Chapter 742: The Zulu Encounter of the British Simon Qing
"There are beautiful women in Zulu, who are trying to pull out the mountains and cover the world.
- "The Travels of the Old Disabled Man: Love from Dewasland"
The source was still the local snake Boers, who reported the news to Cape Town, and the Southern Tang side urgently reported to Zhu Fugui.
It turned out that, according to the Boers, the British battleship Prince of Wales, which was sunk by the Ming in the Battle of Cape Town, actually had the new Governor of Cape Town on board.
He broke through the encirclement of the Ming Dynasty with about 1,800 British troops, but lost contact with the fleet.
The British, who lacked communication equipment, had to go to the nearest military fortress, Fort Durban, to rendezvous, in accordance with the regulations in the military conduct.
Durban was an important port that the British snatched from the Boers, and it was also a military fortress second only to Cape Town, and was a key node for monitoring and containing the Boers.
Suffice it to say, John Churchill's orders were not at all wrong.
As soon as he could reach Durban and join up with the remaining 40,000 or so British troops, he could regain his foothold there.
Whether it was to conquer the Boers in the northwest or to regain Cape Town in the south, it was a direction that could be chosen.
However, John Churchill is worthy of being the British Simon Qing and Ansar's little concubine, and this peach blossom cannot be stopped.
With the rainy season approaching, it's the annual mating season in the African savannah, and the Zulus are certainly no exception.
King Sedhuayo of the Zulu brought his beloved daughter to Basutolan in search of a suitable colt.
On the outskirts of Basutoland, the Zulu king's guards encountered the remnants of the 1,800 British troops.
Originally, the relationship between the Zulus and the British was not bad today.
Although the British government has always claimed to be the protectorate of the Emirate of Zulu, and has also hammered the Boers with the moral stick of abolition and affirmative action, the Zulu people do not recognize themselves as protectorates of the British Empire at all, but instead consider themselves to be the real masters of South Africa.
Although they did not necessarily arrive much earlier than the Boers.
Of course, the Zulus were understandably disapproving of Great Britain as a protectorate.
After all, the British have never given anything to the Zulu except for a big mouth.
Even the Zulu king's guards were still shields and spears, and their equipment was inferior to that of the Romans 2,000 years ago.
In any case, the Boers, whom the Zulus hated more at present, remained restrained towards the British.
But it's strange, it's strange that Zhu Fugui, who was born out of nowhere, led the British sideways.
Since the Second Ming-French War, European countries have begun to change their costumes one after another.
The British army from British soil did not wear the same old-fashioned lobster costumes as the British troops in the Cape Town colony.
As a result, these remnants of the British in gray-green military uniforms were mistaken by the Zulus for the Boer militia.
King Zulu's guards immediately attacked.
Historically, the upper and lower limits of Zulu spearmen have been staggering.
In the Battle of the Blood River, a commando team of 500 Boers eliminated 3,000 Zulus with zero casualties.
In the Battle of Jinzindrafer, the Zulus raided the British hollow phalanx, killing 1,200 and the British 2 dead and 52 wounded.
This is already close to the level of "I Daqing".
In the Battle of Isandrwana, the Zulu army annihilated 1,300 well-equipped and prosperous British troops with pure cold weapons, not even bows, arrows and horses.
Even Nasan's son was slain with a spear from the Zulus.
With such a record, Xianfeng will be silent when he hears it, and Cixi will cry when he hears it.
In short, in South Africa, the strength of the Zulu people is by no means the average player in the impression of the excellent matchmaking mechanism of the African region.
It belongs to the big catfish in the fish pond bureau and is very combative.
This time, John Churchill and 1,800 British troops, underarmed, demoralized, and exhausted, were powerless in the face of an Zulu ambush.
Most of the British troops were killed by spears, and some were taken back by prisoners.
And John Churchill was clearly not a short-lived ghost like Nafour, and he didn't die at the hands of the Zulus.
Not only that, but just as John Churchill was almost burned alive, his handsome appearance enough to seduce the countess, with whom the crown prince's mistress eloped, saved his life again.
Amandad, the daughter of King Séchivayo of Zulu, Amanda Namleni Nampmelelo Ntuli, a 160-kilogram Zulu princess who fell in love with the handsome Marquis of England.
They are talented and beautiful, a match made in heaven, and none of the monsters present objected.
So, almost with the same script as Zhu Fugui back then, but the actress was slightly different, John Churchill became the son-in-law of the Emirate of Zulu, and under the starry night, he let out a pig-like wail.
On the bright side, according to Zulu tradition, John Churchill was able to take several wives.
It should be considered earned.
The most important thing is that by accident, John Churchill became the great colt of the Emirate of Zulu and one of the effective heirs to the Zulu throne!
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In the end, Zhu Fugui authorized the Southern Tang Dynasty to patrol the heavens on behalf of the hunters and receive Devaslan as a tributary state of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition to the usual conditions, the Republic of Dewasland must also relinquish its claims to the land south of the Vaal River, such as diplomatic rights and the right to declare war, to the suzerain.
Because according to the father of Dr. Sha Jingfang, the vice president of the Ming Imperial Science, who is also an expert in the fields of history, cultural relics identification, ethnography, and genetics, Duke Li Shaoquan, the land south of the Vaal River has been the territory of Zheng He's descendants since ancient times, and according to Chinese practice, it should be returned to its true owner.
In simple terms, it demanded that the Republic of Dewasland completely renounce its claim to the Orange Free State and agree to the annexation of the latter's lands by the Duchy of Southern Tang.
Such conditions are not undemanding.
However, considering that it was almost impossible to recover Orange, and that De Wasland was originally the one who wanted Orange more than Orange's land, the Southern Tang side was just the opposite, so in the end, De Wasland President Biletolius Jr. signed his name on the treaty.
He was the fourth European leader to become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty after the two Marquis of Seattle and the United States.
But compared to the first three, to be honest, Zhu Fugui believes that his loyalty has not yet been tested.