Chapter 94 Pingbo Ni

If you don’t care about Boni and go straight south at this moment, the retreat of Daming may be cut off.

British Duke Zhang Mao would not take such risks.

Zhang Mao thought for a while and asked, "How many ships and people are you under your command?"

The two armies meet and combine into one.

British Duke Zhang Mao became the commander of the entire army.

If you follow the qualifications, it is naturally Wang Ying.

When Wang Ying was haunting at the sea, Zhang Mao was still sipping breasts.

It’s just that many things don’t follow the qualifications.

First of all, Zhang Mao’s identity is that he has a good father, who was a Duke from his origins. He naturally became the leader of the nobles of Jingnan.

Of course, the Jingnan nobles have been suppressed by the orthodox nobles. But the centipede dead and not dead. Not to mention, the Jingnan nobles who have been in charge of the Ming army for decades and have experienced three emperors.

They had long been integrated with the Ming army.

Even if the emperor wants to clean them up, it is impossible.

Although after Liu Pu's death, the Jingnan nobles were impressed for a long time, there was no general in the Jingnan nobles during this period.

But now, Zhu Yi, who was struggling to guard Yili, and Zhang Mao, who was by the prince, have become two flags of the nobles of Jingnan.

The relationship between Zhang Mao and the prince is many times more military and political resources than Wang Ying.

But although Wang Ying himself has his own small hill, that's all.

He counted upwards and it was actually Zheng He's remnant. If the eunuch of the Ming Dynasty had power, he could be considered a faction of the inner minister, but the scenery of the inner minister had already been blown away by the rain and wind.

Wang Ying can't compare with Zhang Mao anyway, let alone Wang Ying's record, there are some disgraces. For example, Bai Tengjiang's defeat.

So Wang Ying got off the seat very sensible.

When Wang Ying heard Zhang Mao’s question, he immediately said: “Duke, our troops do not have many ships, only about 20,000 people, including more than 1,000 Su Lu troops.”

"Our troops set out from Yizhou and headed south, with more than 100 warships, but they stationed several ports along the way and ordered ships to return to Fujian to migrate the people. They serve as the back of the army."

"So there are only so many people left."

Zhang Mao sighed slightly in his heart, and gave up the idea of ​​going south to the old port and fighting with Danmu and Mantaga.

Although there are many warships in the Ming Dynasty, there are more ships on the other side. The combined ships of both sides are possible. Of course, most of these are not warships.

Instead, armed merchant ships.

However, the materials and wood of merchant ships that can sail far away will not be too bad. Even if the quality of the Ming warships is better than that of the other party, many wolves will bite the tiger to death.

Zhang Mao said: "Since that's the case, let's turn to Boni and ask Boni first."

Wang Ying, Chen Rui, Wang Zhi, Huang Tong and other generals responded loudly.

After repairing the whole thing for a few days, the troops were sent to Boni.

Before the capital of Boni, I did not encounter any resistance. First, it was the situation in the capital of Boni. I have also said before that there are many waterways in Linhai City, and several rivers pass through the middle of the city. It can even be said that in Boni City, taking a boat is much more convenient than riding a horse.

Now Venice's reputation has not been passed down, otherwise it would be an exaggeration to say that it is Eastern Venice.

Such a city defense system has no resistance to the Ming Navy coming from the sea, and most of the entire city is within the range of artillery.

At this time, the Ming artillery exerted its power, dozens of warships lined up, and hundreds of cannons bombarded the city in an orderly manner.

The houses of the nobles in Nanyang may be better and are relatively sturdy. Many of them are made of Islamic style brick and stone buildings. Even so, such buildings are powerless when they are bombarded by cannons.

Not to mention, what kind of houses do ordinary people look like?

It’s like a stilt house in the south, built with bamboo, with a floor separated from the ground, and snakes and insects coming in, many of them are ventilated on all sides, so how cool it is.

As for the roof, there are leaves paved, and I don’t know what leaves it is. It can shelter from wind and rain.

But it can't stop the shells.

If the houses of the Boni princes and nobles could block one or two shells, the houses of these people would not have any hindrance to the shells at all.

It's like playing bowling.

Any house that was gently hit by the shells became a mess - it was broken apart.

After a bombardment, before Zhang Mao ordered the siege, someone went out of the city to surrender.

This round of artillery completely defeated the Boni people's will to resist.

After all, although the firearm revolution started by Zhu Qizhen has spread to the South China Sea, for example, most artillery on merchant ships in the South China Sea has been popularized. But the real essence is still in the Ming army.

Even so many heavy artillery bombarded together, the last time was in the Battle of Lang Son. If it were not fought in an army war, there would be no such situation.

The reason is very simple.

It is difficult to transport cannons on land. More than a hundred cannons require tens of thousands or even more horses. The transportation is a little too difficult. It is not as easy to transport on a ship.

Zhang Mao immediately called Huang Tong over and said, "Now Bo Ni surrenders, do you think it is true or false?"

Being surrendered is like being attacked.

There are too many cases of false surrender in history, and Zhang Mao cannot be careful.

Huang Tong almost dared not look up to Zhang Mao and said, "Don't worry, the power of the Duke of heaven and man is to make thunder and shock the world. How dare the Boni savages disobey the Heavenly Dynasty?"

This artillery battle not only scared the Boni people, but also shocked the surrendered general very much.

This is almost the most intense bombardment in this world and era.

It's something that many people can't imagine.

Zhang Mao said: "Okay, since you say that, you dare to go to the city to collect the price."

Zhang Mao chose Huang Tong, which is also the most suitable person.

Huang Tong has proved himself. It is believed that the Huang family has been in Nanyang for 100 or 200 years and has many connections. If they want to reduce their connections, they can also reduce misunderstandings.

Similarly, if you break Huangtong, Zhang Mao is also acceptable.

Huang Tong agreed without hesitation.

Then he brought his three thousand soldiers into Boni City and immediately controlled the situation. Then the Ming army entered Boni City.

Under the security of the matter, Zhang Mao summoned the powerful and powerful people in Boni City to appease the hearts of the people. He said: "The King of Boni rebelled against the court and his crimes were unforgivable and he was sentenced."

"However, the emperor's grace is vast, and his grace is all over the world, and his crimes are all over the world. I will not vent my anger. As long as you are obedient and obey the laws of the court, the court will naturally not be punished. But he is unruly. If you do not follow the destiny of heaven, you can escape today's death, and you will not escape the punishment of the future. Life and death are in your own hands, not in the court."

"I dare not wait." The group of people immediately shouted.

However, there was also noise in it, and a big mullah said, "Sir, don't you know what you should do to us?"

Zhang Mao immediately understood the concerns of these people.

Who is the main force who opposes the imperial court this time?

It's Islam.

Zhang Mao naturally understood this. However, major affairs of the court cannot tolerate emotional matters.

If he could, he would naturally be willing to eliminate all the uncertainties. It was just a matter of the Western Regions, and Bai Gui used all his political futures as the price.

Zhang Mao didn't want to do this either.

Secondly, this is different from the Western Regions.

Although the court in the Western Regions was once lost, on the whole, the enemy was weak and we were strong, and we were still killing the people in our dynasty.

Moreover, if Zhang Mao did this, then there would be much resistance to going south. It would be unfavorable to major events in the court. After all, the killing of the people in front of him was small, but it would be a big deal to trigger fierce resistance from the entire Nanyang Hui and Muslims.

Zhang Mao said to the person beside him: "Please come here."

Prince Su Lu arrived in a moment and immediately saluted Zhang Mao.

Zhang Mao introduced Prince Sulu to them and said, "This is Prince Sulu and a believer of Allah. Now he is in the army and serves the court."

"The Emperor Taizu issued an edict saying: 'Like Mongolia, although the beauty and eyes are not from the Chinese race, they are born between heaven and earth. Anyone who can know etiquette and righteousness and is willing to be a subject is no different from those in Zhongxia. Therefore, I will tell you that I should know it.'"
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