Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 191 Bloodbath in Nanyang

Using local aboriginal slaves, the city of Uka was built quite solidly.

There are not only tall walls and strong bunkers, but also many huge trebuchets inside.

Once these trebuchets arranged on the city walls start firing, they can crush all ships approaching on the sea.

Such a strong city, if the Ming army attacked rashly, it would inevitably meet with strong resistance.

Maru Ali knew the main purpose of the Ming army's voyage to the West this time, and he didn't really want to waste time and precious supplies on this kind of thing.

However, as a businessman, it is obviously impossible for Maru Ali to understand Tang He, or Zhu Han's deep purpose behind it.

Da Ming didn't care how much time and resources were wasted in conquering these small city-states in Nanyang.

"A small country with the same booger dares to collude with pirates and sneak attack the master of the Ming Dynasty. It is just like what Confucius said. My aunt can bear it, but my uncle can't!" Tang He's education level is not high, but he has always learned Zhu Han handed them the essence.

Since Suleiman III of Uka City dared to sneak attack the Ming Fleet, it would be Tang He's dereliction of duty not to crush them.

"Pass on my command!"

"Fleet U-turn!"

"Target!"

"Uka City!"

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After Suleiman III led his defeated soldiers back to the city of Uka, on the one hand, he ordered the defenders to close all the city gates and strictly prohibit entry and exit, and made sufficient defensive preparations.

On the other hand, he sent his confidants to investigate the situation outside the city.

Suleiman III still had some fantasies, and hoped that the Ming army would not find out that he was the instigator of this sneak attack at sea.

In other words, Suleiman III also hoped that the Ming army would not care about this maritime conflict with him.

After all, Suleiman III knew that the goal of the Ming army this time was far away Persia. If the Ming army turned against him, they would have to face the strong defense of Uka City, which would greatly delay their journey to Persia. .

"I don't think those Ming soldiers are rude barbarians. Whether they are shopping or having fun in the city, they have never been reckless or arrogant. I believe that even if the matter is exposed, as long as I can send someone to show my repentance and You are obedient, and you should be forgiven by that Tang and the Grand Duke!"

Suleiman III was sitting in the palace in the city, and began to constantly figure out how to deal with the situation that followed.

No matter how he thought about it, Suleiman III felt that whether it was war or peace, he could rely on Uka to form a solid defense and remain invincible.

However, as bad news came, Suleiman III gradually realized that the situation had exceeded his predictions.

"Master, the warships of the Ming army are coming to Wuka City!"

"Master, the Ming army killed the envoy we sent to negotiate! They even cut off his head brutally!"

"Master, the fleet in our port has fled shamefully!"

Suleiman III couldn't help being very annoyed by the successive bad news.

He originally sent someone to argue in front of the Ming army, but he didn't expect the Ming army to directly chop off the envoy's head.

What is even more frustrating is that those fleets that followed Suleiman III fled directly from the port of Uka City after hearing the news of the Ming army's retaliatory attack.

These shameful cowards ransacked many shops in the port before fleeing, causing great chaos.

Now in the entire Uka city, no one knows that the Ming army will come to retaliate with thunder.

"Hurry up and send someone to gather all the strong men in the city. As long as they can go up to the city wall to participate in the defense, everyone will be rewarded with one silver coin, no... everyone will be rewarded with three silver coins!"

"Call all the Pasirs, no matter they are men, women, old or young, they must stand up and protect the city of Uka, the true god at this time, absolutely not let the pagans of the Ming army succeed!"

Suleiman III began to pin all his hopes on the defense of the city wall.

Most of the residents in the city of Uka are local aborigines. Many of them believe in Brahmanism, Buddhism or local shamanism, and usually need to pay a large amount of religious tax to Suleiman III.

Now hearing that the Ming army will retaliate against Suleiman III, many people are gloating.

It is impossible to do our best to help Suleiman III guard the city of Uka.

After all, there are many merchants in Wuka City who have dealt with the Ming army. They know that the Ming army treats the enemy harshly, but they will definitely not offend the local aborigines and merchants who have not offended them.

"Da Ming is the kingdom of the gods!"

"The gods are all benevolent, and will not add sins to innocent people like us!"

"Suleiman III, this hateful Tianfang cultist, is a robber, a thief, a despicable pirate. He was originally a goat-fucking slave in Baghdad, but he dared to provoke Daming. This time is his time to perish!"

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Residents in Uka City began to spread words beneficial to the Ming army. They already hated foreign colonists like Suleiman III.

Suleiman III, who had always been stingy, did not recruit many native men to help defend the city even if he offered a bounty of three silver coins per person.

At this critical moment, only those Pasils would never leave Suleiman III.

Because these Pasils are just like Suleiman III, they are all Tianfang Cult colonists who came from Baghdad, Persia and other places to establish their rule.

Apart from being a soldier, Pasil was also an official. As the ruling class of Uka City, he naturally did his part.

They want to live and die with the city of Uka.

Even young children and veiled women took bows, arrows and spears one by one, and stood on the top of the city to deal with the Ming army outside the city.

At this time, the Ming army had already approached the city.

Uka City is heavily guarded, and the four city gates have already been closed.

All the large and small ships in the originally bustling port also escaped cleanly, only some merchant ships flying the Ming flag approached the Ming army on their own initiative.

These Ming businessmen, who were familiar with the hydrological conditions of the local ports, provided Tang He with the port conditions, which places were good for berths, and which places had dangerous reefs and shoals, all of which were pointed out by Tang He on the map.

"The general is such a strong city, what should we do?" Maru Ali looked at the heavily guarded city of Uka, and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

"The thieves in the city only have some trebuchets, which are old-fashioned gadgets. Today, let them see what thunder is rolling in the sky!" Tang He waved his hand confidently, and the guards beside him immediately issued an order.

I saw the most powerful warships of the Ming army sailing forward. After reaching a suitable distance, they pointed the heavy cannons under the battleships at Uka City.

Boom!Boom!
boom!
With a puff of white smoke, the 24-pound guns in the Ming warships fired one after another.

These artillery are powerful, and because of the load of the ship, the distance can be easily adjusted.

Soon, the Ming army used the bombardment of artillery to smash the solid defense of Uka City, which is proud of it, to be riddled with holes.

Large pieces of rammed earth and gravel were scattered on the city wall.

There are also a few unlucky ones standing on the top of the city wall, who were hit by the broken stones from the roaring shells.

The bloody and tragic scene made many Pasil warriors in Uka city tremble with fear.

Those old and weak women and children cried out in fright.

"Counterattack, quickly counterattack!"

Seeing this, Suleiman III, who was hiding on the city wall, immediately shouted and ordered the catapults on the top of the city to attack.

Although the trebuchet gunner knew that it was impossible to hit the Ming warship at this distance.

But in order to fulfill the master's order and vent the fear in his heart, these huge catapults soon began to launch.

thump!thump!
The heavy projectile drew a beautiful arc in the sky, and fell far into the sea.

Even the farthest projectile is still dozens of steps away from the battleship of the Ming army.

The heavy-duty catapults in Wuka City could not cause any damage to the Ming army at all.

"These bastards, they still haven't surrendered!"

Tang He knew that there were about 4 to [-] Tianfang believers in Wuka City. Although more than half of them were old and weak women and children, if they really wanted to start a street fight with them, the Ming army would suffer some losses to some extent.

Therefore, if Wuka City can take the initiative to open the city and surrender after the Ming army's shelling, this is the situation Tang He is most happy to see.

But now they not only do not surrender, but dare to fight back.

That Tang He had already strengthened his determination to kill the weeds.

"Let the mortar fire!"

Tang He gave another order.

On several warships of the Ming army, a group of soldiers were manipulating a few short, stubby cannons on the deck.

These cannons are like a fat big wax gourd, only two feet long, but more than one foot in diameter. The muzzle is facing upwards, almost perpendicular to the deck.

This kind of artillery is the mortar invented by Zhu Han. It is specially designed to fire heavy solid bullets or lime bullets, which can overcome all obstacles and bombard the enemies hidden behind.

boom!boom!boom!
With the sound of cannons again and again, these heavy mortars of the Ming army were fired one by one.

The heavy projectile flew towards the sky, and then fell from the sky with terrifying potential energy.

The projectiles of these mortars crossed the city walls and crenels, and smashed hard on the defensive positions behind.

Especially some lime bombs that can burst, which not only contain lime that burns the eyes, but also a lot of finely ground chili powder. As long as the defenders in the area are crying in pain, the burning sensation of the chili powder makes them rush They turned to the bucket next to them and tried to wash the chili powder in their eyes with water, but the lime mixed together released heat violently after meeting the water, burning them blind one by one.

The Tianfang believers in Wuka City have never seen lime bombs, and they don't even know what chili powder is. They only think that it must be a weapon of the devil, which can blind people's eyes.

The panic instantly crushed the morale of these Tianfang believers.

The accuracy of the mortar can't be grasped, especially when fired on a bumpy sea, it is a test of the gunner's ability.

Therefore, many shells fell on the dwellings inside the city, causing many natives to suffer casualties.

This terrible lime bomb made the natives terrified.

They didn't want to be buried with Suleiman III, a believer in Tianfang.

Led by some local tyrants, the natives in Uka launched a riot.

At this time, the Ming army's heavy long artillery had already blown down the city wall and made two gaps, and a large number of Ming army soldiers landed on the shore.

Tang He had already guessed that civil strife must have occurred in the city as soon as he saw the raging flames in Wuka City.

As the saying goes, the opportunity cannot be lost, and the loss will never come again.

Taking advantage of this time, the Ming army launched a fatal assault on Wuka City.

It only took less than an hour!
Wuka City, which is proud of all Tianfang believers in Nanyang, has completely fallen under the control of the Ming army.

Suleiman III led the remnants of the defeated army and retreated to his mansion. He originally wanted to fight to the death, and then he could dedicate himself to the true God and ascend to heaven with 72 virgins.

However, the swift Ming army did not give Suleiman III any chance to teach the enemy these days.

The Ming army followed closely behind, rushed into Suleiman III's mansion, and captured Suleiman III, his subordinates and family members.

When Suleiman III, who was tied up like a big fat pig, was thrown in front of Tang He, the bright red flag of the Ming army was already flying over the city of Uka.

Tang He was in no mood to argue with Suleiman and his captives.

"Suleiman, the crime is unforgivable, beheaded for public display!"

"All family property will be confiscated and belong to the Ming court!"

"Wuka City is Daming's territory from now on!"

"All male Tianfang believers in the city will be beheaded according to rebellion. Adult women will be rewarded to the native righteous warriors in the city who surrendered. Boys will be cut into eunuchs and sent back to serve in Daming. Girls will be included in the Daming Jiaofang Division!"

The series of punishment decisions announced by Tang He can be described as extremely severe.

But it won cheers and support from the city of Uka!
Because after eradicating the Tianfang Cultists, many of their lands and properties were rewarded to the aborigines who rioted this time.

"Wuka City has been the territory of the Ming Dynasty since then, but I have no right to set up any government offices. This kind of thing still needs to be decided by Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the King!" Although Tang He acted decisively, he also knew that some things must not be surpassed .

Setting up government yamen or Duhufu, anyone other than the imperial court, is tantamount to treason.

But Tang He also knew that the terrain here in Uka City was very important.

Now, by accident, following the will of the people to win this place, naturally we cannot give up easily.

Tang He immediately dispatched a fast boat to report to Ying Tian in a special memorial about what happened here in Wuka City.

As for how to rule and manage Wuka City in the future, that is the matter of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han.

Tang He left three warships and hundreds of sailors here.

Cooperating with the local Daming businessmen, it can be regarded as the establishment of preliminary management, and the next thing is to wait for the court to deal with it when it comes back from Daming.

And Tang He himself led the Ming Fleet to embark on the voyage to the West after cooking Uka City.

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The capital of the Ming Dynasty, Ying Tian.

The Mid-Autumn Festival in the fifth year of Hongwu has just passed, and Yingtian City is still full of festive and joyful atmosphere.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongwu has adopted a strategy of recuperating and recuperating from the people of the world, and the taxes collected have been decreasing year by year.

People's lives are naturally becoming more and more relaxed.

With spare money and savings on hand, it is natural to be willing to spend it during the holidays.

In Yingtianfu City this year, every pastry shop's mooncakes have been sold out.

For many years, the shopkeepers have never seen so many ordinary people who are willing to spend money to buy dim sum.

No matter if you are a peddler or a wealthy businessman, everyone knows that Daming is booming today, and it can be said that it is the best situation in hundreds of years.

Even if the Ming Dynasty was in Mobei, in the country of Wa, in the southwest, and in Nanyang, it was using troops to conquer.

(End of this chapter)