On the vast sea,

It has been seven or eight days since the Ming Army Naval Town and Fubo Town Naval Division set out from Dayu Island and set sail for Dongpu.

When the Luhai merchants passed the news back to Luzon, it happened that the Luhai merchant Wang Li went to Meidi to persuade Yang Yandi to send troops to Dongpu, so the Ming army and the Ming people of Luzon set off almost at the same time.

On a lucky ship, several Ming generals were looking at the endless ocean ahead.

"The army set out from Dayu Island and headed west. It has been seven or eight days since then. If it has not encountered strong winds and waves, it will take two months to reach Annan, and it will take three months to arrive at Dongpu at the earliest." On the ship, Xu Bin looked at the Nanyang sea map drawn by Lu Hai, and was a little uneasy.

"Yes, if you encounter strong winds and waves on the way, it will probably take half a year. By that time, Dongpu would have been destroyed by the Zhenla people." said Lin Zeng, the general of the Navy's former town.

Many of the Ming generals present opposed the westward advance to Annan.

After all, Dongpu is located south of Annan, and the journey is long from Luzon. The local forces such as Guangnan, Zhenla, and Chameng are intertwined. The situation is complicated. Most Ming generals are unwilling to get involved in the muddy waters of Dongpu.

Hu Ben, who was stationed in Weigan, wrote a letter to the powerful general Liu Quan, who refused to send troops to Dongpu.

Even the King of Lu, who had been taciturn, stood up, hoping that the Ming army could accumulate strength for the great cause of anti-Qing and restoring Ming Dynasty, and hoard troops, food and grass, and not to work hard to expedition to Dongpu.

Therefore, this expedition was not favored by Ming generals from the beginning.

But all the opposition was ignored by Liu Yu and Xiao Wu, and the two reached a consensus on sending troops to Dongpu.

The reason why the two reached a consensus was that they jointly sent troops to Dongpu was almost a few. For example, there were many Ming people in Dongpu, and Luzon could recruit Ming people in Dongpu to expand the population of the Ming court. Dongpu and other places had a fertile land of thousands of miles, and could become the Ming court's large granary, etc.

But the most fundamental reason is actually a kind of transformation that Liu Yu and Xiao Wu have been unable to resist the Qing Dynasty.

It has been more than two years since the Zheng family naval army was defeated by the Zheng family in the sea battle in Penghu to the rebellion of Xiao Wu, and the Duke of Dongning led the navy to flee south to Luzon.

After more than two years of going south to Luzon, the Ming army expelled the Folangji people in Luzon, established a regime, and relied on the Sihai Commercial Bank to vigorously develop maritime trade and industry and commerce, and indeed achieved certain results.

But compared with the Qing Dynasty, where the national strength is booming, the Luzon Ming court is simply a drop in the bucket.

The Ming army naval division was divided into two major towns. The naval division was led by Xiao Wu and the Fubo town was led by Du Li. The combined forces of the two reached more than 3,000 and more than 200 warships, but the two major naval divisions were not subordinate to each other and basically fought on their own.

Lu Zhen was not optimistic. The Ming army had the most powerful combat power than Hu Ben Town formed by Liu Yu.

Now, the Huben General Town has five towns under its jurisdiction, and there is also a Divine Machine Cannon Battalion with a total force of 3,000 people.

It is also the only town with a complete system in the Ming army in Luzon. The Weiwu Town and the Auxiliary Town have only five or six hundred troops, and the army has a total of 4,000 troops.

Of course, the Ming court also recruited local Luzonians to join the army, and for this purpose, they also formed the Five Towns of Xiaoyong and Three Towns of Yufan.

The Five Towns of Xiaoyong mainly recruited local Tagalu people and were ruled by Talu.

Due to his vigilance for Talu and his distrust of these Tagalu people, Liu Yu deliberately divided the Xiaoyong General Town into five towns, each with only 300 people.

Yufan Town was formed by recruiting Irok natives from Rawag, Vigan, Tulaugag and other regions.

As a traditional farming ethnic group, the Yiluks followed the royal transformation, and many county officials in the Ming Dynasty of Luzon also came from this ethnic group, so they were more loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

In order to suppress the local states in Luzon and expand the military strength of the Ming court, the Ming court also recruited the Yiluo people to form the Yufan Town.

The two major towns have more than 3,000 troops.

If these people were counted in, the Luzon Ming court could now reach tens of thousands of troops on the water.

At first glance, these troops and firearms can already beat up a large number of local emirates in Nanyang, which is also the reliance of the Ming court to dare to intervene in the war in Dongpu.

But the problem is that this little force is not enough for the Qing Dynasty.

What's more, the Spanish in Manila are ready to move. To this day, the Ming people still have to maintain a standing force of more than 2,000 people in the Mingcheng area. What should Manila take the opportunity to counterattack?

More Ming court generals were actually more willing to guard their own acre of land in Luzon and regard Lavag as their second hometown.

The changes in the mentality of the Ming court officials and the severe situation forced Liu Yu and Xiao Wu to consider the future path of the Ming court.

Chen Shangchuan, the envoy from Dongpu, discovered the treasure land of Shui Zhenla for Liu Yu and Xiao Wu.

Then why not turn to Zhenla Annan, and rely on the Ming people in Annan to seize the Shuishinla territory to expand the territory and population of the Ming court.

Therefore, Liu Yu couldn't wait to send the Sihai Business Tour to Annan.

The purpose is to penetrate and develop the Zhenla area.

The attack of Zhenla soldiers on Dongpu gave the Ming court the best excuse to send troops to Zhenla.

Therefore, despite the opposition of many generals, Xiao Wu and Liu Yu tacitly chose to send troops to Dongpu.

Although in order to rescue the Ming people of Dongpu, they actually annexed Shuzhenla and included the current southern Vietnamese territory such as Dongpu and Chaipu into the territory of the Ming court of Luzon.

For this reason, the Ming court went to great lengths. Not only did it dispatch officers and soldiers from the Shuilu Town, but it even transferred all the merchant ships from the Sihai Chamber of Commerce to transport food and grass and serve as guides.

"Don't worry, several generals. As early as Zhen La sent troops, Lu Hai had already prepared in Hoi'an. I believe that Wang Li had gone to Meidi to persuade Yang Yandi to send troops to Dongpu. If nothing unexpected happens, Yang Yandi and Chen Shangchuan's army have joined forces." said a Lu Hai businessman.

"Oh." Xu Bin was shocked. He had never heard of this before.

Luhai Commercial Bank actually persuaded Yang Yandi to send troops to Meidi, but Xu Bin naturally didn't believe it.

"Sir, this is true." Xu Bin asked.

Xiao Wu smiled and nodded, "Yes, if there is no accident, Lu Hai should indeed persuade Yang Yandi to send troops to Dongpu. And even if Wang Li cannot go to Meidi, Yang Yandi will send troops. He will not know the truth that his lips and teeth are dead."

"If this is true, then the Ming people from the Dongpu family will join forces with each other, and the Ming people in the Dongpu family will have a chance of winning." Xu Bin thought about it in his heart and couldn't help but smile.

I also knew why Xiao Wu and Liu Yu insisted on sending troops to Dongpu.

"If we land in Annan, the war will actually end long ago." Wang Tong, the general of the former town of Huben Town, frowned.

As a general of Huben Town, he personally led a total of 1,000 soldiers from Huben Town and Shen Machine Cannon Battalion to participate in this expedition.

"Yes, as the saying goes, the fisherman is profitable when fighting against snipes and clams. Nguyen Phuc thinks he can control the situation of the war, but he doesn't know that the Luzon Ming court has already sent troops." Xiao Wu looked at the chart and laughed.

"If this is true, then I hope the Ming people in Dongpu will be defeated so as not to meet the two families." Wang Tong sighed.
Chapter completed!