Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Every time he sees this, Hamid sighs. He really can't figure out why the first generation of Maradi monarchs are willing to abandon the "money" career of pirates and go ashore to become a small country. monarch.

It's not worth it!
Just when Hamid was full of reverie, Sitaraman's old voice sounded: "Hamid, I know what you are thinking, are you thinking about the so-called glory of your ancestors?"

Hamid's face turned awkward immediately, his father really knew him well.

Seeing the awkward expression on his son's face, Sitarama couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

If I had known it earlier, I should have burned that diary and kept it until today, so that it would come out to harm my eldest son.

Putting aside the distracting thoughts in his heart, Sitarama sneered again and again: "Hamid, you have to remember that even the most arrogant and arrogant pirates will never get on the stage, this is the consensus of the entire Southeast Asian countries! "

"They may be afraid of pirates, but they will always look down on pirates in their hearts. Otherwise, the current Southeast Asian countries would have long been turned into pirate countries. It's a pity that this scene didn't happen. This is a clear proof!"

Seeing the disapproving expression on the eldest son's face, Sitarama could only sigh weakly...

He made a final exhortation: "Hamid, you must cherish Maradibong, cherish your status as the heir of Maradibang, Maradibang will always be much more precious than a bunch of pirates, You must remember this!"

Hamid lowered his head docilely: "Yes, respected father, Hamid will keep your teachings firmly in his heart like engraved on a stone wall!"

Sitarama shook his head, and didn't bother to distinguish the truth from the falsehood.

He began to ask about the serious matters that he was concerned about every day: "Is that Daming's fleet still scurrying around at sea?"

Speaking of business, Hamid immediately concentrated: "Yes, they are still there!"

Since the first day when Ming's fleet came to the Maradi sea area, Sitarama has been fidgeting.

He asked Hamid to personally send spies to investigate the movement of the fleet every day, and then Hamid would personally report the results of the investigation to himself.

But this fleet has been wandering around the sea for more than ten days, and they don't go ashore or leave. What the hell are they going to do?

Hearing Hamid's report at this moment, the fleet was still wandering around, and Sitarama couldn't help showing a worried look on his face.

The unknown is the most frightening thing!
In the end, Sitarama couldn't help it, and discussed with the culprit who caused this incident, that is, his eldest son Hamid: "Hamid, what do you think Ming's fleet wants to do? Is it to come Did Master Xing question the crime?"

Again!
Hamid felt powerless for a while, and his father asked him this question almost every day.

Before, every time he was fooling around, but today he decided not to fool around, but to give him a good analysis.

Hamid collected himself and said in a deep voice, "It's absolutely impossible!"

"If they really came here to ask questions, then they would have landed a long time ago, so why should they stay at sea for so many days?"

"So I think it is very likely that they came under escort!"

Sitarama was stunned: "Escorted here?"

Hamid nodded firmly: "Yes, there are obviously merchant ships in this fleet, and the merchant ships of Daming were robbed by us twice in a row before, and the merchants who wanted to come to Daming were also afraid, so we came here Hired such a large fleet to escort them!"

"They have been wandering back and forth on the sea these days, most likely they are guarding against our shark teeth, for fear of being robbed by us again. If they are sure that they are safe, if they want to come, the merchant ships in this team will go ashore to trade !"

I have to say that what Hamid said really seems to be the case, at least it is correct with the previous situation.

Sitarama also nodded involuntarily, and then looked at Hamid sternly: "I don't want to pursue the past, but I want you to convey an order to Shark Tooth, that is, no matter what, this time Daming's merchant ships, they can no longer do anything!"

Hamid also said solemnly: "Follow your will, my father!"

This time Hamid spoke the truth, after all, the fleet that "escorted" this time also scared him!

Hamid is not stupid, if there is an extra problem at this time, then he is really courting death!

……

aboard the fleet.

Zhou Buxin and Zhang Dingbian couldn't sit still anymore.

After wandering in the sea for more than ten days, Zhang Dingbian finally couldn't bear it anymore.

On this day, Zhang Dingbian invited Zhou Buxin to his cockpit, and said with a sad face: "Mr. Zhou, there is no way for us to wander around like this. It's been more than ten days, and we haven't even seen a pirate hair. How long will it last like this?"

Zhou Buxin also frowned: "I can't keep wandering around like this, it will delay things too much, and if I don't fight for a long time, the morale of the soldiers will also drop, and the whole person will be lazy. , Exhausted three times, this is the truth..."

Zhang Dingbian interrupted him and said: "Mr. Zhou, I know what you said, but it's not a solution to continue to sway like this. I thought about it, let the troops prepare for combat. We must end the voyage as soon as possible, and then Get back to land."

Although the Ming army fleet is powerful, life at sea is very difficult, and soldiers and sailors cannot always float at sea.

Zhou Buxin pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "I thought about it, since we can't meet pirates on the sea, then we might as well go to the pirates' lair!"

Zhang Dingbian was taken aback: "Old nest?"

"That's right!" Zhou Buxin nodded, "These pirates are all natives of the local city-states such as Maradi. If you can't find them at sea, they must have hidden on land. Let's go ashore to attack these natives of Maradi. ,force
Zhang Dingbian immediately ordered the sailors on the fleet to gather together and issued an order that the entire fleet be ready for landing.

Immediately, Zhang Dingbian said to Zhou Buxin: "Mr. Zhou, your suggestion is very good. How can we find the pirate's den?"

Zhou Buxin said with a smile: "We can go straight to Huanglong."

"Go straight to Huanglong?" Zhang Dingbian was taken aback, a little surprised: "Mr. Zhou, what you said is true."

Zhou Buxin smiled slightly: "To be honest, when Ying Tianfu left, I went to bid farewell to His Royal Highness, and His Highness gave me a map of Tianzhu, which happened to have a topographic map of the Maradi people. After thinking about it, I feel that we should go to the Marathi people to question their crimes and lead the army to catch them by surprise."

The main source of local pirates is the Maradi region of Asan.

Zhou Buxin felt that as long as he defeated the local Malady Asan, he could solve the scourge of pirates once and for all.

There is no need to look for traces of pirates at all.

Zhang Dingbian suddenly realized: "So that's the case, Mr. Zhou is smart, I will notify all the ships and make preparations."

Zhou Buxin nodded.

Zhang Dingbian immediately asked someone to convey the news.

The night was bright with stars and the sea breeze was gentle.

On each battleship, each captain is making intensive arrangements, and the soldiers are also ready to go ashore for a bloody battle.

Southern India in the [-]th century had hundreds of city-states, large and small. There was no coordinated defense between the city-states. After the Ming army appeared on the sea, the neighboring city-states would not warn and help each other at all.

Therefore, the Ming army led by Zhang Dingbian quickly arrived at the beach outside Maradi city.

The soldiers of the local Maradi city-state did not realize that this was an attack. They thought it was the Eastern Merchant Fleet coming to do business. Dozens of Indian Maradi came to the Ming army swaggeringly. The announcement to inspect the ship's cargo.

Seeing this, Zhang Dingbian was immediately laughed angrily by these stupid Asan.

"Come on, arrest them all!"

As soon as Zhang Dingbian gave an order, more than 20 soldiers of the Ming army surrounded them and took them all down.

These Maladys were all frightened, kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy.

Through the translators in the army, Zhang Dingbian soon learned of the military deployment of the Maradi people here.

The Marathi people have a city nearby called Mahama City, and the local king and lord is called Babur.

"Mahama City, how many soldiers and horses are there?" Zhang Dingbian asked the captives.

"No more than 2 people!" said the prisoner.

When Zhang Dingbian heard it, he was immediately surprised.

The total strength of the Ming army was no more than 2. Except for those who stayed behind on the ships, the number of troops that Zhang Dingbian brought ashore this time was only 3000.

A city guarded by 2 people is really not that easy to attack.

"Ask again, are there any other Marathi troops around?" Zhang Dingbian asked again.

Later, Zhang Dingbian and Zhou Buxin learned that apart from the Asan army in Mahama City, there were several other cities with similar strength.

The combined strength of all the Maradi people is almost more than [-]!

"More than one hundred thousand people?" Zhang Dingbian was immediately surprised.

Zhou Buxin on the side was also full of disbelief.

"The Marathi territory on the map is not that big!" Zhou Buxin said.

According to their experience of sailing all the way, all the areas in the entire Nanyang area, according to the standards of the Central Plains, are basically sparsely populated.

Now the Marathi people's territory is not big, and they have so many troops.

That means the local population density is very high, almost on par with Daming.

"It looks like a big fat sheep!" Zhang Ding smiled and said.

"The fat sheep is too big, it's hard to eat!" Zhou Buxin said.

Then they interrogated the captives again and got everything out.

The local pirates were indeed these Marathi people.

These Marathi people are usually fishing and farming. Once a merchant ship appears, they will rob and act as pirates.

If they encounter an unbeatable merchant fleet, they will become friendly merchants and trade with the arriving fleet.

Anyway, they are just a group of guys who play with the wind.

"This Marathi is really strong!" Zhang Dingbian said.

The mission Zhu Han entrusted to him was to exterminate the pirates. As for how to exterminate the pirates, Zhu Han didn't care at all.

If you find pirates at sea, kill them all.

It is not impossible to go ashore and subdue all potential pirates, just these Maradis.

However, the Maladys now have too many troops, already dozens of times the strength of the Ming army.

Zhang Dingbian didn't want to take any risks, so he discussed with the military adviser Zhou Buxin again.

Zhou Buxin thought about it for a while, and felt that there were too many enemies, so it's better not to take too many risks.

"General, why don't we lure the snake out of the hole and hide all the warships, leaving only the five merchant ships."

"Oh, by the way, the armed forces on the five merchant ships have to be removed too!"

Zhang Dingbian didn't react for a while, and his eyes widened: "Mr. Zhang, what is the meaning of this? Those warships and gunboats are used in these Southeast Asian countries to promote the country's majesty and martial arts, and they cannot be withdrawn easily. .”

Zhou Buxin smiled wryly and said: "Nowadays, it's worse than these warships and gunboats that promote the national prestige and martial arts."

"General Zhang, just think about it. I'm parading around the sea with such a great power, and the pirates are also spying secretly. Seeing that we are so powerful, I'm afraid they won't even have time to run. How dare they show up?"

"Therefore, my plan is to show them weakness."

"In the past few days, I have sent people to explore around in small boats. There are many uninhabited ports on wild islands in this sea area. We can first hide all the armed warships in ports on uninhabited islands, leaving only those Five merchant ships."

"Afterwards, I drove the merchant ship straight to Maradi's port, directly raised the banner of my Daming, and went to see the city lord of Madila, and then took out the high-grade goods and gold, jewelry and jade from the accompanying goods, or communicated with the local people. traded with the natives, or given as a gift to the Maradi monarch.”

Speaking of this, Zhang Dingbian, who was still a little confused, immediately became excited again: "Pirates are greedy and ignorant, and greedy for profit. They will definitely not be able to bear it. Let's set up an ambush first, and catch them by surprise!"

"At that time, charge these pirates with the charge of robbing the ship of the Great Angel under the orders of Maharadi Monarch."

The more Zhang Dingbian talked, the more excited he became, and he didn't notice Zhou Buxin's stunned expression at all.

"At that time, we will be able to justifiably destroy the royal family of this Madira state, and then support a puppet who is close to Da Ming, and let Da Ming garrison here haha. From then on, my Da Ming merchant ship will have no worries!"

Zhang Dingbian made a conclusion in satisfaction, and did not forget to ask Zhou Buxin for confirmation: "Mr. Zhou, is that what you mean?"

"That's what I should have meant!" Zhou Buxin said weakly.

I have to say, this Zhang Dingbian is really daring to think and act, lawless!
This poisonous plot of framing, destroying the family and destroying the country came with his mouth open, without blinking his eyes. Zhou Buxin's original intention was to lure this band of pirates out and settle the business after the suppression.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Dingbian directly followed his train of thought and came up with a big move!

But I have to say that Zhang Dingbian's trick is more effective than his strategy.

If this thing really happens, it can be used in several other big countries in Nanyang, anyway, the strength of the countries in Nanyang is like this. With the strength of the Ming Fleet, several big countries in Nanyang can be destroyed. The feasibility is still very high.

Zhou Buxin and Zhang Dingbian had already discussed and decided, and immediately passed on the military order, ordering ten double-deck gun battleships, five Ming Galen ships, and ten mixed-sail clipper ships to turn around and go to the distant islands. It's like sailing out of this sea area.