Chapter 46, Lanfang establishes a province
It was the next morning that Zhu Daohua rode a tall horse and led a battalion of soldiers to drive into Sanfa City with great vigour.
When arriving outside the hall of the Liu Family Hall.
The leaders of the Lanfang tribes all knelt on the ground outside.
Zhu Daohua ignored them, rode past, and entered the original Liu family's main hall.
The banners and plaques of the Qing Tuan Lian Yamen have all been removed and replaced with the Ming Dynasty's Sun and Moon Flag.
The people standing guard at the door also turned into Ming soldiers wearing red military uniforms and carrying Ming Wang II muskets on their shoulders.
Although everyone's eyes were bloodshot and they looked very tired.
But his face was full of excitement.
Break through 80,000 in one battle!
This time.
Lanfang...
No, the entire Borneo is in King Ming’s pocket!
This is equivalent to several provinces in Han Dynasty! !
The pursuit lasted a day.
The number of prisoners alone was close to tens of thousands.
Although Liu Qianxing, Liu Guangliang and Lin Guoliang have not been caught yet.
But everyone knows.
The Liu family is finished.
All the countries in Borneo were also frightened after this battle.
Envoys were sent out one after another. At this time, they were kneeling outside with the people of Lanfang family name.
Zhu Daohua just sat down.
I heard someone shouting.
"Caught! Caught! Liu Qianxing was caught!!!"
A Ming soldier stumbled in and immediately stood at attention and saluted after seeing Zhu Daohua.
"Your Majesty, Liu Qianxing was captured. It was Luo Dingshan, the leader of the sixth platoon of the fourth battalion of the second brigade of the Army, who led his men to capture him!"
Zhu Daohua was immediately overjoyed.
"Okay!! Give the Sixth Platoon a big credit!!"
According to the reward and punishment system of the Ming army, merit is divided into "major merit", "minor merit", and "special merit".
Each merit is divided into three levels.
All the soldiers present had envious looks on their faces.
That kid from Luo Dingshan is so lucky.
And right now.
Liu Qianxing's hands and feet were tied, hung on a bamboo pole, and carried by two soldiers from the gate of Sanfa City towards the main hall.
Along the way, the Chinese in Sanfa City stood on their feet and stretched their necks to watch.
"It's really Liu Qianxing..."
"This one chops off the head."
"Why bother..."
"The Liu family is finished..."
"We still expect the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Qianlong has long said that we are all abandoned by the Celestial Empire..."
"This so-called 200,000-strong army was taken care of by King Ming in two or three days..."
The Chinese people talked a lot.
The Lanfang leaders who were kneeling in the main hall could not help but kneel and stretch their necks to watch.
A look of fear appeared on his face when he saw Liu Qianxing being tied up like a fat pig and being carried on a bamboo pole.
Before they were carried in, someone came out of the hall and shouted: "King Ming has ordered that Liu Qianxing colluded with the Tartars and resisted King Ming with force. His crime is unforgivable and he should be punished!"
After hearing this, Liu Qianxing struggled on the bamboo pole.
However, his mouth was also strangled by a rope, and the more he struggled, the tighter it became. In the end, only the sound of "wuwuwu" was left. Tears and runny noses were left behind, which made the leaders of the Lanfang surnames afraid to speak out.
A Ming army officer drew a blunderbuss and put it against Liu Qianxing's head.
boom!
The heads of the Lanfang Dai family, Jiang family, and Gu family who were kneeling in front were shocked.
Red and white liquid splashed on his face, but his body did not dare to make any movement. He lay prone on the ground and trembled unconsciously.
.......
"Liu Qianxing is dead, this battle is over!"
Zhu Daohua was also very tired, his eyes were bloodshot, but he was very excited.
The result of this battle was too great.
You can almost swallow the whole of Borneo in one bite.
Moreover, the casualties of the Ming army were very small.
This battle, known in history as the "Battle of West Borneo",
Zhu Daohua's brigade suffered only 23 casualties in total.
Their results were: they killed more than 2,000 enemy soldiers, captured more than 13,000 Chinese soldiers, captured more than 30,000 native soldiers, and forced some of Brunei, Banjar, and Dayak to surrender. The life and death of his country only depend on his own thoughts.
The results were so great and the casualties were so few.
This sounds like a fantasy.
But in this era.
When the feudal army encountered the new modern army, the casualty ratio was often so ugly.
What's more, the Ming army was equipped with epoch-making new weapons.
And their opponents are not even an army.
Such a casualty ratio is not surprising.
During the First Opium War.
The death toll announced by the British army was 523, of which more than 300 died of illness.
Only about 60 British people were actually killed by the Eighth Phase Heavenly Soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, the elites of the Green Camp, and militia groups from various places.
Well....
Among them, almost twenty people were killed by local villagers in Sanyuanli.
Therefore, when Zhu Daohua's Ming army faced off against the Liu family's underworld thugs and Borneo tribesmen, who were even worse than the Qing army, they still suffered more than 20 casualties. In fact, this casualty ratio was not low.
After all, most of the soldiers under his command are new recruits.
I haven't seen much blood.
Now most of the Ming army has entered Sanfa City.
Except for some officers and soldiers standing guard.
The soldiers of the Ming army who had been chasing for a day and a night were arranged to the Liu family's original fortress, where they rested behind closed doors and slept soundly.
The "Qing troops" who captured them before also dealt with them differently.
The higher-ups were tied up and put into cells.
Ordinary "Qing soldiers" were sent home after having their braids cut off.
From now on, these people will be the subjects of Lanfang Grand Duchy.
They are also expected to serve as soldiers and pay taxes.
The treatment of native prisoners was not so good.
They were locked up first.
Lan Fangguo will definitely need labor for many projects in the future.
The natives like them can only sell their labor power in exchange for a life.
Zhu Daohua didn't sleep.
Instead, he summoned Luo Fangbo, Ye Daoqi, Gu Song and others.
There are too many things waiting for him to deal with now.
First, what should Lan Fangguo do?
The second is how to deal with the Lanfang surnames who are following the Liu family and opposing themselves.
The third is how to deal with Brunei, Banjar and Dayak.
Etc., etc.
It is not easy to establish a stable rule in a place.
Originally, Zhu Daohua's plan was that Lanfang should rule indirectly, and enfeoff various surnames in the form of the Grand Duchy of Lanfang.
But now he has left Lanfang.
The favorable conditions we had before are definitely gone.
Moreover, after this battle, the threat to Lanfang from the Borneo countries was completely eliminated.
The situation Lanfang faced was completely different from before.
Therefore, is there any need for the Lanfang Grand Duchy to exist?
It has become the number one issue on the table.
"My lord, the surnames of Lanfang are vulnerable and are kneeling outside the hall to beg for mercy. Lanfang does not have the conditions to become a vassal. I suggest that Lanfang withdraw from the national province and implement the system of prefectures and counties."
Gu Song said.
This means direct rule.
Zhu Daohua looked at Luo Fangbo.
Luo Fangbo immediately said: "The king established Lanfang as a province, and the people of Lanfang will be happy to join."
It must be a pleasure.
It turned out to be the Grand Duchy of Lan Fang.
There is still one layer between them and the Ming Dynasty, and the people of Lanfang still have to worry about the threats from the surrounding forces.
And if it is to establish a province directly.
That was the first province under the command of King Ming.
If the Ming Dynasty rises again in the future.
That is the land of Ming Longxing.
No matter what, heavy troops must be stationed to ensure Lanfang's safety.
Is it to establish a province or to enfeoff a country?
Zhu Daohua thought for a while and said, "It's okay to establish a province, but Grand Duke Lanfang still needs to seal it."
Not only established a province, but also created a grand duke.
Then this Grand Duke will definitely not be sealed.
"Uncle Fang, it's you who will be the Duke of Lanfang. In the future, you will be the Duke of Lanfang in the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Daohua smiled.
Luo Fangbo didn't refuse either.
Since he is not an actual Grand Duke, then he, Lan Fang Gong, has a title, not an actual title.
"What do you think about the establishment of Lanfang Province?"
