Thus would start the thrust into the North and its conquest by Novo - Ecijano General Manuel Tinio .
Upon his arrival in Cavite , Tinio was instructed to organize an expeditionary force to wrest the Ilocano provinces from Spanish hands .
Thus would start the thrust into the North and its conquest by Novo - Ecijano Tinio Tinio   .
Upon his arrival in Cavite , Tinio was instructed to organize an expeditionary force to wrest the Ilocano provinces from Spanish hands .