In the evening, under the afterglow of the setting sun, a dark crowd appeared outside the range of the gunfire above the pier. Because the houses and trees were burned down, the crowd gathered among the ruins was very eye-catching.
The vigilant soldiers immediately issued a battle alarm, and all the soldiers rushed to the fighting position. The artillery protruded from the cannon holes and aimed at the large crowd on the shore.
When Zhang Yanling received the report and came to the deck, Chen Shiyi had already looked through it with a telescope.
"What? The people of Ceylon will not change their ways? Do they have to continue attacking?" Zhang Yanling frowned and said coldly.
Chen Shi said: "It doesn't seem to be an attack. Most of them are women and children, and they all seem to be wailing. But they don't know what they are trying to do."
Zhang Yanling took the telescope and looked at it for a while, then frowned and said, "It's really strange. Could it be that women and children are used as human shields to launch an attack? It doesn't look like it. Those people don't have weapons in their hands."
Chen Shiyi nodded slightly. He didn't notice the weapons in these people's hands. A group of women and children without weapons gathered together. What were they doing?
"Hey. A dozen men came out, carrying a small boat. The leader seemed to be a powerful person from the Ceylon Kingdom, and he was wearing very luxurious robes." Zhang Yanling frowned.
Chen Shi took a closer look and saw in the telescope that there were more than a dozen men carrying a small boat walking towards the pier. The two leading men were dressed in luxurious clothes and had gray hair and beards. They didn't know who they were.
"Do you want a warning shot?" Chen Shi asked.
"No, look at their appearance. It seems they are going to the sea to negotiate with us. Their hands are empty and they don't have any weapons. Let's take a look. We ordered other ships not to fire. Let's see what they do?"
Under the gaze of everyone, more than a dozen people on the shore carried a small boat to the dock and put the boat into the water. Two men helped two old men in luxurious clothes get on the boat. The boat slowly moved from the dock towards the Ming Dynasty ship
Come to the parking place.
One of the two old men in rich attire on the boat picked up a white cloth and held it in the air.
"Surrender? Sue for peace? Or is it a trick?" Chen Shiyi whispered.
Zhang Yanling said in a deep voice: "We'll find out when we get here."
After a while, the boat came to the sea next to the fleet. A few dozen steps away, the white-haired old man in rich clothes holding a white cloth put down the cloth, and the boat stopped on the sea a dozen feet away.
"The old Prince Kelie of the Kingdom of Ceylon, together with the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Ceylon, Mr. Mahame, are here to pay homage to Mr. Zhang, the Protector of the Ming Dynasty. I would like to ask Mr. Zhang to show his respect." The old man said loudly.
"I am here! It turns out that the prince and the prime minister of Ceylon are here. Zhang Yanling is very polite."
A voice came, and Prince Kled and Mahame, who were looking around, followed suit. On the deck of a large ship in the west, a young man wearing black armor and a crimson cape stood tall.
On the deck of the high-rise ship, there were people smiling and holding hands towards them.
The man had a handsome face and a slim figure. More importantly, he looked like he was only about twenty years old. He was very young.
"No way, he is Zhang Yanling, the Duke of Ming Dynasty. He is only over 20 years old, how is that possible? And he doesn't look like someone who is so ruthless and kills without blinking an eye." Mahame said in surprise.
vocal tract.
"It's him. Zhang Yanling is a young man in his twenties. The Prime Minister of the country knows people but not their hearts. How can you tell the means of doing things by looking at their appearance? Don't say anything, return the courtesy. Be careful what you say later, don't
If you want to offend him, we come here with a heavy responsibility, not for grudges." Prince Kled said solemnly.
Mahame nodded quickly.
The two of them raised their heads towards Zhang Yanling and cupped their hands. Prince Klie said loudly: "I have heard for a long time that Mr. Zhang, the protector of the Ming Dynasty, is young and promising. He is handsome, handsome and has extraordinary bearing. He is the proud son of heaven. When we meet today, it is true. I have admired him for a long time.
Long time admiration."
Mahame has been admired for a long time.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "You two don't need to be polite. What kind of proud people are you? I can't afford it. You two don't have to say such unintentional words. I'm afraid you have even scolded my ancestors for eighteen generations in your heart. Haha.
hehe."
"Don't dare, don't dare. Mr. Zhang is joking. How dare we do this?" Prince Kled said hurriedly.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "It is human nature for you to scold me. After all, we are hostile and we have killed many of you. I wonder if you two have come to see me. What do you think? You and I are at war, and you two are from Ceylon."
How can a person with a high position in the country take the risk of coming here? Aren't you afraid of being bombarded by us?"
Klie said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zhang, if the two countries are at war, I will not kill the envoy. I believe that Mr. Zhang is definitely not an unrighteous person and will not do anything to us."
Zhang Yanling laughed and said: "Oh? Do you still kidnap me morally? Use morality to restrain me? Come here, load the Tiger Roar Cannon, fire ten volleys. Prepare...!"
Following Zhang Yanling's loud orders, ten black cannons on the side of the Star turned and aimed at the small boat.
Mahame became frightened and shouted: "You... how could you be like this? You are too unruly. We are here to talk to you, how can you be so rude?"
Zhang Yanling laughed loudly, waved his hand, and all the cannon muzzles retracted into the cabin.
"I'm just joking with you. The two distinguished guests are here to discuss important matters with us. How could I bombard you? If word spreads, it will also damage the reputation of our country. You two, tell me.
What's the purpose of your visit? Let's get straight to the point and don't have to beat around the bush." Zhang Yanling said loudly.
Prince Klie cupped his hands and said: "Young Master Zhang is a straightforward man, so there is no need to beat around the bush. Today we are here to discuss with Mr. Zhang a truce. We admit that your Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses are simply not as powerful as ours. So.
We have decided not to resist in order to avoid more casualties. Thousands of our Ceylonese people have died, and their bodies were piled on the shore and burned. We are already afraid of you. We will no longer be enemies with you. I hope both sides will stop.
After the military repairs are completed, let's discuss the conditions."
Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "So that's it. What's there to talk about? You just surrender. We, the Ming Dynasty, want the Port of Colombo. All you Ceylonese people will move away from here. From now on, this port will be our territory, the Ming Dynasty."
. As for you, as long as you don’t come to disturb us, then we won’t cause trouble to you. Except here, the rest of the island of Ceylon is still yours. We only want the Port of Colombo.”
Kled frowned and said: "So, you, the Ming Dynasty, are coming to invade our country of Ceylon. It turns out you have such ambitions."
Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "What is this? What is ambition? We have come all the way here, are we just tourists? Our Ming Dynasty has lifted the sea ban and wants to open up maritime trade routes. The Port of Colombo is a must place for us.
.You should understand that we are bound to win here."
Prince Kled frowned and said nothing.
Mahame couldn't help but said loudly: "You use the big to bully the small, the strong to bully the weak, what morality can you say? How can the Ming Dynasty, a huge country, covet the land and ports of small countries like ours? Isn't this just banditry?
Behavior? Is there still justice in this world? Is there still a way of heaven?"
Prince Kled quickly pulled Mahame and told him to shut up. Mahame still said these words.
Zhang Yanling laughed loudly: "Well said, the Prime Minister said it well. We, the Ming Dynasty, a huge country and a country of etiquette, really shouldn't do this. However, you have to ask your country leader about this.
Back then, I, the eunuch of the Three Treasures of the Ming Dynasty, went to the West and came to your country of Ceylon to express my gratitude to you.
I show good intentions and show favors. I gave your king a large amount of gold, silver and jewels to express my intention of reconciliation. But your king had evil intentions and attacked our fleet of the Ming Dynasty. You, the country of Ceylon, can do such a thing, but you still come here
Accusing us? You have two skinned lips, how can you make sense? It’s extremely ridiculous.”
Mahame opened her mouth when she heard this, but was speechless.
"Mr. Zhang, that happened hundreds of years ago. Why are you still anxious about what happened back then? I, the country of Ceylon, have not provoked your Ming Dynasty in these decades. It is you who raised an army to attack us this time." Klie
said in a deep voice.
Zhang Yanling nodded and said: "You are right, we don't want to mention the matter of Chen sesame and rotten millet. But there is a saying in Ming Dynasty that dogs cannot change their eating shit. You should have heard it. There is also a saying that once you are beaten,
I have been afraid of well ropes for ten years after being bitten by snakes. Have you people in Ceylon corrected yourself now? I can’t see it. If you are right
I, the Ming Dynasty, have no ill intentions, so how can I help the Folangji to attack us? You and the Folangji set up a trap, waiting for us to get in. But don’t say that the hundreds of small boats filled with firewood near the offshore islands are not
You arranged it. You wanted to use a fire plan to defeat my Ming Dynasty’s invincible fleet. I didn’t wrong you, did I?”
Kled smacked his lips and was speechless.
"We only want to fight against the Folangji people, but we don't want to be enemies with your small Nanyang country. The Manlajia country was occupied by the Folangji country, and we also invited their king to come back and regain the throne. Manlajia
ports, we just signed an agreement with them to rent some ports and carry out trade for mutual benefit. We
But we have not occupied the territory of the Kingdom of Malacca. The Nanyang countries have signed agreements with us to lease or buy land and ports. Our leasing or buying directly is a fair transaction and is by no means a forced occupation. You can ask
Ask around. That’s because they didn’t help the tyrants and become enemies of the Ming Dynasty.
, sent troops to help the Folangji people fight against us. You are the only ones who are so audacious as to help the Folangji people plot against us. You can tell yourself, is it that our Ming Dynasty has never forgotten what happened in the past, or that you have not learned from the past?
Are you still hostile to me, Daming? It was you who provoked me, Daming, once again.
, that is why I will kill you without mercy. I will never let you enjoy the courtesy of other Southeast Asian countries. This is the port of Coulombo. We have decided to do it. You dare to say no?
We will show no mercy to any resistance. Even if we kill all of you, you are asking for it."
Prince Kled sighed secretly. Everything Zhang Yanling said was true. After the Battle of Manlajia, there was an extremely secretive small-scale debate within the country of Ceylon, which was to discuss what would happen to Ceylon if the Ming Dynasty troops attacked.
The issue of the country’s position.
It seems that the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty are not good people. Even the Folangji people have been defeated, which makes some people very worried. The kingdom must make a decision whether to help the Folangji people or turn against the Ming Dynasty.
Decide.
In the end, almost everyone disliked Ming and unanimously decided to fight against Ming.
In the battle with the Ming Dynasty, the king was captured and humiliated. Later, the king regained the throne, but in order to cover up his failure, he said that the incident between the Ming Dynasty and Ceylon was to protect the Buddha's tooth from being snatched by the people of the Ming Dynasty.
A walking battle, shaping the king into a fearless hero who protects the holy relic, the Buddha's Tooth.
This kind of lie has been passed down from generation to generation openly and has been engraved in the hearts of the people of Ceylon. This seems to have become a kind of political correctness. Otherwise, it is doubtful that the leader of Ceylon was a great hero. And this will obviously be shaken.
The foundation of the rule of a king who is an extremely fanatical and pious religious country.
The country of Ceylon once again provoked the Ming Dynasty, so what is there to say? Others killed cruelly and ruthlessly, and also wanted to seize the Kulumbo port as their own. Aren't the people of Ceylon bringing the blame on themselves?