Chapter 431: Retaliation
Like Cirebon, the defenders of Bhumigaya relied on the fortification of the city and the impassability of the moat. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In fact, for a country like Java, there was not enough national strength to build a fortified city like the Ming Dynasty, and instead he relied on the tropical jungle outside the city and the indigenous army hidden in it.
But now, these indigenous armies of Java have lost their geographical advantage when they meet the Fourth Army, which is also good at jungle warfare.
The first round of artillery bombardment of the Fourth Army of the Praetorian Guard directly destroyed the stone walls of Pumigaya, and the defenders of Pumijaya had no way to defend the city, so they had to surrender directly, and they didn't even bother to break through, because at this time, they were surrounded by Ming troops and the neat and solemn military appearance, so that they simply did not have enough courage to resist the Fourth Army of the Praetorian Guard.
But in this way, Lu Xiangyu, the chief officer of the Fourth Army of the Praetorian Guard, fell into a state of embarrassment.
Because Zhu Youxiao's will to kill the indigenous people of Java as much as possible, at least to make the population structure of the indigenous people and the Han people directly become one to six, according to the calculation of the Ministry of War, he Lu Xiangyu's Fourth Army must kill three-quarters of the indigenous people in this war against Java!
But now the indigenous soldiers and civilians of the entire Pumigaya have surrendered directly without the slightest resistance, so that the Fourth Army cannot kill and injure a large number of these indigenous soldiers and civilians through war.
"It's really cowardly, rushing over directly and being shot to death by Lao Tzu is more backbone than staying in the city and waiting for Lao Tzu's army to stab him to death! Where is the cruelty of these guys slaughtering my Han compatriots! ”
Lu Xiangyu commanded as he spoke: "Order the whole army, the purpose of this operation is to exterminate the living force of the enemy army, expand the living space of our Ming people, and avenge the Han compatriots who died tragically at the hands of barbarians. ”
"Yes!"
The soldiers of the Fourth Army responded in unison, and although there was nothing unusual on the surface, most of them were still a little nervous.
Although many of them have killed people, this is the first time that this direct massacre of indigenous people has occurred, so there is still a psychological barrier for them.
But after entering the city, under the leadership of Lu Xiangyu and other officers, many officers and soldiers gradually entered a state of madness, and the natives in the city were chased everywhere like chickens and ducks in front of them at this time.
Perhaps these natives never thought that they would be where they are today, and they would also be killed arbitrarily by the Han people like pigs and dogs.
In short, as soon as the Fourth Army of the Praetorian Guard entered the city of Pumigaya, it became two appearances, one of which was like a cold-blooded killer in front of the natives, and also like a devil, and it was unrelenting.
However, according to Lu Xiangyu's request, the atrocities of the Fourth Army of the Praetorian Guard are just revenge and fighting for living space, so just depriving you of your life is not insulting the personality inside.
As a result, there were no incidents of rape and torture, but despite this, it still caused a huge shock to these indigenous people, who began to run in all directions, began to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, but there were very few who had to resist to the death.
The Fourth Army of the Praetorian Guard, on the other hand, looks different in front of the Han people in the city, and as long as you wear a Han Confucian robe or other obvious Han symbols such as crown hair, even if you have Chinese characters in front of the door or can speak a few words of Ming official dialect, you will be spared, and even the Fourth Army of the Praetorian Guard will give you the property taken from the indigenous army.
Because the Fourth Army of the Praetorian Guard was in a hurry this time, it was impossible to bring too much baggage, so it was also happy to do a military and civilian fish and water situation.
Some of the natives of Pumijaya were cunning, and soon discovered that if they had a Han Chinese element, they would not be retaliated against, so many began to take off their clothes and change into long shirts, and those who did not have long shirts curled up their hair with a wooden hairpin in it, and hung a Chinese character "Ming" in front of the door.
In this way, they have escaped, but they will still be found out in the future and directly serve as the remaining quarter of the data, and their fate is only to act as second-class citizens and do lowly occupations.
Despite the reprisals against at least most of the city's indigenous soldiers and civilians, two days later, Phumiya was still a river of blood, and the crows outside Phimigaya hovered for months without dispersing.
Because of this, the actions of the Fourth Army spread to other parts of Java, and before the Janissaries arrived, the indigenous soldiers and civilians in some places fled further east.
Even the capital of Java, Surabaye, became panicked at this time, and these indigenous magnates who had once overridden the Han people were even more restless, and they no longer had the arrogance they had at the beginning, cheering because the king dared to declare war with the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, they were all very annoyed that the king had offended the Ming Dynasty, so that they sent such a fierce and vicious team.
In fact, the king of Java at this time was also very depressed, he did not expect that the matter would be so serious, nor did he expect his army to be so weak.
However, unwilling to give up his ruling interests, he immediately mobilized more troops to defend the capital and various nearby key points.
Because of this, he has no way to retaliate against the Han people in other regions now, and the Han people in other areas have added a lot of blood compared to before after learning that there have been Han armies, and some Han settlements have begun to spontaneously organize armed forces to attack the gathering areas of the indigenous people and take advantage of this to plunder the wealth and resources of these indigenous people.
These armed forces spontaneously organized by the Han people are even more ferocious than the Fourth Army of the Praetorian Guard, and they already have hatred and competing interests with these indigenous soldiers and civilians, so their retaliation is even more ferocious, and various vicious incidents such as torture and killing continue.
For a time, the entire country of Java fell into a state of national chaos.
On the one hand, the Fourth Army of the Praetorian Guard was marching straight into his capital.
On the one hand, the South China Sea Fleet of the Ming Navy is conquering important coastal towns along the coastline and gradually blocking his overseas economic sources.
On the one hand, there have been almost all Han rebellions in various places, and there have been frequent incidents of direct executions between officials and indigenous elites in many areas.
The current king of Java is no longer able to suppress the vicious events in the local area, and he is not even able to deal with the Ming navy attacking along the coastline, so he can only concentrate the last army in the area of the national capital to resist the advance of the Fourth Army of the Praetorian Guard.
By this time, the Fourth Army of the Janissaries had advanced to Berida, the third and last gateway to Surabaya, and one of the few fortified cities.
The king of Java has gathered 30,000 elites here, and the so-called elites are more daring than the previous indigenous army, but they are still nothing more than chickens and dogs in front of the Praetorian Guard.
Stimulated by the hatred of the country and the king's high rewards, these so-called indigenous elites were not afraid of death, and fought one after another against the Praetorian Guards who tried to storm the city of Belida.
However, in this way, it also fell into the hands of Lu Xiangyu, who felt that letting the Fourth Army make a meat grinder again would achieve the reputation of these indigenous armies who died honorably.