Chapter 1356 Nanyang Wind and Rain - The End of the Majapahit Kingdom
I really can't believe that Zhu Gaoxu will destroy our family in one fell swoop." Wigrama Vardhana sat on a big rock and said to Veerabhmi beside him. Although his clothes were damaged at this time,
Covered with mud, he looked very embarrassed, but his movements were still meticulous and his expression was very solemn, as if he was sitting in the hall discussing matters with his ministers, exuding an aura of nobility.
"I never imagined that the Ming army would have such a big appetite and wanted to swallow up the entire island of Java in one fell swoop!" Veerabhmi, who was sitting next to Wigrama Vardhana with his hair spread, suddenly laughed at himself when he said this.
: "I'm such a waste. Before, my brother-in-law, you were in charge of the entire Majapahit Kingdom, and the surrounding countries did not dare to covet us. But I have only taken over as king for more than three months, and this country is about to perish."
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"The matter is not your responsibility." At this time, Wigrama Vardhana suddenly comforted him: "My son has passed away. According to the inheritance system, you or your son should have become the crown prince, but I have never been able to do so."
By canonizing you as the crown prince, you will be dissatisfied with some aristocratic families and temples in the country, which will lead to civil strife and cause unreasonable thoughts in the surrounding countries."
"Brother-in-law, please stop comforting me," Veerabumi shook his head and said, "It's clear what the situation is now. You should be in charge of this country. I shouldn't have competed with you for the throne. Because I have this that I shouldn't have.
My thoughts have brought this country to the brink of destruction, and it is all my responsibility."
Speaking of this, Weerabhumi's eyes turned red. As the son of the previous king, when he was young, he watched Majapahit becoming more and more powerful under his father's rule. He was almost the ruler of the entire Southeast Asia and was full of confidence in the country.
He has a sense of pride and loves his country very much; but this country is about to perish because of his improper actions, and his heart is full of guilt and self-blame.
"Father, I'm sorry for you!" He cried softly and said while crying.
Vigramavardhana did not persuade him. The situation had reached this point and it was irreversible. It was nothing to cry in front of the soldiers. Even if the soldiers lost all their remaining morale because they saw their king crying, it was just
It was only an hour and three hours before he died.
Veerabhmi was crying when King Jia Liang came up. When he saw Veerabhmi lowering his head and crying, he was startled, then walked to Wigrama Vardhana and said, "I have met Your Majesty."
"**Jia Liang," Wigrama Vardana said with a half-smile expression on his face: "You are over there, how are you now? Can Zhu Gaoxu reuse you?"
**Jia Liang showed an embarrassed expression on his face, but it only passed by for a moment. He bent down and saluted Wigrama Vardana again, and said: "Your Majesty, I am indeed ashamed to submit to His Majesty King Su.
, but I had to do this. His Royal Highness King Su found out about Chen’s family. After the capture of Kuju City, he found Chen’s family and asked them to write a letter to persuade me to surrender. Although the content of the letter was just to ask me to surrender to Su.
Your Highness, there is no threat at all, but I can guess that if I don't agree to submit, the family will be severely punished by Your Highness. I have no choice but to submit for the sake of my family, and please forgive me."
"Haha," Wigrama Varda laughed a few times and said, "That's not what you said when I promoted you to the rank of general. What you said then was that you would only be loyal to me in your life, even if the whole family betrayed you.
Even if you leave me, you will still follow me. Could it be that it has been too long and you have forgotten what you said at the beginning? Fortunately, I have a good memory and have not forgotten it."
'And you are not the only general who received a letter of surrender from a family member. Ketanagala also received a letter of surrender, but pretended not to have received it, and imprisoned the people from the family. Next
He led his troops in every battle and fought hard against the rebellious army, and fought hard to death. In this way, he saved his family and did not surrender to the Ming army.' Vigrama Vardhana added in his heart. But he could not say this to anyone.
**Jia Liang listened. Because Ketanagala pretended not to have received the surrender letter, the people from the family told Zhu Gaoxu after they returned that they had not had time to hand over the surrender letter to Ketanagala at the military camp, so he led the troops.
He went to fight against the rebellious army and died in the battle, so Zhu Gaoxu didn't know about it. Not only did he not pursue the Ketanagala family, but he praised Ketanagala's loyalty to the emperor and ordered
His bones were collected and the family was allowed to carry them back for a grand burial. But if he told Jia Liang about this, he would tell Zhu Gaoxu after he returned. Zhu Gaoxu might become angry and massacre the Keta Nagara family. In order not to let Keta
Nagara's last thoughts before his death were in vain, and Zhu Gaoxu could never say that.
"Although your memory is not good, you learn new etiquette very quickly. In our Majapahit Kingdom, no minister has ever called himself 'Chen'; only the Ming Dynasty requires this from ministers. You learn it very quickly. You are full of words so quickly."
It’s all called ‘subject’.” Vigrama Vardhana said sarcastically.
** Jia Liang was about to say something when he saw Wigrama Varda wave his hand: "You don't have to say anything else. I don't want to hear it either. Just say it. What did Zhu Gaoxu ask you to say to me?"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, His Majesty King Su has sent me to persuade you and Mr. Weerabumi to surrender to His Majesty. Your Majesty, His Majesty King Su, promises to treat you well, and asks me, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, to make you a marquis, to inherit from generation to generation, and to be with the Ming Dynasty forever. The reason for this
King Song, King Luo, King Pu, King Yue and General Cao will serve as guarantees to ensure that your Majesty and Mr. Willabumi will not have any worries about their lives."
"Your Majesty, the Ming Emperor is very kind. After he sent troops to destroy Annan, he only killed the Li family and his son. The rest of the Li family were pardoned and moved to the capital. Those who were willing to serve the Ming Dynasty became officials in the court.
Unwilling to allocate land for the Ming Dynasty, Li Ji Ya's eldest son Li Cheng also joined the Governor's Office and held a considerable official position, which shows the kindness of my Majesty the Ming Emperor."
"Although your Majesty once provoked the majesty of the Ming Dynasty when he was in power, he immediately admitted his mistake and will never pursue your fault again. Your Majesty can rest assured and surrender. If your Majesty is really worried about His Highness King Su, you can go to His Highness King Song's
For the fiefdom, His Royal Highness the King of Song Dynasty requested the decree." Jia Liang said, with a hint of jealousy. He took the risk and led his troops to rebel and defect to Zhu Gaoxu, and captured several important cities. He could only be granted the title of hereditary commander, although
Zhu Gaoxu has already submitted a memorial to His Majesty the Emperor requesting him to be ennobled as an earl, but it is still unknown whether it will be approved; but Wigrama Vardana and Veerabhmi can become marquises as long as they surrender.
The Marquis is not much different and may still be reused.
Wigramawardana listened to his words quietly and did not answer immediately. Instead, he stood up and walked a few steps and looked down. He was at the top of a hill about one to two hundred feet high.
There were about three to four thousand soldiers on the hillside and under the hill. They built a simple defense line around the hill to guard against the Ming army's attack.
All these soldiers, like Vigramavardhana, had shabby clothes and uneven weapons in their hands. Some were holding knives, some were holding spears, some were holding bows and arrows, and some were empty-handed.
The forest broke off a branch and used it as a weapon. Although Wigramawardana could not see their faces clearly due to the short distance, he could guess that the expressions of all the soldiers must be mixed with fear, fear and fear.
Farther away, about two to three hundred feet away, there was also a circle of people. Vigramavardhana lost his clairvoyance while escaping, so he could not see the people in the distance clearly, but he also knew that they must be Ming troops.
, the Ming army had neat uniforms, sophisticated weapons, and high morale.
Wigrama Vardhana looked at it for a while, then suddenly closed his eyes and recalled what had happened in the past few days.
That day, after he sent General Jia Liang to sue for peace from the Ming army, General Jia Liang quickly returned to the military camp and told him that Zhu Gaoxu intended to delay. He made a prompt decision and ordered all the soldiers to break out of the encirclement from the path in the mountains to the south in groups of ten.
If he issued such an order in normal times, the army might still be able to maintain a certain degree of organization and order, and it would be possible to reorganize them after leaving the mountains. But now the result of issuing such an order is that all the soldiers in the army are scrambling to escape for their lives.
Entering the mountain road, they did not pay any attention to the order arranged at the beginning, and the order soon fell into chaos. Vigrama Vardhana was protected by his most trusted army. Although he escaped safely, only more than 3,000 people were regrouped, and the others were
Don't know where it went.
Wigrama Vardana knew in his heart that since Zhu Gaoxu wanted to annihilate him, he would definitely send troops to chase him and seize Bitter Orange City and other cities; he also knew that he could not defend any city at this time.
After thinking about it, he decided to give up the throne to Wilabumi. While he sent people to give the king's token to Wilabumi, he led troops to approach Wilabumi's fief. Bitter Orange City and other cities could not care about it at all.
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Veerabhmi heard what the envoy said and was very happy when he saw what the envoy brought. He immediately led his troops to the west to meet Vigramavardhana, while protecting Bitter Orange City and other cities, and also negotiated an armistice with the Ming army.
Negotiate.
The two sides fought a battle outside Bitter Orange City, with neither victory nor defeat. Seeing that the city was difficult to break, Zhu Gaoxu agreed to negotiate a peace with Veerabhmi, but asked for the handover of Wigrama Vardhana. Of course Veerabhmi would not agree to this.
At the request of the Ming Dynasty, the two sides negotiated the terms of the armistice. In the process, Zhu Gaoxu gradually reduced the number of soldiers under Kuju City and instead allowed them to plunder in the countryside. This made Willabumi believe that the Ming army wanted to negotiate peace.
But at this moment, news suddenly came that the Ming army that had been plundering in the countryside suddenly gathered and seemed to be attacking a city. Veerabhmi immediately became nervous. Now Wigrama Vardhana is leading his remaining soldiers
The defeated general was stationed in that city. If the city was breached and Wigramawardana was snatched away by the Ming army, the consequences would be disastrous. Veerabhmi then personally led his troops to rescue him. He did not relax the defense of Bitter Orange City and stayed behind.
Many soldiers.
But what he didn't expect was that the Ming army was scattered in the countryside and not just plundering. Every large city in the Majapahit Kingdom had clans and temples. In order to win over these clans and temples, Wigrama
Vardana or Veerabhmi, every family has officials under them. Based on the background of the guards of Bitter Orange City, Zhu Gaoxu singled out those whose families were in his control area and sent his generals to surround them.
These families asked them to write letters to their clan members as generals.
Although these families and temples have armed forces, how can they resist the Ming army? In order to save their families or temples, they can only agree to the Ming army's request. The generals received the letter, and some people chose to join the Ming Dynasty for the sake of their families. That's it,
With the help of these Majapahit generals who had taken refuge with him, Zhu Gaoxu captured Bitter Orange City and some other cities.
After hearing this, Weerabumi was shocked and immediately led his troops to recapture Bitter Orange City. However, as these cities belonged to the Ming army, more generals were forced to defect to Zhu Gaoxu due to family pressure. Weerabumi and Wigrama Varda
All the generals under his command rebelled and their troops were greatly reduced; while Zhu Gaoxu's troops were greatly increased, and he was more skillful in using troops than Veerabhmi or Vegrama Vardhana. After two months of fighting, they
Almost all the land was lost, leaving only the hill below.
"A crime other than war, a crime other than war! If this war took place on the territory of another country, I would not necessarily lose; if there had not been a civil war with Willabumi, even if I could not win, I would never lose.
It's so miserable."
"It's useless to talk about it now. There is nothing in the world that can go back in time. Gods and Buddhas are all fake and cannot truly bless those who believe in them. I have thrown away almost everything."
"However, there is one thing that I can keep and not throw away!" Vigrama Vardhana said to himself.
After saying this, he turned to look at Zhu Gaoliang and said to him: "Go back and tell Zhu Gaoxu that I, Wigrama Vardana, the former king of Majapahit, will never surrender to him!"
"Your Majesty, please think twice!" ** Jia Liang advised again: "Even if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about the Queen. The Queen has been His Highness's guest since the fall of Bitter Orange City, and she wants to reunite with His Majesty.
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"Hahaha!" Wigrama Vardana said with a smile: "Queen, I still understand that she will definitely not be willing to surrender. When Bitter Orange City was attacked, she must have committed suicide. You don't need to take it.
Such words frame me."
"Even if you don't consider the queen, you still have to consider Lord Weerabumi. He may not be willing to be like you."
** Before Jia Liang finished speaking, he heard a voice coming from beside him: "My decision is the same as my brother-in-law's. I will never surrender to Zhu Gaoxu!" Weila Bumi didn't know when he stopped crying. At this time, he stood up and walked to Wegla.
Mawardana stood beside him and spoke word by word.
"Okay, let us brothers build a country for our late king and die together." Wigramavardhana laughed loudly and said these words, raised the knife in his hand, and killed himself. Veerabhmi
Then he also raised his own knife, but after looking at it for a few times, he picked up the knife held by Wigramavarda and committed suicide. (To be continued)
