Chapter 126: Marching East
Dong Wang doesn't care about this, he only knows one fact, that is, if he doesn't leave, he won't be able to leave. King Dong said, "Father, don't think so much. If you don't leave at this time, you won't be able to leave."
King Dong immediately ordered King Wulu's ship to retreat.
Just encountered a very embarrassing problem.
That is King Wulu's ship. This palace on the sea is very powerful and domineering, but it is very inflexible and has almost no combat effectiveness. We can only look at the combat effectiveness of the warriors above.
After all, generally speaking, King Wulu goes on tour. But it cannot be majestic unless it is magnificent. As for other people, there is no need to consider it at all.
But it’s no longer possible not to consider it now.
Faced with such a crisis, this ship was simply not worthy of the pursuit.
King Wulu, whether he wanted to or not, had no choice but to change ships and leave.
But this boat is a symbol of King Wulu. He traveled to many places in this boat, and many people have seen it. Many soldiers have never seen King Wulu, so they all regard this boat as King Wulu. symbol of. King Wulu abandoned the ship.
King Ye discovered it immediately, sent people up, and then set fire to the ship.
King Coconut's judgment was correct. When a raging fire broke out on the ship, the Javanese army that was still fighting collapsed.
Many people thought that King Wulu was dead.
So regardless of it, they retreated one after another.
King Ye immediately began to recruit surrender and accept rebels.
As mentioned earlier, this was a civil war. Before today, some of the warring parties were good friends. Because of this, at the last moment, very few people fought desperately and many people surrendered.
King Ye did not pursue, but rested on the spot for three days, collecting ten to twenty thousand surrender troops and one to two hundred warships.
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"Advance eastward?" He Xi looked at Coconut King and said, "Is this too fast?"
King Ye didn't seem to care at all. Daming had been unable to move a few days ago, causing him heavy losses. As for whether he really doesn't care, I don't know. He didn't mention it anyway, as if this incident never happened.
King Coco said: "Sir, I don't know the national conditions of Java. All armies in Java are led by nobles from all over the country. In this battle, I captured more than thirty nobles, big and small, most of whom were nobles from neighboring West Java. These people are also the easiest to surrender. . They are willing to lead the way. We will go eastward and there will be absolutely nothing wrong."
He Xi understood what Ye Wang said very well.
In fact, this is also a regional issue. The nobles in neighboring West Java are relatively unstable politically. Therefore, it is easy to surrender, and those direct descendants of East Java, at this time, will either try their best to escape, or even if they cannot escape, they will fight to the end.
After all, their territorial family. All were under the direct control of the Majapahit dynasty.
With these leading parties, King Ye can quickly move eastwards. But it took too long. On the contrary, it is difficult to handle.
King Ye did not dare to underestimate King Wulu. In terms of political methods, King Wulu was also quite sophisticated. The defeat of King Wulu today was achieved through deception, without a bottom line, and in exchange for his wife's head.
There won't be this opportunity next time.
In terms of absolute strength, look, King Wulu, who rules the entire Java and many of Java's overseas territories, is still stronger than King Ye. As long as King Wulu calms down. In terms of strength, it is enough to crush the Coconut King.
Therefore, King Ye will take advantage of the victory in this battle to quickly move eastward and expand as much territory as he can. thereby obtaining more resources.
Fang Guan said: "What does the prince want us to do?"
King Ye said: "I don't have any ideas, I just informed Daming about this matter. Please rest assured, Mr. He, I will never break my promise to Daming. I have already chosen the port for Daming."
King Ye took out the map and drew a circle on it.
He Xi took a look and saw that Sulumayic City was known as Surabaya in later generations.
Compared with the population of nearly 100 million in Java in later generations, Java today is considered to be vast and sparsely populated. Many ports have not yet been developed. But this place is different. This is the maritime gateway of the Majapahit Dynasty. The capital of the Majapahit Dynasty is one or two hundred miles southwest of Surabaya. Surabaya and the capital of Majapahit are connected by roads.
It can be said to be the core interest of the Majapahit Dynasty.
If the Majapahit Dynasty is attacked by sea, this place must be attacked.
"What a good bait." He Xi thought to himself.
Surabaya is now the city of Sulumayi. It is a large port, comparable to the old port. The only difference is that although there are Han people settling in Sulumayi City, there are not as many as in later generations. Nowadays, more Majapahits are there.
But no matter what, it would be nice to have someone.
No matter where you are, developing land bit by bit is difficult. Especially from the beginning to the end, He Xi experienced the development of Xinjingjiang and the construction of Xinzhou. This cannot be understood enough.
Of course, the Chinese are a farming nation. Although this kind of thing is painful, they are not excluded from doing it. But it would be nice to have a foundation at the beginning, a little foundation. Just like Old Port, it already has a foundation and the development below it is much better.
As for the so-called Xinzhou, you can only pitch tents in the wilderness.
He was also worried that King Coco would deal with him in the future. But this port is almost the largest port in Java in this era. There is absolutely nothing perfunctory about it.
But it would be wrong to say that King Ye has no ideas.
He Xi said: "King Ye is all one of us. If you have anything to say, just say it."
King Ye said: "Then I have said it. Although I want to fulfill my promise, even now, on Java Island, the enemy is still strong and we are weak. Therefore, if Ming wants, he can attack now. If he is willing to wait, I will It’s okay to type it down and hand it over in the future.”
Fang Guan sneered and said: "So you think so, you are a white wolf with nothing. How can it be so easy?"
Without saying a word, King Ye asked someone to carry a box in. He said: "There are still some things needed for the spice management rights. Before this, it was operated by the Majapahit royal family. I haven't figured it out yet. However, the one million silver coins are already here. You can count them at any time."
King Ye asked someone to open the box. He Xi lowered his head and saw that there were countless Javanese silver coins in the box, although the Javanese silver coins were in the shape of shells. He Xi didn't look too comfortable, but no matter what, as long as it was money.
King Ye said: "This is just one box, there are more behind."
Defeating King Wulu would bring huge benefits to King Ye.
First, many people in West Java who were originally separated from each other gathered around him again. His reputation, which had fallen before, rose again.
Second, it’s money, lots of money.
Part of it is the spoils of the Coconut King. How could King Bulu come to West Java for business without bringing money? Most of the money went to King Ye. The other part is the ransom. Some East Java nobles did not want to surrender or die, so they had no choice but to pay a ransom.
The current level of Javanese civilization is probably in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The nobles were captured and ransom was demanded. It is very common in both the East and the West, and it is also the same in Java.
King Ye said: "The opinion I just made is just an idea. If you don't want to, just treat it as if we didn't say it."
"Okay." He Xi said, "That's it. I'm going to Sulu Boyicheng. However, I'm just going to take a look and contain some troops from the sea. The rest is up to you. Ming Dynasty will not take action easily. .”
This is the purpose of Coconut King.
King Coco wants to take advantage of this victory to gain more. The Majapahit Dynasty was defeated in the sea battle, so he would naturally attach importance to the sea. If the Ming Dynasty navy appeared in East Java, Majapahit's defense direction would naturally be the sea. King Ye's eastern expedition this time was more about recruiting surrenders and rebels to win over territory and people. Therefore, you must take the land route. Because, after all, people do not live in the sea. At most, they march along the coastline.
The Ming Dynasty restrained Majapayi for one day, and the Coconut King had one day of free time and one day of advantage.
And what He Xi did last time. King Ye's originally weak trust in Ming Dynasty had some cracks.
However, such cracks will happen sooner or later. A person like Ye Wang is a tycoon, but he is not trustworthy at all. For him, he would not even blink an eye if he killed his wife who had been with him for many years for profit and betrayed Ming Dynasty for profit in the future.
