The ships of the South China Sea Fleet went north along the coastline, while Zheng Xing's Marine Corps left the artillery and other equipment on the transport ship. The soldiers were armed with flintlocks and scimitars on their waists, and lightly went north along the land.
The Marines contacted the Han Chinese along the way to appease the indigenous people, and searched for the lone Xiyi armed personnel.
Originally, the land march had to be faster than the fleet in the army, but such a delay, the Marine Corps often fell behind the fleet, and the ship was forced to wait for the Marine Corps on the shore.
When the Marine Corps marched to the middle of the west coast, in the villages of Shuilishe and Banxianshe, they encountered the Dadu Kingdom formed by the local Babula, Bazehai and Hongya tribes.
The Babula, Bazehai, and Hongya were originally of the same origin, but were later divided into different villages. Because there is no written record, they all lost their ethnic history, and each village became an independent ethnic group. The situation of the residents on Page Island is very similar.
The indigenous people on Taiwan Island are still in the stage of slash-and-burn cultivation. They have no words of their own. Even with the Dadu Kingdom, it is not a country in the true sense. It is just the prototype of the country, formed on the basis of a few villages. The tribal alliance, the co-lord of the tribal alliance is called the big belly king.
In the fourth year of Da Mingqi (1624 AD), the Dutch once attacked the Dadu Kingdom, but failed to break the village, and then retreated. The Dadu Kingdom now maintains an independent state, with a total population of 8,000.
The territory of the Dadu Kingdom extends to the coastline, traversing Zhengxing's road to the north.
Zheng Xing didn't dare to call the shots. He figured out some things about the Dadu Kingdom, and then took the Cangshan boat to the "Nanhai" Canton Boat to meet Zheng Zhilong.
"Commander, on the way the Marines were advancing, they encountered an aboriginal kingdom with a big belly. Zheng Xing didn't dare to teach himself, so he came to ask the commander for advice."
"The Kingdom of Big Belly?" Zheng Zhilong frowned. He felt painful when he heard this message. "If it is immortal, it will be difficult to effectively connect the north and the south of Taiwan. Managing Taiwan in the future will bring about many unexpected problems. Well, after all, they are not Xiyi, but the same species as the Han people, but their development level is backward."
"Commander, this is where the embarrassment is." Zheng Xing scratched the back of his head, "Otherwise, with the flintlock of the Marine Corps, I would have levelled its big belly kingdom long ago."
"Your Majesty's Northern Expedition and last year's Southern Expedition were all foreigners. Killing is inevitable. I just don't know your Majesty's attitude towards these natives." Zheng Zhilong couldn't help it. The previous two wars were not like Taiwan The indigenous people on the island don’t know what Zhu Youjian’s attitude towards the indigenous people is.
Zheng Xing remembered, "Commander, I heard that when his Majesty killed a large number of slaves during the Northern Expedition, Man Gui seemed to be bloodthirsty, and he did not see his Majesty punish him."
"Zheng Xing, you don't know that these indigenous people are different from building slaves. Your Majesty warned me to protect the Han Chinese in Nanyang." Zheng Zhilong thought for a while. After destroying it, the military’s goal is to conquer. As for how to govern Taiwan, that’s a matter for civilian officials. If even the conquest is not completed, how can we govern? We have to give the imperial court a complete island of Taiwan."
"Yes, Commander, I understand." With the direction, Zheng Xing's courage on his shoulders became much lighter.
"Master Zheng, is it difficult to conquer? Do you want to move a few artillery ashore?"
"No, Commander," Zheng Xing waved his hand quickly, "I have observed the terrain of Dadu Kingdom. There is no castle at all, just a few villages. Flintlock is enough."
"Master Zheng, once he decides to use force to conquer, he must take down the Dadu King. If he can't be captured alive, then kill it. We must not leave this scourge." Zheng Zhilong is worried that once Datu King escapes, he will continue to organize manpower to continue. On the contrary, it will leave endless disasters.
"Yes, Commander, I promise to complete this task." Zheng Xing saluted Zheng Zhilong. "Commander, then I'm going back?"
"Go, you must be careful, it's the best to convince Dadu Kingdom."
"Subordinates understand."
When Zheng Xing returned to the shore, he immediately lit Wu Caimao's 11th Land Combat Brigade, accompanied by a Han Chinese who knew the local language, and came to the Dadu Society where the Dadu King was located, to meet the Dadu King in person.
Hearing that the army arrived, the Dadu King led a group of men and women to welcome the Dadu Society, and the two met at the entrance of the village.
"Your Excellency Dadu King, we are the army from the Ming Dynasty, and we are here to pay a visit to Dadu King." Zheng Xing bowed and saluted the Dadu King.
"Heavenly Dynasty Daming? Where is Daming?" Dadu Wang couldn't help not bowing, he couldn't even pay a courtesy, he just stared at Zheng Xing's face, as if Zheng Xing was a little white face.
"Da Ming, it's in the west." Zheng Xing was unhappy, but he still stretched out his fingers and pointed to the far west. "King Dadu, aren't there any Han people nearby? Haven't you heard Da Ming's message?"
"I've heard it before." Dadu Wang helped a felt hat on his head that was twisted by the wind. "However, I heard from the Han people that Da Ming was too poor and the people were starving to death. Only then did they venture to Dadu. On the land of the belly kingdom, hey, for God’s sake, I reluctantly agreed to take them in."
"You..." Zheng Xing's heart burst into anger, but he remembered Zheng Zhilong's instructions, so he took a deep breath, and barely suppressed the anger, "Da belly king, this is just their one-sided words, Daming has just conquered The Dutchman who has become a member."
"I don't care about this, but you are just talking about why Daming's army came to our land?" Dadu Wang leaned toward Zheng Xing.
Conquering the Netherlands, I couldn’t scare the King of Dadu. Zheng Xing’s heart was cold, but he still said what he was about to say, "Your Excellency, King of Dadu, Taiwan is lonely overseas. Xiyi may land on the island again at any time. The commander lets us Come and tell King Dadu, it's better to join Da Ming so that he can use his power to resist Xi Yi."
"Join Daming? Why are you?" Dadu Wang's eyes were slightly closed just now, and his eyes widened suddenly, "Where do you come and where, don't hit my Dadu Kingdom's idea again."
"King Dadu, if you join Daming, my majesty will definitely let you live a better life. Everyone has food and clothes." Zheng Xing was about to give it a try.
"Haha..." The big belly king laughed up to the sky, "Daming is so poor that he can't even support himself and the people, can we still live better? We are now working at sunrise and returning at sunset, and we are the real people. There is food to eat, and everyone is clothed."
"If Dadu Wang refuses to submit to Daming, then I have to ask for a flintlock." Zheng Xing obviously increased his tone, knowing that the peace talks are basically hopeless.
"Seven years ago, a devil Xiyi came to beat my Dadu Kingdom, but he didn't come back with a feather?" Dadu King didn't care, and he scorned Zheng Xing's threatening words.
"Ready to shoot!" Looking at the men and women holding knives and forks and farming tools, Zheng Xing really has no desire to kill.
King Dadu even more dismissively: "This is the land of my Dadu Kingdom. No one can step into it without my permission."
The Ming army had already picked up the flintlock, and they began to take aim.
The King Dadu didn't know what he said to the villagers. There were hundreds of men and women who suddenly seemed to see ducks in the pond, and they all yelled at the Ming army.
"Shooting." If Zheng Xing didn't order, the Ming army would be in danger.
"boom."
"boom."
"boom."
…
The soldiers of the Marine Corps stood in three rows according to their usual training. The flintlocks were basically firing without interruption.
The men and women suddenly seemed to be tripped by a duck, and immediately fell a large area.
The villagers in the back stared blankly at their companions falling down and shouting, but they did not stop their footsteps and continued to serve as flintlock targets.
The big belly king holds a wooden fork, personally directs in the middle of the team, and moves forward with the flow of people.
He suddenly discovered that the villagers who ran in front had all fallen down. They were either motionless or rolling in a large area. There was blood everywhere on the ground. If you don't pay attention, you may slip on the muddy road.
"Huh? What's the matter?" The big belly king lowered his head and looked at the corpses under his feet, as well as the wounded people rolling beside the corpses. "Get up quickly, the Ming army didn't use any swords or guns at all. Are you really injured? "
Zheng Xing saw that the Flintlock King was close to the firing range of the flintlock, worried that after he woke up, he turned around and ran back, "The Flintlock extends the firepower, and he targets the Big Belly King."
"Bang, bang, bang..."
I don't know how many flintlock bullets shot into the body of the big belly king. His front robe was recessed to the side of his body one after another, and there were two bullets that hit the front door almost at the same time.
The blood began to trickle, and soon gathered between the crotch to form the Yangtze River.
The big belly king slowly raised his head, as if to see who was shooting at him, but he was disappointed. There were thousands of soldiers aiming and shooting with guns.
The executioner was in the crowd, but Dadu Wang didn't know which one it was.
A hurricane blew over the sea, and Datuwang's somewhat slanted felt hat was blown off by the hurricane. He stretched out his right hand, as if to grasp the felt hat that symbolized Datuwang's status, but his body could not support it anymore. With the wave of his right hand, Datu Wang's body tilted to the right, and his legs were also slowly bent.
"Boom!"
The big belly king's body fell heavily to the ground, splashing blood from the ground.
This arrogant big-bellied king has left a lot of fortunes in history... the last big-bellied king.
"Encircle the past, there are rebels, it doesn't matter if you kill them." Zheng Xing's voice quickly concealed the echo of Datu Wang falling to the ground.
While shooting, the gunmen quickly advanced to the left and right.
At first, some villagers were holding wooden forks and shovels, preparing to fight the Ming army to the death, but these early birds didn't even have a chance to shoot. They went to another world to kill with their big belly king.
The remaining hundreds of men and women were completely surrounded by soldiers from the Marine Corps.
King Dadu died newly, they no longer had the backbone, and no one came out to start.
The Han Chinese following the Marine Corps, under Zheng Xing's instruction, shouted to the villagers in the encirclement: "If you want to avoid death, put down your weapons and kneel on the ground."
Another fishy hurricane blew on the sea. This hurricane came just in time. It not only blew off the wooden sticks and forks in the hands of the villagers, but also blew the remaining hundreds of villagers to the ground.