My Daming New Empire

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Because of the existence of this river fork, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had guessed based on the enemy's mentality that the enemy would rely on this river fork as the main point of crossing the river.

They can find the main direction of the Ming soldiers during the half-crossing process, and then choose to escape to the other side. At this time, the Las River will also become a barrier to prevent the Ming soldiers from chasing.

So before the Bengkulu people arrived, a simple wooden bridge had been built on the tributary of the Las River.

For this simple wooden bridge, a soldier was killed by a crocodile in the river, and several soldiers were covered with blood-sucking leeches.

In the evening, the main force of the Bengkulu people finally arrived in the woods on the south bank of the Las River. Instead of crossing the river in a hurry, they began to recharge their batteries and fill their stomachs.

They are waiting for the dark, only when it is dark can they stop the pursuit of the Ming soldiers, and more people can escape.

But the soldiers of Ming Dynasty would never fulfill their wishes. Just when they relaxed their minds and wanted to fill their stomachs, fires lit up in the forest one after another.

These fires were piled up by Ming soldiers collecting dead branches and leaves at the beginning. Although it is difficult to form a large-scale fire in this tropical rainforest, with some gunpowder, once it is ignited, it is not too difficult to extinguish it. easy.

"Sudan, the Ming people are too vicious, they want to burn us to death."

Looking at the quiet forest on the other side, Wan Mao felt sad.At this time, we can only cross the Las River by force.I don't know how many clansmen can escape the siege of the Ming people.

"Cross the river!"

When dense crowds of Bengkulu people appeared by the river, waiting for them were rows of Ming soldiers waiting in formation. The black gun barrels emitted clouds of white smoke, and the roar made all kinds of animals in the forest They all fled in a hurry.

Don't talk about the river, many natives fell under the guns of Ming soldiers before they reached the river.

A distance of more than ten meters cannot be an obstacle at all. Even if some natives went down into the river, they became prey at gunpoint.

The river was quickly dyed red, and the smell of blood attracted countless crocodiles and blood-sucking animals. The red river was churning, becoming a nightmare for the natives.

Wan Mao's heart was broken with grief. He thought that it would be difficult for all of them to survive, but he never thought that they would not even be able to cross the river.

Why did Ming Dynasty have such a weapon?This is not war, this is massacre!

The natives began to flee desperately to the periphery. They had already seen that there were few people in Daming, and it was impossible to intercept them all.

However, when they saw the Japanese baring their teeth and claws on the other side, and thought of their cruel and inhumane legends, they completely lost their fighting spirit and knelt on the ground.

And Wan Mao came to his senses after seeing the Japanese people appear.Even if a few people can escape, they have lost the strength to fight in this perilous primeval forest.

Only surrender is their only way out.

But other people can surrender, but he can't, because in the final analysis, this war was caused by their family, and only his death can remove the reason for Ming to continue the crusade.

He stood up from behind the big tree where he was hiding, and straightened his clothes.Looking at the clansmen who were knocked down one by one, his eyes were full of tears.

It's all time to end.

He shouted loudly in the native language: "Don't cross the river again, live on, you must live on."

Many natives felt an indescribable pain when they saw his actions.They stopped crossing the river and watched Wan Mao's movements in a daze.

Wan Mao walked towards the river step by step, towards the gunpoints of the Ming soldiers.

Although the Ming soldiers on the other side also saw the abnormality on the other side, the already dark sky prevented them from seeing clearly that it was Wan Mao who was approaching.

A bunch of bullets shot from nowhere directly hit his chest, his body was heavily pounded, and he stood there dumbfounded.

Looking at the blood on his chest, a smile appeared on his face. "So this is death..."

When his not burly body fell heavily, almost all the natives knelt down, their tears flowed down unconsciously, and they raised their hands.

The natives no longer ran or crossed the river. They seemed to have resigned themselves to their fate and stayed where they were.

It was getting dark, and Da Ming's soldiers stopped shooting.The two sides were separated by a river, forming a strangely quiet state.

They are all waiting for the dawn, waiting for the coming of tomorrow.

Tomorrow is still there, hope is still there.

The forest in the south was full of blood, but in Star City, when night fell, it entered the most lively moment of celebration.

Since Zhu Zhanji arrived in Malaga in early April, he promoted the competition among various countries, and forced all countries in Southeast Asia to send representatives to participate, and even welcomed them to directly participate in the competition.

Since mid-April, all countries in Southeast Asia have sent representatives to Star City to participate in this competition.

Although most of them will not participate in the competition, they also want to see what the Ming Empire wants to do.

With Star City as the center, Siam in the north, Pahang, Bintong Long, Champa, Chenla, Bago, and Luzon.Sulu, Boni, Maluku, Sarawak in the east, Majapahit, Nampoli, Aceh in the south, and various tribes in the old port and the original Sanfoqi kingdom.

There are also some countries in the West, including many small countries on the Indian peninsula, including Banggeci, Liushan, Ceylon, Kochi, Sariwani, etc., have sent representatives to Star City.

Because of Zhu Zhanji's arrival, most countries even sent princes even if they were not the head of the country.

For half a month, Star City has become a bustling diplomatic place, where people from all over the world negotiate trade and connect with each other.

The arrival of Yang Weixisha, the ruler of Manjapahit, the overlord of Nanyang, also stimulated this lively atmosphere to the highest level.

No one thought that Yang Weixisha would come here in person.

Although Majapahit is not the largest country in Southeast Asia in terms of area, they occupy the most fertile island of Java in Southeast Asia and have the largest population in Southeast Asia.

Based on Java Island, Majapahit slowly expanded its territory to Borneo and Sumatra. If it weren't for Ming's intervention, they would have already occupied the entire Sumatra and Borneo.

Yang Weixisha was originally named Vikramavaldana, but after he pacified the Middle King and Western King and unified the entire Majapahit, he changed his name to Yang Weixisha, which means the king of kings.

This person has outstanding abilities and is quite famous among the countries in Nanyang. Under his leadership, Majapahit has become the veritable overlord of Nanyang.

Facing such a local snake, even Zhu Zhanji could not be sloppy, and welcomed his arrival with the most solemn etiquette, and called the kings and princes of all countries to accompany him.

This kind of diplomatic occasion has never been so interesting since ancient times. At the banquet, everyone is insincere, intrigues, and uses various strategies to test the bottom line of others and hide their own intentions.

Although Zhu Zhanji was young, he was very sophisticated on this occasion.His calm demeanor and unusual figure made him the most eye-catching person on this occasion.

This is the first time Yang Weixisha has seen a person of such a height, not to mention people from Ming Dynasty, even a white person from the West, he has never seen such a majestic person.

Zhu Zhanji with a short mustache has a calm face, and his eyes burst out with menacing sharpness from time to time. Even Yang Weixisha had to avoid three points.

He also saw the long guns and short guns equipped by Ming soldiers at the venue. This kind of weapon that can hurt people at a distance of tens of meters, or even more than 100 meters, made Yang Weixisha very itchy.

But when they met for the first time, it was difficult for him to directly propose to watch it.

In fact, if he wanted to see it, Zhu Zhanji would not refuse to show it to them.This kind of musket cannot be imitated at a glance.

The polishing of this seamless barrel is an experience of comprehensive technical capabilities, and it is impossible for them to imitate it after holding it in their hands.

At the venue, no one talked about Bengkulu. At this time, everyone was still waiting for the final news.

Although everyone knows that Da Ming will win, what kind of record can be achieved will become an important basis for everyone to evaluate Da Ming's combat effectiveness.