Chapter 458: The Great War Ends
The chaos in the city of Malacca was fully revealed, and Chen Kan also gave the order for a general attack.
The range of the artillery on Zheng He's ship could not keep up, and if he wanted to blow up the city of Malacca, he had to rely on the long-range artillery on Chen Kan's ship.
Now that Zheng He has been received, Chen Kan does not plan to continue to waste time on the strait.
After all, the 3,000 people led by Song Qing were still struggling to survive under the encirclement and interception of more than 100,000 troops in Sumatra.
Even though the firearms in their hands are all the latest firecrackers developed by the Daming Firearms Bureau, the disadvantage in numbers is there.
Chen Kan's aid was not timely, and the 3,000 people under Song Qing's command were most likely to stay in the rainforest on Sumatra forever.
"Woo~"
The sound of a large trumpet made of horns is low, but it can drown out the roar of artillery fire.
The war drums sounded, and Tan Cong ordered without hesitation: "Pass the order, all ships don't have to save ammunition anymore, and fire with all their might!" ”
Chen Kan stood on the bow of the boat, even though his ears were already blocked with cotton, but the tremor from his feet still made him almost unsteady on his feet.
The recoil of hundreds of cannons shook the water in the strait under the ship, and huge waves several meters high rolled up on the shore.
The waves crashed against the rocks outside the city, tearing the fragments of Manraka's warships to shreds even more.
The crying and screaming have long been drowned out by the roar of the cannons.
Finally, the first shell landed on the royal palace in the city of Malacca.
Chen Kan saw from the clairvoyant mirror that the watchtower of the royal palace in Malacca City was missing a corner from a robe.
"Who fired this cannon?"
"Reward, big prize!"
Chen Kan was determined to carry out the rewards and punishments to the end, and his orders were passed down layer by layer.
Soon, Zhang Dong got the accurate news.
"Back to the Hou Ye, his subordinates have found out that the gunner who entered the palace is on the No. 13 lucky ship."
"Okay, pass on my generals, the first to ascend, give 100 gold!"
Chen Kan did not immediately summon the gunner, because the war was not over, or the slaughter was not over.
"Order, the fleet goes one more mile."
Tan Cong's order was given, and the sailors who operated the ship quickly steered all the ships close to the coast.
Perhaps Chen Kan's reward was too tempting, so the endless artillery fire fell on the palace like dense raindrops.
Chen Kan had no idea of saving ammunition at all.
The main purpose of the artillery among the ships under his command was to destroy the city of Malacca.
Because Bolimbang, the capital of Sumatra, is in the middle of Sumatra Island, not on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, Chen Kan does not have the ability to dismantle the cannon and bring it into the rainforest.
When the time comes, you will definitely have to travel lightly.
Therefore, even if the ammunition is exhausted now, Chen Kan will not feel any distress.
The city of Malacca was destroyed, and the wealth accumulated by Malacca over the past hundred years on the edge of the strait was enough to make up for all the losses of Chen Kan.
So, the gunners all went crazy.
In the past, when training, Shangguan was always passing on to them the concept of a cannon firing a golden tael, where would they have the opportunity to fire the cannon as heartily as now.
Such an opportunity is definitely an opportunity that cannot be encountered once in a thousand years.
It is not only an opportunity to train gunners, but also an opportunity to announce the strength of the Ming Dynasty to the whole world.
From now on, every ship passing through the Straits will see a city of Malacca razed to the ground.
They will personally transmit the power of the Ming Dynasty to every corner of the world.
Everyone will know that there was a powerful country that razed another powerful national capital on the edge of the strait to the ground in just one day and one night.
And this is exactly the effect that Chen Kan wants to achieve.
He wants to use a city of Malacca to tell all the countries in Nanyang that those who commit crimes against the strong will be punished even if they are far away!
The sound of artillery fire resounded throughout the night in the strait, and this night, the ships came to a tacit stop at both ends of the strait.
The envoys sent by many countries in the South Seas to watch the battle were so frightened that they didn't even dare to see the final outcome of Malacca City and fled in a small boat.
Chen Kan didn't bother to care about the envoys of small countries who followed him like a fart after entering the strait.
They left just in the middle of the game.
Save him from carrying the wealth of the city of Malacca, and give them the illusion that he is here for the wealth.
After all, when he entered the South Seas this time, he had already announced that this time he was here to rescue the Ming fleet.
When the sky was slightly bright, Chen Kan and Zheng He took a small boat and set foot on the land of Manraka.
The huge city of Malacca, after a night of artillery fire, was filled with smoke and fire.
The pungent smell of gunpowder filled the air, and the viscous blood stained the ruins red.
Chen Kan and Zheng He walked into the city and walked slowly up to the palace watchtower, which was still intact.
Thanks to Chen Kan's timely order, all the firepower of the Ming army poured towards the palace of the palace.
The watchtower in front of the palace gate escaped a catastrophe.
The soldiers under the command of the two began to search for traces of the living in the city, but unfortunately, after a night of artillery fire, there were no living people in the city, only stumps and broken arms everywhere.
Even if there were living people, they would have fled into the deep mountains and old forests at this moment.
Zheng He's sappers began to search for the entrance to the palace's treasury.
Although the buildings in the palace collapsed, with the help of gunpowder, it was not difficult to find a treasure trove.
The road was opened with gunpowder, and soon a road several meters wide was blown out.
If you find the treasure house, you just need to do the same thing and just blow it up.
Chen Kan's guards quickly cleared a clearing on top of the watchtower, and then began to prepare various ingredients and charcoal.
Chen Kan said that he wanted to invite Zheng He to eat barbecue in the Malacca Palace, but it was not just talking, if he didn't enjoy the fruits of victory at this moment, when would he stay?
Zhang Dong set up the barbecue grill, and Chen Kan personally started the grilling.
The marinated chicken wings are threaded with iron skewers, brushed with soybean oil and placed on the shelf, as well as marinated hoof flowers and fat chicken thighs, which begin to sizzle after a while.
Chen Kan untied the water bladder on his waist, took a sip and handed it to Zheng He.
Zheng He took it and sniffed it, didn't drink it, and handed it back to Chen Kan.
"I'm not used to grape stuffing, I prefer spirits!"
Chen Kan gave Zheng He a thumbs up and told Zhang Dong to go to the boat to fetch the spirits, and then began to drink alone.
After a while, the barbecue was ready.
Amid the almost suffocating smell of blood in the air, the aroma of barbecue is particularly strong.
But neither Chen Kan nor Zheng He had any plans to eat.
It's not that I can't eat it, it's just that I don't want to eat it.
In fact, both of them are the leaders of the troops, and they have long seen all kinds of corpses and blood, even if they lie in the pile of corpses, there will be no such thing as not being able to eat.
Zhang Dong quickly found the spirits, and Zheng He turned out to be a cow drink.
"Report, handsome, there are living people, and the last general has found a living person!"
Wang En led a team of soldiers up the watchtower, and the soldiers behind him were carrying two stretchers.
Zheng He frowned slightly, pointed to the open space in front of him and motioned to put the stretcher there, and then looked at Wang En and reprimanded: "What kind of body is it that is panicked, there is no etiquette." ”
Wang En grinned, and didn't take Zheng He's reprimand to heart, but pointed to the two flesh-and-blood blurred people on the unit price, and invited merit: "Dashuai, you definitely can't imagine where the last general found them, it turned out to be under our ship, if it weren't for the last general's alertness, I'm afraid they would have stolen our ship and escaped at this time!" ”
As soon as these words came out, Zheng He and Chen Kan suddenly showed interest on their faces.
Chen Kan threw a big golden chicken leg to Wang En, and asked lightly, "Who are they, have you asked clearly?" ”
Wang En was scalded by the chicken leg a few times, and then he hurriedly put the chicken leg into his mouth, and said vaguely: "Go back to Chen Shuai, wake up that person to listen to himself say that he is a palace guard, and the other one is still angry, but he will not be able to wake him up in the future." The last general felt that they were not dressed like ordinary people, so he brought them here. ”
Chen Kan nodded, and threw him another skewer of golden chicken wings.
Then he commanded Zhang Dong: "Ask, is Missoula dead or escaped?" ”
Zhang Dong bowed slightly, took a basin of liquid that I didn't know if it was blood or water, and poured it on the faces of the two people.
One of them suddenly sat up, looked at Chen Kan and Zheng He blankly, and then muttered a lot of nonsense that Chen Kan couldn't understand.
Chen Kan blinked and turned his head to look at Zheng He.
Zheng He said slowly: "He said that his name is Azha, and the one next to him is their king, is their king crazy, according to the rule that ministers do not kill the king, we should treat them politely." ”
Chen Kan looked at Zhang Dong blankly: "Do we have this rule in Daming?" ”
Zhang Dong scratched his head and replied in a more dazed tone: "It seems that there is!" ”
Zheng He continued to speak: "Nanyang does have this rule, the two countries are at war, and they must not harm the royal family, oh, our Ming Dynasty seems to have it, but it was personally destroyed by the Marquis of Jinghai." ”
"When will I ......"
Chen Kangang wanted to defend himself, but suddenly remembered Zhu Jixi and Zhu Jihuang, and then wisely chose to shut up.
Although these two brothers did not die at the hands of Chen Kan, they are inseparable from him.
And Zheng He said that there is, then there is!
It's a face for Zheng He.
Zheng He didn't care about it, and ordered Wang En lightly: "Take them to wash, don't let them starve to death, bring them back to Daming and hand them over to Your Majesty!" ”
A native king of the South Seas, it doesn't really matter whether he is captured or not, as long as the treasure house is in hand, as for Missoula, it doesn't matter if she is alive or dead.
"Yes!"
Wang En took the order, and then looked at the barbecue grill in front of Chen Kan.
Chen Kan threw him another chicken leg, and Wang En left satisfied.
Soon after Wang En left, the sappers who searched the palace treasury also received good news, the location of the palace treasury had been determined, and the demolition was being arranged.
Chen Kan sat on the watchtower for a while, then suddenly stood up, and said, "The mess here will be handed over to Zheng Shuai to clean up, and Benhou will go to Sumatra first?" ”
Zheng He got up and stood side by side with Chen Kan, and said lightly: "It's okay, there are still 7,000 soldiers left under this general, if Hou Ye doesn't give up, he can take them all." ”