Ning Xiu has been inquiring about news about Manila these days.

In his opinion, since he sent news to Sanchez through the mouths of those missionaries, the Manila governor would not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

So how many people will Sanchez bring?

This is a very concerning issue that Ning Xiu is very concerned about. Because if Sanchez came out in full, Ning Xiu would know that Fujian would assist in defense. If Sanchez only brought some of the troops, he could compete with the power of a province in Guangdong.

There happened to be a merchant ship returning from Nanyang. Ning Xiu immediately ordered someone to inquire. The news he got was that the Spanish attacked Ming Dynasty this time, with a total of fifty ships and nearly 20,000 people.

Ning Xiu didn't know if this number was exaggerated, but he felt that even if there was exaggeration, it would not be exaggerated too much.

Manila is a heavy port in Nanyang, so it is normal to arrange 10,000 or 20,000 people.

In this way, Ning Xiu felt it was necessary to notify the Fujian defense to assist in defense. After all, Ning Xiu could not guarantee that the Spaniards would launch an offensive from Guangdong.

Of course, Ning Xiu believed that the main force of defense was the new army he trained. After all, most of the Fujian army was the army of the garrison, and at most it was impossible for them to leave the city to fight in the field.

In Ning Xiu's plan, once the Spanish offensive is set, they will go out to sea to pursue it. It is best to wipe out the Spanish fleet.

Some soldiers with a keen sense of smell have already noticed that the war is approaching.

Because not only has the daily training volume increased, the officers also sent a large number of men to patrol.

"I heard that it was Folang Jiren who was coming to beat us."

Wu Ergou said proudly: "Don't talk nonsense, this is something I finally found out from the team manager."

"Folang Jiren? They are not in the treasury. Why are they here to beat us?"

The little monkey scratched his head and said.

"It's not the Flang Ji people in the Fu Realm, but the Flang Ji people in Manila."

Wu Ergou gave the little monkey a blank look.

“Where is Manila?”

“In Luzon.”

"Where is Luzon?"

“In Nanyang.”

“Where is Nanyang?”

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Wu Ergou was asked and was about to collapse. He stared at the little monkey with a dark face and said, "It's a very far place anyway. And Lord Ning said that the Flang Ji people in Manila are also called the Spanish, and the Flang Ji people in the Fu Realm are also called the Portuguese. There is a feud between the two. Later, the Spaniards conquered the Portuguese and established the United Kingdom. In the Ming Dynasty, we called them all the Flang Ji people. They themselves don't call them that, and they clearly distinguish them."

"Then where will Folang Jiren help this time?"

Chen Mazi interrupted.

"It's probably not helping anyone."

Wu Ergou shrugged and analyzed: "Although the Portuguese Florencers hated the Spanish Florencers to the core, they have established the United Kingdom after all, and have a common king. It is definitely impossible to fight together."

Wu Ergou swallowed and saw that everyone was listening carefully, he continued, "It would be even more impossible to help the Spanish attack us. Not to mention that our new army in Xiangshan is strong and strong, those tyrants are afraid of being attacked by the trench territory. If they want to attack us, the court will sit idly by? Then the court is furious and sent hundreds of thousands of troops to pacify the enemy. The trench territory in a small area will not be filled?"

“It makes sense!”

Chen Mazi praised: "What the Ergou brothers said makes sense. Everyone in Manila's Flangji did not know the strength of the Ming Dynasty, but the Flangji people in the rich realm could not be unclear."

"So their best way is to not help each other and watch the tiger fight."

Wu Ergou added from the side.

“Isn’t this a fence?”

The little monkey said angrily.

"It's just about riding a wall. Only by riding a wall can you live longer."

Wu Ergou didn't think the behavior of the Fulang Jiren in the Fuzhou realm was shameless. In his opinion, normal people would choose this way.

"Whoever wins will not do anything to them, and their strength will not be reduced."

"Hmph, but I heard a saying that if I am not a member of my race, my heart will be different. After all, these Fulang Jimen in the Fulang Jimen in the Manila. If our army has a downturn, they may take advantage of the situation and stab them in the back."

The little monkey said worriedly.

"So don't have a downturn, and take down these bastards in one go."

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo~"

While everyone was discussing heatedly, the horn suddenly rang out.

Everyone was stunned and then ran away to the schoolyard.

There is a clear rule in the army that soldiers who have not arrived at the school ground for a stick of incense will be beaten to twenty military sticks.

Everyone knew that the Twenty Army Sticks were not just a joke, so they didn't dare to take this risk.

"Damn it, I'm so exhausted."

After running to the school grounds, Wu Ergou was gasping for breath and couldn't even straighten his waist.

Chen Mazi is not much better. He is an auxiliary soldier who has few opportunities to exercise normally and is almost sitting on the ground at this moment.

But the team officials would not give them this opportunity. They immediately walked over with their personal soldiers, and pulled out the soldiers who were not standing in a standard manner and scolded them.

Soon the queue became tidy. Qi Wen glanced at everyone, cleared his throat and said, "This general announced that the entire army will enter the state of preparation from now on, and as we prepare for combat."

This sentence is simply a king's bombing, and the soldiers can't help but whisper.

It's really going to fight. It seems that they're not wrong.

"Mr. Ning has an order that our army needs to defend the entire territory of Guangdong, but the focus is on Guangzhou and Chaozhou."

Qi Wen continued, "So this general will divide his troops today and transfer some of you to Chaozhou Prefecture."

In Ning Xiu's judgment, if the Spaniards attack Guangdong, they will definitely attack Guangzhou and Chaozhou.

Needless to say, Guangzhou Prefecture is the location of the governor's yamen and the governor's yamen, and it is also a provincial government. It was a great sensation in the capture of Guangzhou Prefecture.

In addition, the trench land is also in Guangzhou Prefecture. Sanchez will definitely gamble when necessary, and the Portuguese in the trench land will fall in love with them.

As for Chaozhou, it is conducive to the Spanish joining forces because it is closer to Fujian.

After all, the Spaniards only had fifty ships this time, and the lack of troops was not conducive to the tough battle.

So if the Spaniards want to attack Fujian and Guangdong at the same time, then Guangdong will definitely choose Chaozhou.

This is exactly what Ning Xiu meant. Although the training of the new army was very good, the number of people was small and only 20,000. If we defended the entire Guangdong coastline, we would be short of defense everywhere.

So Ning Xiu didn't want the troops to be spread too thinly.

He decided to deploy heavy troops in Guangzhou Prefecture and Chaozhou Prefecture. The remaining prefectures only sent a small number of soldiers to assist the local guards in defense.
Chapter completed!