The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 111 Progress!

If they don't help the Restoration Army succeed now, how will they survive when the Restoration Army is defeated by the Spaniards?

The tragedy in San Fernando not only told the Spaniards not to do anything to the Chinese, otherwise there would be no bottom line for Zhu Hongyu to retaliate.

It also tells the Chinese living in Luzon, don't have any luck with the Spaniards!
Now that the Restoration Army is still there, they dare to slaughter Hua. If the Restoration Army is destroyed, who will be spared all the Chinese in Luzon?

Don't forget, the Spaniard has a criminal record in the matter of Tu Hua.

Not to mention that Zhu Hongyu was very polite and respectful to them, and even made cakes and made promises to them, acting like a wise monarch and respectful corporal.

Even if Zhu Hongyu didn't do anything, they had to sacrifice their lives for the Liberation Army for their own sake and for the sake of their families.

……

After Zhu Hongyu met with Ling Jiayan's Chinese representatives, he didn't start to change anything, but let Ling Jiayan continue to maintain the original state.

In addition to distributing a batch of muskets seized from the Spaniards to the people according to the clan as a unit.

In addition to letting the Chinese in Lingayen practice, all the people were prepared to guard against the Spaniards' counterattack, and Zhu Hongyu only took a batch of food from Lingayen.

Of course, he didn't prostitute for nothing, he gave him money!
The Restoration Army only rested in Lingayen for one day, then continued to march towards other Spanish towns.

Point to St. Jones!
The towns that the Restoration Army passed by along the way were all famous for the murder of San Fernando by the Restoration Army.

There is no need for the Restoration Army to take the initiative to attack. Often, as soon as the Restoration Army advances outside the town, the town will send people out to ask for surrender.

Zhu Hongyu accepted their request to surrender. The soldiers must surrender unconditionally, and the civilians can evacuate safely.

It seems to have formed a routine!

The Restoration Army approached St. Jones, recaptured six towns and cities along the way, and captured 600 prisoners of war.

More than half of them are pure-blooded whites!

The defensive strength of these towns is not strong, there are more than one or two hundred garrisons, and only a few dozen less.

Except for one town that resisted stubbornly, the other towns are all on the lookout.

After this stubborn town was captured by the Restoration Army, all Spanish soldiers who dared to resist were killed.

Although the civilians were not killed, all their property was confiscated.

Use it for deterrence!

The Liberation Army advanced all the way to St. Jones with little resistance.

Since the Restoration Army came out of the mountain, the offensive has progressed very rapidly, and it went smoothly as if with the help of a god!
During the nearly one-month continuous war, the Liberation Army conquered or surrendered eight cities and towns, and liberated more than [-] Chinese population.

Defeated and captured 900 Spanish soldiers, and seized countless muskets, artillery, gunpowder, shells, food, and money.

From the mountains in one breath, they directly hit the central part of the central plain of Luzon, and the soldiers threatened St. Jones.

The reason why the Liberation Army was able to fight so smoothly was not because of how capable the Liberation Army was, but because the Spaniards were too scattered.

There are so many towns along the way, and each town has more or less garrisons.

These garrisons add up to about 900 people.

If these 900 people were all gathered together, it would be impossible for the Liberation Army to eat them all at once. Even if they could defeat them, it would be after a hard battle and a certain price.

However, in order to guard the place, the Spanish troops were too scattered.

Dozens of people were few, and one or two hundred more. These scattered troops were completely vulnerable to the recovery army, and were defeated by the recovery army one by one.

The moment the twelve-pointed sun and moon flag of the Restoration Army appeared outside the city of St. Jones, the Spaniards in the city of St. Jones were instantly panicked.

St. Jones is one of the most important cities in the central part of the central plain of Luzon Island. There are nearly 300 troops stationed there. The bastion is stronger and taller than that of San Fernando.

The Restoration Army camped outside St. Jones, assuming they were ready to attack.

Standing on a raised hill, Zhu Hongyu looked at St. Jones in the distance, his eyes were full of incomprehensible meaning.

Wearing a breastplate, Wang Youcai strode to Zhu Hongyu's side and said.

"General, San Jones didn't send anyone out of the city to ask for surrender. It looks like he wants to resist to the end."

Zhu Hongyu frowned, then spoke.

"Pass down the order to build a camp on the spot and prepare to attack the city!"

Having said all this, he turned around and returned to the camp, and then ordered the generals of the Liberation Army to be called for a meeting.

After everyone arrived, Zhu Hongyu spoke.

"Calculating the time, the Spaniard's reinforcements are about to arrive!"

"Our army has achieved enough results in this battle, there is no need to continue to venture into the enemy's territory."

"If the fight continues, our army will have the risk of being cut off and surrounded by people!"

The current Guangfu Army is like the Jiannu in the late Ming Dynasty. They can fight, but they are limited in strength and cannot swallow the entire Ming Dynasty.

The Spaniards are like Ming. Although the combat effectiveness of the army is not too bad, the troops are too scattered due to the need to leave troops to garrison places.

Daming's elite soldiers are distributed in the entire nine-side direction. Facing the enemy troops gathered together and breaking through from one point, the nine-side defense line that Da Ming painstakingly managed is very fragile.

It almost broke with a poke!
However, even so, Jiannu had never crossed the Huaihe River except for the one in Jiashen year.

It's not that Jiannu can't fight anymore, but that they don't want to go too deep into the enemy's territory to fight.

The current situation of the Liberation Army is also the same. The Spaniard's San Jones is almost the Huaihe line of Ming Dynasty.

After St. Jones, it is the core of the Spaniards' rule in Luzon.

In this campaign, Zhu Hongyu will withdraw his troops at most to conquer St. Jones and prepare for defense in order to deal with the Spaniard's counterattack. He will never continue to advance to Manila.

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The Liberation Army is preparing to conquer San Jones!
As news of the loss of town after town continued to spread, the atmosphere in Manila became more and more dignified.

Everyone has a feeling of impending disaster!

Governor Barossa held an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with it.

"Everyone talked about what to do. After defeating Colonel Robin, the rebels chose to go out to fight."

"San Fernando, Lingayen and other towns were breached successively, and the soldiers advanced to San Jones."

"In the process, those rebels even created the appalling San Fernando tragedy!"

"All the Spaniards and natives in the city of San Fernando were brutally killed. Even the young men who were defeated and captured before were brutally killed by the rebels outside the city of San Fernando."

"Since the rebel army started, because we didn't pay enough attention to the enemy, we underestimated the enemy and were defeated several times. Although the loss of troops each time was not too much, the sum of these losses reached an astonishing [-] or more! "

"It can't go on like this!"

"Now, Spain's rule in Luzon is facing the most serious challenge in more than 100 years!"

"The glory of God in Manila is under threat!"

"We must not back down. Although our troops are tight, we must deploy people to reinforce St. Jones!"

"We must not sit back and watch San Jones fall to our opponents!"

(End of this chapter)