The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 711
Simple common people get enough food and clothing, and feel happy without beating and scolding. Such a low standard makes Huang Sheng feel ashamed.

Listening to the words and deeds of the "God of War" people along the way, the eyes are no longer confused. They are full of longing for the future life of owning five acres of private property of rice fields.

After several months of collective action, the immigrants in the Southwest have also become accustomed to the Baojia joint defense, and they know that they need to report to the Baozhang and Jiazhang if they have any difficulties or find any abnormalities.

The Chinese army marched for half a year and finally came to Yunnan. Along the way, they took in too many ordinary people who were willing to emigrate overseas. The mighty southward team may have traveled hundreds of miles. The Chinese army arrived in Kunming, and the rear team was still in Anshun.

In the 12th year of Chongzhen, Huang Sheng spent the New Year in Kunming, the spring city. More than half of the army has arrived and assembled in Bhamo, Daming Xindi. A grain city is already under construction.

Xiao Ma Chao and his wife took the initiative to bring [-] elite white soldiers to join the battle. Guangxi wolf soldiers came with [-] fierce men. In addition, chieftains from all over the country responded one after another. There are no less than [-] people.

The generals of the Southwest Ming Army were not far behind. Some of the generals followed Huang Sheng in the fierce battle in the country of Dayue and made great achievements.

Since the southwestern frontier was controlled by the "Southern Ming", the Ming army did not need to defend the territory, and the generals brought their troops to follow the Southern King's military exploits. The total number of soldiers and horses has exceeded [-].

The southwest is poor, and the lives of the soldiers are not good, and the food and salaries have never been paid in full.

Taking the initiative to follow Nanwang to the battlefield is not only paid in full, but also doubled. With military merits, it is cashed out on the spot. It is not difficult for an ordinary Ming army to follow Nanwangqian to save [-] to [-] silver coins a year.

Therefore, after hearing the news that the more soldiers the King of the South ordered, the more Ming troops flocked to them. However, the generals of the Ming army were self-aware and did not dare to make fun of the old and the weak. They were all carefully selected strong soldiers.

Duke Qian Mu Qiyuan also sent his son Mu Tianbo to lead 1 people to help in the battle. These troops belonged to Duke Qian's housekeeper.

The Mu family has been at the border for a long time, and they have been at war for 200 years. They often have to fight to defend the land. They think that the Mu family horses should be able to fight and endure war.

The majestic "God of War" army was so heroic that the father and son of Qian Guogong saw it in their eyes. They finally felt that the Mu family's model of leading troops might be outdated, and their weapons should be updated.

Starting from the head of the Mu family, all the generals under his command took the initiative to come to the "God of War" team to participate in joint training, and they refused to be left behind in exercises and cultural studies.

Of course, Huang Sheng would not be idle. While waiting for the troops to assemble, the three-month actual combat exercise was carried out among the "Nanming" and the Ming allied forces that were already in place.

As many as [-] Southwestern Ming troops assembled, the "God of War" generals could not tolerate the situation that the generals did not know the soldiers, and communication at the grassroots level, holding parties, and holding rugby games to narrow the distance between the two sides have been going on.

After the two armies have a certain understanding and are considered familiar, they have to show off their combat effectiveness to each other.

Exercise is the best way to improve discipline and demonstrate combat effectiveness. The soon-to-be-assembled army began to compete with the red and blue camps. Huang Sheng and the general praise department and Qian Guogong Mu Qiyuan served as referees.

The soldiers of the "God of War" know how to regard exercises as actual combat, and cannot transform exercises into acting.

It's a pity that too many Ming soldiers don't understand, they don't know enough, and they quickly learned a bloody lesson, and finally know that the exercise is to fight.

The "God of War" used live ammunition exercises, and the "Flying Thunder" also exploded. If you don't obey orders and obey the command, you will suffer casualties if you don't obey the discipline.

After several exercises, all the Ming army and chieftain army learned to obey, their discipline soared to a level, and their combat effectiveness was of course improved a lot.

While King Nan was conducting the exercise, the other two armies had already entered actual combat.

In the spring of the 12th year of Chongzhen, Huang Dongshan divided the attacking army into three groups and two echelons according to the plan of the Zanhua Department.

With the support of Guo Huaiyi's navy, he personally led the three battalions across the Strait of Malacca to land forcibly, and went straight to the city of Malacca.

The starting point of Huang Dongshan's army was only [-] nautical miles away from the city of Malacca. In less than an hour, the army broke into the city under the roar of naval guns.

The destructive battle is not worth mentioning. The Dutch entrenched here were defeated by the "Nanming" army who suddenly turned their backs. More than 3000 Dutch and indigenous allied forces hardly made a decent and effective resistance and surrendered one after another.

Guo Huaiyi was not polite at all, and detained all warships and merchant ships flying the Dutch flag at sea. Whether he would release the sailors and return the ships in the end depends on the results of diplomatic mediation between "Nanming" and the Netherlands.

At the same time, Li Dagang led the three battalions to attack Ruitianxian Port with the cooperation of Liu Liangcai's navy. This port is located in the middle of the Strait of Malacca and is an ideal port of call for trade routes from the Far East to Europe. It is located at the entrance of the Klang River.

Most of the Western barbarians here are Gauls. They led a thousand or two thousand natives to try to resist. Unexpectedly, the soldiers and horses who came to attack far exceeded their imagination. No matter the number, equipment or artillery fire, they were not at the same level as them.

After resisting for less than an hour, the Gauls found that the opponent's attacks were endless and more and more ferocious, and more and more people gathered, decisively choosing to surrender unconditionally.

The main general of the third line is Han Guang, and the naval force is the main force led by Huang Mingdao himself.They led a thousand families of immigrants to occupy the northeast of Penang Island, where Penang was located later, and then completely seized the island of [-] to [-] square kilometers.

There will be no fierce fighting here, because this island is not known as the "Oriental Garden" as it is in later generations, but it is one of the tourist attractions in Malaysia. The capital, Penang, is the second largest city in Malaysia.

Now it is a barren place, the population probably will not exceed [-], and the port facilities are simple and the people are extremely poor. The Ministry of Zanhua chose this place to build a logistics base and then attack the territory of the Sultanate of Kedah.

In this era, the Malay Peninsula did not have a unified regime. The Portuguese destroyed the once-rising Malacca dynasty 100 years ago, and the Dutch, who came after them, colonized the Malay Peninsula. The Sultan of Kedah was just a puppet.

But this land has unique conditions, because there are quite a lot of Han people here, probably 10,000+.

It is the shortcoming of the Xiyi countries to win the land without a population base. The Han people will not face such a problem when they come to colonize. There are Han people living here, and then one million immigrants will come here. From now on, here will be Han people. native land.

Three days later, Han Guang led three battalions and three thousand households of the first group of immigrants who came to Tuotu to land and attack Alor Setar, the capital of Kedah, the small kingdom of Sultan, about [-] to [-] miles away from the port.

(End of this chapter)