Wanli 1592

Chapter 462 Change of Surname in the Philippines

Of course, for the Spaniards, this is not the most frightening thing. The most frightening thing is that they not only lost themselves to the Chinese, but also packed up and sent away more Filipino natives.

They are all valuables bought with money. Once they are dead and known by those tribes, will those tribes make trouble for them or the Ming army?
How the Spaniards succeeded in colonizing the Philippines in the first place, they know very well.

After this battle, the Spaniards' decades-long military accumulation was destroyed, and they had completely lost all their advantages in the Philippines. The few hundred remaining soldiers huddled in the Governor's Palace in Manila, waiting desperately for death.

What they regret the most is that they provoked the Chinese when they shouldn't. Those main fighters are the chief culprits who killed them, but they are powerless, powerless in various senses, because those main fighters Pai was all dead, and was killed by Xiao Ruxun.

The remaining five warships fled to unknown places, and it was impossible for the hundreds of people to give them much hope. The remaining hundreds of people were trapped in the Governor's Palace in Manila, and they had no will to fight at all. , looking to the west in despair, waiting for the appearance of the Ming army.

The governor's illness recovered, but after hearing the news of the defeat, he fell ill again. He was frightened and sick twice in a row. Everyone felt that the governor was about to die.

However, the governor did not fall, but dragged his sick body to hold the last meeting, and made a decision to give up resistance, surrender to Xiao Ruxun, and accept all conditions.

No one objected anymore, in fact, no one would object any more.

On November [-]th, Xiao Ruxun led his troops to the undefended Manila. The Philippine Governor Kaesong surrendered. He led the remaining few hundred people out of the city and surrendered.

Bishop Alexander timidly huddled in Manila with more than 200 missionaries. Without the protection of the army, the missionaries were also very uneasy and did not dare to preach around like before.

To put it bluntly, the Catholics would not be able to stand firm without the backing of Spanish force.

Two of the missionaries in this group could speak Chinese, so they ran out to act as interpreters to let Xiao Ruxun know what the governor said.

After listening to the translation, Xiao Ruxun narrowed his eyes and looked at the sick governor.

"Tell me to forgive you? But what about my hundreds of soldiers who died in battle? This battle was originally unnecessary, but now it is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more soldiers died in battle. Isn't this yours? Wrong? Do I need to forgive you?"

The governor's face was pale.

"General Xiao, we don't have any force anymore, and we don't plan to use any force. The previous incidents were all stupid things done by those who opposed my decision in private. It has nothing to do with me or everyone here. We are all firmly opposed to this war, especially the archbishop, he is even more opposed! It is those stupid officers who decided to fight you in private!"

The Governor not only explained himself, but also called Bishop Alexander who had a good relationship with Xiao Ruxun before, and the two begged for mercy together.

Bishop Alexander naturally knew his current situation, so he quickly said: "Yes, General Xiao, we tried our best to stop it, but they launched a mutiny and took us hostage. We have no way to stop them, we can only passively defend Here, we are really, really tough!"

In order to survive, Bishop Alexander used one set of nonsense, but it has to be said that this is indeed a very good way, throwing the blame on the dead, Xiao Ruxun can never fish the dead from the bottom of the sea and ask them what the situation is. Is it true or false.

Xiao Ruxun simply didn't have the idea of ​​killing them, otherwise he could order a mass killing at this time.

"I won't kill you, I accept your surrender, but you must first express your surrender to Daming, pay tribute to Daming every year, and take [-]% of the local spice trade in Luzon and the minerals you mine every year." Give it to me more than to your untouchable king who is far away in the sky."

Xiao Ruxun's condition stunned all the sensible people for a while.

They immediately understood their situation.

Is this any different from betraying the king?

The governor thought for a long time, but he couldn’t figure out what the difference was. Spain was at war and needed the spice trade and mineral output to support the war, otherwise the country would go bankrupt. The Philippines is a very important source of income, otherwise it would not use the king name to name.

And now [-]% of the income goes to Xiao Ruxun, so the remaining [-]% ​​is enough for them to maintain their own needs. Can there be a penny for Spain to support the war?The Spanish war cannot be maintained, and the hegemony cannot be maintained. Will they become sinners?
The governor looked at Xiao Ruxun in great pain.

"You guys have to think about it, if you hundreds of people don't accept my conditions, don't say whether I will kill you, even if I leave here and don't hold you accountable, those natives have lost so many people, they will be so Simply don't pursue it?
Your conflicts are not small. In the past, they did not dare to confront you because of your strength and weapons, but now that you have no strength and have become so weak, guess, will they come to take revenge? "

Xiao Ruxun looked at the governor and the officials around him jokingly. These officials were crying like they had eaten shit, or looked at the governor, or looked at each other, and then without exception, they all lowered their heads and kept silent. .

The situation is really too bad, nothing so bad has ever happened, they are actually forced to become the country's sinners, a group of people who cannot defend the country's interests, but have to give up the country's interests.

Even the translating missionaries lowered their heads in embarrassment.

However, I have to say that Xiao Ruxun's proposal is reasonable. The conflict between them and the Filipino natives is quite serious. Although there are tribes that are willing to cooperate, there are always those who are not willing to cooperate.

Over the years, they have colluded with those cooperative tribes and cooperated with each other. They are very clear about how many indigenous people have been killed and how many lives have been killed.

They also know how much those who have been framed hate them.

Now there will be no reinforcements from the country, but there are Xiao Ruxun's soldiers in front of him. If they don't accept it, not to mention whether they will be killed by him, but will those cunning and greedy natives let them go?They have limited ammunition and limited manpower, but Manila has a lot of reserves and wealth, which is very attractive.

They can't escape death anyway, if they reject Xiao Ruxun, they will have no way to survive.

Any reasonable person has to make a decision that is in his own best interest at this moment.

So the Philippines has actually changed its surname to Xiao.

(End of this chapter)