El Salvador's face was extremely ugly, Rivera, who was sitting next to him, also had pale faces, and the other officials all showed horror expressions.

Rivera looked at El Salvador with a hint of anger in his eyes. The root cause of the Manila incident lies in El Salvador's suggestion. If El Salvador hadn't proposed using Chinese to divert the conflict at that time, how could it lead to the current situation?

However, as this is the case, Rivera, as the governor, cannot put all the blame on El Salvador at this moment. After all, he is also one of the decision-makers. Moreover, the fleet of the Ming Empire has reached its doorstep. The most important thing now is how to solve the problems faced, rather than holding them accountable.

"Prince, do you have any solution to the problem now?" Repressing his anger, Rivera tried to calm his tone and asked.

In fact, El Salvador had already regretted it at this time. He never expected that the Ming fleet would come so quickly and so vigorously.

In just less than a day, all Spanish fleets in Luzon were reimbursed, and the Ming fleet has now begun to land in the port, so it will probably take not much time to directly reach the city of Manila.

As the chief of the prosecutor, El Salvador certainly knew what this meant and understood the current crisis. More importantly, they had just planned a massacre of the Manila Chinese two days ago. Before the operation was completely over, the Ming fleet came.

Once the Ming Dynasty knew the role of the Spaniards in this massacre, God knew what the Ming Dynasty would react. Perhaps El Salvador, one of the decision-makers, would be judged by the Ming Dynasty, thus losing everything he had, including his precious life, in a humiliating way.

"Gentlemen!" El Salvador gritted his teeth, stood up, looked at Rivera first, then glanced at everyone present and said: "At present, Manila is facing an extremely serious situation. This is the most critical moment since the Spanish Empire established a colonial government in Luzon. At this time, we should unite and try our best to find ways to overcome this difficulty, protect Manila, Luzon, and everyone..."

"Your Excellency the Ming Empire's fleet is in the port, and language cannot withstand cannons. Do you have a practical solution? Do you think relying on our current strength can stop the Ming Empire's progress?" An official couldn't help but get up and ask.

"This is not a question that cannot be stopped, it is a necessary question!" El Salvador answered with a glance at the official.

"Hissergeant! Our fleet surrendered in just one morning. Although we still have an army, the Ming Empire is coming in full force this time. Do you think our army can withstand such a powerful enemy?" another official asked distrustfully.

"I believe that God is on the side of the Spanish Empire, and our soldiers are also the bravest soldiers in the world!" El Salvador did not answer directly, but expressed his attitude in this way.

"Your Excellency, although I don't want to mention it, we all think that this is a mistake in the decision-making of the prosecution and trial court. Of course, the Governor's Office has not fulfilled its responsibilities, which has led to the bad situation now, right?" An older Spanish official asked.

As soon as he said that, everyone agreed. Many bad eyes looked at El Salvador and Rivera. In their opinion, the Manila Bay that appeared in the fleet of the Ming Empire must have been caused by the massacre of the Chinese. The decision was made by El Salvador and Rivera, and it was also because of their wrong decisions that caused the current situation.

Rivera was angry. Although he and El Salvador made the decision, El Salvador was the one who made the suggestion. Moreover, they also had discussions with everyone present when making the decision, and all of them agreed.

And now, in order to shirk responsibility, they poured all the dirty water on the Governor's Office and the Procuratorate, especially themselves! Rivera was so angry that he was about to stand up to refute, when Salvador sneered.

"Papapapapa..." In front of everyone, El Salvador clapped his applause, his eyes glanced at everyone present, and asked sneeredly: "You are saying it is indeed good, but you think that if you only need to surrender, you can avoid all problems? Everyone is smart. Everyone knows what happened in Manila these days. Do you think that just surrendering to the Ming Empire can solve all problems? If this is the case, it would be too naive."

El Salvador's words suddenly left everyone speechless. In any case, they were all officials in Luzon, and there was a massacre of Chinese people in Manila, and they could not bypass this problem.

"These things are done by dirty natives, what does it have to do with us Spanish? We are also victims!" an official suddenly shouted.

"That's right, we did not participate in the massacre. It was a riot by the natives... Yes! It was a riot!" Another man said impatiently.

Immediately afterwards, everyone began to defend themselves with words. Originally, this plan was to pour all the dirty water on the natives, but now it was just ahead of schedule. As long as the Ming Empire accepts this explanation, even though the Spanish have a responsibility, the responsibility will not be too great.

As for how the Ming Empire would treat Manila or Luzon in the future, this should be the question that His Majesty the King should consider. They were just officials of the colonial government and could not make any impact on such a major issue.

As everyone shirked responsibility, many people seemed to see hope. Several people even said righteously that the colonial government established a safe zone in downtown Manila to prevent riots from natives. It was precisely because of this reason that the Spaniards were unable to provide timely rescue of the Chinese, which led to the tragedy.

These seem to have cleared all the responsibilities of the Spaniards and could justify themselves. But at this moment, El Salvador suddenly burst into laughter and laughed back and forth.

"Silly!" Seeing everyone stopping and looking at him, El Salvador squeezed these two words out of his mouth, and then asked directly: "Do you think you can get rid of the blame by doing this? It's a joke! Don't you know that there are still tens of thousands of Chinese and Ming people in Manila, including Ming people, still exist? They are still resisting! They will not know the cause and effect of this matter? Use your pig brain to think carefully. Once the Ming Empire's army enters Manila, those Chinese and Ming people will not tell their troops the truth? By then, any explanation will be futile! You should all know what the result will be when waiting for everyone!"

As soon as this sentence was finished, everyone's expression changed drastically. El Salvador was right. If all the Chinese in Manila, including the Ming people who stayed in the country were killed by the natives, then the Spanish explanation might make sense, but the massacre has not been completely over now. Not to mention that there are still Chinese who may be hiding in the city to escape by chance, near the city of Manila, tens of thousands of Chinese were resisting three manors, and even repelling the natives who went to attack.

This incident has reached everyone's ears. They were originally planning to solve this situation, but because of the sudden appearance of the Ming fleet, the incident aside, and now El Salvador suddenly mentioned it, everyone remembered this incident.

Outsiders do not know the truth of the Manila incident, but how can Chinese people who have experienced all this not be clear? And this is not a few fish that missed the net, but tens of thousands of Chinese and even the Ming people who stayed there. With these witnesses, it is impossible for Spain to put all the blame on the natives.

"What should I do?" This thought flashed through everyone's minds, and everyone showed an anxious look for a moment.

Rivera stared at El Salvador. As the person who knew El Salvador best, he had vaguely guessed what El Salvador wanted to do.

"God of General, the Luzon colonial government needs your help now." As expected, El Salvador spoke to Rivera.

With a sigh in his heart, Rivera nodded. Now they are sitting on the same boat. If the boat capsizes, everyone will be in trouble, especially him and El Salvador. Perhaps, others may have a way out, but he and El Salvador have no choice. At this time, the only thing he can do is support El Salvador.

"I hope you will immediately order to mobilize the army to do your best to block the attack of the Ming Empire." said Salvador.

Rivera nodded: "How long does it take for me to stop the other party?"

"Three days, is that OK?" Salvador asked tentatively.

"Three days?" Rivera frowned: "We are not sure how many people will land on the Ming Empire. The total military force in Manila is only more than 10,000. Except for the necessary troops stationed at the garrison, I can mobilize a total of about 9,000 people, and..." He glanced at El Salvador: "I'm afraid you know that all these military forces cannot be used to face the attack of the Ming Empire, so the power I can really use is about 7,000 people. Although there are a lot of people, the opponent's strength is too strong, and it may be difficult to support it in three days."

"This depends on how the General solves other problems. If you can draw troops to deal with those troubles as soon as possible, you can grasp the time of resistance by yourself." Salvador suggested with a smile.

Rivera nodded silently. He understood what El Salvador meant, but others did not understand what they said. It was not until El Salvador opened the answer that he realized that El Salvador planned to deal with the Chinese who were still persisting as soon as possible. As long as all these Chinese were killed, there would be no evidence. Even if they surrendered to the Ming fleet, they could make up for their own words without any worries.

In order to ensure that everything is foolproof, El Salvador suggested on the spot to recruit some militias among the Spanish civilians to join the defense, and at the same time distribute some weapons to those natives to improve the attack efficiency of natives. In his opinion, this was their only way to save themselves, and there was no other way.
Chapter completed!