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"What? How many ships are there?" Zheng Zhilong, who was staring at the map in a daze, became excited.

"I don't know."

"Did you bring that hell cannon?"

"I don't know, but there must be."

"That's good!" Zheng Zhilong, who was a little worried, became happy.

He came to Manila with Li Dan once years ago, but he was young at that time, and he never thought that he would attack here one day in the future, and he didn't pay much attention to the defense of this place.In fact, it was the Emperor's Majesty who let Li Zicheng take over Taiwan in the first place, but Zheng Zhilong didn't fight many tough battles.

If it is an encounter in the wild, Zheng Zhilong is confident that he will not be afraid of any opponent.But a castle with strong defenses like Manila is simply not something that can be captured by ordinary artillery.

Now Zheng Zhilong is not in a hurry, since the reinforcements sent by His Majesty are already on the way, he really has nothing to be afraid of.

The only problem was supplies, but that was properly arranged before coming.Every ten days, there will be a fleet of food delivered from Taiwan.So Zheng Zhilong is not afraid of spending time with these Spaniards.

Zheng Zhilong surrounded the east, south, and north sides of Manila, and sent people to carry stones every day to cut down the number.I plan to fill in the trenches dug by the opponent little by little.Naturally, Olaza would not sit idly by, as long as Zheng Zhilong's people approached, they would be served by artillery.After paying some casualties, Zheng Zhilong learned to be smart. He asked people to bring the puppet troops he had captured before, and pointed them at gunpoint to move forward.

After seeing Olaza, he no longer let people shoot.

In his opinion, if the Ming people cannot be eliminated, bombarding these Luzon natives with precious artillery is simply a waste of ammunition.

Day by day, the trenches dug by the Spaniards were gradually filled up, but Zheng Zhilong had no intention of attacking.He does not attack, and Olaza is happy to be at ease.There is no problem with the supplies in Manila for two or three months, and he has already sent a fleet to cut off the opponent's supply line. Unless Zheng Zhilong brings people into the mountains to hunt and eat, he won't be able to resist for long.

On the sixth day after Zheng Zhilong attacked Manila, a fleet arrived in Taiwan.After Zheng Zhilong left, his younger brother Zheng Zhihu was in charge of staying behind.He was sitting in a chair in a daze.

Three days ago, he and Shi Bangyao had just mobilized various supplies and sent them to Luzon.

"General! There's a fleet outside that wants to dock for supplies! It's said to be sent by the imperial court!" A private soldier stumbled in.

"It must be the reinforcements sent by His Majesty to Luzon. Go and have a look!"

Zheng Zhihu hurriedly stood up, and walked out while talking.

When we arrived at the pier, we found that we were surrounded by water.People on the shore were pointing at the fleet, Zheng Zhilong followed his gaze to the sea, and saw seven warships parked not far away.

Although there are not many ships, they have one characteristic.

That is, the shape is very strange.

Zheng Zhihu ordered someone to raise a semaphore to the other party, and then stood by the pier to meet him himself.

After a while, seven warships approached slowly with their sirens. It was Zheng Zhihu who discovered that these ships were not only strange in shape, but also made of steel.

This...

Zheng Zhihu was shocked from ear to ear.

Iron guys can also float on the sea?

He has never seen a steel ship, but he heard Zheng Zhilong mention it a few days ago, but he thought it was Zheng Zhilong who lied to him, but he did not expect to see the real one at this time.

The warship gradually approached, and the crowd began to boil.

There are many businessmen coming and going on the wharf, many of whom are foreign businessmen.At this time, seeing these warships that had never appeared before in imagination, they were all shocked and speechless.

The leading flagship docked, and a middle-aged man wearing a Ming Dynasty official uniform got off the ship.

Zheng Zhibao hurried up to meet him.

"The last general, Zheng Zhihu, dare to ask..."

"Your Majesty, Xie Xuelong, supervises Tianjin Maritime Military Affairs. This time I came to Taiwan to support Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zongbing under the orders of His Majesty!"

"It turned out to be Master Xie, who will not see Mount Tai in the end, please don't be offended by Master Xie!"

"General Zheng, you are welcome. We need supplies. Here is the list. The battle in Luzon is urgent. Please prepare quickly." Xie Xuelong didn't mean to be polite, and immediately took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Zheng Zhihu.

"it is good!"

Zheng Zhihu readily agreed.

People who come all the way to support their elder brother, if they are not a little more straightforward, are they still human?

Zheng Zhihu took the list and glanced at it. Food and fresh water are normal, but why do we need so much coal?

"Master Xie, it will take a few hours to prepare these things. Please come to the city with me to rest first."

Xie Xuelong nodded, and followed Zheng Zhihu to the city with a few soldiers.

Not long after he walked, he ran into Shi Bangyao who came to inquire.Zheng Zhihu was about to speak, but Shi Bangyao didn't even look at him, and went straight to Xie Xuelong beside him.

"Brother Yanqing! I haven't seen you here for so many years." Shi Bangyao walked up to Xie Xuelong and laughed.

Xie Xuelong was three years older than Shi Bangyao. Both of them were Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli. They had a close personal relationship and hadn't seen each other for many years.

"Haha, Er Tao, I also suddenly received orders from His Majesty." Xie Xuelong affectionately pulled Shi Bangyao's hand.

When meeting old acquaintances in a foreign land, it is natural to be extremely happy.

"Let's go! Follow me into the city! You must not get drunk today!"

"It's fine to drink. I'm on business. I have to go to Luzon after supplies." Xie Xuelong said with a smile.

"That's right, I still plan to do my best as a landlord."

"It's going to be a long time in the future, but I'm not in a hurry for this day."

"That's good! Let's replace the wine with tea today, and don't forget to come to my place when you come back triumphantly, when the time comes, we'll have a good time talking over wine!"

"One look is for sure!"

Two gray-bearded old men walked forward with the help of two old men, and Zheng Zhihu, who fell behind, felt uncomfortable for a while.

Look, it's like meeting an old friend.

Xie Xuelong stayed in Taiwan for most of the day, bid farewell to Shi Bangyao in the evening and continued southward.

The speed of the warship he was on was about thirteen knots per hour, which was imitated by Zhu Youjian and Wang Zheng.At this time, they are about 400 nautical miles away from Dagupan. If there is no accident, they will be able to arrive at this time the day after tomorrow at most.

Xie Xuelong stood on the deck, watching the gradually shrinking port, an inexplicable but emotional lingering in his heart.

In the past half day, he talked a lot with Shi Bangyao.

Neither of them expected that the other would have such a wonderful encounter, that they would be reused by His Majesty one after another.Others don't know how important his position as a supervisor is, but he himself is very clear.

He is in charge of the most powerful navy in Ming Dynasty, and perhaps the most powerful navy in the world.He didn't think it was possible to lose this battle, the iron guy under his feet could wipe out any enemy at sea in an instant.

At ten noon the next day their fleet encountered a ship of war.

To be precise, it was a warship that was chased by more than 20 warships and bombarded with artillery.