"Both Vigramavardana and Veerabhmi committed suicide?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.
"Your Highness, Vigramawardana and Veerabhmi both told me that they would never surrender after I went to persuade them to surrender, and then they committed suicide with their swords. Before committing suicide, Vigramavarda took the order to surrender the remaining troops to Your Highness.
, and please His Highness to treat the surrendered soldiers kindly and not to massacre them." ** Jia Liang bowed and said.
"Would Gu Ziran massacre the surrendered soldiers? What else did they say, but about their families?" Zhu Gaoxu asked again. As Wigrama Vardana guessed, when his wife was attacked in Bitter Orange City
Zhu Gaoxu had already committed suicide. Zhu Gaoxu found a very high-quality coffin and planned to hold a funeral that was not extravagant but of high standard. Most of the family members of Wigrama Vardana fled and they were not captured in time. Kewei
Labumi's family members did not commit suicide, and his wife and children are still alive.
"Vigrama Vardhana guessed that his wife had committed suicide and had no children, and did not mention her family; Veerabhmi picked up his knife and committed suicide immediately after Vigrama Vardhana committed suicide, and just said something to the minister.
'I, Majapahit, have already perished. It is useless for His Highness King Su to murder my family. I ask him not to murder my family.'"
"That's all." Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but admire them when he heard that they were so decisive when they died. The only way to die through the ages is to be able to talk and laugh as usual without hesitation. Most people can't do that. 'Vigrama Vardhana is really
It's a pity that in a place like the Western Region where it is difficult for any conspiracy to be carried out, the outcome of this battle is hard to say.'
However, Zhu Gaoxu only sighed with emotion for a moment, and immediately came back to his senses. He himself was also a decisive person, so admiration was out of the question. He was just a little emotional. He then ordered: "Since the gun is bright,
The fact that you can return safely shows that these remaining defeated generals are indeed willing to surrender. Cheng'an, you led the troops to collect their weapons, but the general's sword is no longer needed and they are allowed to keep it."
"Huaying, go and bring Xida. Let him wear the clothes that represent the monarch."
"Yes, Your Highness." Hua Ying and Cheng An agreed.
"Gao Xu, are you going to hold a surrender ceremony?" After hearing these two words, Zhu who was next to him asked.
"Of course we have to hold a surrender ceremony." Zhu Gaoxu rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "I have wanted to hold a surrender ceremony for a long time, but the foreign countries that were wiped out on Sumatra were too small and not worth holding; the remaining two
It is difficult to destroy this country for a while, and it is difficult to hold it. It happened that the Majapahit Kingdom was destroyed, and a surrender ceremony had to be held. Now, I am the first among the vassal kings to accept the surrender of the Fan Kingdom, right? Can I become one?
The Ming Dynasty was the first vassal king to accept the surrender of a foreign country, which is worthy of boasting."
He then muttered to himself: "Fortunately, I was well prepared for Wigramavardana and Veerabhmi to commit suicide or be beaten to death. I specially brought Veerabhmi's son Shida here, and also taught him
What should he say to surrender, otherwise he would not be able to find a suitable person to surrender on behalf of the Majapahit Kingdom."
"You remember wrongly, your eighteenth uncle has already accepted Fan Guo's surrender," Zhu said.
"Oh, I forgot about Uncle Eighteen's acceptance of the surrender of Ava!" Zhu Gaoxu had a look of regret on his face.
"So, since you are not the first one, you don't have to accept the surrender in person. Let your uncle accept Majapahit's surrender on your behalf." Zhu continued.
"That's not okay!" Zhu Gaoxu immediately refused. Are you kidding? Although he can no longer get the first honor, it is still a very honorable thing to accept the surrender of a country. How could he be willing to give it to others?
"Gao Xu," Zhu saw his refusal, and said: "There are still two foreign countries on the Sumatra island where you are, and there will be opportunities to accept surrender in the future; the Luzon island that my uncle sealed is full of barbarians who are close to the savages.
, not even a formal country has been established, and asking them to hold a surrender ceremony is nothing more than a farce, and we cannot do this. Therefore, my uncle will not have the opportunity to accept surrender in the future, so you should give this opportunity to your uncle."
"How can we give in?" Zhu Gaoxu said: "Is there any reason to give in on such a thing? Besides, our Su Fan troops contributed a lot in this battle. If my nephew gives in, I will be sorry for their hard work these days."
"That's not what you said..." Zhu continued to argue. Then Zhu Mo and Zhu Xian also came, hoping to get a chance to accept surrender.
Everyone debated for a long time, and the surrender ceremony had been prepared, but the outcome of the debate had not yet come out. It was Xu Zengshou and Cao Che who intervened to make Zhu, Zhu Mo and Zhu Xian no longer insist on accepting Majapayi's surrender, but they also agreed.
Zhu Gaoxu came here to ask for a favor.
"If I had known this, I should have prevented them from coming to Java Island on the grounds of avoiding military orders." Zhu Gaoxu complained. In this battle, Su Fan sent the most troops, made the greatest contributions, and suffered the greatest losses.
He was supposed to accept the surrender, but he actually wanted to give benefits to the three of them. Zhu Gaoxu was a little unhappy.
"Okay," Xu Zengshou said: "They are all the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty. The treasures you got from Java Island this time are countless, so it's okay to give them some. Besides, you have already given the majority to the court.
You should stop worrying about these gadgets."
"This is different." The things he paid tribute to Yun were all high-value things that could not be directly spent as money, such as antiques, jade, etc. Not only could these things not be directly spent as money, but if sold in large quantities in a short period of time, the price would be very high.
The price will drop a lot, which is not cost-effective. Giving it to Yun not only benefits himself, but also makes him appear to be deferential to the emperor, killing two birds with one stone.
"You are not a general sent by His Majesty to destroy the Majapahit Kingdom. Your fiefdom is nearby, and you are neighbors with King Luo, King Pu and other His Highnesses. If you give your neighbors something, you will not ask for troops to help them in the future.
It's not in vain if you are too embarrassed to help." Xu Zengshou said.
When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he thought it made sense, so he said nothing.
After that, the surrender ceremony was held. Zhu Gaoxu stood on the high platform and looked at the 12-year-old son of Weerabhumi opposite, Shida, picking up the scepter representing King Majapahit and said stiffly the words he had taught him in the past few days.
After coming out, Zhu Gaoxu was filled with a sense of satisfaction. 'I, Zhu Gaoxu, am also a person who can destroy a big country!'
Until the end of the ceremony, Zhu Gaoxu was still immersed in this sense of satisfaction, and kept thinking about the situation when he took over the scepter from Hida. "I really want to destroy the two countries of Sumatra and Svenada as soon as possible."
It’s time to relive this scene. Besides, if those two countries can be destroyed, I will be the one who has accepted the surrender of three foreign countries. If I can’t be the first, I can do the most.’ He thought about it while reminiscing, until he heard someone
He said: "Okay, don't dwell on it. Your Highness, you will have another chance in the future."
"Cao Che, you are really ignorant. You must be very bored when you are at home." Zhu Gaoxu joked. In the past three months, he and Cao Che have been in the military camp together, and they have become familiar with each other and can make a few jokes.
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"How can I let you keep thinking about these things? There are still many things to arrange." Cao Che ignored his joke and talked about business directly: "Two days ago, the official had already met with the King of Song, King Pu and Chen of Yue Fan.
The generals have discussed that after they get their share of the goods, they will withdraw their troops and return to the vassal state. Only His Highness King Luo is willing to continue to lead troops and stay on Java Island. But at the beginning, His Highness King Luo did not send many troops and could only garrison the city.
Three or four, His Highness will send troops to garrison the rest. Almost the important task of maintaining order on the entire Java Island falls on Su Fan's soldiers. But now due to the war, only about 50% of the entire island is garrisoned by troops, and the rest
There are no soldiers or officials to control the place. Even those cities that still belong to the Majapahit Kingdom are likely to become chaotic after the news of Hida's surrender spreads. Soldiers must be assigned immediately to take over the cities and maintain order."
"Here, if there is chaos in some places, let him mess with it first. Anyway, the richer cities have already been occupied, and not much wealth will be lost." Zhu Gaoxu said this.
He was not willing to disperse his soldiers to garrison in various cities. Although Java Island is not large, it is larger than Zhejiang. It has fertile land, a large population, and is mostly plains with many cities. If each island
Since every city has to garrison troops, he is afraid that he can only disperse the army in units of a thousand households. No, spreading the troops in units of a thousand households may not be enough. Some cities may only have a few hundred people.
Spreading the army in this way is, firstly, harmful to military training. The army has changed from a field army to a garrison army. Its main task in peacetime is to maintain public order, so training will gradually decrease. It will become increasingly unfamiliar with large-scale operations, and its combat effectiveness will weaken. It will end in the future.
After being stationed on Java Island, it would be even more difficult to train them back again.
There are many examples of this kind of thing at home and abroad. During World War II, the Japanese army in North China had to build bunkers one after another and station troops to garrison them under the harassment of the guerrillas. The combat capabilities of the Japanese troops stationed in the bunkers gradually deteriorated. At the end of World War II, the main force of the Communist Army fought
When they came here, they were no match and lost a county town in one day. After the Iraq War, the US troops who had been performing missions in Iraq for a long time were defeated miserably in exercises by the troops who had been staying in the country after returning home.
The second is to worry about the safety of these troops. Although everyone, including Zhu Gaoxu and the various Nanyang ethnic groups themselves, believe that the fighting power of the Nanyang indigenous people is not as good as that of the Han people, Mongols and other ethnic groups from the north, but the ants will bite the elephants to death.
The army is dispersed in units of hundreds to garrison the city. If someone gathers thousands of people and ambush them while they are out of the city to suppress the bandits, they will most likely lose the battle and may even be wiped out. In this war, his
The losses were already considerable, and Zhu Gaoxu did not want to lose any more soldiers because of such a thing.
Of course, the most important thing is that Java Island only belongs to him temporarily and will be handed over to others in a few months. He does not want to spend too much time dealing with matters on Java Island.
"Your Highness, it is also good for you to garrison the city. Although most of the goods have been collected, the food hidden in the people's homes has not yet been collected. Send troops to collect the food; and more local people can be 'recruited'
Going to Su Fan has a lot of benefits," Cao Che said again.
"This," Zhu Gaoxu was still a little reluctant.
"His Royal Highness King Su," Cao Che said with emphasis, "Your Majesty will be happy to hear that His Highness has managed Java Island in an orderly manner."
"I understand. I will immediately order the garrison." After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu said immediately.
He may not care about the security of Java Island, or what Cao Che thinks, but he must take into account Yun's thoughts. At this time, the vassal states in Nanyang are indeed basically independent countries, but if the central court cuts off aid, their lives will be in danger.
He will also be very sad; if he is allowed to be punished, even if it is only through economic means, it will be nothing less than a large-scale natural disaster for the Nanyang vassal countries that are short of everything except food and whose local handicraft industry is very backward.
Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but recall what Cao Che said to persuade him when he was hesitant and even gradually inclined to refuse after Cao Che proposed to eliminate Vigramawardana and Veerabhmi.
"Your Highness, have you thought it through carefully? Do you want to adopt my superior's suggestion?"
"Cao Che, the two of us are not strangers. I will tell you the truth. This strategy of yours can indeed gain more wealth, but the loss of soldiers will inevitably be more. I, Su Fan, have few villains.
, too many soldiers have been lost, but no amount of wealth can make up for it. Moreover, Java Island is the most fertile island in Southeast Asia. Even if he is captured, His Majesty may not give him to the king as a fief. Therefore,
forget it."
"Your Highness, there are not many people in Su Fan, and I know that, but have you ever thought about where the Han people in your country, whether they are ordinary people or prisoners, come from?"
"Of course it comes from the Central Plains."
"If they come from the Central Plains, wouldn't it be up to His Majesty to decide how many there are?"
When he said this, Cao Che had a smile on his face, but Zhu Gaoxu suddenly stood up. His words awakened Zhu Gaoxu. Although everything he owned was made by himself,
The rewards come from Yun, and Yun has the ability to take them back at any time. Therefore, if you want the country to be good, the most important thing is not to govern the country, but to please Yun. If Yun is happy, it will have endless benefits for his vassal; if he is unhappy, there will be endless disadvantages.
.So even if he cannot occupy Java Island in the future, he will try his best to capture this island, and then ask Yun to appoint a vassal king. In this way, Yun will be happy to be so knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and the benefits to Su Fan will be
Looking at it now, the benefits may not be less than if he occupied Java Island.
Having figured this out at the time, Zhu Gaoxu immediately agreed to Cao Che's strategy; the nature of the problem now is the same as it was then, and of course he had to adopt the same strategy.
"I will also immediately request a decree, requesting your Majesty to appoint a vassal king to garrison the precious land of Java Island." Zhu Gaoxu said again.
"We also need to send Xida and others to the capital." Cao Che added.
"Yes, send them to the capital." Zhu Gaoxu also said.