Chapter 166 Westbank's Decision

According to the Chinese calendar, in mid-May, when Anthony, who was sent to establish a stronghold in the northern part of Taiwan Island, fled back to Manila with only a bruised ship, it immediately caused a great sensation and panic among the Spaniards in Manila, and of course there was also the anger of departure.

They refused to believe Anthony's words. The fleet they sent would be defeated by a group of Chinese pirates, not Daming sailors.

It's enough to defeat it. Anthony actually left all the fleet he brought in Taiwan except for his own boat, which is now more than half of the ships available for combat in the Philippines, and there are 600 infantry and hundreds of slaves.

But now Anthony has fled back to Manila with only a battered ship, which is unbelievable.

So Schwar immediately ordered the arrest of Anthony, imprisoned him, and temporarily arrested the captain of Anthony's ship and all the sailors for separate interrogation.

In the end, the confessions they received corroed with Anthony's statement that they were indeed defeated by a group of Chinese pirates and were defeated.

In this battle, the Chinese pirates who called themselves sea wolves used wolf tactics and fire attack tactics to almost completely destroyed their fleet. If Anthony hadn't been cleverly and the sailors on his ship had fought their lives to break out and fled back to Manila, they might have fallen into Taiwan. Bay Island.

This scared Schwar and the Spanish parliamentarians in Manila. When did such a powerful pirate come out in the Chinese sea?

They are familiar with the names of sea wolves, because in the past two years, sea wolves have had merchant ships coming to Manila to trade with them from time to time.

They are also very satisfied with the sea wolf, a trading partner, because the sea wolf will buy a lot of things from them, not as long as their silver, which is very rare. Finally, they met a customer who is willing to buy things from them, so the two sides have cooperated happily in the past two years.

This time when they sent a fleet to occupy the northern part of Taiwan Island, they didn't know anything about it. They knew that the chicken cage Bay had been occupied by sea wolves, and they also discussed it, believing that it was better not to have a conflict with them. If it can be resolved peacefully, it would be better to solve it peacefully, relying on the strong force of their fleet, and then Give them some silver, and they can open up to 20,000 taels of silver, and try to buy Jilong Bay, which is quite tolerant for them.

However, considering the possible armed conflict, they still gathered a considerable fleet in their view, intending to show force in front of the sea wolves to make them retreat.

This time, Anthony led the team to Taiwan Island. No one was too worried about them. He was only worried about some weather factors, hoping that the fleet would not encounter strong winds and waves at sea, which would prevent them from reaching the northern part of Taiwan Island smoothly.

After Anthony led the team to leave, the weather was good and there was no big typhoon, so they all waited for Anthony to send back the good news.

But what Anthony brought back was a bad news for them. In their opinion, it should be an invincible fleet, but in front of that group of sea wolves, they were so vulnerable that they were almost destroyed by sea wolves.

All the Spaniards in Manila were shocked and angry and asked Schwar to hang Anthony to punish his incompetence, and immediately gathered troops to go to Chicken Cage Bay again to find the field.

But their shouting did not get the consent of Governor Scherva, because Schwar knew very well that he could no longer produce troops to fight against this damn sea wolf.

And through interrogation, Anthony and the sailors on the ship learned from them that this group of Chinese pirates who called themselves sea wolves were quite powerful, which was not as simple as they thought. This group of Chinese pirates didn't know where they got countless Western-style cannons and had many very fast speeds. The sloop also built a very strong stone bridle and fort in Chicken Cage Bay.

With their current strength in Asia, it is impossible to defeat this group of seawolves. Even if he gathers all the ships at hand and sends them to Taiwan Island, he will only lose more ships.

What's more, they can't do this at all, because the Philippines they occupy now is much more important than Taiwan Island.

After all, they have occupied the Philippines for many years, have established a perfect rule here, and have strong control over it.

If he ventured to send the remaining ships and soldiers to fight against the seawolves, the Dutch who have been coveting their land will certainly not miss such an opportunity and send people to take advantage of it to drive their Spaniards out of this place. In that case, they will never be in Asia again. There is no solid foothold.

So Schwar has no intention of continuing to revenge at all. Unless he can persuade the king to gather a large enough fleet from home and other places now and come here to fight against the sea wolves, otherwise, with their own strength alone, this time will not be found anyway.

As long as the Spaniards calm down can figure this out, but this tone makes them unsallow. Some people still shout to mobilise fleets from China to fight against this group of damn Chinese pirates.

But this unrealistic idea doesn't work at all. Everyone knows that since their invincible fleet was defeated by the damn British, Spain is no longer a maritime power like that in those years. They can no longer run rampant at sea and do not have enough financial resources to create a new one. The enemy fleet.

The British and the Dutch are coveting them in Europe. Their existing large warships are unlikely to be transferred to Asia by their king, just to deal with such a Chinese pirate, and Schwar's doing so is equivalent to telling His Majesty that he is an incompetent person and he is a gang. The Chinese pirates were defeated and could only cry and ask for help from the country. Next, he waited for the new governor to come to take his place and send him back to China for trial and hang him on the gallows.

So although Shierva was furious, he could only do nothing about it. He drank this cup of bitter water secretly. Now he really regretted it. Without carefully understanding the strength of the sea wolf in advance, he rashly sent a fleet to Taiwan Island, thinking that Their strength could easily subdue the sea wolves, but they were knocked out of their big teeth and could only swallow with blood.

Not long after Anthony returned to Manila, the sound of fighting against sea wolves gradually subsided, but Schwa could not forget the soldiers and sailors who were abandoned by Anthony on Taiwan Island, because he knew very well that the natural environment of Taiwan Island was very harsh, although he was left on the shore. There are not a large number of soldiers, but these people know nothing about the local situation.

In addition, these soldiers did not have any supplies. At that time, according to Anthony's instructions, they only unloaded a small amount of food and ammunition from the ship, which was not enough for them to support for a few days.

What's more, there are fierce Chinese pirates on the island. It is impossible for them to move there. Without the support of the fleet and the support of materials, those soldiers left on the shore have no possibility of standing on the shore.

The worst case is that all these soldiers were killed by pirates. Even in the best case, some of them were starved to death, some were killed by pirates, and the rest of the smart people surrendered to the pirates and became prisoners of the pirates.

Based on Anthony's understanding of Chinese pirates, these Chinese pirates are ferocious and easy to kill. It is good for capturing their prisoners and not eating them raw. Therefore, he believes that the soldiers and captured sailors sent to him should probably have been killed at this time.

So as time went on, he gradually stopped thinking about it, let alone plan to rescue them. It was not until a Chinese merchant ship arrived in Manila and told them a piece of news that Shierwa became nervous again.

Several Chinese merchant ships barely ran to Manila with injuries. From the bullet marks and battered sails on their ships, it can be seen that these merchant ships were intercepted by pirates on their way to Manila, but they narrowly escaped.

These Chinese merchant ships brought them very bad news that they were indeed intercepted by a group of pirates claiming to be sea wolves on their way to Manila. It is said that they have now intercepted several merchant ships going to Manila and threatened not to allow them to trade in Manila in the future.

At this time, the Spaniards really began to feel pressure and nervous, because their main business in Manila is to trade with the Chinese and transport Chinese raw silk, satin, porcelain, tea and other things back to Europe. Now the price of European porcelain is more profitable than gold, which is beyond ordinary people to imagine.

If the sea wolf is so powerful, they should have the strength to intercept most Chinese businessmen from trading in Manila. Now the Spaniards are competing with the Dutch. The Dutch have controlled Japan's trade. If they lose China's trade, I'm afraid they will be even more in Manila. I can't stand up.

How could the Spaniard not feel nervous, so some people began to shout, sending fleets or convoys from China to conquer these damn Chinese pirates, and sending ships to China to escort the ships coming to Manila for trade on the waterway.

But Schwar has no ability to do this kind of thing anymore. The destruction of Anthony's fleet has left him few available ships on hand. It is impossible for him to send someone to fight against sea wolves.

A somewhat rational person has begun to discuss at this time that they should send people to negotiate with the sea wolf to eliminate the impact of this conflict between the two sides. After all, this incident should be regarded as a misunderstanding. At first, they did not intend to fight against the sea wolf. At this point, they can't beat it, so they have to make peace.

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