of the eighty-three five mountain city
Lopez refused to surrender like this, but he did not dare to attack Li Yanzhi's fleet head-on. After some calculations, he decided to attack Zamboanga first to obtain supplies, and then determine where to go.
But he didn't know that he had been targeted. After Almeida left, Li Yanzhi said to Wu Ping: "This group of Flang Jimen will definitely not submit easily."
"The Governor said he would attack Ma Yi."
"If Ma Yi is, I'm afraid he won't dare, and he doesn't have the ability, but..." Li Yanzhi searched on the chart and finally turned his attention to Sanbaoyan.
Zamboyan is an ancient country, mainly engaged in Mindanao and Mayi, and once paid tribute to China. Zheng He once visited the West and a side teacher came here. After a large number of Chinese migrated south to Mayi, the commerce and agriculture in this area flourished greatly. Zamboyan's country also developed due to this. It developed a true port in the northwest corner of Mindanao. Although its importance cannot be compared with Mayi, it is quite large.
Although Ma Yi and this place are close, because Lopez can make commercial profits through trade with the Ming Dynasty and there are Chinese farmers growing food on Ma Yi Island, they have never had time to take care of this place, which gave this ancient Nanyang country a few years of peaceful development and accumulated a lot of wealth.
But now the situation has changed. Lopez dared not attack Ma Yi, but turned his attention here first.
"After getting the supplies from Zamboanga, we can move forward or backward."
Advance means attacking Ma Yi, retreat means retreating back to the Atlantic Ocean.
He chose to attack Zamboanga on the third day after Almeida's return.
The civilization level of the Zamboyan Kingdom is not far from that of the African tribes. Although it has been nourished by the Chinese who moved south in recent years, its weapons and equipment cannot be compared with these European colonists. The main force of their ships is still canoes, weapons and cold weapons. There are only two old cannons used as decorations, and they were also bought from Chinese merchants.
Lopez suddenly attacked, frightening the entire port. If an empire like the Ming Dynasty, the emperor would definitely choose a place that was both prosperous and safe, but how could the local king of Sanbaoyan have such knowledge? He was known as the king, but in fact he was just a larger tribal chief. Seeing that Sanbaoyan Port became increasingly prosperous, he moved over and moved into a big house built by the Chinese to enjoy his happiness.
Unexpectedly, the generals were in trouble, and the Europeans suddenly rushed in, robbed things when they saw them, and robbed women when they saw them. King Alidala of Zamboyan heard the sound of cannons and asked urgently what happened. The right prime minister Lalazai said: "A group of white people rushed into the port! Grab things everywhere!"
Alidala shouted: "Send troops here!"
The general Lala was hurriedly brought more than 2,000 local soldiers to fight, and then launched public resistance. However, although the Europeans were beaten so hard that they were bound by Li Yan, this group of local soldiers were not their opponents? As soon as they started the battle, they were beaten to pieces.
Before a meal, King Alidala of Zamboanga gathered more than a thousand people. Just as he was about to go for reinforcements, he saw that Gulu was carried back. When he went there, there were more than two thousand people, and there were only less than five hundred left when he came back. Most of them were injured. When Alidala asked about the battle, the local soldiers showed panic and fear, and they all said, "That's a group of devils! A group of devils! We can't beat them."
It turned out that when they encountered the group of European robbers, they were first bombarded by a burst of artillery. The cannons were covered in blood and those who were not hit were also scared. Then another musket was fired. At this point, the local soldiers were in chaos. The European colonists lined up to fight again, and the situation was one-sided. In less than half a day, half of the Sanbaoyan Port had been occupied.
When Alidala heard that the gang of robbers were so terrifying, her eyes were weeping, and she kept saying, "What should I do? What should I do?"
He was about to surrender, and Lalazai said, "Master, why not let us go to Mr. Wushan first, maybe he has a way."
When Alidala heard "Mr. Wushan", she was excited and shouted: "Go away!"
The "Mr. Wushan" was a Chinese who lived here a few years ago. He called himself "Five Mountains". He had extraordinary experience and dozens of subordinates. After arriving in Sanbaoyan, the Chinese in this area gradually reunited under his command, gathering hundreds of people. In addition, more than 2,000 natives were willing to obey his command. Such a person appeared in the territory, and Alidala naturally had to come and ask. The two sides had first interacted and then had conflicts. Although there were not many subordinates in Wushan, there were only fifty Chinese soldiers and five hundred local soldiers at that time, but the fifty Chinese soldiers could defeat one thousand local soldiers in Sanbaoyan. After his training, the local soldiers could fight against three with one compared to the local soldiers of Sanbaoyan's own country. The tactical ability of Wushan was far beyond the ability of the prime minister and generals of Sanbaoyan, so Sanbaoyan lost consecutive battles at that time.
Fortunately, Wushan was able to stop at the right time. After winning the battle, he sent people to make peace. The natives of Sanbaoyan, including the king, were very respectful to him. When he saw that he was a member of the Supreme People's Republic of China, he asked him to be the prime minister of the Left Kingdom. From then on, the natives of Sanbaoyan got along well with the Chinese, and Wushan often attracted Chinese merchants to trade here. Wushan also made great contributions to the prosperity of Sanbaoyan Port.
Although Wushan became the Zuo Prime Minister of Sanbaoyan, he did not live in the port city, but established another village inland. The natives called this village "Wushan City".
After the Europeans captured the Port of Zamboyan, Alidala led thousands of remnants to break out and surrender to Wushan.
Wushan City is more than fifty miles away from the coast. It is an inland city with more than 3,000 Chinese people living in it and four or five thousand indigenous people are attached to it. Wushan is here to let the Chinese teach the indigenous farming and drive the indigenous people to mine. In addition to agriculture, spice collection is also an important pillar of the economy of Wushan City. Officials in Wushan City collected mineral spices and then took them to Sanbaoyan Port, where there were Chinese merchants to buy them. Wushan got rich from this. The things they bought were mainly weapons - from bird guns to cannons, they were all relatively advanced guys. Those old goods that Mr. Wushan looked down upon were resold to the king of Sanbaoyan.
Alidala led the remnants to Wushan City. When the defenders in the city saw the drums beating, the right prime minister Lalazai sent someone to report: "We are not the enemy! It's the king here!"
After a while, a young Chinese man with a heroic Chinese led the soldiers out. Lalazai recognized the young man as Mr. Wushan's right-hand man, named Ahai, and the natives all called him General Hai.
After Alidara saw him, she was about to speak, General Hai said, "Needless to say, the Prime Minister of the Left knows about Sanbaoyan." So she invited a group of survivors to enter the city and invited the king and the right prime minister to enter the palace.
Most of the houses in the Wushan City were created by Chinese people, and they were quite popular, which was incomparable to Beijing, Shanghai, Yangzhou and Suzhou. However, in this Mayi area, it is enough to make the indigenous peoples of Mindanao Island envious.
In the hall of the mansion, a Chinese man with vicissitudes of eyebrows stood at the gate waiting. When he saw him, Alidara, he knelt down and shouted: "Mr. Wushan! Please help us restore our country. As long as you can save our people, I am willing to give in to the throne."
Mr. Wushan helped him up and said, "Your Majesty, you are serious. Come on, go in first."
They were invited to come in, and they waited for the battle. When asked about the situation, Alidala and Lalazai said the whole story in the left and right sentences, but they did not find out how many troops and troops the other party had arrived. They just kept saying: "Those people are devils! They are so terrifying! They are so terrifying!"
Mr. Wushan frowned slightly and finally said, "The King and the Right Prime Minister are here to sponsor me. Although these white ghosts are hateful, they may not dare to come to me. Even if they dare to come to me, they will not be able to get a good idea! The matter of restoring the country is for me!"
After comforting them, he sent a maid to send them to rest. General Na Hai came forward and Mr. Wushan asked, "Is there any news from our people?"
General Hai took out two notes, and Mr. Wushan opened it and looked at it, frowned and said, "There are seven or eight thousand people? Could it be that Lopez has left in full bloom? Is this Sanbaoyan Port worthy of his use of so many people?"
"It's not worth it." General Hai said: "In fact, if we don't interfere, they can capture the place if they have five hundred Folang Ji people."
"So, it must be something happened to Ma Yi!" Mr. Wushan said: "A while ago, it seemed that a fleet of ships arrived nearby. Maybe..."
General Na Hai said: "Maybe it was the Ming navy who defeated Ma Yi! So these Folang ghosts were desperate and ran to Sanbaoyan to hide."
Mr. Wushan's eyelids twitched and murmured to himself: "Ming Ming...Ming Ming..."
General Hai said: "Marty, what should you do when you see this?"
Mr. Wushan hesitated for a moment and said, "The Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with us anymore... Now we are leaving our hometown for tens of thousands of miles, just to be able to live our lives." He was very lonely in his words.
General Hai turned his head aside, as if he was dissatisfied with Mr. Wushan's negative slightness, but this expression just appeared like lightning and returned to normal. Mr. Wushan didn't notice it. General Hai advised: "But now that these Folang Jifan ghosts have taken the Sanbaoyan, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not attack Wushan City again. In my opinion, it is better to plan ahead. Moreover, the Marquis promised to restore the country to these natives just now, so we cannot speak without trust."
Mr. Wushan asked him how to prepare for the future. General Hai said: "We are in this inland mountain city, and the news at sea is not timely enough. Please allow me to go out to sea to inquire and give me the right to the side."
Mr. Wushan was very dependent on him and said, "Okay."
General Na Hai took dozens of subordinates and set out to the beach. On the way, he heard news: The group of white ghosts heard that there was a mountain city dozens of miles inland, with countless wealth inside, which seemed to be attacking. General Hai thought: "The white ghost is greedy, the old ship owner is really old! If he is dependent on him, not only will he not be able to avoid disaster, but he will also have an accident."
There are often commercial exchanges between the Chinese villages in Mayi and Zamboyan. General Hai came to a secret harbor more than 20 miles away from Zamboyan Port. There were more than 20 ships moored inside, four of which were in the Fu Ship. General Hai drove a three-mass Fu Ship into the sea after being repaired and renovated, and drove radially towards Mayi. Less than thirty miles away, and the lookout reported that there was a huge fleet of ships ahead and drove towards this side!
"General Hai, are you going back soon? If they are allowed to arrive, they will not be able to escape!"
General Hai climbed up to the observation deck and looked at it himself. As soon as he saw a huge fleet of ships blocking the sky and clouds opposite him! He ordered: "Let's drive closer!" and then he was ready to turn the rudder at any time.
After driving closer, the vanguard flags of the opposite fleet were already visible. They were all Chinese-style flags, with Chinese characters besides the pattern! There was also a tallest and largest giant flag in the middle of the fleet, flew in the wind - "Two-headed dragon!" General Hai exclaimed: "He will actually come here!"
"General, do you want to turn the rudder?"
Chapter completed!