Zalau was the leader of the small tribe that spearheaded the opposition to Xiao Ruxun's plan to relocate the station.

Since he was born, the tribe has been stationed in the south near the coast of an area, and it is said that he originally lived in the inland area, and was later driven here by Mang Yinglong, before settling here, the population at that time was only 30,000 or 40,000, and it took decades of effort to have a population of 70,000 or 80,000, which is a relatively small tribal group.

As the saying goes, the people do not have this sentence, but they also know that they do this, since they are leaning on the sea, they rely on the sea to eat the sea, the sea is a treasure trove that cannot be fully developed, generous, rich, and will always give the tribe the most needed food when the tribe needs it most, fish, shrimp and crabs and other food that is enough to fill the stomach.

So even though the population is small and the arable land is small, this small tribe is still living well.

Later, Mang Yinglong unified Burma, and then began to expand abroad, many tribesmen were forced to become their miscellaneous soldiers, basically went to nine deaths, and very few could come back alive, Zalao also understood under the teaching of his father, who was the head of the previous generation, that this is the hateful thing about the Mang Yinglong regime, cutting wool, cutting a handful to see which tribe is developing well, and not giving them to grow up enough to threaten the regime.

However, this method of cutting wool was quite mild at that time, and with the success of Mang Yinglong, many Westerners appeared in this ancient land at that time, some of these people came from other places, some came from the sea in boats, and brought some exquisite things that the tribe had never seen before to do business with everyone, exchanging products, including muskets and artillery, and in this way, the tribes by the sea became the first tribes outside the central power to communicate with the outside world.

Zara grew up in such an environment, so his understanding of the world is not superficial, on the contrary, he knows a little Portuguese and can communicate with Portuguese merchants in a simple way.

The tribe developed rapidly, Mang Yinglong is probably old, his heart is soft, and his means are not as strong as before, about four years before Mang Yinglong's death, it is the golden period of the development of the major tribes, that is, during this period, the tribe of Zalau has developed to a population of more than 100,000 people, and it was once very prosperous.

It's a pity that this short golden period ended with the death of Mang Yinglong, Mang Yinglong's heir Mang Yingli has great merit, high prestige, and has just mastered the real power as soon as he ascended the throne, without any struggle, his methods are more cruel than Mang Yinglong's heyday, the major tribes have encountered cruel sheep shearing operations, and the wealth accumulated during the four years of golden development has been sheared almost overnight.

Zara's father was also forced to take more than 3,000 men to become Mangyingli's servants, and after that he did not see each other for a year, his father's body was brought back by more than 100 surviving tribesmen, and from that day on, Zalau officially became the leader of the tribe.

Probably out of some sense of guilt, or because he didn't want to force him too hard to cause a joint tribal rebellion, then Mangyingli treated Zalao's tribe a little more gently, and there was no sign of forcing Zalau to become a servant army, but once the seeds of hatred were planted, they would not stop growing.

Through the trade with the Portuguese merchants, Zalau bought muskets, artillery and various weapons in batches to arm his tribes, which was unimaginable to Mang Yingli, during this time period, Mang Yingli was waging the third and fourth battles with Siam, and had no time to pay attention to the development of small tribes, so several tribes in the coastal areas developed well, and developed firearms troops in addition to the central government.

It was from this time that Zalau realized the need for the tribe to be weak and strong, as well as the necessity of the sea route for the development and growth of the tribe, with the ocean, it can communicate with the outside world, there can be a steady flow of firearms, it can continue to fight, and it is not afraid of starvation, which is the advantage of being close to the ocean, and once you leave the sea and cut off the communication with the outside world, the development will stagnate, and you will stop at the moment and cannot go further, which is unacceptable to Zalao.

So when he heard Xiao Ruxun's idea and wanted to let all the coastal tribes move to the warm inland areas in the west, he probably also realized the idea of the Ming Dynasty government, which was nothing more than easy to manage, but for Zalao, this was the only way to give up the development and growth of the tribe, this was the practice of letting the tribe become a fat sheep forever to be slaughtered, he didn't want to continue, he was bullied and oppressed, and he didn't want to bear it again.

He refused the request of the admiral of the Ming army, and left with five or six like-minded heads of seaside tribes, on the way, the six tribes formed a bloody alliance and advanced and retreated together, if the Ming army really dared to attack it, they would resist together, and definitely not let the Ming army have a good time, they thought that the Ming army had come from afar, and was very tired, and had serious war weariness, and was unwilling to go to war again.

They had enough time to prepare, defend, and even unite to force the Ming army to compromise.

The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, we are all united, you really dare to go against all the local tribes? Everyone has an in-law relationship, and if you offend several by beating one, the Ming army will not be so irrational.

After the six tribes went back, they prepared for war, looking like they were sworn to defend their homeland, and they also made mobilization speeches for this purpose, inciting the fighting emotions of the tribesmen, and preparing to fight to the death, but there was no news for six or seven days, and the people sent to investigate explained that the army was resting in the camp and had not moved at all, and this time, the mood of the tribesmen withered.

Zalau himself felt strange, could it be that the Ming army did not intend to fight at all? I dumped the face of the Admiral of the Ming Army in person, and the Heavenly Empire, which has always had a good face, actually endured it?

With doubts, Zalau let the tribesmen rest, and he took the standing army to guard the tribe, and after another three days, he found that there was still no movement of the Ming army, and he was even more strange, but strange was strange, and his vigilance was lowered, and he ordered some soldiers to return to the production area to harvest grain, and he took the rest of the people to continue to be vigilant.

On the eleventh day, Zalau's father-in-law, the head of a hinterland tribe, Naang, came to Zalao's tribe with some wine and meat and a few retinues, and Zalau naturally welcomed the arrival of the old man, but after hearing the old man's intention, Zalau was more or less surprised.

The old man came to be a lobbyist for the Ming army.

"Admiral Xiao has already said that as long as you are willing to move, even if you give more prisoners and silver taels, you can talk about it, Admiral Xiao is unwilling to start a war again, just after the war, Admiral Xiao is willing to build here, not destroy here, Zalao, don't be too arrogant, don't think that there is any benefit in uniting together and working against Daming, you will know if you look at Mangying."

Zarao drank the wine brought by the old man and ate the meat that the old man roasted himself, and his face was very calm.

"We've lived here for decades, how much time does it take to move, how much time does it take to rebuild? We finished building here, and we gave it to Daming to use, they didn't want to contribute, so they asked us to take the initiative to relocate, how could there be such a good thing? ”

"So don't you compensate us? Two thousand Burmese! Is this a small number? Why can't you understand it? The Ming Dynasty is the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, and the army is the king's division, which is reasonable! ”

The old man persuaded hard.

"That's not the case! We can communicate with foreigners on the beach, communicate with foreigners, and know a lot of new things and new things, just like these muskets and artillery, if we can't do business with foreigners on the beach, where will we get the opportunity? Now that he is letting us live in the interior, don't we lose this channel? We will stop developing, and when the time comes, we will still be bullied as before, but it will be Mingguo who bullies people! ”

Zalau also tried hard to persuade his father-in-law not to be blinded by the benefits of just 2,000 people.

The old man sighed again and again.

"Why can't you see the situation clearly? You can't resist Da Ming and Admiral Xiao at all, he is far stronger than all of us, and we can't resist in Mangying, let alone kill Daming in Mangying? Wake up, child! Don't dream anymore, we are small and small, we must be forbearing, obedient, and not blatantly resist! ”

Zalau could not agree with the cowardice of his father-in-law.

"I will never agree, I have five allies, we have more than 20,000 troops together, there are more than 500,000 clansmen, our strength is definitely not as weak as Ming Guo thinks, if they come to attack us, let them see our strength and our courage to defend our homeland!"

A trace of sadness flashed in the old man's eyes, and he poured a glass of wine for Zalao, poured a glass himself, and drank it in one gulp.

"You're roasting yourself on the fire like this, son, don't be obsessed!"

"Am I obsessed? You and my father have been good friends for many years, do you remember the time when my father died? Why did my father die? Why would a tribal leader, the leader of a hundred thousand people, die like that? Why the hell?!

From that day on! I swear! I will never go back to my father's old ways! So I was the first to stand up against Mang Yingli, and I was the first to stand up and unite with everyone not to provide troops and food and grass to Mang Yingli, and it turned out that I was right! That's why I had hope for Mingguo, thinking that he would treat us fairly, and what was the result? I helped a guy who is as treacherous and cunning as Mang Yingli! I will never trust anyone again! No! ”

After saying that, Zalau felt a little gasp, took a few breaths, sat down, and drank the wine in his glass in one gulp.

"Believe these big guys, I'm really blind! No one will think about us, they will only think about themselves! In that case, I can only think about myself! I have 80,000 people who want me to think for them, 80,000 people! I'm not going to just give away decades of home! Never! ”

Zalau took a few deep breaths and ripped off his leather armor, feeling a little hot and stuffy.

"Zalau, you are the son of my best friend, I have always been very optimistic about you, I agree with your ability, so I married my only daughter to you, at the beginning, your father was kind to me, so since he died, I have always taken good care of you, I think you can see things clearly, you are not those reckless people, but now I find that you seem to be no different from those reckless people."

The old man no longer persuaded Zalau, and seemed to be disappointed in Zalau.

"I really didn't mean that, I'm really thinking about all of us!"

"No, you don't, you're just thinking about yourself, you don't think about it at all if you really provoke Da Ming, how Da Ming will treat your people, how will he treat me, you are my son-in-law, if you start a war with Da Ming, what will Da Ming think of me and my 130,000 people? Zalau, you are so selfish! ”

"I ...... How am I...... Selfish? ”

Zalao took a few breaths, stood up, and asked his father-in-law in disbelief: "Don't you know me yet?" I'm really here for everyone! ”

As he said this, Zalau gradually felt that his breathing was a little weak, and his head was a little groggy.

"If Da Ming wants to destroy us, it's too simple, the 100,000 elites in Mangying are all finished, let alone us? And not to mention that most of the people have fallen to the Ming Dynasty, we will not have many people to support it at all, this struggle itself is meaningless, and it will even cause the anger of the Ming Emperor, which will affect all of us, these years, we have our own relationships, and we can't get rid of it. ”

Zalau didn't understand.

"Then unite and fight! There is no way out for us to continue like this! ”

The old man shook his head.

"No, there is no way out of the struggle, we can't compare with the Ming Dynasty at all, before we find the way out you said, we will be wiped out by the Ming army, and we won't even have our lives, what else is there to talk about? Zalau, did you know that you almost killed us all? ”

Zalau hurriedly shook his head, and as soon as he raised his foot, he was about to step forward and reason with his father-in-law, but his legs were weak, and the whole person fell to the ground, and he just wanted to get up, but he was surprised to find that he couldn't exert any strength at all, his chest became more and more tight, and his head became more and more painful.

"I ...... What's wrong...... I ......"

The old man lowered his head and looked at Zalao, who was trembling on the ground, and there was no sadness or joy on his face.

"Zalau, you stupid boy, you are far inferior to your father, your father would rather sacrifice himself to let you live, but you have to sacrifice all your people to let you realize your so-called ideals, don't you recognize? You are a weakling, I am a weakling, we are all weak, how the weak seek to survive in the face of the strong, don't you still understand? The strong have given a way to live, but you take the initiative to seek death......"

As soon as he threw his head back and drank the last glass of wine, Zalau had stopped trembling and lost his breath.

Outside, there was an earth-shattering shout of killing.