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Chapter 125: Persuading to surrender

If it is said that the most happy thing in the army is to take down Lavag City is Liu Yu.

Then the most depressing person is Xiao Wu.

The Duke of Qin suddenly realized that his control over the Ming army was weakening at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The soldiers of Huben Town refused to enter the area outside the port.

The reason is that no one is allowed to go ashore without receiving the order from Zhongyong Hou.

Xiao Wu immediately ordered He Bin to take a boat to the port and let the Fubo Town Navy enter the port.

Unexpectedly, the Navy of Fubo Town was also not allowed to enter the port without receiving the order from Zhongyong Hou.

You should know that Li Du, the general of Fubo Town, is an old man from Shuishi Town.

This series of events made Xiao Wu extremely depressed.

At this moment, he was standing on the deck and looking at the huge dock in front of him.

Hundreds of merchant ships of all sizes are moored here, including Garen ships, Fu Ships, etc.

It is enough to see the prosperity and hustle and bustle of Lavag Harbour.

Xiao Wu sighed when he saw this, which was comparable to Fuzhou back then.

He suddenly felt a little lucky that his coalition with the pirates did not capture Lavag City.

If the Black Flag really helps these pirates attack Lavag, they will not seal the sword for ten days.

Everything in front of him will be wiped out.

After briefly solving the mercenary problem, Liu Yu began to deal with the pirate problem.

He immediately rejected Wang Tong's proposal to destroy the Spanish forces in the city, but began to deal with the pirates.

After Liu Yu consciously consumed and rushed into the city, only more than 600 people were left, many of them were still injured.

Liu Yu was not as kind as he was to deal with them as to mercenaries.

After confiscating their weapons, Liu Yu decisively split them up.

The injured were left by the Ming army in Daying for traditional Chinese medicine and imprisonment.

The 100 pirates who performed best in half a month were incorporated into the auxiliary soldier town by Liu Yu.

High-tech talents among pirates, such as gunners, and veterans with certain sailing experience, were directly incorporated into the water town under the temptation of the Ming army's silver.

There were about one hundred of these people. They did not let them follow the pirates into the city before, but were protected by Liu Yu. Now the Ming army has taken down Lavag, and the ships in the city are enough to build a water town again. Liu Yu naturally will not let these people go.

As for the other four or five hundred people, Liu Yu felt so furious when he treated them as humans.

Some of the people were left by the Ming army to participate in the reconstruction of the city. After all, the damage caused last night was a bit great, and the reconstruction also required coolies.

The remaining part of the thorns was sent to the mining department by Liu Yu.

Of course, the pirates did not do it, but at this time they had already lost the ability to resist and stopped after being killed by the Ming army.

After dealing with the pirates cleanly and neatly, Liu Yu then turned his attention to the Spaniards in the city.

There were about 300 Ming troops surrounding the Lavag official residence, and most of the remaining troops went to ports, shipyards and other places to set up defenses.

After all, there were only 500 people in Huben Town in Liu Yu's hands, and the rest of the troops were taken back to Weigan to set up defenses by Liu Quan.

This is also the reason why Liu Yu is eager to solve the mercenary problem.

However, Liu Yu was confident that he could fight against the 500 Spanish troops and not defeat the 500 Spanish troops.

What's more, the city walls and the camps were all in Liu Yu's hands, and the mercenaries who were seriously injured in their energy could not make any trouble.

The estimated number of Spanish defenders at Lavague's official residence is about 300, basically the city defense force.

Most of the Spanish defenders on the port and coastal walls were soldiers on Spanish warships and had already escaped with Terry.

The rest of the group also hid in shipyards, firearms and neighborhoods where the Spanish lived.

There are not many Spanish troops in these places, and there are only dozens of people in each place.

However, for any area, Liu Yu did not choose to attack, but chose to wait.

The Ming army could afford to wait, the city had fallen into the hands of the Ming army, and there was no shortage of food and medicine.

The only thing that is insufficient is manpower, but the mercenaries have made it clear that they will not oppose the Ming army. They even handed over hundreds of firearms to show sincerity, and are now busy transporting property to the dock.

The Spaniards in the city were much more miserable. The areas they controlled had no food reserves. When the pirates were besieging them, the Spaniards did reserve food and other supplies in a series of strategic locations such as official residences.

But the wealthy businessmen in the city raised prices, which led to a crazy rise in grain prices. In order to save the market, the city's residents were not allowed to starve to death.

As the parent of Lavag City, Sir Brent took the initiative to stand up and put the grain stored in the official residence on the market to save the market.

This saved a crisis, and of course, money still needs to be made.

So, when he looked at the place where the cellar was supposed to be filled with food and supplies, there were boxes of Spanish silver rounds placed, Sir Brent had the urge to slap himself to death for the first time.

Of course, it's too late to regret.

What to do if there are five or six hundred people in the official residence?

You should know that not only are there 300 Spanish defenders in the official residence, but also local officials and families of Lavague, as well as servants, Spanish merchants, etc.

The elders and aunts are all worth hundreds of people who want to have a meal.

The problem of food shortage was in front of Sir Brent.

According to a Rawag official in charge of statistics, the food in the residence is only enough for two days at most.

Sir Brent thinks whether the Spaniards in the city can last for two days is a question.

Just when everyone in Spain was panic in the official residence, a tall and thin Westerner walked into the official residence.

"Prince Brewster, as a Spanish officer, why do you betray Manila?" Sir Brent looked at the Ming army envoy in front of him with a gloomy face.

Brewster was also helpless. This time it was Liu Yu who ordered him to come.

At the same time, as a compatriot, he did not want Spanish officers and soldiers and civilians to die in Lavague. Therefore, after Liu Yu issued the order, he came without saying a word.

Looking at the crying women and children in the official residence, Brewster felt that he was doing something.

"Sir Brent, please believe that the Ming army is essentially different from the pirates. They are regular soldiers. As long as you surrender, they will treat us well." Brewster emphasized us particularly.

"Just a group of exiles, who stole my city and now I want me to surrender." Sir Brent sneered.

"Although they are a group of exiles, they have won now." Brewster shook his head helplessly. During the days when he was captured by the Ming army, the Spanish officers and soldiers faithfully fulfilled their responsibilities.

Except for telling the Ming army gunners some operating steps on Spanish artillery at the beginning, Brewster and these officers and soldiers never helped the Ming army once.

Even refusing to train gunners for the Ming army, Brewster and the dozens of artillery soldiers under his command had already been mentally prepared to be abused or even massacred by the Ming army.

But who knew that the Ming army was not angry. The food these days was no worse than that of the soldiers in the Huben Town of the Ming army, and they didn't even need to work like those natives.

After taking down Weigan City, the Ming army also gave them certain freedom.

All kinds of actions left these Spanish artillery soldiers speechless.

Brewster knew that this time when he attacked Lavague, many Spanish gunners even violated their orders and secretly assisted the Ming army artillery in the siege.

Otherwise, the Ming army would not have used the Spanish artillery on the city wall so quickly.

Of course, Brewster chose to be rotten in his stomach, but he really hoped that Sir Brent could lead the Spaniards in the city to surrender.

After all, living is more important than anything else, isn't it?

Sir Brent was silent, and he stared at the former Spanish artillery lieutenant.

"What are the conditions for the Ming people?" Sir Brent spoke.

Seeing that Sir Brent's will was loose, Brewster quickly stated the conditions of the Ming army.

"The Spanish army in the city surrendered and surrendered all weapons, and all the wealth of the Spanish merchants in the city belonged to the Ming army."

"Spanish civilians can continue to live in Lavague or choose to return to Manila. The Ming army provides ships. After the Spanish army surrendered, the Ming army ensured the survival of the prisoners." Brewster believed that the Ming army would do these promises, but the conditions of the Ming army were a bit harsh.

"Impossible, Lavague's wealth belongs to Spain." Sir Brent shook his head and refused flatly.

"Dear Sir Brent, please consider the thousands of Spanish troops and civilians in the city. They should not be buried here." Brewster said anxiously.

"Brewster, you traitor, the lackey of the Ming people." A non-commissioned officer couldn't stand it and stepped forward to scold.

Brewster ignored him and looked at Sir Brent anxiously.

The Ming army agreed to the peace talks, but it does not mean that they are patient.

Before Brewster came to Lavague's residence, he had already seen Ming army artillery arranged nine-pound squaker artillery on the street.
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