The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 70: Be Rough When It's Time
Coups in Chinese history are often complicated. For example, in the Han Dynasty, a coup required controlling the arsenal, taking down the Northern and Southern Armies, the Yulin Guard, and occupying the palace gates.

This is because China’s central government is too powerful, and if any link is not properly resolved, problems are likely to arise.

But in a small country like Arakan with a population of only a few hundred thousand, a coup is much simpler.

There are no more than 50,000 people in Arakan's capital, Myo-U City. Including the soldiers guarding the city gates, there are only 3,000 to 4,000 soldiers in total. They are not on duty all the time. Instead, half of the people are on duty and the other half are free. They are rotated every few months.

I don't know if there are five hundred regular guards who are professional soldiers.

Therefore, there is no need to be so complicated to carry out a coup in such a country. Just rush to the palace, break through the city, kill the king, and then push the collaborator to the throne, and everything will be done.

Throughout history, colonizers have often resorted to this kind of beheading and nation-destroying drama.

The city of Myo-U is located on the east bank of the Lemu River, a famous river in the Arakan region, about 40 kilometers away from the mouth of the Lemu River.

After Mo Zibu led the fleet to arrive, he immediately entered Sittwe, an important town at the estuary.

This place will become the new capital of the Kingdom of Arakan after the British take control of it in the future, but it is currently still a port with only a few thousand people.

The reason why it is called an important town is that Sittwe is located at the key point of the estuary of the Lemu River. There are cannons blocking both sides of the river, and there are also a large number of reefs within 20 nautical miles of the estuary.

Without the help of local people to guide, it is impossible to avoid these underwater reefs, not to mention the coastal defense artillery, which can be said to be easy to defend but difficult to attack.

But in Mozibu's case, everything is handled by Prince Plan.

There are a large number of Bangladeshis in Sittwe Port. These people were given important positions after the British incorporated Myanmar into British India. The famous Rohingya people are their descendants.

Most Bengalis believe in Islam, so they would certainly support Prince Puran, and it was easy for them to put Mozibu and others into Sittwe.

But Prince Plan also had a trick up his sleeve. He did not allow Mozibu's ships to continue up the Leimu River, nor did he allow all 1,400 of Mozibu's troops to go to the capital, Miaowu City.

He only allowed 600 men under Mo Zibu to go upstream on the small boats he had arranged.

There is nothing wrong with this arrangement. After all, the British's credibility is really not that good. They have gone back on their word and killed many of the people who invited them.

Prince Plan thought that if he placed Mozibu's fleet within the range of the coastal defense artillery and only allowed him to go with 600 men, he could control any changes.

It cannot be said that Prince Plan was careless, but he had no idea that Mo Zibu had no intention of deceiving him in this regard.

Because Mozibu was not hired by the British East India Company at all. All he wanted was for the Arakanese to lead the way, be responsible for the baggage transportation, and help him rescue the hostages.

In the city of Miaowu, it was just dawn and King Darye was sleeping soundly with his beloved concubine in his arms.

Arakan has had a hard time in recent years. Since the resurgence of the Burmese, the city of Myo-U has been in panic three times a day.

King Darye dreamed more than once that the Burmese broke through the natural barrier of Anguan and attacked the city of Myau.

And now, when King Darye finally put aside all his shame and surrendered to King White Elephant, he finally felt unprecedented relief.

Of course he knew that the White Elephant King accepted his surrender and treated him very well because he wanted to conquer Siam.

But in the future, after Siam is taken over, Arakan will definitely not be able to guarantee its current status and treatment.

However, King Darye is already 47 years old this year. He feels that he only has a few years left to live, so he wants to relax and enjoy himself.

As for the flood that came after his death, let us trust in the wisdom of future generations.

Unfortunately, before he could realize his sweet dream for a few days and arrange his peaceful days, the sound of swords clashing suddenly appeared in Miaowu City.

King Dalye jumped up from the bed in one leap, grabbed a dagger he carried with him and rushed out of the room.

Several guards, led by the palace steward, ran over for their lives.

"King, someone has opened the west gate of the outer city. Hundreds of people are rushing towards the palace. They just blew up the front gate and are about to reach the harem."

"Has there been any news from the commander of Anguan?" King Dalye asked in a deep voice.

"No, there is no information!" the steward replied quickly.

"That's good. Ring the bell and have all the warriors on duty retreat to the inner city.

Send a few men south out of the city to find the city guard and have him mobilize the people to arm themselves and support the king."

Upon hearing that there was no news from Anguan, King Darye immediately calmed down. As long as the Burmese army was not coming, there was nothing to be afraid of.

King Darye quickly thought about it and guessed that some nobles who were unwilling to submit to the Burmese had colluded with one of his sons to cause rebellion.

It is most likely that it was the third son, Plan, who was in collusion. This can be seen from the fact that they could only rely on bombing to attack the palace.

Because among his five adult sons, only the mother of the third son, Puran, died early. If the others rebelled, they could basically get the help of their mothers in the palace, and there would be no need to make such a big fuss.

The palace was not big. After blowing open the front door, Mo Zibu, led by Prince Puran's confidants, ran quickly to the harem.

At this time, the alarm bells rang. Mo Zibu looked up at the sky and found the Xianyou pirate brothers Chen Xu and Chen Nan who were following him.

"You two take five people and sneak around Prince Plan during the chaos. Wait for my order to control him. Be careful of this guy plotting against us."

Chen Xu agreed in a low voice, and immediately selected a few trusted brothers to hide in the darkness and go to find Prince Plan behind.

This guy is ruthless, bold and careful, and he is a veteran in this field. It is just right for him to do this job.

Afterwards, Mo Zibu found Chen Guangyao again and said, "Ayao, take a hundred men and block this bridge for half an hour. Don't let anyone cross the bridge."

There is a wooden bridge in front of the harem, which is the key road leading to the harem.

Mo Zibu knew that the alarm bell was a call for reinforcements from the citizens of Miaowu, so he had specially assigned his most reliable officer, Chen Guangyao, to guard the area. "Squeak, squeak!" The harem's gate made a series of creaking sounds on its hinges.

The explosion just now scared many people in the front palace. They had just opened the door to the harem, and now they saw Mo Zibu and others coming and were preparing to close the door.

Don't doubt how the palace gate can be opened at will. This is Arakan with a population of only 600,000 to 700,000, not China with a population of over 100 million.

Even in China, the management of the palace gates in peacetime was not very strict.

"Haru, we can't let them close the door!"

"Wu, Zu, you two cover!"

Seeing that the situation was urgent, Mo Zibu shouted loudly.

Before he could finish his words, an angry roar rang out. Pei Shichun threw away the weapon in his hand, tore off the half-body armor on his body, and ran away like an angry rhinoceros.

Behind her, her brother Pei Changwu and Chen family's sharpshooter Chen Guangzu also threw away all their weapons. Each of them held a bow, three or four arrows in their mouths, and ran wildly with Pei Shichun.

"Bang, bang!" The sound of a vibrating bowstring rang out, and several Arakanese guards who were closing the door about a hundred meters away fell down.

Pei Changwu and Chen Guangzu's archery skills were fast and accurate. They shot four arrows in a short period of time and did not stop until their arms were sore.

Four or five Arakan guards fell down, and there was chaos at the door. It took at least five seconds before someone came over to close the door again.

But at this moment, Pei Shichun had already arrived.

The fierce woman took the posture of fighting a tiger, roared wildly, and rushed towards the Arakan guard who was closing the door like an elephant.

With a bang, four or five Arakan guards were knocked to the ground by Pei Shichun's brutal charge.

Several swords and spears stabbed at him quickly. Pei Shichun rolled on the ground several times, using the guards who were knocked unconscious on the ground as a human shield.

Several screams were heard. Pei Shichun was not injured, but several guards were shot by their comrades in time and were bleeding profusely.

"Chun, don't get up!" Just when Pei Shichun wanted to get up, Mo Zibu's shout came, and Pei Shichun quickly lay down motionless.

"Bang, bang, bang" the dense sound of muskets rang out, and more than a dozen Arakan warriors who were stabbing Pei Shichun fell down suddenly. When the others heard the sound of the muskets, they ran away crawling.

"The king's treasury is over there, follow me quickly!" Prince Plan's confidants shouted for joy as they saw that they had successfully controlled the palace gate.

"Where is the most defensible place in the harem?" Mo Zibu was much calmer than this guy. King Dalye hadn't been caught yet, so why go to the treasure house?

"In the library, located on the back mountain of the palace." The confidant's face turned red, and he suddenly remembered that he was usurping the throne, not robbing.

"Let's go. No matter what, we will rush straight to the library. Carefully identify anyone on the road and kill any man who is there!" Mo Zibu waved his hand.

The palace of Myo-U was built on a mountain, but the mountain was not very high or very big, and it looked like a rockery.

King Darye is on the mountain. What he has to do now is to hold on. When the people of Miaowu City are mobilized to defend the king, he will win.

There were not many warriors around King Dalye, only about two hundred, and their weapons were not very complete. Most of them only had swords, and few had muskets and spears.

However, he has quite a few palace ladies and treasures around him.

King Dalye rolled his eyes, looking at the attackers who were about to run down the mountain in the distance, and said to the palace steward:

"Drape all the women with jewels and drive them down the mountain, quick!"

Soon, more than a hundred palace servants were driven down the mountain.

They were wearing colorful skirts, with shiny jewels hanging around their necks and shoulders. They ran down the mountain crying and taking small steps, bringing with them a gust of fragrant wind.

King Dalye smiled triumphantly, with the corners of his mouth curled up. He had more than a hundred beauties adorned with jewels, while the opposite side seemed to have only more than three hundred people.

Food and sex are human nature, and money is even more tempting. King Dalye believed that as long as these more than one hundred beauties rushed down, a fight would break out below.

He then ordered his warriors to charge forward. Even if they could not defeat these rebellious bandits, at least they would be unable to organize an attack on the mountain for half an hour.

But immediately, his eyes widened and his mouth opened wide.

Because after these more than one hundred beauties rushed down, the attackers below could be seen to be wavering for a moment, and then no one ran over to fight for them.

Mo Zibu laughed loudly. He held up his long sword and looked at his subordinates who were obviously very excited but none of them moved. His eyebrows flew up with joy.

"Very good! You are all worthy of being the elite of our Shantang. Liang Wenying, take twenty people to capture these women and take good care of them.

After we kill this bird king, I will let you take turns enjoying it, giving each of you two a night."

"Thank you, Longtou!"

"Dragon Head, give the order quickly, your subordinates can't wait any longer."

The sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling were heard, and everyone was so excited that they wanted to kill King Dalye right now.

Mo Zibu raised his long sword, pointing the blade towards the mountain. "Send out fifty selected vanguards. Each will receive double the reward after the battle. The rest will follow in order.

"You are not allowed to retreat until you die. If anyone dares to escape, I will personally beat him into a pulp and feed him to the dogs!"

"kill!"

(End of this chapter)