In the huge city of Hengyuan, an army of 20,000 people stretched for several miles and lined up in front of Bolin State.
Chen Kan stood in front of the Ten Thousand Army Formation, scanning the city with the telescope in his hand.
Looking at the soldiers patrolling on the city wall, Chen Kan finally saw something about the elite.
On the way, Tan Cong, who was in the rear army, and Dou Xing, the commander of the front army, were standing beside Chen Kan, one on the left and one on the right, with expressions of amazement on their faces.
"I never thought that the remote island country of Nanyang could build such a huge city."
Tan Cong sighed with emotion, then shook his head with regret and said: "It's a pity that such a big city will be reduced to ruins today."
Hearing this, Dou Xing glanced at Tan Cong with disdain, looking at Tan Cong as if he were looking at a mentally retarded person.
A sense of intellectual superiority swept through his body. .
Dou Xing finally understood how the commander felt when he looked at them.
Tan Cong looked away and suddenly saw Dou Xing's uncomfortable eyes, and his expression suddenly became unkind.
"Why, what does General Dou have against me?"
Dou Xing smiled contemptuously, then smiled and said nothing.
He thought he was a smart man and there was no need to waste words with a common man like Tan Cong.
Tan Cong was furious.
Chen Kan casually threw the telescope into his hand, and Tan Cong broke through it in a second.
He said flatteringly: "Master Marquis, please be the vanguard!"
Chen Kan shook his head and said calmly: "You have a share of the credit for destroying the city of Malacca. Let Dou Xing do it this time. They are all brothers who stir the spoon in the same pot. We must have food for everyone."
After being rejected by Chen Kan, Tan Cong couldn't help but glared at Dou Xing hatefully.
Dou Xing gave a disdainful look in return, and then raised his hand to Chen Kan: "Commander, I have five hundred warriors, if I can't break through the city gate, I am willing to come and see you."
"Five hundred? Just brag!"
Tan Cong's face twitched and he looked at Dou Xing like he was an idiot.
Dou Xing still didn't bother to say anything, just waiting quietly for Chen Kan's order.
Just as Chen Kan was about to nod, Tan Cong immediately clasped his fists and said: "Commander, Commander Dou is leading five hundred men. They are not going to attack the city, but to die. I also ask the commander to give the last five thousand men. Within one day, the last three will be defeated." If the general cannot conquer this city, he is willing to die on the spot."
Tan Cong was in the rear army and did not know Chen Kan's speculation.
So it is reasonable for him to ask for 5,000 people.
As for Dou Xing only bringing 500 people there, in Tan Cong's opinion, he was really looking for death.
Didn't you see the elite Boling army on the city wall, all wearing armor and carrying wooden bows?
Five hundred people still attack from their backs. Even if Ming Dynasty has firearms, they are still looking for death.
Seeing that the two were about to fight again, Chen Kan couldn't help but glared at them.
The two shut up angrily.
Chen Kan calmly ordered: "Dou Xing, I will give you five hundred soldiers and three hundred shield soldiers. Approach the city with grenades and grenades. First throw a few grenades and listen for the sound. If the opponent resists fiercely, I will immediately lead the army to suppress the situation." .”
"General, I have the order!"
Dou Xing happily took the order and ordered his troops to leave, but after hearing such a ridiculous military order, Tan Cong couldn't help but look anxious.
"Commander, how can we attack the city with such...a small number of people?"
Chen Kan didn't bother to explain to Tan Cong again that siege the city and bring so many people to the siege was really looking for death.
But Chen Kan didn't ask Dou Xing to attack the city. He just asked Dou Xing to throw a few grenades into the city and listen for the sound.
Seeing Chen Kan's silence, Tan Cong suddenly became anxious. Just as he was thinking that speaking out righteously would be a life-threatening situation, Zhang Dong covered his mouth and dragged him aside.
Dou Xing quickly selected 800 people from his subordinates and quickly headed towards Bolinbang City, which was three miles away.
Seeing that Dou Xing only brought so few people there, Tan Cong was not the only one who was anxious. All the senior generals with more than a thousand households in the army were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.
Many people couldn't help but curse, and then they lined up and headed towards the Chinese army where Chen Kan was.
How could anyone fight like this?
If you dare to attack a city with such a small number of people, or if you attack such a strong city, isn't this looking for death?
Eight hundred people are just a drop in the ocean to 20,000 people.
But they could accept the serious death of these 800 people in battle, but they could not accept the death of these 800 people.
They couldn't accept that the always wise commander would make such an idiotic decision, and they couldn't accept that Dou Xing, the dignified commander of the First Guard, would accept such a random fate.
At the location of the Chinese army, when Chen Kan found that all the generals had come to find him, his face suddenly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
"What are you going to do, rebel?"
Chen Kan's mouth substitute and fanboy Tan Cong appears.
He already knew the truth from Zhang Dong's mouth. Watching the eight hundred people led by Dou Xing walking further and further away, not only did the look of anxiety disappear on his face, but he also became Chen Kan's most loyal supporter.
As a result, a group of senior generals who came together were all driven back by Tan Cong before they could express their opinions to Chen Kan.
The generals came and left cursing, and the scene was very happy for a time.
Chen Kan held a telescope and watched with his own eyes as Dou Xing led 800 men and horses gradually approaching the city.
Whether his guess is accurate or not depends entirely on the results of these eight hundred people's tests.
If it is accurate, then he can take the city without any blood. If it is not accurate, Chen Kan will immediately use the power of Mount Tai to completely destroy the city.
Soon, Dou Xing's men and horses were approaching the 300-step distance of Bolinbang City.
In Chen Kan's telescope, Bolingbang's defenders seemed to be frightened and just watched quietly as the Ming army's first camp approached the city.
What Chen Kan could discover could only be seen more clearly by Dou Xing, who was standing nearby.
To be honest, when he brought only 800 people over at first, he felt a little nervous.
After all, no matter how well-founded Chen Kan's speculation is, it is just speculation.
With eight hundred people approaching a large city guarded by tens of thousands of people, if Dou Xing's mental endurance was slightly worse, he would have been frightened halfway through.
But until now, Bolingbang's defenders still didn't want to go out of the city to fight, and they didn't even intend to draw their bows and arrows. Dou Xing suddenly felt relieved.
Because this means that the commander's guess is very likely to be correct.
Of course, it is not ruled out that this is a suspicious plan of the Bollingbang defenders, who want to put them in and then fight.
However, this is unlikely.
Dou Xing didn't think that the acting skills of these Nanyang native soldiers could deceive him, a veteran on the battlefield.
At such a close distance, he could clearly see the numb cheeks of the Bollinger defenders through the telescope.
They really had no intention of resisting.
Two hundred steps away, Dou Xing felt relaxed, but still had a solemn expression on his face.
"Shield soldiers come forward, grenadiers prepare!"
Following Dou Xing's order, the 800 Ming army immediately changed their formations. Three hundred shield soldiers held freshly baked wooden defensive shields, two hundred grenadiers held grenades, and three hundred musketeers also leveled their guns and made Preparation for three-part shooting.
The task of the shield soldiers is to protect these grenadiers, because they have no power to fight back when throwing grenades.
The mission of the musketeers is to suppress the enemy on the city wall and create space for the grenadiers to throw grenades.
The resulting fire blunderbuss has been greatly developed in the Ming Dynasty, and grenades using pull-tab flint as a guide are naturally easy to make.
But grenades, a new type of weapon improved from the old Ming Dynasty Thunder, no country has yet tried its power.
The distance was close to 150 steps, and all the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty showed solemn expressions on their faces.
Because of this distance, it has entered the range of the bed crossbow.
The bed crossbow, a big killer weapon in the cold weapon era, could not be blocked by the wooden shield they made at random.
However, when the distance approached a hundred steps, Bolingbang's defenders disappointed them.
Not to mention the bed crossbow, not even a few bows and arrows were fired.
This time, Dou Xing was completely convinced.
"The commander-in-chief's judgment was indeed correct. Bolingbang didn't even think about resisting."
After muttering something to himself, Dou Xing waved his hand: "Kill!"
"kill!"
The eight hundred soldiers behind him burst out with shouts of killing that shook the sky.
The expressions of the Bollingbang defenders on the city wall finally changed a little, and they dropped their weapons and ran away with fear on their faces.
Dou Xing: "?"
Eight Hundred Ming Army: "?"
Dou Xing was confused. One second the wall was filled with numb-looking Bolingbang defenders, and the next second it was completely empty.
He suddenly had doubts about life.
A soldier asked hesitantly: "General, this... the enemy's defenders have given us the city head, is there any need to waste grenades?"
Dou Xing was also hesitant.
Theoretically speaking, they should climb to the top of the city wall at this time, fight a bloody path, and then seize the door and lead the army into the city.
He has never fought a war in which the enemy took the initiative to give up the city.
Scratching his head, Dou Xing hesitated for a moment and replied: "How about throwing a few to hear the sound?"
Pro-jun: "?"
What the hell is this?
Dou Xing couldn't help but look back at the army behind him.
Then he took a deep breath and ordered: "Give me the order to throw the grenade in one round. Regardless of whether it has any effect or not, immediately retreat fifty steps after the throw!"
The pro-soldiers shrank their heads to deliver the order, while Dou Xing raised his head, looked at the empty city, and couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.
This kind of battle is really incredible.
When he was in the Ming Dynasty, he often heard Mr. Shu say that when the Jin people went south during the Song Dynasty, the Song people never resisted, and even abandoned the city and fled to surrender.
I thought this was a story line.
He didn't expect that such a thing would actually happen to him.
The Ming army approached twenty steps below the city wall. There was still no sign of the Bolingbang defenders on the city wall, but there were sparse arrows falling.
Just, weak.
Without even using a shield to block, the armor on the Ming army could easily deflect these arrows.
"preparation!"
"put!"
The soldiers waved the flag, and a hundred bombardiers uniformly pulled the tabs of the grenades and threw the smoking grenades onto the city wall with all their strength.
Then retreat immediately.
The musketeers raised their guns and immediately formed fire suppression when the enemy's counterattack came.
"Boom~"
A deafening explosion sounded, but the expected counterattack did not come.
Most of the Ming soldiers were a little confused, only Dou Xing sighed with a clear face.
It seemed that this first achievement was destined to miss him.
"Boom~"
"..."
The force of the grenade explosion made the ground tremble, a mushroom cloud rose up, and a large crack opened on the wall.
After retreating to a safe distance, Dou Xing gave the order with a look of helplessness: "Come here, tell the commander that he can lead the army to the city."
The pro-army soldiers looked at the huge crack on the city wall with some curiosity and asked: "General, if there are a few more rounds of explosions, this wall will collapse. Since the other side does not resist, shouldn't we continue to attack the city?"
Dou Xing shook his head, waved his hand and said, "Go ahead and wait until the commander comes to talk about everything."
In fact, there was no need for Dou Xing to send someone to deliver the news. Chen Kan had already seen clearly the situation under the city wall through the telescope.
"Send an order to the entire army to station themselves at Bolinbang City!"
Chen Kan waved his hand half-heartedly, and walked slowly towards Bolin State City.
Tan Cong had a constipated expression on his face. Even though Zhang Dong had already told him about the current situation of Bolin State City, the fact that the tens of thousands of Bolin State defenders did not offer any resistance still made him feel unreal.
It's so magical.
He has been a soldier all his life and has fought countless big and small battles. This is the first time he has encountered such a magical scene.
He thought the soldiers were fighting a fierce battle.
Result, that's it?
Not only Tan Cong, but most of the Ming army soldiers were also a little confused.
Is this the end?
Just throw two grenades in and listen?
The army quickly joined Dou Xing's 800 men. Looking at Bolin State City within easy reach, Chen Kan couldn't help but feel a little ache in his balls.
When he came, he also thought that this would be a tough battle.
But this world is so magical. A naval battle in Malacca scared the courage of most countries in Southeast Asia.
As soon as the army arrived at the city, there was a deafening explosion at the city gate.
The city gate, which was made of dozens of centimeters of logs, was torn apart by gunpowder and turned into a pile of fragments. Su Lidongdong's soldiers quickly took control of the doorway.
Su Lidongdong limped towards Chen Kan and trotted towards Chen Kan. He cupped his hands and said, "I'm glad you've lived up to your command. I hope the commander can keep his promise!"
The corners of Chen Kan's mouth twitched slightly.
When Su Lidongdong cooperated with him, he thought this person was capable.
Now it seems that Su Lidongdong has long thought that the people in Bolinbang City will not resist, right?
No wonder he was so confident that he could deceive the city gate.
No need to lie, just blow open the city gate.
After a moment of silence, Chen Kan waved to Dou Xing who was not far away, and said lightly: "Take your men and Lord Su into the city to take over the palace. Don't disturb the civilians. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"
Upon hearing these three words, Lord Su, a look of surprise flashed across Su Lidongdong's face.
Then he raised his hands and said in a deep voice: "Commander, I am not the king of Sumatra. The king is still waiting in the palace for the commander to question me. In addition, my surname is Su Li, not Su."
"I know, I know. When I leave, you can send a team of envoys to follow me to the Ming Dynasty to request the canonization of His Majesty the Great Emperor."
Chen Kan gave up indifferently. Su Li Dongdong was immediately overjoyed. He couldn't help but kneel in front of Chen Kan and bowed to the ground: "My lord, Su Li Dongdong, thank you, His Majesty the Ming Emperor, for the title!"
Chen Kan avoided the gesture and couldn't help but clicked his tongue, but didn't say much.
With the lessons learned from Malacca, there must be not a few people who hope to be canonized by His Majesty the Ming Emperor, so Chen Kan was not surprised that Su Lidongdong would be so excited.
It would not be a bad idea to bring a king from all over the world to my father-in-law to satisfy his vanity.
After the ceremony, Su Li Dongdong immediately respectfully invited Dou Xing: "Your Majesty, please come with me."
Dou Xing pushed away a few steps with some disgust, and walked towards the doorway under the guard of his soldiers.
Being so nakedly disgusted, Su Li Dongdong still had a smile on his face and trotted after Dou Xing.
Chen Kan stretched out, watched Dou Xing enter the city with his five thousand men, and ordered the camp to begin.
The five thousand men under Dou Xing's command are enough to deal with any emergencies in the city.
Therefore, there is no need for the army under Chen Kan to enter the city. They only need to stay in front of the city to deter the nobles and people in the city.
As for emptying Bolingbang's treasure house, we still have to wait for Zheng He to come. His engineers are good at this task.
In the evening, the soldiers patrolling the tower became Dou Xing's men.
This means that from now on, the defense of this city will be completely taken over by the Ming Dynasty.
As for Dou Xing, after arranging the necessary matters to take over the city, he and Su Lidongdong led a large group of nobles in the city to escort a man with disheveled hair and a linen gag out of the city.
Also being escorted out at the same time was a long motorcade.
Half of the convoy was filled with grain and grass, and the other half was souvenirs given to Chen Kan by the nobles in the city.
Chen Kan met this group of Sumatran nobles in a temporary handsome tent.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Archangel Marquis of the Great Ming Dynasty, we have handed over the culprits who offended the Great Ming Dynasty with both hands. We know that our sins are unforgivable, so we specially prepared some specialties of the island country, hoping to alleviate your Majesty's anxiety a little. anger......"
The person who spoke was a rich and fair middle-aged man. He held a long gift list in his hand and knelt at Chen Kan's feet.
Behind him, kneeling was a man with disheveled hair and his mouth covered with linen. That man was Abizhen, the former leader of Sumatra.
Chen Kan looked at the middle-aged man's face with interest and suddenly asked: "Are you of Han descent?"
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and then he said with a smile: "The angel's eyes are like a torch. My ancestors are indeed Han people who fled to Southeast Asia. According to the oral tradition passed down by my ancestors, my ancestral home seems to be in Guangzhou during the Ming Dynasty."
Chen Kan nodded and said to himself: "No wonder, no wonder~"
Then he asked with great interest: "Is it your idea to imprison Abizhen?"
The middle-aged man smiled shyly and said: "Back to Angel, I just don't want to see the lives of Sumatra in ruins. My ancestors came from the Central Plains, so I know a little bit about the power of the Central Plains. Sumatra, a small country, dares to offend the power of God. It's true." Seeking death, but the people are innocent after all, so..."
The middle-aged man talked nonsense, and Chen Kan interrupted him impatiently and asked: "Okay, I got it, what's your name?"
The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Hui Angel, my Han name is Zhang Jingming."
Chen Kan smiled and asked: "The name you just changed?"
Zhang Jingming was stunned for a moment, then nodded a little embarrassedly: "This, Angel Rongzhen..."
But before he could say anything, the linen gagged in the mouth of the man behind him fell out of nowhere.
Then he leaned forward, right on top of Zhang Jingming, opened his mouth and bit off half of Zhang Jingming's ear.
"Ah~"
Zhang Jingming's screams resounded throughout the entire handsome tent.
Chen Kan watched this scene with interest and had no intention of letting anyone pull Abizhen away.
The other Sumatran nobles in the tent saw that Chen Kan did not speak. They looked at each other in confusion, and no one dared to pull away from Abizhen, who was like a vampire.
"Ah~ah~ah~"
Zhang Jingming screamed incessantly and used his hands and feet for a long time to push Abizhen's head away from his shoulders.
But half of his ear had been bitten off, and blood stained half of his cheek.
He covered his ears and looked at Abizhen who fell to the ground with horror, chewing his ears a few times and then swallowing them. He was so frightened that his eyes were splitting.
"You, you, you...you devil~"
Abizhen grinned, showing his blood-red teeth.
Chen Kan watched this scene quietly, turned around with a smile and ordered: "Take him down for treatment."
Zhang Dong responded expressionlessly, dragging Zhang Jingming by his collar and dragging him out of the tent.
Dou Xing carefully picked up the dropped gift list and handed it to Chen Kan's hand. Chen Kan scanned it up and down.
Turning to look at the shivering Sumatra nobles, he flicked the gift list with his fingers and said with a smile: "Everyone, if you are interested, I will accept this gift. Don't worry, my soldiers are strictly disciplined and will only punish the culprits." We will only punish the culprits and will not implicate innocent people."
Su Lidongdong acted as an interpreter and translated Chen Kan's words to some nobles who could not understand the Ming dialect.
After understanding what Chen Kanbiao meant, a group of nobles breathed a sigh of relief.
Those who can come to this handsome tent today are all those who do not want to be enemies of the Ming Dynasty. Those who have had any evil intentions against the Ming Dynasty have already been killed by them.
But no one can guarantee whether Ming Dynasty will be angry with these "obedient people."
Now with Chen Kan's guarantee, their hearts finally relaxed a little, but only a little.
After sighing with relief, Chen Kan looked at Abizhen, who was lying on the ground unable to move, but could still bite off the fat man's ear just now, and asked with a smile: "How is it? Is Nichen's meat delicious?"
Abizhen showed a malicious look and replied sullenly: "He has some of the same blood as yours, and the taste is of course excellent. I wonder what pure Han people taste like?"
Chen Kan regretted: "It's a pity that you have no chance to try again."
Abizhen was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and asked: "You Han people have already occupied a fertile land like the Central Plains. Why are you still plotting against this barren land in Nanyang? Can't you leave some space for us foreigners?" Is there any room for survival next time?”
Chen Kan was stunned, and a funny smile suddenly appeared on his face.
He leaned forward slightly and asked, "Tell me, what do you know?"
Abizhen suddenly struggled to sit up and asked: "You want to use the method of raising Gu to create a powerful country in Nanyang? Why, aren't you afraid of backlash?"
