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  Chapter 492 489【Live Army】

   "Go, prepare a grand ceremony, this is a great victory!"

  Philippine governor Coquera, appointed by the Spanish royal family, smiled and gave orders to the provincial governor, bishop, judges, and military officers.

   Governor Sanders was a little scared: "Your Excellency, the emperor of China, will he send troops to retaliate?"

Coquera reassured everyone and said: "No, the emperor of China only rules the local people, and they don't care about the lives of overseas people. Fifty years ago, we killed the Chinese in the Philippines, and the emperor of China did not send troops to fight. Forty years Before, we killed the Chinese in the Philippines, and the Chinese emperor also did not send troops. Of course, the Chinese emperor is very concerned about saving face, and we should send a mission to apologize. Just take out gifts, kneel down and apologize to him, claiming that the Filipino Chinese rioted, The Emperor of China will certainly not pursue it."

   "This is the best, Your Excellency Governor, please send envoys as soon as possible." Sanders said.

  Coquella said: "Mr. Governor, you are in charge of selling the properties of those Chinese, and every gentleman present has a share."

   "Thank you, Your Excellency, the kind and generous Governor." Everyone immediately cheered and praised.

  In addition to dispelling the threat of too many Han Chinese, Coquila’s slaughter of Chinese this time is also to take advantage of the opportunity to make money.

   Just this year, Spain lost big in Europe and America at the same time.

  Spain's coastal colonial strongholds in Chile were all pulled out by the Netherlands, and the Pacific route was directly cut off. In other words, Spain's American fleet could not transport goods to the Philippines, but could only return to Europe through the Atlantic Ocean.

  Spain was defeated by France in the Battle of Rocroi and the Battle of Cartagena, losing hegemony in Europe and the Mediterranean.

  The Spanish royal family's finances are getting worse and worse, and the governor of the Philippines is even worse.

  The American fleet could not get through, and the spice channel was blocked by the Netherlands. Every shipment of spices had to pay taxes to the Netherlands.

   Moreover, in order to save money, Coquila reduced the garrison in Keelung two years ago. Zhao Han took the opportunity to set up Keelung County, which was tantamount to recovering Keelung without bloodshed. Spain had only one trade point in Taiwan, and this trade point had to be governed by Chinese officials.

   News has come from the mainland of Spain that Coquera will be convicted. In history, this **** was imprisoned in Spain for four years because he lost Taiwan.

  Desperately short of money in his hand, and was about to be arrested and punished, Coquella came up with a vicious plan.

   Killing all the Chinese in the Philippines, and sharing the money from the robbing, can reverse the financial deficit in an instant, and can also buy a lot of officials. He can also leave a sum and take it back to Spain to bribe the royal family to avoid punishment for himself.

  As for killing all the Chinese and making the Philippine colony unable to operate, the bad consequences have nothing to do with Coquila?

  His term as governor is coming up, leave it to the next governor to have a headache!

  In the Jiannei Chinese settlement outside Manila, only some of the outer buildings were burned. Those vicious guys are reluctant to burn them all, because the Chinese district is very rich, and many goods can be snatched by the opportunity.

  Spanish military officers led the army and rushed into the Chinese district to rob everywhere. The few Chinese who did not escape would be killed even if they handed over their property.

  The Spanish civilians and indigenous civilians went further afield in groups. Because there are Chinese villages nearby, it is estimated that there are still some Chinese who have not had time to escape, so they can take the opportunity to kill people and rob things.

   More than a dozen Chinese business leaders were collectively escorted outside the city.

  They begged in pain, because the Philippine Governor had promised that no matter what happened, they would protect their lives and property.

   However, to no avail, they were dragged to the river and killed.

  It was the same forty years ago. Many Chinese businessmen betrayed their compatriots, and even a rebel leader rebelled. Just because the provincial governor Akuna promised to take them into the city and protect their lives and properties.

   As a result, he died as soon as he entered the city. It was a booby-traffic operation.

  Everyone in the Philippines knows about this matter, but there are still merchants who repeat the same mistakes, with a sad trace of luck in their hearts. However, more Chinese businessmen learned their lesson and fled without hesitation, even resisting when they were intercepted by the chasing soldiers.

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   Marsh area.

  The chasing soldiers stood on the periphery and hesitated. They didn't want to chase in. It would be bad if they got stuck in a swamp.

  A total of six Spanish officers on horseback, 106 Spanish musketeers, more than 300 Japanese mercenaries, and the remaining 2,000 are all Pampanga (Native Filipinos).

  Commander Blanco was silent, he was very jealous of Chinese goods.

   There are more than 10,000 Chinese living in Jiannei, and at least 3,000 people managed to escape into the swamp, and they must have brought a lot of gold and silver.

  The Pampanga people who swept the woods behind came back, and they caught more than a dozen Chinese who were alone.

  Blanco immediately had people searched, not for those Chinese captives, but for the Pampanga people who took the captives.

   After the body search was completed and the property was handed over, Blanco said, "The Japanese soldiers executed the sentence."

  The Japanese mercenaries stepped forward with grimaces, but several Pampanga officers ran out and knelt down to beg, saying something in broken Spanish.

  Blanco nodded and said, "Go."

  The Pampanga officer was overjoyed, but rushed forward to take off his clothes. The Han captives were stripped of their clothes, and they even wanted worn-out shoes, which they put on on the spot.

  The Han captives who were stripped naked were all dragged to the edge of the swamp, where they were slaughtered by Japanese mercenaries brandishing butcher knives.

   Even, even children are not spared!

   "Da da da da!"

  A fast horse galloped up and sent an order: "Your Excellency has an order. The Chinese who fled into the swamp do not have to chase after them. They will starve to death and drown in it. All soldiers immediately go to the port and attack the Chinese towns in the north by boat!"

  …

   This swamp disappeared after hundreds of years, it was the result of human development.

  The same is true in western Liaoning. During the Three Kingdoms period, there were swamps everywhere. Cao Cao's expedition to Liaodong almost failed, but in the Ming Dynasty, it was reclaimed as fertile land.

   After walking for two full days, it was confirmed that there were no pursuers. Wan Zhaoan was already very cautious, but two people still fell into the swamp and died.

   On the third day, when they came to a relatively open and solid grassland, Wan Zhaoan decided to reorganize the fleeing team.

Wan Zhao'an shouted with all his strength: "My name is Wan Zhao'an, and I served as a soldier for His Majesty the Emperor of Datong. I fought against the Ming army, against the eighth thief Zhang Xianzhong, and against the Manchu Tartars." I have been fighting for several years, and I have never lost. I command a hundred people under my command, which can be regarded as a real general! I was disabled and retired. His Majesty the Emperor of Datong is benevolent and righteous. He rewarded him with land and money. What's the point of the police officer? I came to Nanyang. If the foreign army in Luzon meets His Majesty's Datong army, they are not even worthy of carrying shoes!"

  The morale of the refugees is low, but they all listen carefully. They now lack a backbone.

  Wan Zhaoan said: "It doesn't matter whether it's male or female, anyone who can write and count raises his right hand! If you can't hear me later, please help spread the word."

   He raised more than 200 hands at once, many of them were fellows of maritime merchants.

  Wan Zhaoan said again: "The master, the shopkeeper, and those who have made great achievements in the previous dynasty, all come to my side to listen to orders."

  This time more than ten people came out and gathered one after another.

  Wan Zhaoan asked them about their names, places of origin and occupations, and asked these people to count the number of refugees.

  After working for a long time, there was a lot of confusion, and finally the number of people was counted. There were a total of 3,294 people, including 2,501 males over the age of 12 and 748 females. Only 45 children were taken out by their parents.

  Not only were there few children, but also few old people. They escaped too slowly and couldn't keep up physically, so they were all killed by the pursuers.

   Not only those who fled into the swamp, but also some panicked and lost contact with the main force, and most of them would be trapped to death in the swamp.

   Then count the supplies, gold and silver money is not counted, you can throw it away yourself, or keep it quietly. Anyway, you will definitely not be able to buy anything, even if you walk out of the swamp, the entire Philippines is engaged in an operation to slaughter China.

   Wan Zhaoan only ordered to collect food, and the situation was very bad.

Lin Lang, the shopkeeper of Fulongsheng Company, sighed to Wan Zhaoan and said, "If you flee in panic, even if you want to bring something, you must bring money. Who would want to bring food? It's poor people who don't have money to take away. Carrying a few catties of rice, many of them were lost along the way. Some people were hungry for two days and two nights, and they didn’t even have the energy to walk.”

   In a word, there is no food!

Wan Zhaoan felt a little desperate, and said to the more than two hundred literate people: "The red-haired ghost killed us Han people. It came once forty years ago. I heard from the old man that it was exterminated at that time. We If you want to survive, you have to hold together. You have to obey orders, and there will be no good end if you are alone. Our Datong Army fights in an organized way, and the first level listens to orders. Now, I have compiled these 3,000 people into ' Qiuhuo Army', I proclaim myself the Grand Marshal of Qiuhuo. You choose three leaders yourself."

  The leader has to convince the crowd, and Wan Zhaoan cannot choose blindly.

  More than 200 people who could read and write quickly elected three leaders, namely Lin Lang, An Xiang, the shopkeeper of Fulongsheng, Chen Yigui, the shopkeeper of Fulongsheng, and Lei Lisheng, a former scholar of the Ming Dynasty.

  Lin Lang is in charge of food supplies, Chen Yigui is in charge of comforting and managing refugees, and Lei Lisheng is in charge of organizing and training the army.

  The most important thing right now is to find food in the swamp.

   Regardless of gender, as long as they are over twelve years old, they are all organized as soldiers, and the military system is exactly the same as that of the Datong Army.

   There are three military laws: All supplies belong to the public, no oppression of compatriots is allowed, and those who disobey orders will die!

   In a group of ten people, search for food on the spot.

  What can be in the swamp?

  It’s nothing more than grass roots, insects and ants. If you’re lucky, you can get a fish. Even these can only be eaten raw, because there is no dry wood for a fire, and no iron pots and clay pots for cooking.

   Fortunately, someone with a compass can recognize the direction!

  While looking for food while on the road, they walked for another four days, and these refugees were finally brought out of the swamp. Of the 3,294 people who were reorganized, only 2,616 died of illness, starvation, and drowning, and only 12 of the 45 children died.

  The only good news is that everyone is very obedient, there is no internal strife, and no power seizure.

  Because they are all hungry and weak, and more or less sick, they just want to get something to eat and survive.

   "There is a red-haired ghost's manor in the northwest. The third shopkeeper and I went there to collect mountain goods." A buddy offered to provide information.

  Wan Zhaoan asked: "Is there any firecrackers?"

  The buddy nodded: "Yes! The red-haired ghosts have firecrackers in their hands. I have seen them go hunting in the mountains."

  Wan Zhaoan continued to advance with his troops, and two more died within half a day, whether they died of illness or starvation.

   Finally, in the afternoon, they approached a sugar cane plantation.

  The surrounding area is densely packed with sugarcane. According to the man, in the center of the sugarcane field is the house of the red-haired ghost.

Wan Zhaoan warned these people: "There will be a war soon, and you have all become familiar with your superiors these days. Remember, soldiers must follow the corps leader, and the corps leader must obey the orders of the chief, and the chief must obey the captain's orders." Order... quietly pass through the sugarcane field. The sugarcane forest is very large. If you don't obey the order, you will easily get separated. If you get separated, you can't get out. The first group will follow me to the east, and the second group will follow Lei Xiucai to the west. Act now !"

   This order, spoken from Wan Zhaoan's mouth, was forgotten by everyone in a blink of an eye.

  More than 2,000 half-starved refugees rushed into the sugarcane field, broke off the sugarcane and gnawed on it, seeming to have forgotten all about the war.

   Wan Zhaoan suppressed his anger and said: "Get up, there are plenty of big fish and meat in the red-haired ghost's house!"

  A young man who was a shoemaker said: "Marshal, let everyone eat a few bites first. If you don't eat sugarcane, you won't have the strength to walk."

   It was really eating, not only chewing sugarcane water, but also swallowing the bagasse because everyone was so hungry.

  Perhaps more than 2,000 people broke sugar cane, and there was too much commotion, and soon a few natives ran over, yelling something.

"kill!"

  Wan Zhaoan drew his sword and rushed forward, and everyone also rushed forward with sugarcane sticks.

  (end of this chapter)