"Kill!" Countless Chinese or local local cries rang out, and thousands of people were fighting each other with steel knives or spears in their hands.

Countless people dressed in the Da Ming number, or simply wrapped in a layer of cloth with the Chinese character 'Su' written on it, lined up in a neat queue and rushed forward. The untidy people on the opposite side obviously couldn't arrange such a neat queue, although they were also fighting hard, but the killed people were retreating one after another, and they were about to retreat into the city behind them.

At this time, as if it was raining, countless arrows shot down from the city and shot at the advancing Ming army, and in an instant, hundreds of people were hit by arrows, and dozens of people fell to the ground.

The generals who led the team immediately regrouped to fill in the vacant positions that had been vacated by those who had been shot to the ground, and many soldiers took out their small round shields from behind their backs and held them above their heads, and they were about to continue to charge forward.

But at this moment, the sound of "bang", "bang", "bang" and gong sounded from behind; The military general who led the team was stunned for a moment, and then could only unwillingly order to retreat.

But when he returned to his tent, he immediately went to the big tent and said to the man sitting on it, "Your Highness, you are about to fight under their city gate and completely defeat the Mulu Kingdom, why did Your Highness suddenly withdraw your troops?" ”

The person sitting on it looked to be only in his twenties, wearing a Ming prince's costume, his complexion was neither black nor white, and he had a square face with Chinese characters. Although he was only sitting upright in his seat, he could feel the heavy majesty coming from him.

When he heard the words of the military general in front of him, he said with a smile: "Cheng'an, why worry? ”

"Today, you are in command of three thousand households, and you have destroyed nearly 10,000 enemy troops, and forced into the city of the Dumb people.

"But your subordinates have been fighting all day, and they are already very tired, and the last arrow of the so-called strong crossbow cannot penetrate Lu Jinye, if you try to attack again, I am afraid that you will be defeated by the enemy's counterattack."

"Your Highness, the minister's department is indeed unable to fight anymore, but His Highness can mobilize other departments to take over the minister's department to attack Mulu City!" Cheng An said again.

"Today is already late in the evening, and even if the rest of the soldiers with sufficient strength are replaced, they may not be able to enter the city before night falls. If it is dragged into a night battle, it will become a big melee, and the advantage of our army will be wiped out, and it may not be possible to win under the chaos of the battle. To be on the safe side, let's take a good rest tonight and fight again tomorrow. ”

"Besides, Lone is not in a hurry. Even if you can't break through the city tomorrow, it's nothing, the only thing you have is patience and the consumption of the dumb people. The young prince said.

Cheng An had nothing else to say at this time, so he bowed and retreated. Later, several other generals also reported several things, and the young prince dealt with them one by one, and after a while, only he and his eunuchs were left in the tent. He sat in his chair with his head bowed, as if he was thinking about something.

This young prince is Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Su who was crowned King Su by Yun Xi three years ago and came to the former Three Buddhas to serve as the monarch two years ago.

Since Zhu Gaochu was enshrined here as the king of Su in the second year of Jianye, Zhu Gaochu and Zhu Di first completely wiped out the remnants of the local Majapahit army, executed some of them, and sent most of them to Zhu Zanyi's command in Guangxi.

The father and son then calmed the situation and dealt a heavy blow to some of the most powerful temples in the area, forcing the rest to submit to them. Subsequently, Zhu Gaoxu ordered the people to be organized into households, and all the people in the feudal country were incorporated into the household register, completing the control of the local area.

After that, the father and son began to expand abroad. The area that Yunxi demarcated for them was Sumatra, and they did not have the idea of going against Yunxi's intention for the time being, and it turned out that this part of Sriwijaya was located in the easternmost part of Sumatra, close to the island of Java, so they began to plan an attack on the Mulu country to the west.

After a year of preparations, in September of the third year of Jianye last year, Zhu Gaoxu personally led his troops to attack the eastern border of the Mulu Kingdom, seizing dozens of villages and capturing tens of thousands of people.

Of course, the mute people will not be unresponsive and will fight back immediately. However, what Zhu Gaoxu was waiting for was their counterattack, and he successfully ambushed the army of the Mulu people on the border, won a great victory, and immediately killed all the prisoners, and only released 36 people to deter the Mulu people.

Then, after two months of repair, Zhu Gaoxu led his troops to attack the Mulu country again, and fought all the way to the city of the Mulu people, and was about to break through the Mulu country.

Since the Mulu Kingdom is about to perish, what he is thinking about has nothing to do with the Mulu Kingdom. He was thinking of the kingdoms of Sumatra and Suventana to the west of the kingdom of Muru. The strength of these two countries was relatively strong, at least now it was much stronger than his Su Domain, and he couldn't help but worry about how the two countries that would then become the neighbors of the Su Domain would treat his Su Domain after the destruction of the Dumblu State.

"Or, leave the country of Mulu for the time being, and don't destroy it completely? No, there are too many mute people I have ordered to kill, and with the knowledge of these people in Nanyang, if I sue for peace, most of them will think that I am unable to succeed and will ask for a truce, so they will not be willing to stop the war, even if they do not have the strength to attack for the time being, they will send troops to harass the border, which makes me very annoyed, so I can only destroy it. ”

"But how will Sumatra get along with Suventana after they are destroyed?" Zhu Gaoxu pondered.

Zhu Gaoxu, who had been thinking about it for a long time, couldn't think of a clue, so he stopped thinking for the time being and asked the eunuch he was carrying to pour water for him.

The eunuch respectfully poured him a glass of water and said at the same time: "Your Highness, when you spoke just now, you should use the self-proclaimed 'lonely'. ”

"Hey, I'm not used to it." Zhu Gaoxu said.

"But Your Highness must get used to it." The eunuch said.

"Okay, Lone knows, I talked to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs just now, didn't there be a mistake?" Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile. This eunuch has been following him for more than ten years and is very close, so Zhu Gaoxu talks to him casually.

The eunuch was about to say more, when suddenly a voice came from outside the tent: "Your Highness, Qian'an City (Palembang) is urgent." ”

"Come on in!" Zhu Gaoxu said immediately. Qian'an City Emergency, what happened?

A man wearing a special dress for heralds walked in, knelt down and saluted Zhu Gaoxu, and then stood up and said: "Your Highness, the king of Taishang has ordered his ministers to deliver an urgent report: the will from the capital, Your Majesty will conquer Annam, and the four feudal states of Nanyang, Su, Pu, Luo, and Song will send troops. The decree said that each feudal clan should send thousands of men to conquer Annam. ”

"Thousands, thousands and no less. The Han army under our Su Fan is only more than 10,000 people, and the remaining 20,000 people are local fans. At present, they are still attacking the country of Mulu in the west, and they still have to guard against the Manjapa, and they cannot draw a few men. Zhu Gaoxu said.

"Your Royal Highness, the King Taishang also knows that this is the case, but the holy decree of the imperial court cannot be disobeyed, so after discussing with the Zuo Xiang, the King Taishang decided to send a thousand Han troops and two thousand Fan troops, and then mobilize some sailors to attack Annam in the north. The dispatched sailor asked Chen Zuyi to send it and escorted him all the way to Annan. The herald said.

"Father's disposition is very proper." Zhu Gaoxu nodded. But then he said, "Who is leading the troops?" ”

"King Taishang said that in order to show the court that Su Fan attaches great importance to this matter, His Royal Highness and King Taishang must have one of them go. His Royal Highness was at war with the Mulu State at this time, so the King Taishang personally led his troops to Annan and left him to guard Qian'an City. The herald said.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded again and said, "But there are other things?" ”

"Your Highness, nothing else." Herald the soldiers.

"Then stand down." Zhu Gaoxu said. The herald saluted and withdrew.

When he retreated, Zhu Gaoxu said to himself: "No, you have to speed up the attack on the Dumb Lu Kingdom, and you can't delay it for a long time." Fortunately, although it was possible to delay before, it did not delay for a few days. ”

Suddenly, he said in a loud voice, "Come in!" ”

Hearing his roar, the people who were guarding outside the tent hurried in.

"You guys right away, pass on Cheng'an and others to see Gu!" Zhu Gaoxu said.

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Nanyang, on the dock outside Qian'an City, Zhu Di said to Hua Ying, the left minister of Su Fan: "Hua Ying, go to Annan alone, and Qian'an City will be handed over to you to take care of." ”

"King Taishang, please rest assured, the minister will definitely guard Qian'an City for His Royal Highness." Hua Ying Road.

Hearing him say, 'Guard for His Highness', Zhu Di raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything about it, but said, "But it shouldn't take you to keep it for a few days." After Gao Xu knew about this, he would definitely destroy the Mulu Kingdom as soon as possible in order to collect his troops and return to Qian'an City. You don't have to worry too much. ”

"Yes, King Taishang." Hua Ying Road.

Zhu Di instructed him a few more words, and then ordered the boat to sail. The ship immediately left the dock and headed for the dock on the Leizhou Peninsula.

Zhu Di looked at Qian'an City for a while, then turned around and walked into the cabin.

As soon as he walked into the cabin, Zhu Di smiled at the person in front of him: "I just asked you to send your subordinates to escort Lu Shi to Daming, why did you personally bring the fleet to escort you?" ”

When the person in front of him heard Zhu Di's voice, he immediately stood up as if he was very afraid of him, and said: "King Taishang personally went to Liangguang, how could the minister not personally escort him?" ”

This person is Chen Zuyi, who was famous in the South Seas in his previous life, ran rampant and domineering in the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea for decades, and was finally captured alive by the fleet led by Zheng He, and was later sent to the capital to be executed.

When Zhu Gaoxu was named the vassal king here, he was occupying the Bolin State not far from the Three Buddhas, claiming to be the lord of the country, and there were hundreds of large and medium-sized ships under his hands, and thousands of small boats, which was equivalent to the strength of two sailors of the Ming Dynasty.

In the previous life, Zheng He only came to Nanyang to preach the prestige of the Ming Dynasty and waste money and food, so he directly adopted the means of elimination to people like Chen Zuyi. But in this life, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Di came to open up territory, and the first thing they thought of for the powerful forces nearby was not to destroy, but to persuade them to surrender. Of course, this may also have something to do with the fact that they did not eliminate Chen Zuyi with the sailors in their hands at that time.