The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 399 Blood debt must be paid with blood

The Sulu Kingdom was essentially a tribal alliance; they had no unified language, laws, administrative agencies, military institutions, etc.

It was purely because everyone believed in Islam that they united together and declared the establishment of a country.

In fact, everyone still lives their own life.

The three most powerful among them are the East King, the West King, and the Dong King, and most of the country's power is in the hands of these three families.

Military and national affairs often require consultation among the three parties.

Whenever conflicts arose between tribes, the three parties were asked to mediate.

The Sulu Islands have a very important geographical location. It is one of the important transportation hubs in Southeast Asia and has very developed commerce.

The Han people like to live in such places the most, and quickly develop and become rich by means of handicrafts and business.

This situation naturally aroused the jealousy of the natives.

Speaking of which, the three Sulu kings were quite respectful to the Ming Dynasty and had been trying to resolve the conflicts between the two sides.

However, some things cannot be blocked.

What's more, the Han people generally believe in Mazu, while the natives mostly believe in Islam or the local witchcraft religion.

Differences in beliefs lead to huge differences in living habits.

For example, Han people have basically no taboos about food and will eat anything that is edible.

Islam does not eat pork.

The two sides often have conflicts over the issue of pork.

All these things have made the conflict between the two sides deeper and deeper, and it cannot be resolved with just a few words.

So when the turmoil came, even with the suppression of the three kings, the small and medium-sized tribes under them still took action.

When the three Sulu kings received the news, their faces turned pale.

Then they took action at the same time.

First, he issued an order to provide shelter for the Han people within the area directly under his own tribe.

Then three groups of envoys were sent, one to Temasek Island, one to the State of Chu, and the other directly to Luoyang.

After doing all this, they sent some family members to the West to trade with a large amount of money and goods.

"If we can survive this disaster, and you come back, it will be like going out on a business trip."

"If... you can just find a place to hide your identity and live a good life."

Those members naturally knew the reason and did not dare to say anything, and immediately sailed out to sea.

We passed smoothly through the Strait of Malacca and sailed into the vast ocean.

But before they could breathe a sigh of relief, densely packed warships appeared on the sea.

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The chaos in the Sulu Kingdom was exactly what Zhu Zhen wanted.

As for the messengers of the three kings…what messengers? This king has not seen them.

Half a month after the incident, he mobilized troops from all over the country and entered the Sulu Kingdom in the name of protecting the Han people.

He ignored those small villages and towns, but divided his troops into six groups to directly attack the six main cities of Sulu.

It is called the main city, but in fact it is just a relatively large village without even a wall.

It was impossible to cause any hindrance to the Chu army.

When the Chu army came, the natives did not flee.

Perhaps the massacre of Han people gave them undue confidence, and they actually gathered together and tried to resist head-on.

One side was armed to the teeth, while the other side only had a few pairs of shoes. The result was no surprise.

The natives collapsed at the first touch, and only regretted that their parents had not given them two more legs.

The fleeing soldiers in the front attacked the already disorganized army formation in the rear, and then the entire army fell into chaos.

Zhu Zhen used a telescope to look at the fleeing natives and said jokingly:
"These people are short and dark-skinned, and they run like monkeys."

It’s just that the natives are just like monkeys and their movements are far from being as agile as monkeys.

The Chu army chased them and hacked them up, and soon there were corpses everywhere.

The Chu army chased all the way into the city, killing anyone they saw and chopping anyone they saw, even those who knelt down and begged for mercy.

Zhu Zhen's words were truly implemented, leaving no one alive.

When the three Sulu kings learned that the King of Chu was attacking, they knew that something was wrong.

However, they are not the type to sit still and wait for death, so they gather the strength of the tribe and prepare for resistance.

However, their army, which served as a barrier, was no match for the Chu army.

Soon their cities and palaces fell, and they themselves became victims of the sword.

After conquering several major cities, Zhu Zhen once again ordered his troops to attack all places where the natives gathered in units of thousands of households.

"Drive all these black monkeys into the deep mountains and forests. That's where they belong."

These armies of the Chu State were built by Zhu Zhen after years of hard work.

Each of them has the blood of the natives on his hands and is experienced in mountain warfare.

The order to attack freely was given, which actually freed them up.

Each of them used their abilities to carry out a carpet cleanup of the entire Sulu Archipelago.

The remaining Han people came out from every corner and excitedly welcomed the royal army.

Many people volunteered to lead the army to attack important targets of the natives and avenge their families.

Many brave men picked up any weapon that suited them and followed the army to kill the natives.

With the guidance of the local Han people, the Chu army's actions went more smoothly.

Soon, there were no more native tribes with more than 500 people in the Sulu Islands.

Some natives tried to escape by boat, but they soon discovered that warships of the Ming Dynasty's South China Sea Fleet were everywhere.

Zhu Zhen naturally did not dare to act on his own, and had already communicated with Guo Ying and Fu An before sending out troops.

They were all thousand-year-old foxes, so they naturally saw through his plan at a glance.

However, neither of them objected to this.

Zhu Zhen usually respects them very much, so this face must be given.

In order to ensure that what happened on Sulu Island would not spread, Guo Ying also sent a fleet to help him blockade the Sulu Islands under the pretext of a training exercise.
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Three months passed before we knew it, and the unrest in Southeast Asia was basically coming to an end.

More than 100,000 refugees gathered in areas controlled by the Ming Dynasty, such as Temasek and Chu.

They all escaped by luck and then escaped through various means.

Although the imperial court did not send troops for the time being, Fu An and others still tried their best to accept these refugees and provided them with food and accommodation.

And I would like to take this opportunity to tell everyone that it’s not that the court does not want to help everyone, but that the incident happened suddenly and there was no time to respond.

It takes several months to go from Nanyang to Luoyang and back...

Then he solemnly promised that the court would not abandon any of its subjects and would definitely seek justice for everyone.

Whether the refugees believe this or not, they are inevitably deeply moved by this situation.

These Nanyang Han people, who had never had much sense of identification with the Ming Dynasty, finally found some sense of identity with their country and ethnicity.

Seeing the refugees' emotions gradually calm down, Fu An also breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he said, "It's almost time now. Is there any news from Marquis Wu Ding?"

At the Nanyang Navy Camp, Guo Ying took out the troop mobilization document issued by the Emperor and the Five Military Commandery, and filled in June 22nd in the date column.

I even felt like comparing the handwriting on it, and when I found there was no problem, I nodded with satisfaction.

Then his face darkened and he ordered drums to be beaten to gather his troops.

In fact, the imperial court had begun planning the Nanyang plan several years ago.

And since they had already anticipated that something major would happen this year, how could they not authorize Guo Ying in advance?

His so-called request for instructions had two purposes.

First, of course, it is reasonable to delay the time of sending troops.

The second reason was to put on a show to prove that the court did not know about this matter in advance.

In the whole of Nanyang, no more than five people know about this plan.

At least this plan cannot be recorded in history books. History books will only record that the Nanyang natives massacred the Han people, and the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Nanyang countries in anger to seek justice for its people.

Future generations will only see the just side of the Ming Dynasty.

This official document had been written long ago and had always been carried by Guo Ying.

Just leave the date blank.

He felt that the time was ripe and he could just fill in the date and send troops directly.

When I return to Beijing to report in the future, I will fill in the date left in Luoyang, and it will be perfect.

When all the generals arrived, he took out the document with wet ink, waved it vigorously a few times, and said:
"The emperor's decree has arrived."

The eyes of the generals who had been waiting anxiously for a long time suddenly became fiery.

"Your Majesty was deeply saddened to learn of the chaos in Southeast Asia and ordered us to seek justice for the innocent people of Ming Dynasty."

These two simple sentences excited the generals and made them more loyal to the emperor:

"Your Majesty is holy."

Guo Ying shouted angrily: "Pass my order, the whole army will attack and bloodbath Nanyang."

Generals: "Bloodbath in Nanyang...bloodbath in Nanyang..."

The 100,000-man Nanyang Navy shouted "bloodbath Nanyang" and rushed out in full force to attack the Nanyang countries.

While sending troops, Guo Ying did not forget to send a message to Temasek.

Fu An, who couldn't wait any longer, took out a document from the most secret place in the house and filled in the date on it.

Then he summoned all the forces on the island and announced the court's will.

"Once a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, always a citizen of the Ming Dynasty..."

"Those who offend the Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are. Those who harm the people of the Ming Dynasty will be made to pay with blood."

The officials and the people, who had been extremely angry for a long time, suddenly roared, blood debt must be repaid with blood.

Then, the armory of the Governor's Office in Temasek was opened, and the police officers who usually maintained law and order were transformed into regular troops.

Afterwards, Fu An gave orders to the navy guarding Malacca to attack.

The Governor-General's Office has military power, and even has the power to execute first and report later, and to go to war with enemy countries.

It’s just that Temasek is a special case, and the imperial court deliberately restricts their power in this area.

Now the time has come and the restrictions have been temporarily lifted.

The Governor's Office, which usually looks inconspicuous, assembled an army of 30,000 people in a very short time.

In accordance with the agreement with Guo Ying, he sent troops to attack Malacca and Sumatra.

When the refugees on Temasek Island heard the news, they put aside the last bit of doubt in their hearts.

The court really still remembers them.

Then, the voices of "Long live the Ming Dynasty" and "Long live the Emperor" kept ringing.

But soon, these voices turned into blood debts and blood retribution.

Many young and strong people among the refugees were encouraged to stand up and express their willingness to take revenge with their own hands.

Fu An, who was short of manpower, naturally agreed. However, he did not let them go to attack the tough battle. Instead, he put them together separately to be responsible for the final cleanup work.
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As the admiral of the Nanyang Navy, Geng Zimao commanded an army alone and was responsible for attacking the Kingdom of Borneo.

When his fleet arrived, he found the island still in chaos.

After learning more about it, I realized that after looting the Han people, the various tribes had internal conflicts in order to divide up the wealth.

So much so that they failed to notice the arrival of the Ming army.

Geng Zimao was not polite and immediately ordered the troops to land.

Teams of Ming troops lined up in an orderly manner at the dock and were assigned tasks.

Looking at the messy town and the Han corpses on the ground.

Most of these bodies have already rotted, but you can still vaguely tell that they died tragically.

The body, which had not yet completely decayed, was covered with wounds.

Many of the female corpses were naked, and one can imagine what they had experienced in their lifetime.

Seeing all this, the soldiers' eyes turned red.

They didn't know that the disaster before them was the result of the imperial court's planning.

They only knew that their fellow tribesmen had been plundered and massacred by foreign races here.

Having received ideological education, they have a very deep understanding of the concepts of nation and ethnicity.

Therefore, seeing this tragedy at this time, I became even more angry.

Following Geng Zimao's order, the angry army began to kill without mercy.

Guo Ying's order was to leave no one alive.

Even newborn babies cannot be spared.

At first everyone thought this order was too cruel, but now no one questions it anymore.

Countless natives, some in simple clothes and some in fine clothes copied from Han people's homes, died under the swords and guns of the Ming army.

The ground was strewn with gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, but they did not arouse the interest of the Ming army at all.

At this moment, all the eyes were on were the natives and the heads on their necks.

The wailing sound once again enveloped the entire island, but this time the roles were reversed.

Wang Wanrong hid in a puddle in a dense forest, enduring the torture of hunger and the bites of poisonous insects.

That day, she reluctantly broke her left hand and fled from the villa.

After coming out, she finally confirmed that the natives were in chaos and were slaughtering the Han people.

She looked from afar and saw that the former Wu family compound had turned into a sea of ​​fire.

This made her very excited. The Wu family finally got their retribution.

Afterwards, she escaped from the city under the cover of night and hid in the woods.

She knew how dangerous it was for a lone woman during a turbulent time, so she didn't dare hang out with other people and hid herself until today.

Soon the severed left hand became inflamed and festered because it had not received medical treatment.

Her body also developed a high fever, making her consciousness increasingly dizzy.

She knew she was going to die, but she was unwilling to do so.

It’s not that he was afraid of death, but that he failed to make the Wu family’s crimes public.

But in the current situation, she couldn't do anything.

I could only find a few things that looked like herbs, but I didn't know if they were poisonous or not, let alone if they could heal wounds.

Chew it up and apply it on the wound.

Maybe it was luck and the herbs worked, or maybe her will overcame the illness.

The body temperature gradually dropped and the wounds began to heal.

More than three months passed unknowingly, and she survived, but the price was that she no longer had a human form.

If you see her from a distance, you would just think she is a beast in human form.

It was with this disguise that she escaped the pursuit of the natives several times.

One day, she was carefully looking for food when she suddenly heard a noisy sound coming from a distance.

It sounded like the natives were making the sound.

She thought it was the natives searching for the Han people again, so she hid herself in fear.

But he soon realized that something was wrong. Why did these natives look like they were running for their lives?
Who is hunting them?
She knew that the natives had started a internal conflict, and at first she thought that the natives were killing each other.

But she soon realized that something was wrong. The army chasing the natives behind her were wearing very familiar clothes.

Ming army? Ming army, it's Ming army.

The Ming army came to avenge us?
At this moment, Wang Wanrong's emotions that had been accumulated for months finally burst out and she couldn't help but burst into tears.

While crying, he shouted loudly: "Soldier, the natives are running over there, kill them quickly."

"Kill, kill, kill all these beasts."

(End of this chapter)