At this time, King Arakan didn't care to think about why the Ming army appeared here. He just asked quickly: "How many Ming troops are here?"
Sha Shujia, who was beside him, naturally had someone translating for him. When he confirmed that it was the Ming army coming, he suddenly swayed and his face turned pale.
It turned out that the Ming army really came over, which means that the Ming army must have solved the Mughal Empire army on Dongwu's side before they came over. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to let Dongwu be defeated by the Moghul Empire.
Occupied by the Wol Empire Army!
In other words, it means that the great victory he had previously reported to Shah Jahan suddenly became a big joke!
This also means that in the battle for the throne, he will be far away from the other two princes. Even if he does nothing, it is better than a big defeat!
Shashuja's expression caused the Arakan King to misunderstand. He thought he was frightened by the Ming army, so he quickly turned to comfort Shashuja: "Second prince, don't worry, Chittagong is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Portuguese were unable to attack before."
If you can’t get in, nothing will happen!”
Having said this, he paused and added: "Listen, the warships of the Ming Dynasty should all be large sea ships. If they really come to attack Chittagong, they will be living targets in the Galadan River!"
After hearing this, Shashujia's face really looked better, but before he had time to speak, the messenger who rushed back to report the news directly interrupted the conversation between the two of them, and reported hurriedly: "Your Highness, tomorrow
There are at least thousands of military warships, large and small, and we are no match for the Ming Navy!"
"What?" King Arakan was shocked when he heard this, and quickly asked to confirm, "How many? Thousands of ships? Is there a mistake?"
He has about two hundred ships, which is already great. The Ming Dynasty came with thousands of ships at once. Are there so many ships?
Shashuja on the side was also shocked. With thousands of warships, would they cover the entire sea? This is simply unimaginable!
"Just a little more, you can't go wrong!" the messenger quickly replied.
After receiving the confirmation, King Arakan finally panicked. The sweat on his forehead suddenly appeared and flowed down his cheeks, but he didn't bother to wipe it himself.
At this moment, he really felt that the Ming Empire was really a huge behemoth. To attack this small country like his, they actually dispatched thousands of warships!
But when he saw the panic among his ministers and his ally Shashuja, he knew that if he could not stabilize the morale of the army, everything would be over.
So, he quickly shouted: "Don't panic, don't panic, it's hard for a strong dragon to defeat the local snakes. They are not familiar with the terrain on our side. They immediately dispatched troops to ambush on both sides of the Galadan River. Ming warships dare to kill them."
Come in and teach them a lesson they will never forget."
"When the Portuguese came in, we defeated them before. We are experienced, don't panic!"
"..."
While he was talking, he saw his warships on the Galadan River fleeing back in panic. On the official road on the river bank, there were peripheral Arakan soldiers fleeing this way.
After seeing this scene, everyone realized that the rumbling sound of artillery was already mixed with the continuous sound of musketry.
At this moment, the King of Arakan could not say those words to encourage morale. In fact, no one listened to what he said at the scene before him.
"Report!" A horseman rushed to the front of King Arakan, turned over and dismounted, and reported loudly, "The Ming army has disembarked, and they are coming here by land and water."
"..." King Arakan was stunned when he heard this!
The Ming army actually invaded by land and water, so how could he fight?
At this time, he also remembered that when he fought with the Portuguese, the Portuguese had less than twenty ships in total, but now, the Ming army has thousands of ships!
What is this concept? It is simply unimaginable!
At this time, the King of Arakan was about to cry, but what? Why would he use such a huge force to attack a small country like his?
Shashuja on the side understood the situation and immediately turned around and ran away without saying a word. Soon, he rode a horse and fled northwest along the land route. It was obvious that he was going back to the Mughal Empire.
, will not coexist or die with the Kingdom of Arakan at all!
The King of Arakan called him from behind, but he got no response at all and quickly disappeared from his sight.
"It's over, it's over, it's all over!" King Arakan muttered to himself in despair, looking extremely bad.
Originally, he thought that there was a big country like the Mughal Empire that he could rely on. If he persisted, maybe the Mughal Empire's army would come to help and it would be possible to turn defeat into victory. As a result, the second prince of the Mughal Empire, without saying a word,
He ran away immediately, obviously treating the covenant as bullshit and not caring about the Arakan Kingdom. There was no hope at all!
At this moment, in the direction of the outer sea, the sound of heavy artillery has been reduced a lot. Instead, the sound of "bang bang bang" of muskets is coming one after another. In the middle, you can also hear someone shouting in the local language of Arakan: "
Kneel down and surrender without killing!"
The Portuguese on the escaped warships that had appeared in their field of vision were suddenly killing the Arakanese who refused to surrender one by one. On the river bank, the defeated Arakanese soldiers were also kneeling in large numbers.
On the road, no more running!
King Arakan was numb when he saw this scene, and he was still muttering to himself: "It's over, it's over, it's really over!"
Even if he wanted to escape like Shashuja, there would be no place to escape.
The Kingdom of Arakan is basically just a narrow strip along the west coast of Dongwu. It mainly lives in this bay.
If possible, he would not mind surrendering to the Ming army. At least in the past, the Arakan Kingdom paid tribute to the Ming Empire.
However, the latest national policy of the Ming Empire is to entrust their vassal kings overseas. Many of the former vassal states were taken away by the Ming Dynasty. Even though there are many reasons, he is not stupid. In the final analysis, it is actually the national policy change of the Ming Empire.
Got it!
Others can surrender. If the King of Arakan surrenders, he will definitely not be as good as before. He will definitely have no power. He may even be a prisoner, or even find a crime and be sentenced to death. After all, the Ming Dynasty is interested in his territory!
Just when King Arakan hesitated, traces of the Ming army were seen in the direction of the outer sea, which were very conspicuous.
On both sides of the river, a large number of Ming troops, wearing uniform red uniforms, were very dazzling. They ignored those who knelt and surrendered and were heading towards Chittagong to attack.
In the river, the warships of the Ming army have also been seen. They are some small iron-clad warships. Not to mention the smoke, the artillery on the ship is firing from time to time, which scares the Arakan warships in front of them and they duck to the side to surrender.
.
Not to mention how many ships were parked at the estuary, they couldn't handle just these armored monster ships that invaded the river. Not to mention, the artillery on these armored monster ships fired at an extremely fast rate.
Can't fight.
At this moment, the people of the Arakan Kingdom in Chittagong, from top to bottom, all saw how powerful a superpower is!
King Arakan's legs were so weak that he could not stand upright. However, the people around him immediately stretched out their hands to help him. I don't know if they were afraid that he would fall, but they grabbed him so tightly that it hurt his arms.
King Arakan came back to his senses and turned to look at the man who was supporting him angrily. Just when he was about to shout angrily, he heard the man shout loudly: "I have captured the king, and I want to surrender to the Tomorrow Army..."
Others heard that no one came to rescue him. Instead, they rushed over and grabbed him. His arms were covered with iron claws, and then all the voices shouted beside him.
"Great Tomorrow Soldier, the king is here!"
"We have no intention of becoming an enemy of the Heavenly Kingdom. We are forced by the King!"
"We have long been waiting for heaven to send troops, and the king has caught them for you!"
"..."
At this moment, hearing his men shouting, the Arakan King couldn't help but be stunned. After he came to his senses, he also shouted loudly: "I surrender voluntarily. They forced me to form an alliance with the Mughal Empire. They don't care about me."
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At the port, seeing the power of the Ming army attacking, the Arab merchants and Persian merchants who were watching the excitement were all ready to hide back home, but when they saw the scene on the side of the King of Arakan, they were all shocked
stunned.
Is this okay?
In the end, the soldiers of the Ming army captured Chittagong easily and with great force, and with the cooperation of the captured King of Arakan, they quickly captured the Kingdom of Arakan.
In fact, there are not many large gathering places suitable for humans in the Arakan Kingdom. As long as the Ming army controls these few places, it will basically declare its occupation of the Arakan Kingdom.
This Ming navy was affiliated with the Zheng Zhibao Navy in Nanyang, and combined with the warships from Dongwu Daguang, there were a total of more than 1,200 large and small warships.
This is only the first batch of warships. More than 500 warships can be mobilized from Nanyang. Annan’s navy has not yet arrived, let alone Zeng Ying’s navy.
Zheng Zhibao didn't care about the Arakan Kingdom at all, or he didn't pay attention to the battle to capture Chittagong. Because there was no need to look at it. Killing a chicken with a sledgehammer, how could he fail to win!
What he was concerned about was commanding the fleet to simultaneously seize the Mughal Empire's stronghold in Bengal, namely Dhaka.
When the Portuguese first explored this place, they were very careful. The hydrological conditions, the distribution of indigenous people, etc. were all completely blank.
However, for Zheng Zhibao's subordinates, there is no such concern. In addition to the portraits and related information about this sea area sent to him by the imperial court, there are people from Nanyang and Daguang who have been here.
Human guide.
The Ming Navy occupied this place with the power of thunder, which was related to the subsequent series of wars.