Zhang Shixing forced a wounded soldier on the ground with a knife and asked, "Who are you and why are you here?" ”

The man chattered and gestured with his hand for a long time, but Zhang Shixing didn't understand what he meant.

Zhang Shixing returned to the temple and called a few Tan people out and asked them to translate what this person said, and one of them understood what he said, so he translated it.

It turned out that they were soldiers of the kingdom of Manraka (present-day Malacca), who had come here by boat with their king Missoula.

Missoula was the prince of Sriwijaya who fled to Temasek (present-day Singapore) after the destruction of Srivijaya by Java, where he was forced to flee after a dispute with the local chieftain. On the way, when he was resting under a Manraka tree, he saw a wild dog cornering a fawn, and the fawn kicked the wild dog into the river in order to defend himself.

In the first year of Yongle, Missoula heard that the merchants said that the Ming Kingdom had changed the emperor, so he personally went to the Ming Kingdom to meet the Yongle Emperor, and paid tribute to the Ming Kingdom.

Missoula is because of the support of the Ming Dynasty, courageous, want to restore the country, so he gathered more than 10,000 people to take hundreds of warships to attack Srivijaya, sure enough, the flag is victorious, the first battle went well, and now he is leading the army to besiege the palace, and it is about to be breached.

When Zhang Shixing heard this, he said to these Tan people: "I want to take people to the palace to relieve the danger of the Three Buddhas, and any of you are willing to go with me." ”

At that moment, several young people nodded in agreement, and Zhang Shixing collected the weapons of the Manraka soldiers, distributed them to the Tan people, and gathered more than a dozen people from them to go to the palace in the city to rescue people.

When Wang Shu heard about it, he wanted to go with him.

Zhang Shixing told him: "You organize the remaining Tan people to protect the temple and Master, and I will save people by myself." ”

Wang Shu nodded and agreed: "Then senior brother, take care." ”

Zhang Shixing patted him on the shoulder and said, "You should take care of yourself." With that, he led his men and went away.

When the group came to the vicinity of the palace, they saw that the streets and alleys were full of soldiers from the Garaja Kingdom, and they were crowded.

Zhang Shixing ordered the Tanmin to wait at the corner of the street, he flew up to the wall alone, a few ups and downs, and then came to the roof of a large house outside the palace, he looked up slightly to see the situation.

I saw that the soldiers of the Manraka Kingdom were besieging the royal palace, but because the artillery was mounted on the ship, they could not bring it, so they only used bows and arrows to shoot at the soldiers of the Sriwijaya.

The Three Buddhas were condescending, hiding behind the walls of the city and firing arrows and firearms, and the walls of the palace were about three feet high and thick and strong. The Manraka soldiers set up a ladder several times to climb, but they were all driven down, and they suffered heavy casualties, but fortunately, there were many of them, and they attacked wave after wave, and the palace always fell.

In the midst of the Manraka array, a person sat under the silk umbrella cover, dressed in white, wearing a golden crown, and with a bearded face, and said a few words to the person standing next to him.

After hearing this, the man nodded, and then came to the palace and shouted to the city in a broken Central Plains dialect: "Liang Daoming in the city, listen to the truth, I, King Missoula of Manmanga, was originally the prince of the Three Buddhas, and when there is this city, if you surrender, you will sacrifice the palace, reward you and other gold taels, and send them back to your hometown." ”

When he finished shouting, Liang Daoming poked his head out of the city wall and responded, "The country of Srivijaya has been destroyed by Java, and I don't know who you Missoula is." This place was seized from Java by the overseas people of the Ming Dynasty, and it is called the Old Port, and it has nothing to do with your Srivijaya country. You have come from thousands of miles across the sea, and you have invaded my borders, and you have come to take away my goods. I am the Heavenly Empire, and I am mighty, how can I wait for a small mess? When the heavenly soldiers arrive, they will be powdered. Before my heavenly soldiers arrived, if you don't run for your life, how long will you wait? If you are obsessed, you will be disciplined and will not return. ”

The messenger went back and relayed Liang Daoming's words to Missoula, who said a few more words to him. The messenger returned to the city and shouted to Liang Daoming: "Liang Daoming, you don't know, your Ming Emperor has canonized me as the king of Manraka, and there is an edict and a golden seal here. He ordered me to govern the Nanyang countries, if you don't obey the order, you will violate your Ming Emperor's holy decree and will be connected to the nine clans. ”

Who knew that Liang Daoming laughed when he heard this, and shouted at the matter: "If you say such things, you have to deceive a three-year-old child." I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, am wise and martial, and I know thousands of miles, how can I be so confused and let your king rule over the Nanyang countries? To tell you the truth, I have sent the dog to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, and I will return in the next few days, and when he comes back, I really want to be naturally revealed. If the Ming Emperor really asked me to obey you, I would surrender. If you send troops to attack our old port without authorization, the fleet of the Ming mission will be in the South Seas, and they will teach you a lesson. ”

After the messenger translated Liang Daoming's words to Missoula, Missoula became angry, Huo De got up, waved his hand, and ordered his soldiers to step up the siege of the city.

Zhang Shixing saw that most of the Manraka soldiers were here, so he had a plan, and returned to the corner of the street to meet the dozen or so Tan people.

Zhang Shixing said to them: "Now that most of the soldiers of Manraka are besieging the royal palace in the city, then their fleet will be empty, so we will go secretly and destroy their warships, and the enemy will collapse without a fight." ”

When they heard this, they all praised the plan.

So Zhang Shixing and his entourage avoided the Manraka soldiers in the city, sneaked out of the city, seized a small boat, and rowed to Dangang, which was full of large and small Manraka warships.

As they approached the warship, several of them jumped into the sea with a thud, and after a short time they swam to one of the ships, climbed onto the ship along the anchor chain, and killed the guards while the enemy was unprepared.

Then they lowered the rope, and Zhang Shixing and the others climbed onto the big boat.

Zhang Shixing called a few Tan people to help, he personally operated the two side cannons, respectively to the Manraka warships docked on both sides, the ships on both sides were defenseless, when they boarded, the mast was broken, the planks flew sideways, and after a short time, they sank one after another.

The rest of the ships were also dazed, shelling each other and making a mess.

Missoula was alarmed when she heard the sound of artillery in the city, and hurriedly sent someone to find out the news.

Liang Daoming listened to the sound of cannons in the city, and he saw the smoke billowing from the port in the distance, and the flames were soaring, and shouted to the city and the city: "The Ming reinforcements are coming, the Ming reinforcements are coming." ”

The soldiers of the three Buddhas in the city were in high spirits when they heard this, and they desperately shot arrows at the city. When the Manrakas in the city heard this, they were all panicked and retreated backwards.

Missoula could not stop it, and hurriedly led his army out of the city and retreated towards the port.

Zhang Shixing saw that the Manraka fleet was in disarray, so he set fire to the ship he was on, and returned to the shore in a small boat with a group of Tan people.

After Missoula withdrew from the ship, he asked someone to ask him, only to find out that someone was making trouble from it, and there were no Ming reinforcements coming, so he was so angry that he reorganized his fleet and fired again at the old port city, vowing not to take this city and never withdraw his troops.

At this moment, a fleet of ships came in the distance, long and narrow, with three masts in front and rear, and the sails were full, and they were moving very fast, and there were no flags on board, so it was impossible to see which country it was.

When the soldiers on the ship saw this, they hurriedly reported to King Missoula, who set up a pergola with his hands, looked at it for a while, and said to his sergeants: "Don't be afraid, look at the shape of the ship, this should be a group of pirates, a rabble, you set up a formation, and prepare to meet it." ”

As he spoke, the fleet came to his eyes, and a flag suddenly rose on the first big ship, which read: "The Ming Dynasty sent an envoy to the old port of Qincha Tan."

Missoula was shocked when she saw this, and said to the left and right: "True Heavenly Soldiers, how fast can you come!" "Ordered his fleet to pull out and flee north.

The Great Ming Chin sent a fleet of ships to fire a few shots at them, but did not pursue them, entered the Longya Gate, docked on the shore, changed boats, and entered the old port.

Liang Daoming heard that the Ming Qin mission was coming, and hurriedly led a team out of the city to greet him, and when he saw his son Liang Boke walking in front, he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed his hands and said, "Boke, you came just in time to save your father's life." ”

That Liang Boke's face resembled his father, but he was younger, and he smiled slightly: "Father, it is not the power of a child, but the power of the Ming envoys. ”

With that, he turned to his side and introduced his father to the two men behind him, one fat and one thin. The thin man is the pedestrian Tan Shengshou, and the fat man is Yang Xin, both of whom are Qincha, and they came to the old port to announce the decree on the orders of the Yongle Emperor.

As soon as Liang Daoming heard that there was a holy decree, he hurriedly knelt down and accepted the decree.

That Tan Sheng was opened and read aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: 'It is rude to hear that the old Hong Kong Liang clan Daoming is my Ming people, who are living overseas, claiming to be the king without authorization, and fighting with the Manchurian state. Therefore, I sent Tan Shengshou and Yang Xin of Qianhu to go there, properly mediate, and bring Liang Daoming and his son back to Jingshi, and I wanted to inquire in person. Chin this. ’”

After Liang Daoming heard this, he hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him.

That Tan Sheng handed over the holy decree to Liang Daoming, Liang Daoming stood up, glanced at it quickly, and handed it to the guards. With a smile on his face, he stepped forward to hold Tan Shengshou's hands and said, "Listen to the accent, the envoy and I are fellow villagers in the South China Sea." ”

After hearing this, Tan Sheng laughed and said, "Brother Daoming, it's really difficult to change the hometown accent." Yes, I am your fellow Nanhai countryman. ”

When Liang Daoming heard that he was a fellow villager, he was overjoyed, and he was even more affectionate with Tan Shengshou.

At this time, a person walked from behind the people of the Ming Mission, tall, vicious-looking, and his voice was like a bell, and he beckoned to Liang Daoming: "King Liang, if I didn't come to save you this time, I'm afraid that your old port city would have to return to Manraka." ”

Liang Daoming turned his head and saw that this person was Chen Zuyi, the king of the Bolin State, and couldn't help frowning.

It turns out that this Chen Zuyi is also a native of the Ming Dynasty, and his ancestral home is Chaozhou, Guangdong. During the Hongwu period, he broke the law, so he fled to the South Seas with his family, in order to survive, he entered the sea as a thief, entrenched in the Malacca area, plundered the passing merchant ships, and at his peak, his crew exceeded 10,000 people. With nearly 100 warships, it can be described as a maritime hegemon, and some small countries in the South Seas even pay tribute to it.

The countries of Nanyang cried to Ming Taizu and asked Taizu to send troops to calm it. Taizu was unwilling to send troops overseas, so he offered a reward of 500,000 taels of silver to capture him.

Later, Chen Zuyi was chased and killed by everyone, and he had no choice but to flee to the state of Bolin on the island of Java (present-day Indonesia), where he became a general under King Mana Zhe Wuli.

As soon as the king died, he reassembled a group of pirates and established himself as king, becoming the king of the Bolin State. I heard that after Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty ascended the throne, he also sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, but he did not change his pirate nature, set off empty-shipped, robbed all the way, and used the looted things as tribute. When returning to China, although the tribute ship was full of gifts from the Ming Dynasty, it had to loot on a large scale.

This gave Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty and the kings of the Nanyang countries a big headache.