The Atoni people have lived in the western and central plains of Timor Island and some mountainous areas since the first century AD. Later, Papuans, Malays, and Polynesians from neighboring islands came to the island one after another and mixed with the local ethnic groups.

Hybridization. At the end of the 13th century and the beginning of the 14th century, with the development of productive forces and social systems, a number of slave tribes and countries gradually formed.

By the mid-fifteenth century, theosophy spread to Timor along with the Sultan kingdoms established one after another on the island of Java. The Wehari slave kingdom in the west quickly transformed into a true theism country and relied on the earliest iron supplies.

Armed with weapons and well-organized teachings of the True God, they began to annex other slave kingdoms and tribes on the island. By the beginning of the 16th century, the entire Timor Island was unified and the Kingdom of Weihari Sultan was established.

However, the glory of the Weihari Kingdom lasted less than fifty years, and its power gradually declined due to various internal strife.

In 1516 AD, the Portuguese landed on Timor Island, and the landing place was Ocussi. In the first hundred years, the Portuguese used silk from the Ming Dynasty and cotton from India to exchange sandalwood and a small amount of meat with the residents of Timor Island.

Cardamom and cloves, but in most cases they used this place as a trade relay and did not occupy more land.

But as Ambon in the Spice Islands was captured by the Dutch, the Portuguese had to retreat to Timor.

However, the Dutch followed them to Timor Island, and through their superior sea power, they quickly pushed the Portuguese to the east of Timor Island.

Immediately afterwards, the Han people came again. They first secretly established a stronghold on the south side of Timor Island, felled the surrounding trees, reclaimed farmland, and robbed nearby tribesmen, as if they wanted to occupy a piece of land on Timor Island.

Three years ago, they and the Dutch captured the Portuguese strongholds of Dili and Oecussi respectively, completely driving the Portuguese forces out of Timor Island. Not long after, Hanzhou and the Dutch were in Dili City.

They also fought fiercely for control of Timor Island.

For more than two years, the Dutch have been unable to do anything to the Han Chinese in Dili City. Instead, they were attacked by the Han Chinese in Kupang on the west side of Timor Island, and the entire stronghold city was almost completely destroyed.

Faced with such a situation, the Weihari Kingdom tried to cheer up and use the power of the Han people to drive away the Dutch and Portuguese. But now it seems that this is obviously a bit idealistic. In a few years, not only did the country's power not recover, but it became worse.

There are signs of division.

General Natatuka, who was once a powerful faction in the country, was jealous of the Sudanese King Aletta Kamile, so he raised his own tribe and armed forces, openly rebelled against the kingdom, occupied some areas in the central part of Dili Island, and in

He proclaimed himself king last year and claimed to expel all external forces and rebuild the prestige of the Weihari Kingdom.

However, the "King" of Natatuka, who claimed to expel the Dutch and Han Chinese, has not launched any military offensive against the Dutch and Han Chinese since he rebelled from the kingdom. Instead, he turned around and headed east, frequently encroaching and seizing the original territory.

There are tribes and territories controlled by the Kingdom of Weihari.

The enraged Sultan Aleta Kamile was not to be outdone. He took out his accumulated gold, gems and jade articles, purchased a large number of swords, spears, and muskets from the Hanzhou people, and fought with the "rebels" of the Weihari Kingdom.

"An arduous jungle war was launched.

Perhaps those rebels also received support from "external forces". In more than two years, nearly ten thousand people died. Neither side seemed to be able to kill their opponents, and each other was exhausted and unable to continue.

Just at the beginning of this year, Aleta Kamilaisultan was preparing to reach a temporary truce with the "rebel" Natatuka, so that both sides could have time to restore the declining society in their respective areas of control.

Production.

As the war progressed, the once relatively abundant Kingdom of Weihari began to experience a large-scale food crisis. In addition to the unstable production environment, there was also a sharp decrease in population, which to a certain extent caused the entire Kingdom of Weihari to have to dig out

With all his potential, he tried every means to raise all kinds of materials and exchanged them with the Hanzhou people, the Larantuka people, and even the Dutch for food that could satisfy their hunger.

However, what is shocking is that before Aleta Kamilaisan Sultan could sign a truce with the rebels, when he was inspecting his tribal territory, the road was slippery after the rain and he accidentally fell down the hillside.

When he was rescued, he was already unconscious. After he was carried back to the royal city, he was kept on the bed for more than two months. Finally, in mid-April, he went to see the great true God.

After the death of Sultan Aletta Kamila, he left four princes. Except for one prince who was still young, the other princes were all adults. In recent years, the eldest prince often followed the Sultan to fight against the rebels, and almost controlled

He controlled most of the country's armed forces. However, the third prince was more favored by the Sudan and expressed many times that he would make him his successor. The second prince, because he had nothing, seemed relatively indifferent and did not express anything.

What is regrettable is that Sultan Aleta Kamile fell unconscious due to an accidental fall. When he died, he failed to tell clearly who would succeed Sultan Wihari. Now that the sultan died, the eldest prince took it for granted.

He relied on the armed forces in his hands to succeed the Sultan.

However, the third prince wanted to take advantage of his dominant position in the royal city to inherit the throne of the Sudan first, trying to create an established fact and then overwhelm the eldest prince with his righteousness.

After hearing the news, the eldest prince immediately led more than a thousand heavily armed soldiers, with the help of internal agents, into the royal city, and arrested the third prince and his supporters. In order to prevent future trouble, he raised his butcher knife and killed all three princes.

All the prince's forces were killed.

The second prince was so frightened that he took a large amount of property and fled in a hurry by boat to Tutuala on the east end of Timor Island. After that, he urgently sent people to Xinxiang Fort to find Hanzhou people to lead troops for protection.

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When Chen Dalang received the message, he did not hesitate at all. He gathered four small boats and carried more than 60 rural soldiers and quickly rushed to Tutuala to protect the second prince Weihari.

As the internal affairs of Hanzhou gradually stabilized, Jianye City specially sent more than ten black-clothed guards, led by Commander Cao Ming, to sit in Xinxiang Castle and initially deal with the chaos that occurred after the death of Sudan of the Kingdom of Weihari.

Bureau.

"Sooner or later, you Han Chinese will destroy our entire Kingdom of Weihari!" Natatuka stared at the Han Chinese in front of him who often dealt with him, with a bit of viciousness in his eyes, "We have almost nothing now.

We have exchanged weapons with you. Therefore, your eyes are now aimed at us, the people of the true God. This is a very evil suggestion and I cannot accept it."

Qiao Bensheng smiled, looked at Natatuka's angry look, shook his head and said: "His Royal Highness, you just said it wrong. Those people do not belong to the true God, they used to belong to Aleta Kamilai Sultan

His Majesty's. Oh, no, it belongs to His Majesty Kabibi Sultan now. Isn't it? You just captured them on the battlefield, and some people may not be willing to surrender to you at this time."

"No! As long as these people are on Timor Island, whether they are in the hands of Kabibi or belong to me, they are the people of the true God." Natatuka said: "But once they are captured by you Hanzhou people,

control, they will ultimately distance themselves from the great true God."

Qiao Bensheng frowned, not planning to continue arguing with this "traitor" who had just been king for a short time about the natives' inner beliefs. He sat there leisurely, waiting for Natatuka's reply.

Because of the civil strife in the Weihari Kingdom, the eldest prince attacked and killed the third prince and proclaimed himself the new sultan. The second prince fled to Tutuala and took shelter under the protection of Hanzhou. Natatuka felt that there was an opportunity and wanted to buy on credit from Hanzhou.

A batch of weapons.

Yes, it was purchased on credit. After fighting with the orthodox forces of the Weihari Kingdom for more than two years, Natatuka exchanged all his accumulated wealth with the Hanzhou people for swords, spears, iron armor, leather armor, and a small number of muskets. Now,

The people in many of their tribes don't even have enough to eat basic food. The constant tug-of-war and conflicts in the war not only consume a lot of lives, but also waste a lot of fertile land and miss too much farming time.

But even so, Natatuka felt that he still could not let go of this opportunity for civil strife in the Weihari royal family, and was preparing to organize a large-scale attack in an attempt to defeat the orthodox power of the Weihari Kingdom in one fell swoop, and then reintegrate the unified empire.

Wen Dao. He believes that the current divided situation is not enough to cope with the increasing encroachment of the Han Chinese and the Dutch. They must gather all their strength to strive for their own independence and integrity.

The premise of all this is that Timor Island must first be unified.

However, the Hanzhou people in front of them actually refused to allow them to purchase a batch of weapons on credit, claiming that if they did not have gold, silver and other materials, they might as well use the tribal people they captured as collateral, whether they were men or women, in exchange.

Natatuka was very angry. The Han people were secretly plundering the tribal population along the coast of the Weihari Kingdom. He had been holding back in order to obtain their material assistance for a long time. Now, they were becoming more and more brazen, and even directly asked him to use the population to

Suggestions for changing supplies!

You must know that population is also the greatest wealth for them. It can provide them with brave warriors, they can cultivate food, they can hunt prey, they can mine various minerals, and of course they can also create wealth.

The Han Chinese want to plunder their population and enslave their people, which is digging up their roots. Deep in Natatuka's heart, there is a deep fear that these Han Chinese may be more powerful than the Portuguese and Dutch.

People are even more vicious. The latter seem to only want to plunder their wealth and sometimes buy the souls of their people.

But the Han people may seize everything they have. Although they rarely openly massacre the people on the island, the disappearance of many tribes and populations in recent years proves that the Han people and the Westerners are not the same.

The difference, if there is one, is their love and persistence for the land. Perhaps in the end, they will occupy all the land in the Weihari Kingdom.

On June 15, 1641, Natatuka, the former rebel general of the Weihari Kingdom on Timor Island, led an elite force of 1,500 people and took dozens of small boats to raid the royal city of Weihari. After some dissatisfied princes

With the cooperation of the ruling ministers, they captured the royal city in two days, captured and killed the eldest prince and all his supporters.

Subsequently, Natatuka declared that he would inherit everything in the Weihari Kingdom.

At the end of June, the second prince in Tutuala at the eastern end of Timor Island, supported by many ministers who fled here, also succeeded the Sultan of the Kingdom of Weihari, and called on the tribal leaders in the country who were loyal to the Sultan to attack those who ascended the throne without authorization.

The traitor Natatuka.

Located in the Dutch sphere of influence on the west side of Timor Island, after many tribal leaders heard about the civil strife in the Kingdom of Weihari, they jointly elected a son-in-law of the original sultan Aletta Kamile, who was called sultan in Soai and established the Pagoda.

Kingdom of Rizudan.
Chapter completed!