On the sixth day of April, Zhu Hao's fleet arrived at the coast of Peru in later times.
Zhu Hao knew that the capital of the Inca Empire was in Cusco, so he had no choice but to look far away. To capture the Inca Empire, he naturally had to first capture the largest city in the primitive empire and conquer their capital to ensure that this force could be used by him.
As the fleet sailed south along the coast of Peru, they discovered some houses one after another on the coastal land. The strange thing is that most of these houses were built on trees. If you don't get close, you can't see that they are the places where the indigenous people live.
Zhu Hao is also planning this matter.
It stands to reason that European colonists have already bypassed the Strait of Magellan in South America and reached the Pacific side. They should have discovered these tribes along the coast long ago, but why have they not invaded for so long?
Perhaps in the eyes of the European colonists, these places were too backward and did not look like silver mines, so they did not bother to plunder them for the time being.
The ships in Panama City were not sailed by European colonists around the Strait of Magellan in South America, but were built directly in the shipyard in Panama City. While Zhu Hao burned Panama City, he dismantled the key facilities of the shipyard.
Together with the gold and silver looted from the city, they were transported back to the new city, and the remaining buildings and the docks were burned together.
"Come to shore."
Zhu Hao roughly estimated the longitude and latitude of the fleet, determined that it was near San Juan Bay, and immediately issued an order.
Subsequently, various signal bombs were launched into the sky, and various strange fireworks were floating in the sky during the day, but this did not seem to scare the indigenous people on the shore of the Andes.
The level of civilization of the Inca Empire... made Zhu Hao "impressed".
Probably the garrison on the coast of the Inca Empire noticed the approaching Ming ships. They regarded all ships that did not belong to their civilization as enemies. When the Ming fleet approached the shore for three or four miles, they saw a large number of wooden boats rushing out of the harbor...
...There are even canoes made out of a whole big tree. There are twenty or thirty Inca Empire soldiers in simple clothes on each canoe. Everyone has a paddle in their hand, just like a dragon boat race, and they use all their strength to
He rowed towards the Ming Dynasty fleet.
"This is……?"
All the generals standing next to Zhu Hao were stunned.
A small boat fights a big boat, these people are so brave!
However, these generals soon realized that this group of indigenous people were not as reckless as they seemed, because there seemed to be firewood and other flammable materials piled on the bow of the boat. They obviously wanted to wait for the canoe to get close to the Ming Dynasty's fleet, and then take the canoe to the Ming Dynasty's fleet.
The wooden boats were set on fire to ignite the Ming Dynasty's ships.
Zhu Hao used a telescope to make a rough observation. In a short period of time, there were hundreds of canoes washed up on the coastline of the Inca Empire, and there seemed to be more canoes on the shore.
Zhu Hao instantly understood why the European colonists had not touched the Inca Empire for the time being. It was probably because they were unable to complete a head-on invasion from the coastline. Just burning the ships was a headache for the European colonists.
After all, each time the European colonists went out, they might only have one or two large ships with three or four small boats, and only one or two hundred soldiers. How could they risk their lives against the overwhelming aborigines?
"fire!"
As Zhu Hao's military order was issued, the Ming fleet did not need to complete the action of swinging the hull on the sea before starting to fire... The number of cannons on the bow was enough.
"Bang bang bang..."
The shells were fired one after another, not shells, but cannonballs, which were suitable for covering a large area in the air. After exploding in mid-air, the built-in projectiles fell to the sea, enough to cover a radius of thirty or forty meters. The canoe under its cover
Without exception, they were blown up or knocked over.
Then the group of natives who were rowing and preparing to be suicide squads fell directly into the sea.
The scene is very spectacular.
The ships of the Ming Dynasty traveled very fast. It seems that not all the indigenous people in the sea can swim... This is something Zhu Hao can't understand. Since they live by the sea, they can't even swim?
However, as the fleet approached, Zhu Hao discovered the problem.
There was a strict hierarchy within the Inca Empire. These people who were sent out as death squads were obviously slaves or prisoners of war. Their mission was to die. In order to prevent them from jumping into the sea and escaping, they were probably not allowed to learn to swim from the beginning. As long as they fell into the sea
will die, so they can only rush forward at once.
What best proves this is that when they fell into the sea and struggled desperately, no one came to rescue them.
Then an even more spectacular scene appeared...
Just now, hundreds of teams were competing to rush toward the Ming Dynasty fleet. Now they found that something was wrong. The front line changed into the back line, and they actually rushed to row their boats to escape towards their own coastline... It gave people a funny feeling of anticlimactic.
The steam-powered ships of the Ming Dynasty were not used to the bad habits of this group of indigenous people. They traveled very fast, and then the artillery continued to roar. Those in the canoes who had not yet landed, whether they were Inca Empire soldiers responsible for holding down the battle or slaves responsible for dying.
, basically knocked out of the sea.
Hundreds of indigenous people were directly killed by shotguns, and their blood almost dyed the sea red.
The big ship had to stop about two miles away from the shore.
The main reason is that the hydrological conditions of this bay are unknown. Although San Juan Bay is a natural harbor in later generations, we do not know which section of the coast has the deepest draft and which section of the coast has the shallowest draft. We can only send small and medium-sized ships to land first, and later determine whether it is suitable for large ships.
After docking, the main force will land again.
Even the small ships of the Ming Dynasty were many times larger than the indigenous canoes, and they were equipped with artillery and firecrackers. They were not less majestic when charging, and the artillery continued to roar.
As a result, the indigenous people in the tree houses on the shore suffered. Many people were fleeing to the shore and the mountains, but some people did not escape. They raised big flags made of unknown materials, and then a group of
A group of people gathered around and knelt down to salute in the direction of the fleet as if they were performing a religious ceremony.
This move made Zhu Hao realize that the other party was going to "surrender".
"Stop firing, prepare your horses, land in heavy armor, and monitor your opponents' every move. Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy!"
After all, Zhu Hao is here to "conquer people with virtue". There is no good fruit to be gained from killing without reason. Although it may seem to the indigenous people that the law of the jungle is the law of the world, Zhu Hao still wants to keep as many of these indigenous people as possible.
After all, his life will be working for him from now on, one more is one more.
Are you afraid that these people will resist?
The natives relied on stones, stone axes, wooden thorns, and slingshots as weapons, and even bronzes could only be used as "magic weapons" that could only be used by upper-class nobles. What real threat would such a person pose to the army led by Zhu Hao?
Zhu Hao brought 10,000 people with him. Even the temporarily equipped Northern Aztecs could destroy the Inca Empire with only 3,000 people. You must know that these were later defeated by 106 Spanish soldiers.
The infantry, 62 cavalry, and a total of 168 strong men were able to wipe out an empire of tens of millions of people.
You must know that in that battle to destroy the country, every time the Spaniards dispatched an army, the unit of measurement was "tens". There was only one "big battle" in which 110 troops were dispatched, and the Inca Empire they faced
The opponents are basically counted in tens of thousands.
In this way, we can know how unbearable these five scumbags are.
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After the deep draft of the shore was officially determined, the fleets docked one after another, and the Ming army began to land.
The Ming army was not in a hurry to plunder. In their eyes, this remote and remote place was a barren land compared to the tens of thousands of taels of gold and millions of taels of silver that were casually found in Panama City.
After the cavalry landed, they immediately found a "guide" to lead the way.
This time, in order to completely conquer the Inca Empire, Zhu Hao captured many indigenous prisoners on his way south. With the indigenous people under Jingjing's two subordinates who knew the "southern dialect" before, they could communicate with each other in about two or three times.
Although not every sentence can be conveyed, the most basic thing is that war is peace, or the terms commonly used in war can complete the communication.
"Let them know that if they run away again, they will suffer disaster if they are caught by us. Unless they stay and be an obedient citizen, take me to their capital and let me see their king!"
Zhu Hao landed ashore surrounded by guards. He observed that a fortified camp needed to be established as soon as possible on this shore to ensure the safety of the fleet and to provide a stable retreat for the army that penetrated deep into the interior.
In view of its importance, Guande Church stayed behind, commanding a thousand officers and soldiers as well as some craftsmen and indigenous warriors. As for the remaining people...including Sun Lan and others, they would go to Cusco with him to complete the key battle.
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On that day, the Ming army received the supreme "sovereign state" treatment.
The residents of the Inca Empire within a few dozen miles around the coastline no longer resisted, and obediently sent the best things they had collected to the Ming army, such as fine wine, dried fish, grain, gold, silver, etc.
The beauty of the tribe.
The people of the Inca Empire seemed to worship the strong. Perhaps they had learned that far to the north, tribes with a similar level of civilization to them were being ravaged by a group of "god-like" people.
Just like when the Spaniards first attacked the Inca Empire, the Inca Empire knew its movements immediately and immediately sent envoys to communicate with them, saying that they would send generous gifts and conclude peace. This is the reason why.
However, the Ming army ignored those "gifts" and instead relied on the coast to quickly build a defense line that could block the counterattack of the Inca Empire soldiers. While setting up artillery positions, they began to transfer the supplies on the ship to the shore.
The camp was built using wood cut down nearby. Five hundred craftsmen and two thousand indigenous coolies were used to build the camp. The construction progress was very fast... The whole point is that in the past six months or so, the indigenous people on the west coast of Central America have basically been doing this kind of work.
Things, practice makes perfect.
"Master Zhu, why don't you take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"
Guan Dezhao entered the temporary command post and couldn't help but asked out of curiosity.
In Guan Dezhao's view, since the landing operation went very smoothly and the enemy was defeated at the first touch, the army should continue to attack. Since the indigenous people can attack with fire, what is the point of building wooden buildings here?
Zhu Hao said: "To seek defeat before victory, we need to leave a solid base on this coast so that even if the frontline is defeated, we can retreat calmly. In addition, our fleet cannot always drift at sea.
I need a place to dock, and this is just the place.
"I have already inquired about the road leading to their capital. About two days from tomorrow, I will lead the main force to go deep into the inland. By then, this place will be left to you, Laoguan! Our fleet must remain highly vigilant and ensure that
Don't be attacked by Franji bandits.
"As for the food and women sent by the local indigenous people, they will all be brought in. As for how to distribute them, it is up to you to decide. Remember, unless they are sent by themselves, try not to disturb the people. If they dare to attack, there will be no mercy.
, even if the place becomes a river of blood, we must ensure the absolute safety of the camp!"