The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 90 The Sultan’s Clever Plan

Bahadur was well prepared, and within two days he had gathered more than 7,000 men.

As for why it was more than 7,000, it was because he didn't know the exact number.

Anyway, the people below are controlled by small military leaders one by one, and the only one he really knows is his own 600-man guard.

Among these more than 7,000 people, there are more than 200 firearms and more than 5,000 people are equipped with iron weapons.

There were also two guns that looked a bit like twelve-pounder guns removed from armed merchant ships.

How should I put it? This configuration is at the bottom even in the excellent matching mechanism of the South Seas natives.

It is still not as good as the Sultan of Kedah who was ambushed by Mo Zi Bu. Although the Sultan of Kedah failed to quickly gather 7,000 people, the combat effectiveness of the Sultan's warriors is still stronger than that of Pattani, at least they have far more muskets.

Thinking of the shortcomings of the musket, Sultan Bahadur II wanted to capture Ziyad Ali, who had been beaten into a pulp by Mozibu, and beat him again.

He originally wanted Ziad Ali to use these muskets to eliminate Wu Rang of Songkhla, and then make him surrender to him, and finally help him eliminate the Wei family of Pattani.

As a result, Ziyad Ali went straight to attack Nakhon Si Aziz. He left thousands of men and hundreds of muskets without leaving a single hair for Bahadur.

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The Wei family's manor is twenty miles east of the city, also located on the east side of the Pattani River, the main river in Pattani.

This is the main settlement area of the Wei clan, stretching for more than ten miles and home to more than a thousand people.

It is called a manor, but in fact it is a series of Minnan earth buildings next to each other, also known as Minnan round buildings.

This type of building was originally used by the people of southern Fujian to defend against bandits, robbers and enemies, and is very suitable for small-scale battles.

Bahadur slaughtered dozens of cows outside Pattani City and carried out thousands of kilograms of rice and piles of plantains, bananas, etc. like mountains.

It didn't take long before dozens of large pots of porridge were ready. Each person had a large bowl with a little roast beef, as well as plenty of roasted bananas and plantains, which was considered a reward.

The natives were eating with great joy, while Bahadur II's mouth twitched with distress. As a sultan, he had only a few hundred cows, and he slaughtered one-tenth of them in one go.

However, when he thought of the wealth accumulated by the Qinni people over hundreds of years, he became excited again.

The most important thing now is to quickly lead the army to surround them and not let them escape with the gold, silver, and cloth.

Therefore, many natives were driven to Wei's manor by the chiefs who were promised a large amount of money and land by Bahadur before they had enough to eat.

The natives were clamoring along the way as if they were going to a market. Many of them were holding roasted bananas and eating them as they walked, leaving their hands and mouths covered in black matter.

Some people were waving long knives in their hands and had already started to imagine with their relatives how they would kill those Qinni people and become rich.

However, although it was a mess, their marching speed was still not slow as they were attracted by the "big cake".

But unfortunately, when the natives arrived near the Wei family manor, many of them burst into tears.

It turned out that the spies they had ambushed in the Wei family manor had been almost completely eliminated. Nearly a hundred people had their heads chopped off and their naked bodies were exposed to the sun.

Bahadur Sultan's heart was filled with alarm. How come these Qinis knew about this in advance?
The collective execution of hundreds of people is not something that can be done in a short period of time. It takes a long time to catch people, let alone to catch them so accurately.

But before he could think about it, the crackling sound of muskets rang out.

It turned out that many natives found that their relatives had been killed, and they rushed over without waiting for his order. Smoke rose at the scene and there was chaos.

Some of the other natives heard the gunshots and shouts and rushed over to join the battle with their swords and guns in hand, shouting and yelling, without waiting for Bahadur Sultan to issue an order.

Bahadur was immediately overwhelmed and quickly sent his trusted aides to the various big bosses to ask them to restrain their men and coordinate the attack.

Well, Bahadur overestimated himself a little. Since the Sultanate of Kedah came to Pattani to be king, there has been no war for decades.

Under the flattery of some palace officers, Bahadur saw that he led a palace guard of one or two hundred people and looked very well-organized and elite, so he regarded himself as a military genius.

He had never anticipated that the difficulty of commanding one or two hundred people might be less than ten times that of commanding one or two thousand people.

But the difficulty of commanding one or two hundred people or seven or eight thousand people is definitely more than multiplied by thirty or forty. It should increase exponentially.

As mentioned earlier, the Wei family's Minnan Tulou was prepared for battles of this scale and level.

They are like donuts. People only need to hide in the earthen buildings and attack them from a high position with muskets, bows and arrows, or even stones, boiling water, and hot oil.

People outside often have no way to deal with the thick earth walls.

You have to surround them. There are earthen buildings like this all around, and they can support each other, so there is no blind spot for attack.

So, after fighting for a long time, more than an hour had passed by the time Bahadur Sultan finally managed to control the troops.

During this more than one hour, the natives were beaten to a pulp by the Wei family's earth building, with hundreds of casualties.

Many of them even felt hopeless during the fight and ran back home directly. Hundreds of people disappeared in an instant.

However, Bahadur was not discouraged. After all, their numbers still far outnumbered the Chinese.

After being beaten by reality, the natives finally understood the importance of fighting in a unified manner. The leaders, both big and small, restrained their troops, and the temporarily assigned officers began to gather on the Sudan's side to discuss countermeasures.

Then, they made a strategy of using artillery to hit the earthen buildings and then attack them one by one.

Well, without considering whether the Wei family has external aid, this is indeed a solution.

So, when the war broke out again, the Wei family earth building could no longer withstand it.

Once a hole was blasted open by artillery, or the wooden door blocked by stones was knocked open or smashed by the natives, the only choice was to give up and retreat.

As the earthen buildings began to collapse, the natives became more and more adept at fighting, and the smile on Sultan Bahadur's face became wider and wider.

He didn't know that, far out in the ocean, my Great Leader Mo, who had received the Wei family's notification, smiled even more brightly. Captain Cadell, the Dutch East India Company representative who had been invited to observe the battle, had a very grim expression. He felt like he was being used as a witness, but for the time being, he was powerless to do anything about it.

As the Duke of Ren De, he naturally wanted to make sure everything he did was legitimate.

Look, the Sultan of Pattani has started to besiege my compatriots, how can you blame me?

"Order all ships to lower their boats. Jinshan Hall and Yanzhi Hall each send 150 men ashore to eliminate all enemies!"

Just when Mo Zibu ordered the warships to approach the port of Pattani and send soldiers ashore directly.

To the west of Pattani, Chen Guangyao led 400 people and was less than 20 miles away from Pattani city.

Among Chen Guangyao's 400 men, 300 were soldiers from Kunlun Mountain Hall, and the other 100 were Zhangzhou soldiers led by Songkha Wurang himself.

What Mo Zibu wanted was to take over all of Pattani, including the more than 80,000 indigenous people of Pattani. Naturally, he would not let them run away.

It is 120 kilometers from the tin mine in the Sultanate of Kedah to Pattani. A large number of coolies are needed to transport the ore along the way, and it cannot be wasted.

Chen Guangyao took out his pocket watch to check the time, then nodded to Wu Wenyong beside him.

"In half an hour, you will charge directly into the Sultan's palace and set fire to its minaret."

As for beating up the Malay natives, the most suitable people to do so are the experienced Annamites.

There is a tall minaret in the Sultanate of Pattani's palace, which can be lit as a signal smoke to notify the naval fleet to defeat the natives.

Wu Wenyong looked at Chen Guangyao with extreme envy, or to be more precise, at the pocket watch on Chen Guangyao's hand.

At this time, if there was one thing that Europeans were better than the East in all aspects, it would definitely be the watch industry.

The pocket watch has been invented by Europeans for almost three hundred years. However, the pocket watches at that time only had one hour hand and were much less accurate. They were more of a decoration.

But fifteen years earlier, the lever escapement and minute hand were invented, making pocket watches much more accurate and a best-selling European luxury item in the East.

The piece in Chen Guangyao's hand is a pure gold pocket watch with enamel print and emerald inlay, which was specially made in Europe for sale to the Qing Dynasty. It is worth nearly one hundred taels of silver.

It was Mo Zibu's reward to Pei Shichun for his bravery in battle, but somehow it ended up in Chen Guangyao's hands.

Sensing the envious and jealous gazes, Chen Guangyao quickly put away the pocket watch.

"You want it? Go chop off the head of the Sultan of Pattani and the Duke of Longtou will surely give you a piece."

Wu Wenyong was so angry when he heard this, and secretly swore in his heart that he must make a big profit.

"Commander Wu, let my nephew go with you. He can keep an eye on the time for you."

Wu Rang was a good man and quickly asked his nephew to go with Wu Wenyong.

Wu's nephew came up from behind, took out a not-so-luxurious pocket watch and checked the time with Chen Guangyao. Then Wu Wenyong led 300 people and started rushing towards Pattani City.

. . .

In Pattani, Chinese people have stopped staying in the city for a few months because they feel unsafe.

Almost every household of the natives in the city followed Bahadur to attack the Chinese estate.

Even women and children followed the men to watch the fun, so in the city that usually has more than 20,000 people living there, there are now only a scattered 3,000 or 4,000 people.

These people were not alert at all. Even when Wu Wenyong rushed towards the palace with swords and guns, they did not realize that anything was wrong.

It was not until the Annan rebels began to kill the Sultan's palace guards who were also unprepared that they screamed in terror.

. . . .

Outside the Wei manor, the natives captured five or six earthen buildings and happily took the cloth and food of the Chinese inside the buildings and distributed them outside on the spot.

Sultan Bahadur II did not stop them. He just wanted to let some people get the benefits first, and then use this to stimulate others to speed up the attack.

And this really worked. Seeing that some people had become rich, the other natives became even more courageous. They pulled two twelve-pound naval guns weighing over a thousand pounds and ran high.

But at this moment, Bahadur II's guards suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted in horror.

"The Sultan, the palace, the palace's minaret is on fire."

The Wei Manor is located at a higher altitude than Pattani City, so even though it is more than ten kilometers away, you can still barely see the buildings of Pattani City.

Bahadur took a closer look and was shocked to find that the prayer tower was indeed on fire.

He suddenly became extremely anxious because his wives, concubines and children were still in the palace.

"Oh no! The Qinni people from Songkhla must be here! We've been tricked!"

Considering that nearly a hundred of the internal supporters prepared before the attack were killed, Bahadur II immediately made what he thought was a reasonable judgment.

"Haji, you take command here. Be sure to guard the dock and don't let the Qinni people get away."

Bahadur Sultan still had beautiful ideas. Now his side was fighting more and more smoothly. The Qini people of the Wei family had been suppressed, and it was only a matter of time before they were defeated.

The Qinni people in Songkhla could only send three to five hundred people at most, and their weapons were probably not as good as those of his soldiers.

Then he only needs to take two or three hundred of the Sultan's guards, plus thousands of young men in Pattani City, to recapture the palace.

Well, if there were no Mo Zibu, this method would work.

It’s just a pity that this is not Wu Rang or Wei Daquan who want to protect themselves, but Mo Zibu is coming to take his territory.

(End of this chapter)