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Chapter 69: The Pirates' Threat

"Mr. Xiao, we have all been rewarded by the Ming court in Luzon. This time, we besieged Lavag City was not just for the brothers at sea. The Ming court also got Weigan. According to the principle, the Ming army officers and soldiers on the land should also contribute their efforts, right?" Li Tianyou kicked the question directly to Xiao Wu who was standing aside.

"Old fox," Xiao Wu cursed himself,

Using pirates to attack the forces of the Luzon Folang people was originally the intention of Xiao Wu and even the Ming court.

And the facts are just as Xiao Wu expected to develop,

The pirate forces outside Luzon integrated and damaged the Spaniards.

Given the Luzon Ming court to breathe, he accidentally took down Weigan City.

But it is obvious that these pirates are not easy to fool.

Seeing that Lavag could not capture it for a long time and suffered huge losses in his own strength, he naturally focused his attention on the Ming court.

"Everyone, in the past half month, I believe that the Flangers of Lavag City have tried every means to seek help from Manila. If the Wuming Army stops the Flangers of Manila, can we still talk about the attack on Lavag here?" Xiao Wu paused and looked at the pirate leaders present and asked.

"Everyone, it's not that our Ming army is not working, but that our Mingcheng is in a dangerous position. The troops in Weiwu Town are on the road to the north. The main road to Flangjiren dividing Luzon into two, making Lavague and Manila unable to echo each other. This makes Lavague an isolated city. If the troops in Weiwu Town are rashly transferred north at this time, it will inevitably cause the crazy counterattack of Flangjiren and Luzon local generations." He Bin also echoed.

"Besides, if Wuwo Navy Town is standing in front of the Folang Machine Fleet, it has bought time for you, I am afraid that everyone present will be destroyed under the Red-haired Ghost's warship."

"Mr. Xiao, this is a bad word. If there were no more than 20 pirate halls including the Black Flag Gang, I am afraid that the Ming court would have to survive in Luzon at this time," Li Tianyou looked at Xiao Wu indifferently.

"The commander of the Huben Town is Liu Quan, with a thousand soldiers and strong soldiers. It is better to have a letter than a letter, asking Lord Liu Quan to lead his troops north to Lavage and advance with us and other seas and lands to capture Lavage City in one fell swoop."

The two sides were using each other, but at this moment, Lavag could not capture it for a long time, and the pirate forces in each hall suffered considerable losses, so they naturally wanted to chew a piece of meat on the Ming army.

Following Li Tianyou's words, the pirates on the side also looked at Xiao Wu.

"Mr. Liu was originally a subordinate general of the emperor, but he was in trouble after he could not conquer Lavag for a long time. As a former subordinate, Liu Quan naturally should lead the troops in the town to the north."

"Hu Ben Town has strong troops and strong horses. If he can go north to Lavag, he will be able to capture this city."

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Weigan,

It was several days later when the news of the Battle of Lavag came.

A fast ship from Naval Town sailed into the port of Weigan to bring the result of the naval battle back to Weigan.

The whole city of Weigan was shocked.

When Liu Yu received the notice from the soldiers in the Navy Town, Liu Yu was very shocked.

After all, these pirates who have been robbing for many years can actually severely damage the Spanish naval fleet. Although it was with countless coincidences and the assistance of the Navy Town, it still shocked Weigan.

The merchants who were hostile to the Ming army, who hoped to recapture Vigan after the Spaniards wiped out the pirates, were all stunned at this time.

The Spanish were defeated and now hiding in the city of Lavague, I'm afraid it's only a matter of time before they are captured by pirates.

What about Weigan?

If the Spaniards really lose, what should Vigan do?

For a time, the Weigan Chamber of Commerce fell into a state of panic that was even more alarming than the Ming army entering the city, and the local merchants of Weigan who often challenged the Ming army were much more at ease.

"Sir, thanks to this naval battle that shocked the Chamber of Commerce in Weigan, the Chinese merchants also made them feel at ease. As of today, more than 200 local Chinese merchants in Weigan have joined the Sihai merchants formed by the adults," Su Langqing handed a booklet to Liu Yu.

"Yes," Liu Yu took the booklet and read it in detail.

Looking at the names and assets on the booklet, Liu Yu was very satisfied.

This may be the most beneficial impact of this naval battle on me.

Although the Spaniards defeated the pirates, they also suffered huge casualties, causing the navy to retreat to the port and no longer conflict with the pirates.

This made the Chinese businessman, who was frightened day and night in Weigan, fearing that the Spanish would take revenge, relieved.

They were more afraid of the Spanish's revenge than pirates.

The temporary failure of the Spaniards gave these Chinese businessmen a glimmer of hope, so they naturally visited Su Langqing and joined the Sihai business.

"Su Langqing, in this naval battle, the Flangerman severely damaged the pirate forces and destroyed no less than 80 pirate warships. The pirates almost lost all the money, and the Flangerman also paid a considerable price for this. It can be said that both sides were injured." Liu Yu looked at the Nanyang sea map and carefully looked at the waterway near Weigan.

"Yes, sir, for us, it is naturally a good thing to fight against the Spanish to lose both sides, but..." Su Langqing smiled and stopped talking.

"But what," Liu Yu was in a good mood.

"Pirates have no credibility at all. This time, the pirates suffered huge losses and will inevitably plunder more severely. In fact, the merchant ships of the Vigan Chamber of Commerce have also secretly sailed out of the port these days, but were plundered by the pirates who wandered here and had to return to their voyages." Su Langqing said.

"Is there such a thing?" Liu Yu turned around and looked at Su Langqing with a smile.

Liu Yu knew that the Wei-Ganzhou Chamber of Commerce secretly sailed for trade. Not only the Wei-Ganzhou Chamber of Commerce, but in fact, the Chinese merchant ships also frequently sailed these days.

Although the Ming army ordered the ban on ships from the local ports of Weigan to ban ships from Weigan, the commerce industry was not strong enough. In addition, the entire Weigan was a trading city, and the ban on sea trade undoubtedly cut off Weigan's life. Faced with the actions of the Weigan Chamber of Commerce, Liu Yu also acquiesced.

But who would have thought that those scattered pirate forces appeared again in the sea outside Weigan,

Due to the huge losses in the naval battle, many of the more than 20 pirate forces originally under the Black Flag Gang had actually left the ranks of the pirate coalition. These pirate forces began to wander in the western waters of Luzon, which put a lot of pressure on Weigan.

Those merchant ships that secretly set sail were in trouble.

The Weigan Chamber of Commerce is fine, because the ships set out are basically armed merchant ships. Although they have only prepared more than ten artillery pieces, they can still deal with pirates.

It has caused trouble for those unprepared Chinese merchant ships.

The Chinese merchant ships that were intended to take advantage of the convenience provided by the Ming army were stopped by pirates not long after they set sail, but the result was that both people and ships were lost.
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