It seems that the territory of the Ming Dynasty can only end here for the time being, Zheng Xing turned his goal to consolidate the land in the south and pacify the people in the south, he left some soldiers to be stationed on this border without a boundary wall, and he was ready to go back.

Before Zheng Xing left Raub, he planned to pay a visit to the local head, Su Midan, and even if he couldn't be a friend, he wouldn't become an enemy.

Su Midan warmly received Zheng Xing, and served him with good wine and food, but when it came to naturalizing as a Han Chinese, Su Midan did not agree to be killed.

However, Sumidan told Zheng Xing that villages like him, which have become self-reliant leaders, abound in the central part of the Malay Peninsula.

Zheng Xing understood that the middle of the Malay Peninsula should be full of mountains, and even a village is a force, and the forces of Portugal, Daming, and Dacheng have not penetrated in, and this is terra nullius for the time being.

It is precisely because of the mountains that the leaders here are not very strong, as long as the South China Sea Fleet moves a finger, these villages can be wiped out and forcibly let them join the Ming Dynasty.

But now is not the time, the South China Sea Fleet has just entered Malacca, and its foothold is not stable, and it temporarily relies on a deception such as "Zheng Zhilong is a descendant of Zheng Sanbao" to maintain its rule over the local area.

It is not difficult to exterminate these leaders, the key is to make the local people come to heart.

If you want to make the local people come to heart, you must first gain a firm foothold, Zheng Xing thought about it, and after the imperial court sent civil officials, establish a stable local government, and then the marines should be able to free up their hands.

Zheng Xing wandered around the neighborhood for another day, and this time, he was really ready to go back.

But Zheng Xing couldn't go back.

At dusk, Zheng Xing had just returned to the camp, and his own soldiers rushed to report: "Shizao, it's not good, the fight has started." ”

"Fighting? Who fought? Zheng Xing glanced at this pro-soldier who was not good at speaking.

"The local people and the soldiers of Donghu."

"Donghu? Didn't Donghu destroy the country? Such a soldier who is still in the east? Zheng Xing's mind spun quickly, convinced that he was not mistaken.

"Shizao, we have inquired, it is indeed the soldiers of Donghu, I don't know how they escaped here, but they robbed the local people all the way and fought with the local people."

"How many soldiers are there in Donghu?" Zheng Xing pondered whether this was a good thing or a bad thing for the South China Sea Fleet.

"Now it is their vanguard that has come over, and there are thousands of them, and it is said that they have tens of thousands in total."

"Tens of thousands?" Zheng Xing's mouth couldn't be closed, if there were really tens of thousands of Donghu soldiers, even if the entire Fourth Marine Division was concentrated, it might not be able to annihilate them.

"The legend is tens of thousands, and our people have not seen it, but their vanguard is indeed in the thousands."

Zheng Xing was stunned, there were thousands of people in the vanguard, and it was not surprising that the main force had tens of thousands, but Donghu had already destroyed the country, how could there be so many troops slipping through the net? Could it be that the army is making false reports about its military exploits?

It's not right, Daming is already in Donghu Province, no matter how much the army falsely reports its military exploits, it is impossible for all the civilian officials who went to the post to help hide it, right?

What the hell is going on? Where did these Donghu soldiers come from?

Zheng Xing couldn't take care of it anymore, "Donghu's vanguard troops, how far is it from here?" ”

"Less than forty miles, it should be less than a day's journey."

Zheng Xing poured tea on the left and right, and suddenly shouted: "Herald!" ”

"Here!" The three soldiers in charge of the order stood in front of Zheng Xing in unison.

"You, immediately rush back to Malacca City and report the situation here to the commander."

"Yes, Master." The herald immediately left the barracks and headed south at night.

Zheng Xing pointed to the second herald, "Inform our detectives, immediately go north, contact the army, and ask what is going on, how many soldiers there are in Donghu." ”

"Yes, Master."

There was only one herald left in the house, and Zheng Xing felt that it was not enough, so he had to say to his own soldiers: "Inform our people and keep a close eye on the vanguard of Donghu." ”

"Yes, Master, my subordinates will go and inform them."

Zheng Xing looked at the last herald, "Brother is going to work hard." ”

The herald straightened his chest and stood straight, "Master, please command." ”

"Order the nearby Marines to assemble here immediately, and there must be no mistake."

"Yes, Master, my subordinates rushed to give the order overnight."

"Well, go ahead, stay safe, this is not the territory we are familiar with after all."

"Thank you for the reminder." The herald saluted Zheng Xing, turned around and left the barracks, and soon disappeared into the night.

Zheng Xing's marines, the main force is still in the city of Malacca, and the rest of the soldiers, because they have to go to various places to register the population, are scattered all over the southern part of the Malay Peninsula, and in his hands, there is only one battalion and more than 300 soldiers.

After sending off the three heralds, Zheng Xing gathered the three hundred soldiers and took advantage of the night to move the camp to the foot of Jibao Mountain, which is relatively hidden, unless it is the local people as guides, it is difficult for outsiders to find out.

In the afternoon of the next day, Su Midan personally came to the barracks, "Master Zheng!" ”

Zheng Xing was stunned, "Why did Su Tou come over?" Have a seat. ”

Su Midan was so anxious that he was sweating, where did he have something to sit down? He almost knelt down to Zheng Xing, "Master Zheng, save us!" ”

Zheng Xing asked knowingly: "Su Tou, don't worry, sit down and speak slowly." He winked and brought a small square stool for Sumidan with his own soldiers.

Su Midan sat on the square bench with his ass, "Master Zheng ......"

"What the hell is going on? Rush Su Tou like this? Zheng Xing is still tepid.

"The soldiers of Donghu, I don't know where they came from, specialize in mutilating people like us." Sumidan looked horrified, as if he had seen the Donghu soldiers.

"Mutilating the people?" Zheng Xing narrowed his eyes, looking puzzled, "Why did they kill the people?"

"God knows why," Su Midan palpitated, "Please, Master Zheng, you must save us." ”

Zheng Xing still looked unhurried, "How do they kill the people?" ”

"Murder, arson, robbery, rape, some villages were slaughtered by them, in short, all bad things were done," Su Midan got up from the square bench and knelt in front of Zheng Xing, "Please, Master, no matter what, to save us, only you can save us." ”

"Su Tou gets up first," Zheng Xing helped Su Midan up, "Su Tou said, what is going on." ”

The rumors that Su Midan heard were roughly represented, and they knew about the same as Zheng Xing's own soldiers, but the harm of the Donghu soldiers was seriously exaggerated, and they were just blue-eyed and red-haired man-eating demons.

"How could Su Tou get into trouble with these demons? Where did they come from? "Zheng Xingxin said, let you become a Han Chinese, you don't want to, now when you meet the enemy, you know to ask me for help.

"Hey, who knows where they came from," Su Midan just shook his head and sighed, "Now the situation is critical, only Master Zheng can save us." ”

"Me?" Zheng Xing looked stunned, "My subordinates are all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but the village of Sutou does not belong to the Ming Dynasty, my soldiers are in the past, I'm afraid it's not suitable, right?" ”

"Shizuo," Su Midan took out a stack of white paper from his bosom, "This is our personnel and field rent documents, as long as Shizuo rescues us this time, we are willing to return the whole village to Han and join the Ming Dynasty from now on." ”

"Is what Su Tou said true?" Zheng Xing took the paperwork, but he still didn't believe these natives, and he had no evidence.

"Of course it's true," Su Midan was so anxious that he almost jumped up, "As long as Daming drives away the Donghu soldiers, Daming is stronger than Donghu, do we dare to break our word?" ”

Zheng Xingxiang thought the same, Da Ming did not take force to naturalize, but he lacked a reason, if Su Midan deceived Da Ming, it just gave him the opportunity to use soldiers, "Su Tou thought about it, this is your choice, we didn't force you." ”

"There is no persecution, there is no persecution, we are voluntary," Su Midan couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Zheng Xing's relief, "Ask the master to send troops quickly." ”

"How far are the Donghu soldiers from here?"

"About ten miles, less than an hour's journey." Su Mi Danxin said, this Ming master's seat, why is he not in a hurry to burn his buttocks?

In fact, it was Su Midan's buttocks that was burned, and it had nothing to do with Zheng Xing for the time being, the Donghu soldiers would only come into contact with Zheng Xing's marines after they had at least washed Sumidan's village in blood, looking at Su Midan with a frightened look, Zheng Xing secretly laughed, it seems that these Donghu soldiers came too timely.

He sent an order to his soldiers: "Immediately form a team and meet the Donghu soldiers." "Yesterday, Zheng Xing only had 300 soldiers, but this morning, the nearby marines rushed over, and now his men have more than 500 soldiers.

The trumpeters sounded the rallying call, and all the marines immediately gathered outside Zheng Xing's big tent.

Zheng Xing estimated that if there were soldiers nearby on the way, they would definitely speed up and join him when they heard this rallying call.

"Su Tou will take a rest in the barracks first, we have to resist the enemy, and there is no time to entertain Su Tou for the time being." Zheng Xing bowed his hand to Su Midan and was about to set off.

Su Midan couldn't help but nod as if he was pecking rice, "The master is busy first, it's important to retreat from the enemy, I will take care of myself." ”

"Let's go!" Zheng Xing broke off with a shout, and more than 500 soldiers, divided into three columns, greeted the Donghu army in the north.

When the marines arrived at the village of Raub, there was no shadow of the Donghu soldiers, Zheng Xing turned three columns into horizontal columns, guarding the entrance of the village, now there are only 500 soldiers, he doesn't care about leaving reserves, the more people, the more enemies are killed, he is ready to fight with the Donghu army.

About the time of the incense, there was a faint cry in front of me, mixed with the screams of women and children.

"The Donghu soldiers are coming, get ready." Zheng Xing stood at the back of the line, he shouted, it was a reminder to the soldiers, since the Marine Corps entered the South Seas, they basically fought more and fought less, and rarely faced more than twice as many enemies as today, he reminded the soldiers and reminded himself to cheer up.

"Master, there are fleeing people in front, what should I do?"

Zheng Xing looked up, sure enough, there were dozens of disheveled men and women, behind them were bright steel knives chasing, although the people used all their strength to eat, but still couldn't outrun the soldiers behind, from time to time there were people falling under the steel knives of Donghu soldiers.

"These beasts, the remnants of the east, the people have already given up their homes and property, why do they still hunt down?" Zheng Xing clenched his fists and cursed, as if these people were all Han Chinese.