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    Seeing that these soldiers were silent, he added: "The empire opposite has a vast territory, a huge population, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. How many troops are needed to conquer it? Let me tell you the answer. It takes a  One hundred and sixty-nine people. It only takes one hundred and sixty-nine people to conquer this country. Now tell me, are you willing to be one of these one hundred and sixty-nine people? " "Yes, we are willing!"  They were those street gangsters who had been tortured by the sea, and their enthusiasm was ignited by Alfonso. The sound became louder and louder, and the morale of the entire army reached its peak in an instant.  "The one hundred and sixty-nine people he mentioned certainly did not mean that it was really possible to defeat the Ming Dynasty with only one hundred and sixty-nine people.  What he was talking about was the old story of the Spanish adventurer Pizarro who conquered the Inca Kingdom with 169 people.  The story of the Inca Empire, with a population of more than 6 million, being wiped out by the illiterate adventurer Pizarro with 169 people is a legend belonging to the Spanish in this era.  Every Spaniard who goes to the Far East regards him as their idol and hopes to continue his legend.  Under his mobilization, this group of Spanish soldiers believed that they could also replicate this experience and harvest countless gold, silver, and oriental beauties in this empire.  Alfonso added: "You don't have to worry. Although the empire's military expenditure is only nine thousand pesos, I am here and have raised hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and several thousand taels of gold for you. In addition, you  There will be tens of thousands of local indigenous troops as servants, guides, and backup. The injured soldiers will be treated immediately, and the fallen generals will return to heaven. Our opponents are just a group of armed beggars with no training and no equipment.  .The weapons are not much more advanced than the savages. We are invincible against them." Alfonso's reinforcements.  Now it's all in his governor's office.  Just like Li Yanqing occupied half of the Spanish supply warehouse before the war began, Alfonso also received support from the Ming Dynasty.  Several middle-aged men with kind faces and silk shirts bargained with Alfonso: "Sink those merchant ships and kill them all. Yes, we cannot allow any merchant ship to successfully trade. What we have to do is to let Xiangshan open."  The sea has become a joke. As long as we can do this, we, the family owners, are willing to send you another military expenditure." If there are any maritime merchants from Fujian and Zhejiang here, they will be scared to death when they see these people.  These are no small tricks, they are all agents of big families who made a fortune doing maritime trade during the maritime ban.  The most determined ones who oppose the opening of the sea are the giant merchants in the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang.  They were reaping the dividends of sea trade smuggling and earning huge income every year. How could they agree to the imperial government imposing a sea ban and destroying all their income?  Some of them have become compromising factions.  Guaiguai went to Xiangshan to apply for a red bill, hoping to continue the business.  It just has to bear the pain of giving up part of the profits, and the price of commodities cannot be based on "market rules" like in the past.  They can only obey the guidance of the court and accept administrative arrangements.  ¡°The other part has become a thorough fighter to defend economic laws.  Decided to borrow the help of Japanese pirates and barbarians.  To destroy this overall situation of opening up the sea.  The Zhejiang and Min pirates were originally two sides of the same coin, and they were all subject to the control of these businessmen.  Since Lin Feng was defeated and disappeared.  At present, the famous pirates on the Fujian and Zhejiang seas, headed by Li Zhong, have all defected to the Philippines.  There are many kinds of pirates.  There must be hundreds of people to lead it.  The total number of his troops is more than 30,000, and he is said to have 100,000 soldiers.  And these maritime merchants also spent a huge amount of money as investment to finance the Spanish war.  In fact, without their funding, it is likely that this attack on Ming Dynasty would have ended in vain.  It is common for the Spanish army to be in arrears with pay for more than four months, and the indigenous troops may not see their pay once a year.  The military expenditure of 8,300 pesos cannot even be replaced by back pay.  This time, with the assistance funds from the maritime merchants and the food provided by them, Alfonso's troops paid back their wages and had enough food to eat, and the morale of the army was greatly improved.  But facing the maritime merchant¡¯s request, he couldn¡¯t accept it.  "I must remind you that it is not easy to catch a merchant ship at sea. You and your friends must also understand this very well. And now, the East India Company's escort fleet is not weak.  If you can defeat them in a naval battle, you won't come to cooperate with me. I heard that the most powerful fleet among you has been completely defeated by the East India Company." "It's Xiaode, Xiaode.  The elite are still there, and their strength has not suffered any loss." A maritime merchant blushed and fought for power for his troops.  "They were just the former who encountered an ambush of 100,000 East India Company naval troops in South Australia. They fought fiercely for a day and night, killing more than 30,000 enemies, and the wreckage of warships covered the sea. Lin Feng broke through the siege and successfully transferred in. But for some unknown reason, now  We haven't come to join your army yet. Our boat division's strength is still intact, and we still have over a hundred thousand troops and nearly a thousand boats."bsp; "Okay, I'm not here to talk nonsense to you. The empire's navy is a valuable asset and will not be wasted in meaningless consumption. If we divide the fleet evenly and attack each merchant ship, it may be destroyed.  It will open the sea, but it will ruin my plan. What I want to do now is to conquer this country in the shortest time and the most direct way, instead of wasting time with it." As he said, he started to talk.  map.  In his opinion, the map was too sloppy and contained serious errors in many places.  But there is no way. The cartography technology of this era and the cartographers he can control are only at this level.  He was only a captain in 1851, not a professional surveyor or technician at the Royal Arsenal, so what he could do was too limited.  Since it cannot be made up for technically, it can only be made up for through military means. Fortunately, the opponents are just a group of barbarians.  He pointed with his finger: "My plan this time is like this. We attack Guangzhou with a force." A representative of the maritime merchants said with great joy: "This plan is very good. We only need to wash away Guangzhou, which is a fragrant mountain and opens up the sea."  Even if half of it is ruined, I can still get the recipe for Cantonese salt and sugar. " "No, dear sir, what you said makes sense, but the problem is that Guangzhou is not my target.  The Ming Dynasty has the most elite troops and the strongest troops. We are not suitable to attack there for the time being. My purpose of attacking Guangzhou is just to attract the attention of the Guangzhou troops and prevent them from assisting elsewhere." He used his hand again.  Referring to "This is Xiangshan." A maritime merchant who was proficient in the art of war couldn't help but exclaimed: "What a great attack from the east to the west. We pretended to attack Guangzhou, but actually attacked Xiangshan. Once we entered Xiangshan, we killed all those who came to do business in Xiangshan.  , and then burn their boats to see who dares to come here to do business." Alfonso shrugged, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid this won't work. As far as I know, there are relatively strong armed forces in Xiangshan City.  There is a very good line of defense. Like Guangzhou, it is just to attract the attention of the Ming army, not our main attack direction. " He pointed to a place on the map. "I.  My fleet will suddenly appear in front of the Yizhou garrison at lightning speed and take control of the entire island. Whoever takes control of Yizhou will win the final victory." (To be continued.)  Search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!
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