Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 914

[Chapter 914]

sea breeze is gentle.

The golden sun spread on the blue sea, as if sprinkled with gold powder.

After leaving Bamboo, the fleet arrived in Manila, the capital of Luzon, within a day.

“Miao An, Niu Qiang, I don’t know if these two boys are up to the task, so don’t cause trouble.” On the flagship deck, Song Xiang and Zhou Yi stood side by side, holding binoculars to observe the Manila port.

Song Xiang couldn’t help asking at this time.

If Manila is besieged but not attacked, the supply point of Bamboo is still very important.

Zhou Yi smiled, he knew that the generals must be puzzled when he handed Banbu over to Miao An and Niu Qiang.

So, he explained, “They are doing things under the noses of the Marine Corps. If there is nothing wrong, the Marine Corps will make it right in time.” After

a pause, he continued, “The main problem is, according to His Highness, we It is necessary to cultivate some young and energetic overseas Song people, which will be of great benefit to Da Song’s control of the entire southern region in the future.”

Song Xiang nodded upon hearing this.

He is a pure admiral, only in charge of fighting.

But their General Zhou Yi and King Yan considered more issues.

After the two finished speaking, they looked at Manila again.

Unlike the unsuspecting Bamboo, the Frangji defenders in Manila were clearly forewarned.

The merchant ships and warships at the dock disappeared, but the fort on the dock was flickering.

“The Fulangji soldiers who escaped from Banbu seem to have brought the news of Banbu’s capture here.” The corner of Zhou Yi’s mouth rose, “Hehe, let them spend the next days in fear.”

Immediately, he Order warships to surround the entire Manila port and wait for changes at sea.

at the same time.

Inside a fort in the port of Manila, there is also a pair of eyes staring at the Dasong fleet.

These eyes belonged to Ferrero, the governor of France.

At this moment, he was wearing a military uniform with a complexion and a sailing cap on his head, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

“Damn it, is this bastard Mafur an idiot? Why did the Dasong Fleet appear here.” Ferrero kept cursing.

For the first time since King Dasong Yan seized Yizhou, he felt that the post of Frangji’s governor in Luzon was so annoying.

When the news of Yizhou’s fall came, he immediately built fortifications in Manila, and immediately dispatched warships to send the news back to Frangji.

At the same time, he actively contacted the people of Stedam, Britons and Franks, hoping to get support.

Fortunately, British Governor Bolt chose to support him.

The four countries formed a small joint fleet to patrol the sea in the eastern and southern regions to protect their colonies.

In this quasi-war state, they actively prepared for war and spent ten months.

Finally the Combined Fleet arrived.

Frangji dispatched 18 sailing warships and 10,000 soldiers in the country.

It also provided Manila with a large number of muskets and artillery for arming their indigenous army in Luzon.

They originally had 20,000 soldiers in Luzon.

This brought Frangji’s total force in the East to 30,000.

The number of warships has also expanded from eight to twenty-six.

It’s just that the supporting troops must obey the command of the coalition forces at the moment.

But even so, he was relieved.

The coalition forces promised to protect the interests of the Western countries in the East, which naturally included Francine’s.

With the backing of a powerful coalition army, they could finally sleep peacefully at night.

However, he never expected that just when the coalition navy was preparing to deceive the Da Song fleet to go to Morro Island.

The Great Song Fleet appeared here.

The day before yesterday even captured the small town of Bamboo, the northernmost part of Luzon.

“I hope the coalition navy bastards can come soon.” Ferrero cursed again.

He did not foolishly leave the eight galleys stationed at Manila.

Instead, let them pass through central Luzon, which is dotted with islands, and from there head to the direction of Moro, looking for the coalition navy.

“God bless them will not launch an attack immediately.” Seeing that the Dasong Navy was only besieging the port and did not take immediate action, Ferrero muttered again.

He thought that the Dasong fleet must be waiting for more soldiers to arrive.

After all, according to his observation, Da Song’s troop carrier didn’t seem to be able to carry many soldiers.

After calming down for a while, he inspected the trenches dug along the Manila port again.

In addition to the vigilant Frangji soldiers in the trench, there are Luzon native troops in gray uniforms.

Same as Sterdam, Britain, Frank.

After conquering the countries in the Eastern and Southern Regions, they all made the same decision.

It is to form an indigenous army on the basis of the king’s army to maintain their colonial rule over the southern countries.

This is because the Southern Region is only one of their colonies and can only maintain a small number of troops.

But to rule such a large country, obviously these troops are far from enough.

As a result, all the colonies, including the Eastern and Southern Regions, had a scene where a small number of Western troops commanded a large number of indigenous troops.

Before, he never paid much attention to these native troops.

But now, he is very fortunate that Luzon still has an indigenous army of 80,000 people.

In order for these indigenous troops to follow them to resist King Yan.

During this period, he not only improved the treatment of the native soldiers, but also promised many benefits to the native officials and generals.

Even if it was Baduge, the king of Luzon who was emptied by them, he agreed.

As long as he can use the influence of the king to encourage the people of Luzon and Franz to work together to resist Dasong, he will give the royal family more preferential treatment.

After inspecting the Franco soldiers and the indigenous soldiers, Ferrero felt relieved.

Ordering his colonel to stare at the Dasong Fleet, he returned to the Governor’s Mansion.

…

At this moment, in the eastern waters of Luzon, eight Franji battleships are heading towards Morro Island.

To their northeast, a steamer was also heading for Morro Island at top speed.

This steamship was the one that encountered the Dasong battleship in the southern waters of Yizhou.

After three days of sailing, the steamer arrived at the port of Morro Island.

The news was sent to Ma Fuer who was waiting for the news on Morro Island.

“The Dasong Fleet is rushing to Luzon?” Mafur’s face changed when he got the news, and he immediately spread out a scribbled chart to mark the position of the Dasong Fleet.

“During this time, we have released enough traces to show that we are in the east, which is really strange.” Admiral Sam Powell was very puzzled.

“There are two possibilities. Their admirals are too stupid, or they deliberately disrupt our steps and force us to fight them.” Ma Fuer pondered for a while, and said slowly.

“Based on the performance of the Great Navy, their generals don’t seem to be stupid, so there is a second possibility.” Frank Admiral Quevedo said, “This is really a vicious trick. If they are left alone, they will Then they will take the opportunity to take down Luzon, and even other southern countries.”

(End of this chapter)