The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 115 Recruitment
Zhu Hongyu just said with a sneer.

"Hehe, can't accept it?"

"Since it is unacceptable, then send troops to fight!"

"If you can't reach an agreement at the negotiating table, you will see the truth on the battlefield!"

"The general has already sent someone to Dayuan Island to communicate with Guo Xingye. Do the Spaniards dare to come and fight a decisive battle with my recovery army?"

"If my recovery army wins, this Luzon will restore the territory of the Han family."

"Even if my recovery army is defeated, it will definitely hit the Spaniards hard. When the Lord Guoxing comes to attack, this Luzon is still the territory of my Han family!"

Zhu Hongyu used Zheng Chenggong to deter the Spaniards.

Although he hadn't had time to send someone to contact Zheng Chenggong, it didn't prevent him from using Zheng Chenggong's name to scare people.

When Lin and Zhao heard this, their complexions changed drastically.

Because it is!

If the enemy is only the Restoration Army, although the Government House is afraid that the Restoration Army will become bigger, it is not worried that the Restoration Army will threaten the safety of Manila in a short period of time.

After all, the recovery army has limited strength!
But if Zheng Chenggong also gets involved, once the two sides join forces, they are really capable of threatening Manila.

Although Zheng Chenggong suffered heavy losses after the failure of the Northern Expedition to Nanjing, he still had a lot of troops.

At least compared with the Spaniards in Manila, Zheng Chenggong's troops are quite generous.

You must know that Zheng Chenggong mobilized more than 2 troops when he attacked Zeelandia in history!
Although Lin and Zhao were worried about Zhu Hongyu's threat, they didn't lose their minds.

Zhao Yuanan stood up again and said.

"Zheng Chenggong's surname is Zheng, not Zhu. I think Your Excellency, General, is unwilling to lure Zheng Jun into Luzon if he has no other choice?"

Zhu Hongyu took a deep look at Zhao Yuanan, but did not speak.

The death of Nanming was due to the cowardice of the king, the corruption of civil officials, the domineering military officials, and the chaos of eunuchs...

But these are just appearances. The death of Nanming was really due to party struggle!
Before he has enough strength to suppress all dissenting opinions, Zhu Hongyu is unwilling to contact those forces in Nanming.

Because he didn't want to be cannon fodder for the party struggle, and he didn't want to participate in Nanming's party struggle.

This naturally includes Zheng Chenggong!

Although Zheng Chenggong is a national hero, he did not seldom engage in party struggles. During the Northern Expedition to Nanjing, he had quarrels with Zhang Huangyan more than once.

Before that, he had also stood on the side of the Longwu faction, competing with the Yongli faction for the power of the central government, and even broke out several times in military conflicts.

Although Zhu Hongyu admires Zheng Chenggong, it does not mean that he is willing to give up his independence and become Zheng Chenggong's younger brother.

Well, thanks to the fact that Zhu Hongyu traveled to Luzon Island instead of the mainland.

Otherwise, Nanming's group of gangsters must have him in their hands!
"You don't have to worry about it!"

Zhu Hongyu said coldly.

"Peace talks are fine, but if you want my Liberation Army to give up the land that has been conquered, no!"

Lin Wenqi opened his mouth to suggest.

"Then set San Jones as a demilitarized zone, how about co-management by both parties?"

"It just so happens that we can also set up a store in St. Jones, so the two sides can communicate with each other!"

After pondering for a while, Zhu Hongyu thought it was feasible, and said with a slight nod.

"can!"

"But since the two sides want to do business, the Governor's Mansion will release the blockade on our Liberation Army."

Zhao Yuanan and Lin Wenqi still wanted to refuse, but Zhu Hongyu used St. Jones as a bargaining chip and asked the Spaniards to release the material blockade against the recovery army.

In the end, the two sides reached a consensus!

The Restoration Army and the Governor's Palace in Manila temporarily negotiated peace talks, and the two sides stopped fighting and stopped fighting.

Use St. Jones as the dividing line to divide the territory, and set St. Jones as a demilitarized zone, and neither side is allowed to station troops here.

In addition, a store was opened in St. Jones, and the two sides exchanged information to maintain a peaceful state.

Although the two sides have reached peace on the surface, everyone with a discerning eye knows that peace is false.

Now the Liberation Army and Spain are like two lions and tigers fighting each other. The reason for making peace is not that they don't want to fight, but that they have no strength to fight.

The Restoration Army needs time to conscript and train to expand its strength!

The Spaniards also need to wait for the annual galleon fleet to arrive in Manila to bring reinforcements and troops to Manila.

After the two sides are ready, the war will break out again at any time!
And this time will never exceed half a year!
Calculating the time, it is now January 1661 in the Western calendar, and June and July every year are the days when the galleon fleet arrives in Manila taking advantage of the monsoon.

And half a year is enough time for the Restoration Army to train the recruits into an army!

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The two sides finalized a joint agreement, and the Liberation Army escorted a large number of prisoners of war to evacuate from San Jones.

Before leaving, the bastion of St. Jones was demolished by the Restoration Army.

The purpose is very simple, to cover up the truth of the siege of the Restoration Army's cave, so that the Spaniards cannot guess the method of the Restoration Army's siege.

Zhu Hongyu led his troops back from St. Jones to the vicinity of Lingayen!
He sent an order to camp in the same place, and ordered the transfer of prisoners of war from the mountains to prepare to build a military camp for the Restoration Army in Lingayen.

The development potential in the mountains is limited, it is impossible for Zhu Hongyu to hide in the mountains with the recovery army!
Only by standing on the plains can we truly develop.

The reason why I chose to settle in Lingayen after leaving the mountain is because the Spaniards in Lingayen surrendered voluntarily.

Lingayen has not experienced war, and the town buildings are relatively complete, so there is no need for special construction.

In addition, Lingayen is near the sea, and it is not far from the sea.

Although the condition of the nearby coast is not good enough to build a large wharf, it is still no problem to build a small wharf to develop business by sea.

The commissioning of the small blast furnace ironmaking method made the production speed of iron materials here in the Guangfu Army far exceed that of any other country or region in the same period.

And iron, no matter when it is, is also the hard currency second only to grain!

If you have iron materials, are you afraid that there will be no merchants to make transactions?

With the support of profits from sea trade, the Liberation Army's finances can be truly affluent.

In addition, Zhu Hongyu ordered the recruitment of new soldiers to expand the scale of the recovery army.

The preferred soldiers are the young and strong Chinese who survived the San Fernando tragedy!
These people have blood feuds with the Spaniards, and Zhu Hongyu mentioned that they have avenged their revenge, so there must be no problem with their loyalty.

However, the number of these people is limited, which is not enough to meet the needs of the Liberation Army.

Zhu Hongyu expanded the scope of recruitment to all Chinese groups under the rule of the Restoration Army!
Among them, honest people with parents and family members are preferred!
In order to increase the enthusiasm of the Chinese to join the army, Zhu Hongyu took out the simplest and most brutal means.

Be a soldier and divide the fields!

Since the Restoration Army came out of the mountains to fight, it has captured eight or nine towns, and a large number of Spanish manor owners packed up their bags and fled south to Manila.

However, they could take away gold, silver, and materials, but they couldn't take away the fields that had been reclaimed or even planted with crops.

Even under the surveillance of the Liberation Army, they dare not even destroy the crops in the fields!

Well, all these fields now belong to the Restoration Army!

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