Chen Kan's army of 20,000 was quietly arrayed in front of a city.

This is a small city, not as large as a county town in Daming, and it is also the first satellite city to go to Boringbang.

The walls of the city were densely packed with native armies.

Or rather, crowded with a bunch of savages.

At least in Chen Kan's opinion, they are not an army.

Leather armor, this kind of armor is the lowest level of armor in the Ming Dynasty, made of donkey skin, sheepskin or pigskin.

This kind of armor was almost eliminated in the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu Dynasty.

The most inferior army of the Ming Dynasty, at least there will be an iron cuirass in front of the leather armor.

But it is such armor, and as far as the eye can see, the armor rate of Sumatra will not exceed 20% at most.

It is hard to imagine that this is the army of a large country with a population of more than one million and hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

These populations and armies, if placed anywhere around the Ming Dynasty, can definitely be called a powerful country.

It's a pity that this is the South Seas.

There are very few iron ores here, but there are too many copper mines.

Therefore, the Sumatran army has a lot of weapons made of copper.

It is said that the countries guarding the edge of the South Seas are rich, but in fact, the real riches are only those nobles who can be called slave owners.

What Chen Kan could see, Dou Xing and Zhang Dong, who were following Chen Kan, naturally also saw it.

The two looked at each other, and they both saw the incredible look in each other's eyes.

Dou Xing threw the clairie mirror in his hand to his soldiers, and asked Chen Kan in a low voice: "Marshal, I don't think these native armies have any idea of going out of the city to face the battle, besides, they look too much... Well... It's too weak, is it necessary for us to waste firepower here? ”

Chen Kan frowned and thought for a moment, and suddenly said with a smile: "Let's go, go directly to Bolimbang, this is a military city, and there is nothing good in it." ”

"Huh!"

Tan Cong responded, and the sergeant who gave the order quickly passed on Chen Kan's order.

Before the 20,000 army was still hot, they continued on their way to Boringbong.

Chen Kan walked thoughtfully, in the past few days, Zhang Dong and others have proposed to Chen Kan more than once to cut down trees to make a simple walk, and they will carry him away, but Chen Kan refused.

It's not that Chen Kan has to play any tricks of eating and sleeping with the soldiers, but he is really not used to the Ming Dynasty's gait, he is prone to motion sickness, and after sitting once, the bones in his body are almost like falling apart, which is far less comfortable than walking by himself.

The 20,000 army came and went.

As soon as the rear army pulled out of the camp, the gates of the city suddenly opened, and thousands of indigenous troops poured out from behind the gates.

Seeing this, Tan Cong, who was left behind, flashed a bloodthirsty light in his eyes.

"Order, three stages of shooting preparation."

The soldiers who had just gotten up suddenly turned around and leveled the firecrackers in their hands.

Looking at the natives who were screaming and rushing towards them, their eyes were full of banter.

The movement from the rear army, Chen Kan's front army was naturally inaudible, but even if he heard it, Chen Kan would not care.

With an army of this kind, even if the entire army in the satellite city were chased out, it would not be enough to pose any threat to the army of 20,000 men.

The native army had no formation, no mounts, and just screamed and rushed towards Tan Cong's rear army.

If Chen Kan was here, he would definitely have observed three seconds of silence for them.

The Ming Dynasty, even the Tusi army in the Yunnan-Guizhou region has begun to study the art of war.

The armies of these countries in the South Seas are still rushing upwards in a swarm, as if they were fighting in groups.

That's a little too far.

When the first native pawn rushed into the range of the musket, Tan Cong had a bloodthirsty smile on his face and ordered, "Fire!" ”

The flag soldier of the herald waved the flag, and the first row of Ming soldiers pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Bang Bang Bang~"

After a sound like fried beans, the native army that rushed into range suddenly fell straight to the ground like a storm of wheat swept by the wind.

And after the first row of soldiers on the Ming side finished fighting, they immediately half-squatted down and began to press the gun, and the second row of Ming soldiers immediately made up the second shot.

Then there is the third row.

Such a cycle of three salvos can make the bullet of the Daming musket without too long a gap.

After three rounds of gunfire, more than half of the thousands of indigenous soldiers who rushed out had already fallen.

The rest of the native army also braked sharply under their feet, and turned around and ran back with a frightened face.

While running, he roared something in the local dialect.

Among the soldiers sent by Zheng He, those who knew the Nanyang language began to translate for other Ming soldiers.

The gist is that the Ming army is a heavenly soldier, invincible, unapproachable, and undesecrated.

Otherwise, die!

Thousands of native troops, from the time they launched the charge to the time they left hundreds of corpses to flee in the wilderness, before and after less than a stick of incense,

Even the corners of the Ming army's clothes were frightened without touching the edge of the army, and it was appropriate to say that it came and went like the wind.

The frightened natives did not go out of the city again to pursue.

Tan Cong didn't continue to waste time here, and with a wave of his hand, the whole army opened up, quickly following the front army led by Chen Kan and Dou Xing.

When the battle report of the rear army reached Chen Kan, Chen Kan's pace had already walked twenty miles.

Regarding Tan Cong's results, Chen Kan was noncommittal.

But from the bottom of my heart, I am probably not satisfied.

The other party chased out so many people, and he also let half of them go, which somewhat insulted the prestige of the Great Tomorrow soldiers.

However, Chen Kan didn't say much.

Anyway, it is a blocking battle without suspense, and it is not a great achievement to capture the flag, and whether it is good or bad will not affect the final ending.

If you want to say that the reaction is the greatest, it is Dou Xing, the former army commander.

In his words, that is, he didn't get a war as a rear army, and he still didn't get a war as a front army, what does it mean for him to do this front army?

Chen Kan listened to Dou Xing cursing Tan Cong with great interest, and listened to it for about ten minutes before continuing to order forward.

The next day, Chen Kan led his army past the second satellite city.

Then Dou Xing couldn't bear it anymore, so he had to throw a few grenades into the city, and he said that he couldn't ask Tan Cong to grab any good thing.

The effect was very good, after hundreds of explosions, the native soldiers who stood on the city wall and saluted the Ming army suddenly knelt weakly.

Chen Kan was speechless.

Dou Xing was also speechless.

The army continued to advance, and on the third day, a third satellite city came into view.

The closer you get to the capital, the more elite the army is, and this is an eternal truth in any country.

Sumatra is no exception.

The native army in the third satellite city finally has a little bit of an army, at least more than half of the armor rate.

Although this is the result of Chen Kan taking into account the clothes sewn from various animal skins.

But it's more than halfway there.

At the same time, Chen Kan also encountered the first resistance since going to the island.

A fierce general who looked like a chimpanzee led an army of tens of thousands to block the road of Chen Kan's army to Bolimbang.

However, it was just a blockade, but it did not launch an attack, and it did not even look like an attack.

It's just that the leader of the general has been training and shouting something.

Chen Kan lined up the formation, moved a wooden pier and sat in front of the army, listening to the chimpanzee-like general babble and a bunch of incomprehensible bird language.

"What is he talking about?"

Chen Kan looked at the general who was only a few hundred meters away from him with interest, and kept jumping his feet and pointed at the chattering general of his own army, turned his head to look at a general dressed as a thousand households and asked.

The general is a thousand households under Zheng He, who is proficient in Nanyang, so he now acts as Chen Kan's translator.

Hearing Chen Kan's question, the thousand households said strangely: "Hui Dashuai, what the local people want to express is that our Ming army is an unrighteous army, and it is a great crime to invade their country and kill their people, and they will definitely be punished by heaven." ”

Chen Kanhu said suspiciously: "Don't lie to me, although I can't understand Nanyang dialect, but looking at his expression, I know that what he said is definitely not so literary." ”

Qianhu was stunned for a moment, and then explained: "Well, Hui Dashuai, it's really not that literary, so the subordinates processed it a little, but the meaning to be expressed is very different." ”

Chen Kan nodded, affirming his approach, and then said softly: "You tell him that my Daming soldiers are only here to punish the culprit who dares to covet my Daming treasure ship, and will not harm innocent people, if he is willing to surrender and lead the army under the command of Ben Shuai to punish the culprit, Ben Shuai can give him a chance to be loyal to Da Ming." ”

Qianhu nodded, and then pulled his neck and roared at the general.

I saw that the general suddenly became excited, pointing to the place where Chen Kan was, and roaring louder.

Qianhu's face was suddenly difficult to look at.

Chen Kan asked curiously, "What did he say?" ”

Qianhu hesitated for a moment, then frowned and said, "Dashuai, he said that you are insulting his personality, and he asks for a duel with you." ”

Chen Kan's face twitched, and then he suddenly became excited.

Fighting generals, this ancient way of warfare, in the Ming Dynasty, has disappeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

I didn't expect that in this primitive land, such a simple way of war was still retained.

Chen Kan's eyes rolled, nodded and said: "Tell him that I agree to duel with him, but if he loses, he must immediately make way for the army under Ben Shuai, otherwise don't blame Ben Shuai for killing." ”

"Dashuai, no!"

As soon as Chen Kan said this, a series of objections suddenly sounded around him.

"It's okay!"

Chen Kan raised his hand and pressed it, with unparalleled confidence on his face.

After suppressing a wave of opposition, Chen Kan instructed Qianhu: "Tell him my conditions." ”

Qianhu hesitated a little, but seeing the determined look on Chen Kan's face, he still reluctantly began to speak.

Then, the general on the other side let out a hahaha laugh, and then said a.

"Marshal, he agreed, and said that according to the rules, the armies of both sides should each withdraw from the range of fifty paces at this time."

Chen Kan nodded, and ordered the army to retreat fifty steps.

I think this is to prevent each other from shooting cold arrows.

Chen Kan got up and moved his body, and then silently took out two small pistols that had not been used for a long time from his arms.

The moment they saw the pistol, the generals who were still speaking out against it suddenly showed a strange look on their faces.

Qianhu was stunned and said, "Dashuai, do you use this?" ”

Chen Kan glanced at him: "What's the matter, is there a problem, he doesn't stipulate that firearms can't be used in duels, right?" ”

"No, no problem!"

Qianhu shook his head decisively, and sighed in his heart that he was still too young.

The general had already walked to the middle of the road and began to shout, Chen Kan also walked out of the crowd, and lightly instructed his subordinates: "Wait for my good news." ”

The generals nodded like chickens.

At this time, who would dare to say that half a sentence is not coming?

Chen Kan walked towards the general with a gun, his face full of indifference.

Fighting generals are certainly fun, but Chen Kan will not really be stupid and shirtless with him.

He was just too lazy to waste time on the road, after all, the other party's tens of thousands of troops, even if he stood there and let Chen Kan's soldiers kill them, it would take a long time.

If a duel can make the opponent withdraw or even defect on their own, it will be earned.

If the other party doesn't admit it, it doesn't matter, anyway, killing people will delay time, and I don't care about delaying him to go up and put two shots.

Chen Kan stood still more than ten meters away from the general, and then hooked his finger at him very much.

The general seemed to be insulted by Chen Kan's indifferent appearance, and suddenly rushed towards Chen Kan with a strange knife with a hideous face.

Chen Kan raised his gun slowly, and decisively pulled the trigger when the general was less than five meters away from him.

"Bang~"

"Ah~"

Gunshots rang out at about the same time, and the chimpanzee-like adversary flipped to the ground, his face suddenly showing pain.

On one of his thighs, there was already a small blood hole.

There is a way that the gun is fast seven steps away, and the gun is accurate and fast within seven steps, so close to the distance, Chen Kan has no reason to be crooked.

"Ahhhh

The general's eyes were scarlet, and his face was full of resentment and he said a lot of nonsense to Chen Kan.

Chen Kan tilted his head and listened for a long time, then frowned and said, "Can you speak human words?" ”

The general was furious, stood up with a knife, and rushed towards Chen Kan again with a twist and turn with the knife.

Chen Kan shot him another leg at him.

The general suddenly couldn't stand, and suddenly knelt in front of Chen Kan.

Chen Kan was dissatisfied: "Can you speak human words?" ”

The general was furious, and cursed in a blunt Ming official dialect: "Ming general, you don't talk about martial arts, you actually sneak attack ......"

Finally able to understand what he was talking about, Chen Kan suddenly looked comfortable.

He said, a general who can command an army of 10,000 people, even if he is placed in Daming, is an absolute high-level, how can he not speak Daming.

Co-authored this guy to play with him pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger?

Chen Kan walked up to him and scolded: "You can talk about people, don't you say it earlier?" ”

The general waited for Chen Kan with hatred, his whole face was a little distorted because of the pain, and he said angrily: "Why is your Da Ming dialect a human language, and our Nanyang dialect is not a human dialect?" ”

Chen Kan rolled his eyes and asked lightly: "Then you don't care, I'll ask you, you have lost now, do you admit it?" ”

The general said angrily: "You sneak attack, you won't be able to win!" ”

Chen Kan's eyes narrowed, and there was a certain danger signal in his eyes: "So, you don't plan to admit it, tsk, I thought you were some kind of husband, but I didn't expect you to be a villain who can't afford to lose, forget it, since you don't admit it, it's the same if we kill the past, even the 10,000 people under your command may have to be buried with you?" ”

The general was stunned for a moment, a flash of shame and anger flashed on his face, and he said sharply: "Who said that I don't admit it, I'm a great husband, of course I can afford to lose, but it's you who are Mingren, and you are cunning like a fox, you say that you only punish the head of evil, how can you guarantee it?" ”

"Flutter~"

Hearing the name Su Li Dongdong, Chen Kan couldn't help but laugh.

There are also people who call this name, and they also repeat words.

Su Li Dongdong clearly felt Chen Kan's mockery, and his ugly face suddenly turned red.

Chen Kan stopped laughing, looked at Su Li Dongdong and asked, "So, are you willing to be loyal to Daming?" ”

Su Li Dongdong grinned in pain, but after hearing this, his face suddenly became vigilant.

"Who said that I want to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, I just don't want to repeat the tragedy in Malacca in Bolimbang, I know that you Ming people are invincible, and I have also persuaded the king, but he didn't listen, he had to attract the anger of Daming, I don't want hundreds of thousands of people in Bolimbang to be buried for his own selfish interests."

"Oh~"

Chen Kan sighed, and suddenly grinned and said, "In this way, how about we make a deal?" ”

"What deal?"

"I will help you become the king of Sumatra, and you will take me to open the gates of Burimbang, and as long as you agree, I will promise to take only the wealth accumulated by Abib and Burimbang, and not harm the people in the city."

"Huh?"

Su Li Dongdong's eyes rolled wildly, and he said suspiciously: "You Ming people will be so kind? ”