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Chapter 1080 Inca Empire
On the sixth day of April, Zhu Hao's fleet arrived at the coast of Peru in the later world.

Zhu Hao knew that the capital of the Inca Empire was in Cuzco, so he had no choice but to look far away. Naturally, to take down the Inca Empire, he had to capture the largest city of the primitive empire first, and conquered their capital to ensure that this force could be used by him.

When the fleet sailed south along the coast of Peru, some houses were found one after another on the coastal land. The strange thing is that these houses are almost all built on trees. If you don't get close, you can't see where the indigenous people live.

Zhu Hao was also thinking about this matter.

It stands to reason that the European colonists had 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 did they not come to invade?

Perhaps in the eyes of European colonists, these places are too backward, and they don't look like there are silver mines, so they don't bother to snatch them for the time being.

The ships in Panama City were not sailed by European colonists through the Strait of Magellan in South America, but were built directly in the shipyard in Panama City. Zhu Hao demolished the key facilities of the shipyard while burning Panama City. Together with the gold and silver goods looted from the city, they were transported back to the new city, and the remaining buildings were burned together with the wharf.

"Come on shore."

Zhu Hao roughly estimated the latitude and longitude of the disembarkation fleet, confirmed that it was near San Juan Bay in later generations, and immediately issued an order.

Afterwards, various signal flares were launched into the sky, and various strange fireworks floated in the sky during the day, but this did not seem to scare the natives of the Andes Mountains on the shore.

The level of civilization of the Inca Empire... made Zhu Hao "admired".

Probably the garrison on the coast of the Inca Empire noticed the approaching ships of the Ming Dynasty, and they regarded all ships that did not belong to their civilization as enemies. …even mixed with canoes made from a whole big tree. In each small boat, there were twenty or thirty poorly dressed Inca soldiers. Everyone held paddles in their hands. It was like a dragon boat race. Go paddling and rush towards the Daming Fleet.

"This is……?"

The generals standing beside Zhu Hao were all dumbfounded.

Small boats beat big boats, this group of people is very courageous!
But then these generals realized that this group of natives were not as reckless as they seemed, because there seemed to be firewood and other inflammable materials piled up on the bow of the boat. The wooden boat was ignited to ignite Ming's ship.

Zhu Hao took a general look through the binoculars. In a short period of time, there were hundreds of canoes rushing along the coastline of the Inca Empire, and there seemed to be more canoes on the shore.

Zhu Hao instantly understood why the European colonists did not move the Inca Empire for the time being. I am afraid that they could not complete a head-on invasion from the coastline. The burning of the ships alone caused headaches for the European colonists.

After all, the European colonists may only have one or two large ships and three or four small boats every time they dispatch, and the soldiers are only one or two hundred. How can they fight with the overwhelming natives?
"fire!"

Following Zhu Hao's military order, the Deming fleet did not need to complete the movement of turning the hull on the sea to start shooting...the number of cannons at the bow is already sufficient.

"Bang bang bang..."

Cannonballs are fired one after another, not flowering bullets, but shotgun shells, which are suitable for covering a large area in the air. After being exploded in mid-air, the built-in projectiles fall to the sea surface, which is enough to cover a range of 40 meters. One exception was blown off or knocked over.

Then the group of natives who were rowing to be death squads overturned and fell into the sea.

The scene is very spectacular.

Daming's boats are traveling very fast, and it seems that not all the natives in the sea can swim... This is also something Zhu Hao can't understand. Since he lives by the sea, he can't even swim?
But as the fleet approached, Zhu Hao discovered the problem.

The Inca Empire was strictly hierarchical. These people who were sent out as death squads were obviously slaves or prisoners of war. Their mission was to come out 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 They will die, so they can only rush forward.

The best proof of this is that when they fell into the sea, they struggled desperately, but no companion came to rescue them.

Then a more spectacular scene appeared...

Just now, hundreds of boats rushed towards the direction of the Deming Fleet, and now they realized that something was wrong, and they rushed to the coastline of their own coastline...It gave people a sense of anticlimactic humor.

Daming's steam-powered boats are not used to the bad habits of this group of natives. They travel very fast, and then the artillery continues to roar. The people on the canoes who have not yet landed, whether they are the Inca soldiers who are in charge of the formation or the slaves who are in charge of sending them to death , was basically knocked out of the sea.

Hundreds of natives were directly killed by the shotgun, and their blood almost dyed the sea red.

The big boat had to stop about two miles from the shore.

The main reason is that the hydrological conditions of this harbor are unknown. Although San Juan Bay is a good natural harbor in later generations, we don’t know which section of the coast has a deep draft and which section has a shallow draft. We can only send small and medium-sized ships to land first, and later confirm that it is suitable for large ships. After landing, the main force landed again.

Even the small boats on Daming's side were many times larger than the native canoes, and they were all equipped with cannons and firecrackers. When charging, they did not lose their prestige at all, and the cannons continued to roar.

As a result, the aborigines on the tree houses on the shore will suffer. Many people are fleeing to the shore and the mountains, but some people did not escape. They raised a large flag made of unknown material, and then a group A group of people gathered around, knelt down and saluted in the direction of the fleet as if they were performing some religious ceremony.

This kind of behavior made Zhu Hao realize that the other party wanted to "surrender".

"Stop firing guns, prepare horses, put on heavy armor after landing, monitor every move of the opponent, and shoot to kill anyone who resists!"

After all, Zhu Hao came to "convince people with virtue", killing for no reason has no good fruit to eat. Although it may be seen by the natives that the law of the jungle is the only law in this world, Zhu Hao still wants to keep as many of these natives as possible His life, after all, will work for him in the future, one more is one.

Afraid that this group of people will rebel?

The aborigines who rely on stones, stone axes, wooden spikes, and slingshots as weapons, and even bronze wares can only be used as "magic weapons" that can only be used by the upper class nobles. What real threat will such people pose to the army led by Zhu Hao?

Zhu Hao brought 1 people with him. Even if the North Aztecs were temporarily equipped, a mere 62 people would be able to destroy the Inca Empire. You must know that this was later taken by 160 Spanish troops. Infantry, [-] cavalry, a total of [-] eight strong men will destroy an empire of tens of millions of people.

You must know that in that battle of annihilation, the Spaniards used "dozens" as the unit of measurement every time they dispatched an army. Only one "war" dispatched 110 people, and the opponents of the Inca Empire they faced, Basically, it is counted in tens of thousands.

In this way, we can know how unbearable these five scumbags are.

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After formally determining the depth of the shore, the fleet 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 was a poor and remote place. Compared with the casual search of tens of thousands of taels of gold and millions of taels of silver in Panama City, this place is simply barren.

After the cavalry came ashore, they immediately called for a "guide" to lead the way.

This time, in order to completely conquer the Inca Empire, Zhu Hao captured many aboriginal captives on his way south. With the aboriginals who knew the "Southern dialect" under Jingjing's two subordinates before, they could form a communication about two or three times.

Although not every sentence can be conveyed, the most basic thing is that war is harmony, or the terms commonly used in war, can complete communication.

"Let them know that if they run away again, they will suffer catastrophe if they are caught by us. Unless they stay and be obedient citizens, take me to their capital and let me meet their king!"

Surrounded by his guards, Zhu Hao landed on the shore. He observed it. It is necessary to establish a camp with strong barriers as soon as possible to ensure the safety of the fleet and provide a stable retreat for the army that goes deep into the inland.

In view of its importance, the Guande Church stayed behind to lead a thousand officers and soldiers, as well as some craftsmen and indigenous laborers. As for the rest... including Sun Lan and others, they will go to Cusco with him to complete the crucial battle.

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On that day, the Ming army received the supreme "suzerain" treatment.

Residents of the Inca Empire within dozens of miles around the coastline stopped resisting and obediently sent the best things they treasured to the Ming army, such as fine wine, dried fish, grain, gold, silver, etc., and even more The beauties of the tribe.

The people of the Inca Empire seem to worship the strong, and they probably have learned that the tribes with a similar level of civilization in the far north are being ravaged by a group of "god-like" people.

Just like when the Spaniards attacked the Inca Empire for the first time, the Inca Empire knew their movements immediately, and immediately sent envoys to communicate with them, saying that they would send generous gifts and conclude peace.

The Ming army ignored those "gifts". Instead, relying on the coast, they quickly built a line of defense that could stop the Inca soldiers from counterattacking. While setting up artillery positions, they began to transfer the supplies on board to the shore.

The camp was built using wood felled nearby, using [-] craftsmen and [-] indigenous coolies, and the progress of construction was very fast... The whole thing is that in the past half a year 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?"

Called into the temporary command post, Guan De couldn't help asking out of curiosity.

From Guan Dezhao's point of view, since the landing operation was very smooth and the enemy would be defeated at the first touch, the army should continue to attack.Since the aborigines can attack with fire, what's the point of building wooden buildings here?
Zhu Hao said: "We need to plan for defeat before we can win. We need to leave a solid base on this coast, so that even if the front line is defeated, we can retreat back calmly. In addition, our fleet can't stay on the sea forever. Need a place to berth and this is the place.

"I have already asked about the road leading to their capital. About two days later, I will lead the main force to go deep into the inland. At that time, I will hand over this place to you, Laoguan! Our fleet must maintain a high degree of vigilance and ensure that Don't be attacked by Frangji robbers.

"As for the food and women sent by the local aborigines, they will all be taken in. As for how to distribute them, I will leave it up to you to decide. Remember, unless they send them themselves, try not to disturb the people. If they dare to attack, don't show mercy , even if blood flows here, we must ensure the absolute safety of the camp!"

(End of this chapter)