The war was over.
Xiao Ruxun and Jiang Dahai boarded the ship under the guidance of Wang Wei. They saw seven people who looked like Spanish officers tied up.
They were shivering and looking at the Ming Army with guns and armor in horror. They were shouting some unintelligible words, probably begging for mercy.
Xiao Ruxun glanced at the seven people and didn't know what they were talking about. He looked around and realized that he didn't bring Ricci with him. He didn't have a translation talent.
He didn't know what these guys were talking about, and he didn't know if there was a talent on the Philippines who could speak Spanish and Chinese at the same time. Otherwise, there would be no way to negotiate.
Oh, it was really necessary to learn a few more languages!
Xiao Ruxun thought about it. He waved his hand and ordered six of the seven people to be beheaded. Then he put the six heads in front of the last guy with a pale face and kindly wrapped him up with a cloth.
When the Ming Army was chasing the Spanish, Chen Longzheng, who was familiar with this sea area, said that this was the port where he had arrived to welcome the Han people.
These Spanish people were also panicking and only wanted to escape. They directly led the Ming Army's ships to the port. The Ming Army easily killed the only Spanish guards with a few shots and seized the port.
Next, Xiao Ruxun threw the Spanish soldier on the shore and pointed in the direction of City M, asking him to take the bag of heads and leave. When the man saw that Xiao Ruxun didn't kill him and even asked him to leave, he immediately ran away.
He couldn't speak the Spanish language, so he couldn't talk to him more. It was really depressing!
As for the native Filipino sailors who had seized the ship and offered it to the Ming Army, Xiao Ruxun ordered that each of them be rewarded with a little silver. Then he gave them three small wooden ships and let them go. These people knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times. Then they also took the ship and left.
Similarly, he couldn't communicate with them. How depressing!
Xiao Ruxun began to think of cultivating some talents who knew foreign languages so that it would be easier to communicate with them in the future.
Xiao Ruxun ordered Wang Wei to bring a thousand marines to watch over the ships and patrol the seas. This was to prevent the five ships that had escaped from returning. If they dared to return, they would immediately sink them without mercy.
Xiao Ruxun, along with Chen Longzheng and Jiang Dahai, led two thousand soldiers of the Marine Corps towards City M.
The entire Philippines was nominally under the Spanish colonial rule. In fact, the Philippines' previous regime had been overthrown and the Spanish had taken over. The central government had changed, but the local indigenous leaders were still in power.
The Spanish also had to build a good relationship with these natives. Otherwise, one or two thousand soldiers would never be able to do anything to the hundreds of thousands of natives.
Although they had the sharpness of weapons, the most reliable thing on the battlefield was still people. With just a few people, before the weapons had surpassed the times, the other side could even use the human wave tactic to wipe them out.
The most central place of Spanish rule was near City M. and some ports where warships were anchored. This was the true strength of the Spanish.
The joint fleet that had been eaten by Xiao Ruxun before was 80% of their force. In addition, the Spanish had no stronger force. Even self-protection was a problem.
Xiao Ruxun could believe that once the Filipino natives who had left the ship returned to their own tribes and reported the news of the Spanish's defeat to their tribal leaders, many tribes would soon unite to condemn City M. They would demand an explanation and compensation for their dead people.
If the Spanish did not handle it well, the remaining Spaniards would die very miserably. Even the Catholics would be miserable. Without the deterrence of military force, the natives would not care whether you believed in Buddha or Taoist.
At this moment, the Spanish had no other way out. No matter what Zhang Heng asked, they had to agree.
Unless they all decided to die for their country, then Xiao Ruxun would be a little embarrassed. He would have to face the natives alone and become the new owner of the Philippines to replace the Spanish. However, at this moment, Xiao Ruxun did not have enough energy to focus on the Philippines.
There was still a group of natives in Myanmar eyeing him. The natives in the Philippines were even more troublesome. It was better to leave the troublesome matters to the Spanish. He only wanted money and spices. As for whether the Spanish would come to him for revenge …
They probably did not have enough troops and financial resources to support an expedition. Even if Xiao Ruxun took the Philippines here, they probably would not be able to send troops to attack.
However, in Europe, in the Mediterranean region, although Xiao Ruxun had roped in Genoa, Genoa's military strength was not strong enough. Therefore, Xiao Ruxun had roped in France to help.
With France and Genoa providing money and people respectively, the exhausted Spain would probably not be able to stir up any bloodshed. Xiao Ruxun also did not shed all pretense of cordiality with the Vatican. The Vatican would still help to think of ways to restrict Spain. However, the merchant fleet would probably need the escort of the navy in the future.
There was no other way. If you wanted something, you had to pay a price. For Xiao Ruxun, this price was bearable. It was not terrible and was completely within the range of what he could bear.
However, for the Spanish, for the Spanish in the Philippines, the price they had to pay this time was an unbearable weight in their lives.
The Spanish navy that had been released by Xiao Ruxun escaped back to the Governor's Office in Manila and brought back a piece of news that they could not accept along with six bloody heads.
The strength that the Spaniards were so proud of, which they relied on to occupy the Philippines, the 50-ship coalition fleet, which was the main force of their fleet in the entire Southeast Asia region, had been completely wiped out. The remaining few were no longer a threat, and no one knew where they had escaped to.
The Spanish Empire's navy was once very powerful, but their main force had suffered heavy losses ten years ago. More than 50 large warships were all they could bring out.
In recent years, the Spanish government had gone bankrupt three times. Most of the ships in Southeast Asia had been withdrawn. It was already very difficult for them to keep these warships. They could not organize more warships.
If there was time, they might be able to build more and bring out more merchant ships. However, how could merchant ships be compared to regular warships?
As for military strength, this expedition had sent out a total of 2,000 Spanish navy and more indigenous sailors. This was almost 80% of the Spanish forces in the entire Southeast Asia region.
The Spanish had taken out their hard-earned capital. Many of the small islands that were still being explored were abandoned. They brought back ships to prepare for battle.
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