1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 408 The Fall of the Weihali Kingdom

The Atoni people have inhabited the western and central plains of Timor Island, as well as some mountainous areas, since the first century AD.Later, Papuans, Malays, and Polynesians from neighboring islands came to the island one after another to mix with the local ethnic groups.At the end of the thirteenth century and the beginning of the fourteenth century, with the development of productivity and social system, several slave tribes and countries gradually formed.

By the mid-fifteenth century, the religion spread to Timor Island along with the establishment of the Sultan Kingdom on Java Island.The Weihali slavery kingdom in the west quickly transformed into a True God country, and relied on the earliest iron weapons and well-organized True God teachings, and began to annex other slave kingdoms and tribes on the island. By the beginning of the sixteenth century, Unified the entire Timor Island and established the Kingdom of Weihali Sultan.

However, the splendor of the Weihalli Kingdom lasted less than 50 years, and the country gradually declined due to various internal strife.

In 1516 AD, the Portuguese landed on Timor Island, and the landing site was Oecussi.In the first 100 years, the Portuguese exchanged sandalwood and a small amount of nutmeg and cloves with the residents of Timor Island using silk from Ming Dynasty and cotton cloth from India, but in most cases they used this place as a trade relay instead of occupying it. more land.

But as the Portuguese captured Ambon in the Spice Islands by the Dutch, the Portuguese had to retreat to Timor Island.

However, the Dutch then came to Timor Island, and through their superior sea power, they soon squeezed the Portuguese to the east of Timor Island.

Immediately afterwards, the Hanzhou people came again.They first secretly established a stronghold on the south side of Timor Island, felled the surrounding trees, reclaimed the farmland, and plundered the native tribes nearby, as if they wanted to occupy a piece of Timor Island's land.

Three years ago, he and the Dutch captured the Portuguese strongholds of Dili and Oecussi, and completely expelled the Portuguese forces from Timor Island.Not long after that, Hanzhou and the Dutch fought again in Dili City, fighting for control of Timor Island.

For more than two years, the Dutch have never been able to do anything to the Hanzhou people in Dili City. Instead, their Kupang on the west side of Timor Island was attacked by Hanzhou, and the entire stronghold city was almost destroyed.

Faced with such a situation, the Kingdom of Weihali tried to cheer up and use the strength of the Hanzhou people to drive away the Dutch and Portuguese, but now it seems that it is obviously a bit idealized.In a few years, not only did the country fail to recover, but there were signs of division.

General Natatuka, who was once a powerful domestic faction, was jealous of the Sultan King Aletta Camille, pulled up his own tribe and armed forces, and openly rebelled against the kingdom, occupying some areas in the central part of Dili Island, and in Last year, he proclaimed himself king, claiming to expel all foreign forces and rebuild the prestige of the Weihali Kingdom.

However, the "King" of Natatuka, who claimed to expel the Dutch and the Han Chinese, has never launched any military offensive against the two since he rebelled against the kingdom. There are tribes and lands controlled by the Kingdom of Weihali.

Enraged, Aletta Camille Sultan was not to be outdone, took out the accumulated gold, gemstones and jade, and bought a large number of swords, spears, and muskets from the Hanzhou people, and fought with the "rebels" of the Weihali Kingdom. "A arduous jungle war was waged.

Perhaps, those rebels were also supported by "foreign forces". In more than two years, nearly ten thousand people died. Neither side seemed to be able to put their opponents to death.

Just at the beginning of this year, Aletta Camille Sultan was going to reach a temporary truce agreement with the "rebel" Natatuka, so that both parties could have time to restore the declining society in their respective control areas Production.

Because of the progress of the war, the Weihali Kingdom, which was once relatively abundant in products, began to experience a large-scale food crisis.In addition to the unstable production environment, there is also a sharp decrease in the population, which to a certain extent has caused the entire Weihali Kingdom to tap all its potential and find ways to raise various materials. Even the Dutch went to exchange food that could fill their stomachs.

However, what is astonishing is that Aletta Camille Sultan had not yet had time to sign an armistice agreement with the rebels. When he was inspecting his tribal territory, he accidentally fell down the hillside because of the slippery road after the rain. When he was rescued, he was already unconscious.After being carried back to Wangcheng, he was raised on the bed for more than two months, and finally in mid-April, he went to see the great true god.

After the death of Aletta Camille Sultan, there were four princes left behind. Except for one prince who was still young, the other princes were all adults.In recent years, the eldest prince has often followed the sultan to fight against the rebels, and has almost mastered most of the country's armed forces.However, the third prince was more loved by Sultan, and he expressed his intention to make him his successor many times.Because the second prince didn't have anything, he seemed relatively indifferent and didn't express anything.

It is a pity that Aletta Kamilai Sultan was unconscious because of an accidental fall. When she died, she failed to clearly tell who would inherit Weihalai Sultan.Now that Sultan is dead, the eldest prince will naturally rely on the armed forces in his hands to succeed Sultan.

However, the third prince wanted to take advantage of his dominant position in the royal city to preemptively inherit the Sultan's position, trying to create an established fact, and then use righteousness to subdue the eldest prince.

After the eldest prince got the news, he immediately led more than 1000 fully armed soldiers, and with the help of Neiying, they stormed into the royal city and arrested the third prince and his supporters. Kill all forces.

The second prince was terrified, took a lot of belongings, and fled to Tutuala at the east end of Timor Island with hundreds of people in a hurry.In the end, they urgently sent people to Xinxiangbao, looking for Hanzhou people to lead troops to protect them.

When Chen Dalang received the message, without any hesitation, he recruited four small boats, carrying more than 60 local soldiers, and rushed to Tutuala to protect the second prince Weihali.

As the internal affairs of Hanzhou gradually stabilized, Jianye City specially sent more than ten black-clothed guards for this purpose, led by the commander Cao Ming, to sit in Xinxiangbao, and initially deal with the chaos that occurred after the death of the Sultan of the Weihali Kingdom. Bureau.

"Sooner or later, you Hanzhou people will destroy our entire Weihali Kingdom!" Natatuka stared at the Hanzhou people who often dealt with him in front of him, with a bit of viciousness in his eyes, "We have almost nothing now, we can I exchanged weapons with you. So, your eyes are now aimed at the people of our true God. This is a very evil suggestion, and I cannot accept it."

Qiao Bensheng smiled, looked at Natatuka's distraught look, shook his head and said, "Your Highness, you were wrong just now. Those people don't belong to the true God, they used to belong to Aleta Camille Sultan Your Majesty’s. Oh, no, now it’s His Majesty Kabibi Sultan’s. Isn’t it? You just captured them on the battlefield, and some people may not be willing to submit to you at this time.”

"No! As long as these people are in Timor Island, whether they are in the hands of Kabibi or belong to me, they are the people of the true God." Natatuka said: "However, once they are captured by you Hanzhou people control, they will end up far away from the great true God."

Qiao Bensheng frowned, planning not to continue arguing with the "traitor" who had only become king not long ago about the inner beliefs of the natives.Sitting there leisurely, waiting for Natatuka's reply.

Because of the civil strife in the Weihali Kingdom, the eldest prince attacked and killed the third prince and made himself the new sultan. The second prince fled to Tutuala and took shelter under the protection of Hanzhou.Natatuka felt that there was an opportunity and wanted to buy a batch of weapons from Hanzhou on credit.

That's right, it's on credit.After fighting against the orthodox forces of the Weihali Kingdom for more than two years, Natatuka exchanged all the accumulated property with the Hanzhou people for swords and spears, iron armor, leather armor, and a small amount of muskets.Now, many of their tribesmen don't even have enough to eat basic food.The constant see-saw conflicts in the war not only consumed a lot of lives, but also abandoned a lot of fertile land and missed too much farming time.

But even so, Natatuka felt that he still couldn't let go of the opportunity of civil strife in the Weihali royal family, and was preparing to organize a large-scale attack, trying to defeat the orthodox power of the Weihali kingdom in one fell swoop, and then reintegrate the unified emperor. Wen Island.He believes that the current situation of division is not enough to deal with the increasing encroachment of the Han Chinese and the Dutch.They must muster all their strength to claim their own independence and integrity.

The premise of all this is that Timor Island must be unified first.

But the Hanzhou man in front of him actually disagreed with their purchase of a batch of weapons on credit, claiming that if there was no gold and silver and other materials, they might as well use the tribal population they captured as collateral, whether it was men or women, they could be exchanged.

Natatuka was very angry. The Hanzhou people secretly plundered the tribal population along the coast of the Weihali Kingdom. In order to obtain their material assistance for a long time, he has been holding back.Now, they are getting more and more publicized, and even directly proposed to themselves to exchange population for supplies!
You must know that population is also the greatest wealth for them. It can provide him with brave warriors, cultivate food, hunt prey, dig various minerals, and of course create wealth.

The Hanzhou people want to plunder their population and enslave their people, which is digging their roots.Deep in Natatuka's heart, there is a deep fear that these Hanzhou people may be more vicious than the Portuguese and the Dutch.The latter, it seems, only want to plunder their wealth, and sometimes buy the souls of their people.

But the Hanzhou people may take everything from them.Although they seldom massacre the people on the island indiscriminately, the disappearance of many tribes and populations in recent years proves that there is no difference between Hanzhou people and Westerners. With love and persistence, perhaps in the end, they will occupy all the land of the Weihali Kingdom.

On June 1641, 6, Natatuka, the former rebel general of the Kingdom of Wahali on Timor Island, led an elite force of 15 people and took dozens of small boats to raid the city of Wahali. With the cooperation of the courtiers, the king city was captured in two days, and the eldest prince and his supporters were captured and killed.

Subsequently, Natatuka announced that he would inherit everything in the Kingdom of Weihali.

At the end of June, the second prince of Tutuala at the eastern end of Timor Island, with the support of many ministers who had fled here, also inherited the Sultan of the Kingdom of Vihari, and called on the tribal leaders loyal to the Sultan in the country to fight against those who ascended the throne without authorization. The traitor Natatuka.

Located in the sphere of influence of the Dutch on the west side of Timor Island, after hearing about the civil strife in the Kingdom of Wihali, many tribal leaders jointly elected a son-in-law of the original Sultan Aletta Camille, called Sultan in Saoy, and established Pa The kingdom of Risudhan.

At this point, the Kingdom of Weihali Sultan was divided again and fell into a more chaotic battle.

(End of this chapter)