Using the use of local indigenous slaves, the city of Uka was built quite strongly.

Not only were there tall walls and strong pillboxes, but there were also many huge trebuchets inside.

These ramblings, which were placed on the ramparts, could smash all ships that came close to the sea, once they were fired.

Such a strong city, if the Ming army rashly attacked, would inevitably meet with strong resistance.

Maruali knew the main purpose of the Ming army's trip to the West this time, and he didn't really want to waste time and precious supplies on this kind of thing.

However, as a businessman, it is obviously impossible for Marou Ali to understand Tang He, or the deep purpose of Zhu Han behind it.

To conquer these small city-states in Nanyang, the Ming didn't care how much time and resources were wasted.

"A small country with the same big nose dares to collude with pirates and sneak attack the Ming King, it's really what Sage Kong said, aunt can bear it, uncle can't bear it!" Although Tang He's cultural level is not high, he has always learned the essence given to them by Zhu Han.

Since Suleiman III of Uka City dared to sneak attack the Ming fleet, it would be Tang He's dereliction of duty not to crush them.

"Pass my orders!"

"The fleet turns around!"

"Goal!"

"Uka City!"

……

After Suleiman III returned to Ukka with the remnants of his defeated army, he ordered the defenders to close all the gates and strictly prohibit entry and exit, and made adequate preparations for defense.

On the other hand, he sent his own henchmen to investigate the situation outside the city.

Suleiman III still had some illusions, hoping that the Ming army would not find out that he was the initiator of this sneak attack on the sea.

In other words, Suleiman III also pinned his hopes that the Ming army would not care about this maritime conflict with him.

After all, Suleiman III knew that the Ming army's target this time was distant Persia, and if the Ming army turned against him, he would inevitably face the strong defense of Uka City, which would greatly delay their time to go to Persia.

"I don't think those Ming troops are like rude barbarians, whether they are shopping or having fun in the city, they have never been reliant and arrogant, I believe that even if the matter is exposed, as long as I can send someone to show my repentance and obedience, I should be forgiven by the Grand Duke of Tang He!"

Suleiman III sat in the royal palace in the city, and began to think about how to deal with the situation after that.

No matter how he thought about it, Suleiman III felt that he could rely on Ukka's strong defense and be invincible, whether it was war or peace.

But as bad news came one after another, Suleiman III began to realize that the situation had exceeded his predictions.

"Master, the warships of the Ming army are coming towards Uka City!"

"Master, the Ming army has killed the envoy we sent to negotiate! He brutally cut off his head! ”

"Master, the fleet in our harbor has fled in shame!"

The succession of bad news made Suleiman III very annoyed.

He originally sent someone to quibble in front of the Ming army, but he didn't expect the Ming army to directly cut off the envoy's head.

What was even more devastating was that the fleets that had fled back with Suleiman III had fled directly from the port of Uka City after hearing the news of the Ming army's retaliatory attack.

These shameful cowards have looted many shops in the harbor before escaping, causing great chaos.

Now in the entire city of Wuka, everyone knows that the Ming army will come to retaliate with thunderous means.

"Hurry up and send someone to gather the strong men of the whole city, as long as they can go up to the city wall to participate in the defense, each of them will be rewarded with a silver coin, no ...... Each of them will be rewarded with three silver coins! ”

"Gather all the Pasils, whether they are men, women, or children, to stand up and protect the true god's Uka City at this time, and we must not let those heretics of the Ming army succeed!"

Suleiman III began to pin all his hopes on the defense of the city walls.

Most of the city's inhabitants are indigenous to the region, many of whom are Brahmans, Buddhists, or local Wics, and usually pay a large religious tax to Suleiman III.

Now hearing that the Ming army will retaliate against Suleiman III, many people are gloating.

It was simply impossible to help Suleiman III defend the city of Uka with all his might.

After all, there were many merchants in Wuka who had dealt with the Ming army, and they knew that the Ming army treated the enemy harshly, but they would definitely not commit any offense against the local natives and merchants who had not offended them.

"Daming is the kingdom of the gods!"

"The gods are merciful and will not sin against us innocents!"

"Suleiman III, this hateful Celestial Cultist, he is a robber thief, a despicable pirate, originally a slave who goats in Baghdad, and he dared to provoke the Ming Dynasty, this time is when he is destroyed!"

……

The inhabitants of Uka began to spread rumors in favor of the Ming army, and they already hated foreign colonists such as Suleiman III.

Suleiman III, who had always been stingy, did not recruit many indigenous men to help defend the city, even if he offered a bounty of three silver coins per person.

At this critical moment, only those Pasil remained loyal to Suleiman III.

Because these Pasir, like Suleiman III, were Celestial colonists who came from Baghdad and Persia to establish their rule.

In addition to being a soldier, Pasil is also an official, and as the ruling class of Uka City, he is naturally indispensable.

They will live and die with the city of Ukka.

Even the young children and veiled women took their bows and spears in their hands one by one, and stood at the head of the city ready to deal with the Ming army outside the city.

At this time, the Ming army had already approached the city.

The city of Uka was heavily guarded, and the four gates had long since been closed.

The large and small ships in the originally prosperous port also escaped cleanly, and only some merchant ships flying the Ming flag took the initiative to approach the Ming army.

These Ming merchants, who were familiar with the hydrological conditions of the local port, provided Tang He with the situation of the port, which places were conducive to docking, and which places had dangerous reef shoals, all pointed out on the map like Tang He.

"What should we do with such a strong city as the general?" Marouali looked at the heavily guarded city of Uka and couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

"The thieves in the city only have some trebuchets, old-fashioned things, let them see what thunder is today!" Tang He waved his hand confidently, and the guards beside him immediately gave an order.

I saw that the most majestic warships of the Ming army sailed forward, and after reaching a suitable distance, they aimed the heavy long guns under the battleships at the city of Wuka.

Bang! Bang!

Rumble!

With a puff of white smoke coming out, the twenty-four pounder guns in the Ming battleships were fired one after another.

These guns are extremely powerful, and because of the ship's load, they can be easily adjusted at long and short ranges.

Soon, the Ming army used artillery bombardment to smash the strong city defense that Wuka City was proud of.

Large expanses of rammed earth and rubble littered the walls.

There were also a few unlucky ones standing above the city walls, struck by the whizzing cannonballs and flying rubble.

The tragic scene of blood flowed down the blood and terrified many of the Pasil warriors of Uka City.

Those old and weak women and children were even more frightened and cried.

"Fight back, hurry up and fight back!"

Seeing this, Suleiman III, who was hiding on the city walls, immediately raised his voice and ordered the catapults on the city to attack.

Although the trebuchet gunners knew that it was simply impossible to hit the Ming battleships at this distance.

But in order to fulfill the orders of their masters and vent the fears in their hearts, these massive trebuchets soon began to be launched.

Thump! Thump!

The heavy projectile crossed a graceful arc in the sky and fell far into the sea.

Even the farthest projectile was still dozens of steps away from the Ming army's warship.

The heavy trebuchets in Wuka City could not cause any damage to the Ming army at all.

"These rabbit cubs, they still don't surrender!"

Tang He knew that there were about thirty or forty thousand Tianfang disciples in Wuka City, although most of them were old and weak, women and children, but if they really had to fight in the streets, the Ming army would suffer some losses more or less.

Therefore, if Wuka City can take the initiative to open the city and surrender after the Ming army's shelling, this is the situation that Tang He is most happy to see.

But now they not only do not surrender, but they dare to fight back.

That Tang He had already strengthened his determination to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.

"Let the mortar fire!"

Tang He gave another order.

I saw that on several warships of the Ming army, a group of soldiers operated several low cannons on the deck.

The guns were like a large fat winter melon, only two feet long but more than a foot in diameter, with their muzzles facing upward, almost perpendicular to the deck.

This kind of artillery is the mortar cannon invented by Zhu Han's order, which specializes in firing heavy solid or lime shells, which can cross all obstacles and bombard the enemies hidden in the rear.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

With another sound of artillery, these heavy mortars of the Ming army were fired one after another.

Heavy projectiles, flying towards the sky, and then carrying terrifying potential energy to fall from the sky.

The projectiles of these mortars crossed the walls and battlements and smashed hard against the defenders' positions behind.

In particular, some lime bombs that can burst, there are not only lime that burns the eyes, but also a lot of fine ground chili powder, as long as the defenders in the area are all wailing in pain, the burning sensation of the paprika makes them can't help but pounce on the bucket next to them, trying to rinse the paprika in their eyes with water, but the lime mixed together is violently heated after encountering the water, burning them into blindness one by one.

The Celestial Cultists of Ukka City had never seen lime bombs, let alone what chili powder was, and they only thought that it must be a devil's weapon that could blind people's eyes.

The panic instantly shattered the morale of these Heavenly Sect disciples.

The accuracy of the mortar cannon cannot be grasped, especially when fired on the bumpy sea, which is a great test of the gunner's ability.

As a result, many shells landed on the houses inside the city, causing many casualties among the natives.

This terrible lime bomb made the natives terrified.

They didn't want to be buried with Suleiman III, the Celestial.

Led by some indigenous tycoons, the natives of Uka City rebelled.

At this time, the heavy artillery of the Ming army had already blown down two gaps in the city wall, and a large number of Ming soldiers landed on the shore.

As soon as he saw the raging flames burning in the city of Wuka, Tang He had already guessed that there must be civil strife in the city.

As the saying goes, the opportunity cannot be lost, and it will never come again.

The Ming army took advantage of this effort to launch a deadly assault on the city of Ukka.

It took less than an hour!

Wuka City, which was proud of all the Heavenly Sect disciples in Nanyang, completely fell into the control of the Ming army.

Suleiman III retreated to his mansion with the remnants of his defeated army, and he had hoped to fight to the death, and then he could die for the true god and ascend to heaven with seventy-two virgins.

But the Ming army, which was as fast as the wind, did not give Suleiman III any chance to teach the enemy these days.

The Ming army followed and stormed Suleiman III's mansion and captured Suleiman III, his subordinates, and his family scrolls.

When Suleiman III, who was tied up like a big fat pig, was thrown in front of Tang He, the red flame of the Ming army was already flying over the city of Wuka.

Tang He was not in the slightest mood to argue with Suleiman and his captives.

"Suleiman, the sin is unforgivable, behead the public!"

"All family property is confiscated and confiscated and belongs to the Ming court!"

"From now on, Wuka City will be the territory of the Ming Dynasty!"

"All male Heavenly Sectists in the city will be beheaded according to rebellion, adult women will be rewarded to the indigenous righteous people in the city, boys will be reduced to eunuchs, sent back to the Ming Dynasty to serve, and the girls will be included in the Daming Sect!"

The series of punishment decisions announced by Tang He can be described as extremely severe.

But it won a cheer and support from the city of Ukka!

Because after the eradication of the Celestial Cultists, many of their lands and possessions were given to the natives of this rebellion.

"Wuka City, from now on, it is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but I don't have the right to set up any official yamen, this kind of thing still needs to be decided by Your Majesty and His Royal Highness!" Although Tang He acted decisively, he also knew that there were some things that could never be overcome.

Acts such as setting up official yamen or capital protectors, except for the imperial court, anyone who does it is no different from rebellion.

But Tang He also knew that the terrain of Uka City was very important.

Now that by mistake, if you take this place according to the will of the people, you naturally can't give up easily.

Tang He immediately dispatched a clipper to report everything that happened here in Wuka City to Ying Tian with a special recital.

As for how to rule and manage Wuka City in the future, that is the matter of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han.

Tang He left three warships and hundreds of sailors here.

Coupled with the local Ming merchants, it can be regarded as establishing a preliminary management, and the next thing is to wait for the imperial court to deal with it sent back from the Ming Dynasty.

And after Tang He finished cooking Wuka City, he led the Ming fleet to embark on a voyage to the Western Ocean again.

………

Daming Jingshi, Yingtian.

The Mid-Autumn Festival in the fifth year of Hongwu has just passed, and there is still a festive and joyful atmosphere in Yingtian City.

Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongwu has adopted a strategy of recuperation and recuperation for the people of the world, and the taxes collected have become less and less year by year.

Naturally, the lives of the people are becoming more and more relaxed.

With spare money in hand, when it comes to the New Year's holidays, it is natural to be willing to spend.

In this year's Yingtianfu City, the mooncakes of every pastry shop have been sold out.

For many years, the shopkeepers have never seen so many ordinary people who are willing to spend money to buy snacks.

Whether it is a peddler or a wealthy merchant, people know that today's Daming is thriving, and it can be said that it is the best situation in hundreds of years.

Even if the Ming Dynasty was in Mobei, in the Wa Kingdom, in the southwest, and in the South Seas, they were all using troops to conquer.

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