It is impossible to travel a hundred miles a day.

If Chen Mu's flag army was in a good road environment in the Ming Dynasty, it would be possible that they could travel a hundred miles a day, but in Luzon, they could only march at most 80 miles, while normally most of them were fifty miles.

Pulling the cannon trucks on the front and back of the muddy roads seriously dragged the hindrance.

Take a cannon, but you can walk too slowly without a pack horse, but Chen Mu feels uneasy if you don’t bring a cannon.

The mountainous areas in the northwest of Luzon Island lack horses. The roads are all in narrow mountainous areas. The expeditionary forces did not bring many horses here. All they brought was a command horse, which could not be used to pull cannons.

However, taking Manila is no longer a big problem. There are horses near Manila. Although the horses brought from the Ming Dynasty are not comfortable living in the rainforest, Indian horses should be very accustomed to them here.

After the liberation of Manila, Chen Mu planned to send a batch of Indian horses from India to Manila through the Portuguese.

Of course, maybe the Spanish in Manila are willing to give themselves some good European war horses?

Just as hungry people were full of food, Chen Shuai was watching his subordinates' long hikes and marches.

Watch?

Of course, he was riding on Heiwa.

As an excellent general who feels sorry for his soldiers, he is worried about how to keep the warriors under his command high combat power.

And he has an hour to walk with his soldiers every day - after all, he is always slamming his thighs and buttocks are quite uncomfortable.

The local people in the northwest of Luzon Island were scouts, and the march was much more convenient. Whether they touched the forest or climbed the mountains, they could always find a suitable path, and even Chen Mu didn't have to worry about igniting the beacon.

After the battle at Manghu Mountain, despite the slow march, it took several days to arrive at the nameless bay, which was two hundred miles away from Manila with Deng Zilong.

It was still more than ten miles away, and Deng Zilong's flag army came to report the news, asking him to go to the coast quickly and wait for him to ride over. The huge fleet was docking on the coast and repairing ships.

"Ship Chen, Manila is really empty this time."

Deng Zilong was so happy that he couldn't stop talking about his ears, pointing to a row of large ships stranded in the shallows and said: "The day before yesterday, I met the Western Yi fleet, eight large ships, and fourteen small boats and gunboats."

"There are nearly a thousand soldiers carrying them. Except for two big ships and one small boat, the rest are there."

Chen Mu looked around and saw that he couldn't name the small boat, and most of them were smaller than the small shark boat; most of the large boats were Clark or Calavelle, but the bow and stern were slightly lower, and at least four were not warships.

But what's the matter with a lucky ship?

The Spanish are not yet at the expense of using a lucky boat.

Such a fleet is very powerful at sea, but it can only suffer a loss against Deng Zilong. For no other reason, Deng Zilong has thirteen fleets, including four from Chen Lin.

He was not at a disadvantage in terms of the number of warships or artillery numbers.

What's more, there are two warships that are more conventional, Chihai and Iron Armor. Unless the Spaniards have a Great Garen like the Saint-Bablo in the Philippines, the encounter on a narrow road on the sea will be an asymmetric war.

"Then the lucky ship belongs to us, how about the casualties?"

"There are quite casualties. After two fleets were killed, one big shark boat could barely be used for repair. The other one sank before it was dragged to the bay. All ten small shark boats were gone. The sailors died 323 people, and forty of them were the soldiers under General Chen's headquarters."

Chen Mu calmly surprised himself. The so-called "Ci" is not to be vicious to the soldiers or anything else, but to push them to the battlefield when needed, even though he knew it was death.

Just like at this moment, life is a number, and it is a number within his tolerance.

"At the end of the battle, a large Western barbarian ship was surrounded by a fleet. I sent the lucky ship to jump with them. It was a lucky ship." Deng Zilong pointed to the huge Western barbarian ship full of holes and said: "Before going out of the sea from Daimao Port, he drove Mr. Xu off the ship as Chen Shuai said. He asked me to read the translated military book on the Western barbarian battle."

Speaking of this, Deng Zilong's face was even more cautious: "It is really dangerous for the Western Yi to jump ship. Before jumping back and fighting, you should avoid it if you can. You should win with more ships and artillery. The Nanyang Shipyard should build larger ships and artillery."

Come on, Chen Mu can see himself in Deng Zilong.

Deng Zilong not only became a practical faction, but also praised the cannon giant ships even more.

I am so happy to hear that some people in this world have urged Mr. Chen to build larger warships and larger artillery!

"The book was first translated by Mr. Xu in Daimao Port. As you said, Manila is now empty." Chen Muzhan pointed his arm at the moored ship near the sea and said, "How many other soldiers are not damaged?"

Chen Mu attaches great importance to Western books. These things will sooner or later be translated, but now this is obviously not the most important thing. Whether it is military, technology, other books, or even the education system they have, it is an excellent spoil for Chen Mu.

"Let Chief Lin drive the ship and cut off the land route from Cebu to assist. They will be outside Manila Bay for a few days first, so don't let the ship run away. I don't have to worry about it. I will get a few more cannons. If I land on the battlefield, the ones in the city will be their own people."

As he said that, Chen Mu smiled with satisfaction and said, "Now they shouldn't even dare to sleep!"

Just kidding, the fleet was completely defeated after being sent to sea for hundreds of miles, and at the same time, the news of the army being imminent, according to the very few garrisons in Manila, who dares to sleep?

If he had been in a place, Chen Mu would definitely choose to take away Manila's wealth, retain his troops to retreat to Cebu Island, and then seek to seize the city after joining forces. But the Spaniards would not do this. They were too aggressive, and Cebu Island was not a good choice for them.

There is no strong city in Cebu.

The man who has a red scarf in Manila is recruited by Li Dan. Hundreds and thousands of people are definitely not insured, but Chen Mu feels that Li Dan must have a clear idea in his heart in the past few years.

Although Deng Zilong fought an unexpected naval battle, it was a good thing for them. Although it would make them face a strict guard against Manila, it was not a problem. The city always had to be strictly guarded, and it would be the best result to be able to eliminate the main force of the enemy outside the city.

The battle was counted, and the warships unloaded some spare sails to provide the army with supplies. The Chihai raised a big flag, followed by the ironclad ships, and eight fleets set off in a mighty way and headed towards Manila.

Chen Mu led the army to slow down. The servants divided three hundred households according to the flag army, each of which was under the banner. The Ming army was fully armed. Although there were only more than a thousand soldiers, there were still flags. As the cannons sounded, the military flags stood up from the formation. The army shouted three times and rose up and left.

A hundred households and thousands of households put on the green iron ghost-faced armor, walked a few steps away, looked back at the flags waving, and lined up with swords and guns under the flags. There was a smile that no one could see under the armor, and walked away with a mount and laughed.

Accompanied by the snare drum, laughter came from the dust.

"Feng Feng Guangguang, come with me to receive Manila!"

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Ming Army Relying on Pennant Flag - From "Pingfan Victory Picture"
Chapter completed!