Unlike the other Malays, the Bugis are the most aggressive of the Malays, especially after they converted to Celestial Christianity in the early 17th century.

For Nanyang, the first 80 years of the 18th century were not the century of the Portuguese, nor the century of the Dutch, nor the century of the Chinese, but the century of the Bugis.

For most of the eighteenth century, the Bugis conquered the entire Malay Peninsula of large and small sultanates, from Johor to Jeddah, all of which belonged to the Bugis kingdoms, with the exception of the northernmost Sultanate of Pattani.

Among the leaders of the Bugis, the most famous are the five Tang brothers, of course, this Tang has nothing to do with the Chinese Tang, but the Malay Deng surname (Deang).

Before 1782, the five Tang brothers, led by Dumborani, were the masters of the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula.

The mighty Bugis even launched a siege of Malacca under Dutch control two years earlier, led by Rajah Haji of Johor, who had used almost all the forces they could in the South Seas, including 2,200 Dutch soldiers, including six warships, to keep Malacca.

The two sides launched a fierce battle outside Malacca, more than 2,000 Dutch soldiers attacked with all their might, but still could not break through the Bugis defense, but unfortunately an accident broke the deadlock, the Bugis 'God of War' Rajahaji, accidentally hit by a stray bullet and died!

The Bugis, who had lost their leader and command, were in chaos, and the Dutch took the opportunity to storm and finally defeat the Bugis, if it were not for this accident, the battle would not have been won or lost.

And even if the war is won, the casualties counted by the Dutch themselves after the war show that of the 2,200 Dutch soldiers, more than 700 were killed or wounded and lost their combat effectiveness.

However, this battle, after all, the Bugis lost, they killed more than 3,000 people, and this is still the most elite 3,000 Bugis people, after this battle, the prestige and combat effectiveness of the Bugis people, like an avalanche down, will be completely expelled from Johor by the Dutch at the end of this year.

Therefore, Ye Kai, who understands all this, is actually picking up soft persimmons and pinching, if the Bugis people two years ago gave him ten guts, he would never dare to do this, that is the existence of the Dutch Genuine Army!

And now the Bugis, who have been beaten out by the Dutch, have become the best target and stepping stone for prestige in the eyes of Lord Ye.

Pahang, Delongdon, a city that later became famous for its tin mines, has begun to take shape, and Prime Minister Abdul Maji, with gloomy eyes, watched the samurai with the banner of Bugis ivory spears fade away.

He was not the prime minister of Pahang, but the prime minister of the Sultanate of Johor, but he could no longer manage the affairs of Johor, and the whole of Johor was occupied by the militant faction of the Bugis, who were planning another decisive battle with the Dutch, and he, the prime minister who advocated compromise, was naturally driven away.

But even though he has come to Pahang, he still can't avoid being drawn into the belligerent Selangor Sultan Ibrahim.

Sultan Ibrahim was very happy with the Pattani Sultanate's request for help, first, he felt that he could take the opportunity to bring the Pattani Sultanate into the Bugis sphere of influence, and now that the Dutch were pressing on step by step, it would be good to have one more place to deal with the Dutch.

Second, after the defeat in Malacca, the image of the Bugis as invincible was completely torn apart, and now many Malay tribes, with the support of the Dutch, are no longer willing to pay taxes to the Sultan and Raja of the Bugis.

This is a very dangerous signal, as a Sultan of some prestige among the Bugis, Ibrahim must find a way to maintain the Bugis' sense of oppression against the other Malays!

And the Ye family Tang people who seem to have a bit of weight in the north have become the best targets in the eyes of Sultan Ibrahim, and he hopes to re-establish the image of the Bugis people by beating the Ye family fiercely.

Hehe, Ye Kai and the Bugis, both treat each other as soft persimmons to brush up their prestige!

However, Abdul Maji didn't think so, and judging from the information he received, those Tang people were not easy to deal with.

In this situation where the Dutch have been forced to the doorstep to go to war with the Tang people, it would be better if they won, and if they lose, I am afraid that it will cause unforeseen consequences, but now his remarks of dominance are regarded as weakness and there is no market.

Kuala Terengganu, the patriarch of the Chinese Jiabidan and the Zhang family, Zhang Chaorong, has already led thousands of strong men from the four families of Zhang, Gao, Lin, and Liu to greet Ye Kai and them.

He became a Kepitan with the support of the Dutch, and the Dutch and Bugis have been fighting for each other throughout the Malay Peninsula over the years, and even the life with Zhang Chaorong is not very easy.

The Bugis have repeatedly instigated the Malay aborigines of Kuala Terengganu to make trouble, and if it weren't for Teo Chiu Rong's 12% vigilance, it would be hard to say whether Kuala Terengganu is a Chinese or not.

Therefore, he is very supportive of Ye Kai's suggestion that he wants to attack the Bugis, but the combat effectiveness of the Zhang family's clan is not particularly strong, so if the Ye family's clan soldiers are still similar to before, Zhang Chaorong feels that the probability of defeating the Bugis is not great, and he is even ready to completely defect to the Dutch after defeat.

"It's coming! Here it comes! Patriarch, the Ye family is here! The head of the Lin family ran over, and not far behind him, a team of traditional Chinese red and yellow flags was coming, and on the front flag, a big leaf character was particularly eye-catching.

"Quick! Play music, fire fire! Zhang Chaorong waved his hand excitedly, the noisy gongs, drums, and firecrackers sounded, and a few lively lion dancers, shaking their heads and scurrying all over the ground.

Gu Lihuan was riding on a short horse, and he quickly ran over from the front, "Master Hou, in front of us is Uncle Zhang from Kuala Terengganu who is greeting us, and it is firecrackers not muskets!" ”

Ye Kai nodded and said that he understood, although he was basically sure that it was the sound of firecrackers, but he would not continue to move forward until Gu Lihuan went to confirm his safety, which was the caution that generals should have.

"Blow the marching trumpet, everyone marches forward in formation, whoever dares to run blindly, military law will be engaged!" Ye Kai gave an order to Ah Shan beside him.

Ah Shan hurriedly took out a biluo from the backpack behind him and blew it, the so-called biluo is a horn made of large conch shells, Ji Xiaoxin said in the new book, where the biluo is played, all the soldiers get up.

The bright horn sounded, and the front troops, who had been on guard, got up one after another, lined up in the normal marching procession, and walked forward with neat steps under the leadership of the officer on the left side of the line.

Ye Kai's current army totaled 1,260 men, of which 400 were selected from the 500 men promised to him by Rama I as a guard.

The sixty-man French mercenaries were led by Henry, and in the last battle of Chiang Rai, the generous remuneration stimulated these French hooligans, so as soon as it was said that there was still a battle this time, Henry carefully selected sixty people for Ye Kai.

There are also some elites of the two hundred mountain halls led by He Yuer, and now He Yuer has married Ye Ming, the son of the third uncle Ye Fulai, Ye Kai's cousin, and they will marry when this war is over, so He Yuer can already be regarded as his own person, not to mention that the third uncle Ye Fushun is Ye Kai's staunchest supporter, and He Yuer has become one of the few candidates who can be completely assured by Ye Kai.

They secretly came to Taogong City by boat a few nights ago, if they weren't there, Ye Kai wouldn't dare to rely on the Ye family's clan soldiers to fight with the Bugis, after all, the Ye family's clan soldiers have never fought a regular battle, and the friction with the Pattani Malays was more like a brawl before, which is still different from the battlefield.

In this way, 400 remnants of the Siamese Tiger Army, 60 French hooligan mercenaries, 200 elites of Hongmen Huashantang, 600 ethnic soldiers selected by the Ye family, and 1,260 people lined up in a relatively neat queue, rumbling towards the Chinese in Kuala Terengganu.