The sound of the cannon was so frightening that King Long almost fell off his war elephant.
The others were also in the same situation. They all felt that kind of horror and immediately looked nervously towards the direction of the gunfire.
However, with the sound of the cannon, they no longer needed to turn around to look, as they saw large groups of Ming troops emerging from all directions, swarming out, and they were immediately frightened.
I saw the Ming army rushing out, all with flintlock guns pointed at them. They stood in three rows in every direction, squatting, half-crouching, standing, and there were some waiting behind them.
Even the field guns had several doors, and they were pulled out, with their dark muzzles pointed at them.
Just in the direction of the running sound, there was a big flag fluttering in the wind with a big "horse" embroidered on it!
Under this flagpole, on a tall horse, there is a general who is very special. It is not that he is tall, but he only has one eye, and the other eye is covered with an eyepatch.
Needless to say, this Ming general is Ma Xianglin, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty who conquered Dongwu!
Today's white-armed army has already replaced its cannons with cannons. Except for a few remaining white-armed guns, all of them have been replaced by flintlock muskets!
He and Mu Tianbo divided the work, and Mu Tianbo was responsible for attacking Ava City, while he, under the leadership of the local tribes who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, bypassed Ava City and ambush far away, waiting for the enemies of Ava City to come from
Escape from the gap.
What I didn't expect was that the enemies who had escaped from Ava City were waiting for them so quickly!
With contempt in his heart, Ma Xianglin waved his hand to the local natives and shouted, "If they don't surrender, they will be killed!"
The laughter of King Long was still condensed on his face. Looking at this scene and listening to the shouts of the natives, when he came back to his senses, he immediately grabbed a musket from the guard beside him in anger and wanted to shoot at
The native who shouted fired his gun.
Seeing this situation, the gunshots from the Ming army suddenly rang out first.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
I saw several rows of Ming soldiers closest to him, King Long, firing.
The lead bullets hit the war elephant, but it did not kill the war elephant, but it hurt the war elephant, and it immediately went crazy.
War elephants are beasts, and it is their instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. The Ming army smoked and beat the animals that hurt them. After this madness, they turned around and ran away, and immediately began to trample the defeated soldiers behind them.
Even King Long, who was on the back of the war elephant, was almost knocked off, but he only managed to hold on to the guardrail to prevent him from falling.
After a period of panic, the remaining defeated generals who escaped from Ava City finally surrendered. Including King Long, who did not want to surrender, but the people around him used him as a gift, hoping to win the favor of the Ming army and give him to him.
He was tied up and presented to the Ming army.
Dongwu's biggest enemy was wiped out by the Ming Dynasty.
What is left is for the Ming army to sweep downstream along the Yinlowaddy River. For now, it is just sweeping both sides of the Yinlowaddy River.
For those tribes in the mountains and deep valleys, if they are not big, they will ignore them and just go back to inform them. This is the world of the Ming Dynasty, and things should be done according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty. If they dare to resist, they will go back and annihilate them!
If the tribe is relatively large and the large number of people may affect the security on both sides of the Yinrawaddy River, they will be polite first and then send troops. If they are not convinced, they will send troops directly.
Among them, Ma Xianglin swept downstream, while Mu Tianbo attacked Siam in the east.
At the same time that the city of Ava was captured, military intelligence was sent to Yunnan and then reported to the capital.
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At the same time, the navy had changed into new uniforms and passed through Dongfan and arrived in Luzon. Manila is now the capital of the Zhou Kingdom, but at this time it is no longer called Manila, but was renamed Kaifeng by the King of Zhou.
Remember his story!
Generally speaking, people call it Xiao Kaifeng privately.
Manila Bay, now known as Little Kaifeng Bay, was originally home to the Nanyang Navy of the Ming Dynasty, commanded by Zheng Zhibao. As soon as the navy arrived, it became very lively!
The backbone of the boarding navy was actually the fleet that Zheng Zhilong brought to the north from the original Fujian Navy. Although there were many new people after the expansion of the army, there were still many old people. As soon as they merged with the Nanyang Navy, they suddenly became distraught.
The young man was in tears when he met fellow villagers, and the local restaurant business suddenly became prosperous.
Nowadays, soldiers are no longer the moneyless people they used to be. If they have meritorious service in battle, many of them will have a good fortune. This has boosted the economy of small Kaifeng and made the King of Zhou very happy.
Of course, the most fundamental reason for his happiness was that he knew that the imperial court had finally decided to send troops to conquer the Dutch in Nanyang.
The Dutch in Nanyang have always been a thorn in his heart. Fortunately, Zheng Zhibao's navy is stationed there. Otherwise, he would not have confidence based on the military strength of the Zhou Kingdom.
In particular, the Dutch also sold firearms to the indigenous people on various islands in Southeast Asia, which also made King Zhou very unhappy.
Because those indigenous people were actually not happy with the Ming Dynasty's large-scale development of Southeast Asia. After they had firearms in their hands, they became very resistant to the Ming people after hearing the Dutch's instigation, and even Zhou's fishing boats went to sea.
If you are alone, you may be robbed by the natives.
In addition, it became very difficult for the King of Zhou to recruit those indigenous people to become subjects of the Zhou Kingdom.
All this is because the Dutch are behind it!
But now it's good, the court is finally taking action.
Overjoyed, King Zhou held a banquet in his palace to entertain the Ming navy generals.
At the banquet, Zheng Zhibao smiled and said to the King of Zhou: "In the decree sent by the imperial court, the navy gathered here in Nanyang this time will not only wipe out the Dutch, but also wipe out the islands that oppose our Ming Dynasty everywhere.
Wang Jufan’s safety on the road!”
After the navy came to join them this time, the number of Ming warships in Nanyang has reached more than 350, and there are more than 200 other supporting ships. This military strength is already absolute strength for Nanyang.
That kind of thing.
This is because the navy that conquered Japan has not returned, and there is also a navy in Annan. Otherwise, it would not be a problem for the Ming Navy to gather thousands of ships!
Hearing this, King Zhou couldn't help but be overjoyed. With this, the Kingdom of Zhou would be completely safe, and all sorts of troubles would be gone!
Immediately, he immediately thought of another question, and hurriedly toasted to Zheng Zhibao, and then asked: "It is impossible for the imperial court to take back the captives from the navy's expedition to Nanyang. How about buying them at a high price?"
The Ming Dynasty usually dealt with prisoners by mining and building roads, and then regarded them as hostile to the Ming Dynasty, or worked until death, such as building captives; or gave them a time limit of five years, ten years, etc.
, after the period is over, you can become a citizen of the Ming Dynasty.
In this case, the King of Zhou set his sights on the captives in Nanyang.
Although it is said that the indigenous people here in Nanyang are actually relatively stupid, and they are even more difficult to manage due to language barriers.
However, the Zhou Kingdom was originally ruled by the Spaniards and massacred the Ming people here several times. After the Ming Navy captured this place, in retaliation, they not only killed all the Spaniards, but also killed the tribes who helped the Spaniards massacre the Ming people.
All sacrificed in blood.
The consequence of this is that Luzon Island, that is, the Zhou Kingdom, has a sparse population. Even if the King of Zhou recruited many people from the mainland when he first established the vassal state, there were still only a few people.
Therefore, when the King of Zhou heard from Zheng Zhibao that the imperial army was raiding Southeast Asia, he focused on the prisoners of the navy.
He bought it at a high price, thinking that it was a good deal and could replenish the population of Zhou State. In this way, more people would be able to dig the mines in Zhou State!
Before he became a vassal, Emperor Chongzhen had pointed out to him that the minerals in the Zhou Dynasty had been buried in the ground. If they were not dug out, the King of Zhou would be a little itchy.
However, what he didn't expect was that after Zheng Zhibao heard what he said, he shook his head and said: "The imperial decree has stated that the prisoners captured here in Nanyang will be given to King Ding. His vassal country over there
The land is vast and sparsely populated, so there is an urgent need for manpower to open up wasteland and cultivate fields.”
Hearing this, King Zhou couldn't help but feel regretful, but he didn't complain.
Among all the feudal lords, he is the most discerning.
The bandits besieged Kaifeng, and other vassal kings might rather die than spend money to prepare for war, such as King Fu of Luoyang. However, King Zhou was different. He immediately spent a lot of money, so that the bandit Li Zicheng's troops later gathered
Cao Cao and Luo Rucai's troops besieged Kaifeng, but they were unable to capture it.
The great contribution to this lies in the generous donation of King Zhou!
Now, after hearing Zheng Zhibao's words, he was very sorry that he could not buy prisoners from the navy. However, he knew very well that Prince Ding was the biological son of the current emperor, and he was a man who had been separated for who knows how many generations.
Can a vassal king compare with the current emperor's biological son?
Even if Emperor Taizu has a spiritual appearance, he and the biological son of Emperor Taizu have been passed down for who knows how many generations!
To be a human being, you must be content! This is King Zhou’s philosophy of being a human being!
So King Zhou had no choice but to express his regret, and then he ate and drank when it was time, but he did not feel unhappy or embarrassed about it.
Seeing this, Lu Jiude, the supervisor of the army, reminded the king of Zhou with a smile: "In addition to the prisoners, there are also local people. The prince can send people with the army to recruit one or two. If the local people are willing to become subjects of the Zhou Kingdom, these will not be
Maybe he's among the prisoners."
He already knew that the imperial court had already decided on a strategy for the big island adjacent to the Zhou Kingdom and was preparing to grant a vassal king there.
Lu Jiude had no friendship with other vassal kings, so he naturally didn't need to think about other vassal kings. Just giving some advice to King Zhou within the rules and saying something casually could be regarded as a reward for King Zhou's banquet.
As for whether the vassal king who was granted the title in the future would quarrel with the King of Zhou or go to the capital to cause trouble, that was the King of Zhou's business and had nothing to do with him.
When King Zhou heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and the atmosphere of the banquet became even more lively.
On the sixth day after the banquet, the navy had rested and replenished supplies in Zhou Dynasty, and then began to conquer the Dutch in Southeast Asia.