In the territory occupied by Deng Youzhang, there are five major rivers, and he accounts for 60% of the main rivers on the island.

But why did the natives establish a state in the central plateau?

Because the precipitation in the central plateau is more uniform, and the western region occupied by Deng Youzhang is a tropical savanna with distinct rain and drought, except for the cultivation along the river.

In the steppe area, only grazing!

Deng Youzhang's class returned to Wangxiang City and soon received a message from Li Luosheng from the north. The messenger said: "Governor, Li Zhi County has conquered the Maevatanana Division. According to the chieftain there, along the Bezibka River, it was possible to reach the capital of the kingdom of Yinmelina, and the great city of tens of thousands of people was built on the river. By the way, Li Zhixian felt that the name of the river was too awkward, and changed its name to Beiqi River in the future. ”

"Got it," Deng Youzhang said, "When you go back to restore your life, let Li Zhixian rush to Wangxiang City for a meeting before the rainy season comes, and say that all the city lords will come." ”

In fact, there is a river that leads directly to the capital of the kingdom of Yinmelina, and it is on the other side of the village where they originally lived.

Deng Youzhang sent people to explore, and a small force was able to pass along the river. But it is troublesome to bring baggage, because there is a section of the river that is very fast, and the banks are full of cliffs, and you must use a slender man to row up the river. If people carry food on their backs, it is too difficult to walk over the mountains and mountains, and everyone is reluctant to take risks.

In the next two months, the city lords of the seven cities, as well as the left officials in the city, returned to Wangxiang City one after another.

Deng Youzhang said: "Brothers, you have all received my letter, and it has been clearly stated in the letter. The angel left in September last year, and the imperial court estimates that it will be able to send someone next year. What His Majesty and the ministers say, we must not be able to guess. Perhaps, I will be replaced as the governor directly. ”

"Why should we send someone from China to be the governor of the territory we have worked so hard to build?" He Wenpeng sneered, "If the imperial court changes the governor, I will be the first to stand up and oppose it!" ”

Li Luosheng said: "Blatantly disobeying the king's order, this must not be done." ”

He Wenpeng asked, "Can you bear it?" ”

Li Luosheng said with a smile: "All the indigenous tribes have already married us, and the indigenous chiefs can only listen to us." How many people can the imperial court send? If the Governor comes, then we will be able to make a living, and we will do what we should do! ”

"Yes, yes, that's how it should be!" Wang Yuan laughed.

These guys are already discussing how to overthrow the governor.

Deng Youzhang said with a smile on his face: "Don't think about things like that, the imperial court may not necessarily send a governor." Well, even if you don't send a governor, you might send someone to oversee it, after all, we have gold mines here. Before the imperial court sends people, we have to speed up our expansion of territory. ”

Li Luosheng asked: "What do you want to destroy that Yin Melina country?" ”

"Yes, after the rainy season next year, we will send troops to fight from your side," Deng Youzhang nodded, "I heard from the tribes who migrated sporadically that there are countless people in the capital of Yin Melina. If it can afford to raise 350,000 people, it means that the farming conditions are better than ours, and the capital will be moved directly when the time comes...... No, move the Governor's Palace. _o_m ”

Relocating the ruling center must be done, otherwise it can only be a corner of peace.

The city of Antananarivo is located in the central plateau of the whole island, where all rivers originate. If the governor's palace is built there, as long as it can build strong inland ships, it will be able to send troops in all directions along the river.

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Antananarivo.

The king had a long name and was called Andrea Mawajina Valona.

Compared to his subjects, the king had a pale complexion. Because he was of Arabic descent, and there were Arabic books in the palace, they had even learned the art of papermaking.

There were even black slaves in the country, who were brought in by the Arabs to farm the land.

As for when the Arabs visited here, some say it was the ninth century AD, others say it was the thirteenth century.

But it's very interesting that they are not religious, and they don't use Arabic for daily communication. The Arabic language and the Arabic script, as well as Arabic astrology, were used only during sacrifices, and civilians were not allowed to touch them, and if they were discovered, they were to be put to death.

The architecture of this country is more interesting, and the houses built by the common people have a very distinct Southeast Asian style......

"Your Majesty, the outsiders to the west, have taken Maevata in the north. (This chapter is not finished!) )

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Nana tribe. "The minister brings news from the border.

King...... The name is too long, and it is simply Andrea. The king said disdainfully: "Outsiders are not terrible, a few decades ago, the Portuguese also landed in the east and built two walled cities, which were not driven away by my grandfather?" My grandfather told my father, and my father told me that firearms used by outsiders would fail on rainy days. The god of storms will bless us, and as long as the enemy dares to come, we will fight on a rainy day! ”

The minister stopped talking, and finally said, "Your Majesty is wise. ”

King Andrea also said: "Compared with outsiders, the tribes in the country are not at ease. Why haven't the tributes from the various ministries been paid this year? I just raised the tribute a little bit. ”

The minister said: "The tribute is still a bit much, in fact, it can be reduced a little. ”

"I can't lower it any more, I'm already merciful." Andrea said.

This king went on a rampage and directly divided the country into four small countries in another time and space. It was not until more than 100 years later that his descendants were reunited and began to engage in maritime trade with India. Immediately, the son of the unifier expanded his influence to the whole island and established the Kingdom of Madagascar.

In the face of the expansion of the Chinese, the king did not pay attention at all, he felt that he was invincible in the world - his world was the whole island.

In fact, neither King Andrea nor the Chinese expanding to the west knew that there were other outsiders on the island.

The French had already arrived, and earlier than the Chinese, established Fort Dovan in the southeast, and relied on the castle to continue to penetrate and expand. But the French were few in number, with only a dozen or so permanent garrisons, and Fort Dovan was more of a supply depot.

French merchant ships docked here to await the trade winds and currents that could reach south India.

In the autumn of that year, a tribe in the south rebelled, and nearby tribes responded in groups.

King Andrea was furious, and gathered 8,000 troops to go to the campaign, and he personally led his troops to kill them. His elite troops have iron weapons, not only bronze tools as Deng Youzhang thinks, and even this guy has a stone throwing machine force.

For the indigenous tribes, such a powerful army is simply impossible to resist.

The tribes that led the uprising, the nobles were slaughtered. The common people, the old people, were all killed, and the young men, women and children were used as slaves. The rest of the tribes that responded, the nobles were also killed, and then the food was stolen, and the common people were estimated to starve to death.

It is one of the most important grain producing areas on the island!

Another year passed, and before the officials sent by the imperial court came, Deng Youzhang led the army to set off.

They crossed the northwest steppe region and came to Li Luosheng's Mahajanga city to converge. There were more than 300 musketeers, 200 cavalry (adopted son cavalry), 150 cold weapon infantry (adopted son regiment), and more than 2,000 indigenous auxiliaries.

The northern tribes of the country of Yin Melina all surrendered, and they had long been dissatisfied with the tyranny of the king, and some even joined the squadron.

King Andrea finally panicked and ordered all the tribes to send troops.

Although this cargo was brutal, the king's majesty was still there, and more than 7,000 tribal soldiers were gathered one after another. He also recruited soldiers in the capital, and together with the army of his direct jurisdiction, he had gathered more than 20,000 soldiers.

Andrea said to the ministers and tribal leaders: "Don't be alarmed, outsiders are afraid of the rain, we just have to wait for it to rain." ”

Everyone is speechless, your sister is raining in the dry season!

This is a tropical highland climate, with very little rainfall in the dry season, and the temperature generally does not exceed 30 degrees, which is cool and dry, and is very suitable for war.

Under the king's insistence, Yin Melina's army did not take the initiative to attack, and never thought of setting up an ambush halfway. just nested in the capital and waited, and asked the priest to pray for rain, to give the squadron a hard job.

The priest was also a wonderful man, he knew what the king was thinking, and naturally spoke according to the king's heart.

The priest used Arabic astrology to observe the heavens at night and to communicate with the gods with human and animal animals, and then said to the king: "The gods have come and brought a revelation, and the king's army will surely be victorious." ”

Andrea asked, "Is it to win in the capital, or to send troops on the road?" ”

The priest was a little confused about what the king wanted to do, so he asked, "Does your majesty want to send troops?" ”

Andrea said: "The chiefs of the various ministries have been arguing for the past few days, and the quarrel has given me a headache, and I want to take the initiative. (This chapter is not finished!) )

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Lead the army to the north. You do the math of the date, which is the best day to go out. ”

So the priest began divination again, and determined that it was best to send troops after seven days.

Neither the king nor the priests thought that they would lose, because they had never met an opponent on the island.

More than 20,000 indigenous soldiers slaughtered towards the north.

The more than 7,000 tribal soldiers came with their own dry food. They were heavily taxed by the king, and they were already in great need of food, and they consumed a lot on the road and in the capital, and they began to run out of food within two days of travel.

King Andrea was very interesting, and he felt that it was too wasteful to provide military rations to the tribal soldiers. But now that there is a war going on, it has to be given, so let the ministers, who are proficient in mathematics, calculate the rations of each soldier, and then provide food and grass according to the minimum standard. @精华\/Shuge Error-free Debut~~

The minister in charge of distributing grain, carrying the king behind his back, withheld grain and grass, and estimated that he would not starve to death.

Before the war was fought, more than 7,000 tribal soldiers complained, and their morale plummeted.

Andrea felt that he was clever enough to save a lot of food, so he ordered the method to be promoted. He recruited many civilians inside and outside the city, and the rations of those militiamen were also distributed according to the standards of tribal soldiers.

The two armies met in a river valley, and more than half of the army of the country of Yin Melina was so hungry that they couldn't walk.

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