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When the Xinhua Army set off from Davao and headed for the Sultanate of Maguindanao, Sultan Yusuf of the Sultanate of Maguindanao had already sent a delegation headed by Hassan to the Sultanate of Sulu to ask for help! Now, the Sultanate of Sulu has become the last straw for the Maguindanao Sultanate! It's just that whether the Sultanate of Sulu will save them or not, even Yusuf himself does not know, he can only pray to Allah for protection!

The capital of the Sultanate of Sulu was on the island of Jolo, and it was only 370 kilometers by sea from Kotabato, the capital of the Sultanate of Maguindanao, and at the speed of a merchant ship, two days were enough to reach the island. If all goes well, perhaps the emissaries of the Sultanate of Sulu will be able to reach Kotabatar, before the Xinhua army arrives in Kotabatar. When the time comes, the Maguindanao Sultanate will be saved!

Holo Island is an island in the southern part of the Sulu Sea, located in the middle of the Sulu Sea and the Sulawesi Sea. The Sultanate of Sulu rose on this island, and they continued to expand around the Sulu Sea, making the Sulu Sea their territory. As one of the three sultanates established by the Moro people, the Sultanate of Sulu was undoubtedly much stronger than the two sultanates in Mindanao. Even stronger than the Maguindanao Sultanate and the Buayan Sultanate combined. The Sultanate of Sulu had no intentions for the impoverished island of Mindanao, otherwise Mindanao would have been under their rule long ago!

The Sultanate of Sulu had a strong overseas trade, and before the invasion by the West, the Sultanate of Sulu was one of the most powerful countries in the South Seas. The Sultanate of Sulu, with a total population of more than 500,000 people, had an army of 20,000 people, half of which was the navy! Because the area controlled by the Sultanate of Sulu is mainly the sea, coupled with the development of their overseas trade, the Sultanate of Sulu also attaches great importance to the construction of the navy! It's just that, due to the influence of shipbuilding technology and firearms technology, most of the army of the Sulu Sultanate is equipped with old-fashioned firearms such as shotguns, and even the Burka-style rifles that the British Army is now equipped with are not comparable, and the artillery is also backward breech guns, and the firing range is very limited! Warships are also basically small boats of about a few tens to a hundred tons. Although there are a lot of them, the combat power is complete garbage!

Holo was the capital of the Sultanate of Sulu and was named after a volcano on the island called Holo, from which the entire island got its name! As the capital of the Sultanate of Sulu, Jolo is a busy port city and the most prosperous economic and trade center along the entire Sulu Sea coast.

Hassan and his entourage from the Sultanate of Maguindanao arrived in Horo and immediately contacted the diplomatic service of the Sultanate of Sulu. Although the relationship between the two countries was not harmonious, Hassan was immediately received by Sultan Suleiman of the Sultanate of Sulu when it came to the life and death of the Sultanate of Maguindanao.

Suleiman was a young sultan in his early thirties, and he was very young compared to most kings who succeeded to the throne as sultan of the Sulu Sultanate at this age. In addition, Suleiman was also a very ambitious sultan, he was not willing to accept the gradual decline of the Sulu Sultanate under the invasion of the West, he hoped that the Sulu Sultanate would rise, as the ruler of the entire South Seas region. It's just that this is very difficult for the Sultanate of Sulu! Their military power simply cannot compete with the Western powers!

"Meet His Majesty the Great Sultan!" When Hassan saw Suleiman, he immediately bowed down and saluted, showing great respect!

"Excuse me! Hassan, what happened to the Maguindanao Sultanate? Suleiman asked directly. He was told that the Sultanate of Maguindanao was in an existential crisis, so he immediately took the time to meet Hassan.

"Your Majesty! Those damn Chinese, they built a state in northern Mindanao. Now they are not only exterminating the natives of Mindanao, but they are also going to attack us Moro! Half a month ago, the Buayan Sultanate had been wiped out by those Chinese. Sultan Gamar of the Buayan Sultanate was brutally killed by those Chinese, and all the people of the Buayan Sultanate became slaves of those Chinese! Now, they're marching on Cotabatar! With the military strength of the Maguindanao Sultanate, we could not stop the Chinese attack. Your Majesty the Sultan, for the sake of our fellow Moros, save the Sultanate of Maguindanao! Hassan pleaded with a sad face!

"The Chinese in northern Mindanao? Is it Xinhuaguo? Suleiman frowned. He'd heard of the country, but he didn't pay much attention to it! Merchant ships from the Chinese families of Zamboanga also often came to Horo to trade. The name of Xinhuaguo has also slowly spread out! However, the Sultanate of Sulu did not face up to this small Chinese state that had just been established for a long time. But now it seems that Suleiman and the entire Sulu Sultanate have looked away. This small Chinese nation has grown and is a serious threat to their Moro people.

The life and death of the Maguindanao Sultanate, Suleiman did not care. The relationship between the Sultanate of Sulu and the Sultanate of Maguindanao has always been bad, and although everyone is a Moro, the Sultanate of Sulu has always looked down on the hillbilly of the Sultanate of Maguindanao. However, he could not ignore the threat of Xinhuaguo. Once the new country is allowed to continue to grow and develop, it will also be a huge threat to the Sulu Sultanate!

"Your Majesty! Those Chinese are very fierce, if His Majesty does not save us, the hundreds of thousands of Moros in the Maguindanao Sultanate will die! In addition, if the Chinese unified Mindanao, with their aggressive style, they would definitely do the same against the Sultanate of Sulu. Hassan said quickly. He was afraid that Suleiman would refuse to help the Maguindanao Sultanate. If that's the case, then there is no hope for the Maguindanao Sultanate!

"Humph! The Sultanate of Sulu is not something that a small Chinese state that has just been formed can deal with! Even when the Lanfang Kingdom was the most powerful in the past, it didn't dare to do anything to our Sulu Sultanate! Suleiman said conceitedly. Lan Fangguo has a great reputation in the Nanyang region. It's just that this Chinese state in West Borneo is now in decline and is on the verge of extinction under the invasion of the Dutch. This also makes the indigenous forces in the Nanyang region even more disdainful of the Chinese!

Hassan's heart lifted and he looked at Suleiman with a pleading expression, hoping that Suleiman would promise to help the Maguindanao Sultanate.

Suleiman hesitated for a few minutes before he said, "The Sultanate of Maguindanao and our Sultanate of Sulu belong to the same country founded by the Moro people!" Although our relationship is not very good, now that the Sultanate of Maguindanao is in trouble, we cannot sit idly by! ”

"Your Majesty! If the Sultanate of Maguindanao can survive this crisis, we are willing to submit to the Sultanate of Sulu! Hassan said quickly. This is his last resort. Even if it is to submit to the Sultanate of Sulu, it is better than being destroyed by the Xinhua State!

"That's good! I will send an emissary back to Cotabatar, with you!" When the time comes, My messenger will warn those Chinese! If they dare to disrupt peace on the shores of the Sulu Sea, the Sultanate of Sulu will make them pay a heavy price! Suleiman said haughtily. In his opinion, the reason why Xinhua was able to easily destroy the Buayan Sultanate and scared the Maguindanao Sultanate to the point that it was about to pee his pants was not because the Xinhua State was too strong, but because the Maguindanao Sultanate and the Buayan Sultanate were too rubbish! The Sultanate of Sulu is the overlord of the Sulu Sea and has dominated the seas for hundreds of years. With the strength of the Sultanate of Sulu, it is completely easy to destroy a small Chinese country! Perhaps, because of the warning of the Sultanate of Sulu, Xinhua will take the initiative to retreat. At that time, the prestige of the Sulu Sultanate will rise again, which will be of great help to the revitalization of the Sulu Sultanate!

"Your Majesty!" Hassan said quickly. Although it was a pity that Suleiman did not immediately send troops to Cotabatar, Suleiman was willing to send an envoy to warn the Chinese, which was already very rare, which represented the attitude of the Sulu Sultanate. If those Chinese didn't know each other, the Sulu Sultanate would definitely go to war with Xinhua. Although the Xinhua State is strong, the Sulu Sultanate is not weak either. If Xinhua rises too fast, it will definitely have an unstable foundation. Therefore, Hassan believes that once the Sulu Sultanate and the Xinhua Kingdom go to war, it must be the Sulu Sultanate that wins!

Immediately after Hassan thanked Suleiman, he and the envoys sent by Suleiman left Jolo by boat and hurried to Cotabatar. The Chinese may already be on their way to Cotabato by now, and they have to get there early. Otherwise, by the time the Chinese defeat Cotabatar, it will be too late!

The shipbuilding skills of the Sultanate of Sulu, although backward, were much more powerful than those of the Sultanate of Maguindanao. In addition, they deliberately changed to clippers, so before the Xinhua army arrived in Kotabatar, Hassan and the envoys of the Sulu Sultanate had already arrived in Kotabatar! The arrival of the emissary of the Sultanate of Sulu greatly invigorated the entire Sultanate of Maguindanao. In their opinion, the Maguindanao Sultanate was saved this time!

On the afternoon of March 21, the Xinhua Army entered Morro Bay and approached Cotabatar. When twelve Shark-class cruisers of the Xinhua Navy and dozens of merchant ships arrived in Cotabatar, the Maguindanao Sultanate jumped for a while.

At this time, the envoys of the Sultanate of Sulu stepped forward and took the initiative to go to sea on a fast boat, ready to warn the Xinhua Kingdom on behalf of the Sultanate of Sulu and let them get out of the territory of the Moro!