The main force of the Ming army did not immediately launch an attack on the Manila royal city on the day when it arrived. Five thousand Ming troops set up camps on the east, west and south sides outside the city, and there was no Ming army in the north.

While the baggage camp was setting up camp everywhere, a group of Ming soldiers, led by Lin Canrong and others who were familiar with the terrain, began to clean up the villages in Manila and Bali's surrounding villages in order to obtain more free labor.

The reason why Zhao Wu proposed to use local indigenous people as labor was mainly because he had heard too many stories from the Fujian people who volunteered to come with the ship to guide the way, so he deliberately proposed a plan to arrest the indigenous people.

Through the descriptions of those survivors in Fujian, Zhao Wu knew how bloody and cruel the massacre against the Ming Dynasty immigrants a few months ago.

In this massacre, although the nominal murderer was a Spanish garrison, it was not these soldiers who caused the most serious casualties to the Ming Dynasty immigrants, but the local natives who were accomplices of the tiger, as well as a few Japanese ronin and samurai.

Although Zhao Wu is also a traditional Ming people, deep down, he is like most other Ming people. He has no good feelings for the Ming immigrants who have betrayed the places where his ancestors lived for generations and have been living in Luzon for the sake of profit, but the other party is like him, speaking Ming words, cognizing the Ming words, and wearing Ming clothes. He is definitely very uncomfortable when he is abused and killed by monkey-like savages who eat raw meat and drink blood.

Especially when hearing the tragic situations of many women, children, elderly and weak on the spot, Zhao Wu, who had already started a family in Chongzhen for the 13th year, was even more uneasy.

As a soldier, he didn't mind killing people. He had been accustomed to corpses and blood for many years. However, because he had been working under Lu Xiangsheng's hands, under the influence of the commander, Zhao Wu, who was born in the Tianxiong Army, also extremely hated the evil deeds of killing against unarmed civilians.

Under the constant brainwashing narrative of the Fujian people, Zhao Wu was full of hatred for the indigenous people of Luzon Island in his heart. There were many Ming generals and soldiers who had the same thoughts as him, because they were also brainwashed by the Fujian people who followed him.

The Ming army's skilled baggage came with the team. There was no need to use others to transport cannons, but Zhao Wu persuaded Zhang Wenyao to agree to his suggestion on the grounds that the giant cannon was heavy and difficult to carry out, and if he was not careful, he would cause casualties to the baggage battalion.

In fact, his reasons are very good.

In the process of loading, unloading and transporting such a huge object, smashing and bruising is a very common phenomenon. Now that there is free labor, Zhang Wenyao certainly will not object.

It doesn't matter if the monkeys died or injured, they are not human.

The Fujian people lead the way, and the fully armed Ming soldiers arrested people. This period will inevitably cause panic and resistance. In order to protect their own safety, the Ming army will use force to eliminate the rebels if they have no choice.

The Fujian people who led the way were also equipped with weapons.

They also resisted in that massacre, so they are no stranger to the use of weapons.

Just as the Ming army was preparing for the pre-war preparations in an orderly manner, the Manila royal city was already panicked, and everyone felt like a huge rock was pressed on. The atmosphere in the entire royal city was extremely depressed.

"Major, Colonel Thiago has unfortunately died, and our Spanish garrison will be given to you for command!

If you have any requests you can now put forward in person, as the highest commander of Luzon, I will of course fully support your reasonable demands and arrangements until the end of this war of resistance to aggression!

May God bless us!”

In the living room of the Governor's Office, the Governor Perez was listening to the report of the garrison Major Rodriguez Silva. When he learned that the Ming army had far exceeded that of the Spanish garrison, Perez expressed his serious expression on his face.

The news of Colonel Thiago's death had been spread throughout the royal city by Spanish soldiers who fled back, and the bad news immediately shocked everyone.

Thiago has been in the army for many years and has participated in many foreign military operations by the Spanish army. He has a high prestige in the army. It is precisely because of this that he was sent by the Spanish government to garrison in distant Southeast Asia to better safeguard the security of Manila, a place that can bring a lot of wealth to Spain.

But such a famous figure was killed by the Ming army with the legendary combat power, which put the remaining more than a thousand Spanish soldiers in a state of at a loss.

The team of nearly 400 people only returned about 200 people, with an astonishing reduction of more than 30%. According to the defeated soldiers, all this happened in less than twenty minutes. Is it a lie that the Ming Empire army still uses big swords and spears?

"Governor General, the situation is now very critical. The number of troops of the Ming Empire far exceeds our defensive power, and their muskets are also farther than our range and more powerful!

To be honest, under such circumstances, I have no confidence in whether I can defend Manila City!

The number of our army is too small, and the combat effectiveness and military appearance of the Ming Empire army proves that this is a well-trained elite armed force!

Now I just hope that the Ming army lacks experience in how to attack the city. After winning successive victories, the commander blindly confidently and attempts to use the advantage of numbers to attack Manila. In that case, we still have hope of victory.

If the Ming army commander saw the current situation clearly and adopted the method of besieging us, the result would be very bad!

Governor, you should know that in addition to our more than a thousand soldiers, there are also an equal number of other personnel in Manila City, and our food supply does not guarantee that we will stick to it for a long time!”

After Thiago's death, Rodriguez Silva became the highest-ranking officer in the Spanish garrison, so he naturally took on the responsibility of commanding the entire city of Manila.

This major in his thirties has also participated in several foreign wars and is also very rich in combat experience. However, after observing the lineup of the Ming army, Rodriguez Silva was not optimistic about the final result of the war, so after hearing Perez's statement, he immediately expressed his views frankly.

"Major, your advice reminded me!

Let's do this!

I immediately sent someone to count the amount of food and medicine stored in the city. From now on, all food will be managed and distributed uniformly by the Governor's Office!

All adult men in the city must pick up their weapons and climb up the city walls and participate in this great self-defense war!

Food will be given priority to ensure the supply of soldiers, followed by women and children!

I believe we will win this war!

Major, go and perform your mission!
Chapter completed!