Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 746 The Wisdom of the Dutch
In Manila, Luzon, in the Spanish Governor's Palace, Governor Diego asked the Dutch leader West who had just entered the door with some concern: "Your Excellency Anthony, Governor of Batavia, is he coming soon?"

"According to Your Excellency the Governor, it should be here soon!" West listened, and while talking, he found a chair and sat down, shook his buttocks to feel comfortable, and then continued: "But what's the matter?" Relationship? Even if His Excellency the Governor didn’t arrive, would he still be afraid of these eastern natives? It’s hard to say on land, so what are you afraid of at sea?”

The combined fleet of Spain and the Netherlands has a total of nearly [-] warships. This sea power, even if it is placed in Europe, is a fleet that cannot be ignored.

However, when Diego listened to his tone, he always had a condescending feeling, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

It was as if he was very afraid of the Ming country, the kind who was bullied by the Ming country.But these Dutch people are not afraid of the Ming country at all, and feel as if they can easily defeat the Ming country.

Diego feels that this is not going to work. I, Spain, is still the suzerain country. On the mainland, you, the Netherlands, are still rebellious!So, he was about to speak, and reminded the Dutchman to pay attention to his tone in a roundabout tone.

However, before he could open his mouth, West raised his legs and continued to say to him: "Ming's attack on Luzon must rely on their army on land. However, there are few land troops. It won't work, and this determines that they must have a lot of food and supplies..."

Hearing him start talking about specific things, Diego suppressed his desire to speak and listened to what he had to say first.

"... So much food and supplies, if it is transported from Annan to Luzon, it will be a bit far away. If there is a storm or something, it is a trivial matter that the ship transporting food and supplies disappears. What will the army eat when it arrives in Luzon? So Say..." West said in a confident tone, "The grain and supplies of the Ming army must not have been transported from Annan."

Hearing this, Diego thought for a while, and it seemed to make sense.But he just nodded when he heard West say again: "And one more thing, Annan's side has just experienced a big war. As far as Annan's local area is concerned, there must not be so much food and supplies for the Ming Dynasty to attack Luzon. Use. Therefore, the food and supplies of the Ming army must be allocated from other places in the Ming country. If they come through Annan again, it is obviously unnecessary..."

Speaking of this, he paused, and said in a very affirmative tone: "So, the Ming army that attacked Luzon, the grain and supplies they needed must have landed from Fujian to Taiwan, and then to the northern part of Luzon. The Ming army from Annan will only bring food and grass for ten and a half months, and they will definitely meet up somewhere in Luzon in the end."

Hearing this, Diego had to admit that the Dutchman's analysis made sense.That is to say, the Dutchman still has the capital to pull.

However, before he could nod his head, he heard West say to him in a slightly reprimanding tone: "What are you still doing in a daze? This should have been done a long time ago! Rewards were given, and some natives tipped us off. "

Coming to such a conclusion made Diego feel very uncomfortable.

However, for the sake of the overall situation in front of him, he still didn't show it. Instead, he asked with a modest attitude: "Then how should we deal with it?"

"Do you still need to ask?" West listened, looked at Diego like an idiot, and then said in a commanding tone: "Immediately send someone to inquire about the news and see if there is any movement of the Ming army in northern Luzon. Where will their food be hoarded? As long as we get this exact news, we will dispatch the fleet, catch the Ming army by surprise, and burn their food and grass. In this way, the Ming army will either retreat or run out of food and grass and be defeated!"

After finishing speaking, he added complacently: "This is the way to deal with the natives of the East. Regardless of how powerful they are, as long as we fight against them, no matter how huge the army is, it will fall apart. It's easy to fight!"

That's right, that's what they did when they fought against the Javanese native army.

Although West's attitude made Diego very dissatisfied, his suggestion was indeed pertinent, so he had to endure it, and asked someone to recruit Filot, and told him: "Take two fast boats and go north along the coast. , Search for traces of Ming ships, and if you find a place where the Ming army hoarded grain and grass, come back and report."

After hearing this, Filot quickly agreed, but before he said anything else, West interrupted, and explained like Diago said: "You also offer rewards to the natives along the way, anyway. Threats and lures, making them our eyes and ears, can also prevent you from missing anything..."

Filot was so angry when he heard it, it's fine if the Governor ordered me to do things, what are you, a rebel, and you are here to point fingers and say I am blind?Lao Tzu's ears were cut off by a wise man, but why are his eyes blind?
As I thought about it, my face immediately became a little ugly.

However, West didn't care about it at all, and continued to say: "If you haven't found any traces of the Ming army, either you missed it blindly, or the Ming army still hasn't come over to Taiwan. You can also go to Taiwan Look over there, as long as we can find the place where the Ming army is hoarding food and grass, we will win half of this battle. Maybe when our Excellency Governor arrives, we can send good news to make His Excellency the Governor happy!"

Oh, cooperating with you to direct us to do this and that, just to rush your Excellency Governor to have a meeting ceremony after your arrival?Philot suddenly realized, thinking very angrily in his heart.

But before he could object, Diego waved his hand and said to him: "Go and do what he wants!"

Having said that, he raised his voice again and said emphatically: "The most important thing now is to repel the Ming army and stop the Ming emperor from wanting to reach out to Nanyang."

Philot knew that His Excellency the Governor was right, so he gave the Dutchman a hard look, held back his breath, turned around and left, ready to execute the order.

However, West quit, and immediately shouted: "Why are you staring? Am I wrong? If it weren't for your useless begging for us in the Netherlands, you think I would like to come here and join hands with you?"

Filot's feet stopped, and he was furious. This group of rebels is really lawless!

When Diego saw him, he quickly stood up, turned out of the table, went to the front, pushed Filot and said, "Why don't you hurry up and execute the military order?"

He knew that if he didn't care about this, he would definitely quarrel later.Originally, the relationship between the two parties was not good. If there was a quarrel, if one was not careful, before the Ming army came to fight, the two sides on his side would fight first.

Pushed by His Excellency the Governor, no matter how angry Filot felt, he had no choice but to walk away.

But when he just arrived at the door, he heard His Excellency the Governor say to the Dutchman: "How could he stare at you? His eyes are just that big."

"..." Philot stopped again, feeling so angry, my eyes are always as big as bull's eyes?You are a dignified Spanish governor, why should you be so obedient to a rebel?Not to mention that the court officials in the country have your virtue, so these Dutch people rebelled, and the Portuguese also rebelled!

But after thinking about it in his heart, he still didn't turn around and go back to argue about how big his eyes were, and left with a sigh in his heart.

In the office, Diego and West were talking. Suddenly, a guard came in at the door and said, "Your Excellency, Ferdinandi from the Bonda Department is waiting outside the door."

When Diego heard this, he immediately frowned and said, "What is he here for?"

Even so, he still knew that there must be something wrong with the native leader coming to see him.So, he asked the guards to bring him over.

"Dear Governor!" Ferdinandi immediately saluted respectfully after entering the door, and then said, "I am afraid that there are many remnants of Ming people gathered on the outside of Manila Bay. Please, Governor, send troops to help." Let's attack those damned remnants of Ming people together!"

Hearing this, Diego frowned again, and said a little unhappily: "I gave the reward, and you still have to come to me for the remnants of hunting down the Ming people, don't you want the reward? Is it gone?"

"That's not what it means!" After hearing this, Ferdinandi replied with a little panic, "Before, the person I sent didn't come back, so I sent another person there, but there was still no news. There are almost 50 people. It is no problem for me to send more people. However, I am worried that if there are too many people sent, those remnants of Ming people will run away. As long as there are fewer people passing by, they may not run away. It's easy to catch them!"

West on the side had been listening with his legs crossed. When he heard that fifty or so people had been quietly dealt with by the remnants of the Ming people, he was a little surprised, so he interjected and asked, "Who did you send?" What kind of crooked melons and jujubes are there, and they were solved so easily by a group of remnants of Ming people? Could it be that the people who passed by later didn’t even have a lesson, and didn’t leave a report?”

Of course Ferdinandi knew who this person was, and he didn't dare to offend him, so he quickly argued: "No, they are all strong men from my tribe, and there are nearly twenty of them in the last batch. In the end, none of them came back!"

Hearing this, West became even more curious. There is such a thing. Could it be that there are really many fish that slipped through the net?
Thinking of this, he stood up and said to Diego: "Then I'll go and see!"

After hearing this, Diego was eager to agree, and quickly agreed.

West walked out immediately and said at the same time: "Then all the trophies will belong to me!"

He understands Mingren more or less, but he is just an old scalper, and he often hides the money he earns instead of spending it.Those remaining Ming people must have a lot of property.This time I came here, I didn't get any other benefits, so it's okay to charge some interest first.

(End of this chapter)