After preliminary communication, Yan Yingyuan naturally would no longer treat these natives as prisoners, and some necessary conditions would still be improved. For example, food, clothing, and other necessary things.

While giving them these things, Yan Yingyuan also let his soldiers begin to understand the situation of Ceylon known to these natives, including the topography of Ceylon and the surrounding areas, as well as the distribution of various forces, including the Dutch, as well as the various tribes in the Kandy Kingdom and their strength, etc.

Although these natives actually don't know much about the real internal power structure of the Kandy Kingdom, the deployment of troops, and so on. I don't know how strong the Dutch are, how many troops they have, or whatever, but it can finally give the Ming army a clearer understanding of the surrounding situation.

Subsequently, Yan Yingyuan made arrangements for this situation, and as for the natives, most of them were released back to their tribes, and some of them, including Laburaka, got on the warships of the Ming army and set sail.

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The Kingdom of Kandy, which became independent from the Kingdom of Koti and grew stronger, became the largest indigenous kingdom in Ceylon after the Kingdom of Koti was finally defeated by the Portuguese.

The modern-day king Rajsingh II, when he was still a prince, made him famous by annihilating an army of 508 Portuguese soldiers and 5,000 Sinhalese soldiers led by Gustang Desa.

However, in the coastal areas, because the Portuguese firearms and artillery were too powerful, and there was also the cooperation of warships, Rajsinghe II had no choice but to retreat inland.

But he was not reconciled to this, so he recruited foreign aid and signed a treaty to cooperate in the expulsion of the Portuguese. You know, this was done on the basis of the peace treaty he signed with the Portuguese, which shows his ambition.

However, what he didn't expect was that the Dutch were also unfed wolves, so he came up with a way to control the Dutch, one of which was to send people to occupy the place where the Portuguese withdrew after knowing the news that the Dutch were going to attack. To do this, he would have to send enough scouts along the coast.

On this day, he was dealing with government affairs, listening to the news from his subordinates, and his brows had never stretched.

“…… Your Highness, there is only so much for this year's taxes. Then he heard the subordinate say with a bitter face.

Rajesingh II couldn't help but slap the table when he heard this, and shouted: "Isn't there an increase in taxes, why is it still less than one time?" What do you eat? How can we fight a war with this little bit of food? ”

"Your Highness, it's not that Weichen doesn't do their best, it's that they really don't have food!" The subordinate listened and hurriedly distinguished.

"Humph!" Rajesingh II snorted heavily, and said with a somewhat hideous face, "It's all a group of people, and they must have hidden the grain." Bring more people to go, kill a few, and if you don't pay, you will arrest their women and children, and if you want people, you can exchange them for food! ”

Ceylon is roughly pear-shaped, with plateaus in the south and plains in the north and coastal areas, with the northern coastal plains wide and the southern and western coastal plains relatively narrow. But in any case, the plains are by the sea. There are frequent wars in this plain, and the economy of the Kandy Kingdom will naturally not be good.

And since the reign of Rajsingh II, he has not been willing to sign peace agreements and has been fighting. As a result, food is naturally tight every year. His tantrum over food is not just this time.

His men understood this, and when they received his new will, they had no choice but to retreat and do so.

As soon as Rajesingh II rubbed his aching head a few times, he heard hurried footsteps outside the palace, and an attendant said: "Your Highness, Rakawa has an urgent military situation to see!" ”

When Rajsingh II heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned. This Rakawa was the leader of the scouts he sent out, and was responsible for monitoring the movements of the Dutch and Portuguese, so that he could get the news in time to get the fire.

When he came, it must have been about the Dutch and the Portuguese, and maybe the Dutch were going to attack the Portuguese again!

Thinking like this, Rajsinghe II couldn't help but be a little excited, as long as he sent troops over, found the right time, and took the first step to occupy the land abandoned by Portugal, and then threatened the Dutch with food supplies, then another territory could be occupied.

Thinking so, he put down his hand, maintained the demeanor of a king, nodded and ordered his scout leader to enter the temple.

However, what he never expected was that he saw Lakawa appear in a hurry, and as soon as he entered the temple gate, he hurriedly knelt down and said in a little panic: "Your Highness is not good, the Portuguese are gone......"

"......" The Portuguese are all gone, and they still can't tell themselves well? Rajesingh II was a little speechless, so he interrupted and shouted, "Isn't it a good thing to go, just do what is customary!" ”

As he was saying this, he heard Rakawa's last words before being interrupted: "...... I don't even want Colombo......"

"What?" When Rajsingh II heard this, he was very shocked, and stood up with a "whoosh" and shouted, "Colombo is going to be captured by the Dutch?" Quick, gather your army at once, and be sure to take it before the Dutch enter Colombo! ”

Colombo is so strong that he has been helpless, but he didn't expect that one day, there would be a chance to enter Colombo, of course he was extremely excited.

"It's not...... No! When Lakawa heard this, he hurriedly said, "Then there are already people in Colombo." It seems that the Portuguese themselves gave Colombo to those people, no, those armies! ”

"The army? What army? When Rajsingh II heard this, he immediately frowned, and immediately stared at him and asked.

"It's in red, there are many, many of them, probably more than two hundred battleships." Lakawa immediately replied, "But one thing is strange, these newcomers are not red-haired, white-skinned, they don't seem to be Xiyi!" ”

This scout leader has never left Ceylon in his life. The only people he had seen, apart from the native Ceylones, were the Dutch and the Portuguese, and the servant armies that the Portuguese had hired from the Indian peninsula. Therefore, under the lookout, he couldn't tell what was new. But one thing is for sure, so uniform clothing, all of which are neatly armoured, are definitely from the army.

Rajsingh II was taken aback and immediately inquired about the situation. He had more insight than his scout leader, so in the end he came to a surprised conclusion: "Could it be the Ming army?" ”

No one could answer him, but he quickly made a judgment, it must be the Ming army!

Earlier, Rajsingh II already knew that Ming and Portugal were allies. Now that the Portuguese had ceded Colombo to the Ming Kingdom, he did not believe that the Ming army would return the place to him. This can be confirmed by the Ming army's deployment in Colombo as described by Lakawa.

Knowing this, the gloom on his face was obvious. The Ming army came so many at once, it can be said that those who come are not good and those who are good do not come!

So what to do?

After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly remembered that he didn't know that he had read in that book that more than two hundred years ago, the army of the Ming Kingdom had also come to Ceylon. However, as long as you show your submission to the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom and send something as a tribute, it seems that there will be no problem, and you can even get more gifts in return, which is a very profitable deal.

Thinking of this, Rajsingh II couldn't help but turn his worries into joy. But after all, after so many years, he doesn't know whether the rumors are true or not.

So, he instructed Lavaka: "You immediately send someone to contact you, and say that you envy the power of the Ming Dynasty, and you are willing to serve the Ming Dynasty as the superior country of the Heavenly Empire, pay tribute every year, and hope that the Ming army can return Colombo to us!" ”

Lakawa's eyes widened when he heard this, how could there be such a good thing in the world? To tell you the truth, he didn't believe it at all! However, since Rajsingh II had already confessed, he hurriedly received the order to try.

Rajesingh II, on the other hand, hurriedly entered his collection and wanted to find out the records of the Ming army according to his impression. But it's too long, and I can't find it in the end.

So he prayed to the gods: "May what is rumored be true!" ”

If Ming Guo still liked that kind of empty thing as before, he wouldn't mind saying more flattering words to make the Ming Emperor happy.

In a hurry, Rajsinghe II even began to think about how to flatter, how to make the Ming Emperor Longyan happy and so on.

But before he could relax for a few days, Lakawa came back in a hurry. This time, he was even more frightened than the last time, which made Rajesingh II feel bad when he saw it.

Then he heard Rakava say: "Your Highness, it is not good, those Ming troops are going to occupy the whole of Ceylon, and they are going to give those lowly slaves a good life, and they will take the land from us and give it to them......"

He didn't see the Ming army, but caught the natives who were put back by the Ming army, and after inquiring about some information, he came back in fright.

After listening to his proclamation, Rajesingh II's face turned pale, he really didn't expect that the Ming army's approach would be so different, to kill them and give the land to those untouchables, which was completely non-negotiable!

"If Lone can defeat the Portuguese, he can also defeat you outsiders!" Rajesingh II made a vicious oath, but he did not forget that the Ming army had a lot of people this time.

Therefore, he immediately gave an explanation to Lakawa: "You immediately bring a batch of grain and rush to the Dutch first, reaffirm the friendship between the two countries, and deal with the Ming army together." Assemble the army alone, and then arrive! ”

Rajesingh II still has the ability, and he decided at the first time that while the Ming army had just arrived and was not familiar with the situation, he would unite with the Dutch and use the most powerful strength to defeat the Ming army immediately, or drive it away!

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