Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 207 The Battle of Mount Ceylan in the Ming Dynasty

A quarter of an hour later.

"King Yalie Kuner of Mount Ceylon has met the envoy of the Ming Dynasty. I wish His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty a long life!"

Ariel Kunel made a fist with his right hand, placed it across his chest, bent down to salute, and at the same time spoke in less fluent Chinese.

"Wang Jinghong, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty Fleet, pays homage to the king and wishes him good luck, longevity and health!"

Wang Jinghong put his hands together in front of his chest, with his left hand outside and his right hand inside. He bent his body at 45 degrees, with his hands raised flat and his chest pushed outwards. At the same time, he folded his body with his hips, keeping his head and body still. When he stood up, he lowered his hands and moved his hands naturally. Cross each other on the chest to show respect.

The soldiers accompanying Ariel Kunel saw Wang Jinghong bowing for the first time, and they were all shocked by such a solemn etiquette.

At this moment, bursts of cannon fire were heard on the sea.

The roaring sound of artillery was continuous, and it sounded like nearly a hundred artillery fires in sequence.

"The Ming Dynasty's giant ship and divine cannon are so powerful!"

Listening to the rumbling sound of cannons, Ariel Kunel sighed with emotion: "As soon as the cannons sounded, the little king knew that the angel of heaven was coming, and immediately came out of the palace to greet him."

Wang Jinghong cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I have been ordered to patrol the ocean and, in accordance with the rules of the sea, fire a hundred-gun salute to pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Ariel Kunel nodded and said: "I, Mount Ceylon, and the Ming Dynasty have always been in harmony. After the little king succeeded to the throne, he paid even more respect to the Ming Dynasty."

"But my memory is still fresh in my mind. Two years ago, our Ming Dynasty's fleet passed through your country, but the king brutally killed six of our Ming Dynasty's messengers, officers and soldiers."

Wang Jinghong's face darkened, and he immediately mentioned the incident that happened in the third year of Yongle's reign.

"Misunderstanding, completely misunderstanding. I deeply regret for offending the Ming Dynasty fleet. I have been uneasy in my heart. I chant sutras day and night just to atone for my sins."

Ariel Kunel hurriedly bowed.

When he said this, Prince Yager happened to lead someone to carry two heavy red boxes and came to Wang Jinghong and others.

"Open all the boxes!"

Ariel Kunel switched to his native language and gave instructions to Yager.

So Yager opened the box himself and saw two boxes containing silver and gold respectively.

"Envoy, please see, Xiao Wang is willing to give 6 taels of silver to compensate the families of the six people who were accidentally killed by me. In addition, I will donate 1 taels of gold to His Majesty the Ming Emperor as compensation for the Ming Dynasty. I hope that His Majesty the Ming Emperor Be magnanimous and forgive me, the country of Mount Ceylon.”

Ariel Kunel pointed at the gold and silver, leaned slightly towards Wang Jinghong, and spoke in Chinese with great respect.

"If it's really out of misunderstanding, then that's fine."

Wang Jinghong saw that Ariel Kunel's words and deeds were abnormal, and thought that this person had other plans, so he deliberately followed the other person's words and said: "After the misunderstanding is resolved, I am happy to become friends with the king."

"A true misunderstanding!"

Ariel Kuner said: "Since the Ming Dynasty fleet cruised, I was a little worried, worried that the Ming Dynasty would bully the weak and turn us into overseas vassals. But over the years, the envoys have always respected overseas countries, and every time Everywhere I visited, good stories were spread, and the king, his ministers and the people were delighted."

"In addition, the Ming Dynasty's fleet also brought countless Chinese products to overseas countries. They opened up trade locally and exchanged what they had, which made business prosperous in overseas countries. Every time Xiao Wang thinks about it, he is simply envious."

Wang Jinghong tried to test the situation: "If the king is interested, the Japanese envoy can entertain the king on the treasure ship tomorrow and invite the king to board the ship to view the cargo. What does the king want?"

"That's great!"

Ariel Kunel immediately answered: "But the envoy, the little king wants to board the ship for a return visit later. Today, the trade alliance ceremony should be held in the palace first. How about asking the envoy to enter the palace with the little king now?" "

Wang Jinghong smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this envoy comes with sincerity, and of course I am willing to follow you to the palace to hold an alliance ceremony. But I still have two thousand naval officers and soldiers under my command. They carried goods when they landed, and they are now stationed at the reception. Under the reception desk.”

Ariel Kunel followed Wang Jinghong's words and said: "What the envoy said makes sense. Since you and I have formed an alliance, of course we must have the soldiers of both sides as witnesses. In this way, the little king went back to the palace to wait. Because the mountain road is rugged, the little king asked the prince to Stay and lead the way for the envoy."

"Your Majesty, the prince is the future heir of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom. The mountain roads are rugged. Is it inappropriate for him to lead the way?"

Wang Jinghong looked at the dark-skinned Yager, then looked at Ariel Kunel and said: "If an accident happens on the road——"

His words have two meanings.

The first meaning is that if Yager falls off a cliff or has an accident on the road, it will affect the trust between both parties.

The second meaning is that if Yager deliberately took a detour and brought the Ming soldiers into the encirclement of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom’s ambush, then the Ming army would resist and fight with the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom soldiers. By then, the prince would be blind and the prince would be killed. Danger.

"Don't worry, envoy, if Yager dares to have any different intentions, you can kill him!"

Yalie Kunel felt guilty as a thief, thinking that Wang Jinghong was worried that he would set up an ambush to attack the Ming army, so he immediately patted his chest and said.

"The king is like this, so I have no choice but to obey."

Wang Jinghong stopped talking nonsense and immediately handed over his hands.

Ariel Kuner said: "The little king will go ahead and wait for the envoy to arrive in the palace."

"Please."

Wang Jinghong stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation.

After a while.

Wang Jinghong walked down the reception desk and took Yager back to the ranks of Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers.

He called his deputy Chen Dezu, pulled him to a deserted area, and whispered: "I think Ariel Kunel asked his son to lead us, and I'm afraid he has no good intentions."

"We will pretend to follow the prince later, but after a quarter of an hour, you quietly take away 500 people and check around to see if there is any ambush."

"Before you leave, you must find a way to tell all the brothers to cheer up and not to be careless. If you notice anything unusual, immediately display your shield to prevent the other party from ambushing archers."

Chen Dezu nodded and accepted the order: "Yes."

After the two men returned to the team, Chen Dezu loudly ordered: "All officers and men, bring your goods and follow them."

In this way, two thousand officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty followed Yager and began to walk towards the interior of Mount Ceylon.

After walking for about half an hour, everyone entered a valley.

Wang Jinghong stopped Yager and said, "Prince, this road is overgrown with weeds. It is obviously not an official road of your country. Are we going the wrong way?"

"Don't worry, envoy. It rained heavily some time ago, which caused weeds to grow on both sides of the road."

Yager explained.

at the same time.

on the coast.

General Ta Lei under the command of Ariel Kunel led dozens of ships and rushed towards Hou Xian's fleet. "Surround the Ming fleet, get close, and set fire to their warships."

Hou Xian looked through the telescope and suddenly discovered that soldiers from the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom were rushing towards them on boats. He immediately called the messenger and ordered: "Send the order to meet the enemy. Hurry to meet the enemy!"

After receiving the order, the herald quickly ran to the commanding heights of the second deck, raised a flag and said: "All archers and crossbowmen, come to the battlefield and meet the enemy quickly!"

the other side.

Wang Jinghong and others suddenly heard the sound of cannons and knew that Ariel Kunel had indeed used a strategy to divert the tiger away from the mountain and attacked the fleet.

Yager heard the sound of the cannon, reacted instantly, and ran away.

"Put down the goods, show off your shield, and prepare to face the enemy!"

When Wang Jinghong saw Yager running away, he did not chase him. Instead, he pulled out the machete from his waist, raised it into the air, and shouted to the soldiers behind him.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of archers who had ambush appeared around the valley, shooting sharp arrows one after another.

Fortunately, the Ming army was prepared in advance and quickly raised their shields. However, due to the dense ambush and sharp arrows, some Ming soldiers were still hit by arrows and fell down.

After a while, the archers retreated, and another group of Ceylon Mountain soldiers began to throw stones down from the valley, trying to kill the Ming army soldiers with stones.

After the stones were still intact, all the ambush soldiers rushed down from above and began to engage the Ming army in close combat.

After the two sides fought for a while, Wang Jinghong seized the opportunity and ordered to the soldiers around him: "Go to General Chen quickly and tell him that Yalie Kunel ambushed the soldiers, and asked him to bring his people to join our troops, and then rush out. valley."

"As ordered." The soldier agreed without hesitation.

He called two soldiers and said, "Quick, follow me."

"General Wang, Xiaoxiao!"

At this time, a soldier beside Wang Jinghong raised his shield and blocked a hidden arrow shot from a distance for Wang Jinghong.

The soldier shouted loudly: "Commander, we must fight our way out of the encirclement, otherwise we will always be surrounded and beaten by the opponent!"

Wang Jinghong said: "Give me the order to unite the troops in one place, form a circle with shield hands, surround the rest of the soldiers in the middle, and move forward slowly."

"Yes." The soldier replied quickly.

As a result, the Ming army quickly gathered together, surrounded the wounded, archers, Wang Jinghong and others, and slowly moved towards the exit of the valley.

Naturally, the leader of the ambush in Mount Ceylon would not let Wang Jinghong's plan go as planned. He personally led a dozen strong soldiers with broad swords in their hands and rushed towards the shield formation formed by the Ming army.

However, their swords struck the shield, leaving only a string of sparks, which could not break the shield's defense.

Wang Jinghong ordered the soldiers around him to stretch out the musket from the gap in the shield, aim at the ambush outside, and trigger the ignition device of the flintlock musket.

After hearing a series of firecrackers, the ambush leader and a dozen other burly soldiers were all shot and fell to the ground.

"Fire gun!"

The rest of the ambush soldiers in Mount Ceylon were shocked when they saw their leader was killed on the spot by a large open fire gun. The cowardly ones abandoned their weapons and ran away.

Wang Jinghong saw that the firecrackers had frightened the ambush troops outside, and immediately ordered: "Break through at full speed! Everyone rush with me!"

After a period of melee, the Ming army finally broke out of the siege and came outside the valley.

At this moment, Chen Dezu led five hundred soldiers, led by Wang Jinghong's personal soldiers, and rushed over.

"Your Majesty!"

Chen Dezu raised his leg and kicked Yager hard, saying loudly.

Yager was exhausted when he was caught. At this time, he was kicked and beaten by Chen Dezu. He immediately lost his balance and fell to his knees.

Wang Jinghong was too lazy to ask about the specific process of capturing Yager. He looked down at the other party and asked in a deep voice: "You set up a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain to separate me from the fleet, and then mobilized the main force to attack the fleet, hoping to capture the enemy on both land and water. We will be eliminated at the same time, right?"

"So what? Wang Jinghong, you are finished, surrender!" Yager sneered.

Wang Jinghong said expressionlessly: "I remember that when your father left you with me, he said that if there was an accident on the road, I could chop off your head."

Yager pretended to be calm and said: "Even if you kill me, you won't be able to escape. When the time comes, my father will chop you all to death, cut them into pieces, and throw them into the sea to feed the fish!"

Suddenly, Wang Jinghong knelt down, carefully looked at Yager's appearance, and said with a suspicious look on his face: "Are you the biological son of Ariel Kunel?"

"Of course I am my father's biological son!" Yager blurted out.

Wang Jinghong sighed, then stood up, looked down at the other party, and said slowly in the language of Ceylon Mountain Country: "Yager, do you know? My Chinese people believe that the love of flesh and blood is more important than Mount Tai. Parents often In order to save his son, he would sacrifice his life."

"However, in your Ceylon Mountain Country, fathers have no feelings of flesh and blood and use their own sons as bait. Even if tiger poison does not eat its children, what is the difference between your father and an animal by doing this?"

It's better to kill people and kill people's hearts!

After hearing Wang Jinghong's words, Yager felt as if he had been shocked by electricity, and his head instantly became dizzy, as if he was drunk.

Seeing this, Wang Jinghong then said in the language of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom: "A person who does not know the way of humanity is like an animal. A person who is a king who does not know the way of the king will be punished by God. Yager, I think your father is not worthy of being a father. He is not worthy of being a king, let alone a human being."

Yager was thoughtful and asked in less fluent Chinese: "What exactly does the envoy want to say?"

Wang Jinghong changed his face instantly and cursed in Chinese: "You, the son of a beast, are not worthy of tarnishing my Ming Dynasty sword!"

Yager felt that there was something in Wang Jinghong's words and couldn't help but ask: "What did you say?"

"You go back and bring a message to Ariel Kunel, saying, 'Good will be rewarded with good, evil will be rewarded with evil, and the sun will shine, and you will reap the consequences'."

Wang Jinghong turned around and told Chen Dezu: "He is just a chess piece of the King of Ceylon Mountain. It is useless to kill him. Let him go back."

Chen Dezu didn't understand Wang Jinghong's intention for a while, but he knew that he had other plans for this move, so he cupped his fists and said, "Yes."

Then, he waved his hand to the officers and soldiers to loosen Yager's bonds.

As if Yager had been pardoned, he didn't care why Wang Jinghong let him go. After getting up from the ground, he ran away, for fear that the other party would regret it.

Wang Jinghong looked at Yager who was gradually running away, and told Chen Dezu: "Send two people to watch him from a distance, make sure to see clearly which way he fled to the palace on Mount Ceylon, and then come back and report to me .”

"Yes!"

Only then did Chen Dezu understand Wang Jinghong's intention in letting Yager go - to follow Yager to find the path to the royal palace on Mount Ceylon, and then use a surprise attack to catch the thief and capture the king first, so that he could defeat Xilan at the minimum cost. Lanshan country.

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