Bang Pa-in Summer Palace is a royal palace that combines three architectural styles: Ming style, Burmese style, and Gothic style. The autumn breeze is blowing, and the king of Siam, Pabiraja, is discussing military and state affairs with his ministers in the Tianming Hall of the palace. .This hall is built in imitation of the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty. It has a wooden structure and even has traditional Ming Dynasty decorations such as double dragons playing with beads, red phoenixes and rising sun on the roof ridge.
Papi Luoja killed King Narei and usurped the throne. Although he raised the banner of nationalism to expel the French and barbarians, he was still an out-and-out rebellious traitor in the eyes of many old ministers. Moreover, this man was so ruthless that he actually killed Narei. All of the king's direct descendants were slaughtered, and they were dubbed "tyrants" by many people.
In order to show off to the world the justice of his victory over the country, he told everyone he met that he was ordered by the emperor of China to eradicate the national traitors who colluded with the French and barbarians. He also deliberately chose the Tianming Palace, which has a strong Chinese style, to handle state affairs to show that he was closely related to the country. Daming’s relationship is unusual.
It is indeed unusual. The Ming Emperor's envoy and concierge, Wailang Zhang Yucai, came and asked him to lead the Siamese army south to Manglajia to fight for the Ming Dynasty at his own expense. The Ming Dynasty did not care how many people died. Of course, in order to win over him, the Ming Dynasty Giving him a set of royal robes and making him the deputy commander-in-chief of the coalition forces was tantamount to recognizing the legitimacy of his attempt to usurp the throne.
Should you go or not? This matter is debatable.
"Your Majesty, please rest first and let me, the king and my ministers, discuss it before I give you a reply," Papi Luoja said in a deep voice.
"That's fine, please ask the King of Siam to reply to me as soon as possible." Zhang Yucao smiled proudly and walked away with a cold temperament, without saying any more nonsense. I mean, letting you go on an expedition for the Ming Dynasty means that I think highly of you. You are such a blessing. What are you still hesitating about?
All fools know that people will die in war. When the cannon is fired, the money spent is at least hundreds of thousands of taels. The Ming Dynasty is too stingy. It wants my Siamese soldiers to sacrifice their lives without giving them a tael of silver. How can this be done? Charunpeng Wait for the minister to firmly object.
Another confidant, Basong, had a different view, "Your Highness, you have to go. If you go, you will not only get the support of the Ming Dynasty; you will also get the support of Johor, Perak, Brunei, Pattani, Sulu, Selangor, and Terengganu." recognition; if you can defeat the Hongyi, the people will also regard you as a Siamese hero and support you wholeheartedly."
Papi Luoja understood what Basong meant. Sending troops can gain diplomatic recognition from various countries, and can be regarded as a national hero by the people of the country. The main reason is that the Hongyi are so hateful! In 1617, the Hongyi and Siam signed an unequal treaty Under the trade treaty, they could trade and live in any area of Siam, enjoy tax benefits, and have monopoly rights on many commodities. According to this treaty, they established a large number of trading stations and sent warships to bombard them to do business with other countries in violation of the monopoly rights. Merchant ships. After doing this, the Siamese people hated them to death. An important reason why King Nare introduced French influence was to deal with the red barbarians.
Well, if I go to fight the Hongyi, the people will definitely regard me as a great hero, and I will no longer be a rebellious minister and traitor who seeks to usurp the throne!
When he thought that he could clear his reputation by fighting a war, Papi Luoja was moved. As for the cost of fighting and the death of people, he couldn't care so much!
Therefore, the king ordered to cancel the unequal treaty signed with the East India Company. From now on, Dutch merchants who came to Siam to trade would no longer enjoy the same privileges as other countries. He also personally led an army of 20,000 people to go south to Manlaga to attack the red barbarians.
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I heard that he had canceled the unequal treaty and was going to fight the red barbarians. The whole city was empty and the people came out of the city to see off his army.
"King Pabiraja ~ King Pabiraja ~ King Pabiraja ~" Thunderous cheers resounded in the sky of the big city.
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Johor is a country that was established in war, and the capital, Batu Saawa, was naturally established in war and is very strong.
After Commander Kopral won the Battle of Gamba, he continued to lead his army northward and approached Batu Sawat. In his opinion, Johor was the leader among these countries. If it were defeated, the war would be over. p>
When the army came to the city, the whole country united and defended the city to the death. The real-power Pandahara (prime minister) Bagha and Prince Ibrahim came to the front line in person. Even Jalil Sultan, who had no real power, went to the city to boost morale despite being over eighty years old.
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Even so, the coalition's war situation is still not optimistic.
On land, the Dutch army captured all the strongholds outside the city of Batu Sawa and annihilated thousands of coalition troops.
On the ocean, Batu Sawa is close to the sea, and the advantages of the Dutch navy are fully utilized. Commander Damm took his Sea Monarch battlecruiser and roamed near the bay. More than a hundred coalition warships were sunk.
So much so that Chen Ze lamented in his memorial to Emperor Guangwu that if he was not given more warships, the Allied Navy would soon cease to exist.
The fierce artillery fire made the city wall crumbling. Just when the defenders fell into despair, the savior Papi Luoja arrived with 20,000 Siamese troops.
"If the enemy's reinforcements are allowed to enter the city, this battle will be difficult to fight. Lieutenant Colonel Sibibe, you lead the army to stop them," Commander Koprol issued a military order.
"Yes!"
Sibibe took the order and left, leading two thousand Dutch troops to block the Siamese army's path.
Coproll raised his telescope and observed the battle situation.
When the Siamese army first arrived, they were at their peak. Directly in front were the most elite elephant soldiers, numbering hundreds of elephants, followed by infantry and a small number of cavalry on both wings.
In the previous battle of Gamba, Koprol had dealt with the elephant soldiers of the coalition forces, and knew that these big guys looked scary, but they were afraid of guns and would scatter when the artillery fire was fired, so they didn't take them seriously. p>
However, he soon discovered that he was wrong.
Before he usurped the throne, Papi Luoja was the commander-in-chief of the elephant soldiers, so he paid special attention to the construction of the elephant soldiers. His army not only had a large number of elephants, but also received special training in resisting artillery fire, making it less likely to panic.
As soon as the battle broke out, Phra Piluoja took the lead and rushed to the front. Seeing the king's bravery, the generals Charumphong and Basong followed closely, and the Siamese army fought like a chicken to the death.
The Dutch army's artillery fire failed to disperse the opponent's elephant soldiers, but instead allowed the Siamese army to rush into the formation. After suffering heavy losses, they were repulsed.
Lieutenant Colonel Sbibe failed to complete his mission of blocking the enemy, so he fled back in embarrassment and apologized to Commander Koprol, "Unfortunately, Your Excellency, I was unable to keep the enemy's reinforcements out of the city."
"No, it's not your fault. It's because I underestimated our opponent." Coproul sighed leisurely.
The arrival of the reinforcements boosted the morale of the Batu Sawa garrison, and also allowed the Dutch army to end the Manlaga War as soon as possible, and their plan to return to Batavia became far away.
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At the Royal Palace of Aceh, King Ratu Safiatuddin of Aceh is playing a top. This huge top weighs ten kilograms and is like a plate. He winds a rope around the top and then pulls the rope, and the top begins.
Then he skillfully picked up the top with a wooden stick with a fork in the middle and sent it to a short pile with a metal container. The top kept spinning. He liked this kind of exercise and thought it could exercise the body's strength and coordination.
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Mustafa walked in quietly.
Ratusafiya Tudin saw him and said with a smile: "My Pandahara (prime minister), what can I do?"
"That's it, Your Highness, the envoy from the Ming Dynasty is here."