The port of Horumos is a shallow water port and cannot dock treasure ships, so Zheng He transferred to the Dafu ship to visit.
Prior to this, there had been no formal exchanges between Horumus and the Ming Dynasty. Zheng He's fleet came and began the Ming Dynasty's diplomatic career with this country. The general process was similar, and the country's king, concubines, and ministers Give rewards to express the desire for peace in trade.
When King Horumus knew that Zheng He was also a devout Islamic believer and wanted to go to Tianfang, he immediately agreed and sent envoys to follow the Ming Dynasty's fleet, and his tribute was even more eye-catching. :
Twenty Dawan horses!
The Dawan horse also has another name: the sweaty horse.
Zheng He was so excited that he ordered his sergeants to take good care of him.
The king gave Zheng He a more detailed chart of his journey to Tianfang, which was to go west along the coast to Zufa'er, then go north along the strait, pass through the Kingdom of Adan, and then go to Tianfang.
Zheng He liked the enthusiasm of the Khrumos people very much. Even the crew members liked it very much. They were very enthusiastic and there were many people doing business. You could buy whatever you wanted to eat directly on the street, which made people feel nostalgic. Pancakes, roasted lamb with rich aroma, and various weird juggling performances.
Luo Guanying and others saw a smart monkey, blindfolded the monkey, and someone knocked his head off behind him. After the monkey opened his eyes, he could easily find out who hit him from the crowd.
Luo Guanying knocked on Shen Wei, and Shen Wei insisted that it was him. He was probably as smart as a monkey.
Zheng He did not stay long in Khrumos, but sailed along the coast to Zufar, which was not only Sri Lankan but also rich in spices such as frankincense, agarwood, benzoin, and even ambergris.
During the voyage, Zheng He looked back to the east from time to time. Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng also missed their homeland of the Ming Dynasty very much, but their eyes could not see through the ocean.
The flags on the treasure ship are ringing!
Canglang!
The sword was unsheathed, and the cold light flickered.
Li Jian drew his sword, pointed it at Menhaikou, and shouted sternly: "Navy, move forward!"
Dozens of naval ships completely blocked the mouth of Menhai, and a fierce decisive battle was taking place less than five miles upstream of the river's mouth.
On October 30, Han Guan and Yuan Yue led their troops to attack Qinghua, and many of them surrendered. Hu Jiyou and his son led 50,000 troops to resist. After being frustrated, they set fire to the granary, used the fire to block the Ming army's pursuit, and were able to escape.
On November 7, the Ming army occupied most of Qinghua Prefecture.
On November 9th, which is today, the Ming army led the main force and fought with Hu Ji's navy on the Menhaikou River. The Ming army continued to use artillery and bombarded the Menhaikou River in turn, completely destroying Hu Ji's army. Afterwards, the Ming fleet sailed down the river and defeated Hu Jiya's navy in one fell swoop.
Seeing the situation, Hu Jishen and Hu Hancang could not do anything, so they quickly withdrew the remaining navy to the sea, and ran into the main force of Li Jian's navy head-on.
Li Jian brought three treasure ships and fifty-two Dafu ships with him on this expedition. The magical cannons were fired in unison, sealing the sea like a bow. Anyone who entered the sea of Hu Ji Ya's fleet would be attacked by artillery fire, even if it was a small boat. If you are lucky enough to avoid the divine machine cannon, you will also be smashed by the Dafu ship.
Hu Jima and his son were desperate and had no choice but to abandon the boat and go ashore. Looking at the vast sea and surging rivers, they were dragged away to Gaowang Mountain before they could express their emotions. At this time, there were only more than 200 people left in his unit!
"The First Cause of All Realms"
The Battle of Menhaikou completely wiped out the military power of Hu Jiyou and his son. Both the army and the navy were ruined by the Ming army.
Mu Sheng and Han Guan met outside Gaowang Mountain.
Gaowang Mountain is not big, with a radius of only more than three miles. The mountain is not high, the road is not dangerous, and the forest is not dense. The possibility of being caught after escaping here is very high.
With a hundred thousand troops surrounding them, it was impossible to escape.
After discussing with Mu Sheng, Han Guan decided to catch Hu Ji Yao and his son as soon as possible without further delay in order to end the war and prevent anyone from using Hu Ji Yao's name to continue making trouble.
In the mountains, Hu Jiya looked at the vicissitudes of life and looked at the pitiful few people following him. He couldn't help crying: "The Ming Dynasty mistaken me!"
Hu Hancang was holding on to a tree, his eyes full of sadness.
The life of fine clothing and fine food is gone, the days of being respected by thousands of people are gone, and there is no longer even a domestic slave to serve him!
There were obviously an army of 100,000, and they could have resisted, but so many of them surrendered!
Those who betrayed themselves knelt at the feet of the Ming army!
They are all traitors, traitors!
Hu Hancang gritted his teeth and wanted to kill those traitors, but it was impossible.
Not to mention Blood Blade and the others, they can't even protect themselves now.
Complete defeat!
"Father, what should we do?"
Hu Hancang asked reluctantly.
Hu Jiya's eyes were red, and he fell silent while looking at the mountain road in the distance.
what to do?
Is there any other way now? Once the Ming army enters the mountain, they will be captured or killed!
Hu Jiya recalled that when Hu Du was killed, Huang Huiqing had told him to be careful of the Ming army attacking Annan, but he did not take it seriously. He thought that as long as he defended the city gates and defended Duobang City, the Ming army would not be able to do anything to him.
But the reality is so sad and lamentable!
Huang Huiqing surrendered, Fan Zhixian surrendered, and the ministers he considered his confidants also surrendered!
Ah!
Find a high ground and fight to the death.
Hu Jisao did not want to be a prisoner and decided to fight to the end!
But Hu Jiya's sergeants did not want to die. When they saw the Ming army entering the mountains in large scale, the only two hundred soldiers under Hu Jiya surrendered, and along with them, Hu Jiya and Hu Hancang were sent to him.
Mu Sheng and Han Guan were speechless. Was the speed of surrender too fast?
The capture of Hu Jiya and Hu Hancang marked the basic end of the Ming army's conquest of Annan, and what was left were just small fish and shrimps.
Looking back at Zhang Fu's conquest of Annan, the only thing worth mentioning is the Battle of Duobang City. After this battle, the entire Annan collapsed, and no main force could resist the Ming army. Although Hu Jishen led the Ming army in Qinghua and Menhaikou There were some troubles, but they were all over at the first touch.
A battle for one country, a battle for one city!
Destroying a city and destroying a country is not uncommon in history.
What is rare is the speed of action of the Ming army. Starting from the attack on October 1, it only took thirty-nine days to completely end the war.
Judging from the map, the total distance from Pingxiang Pass to Duobang, the Eastern Capital, and the Western Capital is only eight or nine hundred miles. In addition to occupying the surrounding cities, most of them are directed to Qinghua, which does not take more than a month. not enough……
When the news that Hu and his son were captured reached Zhang Fu's ears, sixteen horsemen with red feathers on their bodies rushed into the city of Nanjing, shouting loudly along the way: "Great victory in the Southern Expedition, 500,000 enemies were wiped out in Duobang City!"
"Great victory in the Southern Expedition, annihilating 500,000 enemies in many cities!"
When Li Laosan heard the voice, he was afraid that he had heard it wrong, so he asked Li Jiu on the side: "What was it that was shouted just now?"
Li Jiu swallowed his saliva and said, "Brother, it seems that they are talking about a great victory in the Southern Expedition."
"A great victory?!"
With a smile on his face, Li Laosan felt his hands relaxed and couldn't help but look at the vendor: "What's wrong?"
The hawker laughed loudly and tidied the grocery stall: "Damn, who has the heart to do business after the imperial victory? Let's go and have a drink. We won't sell any more today!"
Li Laosan quit. It was his wife's fifty-fifth birthday. She didn't want to buy good things, so she planned to buy a small item. But who knew that she was going to have a drink to celebrate...
Li Jiu pulled Li Laosan and said: "What else are you buying jewelry for? Of course it's for a banquet!"
"Hu Lai, where can I hold a fifty-fifth birthday party?"
Li Laosan scolded angrily.
Li Jiu chuckled and said: "Can't we do it without it? We didn't have concrete roads before, so couldn't you build it? We haven't had such a great victory before, so why can't you celebrate it? Are you stingy and reluctant to spend money? Why don't I lend you five taels of silver for a big deal?"
Li Laosan rolled his eyes: "As long as you don't give me back, I'll do it!"
Li Jiu chuckled: "It's okay if you don't return it. Anyway, if I don't have anything to eat, I'll go to your house to eat."
"Let's go, buy a table of wine and food. I won't come home until I'm drunk today!"
Li Laosan spent a lot of money and planned to take this opportunity to celebrate.
When Xie Jin, Ru Jin and others heard the news, they were overjoyed and quickly asked to see Zhu Yunwen.
Wuying Hall is as warm as spring.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Annan's emergency report and felt relieved. If Duobang City is captured, Annan will no longer be able to resist. In one sentence:
Annan is settled!
Xie Jin, Yu Xin and other cabinet ministers asked to meet and congratulate the Ming Dynasty on its great victory in the southern expedition!
Zhu Yunwen passed the document to everyone.
Xie Jin smiled and said: "The enemy's main force was more than 300,000, and it was said to be 500,000. I'm afraid it was Tie Shangshu's idea. He knew that overreporting the number of people would be beneficial to inspiring the people. With this battle, the people will be inspired!"
Ru Yu pointed at the document and said: "It's not a completely false report. It is stated in the document that the artillery is too powerful, killing the enemy and destroying the enemy. It is impossible to count the number of people. Everyone has been killed, so naturally it is impossible to count them all."
Ever since she saw the Second Artillery Bureau's new divine machine gun, Ru Jun had a new understanding of its power, and Zhang Fu's documents now confirmed this.
Yu Xin was still frightened and sighed: "When the new divine machine gun came out, it can be said that the god of death came to the world. There are tens of thousands of innocent souls now. I don't know how many more people will be killed by the new divine machine gun in the future. Please strictly manage it." Second Artillery Bureau, prevent secrets from being leaked, so as not to bring disaster to my border!"
Zhu Yunwen looked at Yu Xin. It was really rare for this person to remain sober and see the potential risks despite the news of a great victory. He couldn't help but praise: "Yuge is absolutely right. The Second Artillery Bureau needs to be strictly managed. It is not allowed to There are leaks. But we also need to realize that firearms have no end in their journey. Now new firearms and tiger squat guns have become powerful weapons for siege. In the future, more powerful firearms will replace them. The Second Artillery Bureau needs talents, money and food..."
Yu Xin and others stopped talking.
The Second Artillery Bureau is a bottomless pit. In the second year of Jianwen alone, the imperial court allocated no less than two million taels of silver to the Second Artillery Bureau. This does not include the hundreds of thousands of taels Zhu Yunwen himself gave to the Second Artillery Bureau. It will be done in January next year. It's only November, and Zhu Yunwen is already asking for money...
Zhu Yunwen had no choice. The number of craftsmen in the Second Artillery Bureau now exceeded 2,000, and the monthly salary was no longer small. And the purchase of raw materials, batches of iron ore, batches of sulfur, and charcoal, There are also batches of coal, which one does not require money?
The cost of materials is not a small amount, often hundreds of thousands of taels. Is it easy to prepare so many firearms? The ever-expanding Second Artillery Bureau also needs money and food. Some dangerous research, including highly confidential research, is now taking the island route. Building artificial islands also requires money...
Although there are still some studies that have not achieved results, failed, and wasted a lot of money, there is nothing that can be done. No one can predict the path of science, and they always need to be given the opportunity to try.
In a word, the Second Artillery Bureau has a great future, so you have to increase your money.
Ru Yu had a headache and wanted to slap her mouth. Now the civil servant was thinking about one thing, that is, how to eliminate the excitement brought by the Annan War to Zhu Yunwen, so as to prevent him from becoming "warlike" out of the awareness of "invincibility".
Although the country is large, if it is warlike, it will perish.
Although there is another half of the sentence "Although the world is peaceful, if you forget to fight, you will be in danger", the first half is more important now, and the second half is automatically ignored...
