By this time, all the marines in the Ming Navy had gone down to the periphery of the original Dutch camp. Zheng Chenggong also came down, and also inspected the camp, and found that Hongyi had fled in a very hurry and was in a mess. He couldn't help but smile contemptuously at this.

And the natives who followed down the boat, that is, Laburaka and his group, witnessed all this, watching the Ming army easily solve the attack of the kingdom army, and even killing the kingdom army corpses all over the field, listening to the shouts that although they couldn't understand it, it seemed to be very bloody, they couldn't help but get excited.

With such a powerful Ming army, the day that the Governor of the Ming Dynasty is looking forward to must be possible, right?

While they were thinking about it, suddenly, they saw Zheng Chenggong turn his head to look at them and said to them: "Build another camp here, and the commander will leave two thousand soldiers to garrison here." You all stay here to convey the meaning of the court to the oppressed people around you. Tell them that if they serve the Ming Dynasty and become a Ming citizen, they will be able to get as much land as they can according to their merits. ”

Yan Yingyuan, the governor of Dongwu and the governor of Ceylon, had already made clear the first step of the strategy in the military discussion: that is, to drive out the Dutch colonists, occupy the coastal areas, besiege the rulers of Ceylon in the central mountains, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop.

The task of these natives, who first became the common people of the Ming Dynasty, was to propagate the policies of the Ming Dynasty, unite all the poor and middle peasants of Ceylon, and give the rulers of Ceylon a way to draw salaries.

After hearing the words conveyed by the interpreter, Laburaka and the others couldn't help but be very excited, and hurriedly responded, patting their chests and replying that there was no problem.

So, just like that, the Ming Dynasty established a base in Ceylon, on the plains in the four directions of southeast, south, and northwest. In each base area, there are about 2,000 soldiers left, and beacon towers are built, which can be set off in case of war, and the cruising naval fleet can see it and go to support.

Of course, the two thousand or so Ming soldiers in each camp were actually enough to deal with the army of the Kandy Kingdom. You know, as far as those Dutch or Portuguese colonists are concerned, they have a total of less than 2,000 people, and the Kingdom of Kandy still can't compete for the coastal areas.

With the efforts of Labolaka and other indigenous peoples, and with the explanations of their statements, the low-level people in the Kandy Kingdom fled to the area controlled by the Ming army.

Suddenly, the number of people at the bottom of the Kandy kingdom was drastically reduced, and finally Rajsingh II was forced to set up blockades on various transportation arteries to block the lost population.

But even so, those middle-class and lower-level poor people who got the news still tried their best to escape from the territory of the Kandy Kingdom, even the tall mountains, bottomless valleys, and dangerous rainforests could not stop them from escaping.

For this reason, Rajsingh II was almost white-headed overnight, and every day he was so worried that he went crazy. The palace maids and servants, I don't know how many people have suffered because of this.

He couldn't understand why the Ming army would adopt this practice after coming to Ceylon? They traveled thousands of miles to Ceylon, really just to benefit those untouchables, not to oppress and enslave them?

Why, why?

Rajsingh II did not understand, in fact, it was easy to understand. Because he was only in Ceylon, and his eyes were only on Ceylon. However, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were aimed at the whole world. It can be said that in this era, no one has the vision of Emperor Chongzhen.

Take South Asia as an example, Ceylon is just a springboard for Emperor Chongzhen to extend the Ming power to the Middle East and conquer the Middle East. Therefore, the best way for this springboard to be stable is to operate it as a direct jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, rather than a simple plundered colony.

With Ceylon as a naval base for transit, the Ming forces could calmly conquer the Middle East from the sea. Of course, the Mumbai side is also a point. However, at this time, Mumbai was not very developed at all, and its population base did not have the point to become an important city in the Ming Dynasty, far inferior to Ceylon.

And to do what worries Rajsingh II is impossible without a strong state. After all, the tax on the people of Ceylon will not be until five years later. Before that, it needed domestic support, at least in the Donggo area.

Fortunately, after the Ming navy took control of Ceylon, domestic merchants would soon come here to trade, at least cinnamon was very attractive to them. Collecting commercial taxes from them would also cover some of the military spending.

In addition, Ceylon's gems and other minerals, which belonged to the imperial court. These can also be used for the military expenditure of the Ceylon Navy.

At this time, Rajsinghe II was very nostalgic for the Portuguese. If God gives him another choice, he'd definitely like the Portuguese to stay here, at least then he can have a few rounds of back and forth.

However, now in the face of the Ming army, he has no way at all, let alone going out to fight, and he is a little powerless to strictly guard the checkpoints. Not only have too many untouchables fled, but even those low-level soldiers in the army are also fleeing one after another.

In this case, how will this battle be fought?

You can't let those nobles fight or anything, there are only a few of them!

Faced with this situation, Rajsingh II was really desperate! In fact, it is not only him, but also the nobles under him. Because as long as they are people, they can see this trick of the Ming army, and they will not have the power to fight back at all.

Even if they change their tactics and treat the untouchables very well, and spit out all the land and property to the untouchables, even if they want to, how many hearts will they be able to save?

No one is stupid, the strength of the Ming army is so strong, even if those untouchables are no longer lost, how can they resist the attack of the Ming army?

It's over, it's over, it's all over.

Out of despair for the future, some of the nobles among the natives of Ceylon finally developed into a state of madness, and began to do as they pleased, and let go of all pleasures while they could still enjoy themselves.

The order in the Kingdom of Kandy also slowly collapsed in such an atmosphere. Many people can also be disobedient about those they once looked up to. Even His Royal Highness Rajesinghe II, who treated their king, also had cold remarks, and even sarcasm to their faces.

Faced with all this, Rajsingh II could no longer bear it. On this day he summoned Avaka and gave him a will. Let him go to the Ming army to communicate, he is willing to surrender to the Ming State, but his interests must be guaranteed, otherwise the fish will die!

In this regard, Yan Yingyuan just sneered, directly expelled Avaka, and asked him to go back and tell Rajsinghe II that if Rajsinghe II did not want to die, there was only one way to surrender unconditionally!

Then, he didn't care about the indigenous leaders in the mountains, but inspected the plains of the entire seaside area of Ceylon, how to open up land along the river and farm, it can be said that the people of the Ming Dynasty have the most experience. Plan, plant crops, stabilize Ceylon quickly, and he will be able to get out of Ceylon.

Yan Yingyuan did not panic, but Rajesinghe II panicked, he knew that if he did not accept the conditions of the Ming army, there would be only a dead end; Or, like his subordinates, before dying, he can be as happy as he can; Either you can only agree to the demands of the Ming army and surrender unconditionally!

However, if it was an unconditional surrender, he was not a fool and knew that the Ming army would never leave him in Ceylon, and it would be impossible to give him any more power. The best ending may be to be escorted to other parts of the Ming Kingdom, and then get some property and become a rich man for the rest of his life.

So which ending is better for you? Rajsingh II thought so, very entangled.

However, what he never expected was that after the reply of the Ming army brought back by Avaka spread, some of his subordinates went completely crazy.

In the royal city, no one expected that someone would set fire to have fun, but the fire became bigger and bigger, and there was a lack of manpower to put out the fire, which eventually led to some people being burned to death, and the rest of the people were homeless with black heads and black faces! Only the royal palace, because it was built alone, was spared a catastrophe.

However, the others were not convinced, why should they be exposed to the wind and rain, and you can still hide in the palace and enjoy yourself. I don't know who took the lead first, and everyone flocked to the palace.

Rajsingh II originally wanted to use his status and prestige to stop them and reprimand them to stop. As a result, his appearance only inspired the madness of those subordinates, and the entire capital became even more chaotic. Even Rajsingh II himself, unable to dodge, did not know who smashed a stone to the end first, and was finally drowned by the crowd.

As a result, a riot caused by a fire completely wiped out the Kingdom of Kandy!

On April 18, the twenty-fifth year of Chongzhen, the news that the Kandy Kingdom had destroyed itself reached Yan Yingyuan, thus declaring that the whole of Ceylon belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

So, while Yan Yingyuan sent troops into the mountains to search for those slave owners who had escaped, he wrote a chapter to report the good news to Emperor Chongzhen of Jingshi, and by the way, he complimented how wise and powerful the emperor's Ceylon countermeasures were, so that he did not spend much effort, and it only took half a year to pacify Ceylon.

In the recital, he told Emperor Chongzhen that his focus was inclined to Mumbai, and then to run Mumbai, at least to become a naval base, so that there could be supplies to replenish it.

At the same time as the recital was issued, Yan Yingyuan ordered Li Dingguo, the general soldier of Mumbai, to go to Bombay first to hand over to the Portuguese. He himself was to inspect the farming here before going to Bombay.

The situation on his side has not yet been issued, and Emperor Chongzhen actually already knows about it.

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen was not at all worried about taking Ceylon. The focus of his attention was only on domestic construction. However, this time has come to April, so next, there is a big thing to be concerned about.