The Ming Dynasty has just been exiled and the Luzon system has awakened.

100 taels of silver per year, and it was paid in real money. This promise of military pay made many prisoners excited.

In the current period, the military salary of Spanish soldiers is 96 silver pesos per year, which is 80 taels when converted into silver.But this is only theoretical military pay. In reality, it is difficult for them to get this money.

In the Spanish army, it is common practice to default on military pay, because the top military officials believe that this will help prevent soldiers from deserting. The situation of Spanish soldiers stationed in the Philippines is even more serious, and their military pay is often in arrears for two to three years.Because a large part of this force were gangsters, thieves and other unstable elements recruited from the streets by the Governor-General of New Spain in order to maintain the stability of the colony. In the eyes of the senior officials, this force was regarded as stepchildren.

In addition, their military pay was distributed by the Governor-General of New Spain. It had to be transported across the Pacific from the Americas. The Dutch, who were in a hostile relationship with the Spanish, seized the opportunity to seize one or two sailing ships carrying the pay. This was even more so. This aggravated the shortage of Spanish soldiers stationed in the Philippines.

Now facing higher military pay than before, the temptation is undoubtedly huge for this army that has never been taken seriously.

As for the Japanese mercenaries, they are a group of poor people. Their military salary is only 50 taels of silver per year. The 100 taels of silver given by Zhu Heyi is twice their previous military salary.

Don't think that the large number of gold and silver mines in Japan means that they are all rich. The only real rich people in Japan are the top daimyo, the common people at the bottom, and wandering warriors who don't even have enough to eat.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people coming to work as mercenaries for the Spanish.

"General, let's join!"

"Your Excellency, General, we are also joining you!"

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Of the more than 500 Spaniards, only thirty or so chose to give up in the end, and the rest all joined the Ming Foreign Legion.

And the more than 200 Japanese people, without exception, all chose to join.

Li Zhenhua nodded with satisfaction.

Five days later, in the rainforest more than 50 kilometers north of Manila, a group of Japanese mercenary soldiers wearing rattan armor and iron cannons on their shoulders were struggling to move forward in this green hell.

"Ario-kun, we have been searching in the jungle for a day, and we haven't seen the abandoned mine. Could it be that the map given above is wrong?"

Fujita Akihiro waved the machete in his hand and laboriously cut off the vine blocking the road in front of him. He wiped the sweat from his face and turned back to another soldier.

"Fujita, please keep your voice down. This map was given to you by His Majesty the Ming Emperor. If the general hears what you say, you will lose your skin even if you die. You'd better search for it honestly!"

Hearing his companion's words, Fujita Akihiro shrank his neck. He looked back and breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that there was no Ming army following him.

That ferocious general was not so easy to get along with.Yesterday, several Spanish soldiers were caught gathering for gambling after receiving military pay. As a result, each of them received 30 lashes. The bloody scene shocked many people.However, His Majesty the Ming Emperor is indeed generous. With 100 taels of silver per year, he can already do a lot of things.

"When I retire in three years, I will take the money and go back to Nagasaki to buy dozens of acres of land, marry a local woman, hire a few long-term workers, and never come to this damn Luzon again! Arioo, what about you? "

Fujita Akihiro glanced at the wet environment around him with disgust, turned to his friends and told him his vision for the future.

However, the next moment, a black shadow flashed past and hit his friend's chest.

"Whoosh!"

"Pfft! Ah!"

This sudden change made Fujita Akihiro stunned for a moment. When he came back to his senses, he found that his friend had been pierced through the chest by a javelin and nailed to the tree trunk behind him. Blood mixed with foam was constantly flowing from it. His mouth was overflowing, and he saw that there was no hope.

"Youwei! Damn it! It's a sneak attack, there's an attacker!"

Fujita Akihiro's pupils shrank and he immediately issued a warning. A dozen Japanese soldiers in the search team hurriedly raised their guns on alert.However, before they could find the attacker, dense javelins had been projected from the rainforest in all directions.

"Ah! Ah!..."

After several screams, more than half of the foreign soldiers were shot by javelins. The rattan armor they wore was useless under the powerful penetration ability of the javelins.

"There! It's aboriginal, shoot!"

After more than half of the people died, Fujita Akihiro finally saw the indigenous people hiding behind the grass. He raised the iron cannon in his hand and pulled the trigger.

It is worth mentioning that the iron cannons in the hands of Japanese soldiers were originally matchlock guns, but this was obviously difficult to adapt to the humid jungle combat.Therefore, before setting off, Zhu Heyi ordered all the matchlock guns in the hands of the Spaniards and Japanese people to be converted into flintlock guns.

The arsenal in Zhuheyu did not have enough raw materials for making guns, but it was still possible to just change the ignition device to a flintlock.

The gunfire sounded, and the native fell to the ground, but this shot was like poking a hornet's nest.The densely packed natives crossed the grass and rushed towards them with weapons in their hands and howling.

"Run!"

Looking at the natives rushing towards them like locusts, Fujita Akihiro turned around and ran away without even thinking.He was still looking forward to returning to Japan with military pay in three years to live a good life, but he couldn't die here now.

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"Sir, there are gunshots coming from the direction of the Japanese search team. They must be in trouble." A Spanish soldier reported.

After listening to the soldier's report, Nickel immediately turned to look at a Ming army officer beside him and asked: "Chief of Staff, the search team ahead must have encountered the indigenous people. Should we go out immediately to wipe out those damned people?" Aboriginal.”

Lu Li looked at the dense jungle ahead with a stern expression and shook his head.Although His Majesty does not care about the life and death of these officers and soldiers of the Foreign Legion, even if they die, they must die with value.

If you advance rashly at this time and cause this force to suffer heavy casualties without achieving any results, I'm afraid His Majesty will not be happy. He has been appointed as the chief of staff of this foreign legion. The actual supreme commander is In order to prevent this situation from happening.

"Your Excellency General, the situation ahead is unknown. It is not advisable to advance rashly. Let the soldiers set up a defensive line to prevent sneak attacks by the natives."

Nicol understood, turned to the other soldiers and ordered:

"Organize a defense line immediately, don't let those indigenous monkeys take advantage of the loophole."

The composition of the Foreign Legion is quite mixed, but it can be regarded as a regular army. After receiving the order, it quickly formed a gun formation.At this time, the gunshots deep in the jungle were getting closer and closer.

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