Upon hearing this, his personal guards immediately stepped forward, clamped Felot on his left and right sides, and pushed him to his knees on the ground.
Felot was shocked and struggled quickly, but two of Lu Xiangsheng's personal guards, who were they, grabbed one of him, holding him so hard that he couldn't move at all.
With no other choice, Filot had no choice but to protest loudly with uneasiness: "Dear Earl, why do you want to arrest me? I am the envoy. Aren't you a country of etiquette? Don't you have a saying that even if the two countries are at war? , then you don’t have to behead the envoy!”
It was obvious that he had some understanding of Daming's questions. At the critical moment, he shouted this voice.
But while he was talking, the sweat on his forehead kept dripping, and the ground in front of him soon became wet.
Lu Xiangsheng strode to the main seat without sitting down. He lowered his head and looked down at the Xiyi. He sneered and shouted: "Haha, where did your courage to massacre the people of Ming Dynasty go? At this time, you know how to find excuses to be afraid?"
When Philot heard this, he knew that the sudden change in the attitude of the earl of the Ming Dynasty was probably related to the decree of the Ming Dynasty emperor just now. Maybe, he felt that he was really going to die here.
For these colonists who traveled thousands of miles to the Far East, they were not afraid of death. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have the guts to float on the sea for so long and end up in a strange foreign country.
However, this lack of fear of death is just their desire for money. As far as Philot is concerned, he is living a good life in Luzon. If he died here like this, he would definitely not want to. Given the choice, he would pay any price to beg for his dog's life.
Therefore, after feeling the crisis, Felot immediately cried with sadness and begged Lu Xiangsheng: "Dear Earl, I have an eighty-year-old mother and a baby who is waiting to be fed. The whole family is supported by a villain. Besides, the villain is also acting under orders and has no choice..."
Seeing this legendary trick of begging for mercy, it seemed that the Ming Earl was not moved. He immediately changed his words and said: "The little man was sent to Luzon just a few years ago. Previously, the Governor wanted to kill the people of the Ming Dynasty. If so, the villain once tried to dissuade him, but unfortunately he was a soft-spoken person and did not help the people of the Ming Dynasty. However, the villain could only do his little bit to help some people of the Ming Dynasty escape into the mountains and forests. I sincerely ask the noble Earl to For the sake of the villain being friendly to Ming Dynasty, please show mercy and let the villain go!"
He kept telling lies just so he could survive!
Lu Xiangsheng was a little surprised when he heard this, and immediately asked: "You said that there are still people from the Ming Dynasty who fled into the mountains and forests and were not killed?"
"Yes, yes!" When Felot heard this, he suddenly felt happy and replied repeatedly, "They heard the news and fled into the mountains and forests. They had no way to pursue them, so they had no choice but to let the Luzon natives go into the mountains and forests to hunt them down. …”
When he said this, he suddenly came back to his senses, as if he was eager to explain and said something wrong.
As a result, he couldn't go on and could only hope that the Ming Earl didn't understand.
However, who is Lu Xiangsheng?
If the college entrance examination in later generations is like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge, Lu Xiangsheng's Jinshi background is definitely at the same level. How could a person like this, who is still in his forties and has rich experience, not be able to hear it!
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng sneered and said: "You wait for Xiyi, you are full of lies, and you are trying to trick me into saying you are friendly to the Ming Dynasty? The one who can be sent here must be your leader's confidant. You must be a part of the massacre of the people of our Ming Dynasty."
Hearing what he said with such certainty, Philot suddenly turned pale and opened his mouth to speak, but for a moment he couldn't think of an excuse to keep himself alive, and he was dumbfounded.
Lu Xiangsheng's face showed a trace of disdain, and then he shouted angrily: "Come on, cut off his ears and collect some interest first."
"Yes!" Upon hearing this, his personal guard immediately agreed and dragged Philot away.
However, Lu Xiangsheng still had unfinished words at this time, and only listened to his stern instructions: "I want him to explain everything about the massacre of the Ming people in Luzon. Also, how many troops are there in Luzon, how many Western barbarians and how many natives?" , and you must explain clearly. If you don’t tell, or if you are discovered by me and lied to you, I will cut him to pieces and then take him back with his followers!"
"Yes!" His bodyguard heard and responded loudly again.
"I said, I said..." Of course Philot knew the punishment of being cut to pieces by a thousand cuts. He was so frightened that he almost peed his pants and shouted quickly.
Lu Xiangsheng ignored him, and turned to the other guards and said, "This is the case for all the Western Yi who came with him this time, and then I will give their confessions!"
This all means that just like Philot, he cut off his ears first as interest, and then asked for a confession. If there is any untruth or is not told, it will be punished by death with a thousand knives.
After the personal guards went out to carry out his military orders, Lu Xiangsheng turned to look at Anders, who was beside him with a smile on his face, and said seriously: "The emperor's decree has arrived. I will command the Annan and Fujian Taiwan forces to attack the western barbarians in Luzon. Call for one to escape. If anyone escapes, we will capture him even if we chase him to the ends of the earth! You Folangji people are also participating in this expedition. You must not neglect them for two days, otherwise military law will be enforced!"
Hearing this, Anders quickly put away his smile and replied equally seriously: "Okay, no problem!"
He knew that such an answer would make the Ming Dynasty's frontier official happy. If he continues to show his inner joy, it may make Lu Xiangsheng unhappy. After all, this matter involves the massacre of the people of the Ming Dynasty. This matter can only be shared with the enemy and cannot be playful.
How could Lu Xiangsheng not know how happy these Francois would be when they attack the Xiyi in Luzon Island? However, he ignored it and immediately sent an order, convened a military meeting, and began to deploy the conquest of Luzon.
There was one thing that he was powerless to do. The troops in Fujian and Taiwan are far away and have no means of communication. They can only come to Luzon Island and then fall under his command. For now, he can only command Annan's army.
After all, Annan had just been pacified, and troops were needed to maintain the governance of the local officials, so all the troops could not be mobilized. He estimated that in addition to the Fujian Navy under Zheng Chenggong's 300 warships of various colors and almost 10,000 troops, he could only send out 10,000 more land troops.
However, Lu Xiangsheng didn't think it was a big deal. What Xiyi could rely on was just clippers and cannons.
Now, the Fujian Navy has about a dozen warships imitating the Xiyi warships, and with the assistance of the warships of the Fo Langji people, their own side will not be worse than the Luzon Xiyi warships.
As for artillery, the gap between the two sides is almost the same. Even in terms of muskets, the Ming army was all made of flintlock muskets, and they would never be inferior to the Luzon Xiyi.
With these advantages gone, how could Luzon and the Western Barbarians fight a decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty army!
In fact, the generation gap in weapons in this era is really not that big. If you are familiar with firearms and have a commander who is good at fighting and commanding an elite army of cold weapons, you can still defeat an army of hot weapons.
There is a good example of Liaodong Jianlu. After suffering a loss in front of firearms, they figured out how to deal with firearms. For example, a sudden attack by the cavalry, cover by carriages, etc. Even if the Ming army's firearms were terrible, it is undeniable that Liaodong's method of building captives had a certain effect. In this era, the most important thing is to look at people, not weapons.
As for the natives of Luzon Island, Lu Xiangsheng didn't look down on them, he really didn't take them seriously. In the past, even the pirates who escaped from the Ming Dynasty to Nanyang were able to dominate their side! Not to mention, he is still in charge of the imperial army now!
Before evening, the personal guards presented eleven pairs of ears and eleven confessions to Lu Xiangsheng. Moreover, some personal guards have checked their confessions, and there are not many discrepancies.
"Haha, sir, these Western barbarians in Luzon are all afraid of death!" Lu Xiangsheng's personal guard came to such a conclusion and reported with a sense of ridicule.
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng also sneered in his heart, but did not speak. He just looked down at the massacre of the Ming people in Luzon, as well as the Luzon Western barbarians and the native troops who helped the evildoers.
It's all fucking bullshit that Akito colluded with pirates to rebel! Lu Xiangsheng was so angry that even though he was a Confucian, he couldn't help but cursed in his heart.
The emperor was still wise. These Western barbarians were used to killing people. They thought nothing would happen to them, so they treated the people of the Ming Dynasty unscrupulously. Now this time, it is really time to take the Western barbarians in Luzon and the natives who helped the tyrants as an example, and kill them as a warning to all the Western barbarians, so that all the Western barbarians will know that if they dare to attack the people of the Ming Dynasty, they will have to pay an unbearable price!
Thinking like this, Lu Xiangsheng's murderous intent became much stronger. So much so that sometimes, the way he looked at Anders made Anders a little hairy.
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In Manila, Luzon, the Spanish Governor's Palace, Governor Diego looked at a row of people, all with their heads covered, and couldn't help but asked the leader Filot in surprise: "What's wrong with you? The affairs of the Ming Dynasty have been settled." Already?"
When Filot heard this, he immediately pointed to his head and said with a mournful face: "Your Majesty the Governor, Akito cut off our ears and declared war on us!"
"What?" When Diego heard this, he was shocked. He stood up in fright, stared at Filot and said, "Didn't you say that this matter can be easily solved? What's going on? How could it be like this? "
The total number of Spanish people in Luzon is only about 2,000. How can we fight against such a huge empire with just this few troops? If they are empires with low-level civilizations, such as those in the Americas before, there is nothing to be afraid of. However, the civilization of the Ming Empire is far from comparable to those countries. It can even be said that it is a civilization that they themselves admire very much!
How can we fight against such a huge empire, with such a large population, and being so close together?
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