sailed towards the fishing boats.

Although the Ming Dynasty had banned the sea for many years, and the fleet that symbolized the government's voyage to the West had stopped sailing for more than a hundred years, it did not mean that the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty had no experience of going to Southeast Asia.

In fact, even when the sea was banned, there were still sea merchants who risked their heads to engage in maritime trade, which was also the reason why the Japanese pirates continued to exist in the Ming Dynasty for nearly two hundred years.

They were merchants on the shore and pirates at sea.

There are many boat people joining the Nanhai Navy. After all, sailing still depends on these people. Their boat-operating skills passed down from generation to generation are much better than those of the Ming Guard officers and soldiers, and most of them can also repair ships, so they can be said to be all-rounders.

Moreover, because my ancestors went to sea, I know more or less the indigenous languages ​​of Nanyang.

Proficiency is not considered, even speaking and gesturing, no matter how blind, can still carry out simple communication.

Therefore, during this voyage to Luzon, Deng Zilong searched for officers and soldiers in the navy who could speak Luzon and added them to each ship to facilitate communication.

The boats on both sides quickly approached. When they saw the two large boats approaching, the people on the other boat were obviously a little panicked. Some people had already hurriedly put away the fishing nets that had just been thrown into the sea and rowed to return to the land.

However, their ship was drifting on the sea after all. Wherever the lucky ship could sail by the wind, it would naturally be blocked.

Some officials who knew some Luzon language were already lying on the side of the ship communicating with the Luzon natives on the boat. The captain surnamed Lin also came down from the ship's building and stood on the deck, listening to his subordinates talking to the other side. Communication of gestures.

Although he couldn't understand a word, he was naturally happy to see that the two sides could communicate.

He was unlucky and got the task of visiting the southernmost part of Luzon Island to find the tribes here who were still loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

He ran farther than anyone else and had been drifting on the sea for more than ten days.

"Sir, they said they are not from Luzon, but fishermen from Sulu."

At this time, the officer and soldier responsible for communicating with the other party turned back and said to him.

"Sulu Country? Is it that small country over there in Luzon?"

Hearing the name of Sulu Kingdom, Lin Baihu remembered it instantly.

He gained some knowledge here during the voyage. Although he had no talent for learning, there were scribes on the ship who explained it to him, so he did remember saying this.

There are actually many islands in Luzon, and the largest one is Luzon Island.

South of Luzon, there is also a country composed of many small islands called Sulu.

“Is Sulu the country to the south of Luzon?”

Lin Baihu turned around and said to the scribe who came out behind him.

"It should be that we have reached the southernmost part of Luzon."

The scribe immediately replied, "Is it possible to choose to return? I haven't seen anyone alive on the shore along the way."

"Let's take a look at the situation in Sulu first."

Lin Baihu knew that he should go back, but it was definitely not appropriate to go all the way in vain. At least he met a living person.

"This Sulu Kingdom should also be a canonized vassal state. Let's give it a try. It's better than returning empty-handed."

Lin Baihu said, then turned around and ordered his officers and soldiers: "Let them lead the way to find their vassal king.

Tell them that we are officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Navy and we were here more than a hundred years ago.

This time, we went to Nanyang again to understand the situation of various vassal states. We heard that the barbarians were making trouble here. "

"Yes, sir."

The "translator" agreed, then turned around and started communicating with the people below.

Although the other party was dubious, he still agreed to show them the way and take them back.

So the other party took the rope ladder, and one person climbed onto the lucky boat to act as a guide, while the other fishing boats were dragged by ropes towards their starting point.

"Sir, they said that blond and blue-eyed Yi people had visited them and traded goods with them."

After communicating with the other party for a while, the officer in charge of translating turned back and said, "But these people are very greedy and seem to have ill intentions towards them, so their queen later refused to trade with them.

They also said that these barbarians had killed the King of Luzon and had occupied Luzon Island. They were very dangerous people. They also robbed their goods and told us not to associate with them. "

After hearing this, Lin Baihu just nodded slightly.

If the Sulu Kingdom had not been invaded by the barbarians, it might still be facing the Ming Dynasty, and perhaps its mission could be successfully completed.

In the capital city of the Ming Dynasty, there was the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

Wei Guangde sat on the first seat on the left side of the lobby. This was the territory of the Ministry of War and Tan Lun's place. Naturally, he could not take over the position that belonged to the official.

But at this moment, Tan Lun was not sitting in the main seat in the lobby, but stood beside him, "Shandai, do you think this is a good way to write it?"

Wei Guangde did not go on duty in the cabinet but went to the Ministry of War. Naturally, he urged the Ministry of War to transfer military documents and urgently deliver them to the Nanhai Navy and deliver them to Yu Dayou.

The memorial to Lu Song has been secretly approved by the palace.

The reason why it is said to be a secret is that I don't want to make it known to the whole court. At least until Luzon succeeds in getting it, the news must be blocked.

In the past, the main channels for news leaks were: one was in the Li Jian, where eunuchs and close friends spread the news, and the other was the Sixth Section.

Most of the people in the Sixth Section are low-level officials, and most of them have been awarded Jinshi in recent years, so they have many connections with those who were in the same year in Beijing.

The news spread during the banquet and tea room.

Therefore, this time Wei Guangde's memorial was only discussed by the six ministries convened by the cabinet and Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. After it was handed over to the palace for adjudication, the eunuch Feng Bao personally approved it and kept it in the archives.

The memorandum criticizing the Red Army was not issued to the Sixth Section, but was directly transferred back to the cabinet for processing.

Among all preparations, the most important thing is to give Yu Dayou the discretionary power to recruit troops nearby.

This is what Tan Lun mentioned. Since the Ming Dynasty wants to use troops in Nanyang, although the Southeast Guards has recovered its combat strength after these years of Japanese pirate rebellion, it may not be a good thing to travel across the ocean.

It would be better to recruit troops nearby and borrow troops from Nanyang vassal states, which can also save the court's money and food.

When the work is completed, the imperial court will issue an imperial edict of reward, and then give some palace treasures and specialties of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, in addition to the imperial edict for Yu Dayou to act expediently, the troop deployment documents from the Ministry of War also became important support.

Wei Guangde came here to urge his military subordinates to write documents, and the edict was drafted by Lu Tiaoyang, reviewed by Zhang Juzheng, and then sent directly from the palace.

As for whether this decree is an imperial decree or a neutral decree, Wei Guangde doesn't care about that. It just lacks a six-subject review process. If this decree is handed over to the local government, the civil servants may still be worried and may not dare to implement it.

But it was only for the Nanhai Navy. Wei Guangde believed that Yu Dayou would not be timid because of worry.

"Okay, use the seal. I will take it away in a moment and hand it over to the palace for distribution."

Wei Guangde read it quickly and found that there were no mistakes in formatting or text. The only thing missing was the Ministry of War customs clearance, so he said immediately.

"good."

Tan Lun didn't do any ink, so he immediately took the document handed over by Wei Guangde, returned to his seat in the lobby, picked up the seal of the Ministry of War placed next to the table, and stamped it directly on the document.

In this way, an official document that can mobilize troops nearby is complete.

Wei Guangde got the documents, hugged Tan Lun, and left the Ministry of War directly.

The resolution authorizing the Nanhai Navy to take military action against Luzon was still a top secret in the capital at this time. Except for a few people in the palace, that is, the cabinet, the six ministries, the nine ministers, and the people in charge of the Ministry of War knew about it. Lun issued a gag order.

They also know that military matters are of great importance, so naturally they dare not speak out easily.

And Yu Dayou, who was supposed to receive the order, was already drifting on the sea and heading towards Luzon, unaware that the capital had already prepared the endorsement.

His calculation was naturally based on the reason of suppressing Japanese pirates. Although most of the Japanese pirates were wiped out and the remaining ones changed careers, the Ming Dynasty still hated the Japanese pirates, especially in the southeastern region.

Therefore, as long as we use the excuse of suppressing Japanese at this time, we can get support from the officialdom to the scholars and the common people in the southeast.

In Manila City, Deng Zilong returned to the hotel. The smile on his face disappeared, leaving only a gloomy expression.

In the city today, I had a long talk with the Spanish governor and their commander, but the result was not very promising.

From a few words, Deng Zilong has discovered that the other party intends to launch an encirclement and suppression of Lin Feng's pirate group in the near future.

Obviously, the other party did not wait for the arrival of official support from Ming Dynasty.

"How cunning."

Deng Zilong secretly resented it, but on the surface he could only remind him that pirates are all desperadoes. If they attack rashly without sufficient preparation, the losses will probably be heavy.

It would be better to wait for the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty to arrive and crush them with overwhelming force. Lin Feng would still be unable to escape.

However, his proposal was obviously not recognized by Governor Ravisari and Commander Savela.

In their opinion, three thousand troops are enough to destroy Pirate Lin.

The Ming army was short of troops in Luzon, so it arranged the task of blocking Pengji Yuclan Bay.

According to the plan, the Yi people would land near the bay and block Lin Fengnei's escape route from the land, which coincided with him.