1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 717 "Daming Kingdom"

On May 5, at 26:550 noon, on a sunny day, about 3000 kilometers east of Gangu (now the small town of Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia), the river valley (now Mount Isa, Australia) encountered an aboriginal tribe, It is estimated that there are as many as [-] to [-] people; there is an earthen city on the opposite side of the river; the armed forces of the natives are quite organized, and it is suspected that the level of civilization is higher than that of ordinary indigenous tribes in Hanzhou; the commander-in-chief of the exploration team, Yang Cheng, ordered all members to be armed And tried to conduct a trial by force.

Intelligence staff officer and Lieutenant Renyong (Lieutenant) Chu Changhui recorded some of the exploration logs that day, then stuffed the notebook and charcoal pens into his satchel, then grabbed the musket beside him, and looked up towards the river bank.

A group of 20 cavalrymen got off their camels, held muskets, and walked carefully to the river.The river is clear and the current is relatively gentle, with a width between ten and 15 meters.More than 200 meters to the north, on the river, there is a wooden bridge built with several trees tied together, but more than 100 natives are guarding there vigilantly with wooden spears.

The natives on the other side must have been convinced, and they kept gathering on the east bank of the river. There were old people, women, and children, but more were young and strong men.They have dark brown skin, protruding eyebrows, protruding jaws and thick lips, mostly wavy hair, and stout bodies, which are almost the same as ordinary Hanzhou natives.

However, what surprised the exploration team was that these aborigines seemed to be very organized. There were hidden leaders of all levels among the crowd, who kept shouting and running around, forming groups of aborigines who rushed to the river one after another, carrying wooden Spear, holding the stone, ready to counter the armed attack of the exploration team at any time.

"Swoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!..." Several wooden spears were thrown from the opposite bank, and fell on the side of the forward troops of the exploration team. No shots were fired back.

"They don't seem to dare to attack us directly." The prospecting leader Zhu Baodong said: "The wooden spear thrown over just now should be a warning to us not to cross the river easily....These natives are not simple!"

"Well, these aborigines are quite polite." Yang Cheng nodded, "And there are a lot of people on the other side, so let's not conflict with them. For safety's sake, prepare to retreat.... Let's go around in another place."

"Wait..." Zhu Baodong suddenly shouted, "The natives have sent people over!"

Hearing this, Yang Cheng raised his head and looked towards the river.I saw three natives walking from the single-plank bridge to the north, without weapons in their hands.After crossing the river, he first walked slowly to the small group of soldiers sent by the exploration team, seeming to be talking about something.Not long after that, the platoon leader leading the team led the three natives to Yang Cheng.

"Captain, they... they can speak Chinese!... They are from my Han family." The platoon leader was shocked.

"Um?……"

"what?……"

"...they can speak Chinese?"

The members of the exploration team immediately focused their eyes on the three natives, with surprise and curiosity in their eyes.

"You..." The aborigines headed by you are very young, probably only fourteen or fifteen years old, but their faces are completely different from ordinary aborigines. They may have been outdoors all the year round, and their complexion is a bit dark, but their faces are remarkably Han Chinese. "You guys Is it... a Han Chinese from the north?"

"..." Several leaders of the exploration team couldn't help but looked at each other, and couldn't help feeling a little strange in their hearts.

"Are you... Han?" Zhu Baodong, who was sitting on the camel, couldn't help but leaned down and asked cautiously.

"My father and king are Han." The young man raised his head and said, "I am also Han. ... My brothers and sisters are also Han!"

"Where are you from...? You have already established your country and become king here?" Yang Cheng asked in a deep voice.

"Where do we come from?" The young man showed some doubts on his face, "I was born here. Of course we are a kingdom here,... the Ming Kingdom."

"Daming Kingdom?" Everyone couldn't help but look at each other when they heard the words.

It's ridiculous. In the depths of the Hanzhou continent, there are still traces of the Han people, and thousands of aborigines were entangled to build a Ming Kingdom! ——
"Hehe, I am the king of the Ming Kingdom." An old man with a haggard face and a slumped expression leaned on a soft leather chair on the high platform, looked at the two representatives of the Qi State Expedition Team, and smiled, "You Han The people from Continent finally managed to get here... Your family's great commander, Cao Xiong, has he been doing well?"

The accompanying captain (second lieutenant) and cavalry platoon leader Meng Yuemin showed surprise on his face when he heard this. The native king even recognized my former commander of Hanzhou.From this point of view, the Great Ming Kingdom may have some connections with our Qi Kingdom.

"The original commander passed away 14 years ago." Meng Yuemin said in a deep voice, "I, Hanzhou, also founded the country 13 years ago, named Qi."

"Oh, Cao Xiong has been dead for more than ten years." The king seemed a little disappointed, "You have established a country as one, and the king must be that little boy who is equal to the sky."

"You, a barbarian native, how dare you call my king's name!" Meng Yuemin stared at the king, "Believe it or not, I will send troops from Qi to wipe out your so-called kingdom!"

"Hahaha..." The king laughed loudly, and then slowly stood up, "Ten years ago, it was your original Hanzhou, and only a few hundred armed soldiers were dispatched to drive us into the depths of the mainland. Now, your Hanzhou should have a population of 20, and you must be able to easily mobilize [-] soldiers. In this way, I, the Ming Kingdom, may not be able to stop your Qi State's thunderous blow."

"Hmph..." Meng Yuemin snorted a few times, and then said proudly: "Our country of Qi has a population of more than 65. Let alone [-] soldiers, mobilizing [-] soldiers is a breeze!"

"Unexpectedly, in 20 years, your Hanzhou has gathered 65 people!" The king was a little lost for a moment, "There are so many people, but they are all... Han people from Ming Dynasty?"

"More than [-]% of the country's population are Han Chinese."

"So many Han people gathered, it must be very lively."

"Happy?" Meng Yuemin was a little confused, and looked at the king suspiciously.Some pale complexion, and slightly cloudy eyes, seem to reveal an expression of infinite longing.

"Think about my Ming Kingdom, where there are thousands of people. There are only dozens of people around me who can speak Chinese with me, and even fewer people who can understand our Han civilization." The king sighed for a long time. , "For many years, I have wanted to go back to my Han people, back to Daming countless times, even if I can only stay for a day, even if I die immediately, I can rest in peace."

"Going east from here, traveling about [-] miles, and crossing a huge mountain, you can reach the territory under the jurisdiction of Weihai Prefecture of Qi State." Meng Yuemin said: "If your land country is willing to donate land to Qi State, my family Your Majesty and the cabinet government will definitely treat you well. In this way, your wish to return to our Han homeland will be fulfilled."

"Offering soil and accepting surrender?" The king was startled, and then laughed, "Hahaha..., your country of Qi really has a big appetite. You have come all the way from the north, and you must know how big this continent is. Huge. How come, my poor Daming Kingdom, you also have eyes?"

"The entire continent of Hanzhou belongs to our country of Qi. Where did you come from such a dilapidated... country?" Meng Yuemin said sharply, "If you don't surrender, when our army of Qi arrives, you will be reduced to ashes."

"You speak so wildly, are you not afraid that I will kill you two, and then reward the people below to share and eat?" the king said sullenly.

"I, a soldier of the Qi State, served the country, why should I cherish this body!" Hearing that the other party threatened to execute the two of them and reward them with food for the natives, Meng Yuemin still felt a little scared in his heart.But as a Qi soldier, long-term military training and the pride and self-esteem of an officer made him only force himself to show his fearlessness and calmness.

Seeing Meng Yuemin's toughness, the king nodded with admiration in his eyes and said, "I think your chief will have an explanation before you enter the king's city. If you are killed, will the whole team return to the northern part of Hanzhou immediately, and then quickly Summon the army to come and take revenge?"

Meng Yuemin raised his head, closed his mouth, and looked at the king coldly, but remained silent.

"More than ten years ago, your Hanzhou defeated a native kingdom - the Great Song Kingdom, and you captured the king Laoyutou. What's the situation now?"

"Are you a remnant of the native kingdom?"

"Hehe..., yes, I am the remnant of the Great Song Kingdom who escaped, and the remnant of the pirates who came to attack you when Hanzhou was first established....I am, Lai Si!"

Although Meng Yuemin was already familiar with the heroic deeds of Fu Jinbiao, the commander-in-chief of their cavalry regiment, who rode into the city alone and surrendered the native kingdom, but he was obviously unfamiliar with the name Lai Si. He turned his head and looked at each other with his companions, Then he looked at the king blankly.

Was Lai Si awesome back then?

Seeing the reaction of the two representatives, the king couldn't help being angry.In other words, when your Hanzhou was first established, hundreds of us attacked. If it weren't for our bad luck, poor organization, and internal unity, we might be able to destroy your Hanzhou forces in one fell swoop, and then occupy This huge piece of land.You know, at that time, there were no you two brats who knew nothing about the sky and the earth!
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In the evening, at eight o'clock, three kilometers from the west bank of the river.

All the camels were kneeling around the temporary camp, faintly acting as a barrier around the camp.There are two salt ponds, one large and one small, on the east and west sides of the camp, and a shallow trench was dug at the two narrow exits in the north and south to prevent and delay the enemy's rapid approach to the camp and launch possible attacks.

Several leaders of the exploration team gathered around the fire, discussing the request of the so-called Daming Kingdom to surrender.

"I seem to have seen information on this native king named Lai Si in the archives of the military department." Chu Changhui stared at half a kangaroo constantly turning and roasting under the bonfire, and said softly: "Twenty years ago, When your Majesty accompanied our Hanzhou elders to set the foundation for Jianye City, the four gangs of Lai and several pirates, led by the traitor He Laoliu, raided Jianye. But they were defeated by our Hanzhou elders. Most of them were wiped out, only A few people fled to the interior of Hanzhou."

"Seventeen years ago (17), the initial cavalry regiment detected a huge indigenous force in Songcheng (now Catherine, Australia), and after half a year of preparation, it dispatched more than a thousand armed forces to destroy it... ..."

"The officers and soldiers of our cavalry regiment all know about this matter. At that time, our old commander, Commander Fu, entered Song City by riding alone, and then surrendered several leaders of the natives, thus destroying the kingdom of the natives." As the Cavalry Regiment Yang Cheng, an officer of the army, is also honored and yearns for it.

"...after the kingdom of the natives was destroyed, after some interrogation of the native leaders, it was learned that they still had three pirates who slipped through the net and led some natives to continue to escape to the deep inland. But for more than ten years, Although we have continued to explore the inland, we have never found these pirates due to our limited penetration into the inland. Hehe, unexpectedly, in this large-scale inland exploration operation, we came across this lush river valley , found this Lai Si. He also subdued more than [-] aborigines nearby, and established a country here."

"They can make such a fuss, and if they formally surrender tomorrow, will it be fraudulent?" Zhu Baodong asked suspiciously.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Yang Cheng said, "If they capture us all and use the various knowledge and skills we possess, it will definitely greatly promote the growth of their native kingdom. So, tomorrow morning, I will Take [-] brothers across the river to accept the surrender. The rest of the expedition team, under the control of Chu Changhui, temporarily retreated to the west and stopped [-] kilometers away. If... If things fail, you immediately return to Jianye City and report the situation here Report to the cabinet and the military department, and then assemble a large army to avenge us."
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May 5, morning, seven o'clock.

Thirty soldiers of the Qi State with awe-inspiring military appearance walked in neat steps, crossed the small bridge, crossed the river, and then stood in line in front of the earthen city, waiting for the gate to open.

None of the officers and soldiers carried any weapons. Facing the continuously gathering natives, the expressions on everyone's faces were tense and tragic.Once the native kingdom changes its mind or surrenders falsely, no one will be spared from the officers and soldiers who come to accept the surrender. What is even more frightening is that they may be eaten by these barbaric natives and die without a place to die.

"The reason why I want to surrender is not because I'm afraid of your country of Qi... After so many years, I'm tired and don't want to run away anymore." The king of the so-called "Daming Kingdom", the former pirate remnant Lai Si, brought seven or eight children, With a look of relief on his face, he said: "I hope that you, Qi State, will be lenient, and you can come to me for any crimes and punishments. I just ask you to let my children go, and let them return to the Han people and live in peace. .”

"Our country of Qi has its own laws and regulations, but it will never harm our descendants." Yang Cheng said solemnly: "If there is no accident, all the children after you will be exempted and become people under the rule of our country. As for you, you are restricted by authority." , I'm sorry I can't explain it, it may be dealt with directly after my king and the cabinet have a meeting."

"...Just because you didn't lie to me in such a situation, I believe you." Lai Si turned his head to look at the concerned children behind him, and nodded comfortingly.

"Since this is the case, I will present a great gift to your country of Qi." Lai Si said fiercely, "A huge gift can allow your country of Qi to obtain inexhaustible money!"

"...Huh?" Yang Cheng was stunned.

"I found a super silver mine in this area! There are silver that can be picked up everywhere, the amount is...uncountable!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)