Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

However, Bishop Popesel was not moved at all. He responded firmly: "Absolutely not! This matter is of great importance and must be handled by you personally. If anything unexpected happens, I will take care of your wife and daughter."

At the same time, not far outside the city, Zhang Sancai, a commander of the Tiandi Army, was directing the combat operations in an orderly manner.

When he was a company commander, this regiment commander made a bet with another company commander, Ma Fugui, over military merits, which eventually led to huge casualties in the troops. For this, Zhang Sancai was demoted to a stable boy for a few months.

As the saying goes, every failure makes you wiser. After experiencing that setback, Zhang Sancai has obviously become more resourceful and intelligent on the battlefield.

He first ordered the artillery battalion to quickly find a suitable location and carefully arrange the artillery positions; then he arranged for the military translator Xiang Zhixia to hold a loud speaker and shout loudly towards the city wall:

"Listen up, Spanish troops on the city wall! You are now surrounded. It is futile to continue to resist. Put down your weapons and surrender! This may give you a chance to survive!"

All that could be heard was a teeth-grinding creaking sound from the heavy city gate, which then slowly opened up into a narrow gap.

Then, the Governor of Wales carefully stretched out his hand, raised high a bamboo pole with a white cloth banner hanging on the top, and then walked out of the city gate slowly and cautiously step by step.

Just as he stepped out of the city gate, the heavy city gate seemed to be driven by a huge force and slammed tightly shut with a "bang", shaking the surrounding air so much that it seemed to tremble slightly.

"Don't shoot! Please don't shoot! I'm here to negotiate with sincerity!"

Wales strode forward, shouting at the top of his lungs, his voice clearly filled with fear and uneasiness, fearing that the soldiers of the Heaven and Earth Army would suddenly pull the trigger at him.

Not long after, Wales finally arrived in front of the Tiandi Army's position. Before he could gain a firm foothold, two strong soldiers quickly stepped forward, grabbed him firmly on the left and right, and brought him directly to Zhang Sancai like escorting a prisoner.

"General, I... I have come here to negotiate with you on the orders of the Bishop of Lavager City." Wales forced a smile and spoke respectfully to Zhang San.

Xiang Zhixia, who was standing aside, looked up and down at the strange yet familiar person in front of him, frowned slightly, and tried hard to search for memories about this person in his mind.

However, no matter how hard he racked his brains to recall, he was unable to determine where he had seen this person before.

So he quickly turned around and translated what Wales had just said to Captain Zhang word for word accurately.

After listening to Xiang Zhixia's translation, Captain Zhang narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at Wales with a torch-like gaze. After a moment of silence, he said coldly: "Ask him his name and what position he holds?"

After receiving the instructions, Xiang Zhixia immediately turned to Wales and asked questions according to Captain Zhang's request.

"General, my name is Wales, and I am an assistant to the Bishop of the Holy City of Lavager."

Wales thought to himself that he must not reveal his true identity easily. With a turn of his eyes, he made up such a name to deal with the other party.

However, what Wales never expected was that when Xiang Zhixia heard him introduce himself as "Wales", a light bulb suddenly lit up in his mind and he instantly recalled this man's true origins.

It turned out that this so-called "Wales" was not the bishop's assistant at all, but the famous governor of Manila!

"Captain Zhang, this man claimed to be the assistant of Bishop Lavague, but after my identification, his real identity is Wales, the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines. I had the honor of meeting him once before, so I would definitely not make a mistake!" Xiang Zhixia said solemnly to Captain Zhang in a low voice in Chinese.

Upon hearing this, Captain Zhang frowned slightly, nodded thoughtfully, and said in a deep voice: "Oh, that's interesting. No wonder we couldn't find this Governor in the Royal City. It turns out that this fish that escaped the net actually escaped here. Then ask him why he came here this time?"

After receiving the order from Zhixia, he turned around and translated Captain Zhang's words into Spanish and conveyed them to Wales.

Wales thought for a moment, then responded, "Respected General, our Bishop would like to know which country your army belongs to, and what is the purpose of your visit to the Philippines?"

Xiang Zhixia quickly relayed Wales' words to Captain Zhang.

Captain Zhang sneered and said loudly: "We are the heroic army from the Heaven and Earth Federation - the Heaven and Earth Revolutionary Army! As for the reason for coming to Luzon, do we need to explain more? You should know that as early as the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Luzon was already a vassal state of our China. Now we are just here to reclaim this land that originally belonged to us."

Hearing this, Wales on the side could not help but show a look of shock and shouted: "Chinese, you are actually Chinese?"

Obviously, he was extremely shocked and surprised by the army that suddenly appeared before him and claimed to take back the sovereignty of Luzon.

Xiang Zhixia did not choose to translate this time. He straightened his spine, looked directly at Wales with a sharp gaze, and spoke a series of Spanish fluently and firmly:

"Your Excellency the Governor-General, you have been showing off your might on the land of Luzon for twenty years.

"Sixteen years ago, when you heard that the King of Koxinga from Dongzhou Island was about to lead a large army to retake Luzon, you issued that cruel order without hesitation - to massacre innocent Chinese compatriots in Manila."

"Nearly 30,000 Chinese people were brutally murdered, falling under the cold and ruthless butcher knife of you Spaniards."

"However, justice is clear and retribution will come! Today, the mighty army of our great China has finally set foot on this land that has been soaked with the blood of the Chinese many times. We are here to seek revenge from you cruel and merciless Spaniards for this blood feud!"

Hearing these righteous words, Wales couldn't help but be shocked. He asked in a trembling voice: "You...you actually recognized me?"

Xiang Zhixia snorted coldly, his eyes burning with anger, and he replied with gritted teeth: "Your dirty hands, stained with the blood of countless Chinese, have long become an indelible painful memory in the hearts of every Chinese on Luzon Island. Here, as long as the name 'Wales' is mentioned, every Chinese will hate you to the bone and gnash their teeth!"