Chaos appeared in the city of Malacca, and Chen Kan also issued an order for a general attack.
The range of the artillery on Zheng He's ship could not keep up. If he wanted to blow up the city of Malacca, he would have to rely on the long-range artillery on Chen Kan's ship.
Now that he has received Zheng He, Chen Kan does not intend to continue to waste time on the strait.
After all, the three thousand people led by Song Qing were still struggling to survive under the siege and interception of hundreds of thousands of Sumatra troops.
Even though the firecrackers in their hands were all newly developed firecrackers developed by the Daming Firearms Bureau, the disadvantage in numbers was there.
If Chen Kan's rescue was not timely, the three thousand people under Song Qing's command would most likely remain in the rainforest on Sumatra Island forever.
"Woo~"
The large horn made of cow horn has a low sound, but it can drown out the roar of artillery fire.
When the war drums sounded, Tan Cong gave the order without hesitation: "Pass the order, the ships no longer need to save ammunition and open fire with all their strength!"
Chen Kan stood on the bow of the boat. Even though his ears had long been blocked with cotton, the tremors coming from his feet still made him almost unsteady.
The water in the strait trembled under the recoil of hundreds of cannons, and huge waves several meters high were rolled up on the shore.
Huge waves crashed on the rocks outside the city, tearing Manlajia's warship into pieces even more.
The cries and screams had long been drowned out by the roar of the cannon.
Finally, the first cannonball fell on the Royal Palace in Malacca City.
Chen Kan saw with his own eyes through a telescope that a corner of the Royal Palace Watchtower in Malacca City was missing.
"Who fired this shot?"
"Reward, big reward!"
Chen Kan was determined to carry out rewards and punishments clearly, and his orders were passed down layer by layer.
Soon, Zhang Dong got the accurate news.
"Back to the Marquis, my subordinates have found out that the gunner who broke into the palace is on the lucky ship No. 13."
"Okay, pass it on to my generals, and whoever gets there first will be given a hundred gold!"
Chen Kan did not summon the gunner immediately because the war was not over yet, or the massacre was not over yet.
"Send the order, the fleet will advance one more mile."
Tan Cong's order was issued, and the sailors quickly maneuvered all the ships closer to the coast.
Perhaps Chen Kan's reward was too tempting, so the endless artillery fire fell on the palace like dense raindrops.
Chen Kan had no idea of saving ammunition.
The main purpose of the artillery in the ships under his command is to destroy the city of Malacca.
Because Bolingbang, the capital of Sumatra, is in the middle of Sumatra Island and not on both sides of the strait, Chen Kan did not have the ability to dismantle the cannon and bring it into the rainforest.
When the time comes, you will definitely have to rush in lightly.
Therefore, even if all the ammunition is used up now, Chen Kan will not feel any distress at all.
After destroying the city of Malacca, the wealth accumulated by Malacca for hundreds of years by guarding the Strait was enough to make up for all Chen Kan's losses.
So the gunners went crazy.
In the past training, Shangguan always conveyed to them the concept that one cannon blast is worth ten thousand taels of gold. How could they have the opportunity to fire off the cannon as heartily as now.
This kind of opportunity is definitely not encountered once in a thousand years.
It is not only an opportunity to train gunners, but also an opportunity to declare the power of the Ming Dynasty to the entire world.
From now on, every ship passing through the strait will see a city of Malacca that has been razed to the ground.
They will personally convey the power of Ming Dynasty to every corner of the world.
Everyone will know that a powerful country razed to the ground the capital of another powerful country on the edge of the strait in just one day and one night.
And this is exactly what Chen Kan wants to achieve.
He wants to use the city of Malacca to tell all the countries in Southeast Asia that those who offend the powerful will be punished no matter how far away they are!
The sound of gunfire rang across the strait all night long. That night, the ships passing by stopped at both ends of the strait in tacit agreement.
The envoys sent by many countries in Southeast Asia to watch the battle were so frightened that they fled in small boats without even daring to see the final outcome of the city of Malacca.
Chen Kan was too lazy to care about the envoys from small countries who followed him like followers after he entered the strait.
It was just right that they left midway.
This saves them from giving them the illusion that he is here just for the wealth while he is carrying the wealth of Malacca City.
After all, when he entered Nanyang this time, he had already announced that this time he was here to rescue the Ming fleet.
When it was getting light, Chen Kan and Zheng He took a small boat and set foot on the land of Manchuria.
The huge city of Malacca, after a night of bombardment, was filled with smoke and fire.
The pungent smell of gunpowder filled the air, and the sticky blood dyed the ruins red.
Chen Kan and Zheng He walked into the city and slowly walked up to the relatively complete palace tower.
Thanks to Chen Kan's timely order, all the firepower of the Ming army poured into the palace.
The watchtower in front of the palace gate was spared.
The soldiers under the two men began to search for traces of living people in the city. Unfortunately, after a night of artillery fire, there were no living people in the city, only broken limbs and broken arms hanging everywhere.
Even if there were any living people, they would have already fled into the deep mountains and forests at this moment.
Zheng He's engineers began to search for the entrance to the palace's treasure house.
Although the buildings in the palace collapsed, it was not difficult to find a treasure house with the help of gunpowder.
Using gunpowder to clear the way, a road several meters wide was quickly blasted out.
Once you find the treasure house, you only need to do the same thing and just explode it.
Chen Kan's personal guards quickly cleared a clearing above the watchtower, and then began to prepare various ingredients and charcoal fire.
Chen Kan said that he would invite Zheng He to have a barbecue at the Malacca Palace, which was more than just talk. If we don't enjoy the fruits of victory now, then when will we?
Zhang Dong set up the barbecue rack, and Chen Kan started grilling it himself.
The chicken wings that had been marinated long ago were threaded with iron skewers, brushed with soybean oil and placed on the shelf. There were also marinated chicken wings and plump chicken legs. After a while, they began to sizzle and become oily.
Chen Kan took off the water bag from his waist, took a swig and handed it to Zheng He.
Zheng He took it and smelled it, without drinking it, and handed it back to Chen Kan.
"I can't drink grape wine, I prefer strong wine!"
Chen Kan gave Zheng He a thumbs up, ordered Zhang Dong to go to the boat to get some spirits, and then started drinking alone.
After a while, the barbecue was ready.
Amid the almost suffocating smell of blood in the air, the aroma of barbecue was particularly strong.
But neither Chen Kan nor Zheng He had any intention of eating.
It's not that I can't eat it, it's just that I simply don't want to eat it.
In fact, both of them were soldiers. They had seen all kinds of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Even if they were lying in the pile of corpses, they would not be unable to eat.
Zhang Dong quickly found strong liquor, and Zheng He ended up drinking a lot of it.
"Report, Commander, there is a living person. The general has discovered the living person!"
Wang En led a group of soldiers up to the watchtower with a roar, and the soldiers behind him were carrying two stretchers.
Zheng He frowned slightly and pointed to the open space in front of him to place the stretcher there. Then he looked at Wang En and scolded him: "You are so hurried and have no manners."
Wang En grinned and did not take Zheng He's reprimand to heart. Instead, he pointed at the two bloody people on the unit price and took credit: "Commander, you must not have thought where the general found them. They were actually Under our boat, if the generals hadn't been alert, they might have stolen our boat and fled!"
As soon as these words came out, Zheng He and Chen Kan suddenly showed expressions of interest on their faces.
Chen Kan threw a large roasted golden chicken leg to Wang En and asked calmly: "Who are they? Do you know?"
Wang En was burned by the chicken leg a few times, and then he hurriedly put the chicken leg into his mouth and said vaguely: "Go back to Chen Shuai, wake up and listen to the man who said he is a personal guard of the palace, and the other one is still angry." Son, but Mo Jiang didn’t have time to wake him up. Mo Jiang felt that what they were wearing didn’t look like ordinary people, so he brought them over.”
Chen Kan nodded and threw another bunch of golden chicken wings to him.
Then he ordered to Zhang Dong: "Ask me, is Missoula dead or escaped?"
Zhang Dong nodded slightly, took a basin of liquid that was either blood or water, and poured it on their faces.
One of them suddenly sat up, looked at Chen Kan and Zheng He blankly, and then mumbled a lot of nonsense that Chen Kan couldn't understand.
Chen Kan blinked and turned to look at Zheng He.
Zheng He said slowly: "He said his name is Aza, and the one next to him is their king. Is their king crazy? According to the rule that ministers do not kill the king, we should treat them politely."
Chen Kan looked at Zhang Dong blankly: "Does our Ming Dynasty have such rules?"
Zhang Dong scratched his head and replied in an even more confused tone: "It seems there is!"
Zheng He continued: "There is indeed such a rule in Nanyang. When two countries are fighting, the royal family is not allowed to be harmed. Oh, our Ming Dynasty also seems to have it, but it was destroyed by Jinghaihou yourself."
"When did I..."
Just when Chen Kan was about to defend himself, he suddenly thought of Zhu Jixi and Zhu Jihuang, and wisely chose to shut up.
Although these two brothers did not die at the hands of Chen Kan, they were inseparable from him.
And if Zheng He said yes, then yes!
Just treat it as a favor to Zheng He.
Zheng He just gave up and said to Wang En calmly: "Take them to wash up, don't let them starve to death, take them back to the Ming Dynasty and hand them over to His Majesty!"
It doesn't really matter whether a Nanyang native king is captured or not, as long as the treasure trove is obtained. As for Missoula, it doesn't matter whether he is alive or dead.
"yes!"
Wang En took the order, and then looked at the barbecue rack in front of Chen Kan.
Chen Kan threw him another chicken leg, and Wang En left with satisfaction.
Shortly after Wang En left, the engineers searching for the palace's treasure house also received good news. The location of the palace's treasure house had been determined and arrangements were being made for blasting.
Chen Kan sat on the tower for a while, then suddenly stood up and said half-heartedly: "I'll leave the mess here to Zheng Shuai, shall I go to Sumatra first?"
Zheng He stood up and stood shoulder to shoulder with Chen Kan, and responded calmly: "That's fine, I still have seven thousand soldiers left. If the Marquis refuses to abandon them, he can take them all away."
