Every time he saw this, Hamid would sigh. He really couldn't figure out why the first generation of Maradi monarchs were willing to abandon the "lucrative" career of piracy and go ashore to become a small country.
monarch.
This is not worth it!
Just when Hamid's mind was filled with daydreams, Sitarama's old voice sounded: "Hamid, I know what you are thinking. Are you thinking about the so-called glory of your ancestors?"
Hamid suddenly had a look on his face, his father really knew him well.
Looking at the somewhat embarrassed expression on her son's face, Sitarama couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
If I had known earlier, I should have burned that diary so that it could be kept to this day and come out to harm my eldest son.
Sitarama put aside the distracting thoughts in her heart and sneered on her face: "Hamid, you have to remember that even the most arrogant and arrogant pirates will never be able to get on the stage. This is the consensus of the entire Southeast Asian countries!
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"They may be afraid of pirates, but they will always look down on pirates in their hearts. Otherwise, the current Southeast Asian countries would have turned into pirate countries long ago. Unfortunately, this scene has not happened. This is proof!"
Looking at the disapproving expression on the eldest son's face, Sitarama could only sigh feebly...
He gave his final advice: "Hamid, you must cherish Maradi State and your identity as the heir to Maradi State. Maradi State will always be much more precious than a group of pirates.
You must remember this!"
Hamid meekly lowered his head: "Yes, respected father, Hamid will remember your teachings firmly in his heart like they are carved on a stone wall!"
Sitarama shook her head, not bothering to distinguish the truth from falsehood in these words.
He began to ask about the serious things he was concerned about every day: "Is that Ming Dynasty's fleet still scurrying around on the sea?"
When it came to business, Hamid immediately became attentive: "Yes, they are still there!"
Ever since the first day when the Ming Dynasty's fleet arrived in the Maradi waters, Sitarama had been restless.
Every day, he asked Hamid to personally send spies to detect the movements of the fleet, and then Hamid would personally report the results of the investigation to him.
But this fleet has been wandering around the sea for more than ten days without going ashore or leaving. What on earth is it doing?
At this moment, hearing Hamid's report that the fleet was still wandering around, Sitarama could not help but show a worried look on her face.
The unknown is the most terrifying thing!
Sitarama couldn't help but discussed with the culprit of this incident, his eldest son Hamid: "Hamid, what do you think the Ming Dynasty's fleet wants to do? Is it to come?
Are you asking for help?"
here we go again!
Hamid felt helpless, as his father asked him this question almost every day.
In the past, he would go over there every time, but today he decided not to go over there anymore, but to give him a good analysis.
Hamid composed himself and said solemnly: "Absolutely impossible!"
"If they really came to investigate, they would have landed long ago, so why would they have to stay at sea for so many days?"
"So I think it's very likely that they came under escort!"
Sitarama was stunned: "Coming for escort?"
Hamid nodded firmly: "Yes, there are obviously merchant ships in this fleet, and the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty were robbed by us here twice in a row before. The merchants who came to the Ming Dynasty were also afraid, so they
Such a large fleet was hired to escort them!"
"They have been wandering back and forth on the sea in the past few days. It is very likely that they are guarding against our shark teeth and are afraid of being plundered by us again. If it is safe, the merchant ships in this team will come ashore to trade.
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I have to say that what Hamid said is indeed true, at least it is correct to the previous situation.
Sitarama nodded involuntarily, and then looked at Hamid sternly: "I don't want to pursue the past matters anymore, but I want you to convey an order to Shark Teeth, that is, no matter what, this time
They can’t do anything to Ming Dynasty’s merchant ships anymore!”
Hamid also solemnly said: "I obey your will, my father!"
This time Hamid spoke the truth. After all, the fleet that was "escorting" this time also scared him!
Hamid is not stupid either. If he makes trouble at this time, he is really seeking death!
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On the fleet.
Zhou Buxin and Zhang Dingbian couldn't sit still either.
After wandering at sea for more than ten days, Zhang Dingbian finally couldn't bear it anymore.
On this day, Zhang Dingbian invited Zhou Buxin into his cabin and said with a sad face: "Mr. Zhou, it's not a good idea for us to wander around like this. It's been more than ten days and we haven't even seen a pirate.
How long will this consumption last?”
Zhou Buxin also frowned: "We can't keep wandering around like this. This will delay things too much. Moreover, if we don't fight for a long time, the morale of the soldiers will be low, and the whole person will become lazy. The so-called rush, then decline.
, three and three are exhausted, this is the principle..."
Zhang Dingbian interrupted him and said: "Mr. Zhou, I know all what you said, but it is not an option to keep wandering like this. I have thought about it and let the troops prepare for combat. We have to end the voyage as soon as possible, and then
Go back to land."
Although the Ming fleet was powerful, life at sea was very difficult, and soldiers and sailors could not always drift on the sea.
Zhou Buxin pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "I thought of it, since we can't meet pirates on the sea, then we might as well go to the pirates' lair!"
Zhang Dingbian was stunned: "Old nest?"
"Yes!" Zhou Buxin nodded: "These pirates are all indigenous people from the local Maradi and other city-states. If you can't find them at sea, then they must have hidden on the land. Let's go ashore to attack these Maradi indigenous people.
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This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhang Dingbian immediately ordered the sailors on the fleet to assemble and issued an order for the entire fleet to prepare for landing.
Immediately, Zhang Dingbian said to Zhou Buxin: "Mr. Zhou, your suggestion is very good, how can we find the pirate den?"
Zhou Buxin said with a smile: "We can go straight to Huanglong."
"Go straight to Huanglong?" Zhang Dingbian was stunned and a little surprised: "Mr. Zhou, you are talking about..."
Zhou Buxin smiled slightly: "To be honest, when I left Yingtian Mansion, I went to say goodbye to His Royal Highness. His Royal Highness gave me a local map of Tianzhu, which happened to contain the topographic map of the Maradi people. I will
I thought about it more and thought that I should go to the Maradi people to hold them accountable and lead a large army to catch them off guard."
The main source of local pirates is the Maradi area of Asan.
Zhou Buxin felt that as long as the local Malady Asans were defeated, the pirate scourge could be solved once and for all.
There is no need to look for traces of pirates anymore.
Zhang Dingbian suddenly realized: "That's it. Mr. Zhou is smart. I will notify all the ships to get ready."
Zhou Buxin nodded.
Zhang Dingbian immediately asked someone to convey the news.
This night the stars were bright and the sea breeze was gentle.
On each battleship, each captain is making arrangements intensively, and the soldiers are also ready for a bloody battle ashore.
In the fourteenth century, southern India had hundreds of city-states, large and small. There was no coordinated defense between the city-states. After the Ming army appeared at sea, the neighboring city-states would not warn or help each other at all.
Therefore, the Ming army led by Zhang Dingbian quickly arrived at the beach outside Maradi City and landed.
The soldiers of the local Maradi city-state did not realize that this was an attack. They thought that the Eastern Merchant Fleet was coming to do business. Dozens of Indian Maradi people came to the Ming army in a arrogant manner.
An announcement was made to inspect the ship's cargo.
When Zhang Dingbian saw this, he immediately laughed angrily at these stupid Asan.
"Someone, arrest them all!"
Zhang Dingbian gave the order, and more than twenty Ming soldiers immediately surrounded them and captured them all.
All these Maradi Asans were so frightened that they peeed and knelt on the ground one by one begging for mercy.
Through an interpreter in the army, Zhang Dingbian quickly learned about the military deployment of the Maradi people here.
The Maradi people have a city nearby called Mahama City, and the local king lord is called Babur.
"How many troops and horses are there in Mahamacheng?" Zhang Dingbian asked the prisoners.
"Not more than 20,000 people!" said the prisoner.
When Zhang Ding heard this, he was immediately surprised.
The total strength of the Ming army was only 20,000. Except for those who stayed behind to guard the ships, Zhang Dingbian brought only 3,000 troops ashore this time.
A city guarded by 20,000 people is really not that easy to attack.
"Ask again, are there any other Maradi troops around?" Zhang Dingbian ordered again and asked.
Later, Zhang Dingbian and Zhou Buxin learned that in addition to Asan's army in Mahamacheng, there were several other cities with similar strength.
The total strength of the entire Maradi people is almost more than 100,000!
"More than 100,000 people?" Zhang Dingbian was immediately surprised.
Zhou Buxin on the side also had a look of disbelief on his face.
"The Maradi territory on the map is not very big!" Zhou Buxin said.
According to their experience of sailing along the way, all areas in the entire Nanyang area are basically vast and sparsely populated according to the standards of the Central Plains.
Nowadays, the Maradi people have a small territory, but they have so many troops.
This shows that the local population density is very high, almost as high as that of the Ming Dynasty.
"It looks like a big fat sheep!" Zhang Ding said with a smile.
"The fat sheep is so big that it's hard to eat!" Zhou Buxin said.
Afterwards, they interrogated the prisoners again and found out everything.
The local pirates are indeed these Maradi people.
These Maradi people usually fish and farm. Once a merchant ship appears, they rob and become pirates.
If they encounter a merchant fleet that they cannot defeat, they will become friendly merchants and trade with the arriving fleet.
Anyway, they are just a bunch of guys who adapt to the changing circumstances.
"This Maradi people are so powerful!" Zhang Dingbian said.
The task Zhu Han gave him was to destroy the pirates. As for how to destroy the pirates, Zhu Han didn't care at all.
If you find pirates at sea, just kill them all.
It is not impossible to go ashore and subdue all the potential pirates, namely these Maradi people.
However, the Maradi troops now have too many troops, which are already dozens of times the Ming Dynasty's land force.
Zhang Dingbian didn't want to take the risk, so he discussed it again with military adviser Zhou Buxin.
Zhou Buxin thought for a while and felt that there were too many enemies, so it was better not to take too many risks.
"General, why don't we lure the snake out of its hole and hide all the warships, leaving only the five merchant ships?"
"Oh, by the way, the weapons on the five merchant ships must also be removed!"
Zhang Dingbian was a little unresponsive for a moment, and his eyes widened: "Mr. Zhang, what do you mean? Those battleships and gunboats are used to promote the country's might and martial arts in the Southeast Asian countries, and they cannot be withdrawn easily.
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Zhou Bu said with a hard smile: "Nowadays, the only bad thing is these warships and gunboats that promote the country's majesty and martial arts."
"General Zhang, just imagine, if we are patrolling the sea with such great momentum, the pirates will naturally be secretly probing. Seeing our power, how can we dare to show up even if we are too late to run away?"
"Therefore, my plan is to show weakness."
"In the past few days, I have sent people to explore around in small boats. There are many uninhabited ports on wild islands in this area. We can first find all the armed warships and temporarily hide them in the port of an uninhabited island, leaving only those
Five merchant ships."
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"Then, he drove the merchant ship straight to the port of Maradi, directly raised the banner of my Ming Dynasty, revealed his identity and went to see the Lord of Namadila City, and then took out the top-quality goods plus gold, jewelry and jade, or exchanged them with the local people.
Trade it with the natives, or give it as a gift to the Maradi monarch."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this point, Zhang Dingbian, who was still a little confused, immediately became excited again: "Pirates are greedy, ignorant, and greedy for profit, so they will definitely not be able to bear it. Let's set up a trap first
Ambush and catch them off guard!"
"Then, these pirates will be charged with being ordered by the Maradi monarch to rob the Angel of Heaven's ship..."
Zhang Dingbian became more and more excited as he talked, completely unaware of Zhou Buxin's stunned expression.
"At that time, we will be able to legitimately destroy the royal family of the Madira Kingdom, support a puppet who is close to the Ming Dynasty, and let the Ming Dynasty station its troops here. From now on, our Ming Dynasty merchant ships will no longer have to worry about it!"
Zhang Dingbian made a summary with satisfaction, and did not forget to ask Zhou Buxin for confirmation: "Mr. Zhou, is this what you mean?"
"That's probably what I meant!" Zhou Buxin said weakly.
I have to say that this Zhang Dingbian really dares to think and act, and is lawless!
Such vicious plots to frame people and destroy their families and countries were carried out without blinking an eye. Zhou Buxin's original intention was to lure out these pirates and finish the job.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Dingbian directly followed his train of thought and made a big move!
But I have to say that Zhang Dingbian's move was more effective than his strategy.
If this thing really comes to pass, we can completely copy the gourd and apply it to several other big countries in Nanyang. Anyway, the strength of the countries in Nanyang this generation is just like this. With the strength of the Ming fleet, we can destroy several big countries in Nanyang.
The feasibility is still very high.
Zhou Buxin and Zhang Dingbian had discussed and decided, and immediately sent a military order, ordering ten double-deck gun battleships, five Ming Dynasty Galen ships, and ten mixed-sail clipper ships to turn around and head for the distant islands. It looked like