My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 230 The Battle of the Old Port

Zhu Gaoxu's mind was full of Tianzhu, and he even wanted to grow wings and fly to Tianzhu immediately, so naturally he didn't want to waste time on the road.

But Yang Shiqi and Zhang Xing were very calm. They had talked with Zhu Zhanhe, and they knew that in the early stage of attacking Tianzhu, Daming's support was indispensable behind them, so the communication between Daming and Tianzhu must be smooth.

In other words, the sea route to the west is very important to Zhu Gaoxu, and it is even better to hold this route in his hands.

Jiugang accepted Daming's offer of security. It nominally belongs to Daming's enclave, and it is also a nail that Zheng He placed in Nanyang. With the help of Jiugang, Daming can even influence the entire Nanyang.

Therefore, the old port must not be lost, and even if there is an opportunity in the future, it will continue to expand outwards based on the old port.

Zhu Gaoxu was only impulsive, but there was no problem in the overall strategic situation. After hearing the reminders from Yang Shiqi and Zhang Xing, he immediately came to his senses and immediately agreed to support the old port.

So Zheng He gave an order, and the fleet docked in Manlajia immediately set sail, turned around and headed towards the old port.

The old port is also the Palembang of the later generations. This is the birthplace of the Srivijaya Kingdom. During the period, it was rebuilt and destroyed many times after several wars.

Many years ago, Sanfoqi was destroyed by Majapahit, and Majapahit also imposed a brutal rule on the old port. The natives were overwhelmed, so they fled to Manga under the leadership of a Sanfoqi prince, and established Manga plus dynasty.

However, the Han people in Jiugang rebelled. Liang Daoming, the leader of the Han people at that time, moved tens of thousands of people from his hometown and blocked the attack of Majapahit. His deputy Shi Jinqing succeeded.

It just so happened that Zheng He went to the West, so Shi Jinqing took the opportunity to seek refuge with Daming and accepted the canonization of Daming, making the old port an enclave of Ming overseas, and thanks to the support of Daming, the old port has maintained peace for many years.

But this kind of peace was interrupted a few days ago, when Majapahit suddenly raised troops and invaded the old port on a large scale, Shi Jinqing had to lead his troops to resist.

However, although there are tens of thousands of Han Chinese in Jiugang, there are only 5000 troops who can really fight.

In contrast, Manjaboyi came prepared this time. He even assembled an army of [-], four times the army of Jiugang, and the troops were divided into three groups.

Shi Jinqing originally had few soldiers, and if he divided up his troops to resist, he might be wiped out more easily.

So under such circumstances, Shi Jinqing had to reluctantly abandon some towns outside the city, move all the population to the old port city, and then concentrate his troops to defend the old port, hoping to last until the arrival of reinforcements.

"kill!"

Shi Jinqing shouted, swung a long knife in his hand, chopped off the head of a native who had climbed up to the top of the wall, and then stepped forward and kicked another native off the top of the wall.

Seeing Shi Jinqing's bravery, the soldiers of the old port were also full of morale. In one go, they drove down the natives who had killed them on the top of the wall. In the end, the natives threw their corpses under the top of the wall, and then retreated in a hurry.

"Father-in-law, Majapahit's army has finally retreated!"

At this moment, a young general came over happily and said that he was Shi Jinqing's son-in-law Qiu Yancheng.

"Don't be careless, Majapahit has always wanted to annex us, and will never retreat easily. It is estimated that there will be more fierce attacks in the future!"

Shi Jinqing frowned tightly, and there was no trace of joy on his face.

Speaking of which, Shi Jinqing was to blame for his carelessness. Ever since he got into the relationship with Ming Dynasty, Jiugang has been a little relaxed in terms of military affairs. He thought that relying on the power of Ming Dynasty, Manjaboyi should not dare to attack them again, but he did not expect that the other party would suddenly raise troops. Kill them all by surprise.

Shi Jinqing's judgment was still very accurate. Not long after Majapahit's army was killed and retreated, they made a comeback again, and the whole army was suppressed. The [-] troops were concentrated under the old port city, and the blackness was almost endless.

"Oops, Wahana is here!"

At this moment, the sharp-eyed Qiu Yancheng suddenly pointed at the army outside the city, and said anxiously.

Shi Jinqing heard the words and looked, and saw an elephant army appearing in the Majapahit army, and among the elephants, a war elephant was decorated extremely gorgeously, with a throne on the elephant's back, a native The man was sitting on the throne. Although he couldn't see his face clearly, he was definitely King Wahana of Majapahit.

This Wahana is the nephew of the previous king. He married his cousin, the daughter of the previous king, so after the death of the old king, he inherited the throne as the husband of the princess.

Since he succeeded to the throne, this Wahana has been ambitious to annex the old port and bring the entire Sumatra Island under his rule.

It was only because of Daming's obstruction before that that Wahana failed to fulfill his wish. This time he heard that Daming's voyage fleet did not come to the old port. He thought that Shi Jinqing had no backing, so he sent troops quickly to annex the old port completely.

"Father-in-law, Wahana personally led the troops here, it seems that he will not give up until he achieves his goal!"

Qiu Yancheng looked at Wahana outside the city, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead due to nervousness.

The people of Manjapahit are aggressive, they will use knives when they disagree with each other, and they are very cruel to the enemy. If they are allowed to kill the old port, I am afraid that the people in this city will be bloodbathed by them.

"Don't be afraid, the second sister has already asked Daming for help, as soon as Daming's fleet arrives, Wahana will definitely retreat!"

Shi Jinqing said calmly.

"But Daming's voyages to the West used to come to our place every time. Why didn't they come this time? Now there are rumors outside that we have offended Daming, and that's why Majapahit dared to send troops."

Qiu Yancheng said with some worry.

"When Da Ming passed by us last time, everything was fine. I think it was because they had something to do, so they didn't come to our place. Instead, it was those rumors. I suspect that someone spread them on purpose to lure Manchu. Zhe Boyi attacked us."

When Shi Jinqing said the last thing, his face became very gloomy.

The forces in Nanyang are complicated, and as the only Han force, Jiugang is naturally very enviable. The reason why they have not been wiped out these years is all because of Daming's support behind them. He knows this better than anyone else.

"Could it be Malaga?"

Qiu Yancheng doubted.

Manlajia was established by the prince who escaped from Sanfoqi. Jiugang is the capital of Sanfoqi. Shi Jinqing is also known as the king of Sanfoqi. Naturally, it will attract the jealousy of Manlajia. The relationship has also become somewhat tense.

"It's possible, but now is not the time to think about it, let's find a way to repel the army outside the city!"

As Shi Jinqing spoke, he drew out his blood-stained long knife again, because the Majapahit army outside the city launched an attack again.

(End of this chapter)