Some of the firearms of the local Ming people were abandoned and some were taken away by Quang Nam when they went south, and there was a lack of artillery in the basic army, and there were very few decent firearms.

The Chinese businessmen couldn't help in this regard, after all, Sihai was not an East India Company, and they couldn't change so many guns and artillery, of course, even if they did, Yang Yandi couldn't afford them.

After staying in Meidi for a few days, Ming Shang set off for Dongpu.

"Is Mr. Ding leaving so soon?" Yang Yandi said.

"Back to my lordship, I will go to Dongpu to meet Lord Chen Shangchuan, and I will also go to Hexian." When Brother Ding saw that Yang Yandi was retained, he had to inform Yang Yandi of the itinerary.

"These days, Zhenla is ready to move, the border is not peaceful, if you go to Dongpu, then I can send the deputy general Huang Jin to go with you." Yang Yandi glanced at Huang Jin.

Huang Jin walked out with interest, "The last general has been to Dongpu five or six times, and he can escort Chinese businessmen there." ”

"I can't wait for a maritime merchant, how dare I bother my lord and master?" Brother Ding hurriedly excused himself.

Yang Yandi hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "We were originally Haikou, based on the island to stand on our own, and then follow the Zheng army, defeated the Qing army and fled south to Zhenla, I originally thought that there was no place in this life, if the Ming Court is willing to accept us today, we are willing to be the pawns of the Ming Court, and we will never give up."

Yang Yandi's words expressed the hearts of many Ming generals present.

Most of the Ming people who fled south to Luzon were Han Chinese from southern Fujian, while most of the Ming generals and soldiers in Annan were from the Liangguang area, especially the Han people in Guangxi.

The reason why he left his hometown was only because of the failure of the resistance to the Qing Dynasty and his reluctance to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, so he went south.

Now that the Ming people of Luzon have established themselves as politicians and are in charge of Nanyang Niu'er, these Ming generals who live in Zhenla, Annam, are naturally willing to vote.

"If Lord Yang is like this, it will not be in vain for Lord Liu Yu's hard work."

Brother Ding is just a businessman, as for Yang Yandi's willingness to serve the Ming Court, he has no right to agree, and he can only be a messenger to transmit the news back to Luzon.

"When I return to Luzon, I will inform the Ming Court of Lord Yang and the Ming people of Meidi, and presumably Lord Liu Yu will also feel the loyalty and courage of the adults and reward the generals."

Ming Shang did not stay any longer, in order to complete this mission as soon as possible, Ming Shang finally chose two actions.

In addition to the two Fu ships left behind in Meidi Haikou to prepare to receive the 8,000 stone military rations prepared by the local Ming people, the remaining six Fu ships went to Dongpu along the coastline.

A total of more than 50 people, including Ding Ge and the merchants, as well as the soldiers of Huben Town who escorted them, set off on the road and walked to Dongpu.

And the deputy general Huang Jin also took a hundred soldiers to escort the Chinese merchants to Dongpu.

"General Huang, I am not very familiar with Dongpu as a Chinese businessman in Nanyang, and now this is the realm of Zhenla, but why is it so chaotic." Along the way, the Chinese merchants walked on the official road, and they could always see hungry people along the way, and there were starving corpses along the road.

There were even many thieves passing through the mountains and forests, and if it weren't for the escort of more than 100 soldiers, I am afraid that they would have been looted by the bandits.

"Mr. didn't know, more than 10 years ago, the princes and nobles of Zhenla fled into Guangnan, borrowed Guangnan soldiers to occupy Zhenla Dongpu, the area of firewood, but although the monk established himself as the king, but was controlled by the Ruan Lord, even Dongpu and other places were also oppressed by the Ruan Lord and divided into Ming land for the Ming people to recuperate, and the northern Hidden Frog Qiu has always wanted to unify Zhenla and even the enemy of Guangnan, so the war continues, although the war is not but the turmoil between the various tribes continues, and even affected the Jiading area where the Ming people live." Huang Jin explained the current situation of Zhenla to the Chinese businessmen.

"I heard that because Lord Chen Shangchuan of Dongpu contacted the Ming court in Luzon, he angered the lord of Nguyen in Quang Nam, and the lord of Nguyen was furious and wrote to Zhenla, asking Zhenla to mobilize troops to destroy the Ming people of Dongpu." Ding Ge frowned and said.

This matter has long been a secret, it has long been known to the Chinese merchants of Hoi An and the nobles of Chenla, and even the Chinese merchants of Luzon have heard about it these days.

"Sir, don't worry too much, now you have arrived at the boundary of Dongpu, this is the land of the Ming people, and the Zhenla people dare not make trouble." Huang Jin saw the Chinese businessman on the side with a sad face and said.

Hearing that they had arrived at the boundary of Dongpu, the Chinese businessmen present also breathed a sigh of relief.

But Lin Xu, who was walking at the front of the team, smelled a strange smell.

The smell was familiar to him, the smell of rotting corpses.

Lin Xu's right hand was raised upward, and the Ming soldiers of the three squads instantly dispersed.

Two squads are from Huben Town, and one squad is from the Fubo Marine Combat Association, and they are all under Lin Xu's orders at the moment.

"What are you doing?" Huang Jin just packed a ticket with this group of Ming merchants and said that he had entered the boundary of Dongpu and would not be in danger.

As a result, more than thirty guards were ready for battle.

Ten sword players formed a shield formation and protected seven or eight Chinese merchants behind the shield.

The firecracker also skillfully took out the medicine bag and projectiles.

"Don't you smell the stench wafting in the wind?" Lin Xu glanced at Huang Jin.

The more than 100 soldiers under his command were still walking around the team as if nothing had happened, and they even watched the tactical movements of the Ming officers and soldiers with great interest.

At this time, Huang Jin suddenly reacted.

There was indeed a strange smell in the wind, and as a general who had fought bloody battles with the Qing army, he naturally knew that it was a rancid smell emitted by a large number of corpses piling up and rotting for several days.

"All troops on alert." Under Huang Jin's order, the more than 100 soldiers reacted.

"Tell the Chinese businessmen to stand in the middle, and if these soldiers flee in all directions, don't be scattered by the rout." Lin Xu instructed Zhao Shendao.

Zhao Shen nodded, turned around and took a few young soldiers to escort the Chinese merchants.

At this time, a group of more than 100 people had already walked out of the official road.

Shuizhen is fertile for thousands of miles, and there are hills and paddy fields as far as the eye can see.

But in the great field, not even a ghost was seen.

"There is a Ming village in front, and when we contact the Ming people of Dongpu, we often pass by this village, there are dozens of Ming people, and there are not a few people, about three or four hundred people." Huang Jin said with a solemn face.

Apparently the rancid smell in the wind was even stronger.

It wasn't until dusk approached in the afternoon that the group arrived at the village.

It has long since been reduced to ruins, and apart from a few broken fence walls, there are no traces of human life.

Until the Ming army scouts found a large number of corpses in the paddy fields behind the village.

As far as the eye could see, hundreds of corpses were scattered across the vast paddy fields.

Mori Sen white bones can be seen everywhere, not far away there are swarms of mosquitoes pressed by black press, and from time to time white worms turn out of the rotting flesh, and the stench of decay fills the air.

Even the stream in the field had long since turned to a foul dark red, and in the dim sky, the huge field gave people a creepy feeling.

"Vomit, vomit......" Due to the rancid smell on the road when we set off this morning, none of the people present had lunch at noon.

Now seeing this scene, many soldiers retched one after another, and did not stop until they vomited the sour water in their abdomen.

"Who did it?" Huang Jin's eyes widened angrily, and the hand holding the handle of the knife trembled uncontrollably.

Lin Xu pressed his shoulder and stabilized Huang Jin, who was trembling.

"The corpses fell scattered in the field, proving that they were suddenly attacked and killed at noon while plowing, and it is estimated that it has been three or five days, and if it were ordinary bandits and bandits, they would have already escaped."

Huang Jing looked at the Ming caravan guard in front of him in disbelief.

"There are more than 200 corpses scattered in the fields of water, and ordinary bandits are just for looting, and it is impossible to massacre them on a large scale, especially to slaughter such a village where there is no oil and water to speak of." Lin Xu's dark face couldn't see any expression, but those eyes became more and more cold.