Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1213, Battle of Honor

Addis Ababa is an ancient city with a long history.

The ancient city built on the mountain has a tall city wall built with rocks, with its back against the mountain, looking from a distance, it looks like a city in the sky standing in the clouds.

Although it is tropical, the altitude here is more than [-] meters, and the climate is cool and humid.

King Chu, Mao Lun, Yang Zhen, Qin Yuan, Liu Jiang and others stood on a hillside overlooking the land in front of them. The clouds in the sky seemed very low, very low, almost within reach.

The mountain peaks in front of you go straight into the sky, and the clouds are entangled between its peaks; the land is green and green, and at a glance, there are rolling mountains and vast and high-quality pastures.

"I didn't expect it to be so beautiful just a few hundred miles away from Izumo City."

King Chu's eyes lit up.

The country of Chu is located in the tropics, very hot, with little rainfall, and it is not easy to develop. The frankincense and myrrh that were originally fancy are not enough to support the ambition of the king of Chu.

And the vast, fertile, fertile and cool-climate land in front of him is obviously more in line with the needs of King Chu.

Among other things, this vast pasture alone is not comparable to that of a tropical desert.

"My lord, this Ethiopia has always been known as the roof of Africa. The altitude here is more than eight hundred feet, the climate is cool, and the rain is abundant."

When Liu Jiang heard this, he hurriedly told what he had learned.

"General Mao, after conquering this land, I am willing to give the general [-] mu of land, and every soldier who participates in this battle can get [-] mu of land."

King Chu rolled his eyes and said to Mao Lun beside him.

"My lord, you are being polite. We are also acting on the order of the emperor, and we dare not claim great credit."

Mao Lun's heart is very clear.

This king of Chu thought very beautifully.

Not to mention that the land in front of me still belongs to the Ethiopians, even if it really belongs to the king of Chu, how can it be so simple and cheap to leave myself and the more than [-] soldiers under him with a little land.

Now various vassal states and colonies have various preferential policies in order to attract immigrants. A mere piece of land is not attractive to everyone at all.

As long as you are a Ming person and willing to immigrate, you can get a lot of land wherever you go.

"The general is humble. If there is no general, I don't know when I will be able to avenge my shame."

"After the city in front of me is conquered, I will definitely thank the general well."

Of course, the king of Chu hoped to keep these great Ming soldiers in front of him in this way.

If they are willing to stay in their Chu country, they can easily have a strong army, but now it seems that it is not an easy task.

"Let's talk about it after it's laid down."

Mao Lun said lightly.

He is not under the king of Chu, he is a general of Daming, so he can completely ignore the king of Chu.

Looking at Addis Ababa in the distance, at this time, the city was already facing an enemy, and the city walls were full of soldiers, nervously watching the Ming army rushing towards them on the ground.

The fear in the eyes is naturally revealed, as if a black cloud is overwhelming the city, people carefully oppress it and pass it through the air, and it becomes difficult to breathe.

On the city wall, Naod looked at the Ming army marching on the ground.

This is an army like a torrent of steel.

The army formation is strict and orderly, and the rows of soldiers are scattered horizontally and vertically, giving people an extremely shocking visual impact.

At the front is the cavalry unit. All five thousand cavalrymen are riding tall Arab horses, wearing armor, carrying bows and arrows and muskets, and the sabers around their waists are shining with cold light.

Followed by musketeers, also wearing armor, with a scimitar on his waist, and a musket on his shoulder. The bayonet on the musket is shining brightly. You can see the blood groove on it, which makes people feel terrified .

The musketeers lined up neatly, advancing straight on the ground like a long dragon, as if a dark cloud was pressing towards him.

Behind the Musketeers are war horses. Behind these horses are cannons. compared to.

The Ming army surrounded Addis Ababa in groups.

"Who is the king of Chu, our Majesty Naod has something to say~"

Seeing that the Ming army was about to launch an attack, someone shouted loudly on the city wall.

Hearing the call, the King of Chu rode his horse to the city wall with a cold face, looked coldly at the people above the city wall, and soon found out where Naod was.

"Naod, if you are sensible, come out and die now, and I can spare the people in your city."

Next to Naod, there was an interpreter who quickly translated the words of King Chu to Naod.

"touch~"

When Naod heard this, he immediately stood up angrily, leaned out and shouted to King Chu: "I am the king of the Ethiopian Empire, a descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. I am honorable and solemnly propose marriage to you." , if you don’t agree, forget it, and even mobilize troops to attack, burn, kill and loot all the way, committing all kinds of evil, is this what you call the Ming people who understand etiquette?”

"Humph~"

Hearing what Naod said, King Chu became even more angry.

"You also said that you have a noble status. King Solomon and Queen Sheba are nothing but barbarians in the eyes of us Daming people. What's more, you drove hundreds of cattle and sheep to my country of Chu to propose marriage. Isn't this humiliating me?"

"In Ethiopia, using hundreds of cattle and sheep to propose a marriage is the most solemn thing. How can I humiliate you?"

Hearing what the king of Chu said, Naod also felt that he was very wronged. He really wanted to marry the princess of Chu, but he asked the minister to drive hundreds of cattle and sheep to propose marriage. What else?

"A barbarian is a barbarian, and they don't know any etiquette at all."

"Today is the day you destroy the country!"

The king of Chu had to spend any more time talking with him, and if he continued, everyone would laugh at himself again.

"General Mao, let's begin~"

Back to the rear, King Chu and Mao Lun said.

"attack!"

Mao Lun nodded and gave the order to attack.

"Dong Dong~ Dong Dong~"

Soon, at the artillery position, accompanied by the waving of the commander's flag, rumbling roars began to resound through the sky, and accompanied by billowing smoke, shells roared in the sky, heading towards the city of Addis Ababa. smashed past.

"Boom~"

One after another, the shells hit the city wall like rain, and all of a sudden, the city wall became a mess.

Naod hurriedly evacuated from the city wall under the escort of his men.

The artillery of the Ming people is really terrible!

The attack distance is so far, and the fire is fired from a very far away position, and the artillery on the own wall can't even reach the opponent's side.

The power is also quite terrifying.

The shells weighed astonishingly, and fell heavily into the city with terrible inertia. All of a sudden, houses were smashed into holes, some began to collapse, and even the city walls were shaking.

There were a lot of them, and the dense bullets fell like rain. The bullets brought up a blood mist, and a large number of people were directly smashed into flesh by the shells.

"Ah~"

On the city wall, the artillery of the Ming people seems to have eyes, and it is specially aimed at the city wall.

This made the city wall bloody, and the miserable cries kept coming and going.

On the city wall, the Ming army began to attack the city with artillery fire. There were no ladders or stairs.

I saw a large number of musketeers coming to the city wall in a neat line, and rows of muzzles were aimed at the city wall. As long as someone showed his head, there would be a burst of fried beans immediately.

"Boom~Boom~"

Accompanied by a similar sound, the soldiers on the city wall who wanted to defend were shot one after another, and fell from the city wall like dumplings.

Under the suppression and cover of the musketeers' artillery, the Ming army quickly came under the gate of the city under the cover of the shieldmen. Packs of explosives were piled up under the city gate like money, and then pressed them heavily with sandbags. Stop, pull a lead, and quickly evacuate.

"Boom~"

Soon, there was a deafening loud bang.

The ground was shaking, and the solid city walls were shaking. At the solid gate, along with billowing smoke and dust, countless gravels flew in all directions.

When the smoke and dust dissipated and the dust fell to the ground, the city gate was directly blasted open.

"kill!"

When the cavalry looked at it, they swung the saber in their hands and rushed in like an arrow from the string.

There is almost no suspense in the battle.

In the face of powerful muskets, artillery and the strictly trained Ming army, the Ethiopian army was simply vulnerable.

Whether it was firearms or traditional cold weapons, they were no match for the Ming army. They fell apart, and as the Ming army rushed in, piece by piece began to throw away their weapons and flee quickly.

In less than an hour, King Chu led his men into Naod's palace.

At this moment, Naod was praying under the statue of Christ, and he was not surprised to see King Chu and the Ming army rushing in.

"You can kill me, but you can never stop the light of the Lord from spreading on this land."

"You heretics, sooner or later, will be tied to the stake and burned alive in the fire."

Naod looked at King Chu with a ferocious face, and said the most vicious words.

He knew that he was absolutely doomed, and he didn't even bother to escape. Even if he escaped, he would probably be killed by the tribes inside in exchange for the Daming people to calm down their anger.

What's more, without the army, he has already lost control of this huge empire. A king without power might as well die with honor.

"Burn alive?"

"I can fulfill you."

After listening to the translation, King Chu couldn't help but sneer.

(End of this chapter)