My Daming New Empire

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When the first Ming soldiers occupied the beach and formed a forward position, the casualties of the Ming soldiers were less than ten.

The second shield army landed, forming a protective position in front of the forward position.

The Bengkulu people had nothing to do with the Ming soldiers and gave way to the beach.

And more people started to flee, even ignoring the soldiers in their hands.

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Chapter 27 War Begins

On the beach, the Bengkulu soldiers who were wounded by muskets screamed and screamed. Most of them were soldiers who were shot in the leg.

All that awaited them were the short daggers of Ming soldiers, without exception.

After the lead bullet hits the human body, it will be deformed due to the impact. This kind of contaminated wound is difficult to treat.Just bandaging the wound will only lead to lead poisoning.

However, it is obviously impossible for Daming's doctors to anesthetize them, dig out the flesh around the wound, and then spend a lot of medical treatment.

Hundreds of corpses were left on the beach, and they were moved to the hard ground not far from the beach by the navy soldiers, and piled up in a big pile.

It's going to be dark soon, and I can't take care of them now.

The soldiers who went ashore first formed a camp of shield troops in front and musketeers in the back after hasty gathering and counting, and began to attack the city.

The capital of Bengkulu does not have a city wall, and it is not even a city. It can only be regarded as a base with a relatively concentrated population.

There is no commerce here, only agriculture, and almost all the consumption depends on the merchant ships that come once a month to trade with the locals.

The city has no city walls, only a few natural barriers formed by rivers.

When the vanguard battalion composed of four thousand young troops marched towards the city, the weather was beautiful, and the heavy rain stopped at this time.

The Bengkulu soldiers were also timid at this time. Although they were driven by the leaders to gather at the front line, they had no fighting spirit at all.

They couldn't hit each other, so they could only be beaten passively.The violent sound of the musket, the rising white smoke, and the power to kill people from a long distance made the superstitious people think that the soldiers of Ming Dynasty were casting spells.

They still have the guts to fight people, but they dare not fight God.

The leaders were also frightened at this time, because they couldn't understand why their own people were killed before the other party came to them.

Although some envoys told them that this is not magic, it is just Daming's musket, but this incomprehensible weapon still scares them.

Seeing such a situation, the envoys from other tribes and countries abandoned them and walked towards Ming's soldiers holding white flags.

The generals of the rear army immediately went up to them and led them to the flanks. Otherwise, if they dared to charge forward to the army formation, even if they surrendered, they would have to be beaten to death.

At this time, Zheng He had also moved to a large flat-bottomed sand boat. Holding up his binoculars, he saw the situation on the shore. He knew that the purpose of building a bridgehead on the shore today was easily achieved.

But at this time, the Qianfeng Battalion was still attacking the city under the command of Commander Yu Chengdong.

Although the enemy retreated, their courage has not yet been chilled.Only a fiercer battle can make them lose hope, and they will not come to harass Daming at night to set up a bridgehead on the shore.

Tonight will be a crucial night. As long as the Bengkulu people can't take advantage, they will have no chance when the Ming soldiers set up the barracks.

In the city, there were not many people left.At this time, most of the carefully selected warriors can only think about how to escape in a hurry, and their morale is very low.

It can't be blamed for their lack of bravery, it's just that the Ming army is too frightening.

Firearms were weapons they couldn't understand at all. Compared with the Dongpu people, they dared to charge forward and retreat in an orderly manner.They all thought that they had collided with the gods, and that Da Ming's soldiers were heavenly soldiers and generals.

This kind of asymmetrical battle will only make the ignorant people feel sincere fear, and it will not form an effective attack camp at all.

The envoys from Majapahit and other tribes were also terrified, because they only knew that the Ming Dynasty had muskets, and such muskets needed to be ignited to shoot.

But now, the muskets of these soldiers do not need matchlocks to shoot at all.

Although it is just a simple change, this change is even more frightening, because rain can't stop the opponent's attack.

They didn't even find a single soldier injured by the explosion, which was completely different from their previous intelligence.

Being able to hurt people from a distance of a hundred meters made these people unable to think of any way to stop the attack formation of these Ming soldiers.

Even if there are good archers, there are shield troops in front of them, and sporadic bows and arrows can't stop the opponent at all.

How we can resist the Ming soldiers has become a question that everyone is thinking about.

As the commander-in-chief of the army, Liu An immediately landed and planted a banner on the beach.His big tent became the connection point between the land and the fleet, and orders were passed out from the big tent.

"My lord, how should the envoys from various countries deal with it?"

"Ignore them, restrict them, and don't let them harass our army's formation. If you don't obey, you will be killed."

"But……"

"No, but! We are soldiers." Liu An said to the messenger: "These envoys should be dealt with by Honglu Temple, the Secretary of General Administration, or the Ministry of Rites."

"Report...the right formation encountered an enemy trap, and more than a dozen soldiers were injured by poisonous caltrops and poisonous arrows."

"Let the engineering department fill in the hole and level the road. The offensive on the right cannot stop, otherwise our flank will be exposed. Move the wounded to the rear and let the doctors treat them."

"The Ministry of Engineering and Military Affairs is building a pontoon bridge, and there are currently no personnel available."

"Send 200 reserve troops to support the Ministry of Engineering to build a bridge, and ask the Ministry of Engineering to draw [-] people to clear the trap."

"Report, the Qianfeng Battalion has already occupied the entrance of the South City, but the other party burned the bridge, and there are crocodiles in the river, making it difficult to wade through."

"Poison the river, clean up the crocodiles."

The expeditionary force this time was formed temporarily, so many tasks were not assigned to individuals and departments in detail, which also added a lot of responsibilities to the coach, and even some minor matters were reported to Liu An.

But Liu An had a well-thought-out plan, saw every move, and used his own ability to coordinate the cooperation of the various armies, so that the army could display its due combat effectiveness.

In the battle here in the capital city of Bengkulu, Ming soldiers had an absolute advantage, but in the northern mountainous area, Zhuang Jing was now praying for the night to fall as soon as possible.

Juruba is a small town between Mount Kaba and Mount Daun, and it also guards the main road between Maluku and other tribes in Sumatra.

The eruption of two volcanoes brought fertile farmland here.Although there are no big rivers here, there is absolutely no shortage of small rivers running down the mountain.

This is not only a traffic artery, but also the largest granary and military location of the Bengkulu tribe in the mountainous area.

In the past, there were more than [-] peasants and soldiers here.Because the Ming army approached their capital, a large number of people from the Bengkulu tribe were transferred here these days.

The so-called peasants and soldiers are similar in nature to the military households of Ming Dynasty. They are usually farmers, but when fighting, they become soldiers.

There are only a little over 10 people in the Bengkulu tribe, and there are less than 1000 out-of-production soldiers, most of whom are still the guards of the tribal leaders.

However, in addition to farming, these tribes also make a living by hunting and fishing. The folk customs are strong, and the force of these farmers and soldiers is not weak.