Chapter 39: The Beginning of Hegemony

Black smoke rose from the earthen city, and some of the dilapidated wooden houses that had not been burned down were left with black ash shelves, and the air seemed to be filled with blood, and the Pontinac village had been conquered for a few days, but it seemed that the desperation and cries of the residents when they had just fallen could still be felt.

A long line of slaves, bound by rattan ropes, walked numbly through the bands of clay soldiers, like lambs to the slaughter.

The tamping tower walked in a ruin, and the beautiful girl with slightly dark skin beside him was his wife, Princess Anzhou Jieli Han, the name of the Central Plains, usually recorded as Lu Anzhou.

The tamping tower felt like a dream, from the frightened to send out a letter to declare war on the Three Buddhas, to now only a little more than a month, he has been from the country of Bo Ni, the eastern corner of Zhongzhou Island, more than a thousand miles to the west, to the westernmost part of the Central Continent Island, conquered the largest stronghold of the Three Buddhas in the Central Island of Pontinac City.

Pontinac is the largest tribe in the eastern part of Middle-earth, and the object of worship of this tribe is a white evil spirit, called Pontinak, after submitting to Sriwijaya, is the most important tribe to help Sriwijaya rule the western part of Middle-earth, and the soldiers are strong and warlike.

Tam Ta had heard the legend of this tribe for a long time, but he didn't expect that Pontinac would be vulnerable to the attack of the Qi soldiers.

Moreover, the soldiers of the Great Qi who helped the western expedition of the Bo Ni Kingdom were not the soldiers of the forbidden army of the Qi army who were said to be invincible and could manipulate the artifact granted to his subordinates by the Emperor of Great Qi, but the overseas legion from the Philippine Province, an overseas province of Great Qi, the Black Eagle Regiment.

Philippine Province, the official official name of Daqi is Hainan Province, but I don't know why, Qi people are used to calling it the Philippines, and I don't know how this title came from, and what it means, it is rumored that the emperor is used to calling it like this, and the people follow suit, and over time, it has become a common name.

The Philippine Province is the only overseas province in Daqi, and according to the local regulations of Daqi, the overseas provinces are different from each province, only the officials of the highest-level administrative offices are appointed by the cabinet, and the rest of the local officials are appointed by the provincial government offices to serve as locals.

In the Philippines, when the Qi people landed on the island more than ten years ago, the tribes above were still extremely primitive, and now it is the same, with the magistrate usually being the chief of these tribes, and three years ago, Daqi officially established Hainan Province.

Tam Ta studied in the Central Plains for two years, and he was more concerned about the current affairs of Nanyang, so he knew much more about these than ordinary Qi people.

He also knew that the Philippine provincial garrison, the Black Eagle Regiment, the soldiers were all the bravest tribal warriors on the island, with a total of 2,000 Black Eagle soldiers, and most of the officers at all levels were Qi people, and the military expenses were supported by various departments on the island.

And this time the western expedition of the Boni Kingdom, the Black Eagle Regiment came to help with a thousand soldiers, and it was the final battle of the Pontinac Department to defend the city, and it did not last a day and night.

The legendary fierce Pontinac jungle warriors are simply vulnerable to the Black Eagle Pawn.

As for the thousands of Bo clay soldiers he gathered, it was almost the strength of the country, and the young and strong were almost all summoned, originally he was worried that there would be too many casualties among the soldiers and provoke the rebellion of various departments, but in the end, the Bo clay soldiers were all the way to enjoy their success.

Nowadays, it is only responsible for sweeping the tail work.

It is said that this Pontinac Tucheng and the nearby hundred miles of land will be dedicated to the Holy Son of Great Qi and renamed "Lanfang City".

What he had to do now was to tame the captured slaves and bring the surrounding tribes into submission and the emergence of young slaves.

These slaves would become the serfs and serfs of the city of Lanfang, where the land would be cultivated and the supply point of Pontinac would be built into a port.

Obviously, Daqi has no interest in ruling Zhongzhou Island, and all he needs is this "Lanfang City".

This even gave him a chance to win a big victory over the Three Buddhas and make the tribes of Zhongzhou Island submit and become the nominal ruler of Zhongzhou Island.

However, every time this thought popped up, it brought him a sense of fear.

In particular, when I saw how strong the combat effectiveness of just some barbarians was under the training of the Qi people and the armament of the Qi army.

And the Bo Ni Country, even if it nominally unifies the vast region of Central Continent, even if the ruling land is extremely barren in the eyes of the Qi people, I don't know if it will attract the suspicion of some important ministers in the temples of the Qi people, then it will really outweigh the losses.

The tamper pondered wildly, glanced at his wife, and asked casually: "Jieli, isn't the Black Eagle Army terrifying?" It would be perfect if our warriors could be like the Black Eagle Army, right? ”

Lu Anzhou shrugged his nose and didn't speak.

The tamping tower is a little helpless, I don't know why, I am still afraid of this wife, maybe it is because of her identity as "Princess Anzhou".

Now, the Black Eagle Army has boarded the warship heading west.

There are two theories, one is to attack the Dragon's Tooth Gate, which is called "Singapore" by the Qi people, the place that guards the choke point of the strait to the west.

There is also a theory that the sailors of the Qi State will launch an attack on Palembang, the capital of Srivijaya.

In the end, where the goal of Daqi is, the ramming tower does not know.

It's just that now he is convinced that the Qi people attacked the Three Buddhas, and it was not deliberately provoked by Li Jilong.

It's helpless to think about it, the name of "Three Buddhas" has the word Qi in it, and it has become one of the culpables of this country, but this is obviously the name of this country defined by your Central Plains Dynasty itself according to its pronunciation, what does it have to do with others?

However, the royal family of the Three Buddhas was killed, so he got his wish.

In the eyes of the rammed tower, a trace of revenge flashed.

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Ha Tien City, located at the southernmost tip of the Indochina Peninsula, is the supply point that the merchant ships of Daqi must pass through, and the most normal route is to go south from here, to the next transit supply place Zengmu Water City, and then sail to Longyamen and the Strait of Malacca.

And the Zhenla tribe in the north of Hexian City also has some dried fruits and other local specialties that can be sold to the Central Plains.

Today, the Gold and Silver is moored in the port area of Haxian City.

Lu Ning has been here for more than ten days, and judging from the news from Zengmu Shuicheng, the war in Zhongzhou is extremely smooth, and it is estimated that the tribes in Pontianak should have been subdued by now.

The construction of Lanfang City in that area is naturally to commemorate the Chinese who went to Nanyang in their previous life to build Lanfang Company there, that is, the Republic of Lanfang.

Of course, its geographical location is also destined to become an important supply point, node and anchorage place for Daqi's hegemony in the South Seas.

And the Nanyang Naval Division, since he did not wait for the Sriwijaya Navy to come to support in Zhongzhou, was already preparing to go to Palembang to defeat its Navy.

For example, from Palembang to Lanfang City, the vast majority of the ships mobilized by Sriwijaya cannot cross the ocean directly, and can barely cross the ocean, and we must be careful of the risk of capsizing ships due to wind and waves.

However, if you fight it offshore, those countless small boats can sometimes be annoying.

In later generations, Zheng Chenggong fought with the Dutch, in fact, the tonnage of the Dutch warships was not comparable to Zheng Chenggong's naval army at all, but its small ships were attacked by fire and the like, and they repeatedly performed miraculous feats.

However, Li Jilong should not capsize in the gutter.

Looking at the map of Nanyang on the table, Lu Ning pondered wildly.