Yao Guangxiao agreed with this suggestion, so Zheng He sent a Ming army of 500 people to be stationed here, Chen Zuyi took the opportunity to offer advice that in order to alleviate the loneliness of the officers and soldiers and reduce the labor, they could recruit nearby states and let them offer some indigenous women to come as military servants, Zheng He expressed his understanding and agreed.

What they didn't expect was that Temasek was a small island with plenty of arable land, and the 500 Ming soldiers each occupied a piece of land for the local owners, hired servants from nearby states to farm, and never wanted to return to the homeland of the Ming Dynasty.

After crossing the Strait of Malacca, entering the Bay of Bengal, sailing along the coast for more than ten days, and already approaching Ceylon, Chen Zuyi took the lead and led the scout ship to run out for nearly 100 miles, although he has been a pirate for more than ten years, but he has never crossed the Strait of Malacca one step, and after entering the Bay of Bengal, a new field makes his adventurous heart burn, and constantly explores new areas.

On this day, they came to an unfamiliar coast, and judged that there was a large river nearby according to the stratification of the sea, so Chen Zuyi ordered to lean in, hoping to replenish fresh water and food.

They found a harbor nearby, but before they could get closer, they noticed black smoke billowing from the land.

There is a case!

Chen Zuyi let the scout ship anchor in the harbor, and he took a team to row a small boat to the shore and went ashore to investigate, but after a few steps, a group of people were stunned.

Near the harbor was a village, or a town by the standards of the natives of the South Seas, but the town was destroyed.

The houses made of bamboo and wood were almost all set on fire, most of them had been burned down, and there were dead bodies lying everywhere, most of the women were stripped naked, their bodies were scarred, and their lower bodies were blurred with flesh and blood.

Others, young and old, were killed on the ground, not even poultry and livestock, and real chickens and dogs were not left.

The air was filled with a strange smell of grass and wood smoke mixed with burnt human flesh, where had the Ming officials and soldiers in the same country seen such a tragic three-light policy, and immediately held on to the trunk of the tree and vomited, Chen Zuyi glanced at it, but did not blame them, this kind of hell on earth, Rao is an old pirate who feels a chill down his spine.

Among his men were old brothers who had been pirates together, and after some surveys, they came back to report that the town had been sacked by a group of strongmen who had come in from the sea, and that this group was by no means the traditional pirates of the South Seas.

Although the traditional pirates of the South Seas also raided houses, they left room for targets on land and would not kill them all, after all, pirates could not stay on the ship all their lives, they always had to go ashore to replenish supplies, and kill who would provide them with things.

Chen Zuyi nodded, led people to investigate around, and soon found suspicious points, this group of people seemed to have internal response, he found that this town was defensive, but there was no trace of resistance found in the periphery, it seemed that the pirates swaggered into the town, and then suddenly broke out, the town had no time to react at all, and weapons were found in some rubble, and they were burned to ashes before they were taken out.

At this time, someone reported that he found a living mouth, Chen Zuyi looked over and saw that it was a local woman, no more than twenty years old, ragged, with dark skin unique to the Nanyang natives, petite figure, and the lower body was also blurred with flesh and blood, but it could still make a faint cry of pain, Chen Zuyi thought about it, took off his robe and covered her, and asked his subordinates to take her back to the ship for healing.

A group of people were scouting around, and suddenly a feathered arrow flew and shot a soldier down,

There is an ambush!

A warning sounded, and a group of people quickly found a place to hide themselves, only to see that the town was facing the inland direction, and a group of people rushed out, wrapped in strips of cloth, holding all kinds of weapons, and their faces were painted with various colors, and they rushed towards them with a shout, and the number of them reached hundreds.

Chen Zuyi quickly judged the current situation, the situation was unclear, he only brought a dozen people, it was impossible to fight, and immediately decisively ordered a retreat.

"What about that person"

Chen Zuyi followed the sight of his subordinates and found that the unlucky guy who was hit by the arrow was lying not far away, with an arrow in his chest, and his coat was wet with blood, and he fell to the ground and did not know whether he was alive or dead, Chen Zuyi thought for a while, "You retreat first, and I will come later." ”

After speaking, he crossed the low wall and ran towards the unlucky guy, the bow and arrow of the person on the opposite side kept beckoning to him, Chen Zuyi drew a single knife, pushed the bow and arrow aside, ran to the soldier, held him under the armpit, and went back backwards.

Feather arrows beckoned to him more and more, and he was about to be shot into a hedgehog, when a shout came from behind him, and his subordinates did not know where to find a few door panels and rushed forward to block him, and two soldiers who took the arrows from his hands, one of them grabbed and dragged back, and a group of people quickly got into the boat, rowed away.

Hundreds of natives rushed to the shore, they had no boat, they could only shout in vain, although they could not understand the native language, but they could also feel their monstrous anger and hatred.

The soldier who was hit by the arrow did not die, but he was wearing leather armor, and the arrow was polished with bones, and the wound was not serious, so it would be fine to wrap it in a strip of cloth. Chen Zuyi looked at the soldiers who were humming and chirping beside him, and then looked at the injured natives lying on the low couch who did not know whether they were alive or dead, and ordered the scout boat to return to the fleet.

Yang Pingfan and the others quickly got the news, and after rushing over to listen to Chen Zuyi's story, they all fell into deep thought.

"Those people must have taken you as the culprit in the destruction of the town, this misunderstanding is deep enough. ”

Su Yu said on the side.

"Then what should we do now, should we negotiate in the past, or should we ignore it?" Wang Jinghong asked.

"This matter must be investigated, this kind of hurtful thing cannot be left unattended, not to mention that they mistakenly think that we are the culprit who ransacked the town, how much impact it will have on the great tomorrow, as far as the inhumane practice of the culprit behind the scenes, it will definitely not be done only once, God has the virtue of good life, we should also eradicate them, and return the local peace. ”

This is Yao Guangxiao speaking, Yang Pingfan couldn't help but glance at him, and said in his heart that he was really the prime minister in black, and the Buddha nature in his heart had not disappeared.

Later, he mentioned this matter to Su Yu, but Su Yu told him that this was a normal operation, because in history, Zheng He went to the West and served as an international policeman......

Everyone finally reached a consensus that this group of unknown rogues must be cleared, of course, it is impossible for the entire fleet to be cleared, the decision-making level decided to send a small team to carry out the mission, Chen Zuyi volunteered to take the lead, in his words, this group of scum insulted the honor of the pirates, and it can be regarded as a vote for himself, Zheng He agreed, but to send an officer to accompany him, and finally this mission fell on Qi Bin's head.