It seems that Daming’s territory can only end here for the time being. Zheng Xing turned his goal to consolidate the land in the south and appease the people in the south. He left some soldiers stationed on the border without a boundary wall, and prepared to go back. Up.
Before Zheng Xing left Raub, he planned to pay a visit to the local headman Sumidan. Even if he is not a friend, he should not be an enemy.
Sumidan welcomed Zheng Xing warmly, serving good wine and food, but when it came to naturalization as a Han Chinese, Sumidan refused to agree to the death.
But Sumidan told Zheng Xing that villages like him that stand on their own feet are everywhere in the middle of the Malay Peninsula.
Zheng Xing understood that the central part of the Malay Peninsula should be lined with hills, and even a village is a force. The forces of Portugal, Daming, and Ayutthaya have not infiltrated, and here is a land of no ownership for the time being.
Because of the numerous hills, the leaders here are not very strong. As long as the South China Sea Fleet moves its fingers, these villages can be wiped out and they can be forced to join Da Ming.
But now is not the time. The South China Sea Fleet has just entered Malacca and its footing is not stable. It is temporarily relying on the scam that "Zheng Zhilong is a descendant of Zheng Sanbao" to maintain its rule over the local area.
It is not difficult to wipe out these chiefs. The key is to bring the local people back to their hearts.
To get the local people back, he must first stand firm. Zheng Xing thinks about it. After the court sends civilian officials and establishes a stable local government, the Marine Corps should be able to free up.
Zheng Xing wandered around for another day, and this time, he was really ready to go back.
But Zheng Xing couldn't go back.
At dusk, Zheng Xing had just returned to the camp, and his guards rushed to report: "Master, it's not good, there is a fight."
"Fighting? Who is fighting?" Zheng Xing took a look at the unspeakable soldier.
"The local people and the soldiers of Toungoo."
"Tungoo? Isn't Tungoo destroyed the country? So the soldiers who returned to Tungoo?" Zheng Xing's mind quickly turned, convinced that he had made no mistake.
"Master, we have inquired about it. It is indeed the soldiers from Toungoo. I don't know how they escaped here, but they robbed the local people all the way and fought with the local people."
"How many soldiers from Toungoo are there?" Zheng Xing wondered whether this was a good thing or a bad thing for the South China Sea Fleet.
"What is coming now is their vanguard. There are thousands of them. It is said that there are tens of thousands of them."
"Tens of thousands?" Zheng Xing's mouth couldn't close. Toungoo's soldiers really had to have tens of thousands. Even if the entire Fourth Marine Division was gathered together, they might not be able to annihilate them.
"The legend is tens of thousands. Our people have not seen it, but there are indeed thousands of them in the vanguard."
Zheng Xing is stunned. There are thousands of troops in the vanguard, and it is not surprising that the main force has tens of thousands, but the country has been destroyed by Toungoo, how can so many troops slip through the net? Could it be that the army is falsely reporting the merits of the war
It's not right. Daming is already in the province of Tongyu. No matter how the army falsely reports on the military merits, it is impossible for the civilian officials to help conceal it, right
what happened? Where did these Toungoo soldiers get out
Zheng Xing can't take much care of it anymore, "How far is the vanguard of Toungoo?"
"It's less than forty miles, it should be less than a day's journey."
Zheng Xing poured tea from the left to the right, and suddenly shouted, "Send Lingbing!"
"Here!" Three soldiers in charge of sending orders stood in front of Zheng Xing.
"You, rush back to Malacca City immediately and report the situation here to the commander."
"Yes, division seat." The messenger immediately left the barracks and headed south at night.
Zheng Xing pointed to the second messenger, "Notify us of the investigation, immediately go north, contact the army, and ask what is going on, and how many soldiers are there in Toungoo."
"Yes, Master."
There was only one messenger left in the house, and Zheng Xing felt that it was not enough. He had to say to his own soldiers: "Those who inform us, closely monitor Dongyu's vanguard."
"Yes, Master, the subordinates will inform them now."
Zheng Xing looked at the last messenger, "Brother is going to work hard."
The soldier's chest was straight, and his body stood upright, "Master, please give me an order."
"Send the Marine Corps soldiers nearby to gather here immediately, without error."
"Yes, Master, the subordinates rushed to pass orders overnight."
"Well, go, pay attention to safety, after all, this is not a site we are familiar with."
"Thank you for your reminder." The soldier gave a military salute to Zheng Xing, turned and left the barracks, and soon disappeared into the dark night.
The main force of Zheng Xing's Marine Corps remained in Malacca City. The rest of the soldiers were scattered throughout the southern part of the Malay Peninsula because they had to go to different places to register the population. In his hands, there was only one battalion with more than 300 soldiers.
After sending off the three messengers, Zheng Xing gathered three hundred soldiers and moved the camp to the foothills of Jibao Mountain in the dark. It is relatively hidden, and it is difficult for outsiders to find it unless the local people are the guides.
In the afternoon of the next day, Sumidan came to the barracks in person, "Master Zheng!"
Zheng Xing was taken aback, "Why is Su Tou here? Please sit down."
Sumidan was sweating in anxiousness. Where did he sit down? He almost knelt to Zheng Xing, "Master Zheng, save us!"
Zheng Xing knowingly asked: "Su Tou, don't worry, sit down and speak slowly." He winked, and the soldiers bought a small square stool for Sumidan.
Sumidan sat down on the square stool, "Master Zheng..."
"What the hell is going on? Suddenly become like this?" Zheng Xing was still tepid.
"The soldiers of Toungoo, I don't know where they came from, they specifically killed people like us." Sumidan looked horrified, as if he had already seen the soldiers of Toungoo.
"Mutilating the people?" Zheng Xing narrowed his eyes, looking puzzled. "Why did they mutilate the people
"God knows why," Sumidan had a lingering fear, "I beg Master Zheng, we must save us."
Zheng Xing remained unhurried, "How do they harm the people?"
"Murdering, arson, robbery, rape, some villages were slaughtered by them, in short, all bad things were done," Sumidan got up from the square bench and knelt in front of Zheng Xing. To save us, only you can save us."
"Su Tou get up first," Zheng Xing helped Sumidan up. "Su Tou talks about what is going on."
The rumor that Sumidan would have heard was roughly the same as what Zheng Xing's soldiers knew. However, the harm of Dongyubing was greatly exaggerated, leaving them with blue-eyed and red-haired cannibals.
"Why did Su Tou get into these demons? Where did they come from?" Zheng Xing asked, asking you to become a Han Chinese. You didn't want to. Now that you met an enemy, you knew you were asking for help.
"Hey, who knows where the demons came from," Sumidan just shook his head and sighed. "The situation is critical now. Only Master Zheng can save us."
"Me?" Zheng Xing looked astonished. "My subordinates are all Da Ming soldiers, but the village of Sutou does not belong to Da Ming. My soldiers will go there. I'm afraid it's not appropriate?"
"Master," Sumidan took out a stack of white paper from his arms, "This is our staff Hetian rental paper. As long as the teacher rescues us this time, we are willing to convert the whole village to Han people and join Daming from now on."
"Is Su Tou's words true?" Zheng Xing took the paperwork, but he still didn't believe in these natives, and he didn't have any proof.
"Of course it is true," Sumidan almost jumped up in a hurry. "As long as Daming drove away the Toungoo soldiers, Daming is stronger than Toungoo, do we dare to break our promise?"
Zheng Xingxiang thought too. Daming didn't use force to become naturalized, just because he lacked a reason. If Sumidan deceived Daming, he just gave him the opportunity to use soldiers, "Su Tou thought it through, this is your choice, and we didn't persecute you. "
"There is no persecution, no persecution, we are voluntary," Sumidan couldn't help but overjoyed when he saw Zheng Xing's mouth.
"How far are the soldiers from Toungoo?"
"About ten miles, less than an hour's journey." Su Mi Danxin said, this Daming Master, how can he burn his butt in a hurry
In fact, it was Sumidan’s ass that was on fire. It has nothing to do with Zheng Xing for the time being. Dong Yubing had to at least bloodbath Sumidan’s village before he came into contact with Zheng Xing’s Marine Corps. He looked at Sumidan in a panic. Zheng Xing was amused secretly. It seems that these Dongyu soldiers came too in time.
He sent an order to the soldiers: "Form the team immediately and meet the Dongyu soldiers." Yesterday, Zheng Xing had only 300 soldiers, but this morning, the nearby Marines rushed over, and now his men have more than 500 soldiers. .
The bugler blew the assembly call, and all the Marine Corps soldiers immediately gathered outside Zheng Xing's big tent.
Zheng Xing estimated that if there were soldiers coming nearby and heard this assembly call, they would definitely speed up and join him.
"Su Tou has a rest in the barracks first. We have to fight the enemy. We don't have time to entertain Su Tou for the time being." Zheng Xing bowed his hand to Sumidan and was about to set off.
Sumidan couldn't help but nodded like a chicken pecking at the rice, "The teacher is busy first, it is important to retreat from the enemy, I will take care of myself."
"Go!" Zheng Xing cried out, and more than 500 soldiers were divided into three columns to meet the Dongyu Army in the north.
When the Marines arrived in Raub village, they had not seen the shadow of Toungoo soldiers. Zheng Xing transformed the three columns into horizontal teams and guarded them at the entrance of the village. Now there were only 500 soldiers. He could not care about leaving the reserve team. The more the number, the more. The more enemies he killed, the more he was ready to fight Dongyujun desperately.
About less than a stick of incense, there were faint crying and screaming from women and children.
"Tongyu Soldiers are here, get ready." Zheng Xing stood at the back of the team, and he shouted, as a reminder to the soldiers that since the Marine Corps entered Nanyang, they have basically used more to fight less, rarely like today. In this way, in the face of more than twice as many enemies, he reminded the soldiers, but also reminded himself to cheer up.
"Master, there are fugitives ahead, what should I do?"
Zheng Xing looked up and saw that there were dozens of disheveled men and women, followed by bright steel knives chasing after them. Although the people used all their strength to feed themselves, they still couldn't get past the soldiers behind. From time to time, people fell in the east. Call the soldier's steel knife.
"These beasts, Dongyu remnants, the people have given up their homes and property, why are they chasing after them?" Zheng Xing clenched his fists and cursed, as if these people were all Han.