Just as Xiao Ruxun had predicted, the natives of the Philippines went completely crazy after the survivors brought the news back to their respective tribes.
More than a dozen tribes that had been severely suppressed united with each other for the first time. They dispatched all the young and strong people and even some old people. They held torches, sticks, knives, and spears and marched toward City M at full speed.
After the tribes allied with the Spaniards learned of this news, they quickly united. After a short meeting, they made a decision to send troops to help defend City M and protect the Spaniards.
Once the Spaniards were completely defeated, the fury of the tribes that had been suppressed for a long time would be terrifying.
The Spaniards were colonizers, but they were also allies. They had been protecting them from disasters for a long time. They also sucked the blood of other tribes to nourish their own tribes, making them fat and strong.
Once the Spaniards were finished, there would be no one to stop them. Was there a need to say what would happen?
Therefore, it was best to protect the Spaniards, not let the Spaniards die, and continue to shield them from disaster.
As for whether the Spanish were willing to coexist with them after they had developed to the point where they had the technological power to annex them, and what the nature of the colonists was, it was no longer within the scope of these people's consideration.
Most people could only see what was in front of them, and they could only think about what was in front of them, because it was very difficult to live past what was in front of them.
Just like in the late Southern Song Dynasty, before the Song Dynasty and the Mongols joined hands to destroy the Jin Dynasty, some people suggested that the Song Dynasty should not join hands with the Mongols to destroy the Jin Dynasty. Instead, they should join hands with the Jin Dynasty to resist the Mongols and support the Jin Dynasty so that the Jin Dynasty could block disasters for the Song Dynasty and fight against the Mongols head-on. This was actually the same as the proposal of joining hands with the Liao Kingdom to fight against the Jin Dynasty before the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed.
But why did the Northern Song refuse to ally with the Liao Kingdom and the Southern Song refuse to ally with the Jin Kingdom?
The Northern Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty, and the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, were blood feuds. The hatred between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty was not as thoroughly unacceptable as the hatred between the Jin Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty. Not to mention the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, that was an option that did not exist at all. There was no possibility of reconciliation at all. Only when one side was destroyed could it be resolved.
It is true of the Han, it is true of the Filipinos, it is true of the Americans, the English, the Irish, the Arabs, the Spaniards, the Catalans, who is not the same?
The suppressed Philippine Indigenous Alliance Army was the first to arrive in Manila. They traveled overnight, and the vanguard of the alliance army arrived outside Manila at dawn the next morning.
At this moment, City M was already a dead and empty city. It was a mess outside the city, with many discarded things and headless corpses.
After inspection, these headless corpses were determined to be the bodies of Spaniards, which proved that the Ming Army had been here. The vanguard troops carefully touched the inside of City M. After confirming that there was no one inside, they knew that everything here had been taken away by the Ming Army. They were quite disappointed.
It was noon when the main force of the coalition army arrived.
The leader of the vanguard troops was Ah Nuo, the young leader of a small tribe. He led more than 500 of his young and strong people as the vanguard troops. Ah Nuo's father was killed by the enemy tribes and the Spaniards. The fire of hatred in his heart had never been extinguished.
The leader of the coalition army was a highly respected tribal old man. He had fought with the earliest Spanish colonists. That was 40 years ago. Now he was almost 70 years old, but he still hated the Spaniards very much and refused to cooperate with them, so that the tribes that had a good relationship with him were suppressed.
Nevertheless, he still hated the Spaniards so much that he claimed that he had lived until now to wait for the Spaniards to decline and for them to regain their land and homes. Now that he had finally waited for it, he could not restrain his excitement. He rushed to City M with his people to defeat the Spaniards and then kill them with his own hands.
Unfortunately, there was no one in City M.
Ah Nuo met the tribal old man and explained to him what he had found after he came.
"You're saying that after you came here, there was no one left alive, and the entire city was empty, with nothing at all?"
The tribal old man was very surprised.
"Yes, there's no one here. Apart from these headless corpses, I didn't find anything else. We've checked all the houses and castles, and they're all empty. There's not even a stool or a complete set of clothes.
So according to the previous information, we think that General Xiao of the Ming Kingdom came here, defeated the Spaniards, and then took all the prisoners and spoils of war and left. I have sent people to the port to investigate the news, and we will get the news soon. "
Ah Nuo reported to the tribal old man very respectfully.
The tribal old man nodded hesitantly, then entered City M with a group of tribal joint leaders to check personally. They went around the whole city, checked every house and warehouse they saw, and even sent people to search the underground space, but found nothing. Some basements were found, but they were also empty.
Nothing was found.
This could not help but make the tribal old man a little disappointed. He thought that he could get some of the guns and weapons left by the Spaniards to arm his men and horses. He also hoped to get some of the gold, silver and food left by the Spaniards, which could be regarded as making up for the losses of himself and so many tribes over the years.
Everyone was squeezed very miserably.
However, there was nothing to be gained. This was simply too unsatisfying and uncomfortable.
The tribal old man had no choice but to leave the empty city with his people. Just as he was about to order the city of shame to be set on fire, Ah Nuo's spy came.
"We found a flag at the port. The logo on the flag is the logo of the Ming Kingdom, and there are a lot of traces of human activity at the port. It should be General Xiao of the Ming Kingdom who led the troops to defeat the Spaniards, and then took everything away. Now there are no Spaniards on our land."
The people in the tribe were either gratified, disappointed, or dissatisfied, but in the end, they were a little happy.
This was because the enemy that had oppressed them for decades no longer existed, and the Ming people who defeated them were obviously not interested in the Philippines. They had left, leaving behind a piece of land. This was something to be happy about. With land, there would be hope. With hope, there would be a future. There was no need for everyone to be too sad.
And there were more important things to do in the future!
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