Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 208 The Battle of Mount Ceylan in the Ming Dynasty

Ceylon Mountain Country.

In the royal capital Kandy.

In the square in front of the main hall of the palace.

"Father, father!"

When Yager saw Ariel Kunel sitting under the king's tent, he cried with joy and quickly knelt down and said.

"Was Wang Jinghong killed by an ambush led by Harry Ge?"

Ariel Kunel looked at the disgraced third son and frowned.

Yager said with a mournful face: "Harigo was killed by the Ming army's firecrackers. Wang Jinghong escaped from Harigo's encirclement. It was he who let me back."

Ariel Kunel suddenly stood up, with a look of disbelief on his face, looking down at Yager, and asked: "What, he let you back? Why did he let you back?"

The ambush force led by Harrige consisted of 5000 people. Unexpectedly, Wang Jinghong was able to escape from the valley surrounded by the ambush force.

Ariel Kunel fell into deep thought for a while, suspecting that Wang Jinghong had seen through his plan, and was even more shocked by the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

At first, he coveted the huge wealth carried by the Ming Dynasty fleet, so he made careful plans and arrangements.

The fleet led by Wang Jinghong was second to none in the sea at that time. In terms of the combat power of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom, the two sides were not a heavyweight opponent at all.

Ariel Kunel knew this very well, so he came up with a way to defeat the many with less and the weak with the strong.

He first pretended to warmly invite Wang Jinghong to the royal capital of Kandy to hold a trade treaty ceremony, and took his third son Yager as a hostage to guide Wang Jinghong.

Then, while Wang Jinghong led the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty slowly towards the royal capital, he sent his eldest son Nayan to lead people to cut trees and set up dangers to block the return route of Wang Jinghong's fleet. This way, Wang Jinghong and his accompanying officers and soldiers could be separated from the Ming Dynasty at sea. The fleet separated.

When the battle begins, his general Parada will personally lead the Ceylon Mountain army southward and attack directly at the headquarters of the Ming fleet.

But now Wang Jinghong escaped from the encirclement, and [-] Ceylon Mountain soldiers led by Parada outside had begun to attack the Ming Dynasty fleet at sea.

At this time, Yager stammered: "He said, he said, he said -"

"What did he say?" Ariel Kunel asked anxiously.

Yager whispered in Chinese: "He said, 'Good deeds will be rewarded with good deeds, and evil deeds will be rewarded with evil deeds. If the sun shines brightly, you will reap the consequences'."

Ariel Kunel knew some Chinese and roughly understood the meaning of this sentence, and his face was terrifyingly gloomy.

"Father, Wang Jinghong and the others came here carrying goods. The child thinks he is a man of faith."

Yager said cautiously.

Ariel Kunel scolded: "Nonsense! He is doing one thing on the surface but another behind the scenes. His real purpose is to capture our country and rob our national treasure of the Buddha's Tooth!"

"Father, I don't think Wang Jinghong is that bad."

Yager escaped death and felt that Wang Jinghong was a kind man, so he couldn't help but retort.

"do not talk!"

Ariel Kunel raised his hand and frowned: "As of now, no matter whether he is good or evil, we have become enemies with him. If we don't kill him, he will kill us."

Then, he looked at his eldest son beside him and ordered: "Nayan, go and pass on my king's order to let the warriors of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom rest for a while and prepare to fight again! After dark, the Ming army on the shore will definitely try their best. To escape back to the sea, you need to lead people to set up more torches and attack throughout the night. Don't let Wang Jinghong go!"

"Yes!" the eldest prince Nayan said.

at the same time.

the other side.

Chen Dezu led Wang Jinghong to a cliff, pointed to a large protruding rock under the cliff, and explained: "General Wang, that boy Yager jumped from this cliff."

Wang Jinghong said with joy on his face: "If he can jump off the cliff without dying, we can escape."

Chen Dezu said worriedly: "Commander Wang, our brothers have been on the boat for a long time. If we jump off the cliff, we may miss."

"Have General Chen forgotten that there are still hundreds of pieces of silk in the cargo box?"

Wang Jinghong patted Chen Dezu on the shoulder, and then ordered to the officers and soldiers in the distance: "Brothers, bring all the silks."

"Is General Wang planning to raid the capital of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom?" Chen Dezu asked.

Wang Jinghong did not answer but asked: "Right now, the fleet at sea has been besieged by tens of thousands of soldiers from the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom, and our retreat has been cut off. We are close to the fleet headquarters, but we are unable to rescue each other. What do you think is the next step? What should I do?”

"I don't know the end of the general." Chen Dezu replied.

"Go and call the officers over." Wang Jinghong ordered.

As a confidant eunuch who had followed Zhu Di for many years, after calmly analyzing the situation between the enemy and ourselves, he immediately summoned the commanding officers, Qianhu, Baihu and other officers who came ashore with him to hold an emergency meeting.

"Don't count on reinforcements. Most of the people left behind to guard the dock fleet are navy soldiers, sailors, craftsmen, doctors, etc., with limited combat capabilities. Moreover, they are also facing the siege of Ceylon soldiers, and it is difficult to send reinforcements in a short time. The enemy. Facing our treasure ship, which is as huge as a city wall, it is impossible to capture it in a short time."

Wang Jinghong looked at the Jin Yiwei commanders Li Shi and He Yizong, and asked: "The current situation, to put it simply, is that the maritime fleet is attacked, and our retreat is cut off. There are no reinforcements from outside and no supplies from inside. What do the two generals think? What should I do?”

"Fight to the death, fight to the end!" Li Shi said with clenched fists.

He Yizong said: "Yes, fight to the end! Fight a bloody path and return to the sea!"

Wang Jinghong analyzed: "Since the enemy has dispatched tens of thousands of troops, there must be no troops in the royal city. They think that we only have a few thousand people, and they are completely powerless and can only wait to be surrounded and annihilated. But I plan to take it by surprise, directly take a small road, and attack Enter the royal city of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom and capture the thieves before capturing the king."

"How can we capture a city with only 2000 people, let alone the capital of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom?"

Chen Dezu had to express his inner worries.

Because only when the troops guarding the King's Palace on Mount Ceylon come out in full force, can Wang Jinghong's strategy avoid the reality and attack the weakness and be implemented smoothly.

"This time when we went to sea, General Zhu Zhen, the commander of the Longjiang Left Guard who had been fighting everywhere since the time of Emperor Taizu, followed the Zheng envoy to continue the westward voyage and did not follow us to Mount Xilan. It can be said that it is because the veteran of hundreds of battles is not with us. That makes you feel unsure."

Wang Jinghong looked at Chen Dezu and asked, "Yes or no?"

Chen Deming remained silent, acquiescing.

Afterwards, Wang Jinghong looked around at the generals and said: "But you are all elites of the Ming army, and most of them belong to the pro-military guards. They are either from the Qianhu Station of the Yulin Right Guards, or the navy of the Yulin Left Guards, or even generals like General Li and Zhang Qian." There are strong generals like Hu who come from Jin Yiwei. Especially Zhang Qianhu, who is in Jinshang’s old department and is also a veteran of hundreds of battles.”

Li Shi and Zhang Tong were named, and their blood immediately surged. They both felt that they were worthy of Wang Jinghong's praise.

At this time, Wang Jinghong looked at the soldiers in the distance and said to the generals: "Look, we only lost more than 100 people when we broke out from the valley this time, which shows that our army's combat power is obviously stronger than the enemy. "

"Okay, I agree to raid the royal city and capture Ariel Kunel!" Li Shi said with a fist.

"I agree too!" He Yizong agreed.

In this way, after some analysis by Wang Jinghong, his idea of ​​raiding the capital of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom received strong support from the commanders of the Jin Yiwei, Li Shi and He Yizong.

"Okay!" Wang Jinghong saw that Li Shi and He Yizong, whose rank was second only to Chen Dezu, agreed with his plan, so he told his deputy Chen Dezu: "Chen Dezu, listen to the order. I order you to lead 150 people to take a detour and rush back to the fleet after dark. Beach, order the fleet officers and soldiers to use all their strength to hold back the main force of the bandits in the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom."

"Yes!" Chen Dezu bowed.

Wang Jinghong continued: "The rest of you, after dark, follow me to raid the city of Kandy, the capital of the Ceylon Mountains, and capture Ariel Kunel alive!"

"Yes!" All the soldiers said in unison.

After dark.

In the woods under the cliff.

Li Shi said: "Commander Wang, according to the account of the captured patrol, there is a small road leading to the royal city."

Wang Jinghong asked: "Are all the brothers here?"

"Two thousand brothers from each battalion have arrived. Please give me instructions from the commander-in-chief." He Yizong replied.

Li Shi answered: "It seems that the other party hasn't discovered us yet."

Wang Jinghong said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once told us that when dealing with overseas countries that do not accept the king's rule, we must be courteous first and then fight with troops, and our troops will be famous. We treat the country of Mount Ceylon with great courtesy, but the king of Mount Ceylon, Yalie Kuner, is greedy for me. property, kill my officers and soldiers, and openly become enemies of the Ming Dynasty. We must retaliate tooth for tooth, blood for blood!"

Li Shi and He Yizong said in unison: "Yes, tooth for tooth, blood for blood!"

"When you get outside the city gate, use gunpowder to blow up the city first. We must reduce the casualties of our soldiers as much as possible!"

Wang Jinghong specifically asked.

"Yes." He Yizong and Li Shi bowed.

After dark.

Wang Jinghong led the soldiers and reached the gates of Kandy without anyone noticing.

Li Shi led a group of people, sneaked under the city gate, and blew up the city gate with gunpowder.

Just like that, after a loud noise, the rest of the Ming army soldiers, led by Wang Jinghong, charged bravely.

After the soldiers entered the city, they found that it was just as Wang Jinghong expected. Yalie Kuner thought that as long as the Ming army's retreat was cut off, it would not be too difficult for [-] soldiers to wipe out a fleet, so he sent Ceylon to All the elites in the country were sent to besiege the Ming Dynasty fleet at sea, leaving only the old and weak to defend.

Since the city of Kandy was defenseless and the defense force in the city was mediocre, they could not stop the elite Ming army that looked like tigers and wolves.

The defenders in the city were quickly defeated, and the royal city of Kandy fell into the hands of the Ming army.

When Wang Jinghong led the Ming army soldiers to attack the palace, Ariel Kunel, who had previously been confident and firmly seated in the palace, was dumbfounded.

In this way, except for Yalie Kuner's eldest son Nayan, the rest of his family members were all captured by the Ming army.

Wang Jinghong held a knife in his right hand and pointed at Yalie Kunel, who had just woken up from bed and had not yet dressed up. At this moment, his hair was disheveled and his upper body was bare. He said in Chinese: "Yale, the entire palace has been occupied by us. Surround and advise your people not to resist."

Then, he looked at the guards behind Ariel Kunel and said loudly in the local language of Mount Ceylon: "Listen, I will not ask for any of your plants or trees tomorrow. As long as you put down your weapons, we will We will treat each other with courtesy and will not kill anyone."

At this time, Li Shi and He Yizong led the officers and soldiers to escort the captured Ceylon Mountain Kingdom soldiers to the square in front of the main hall of the palace.

Ariel Kuner said: "Wang Jinghong, you invaded our country and seized the palace with your strong ships and cannons. Your crimes are heinous."

Wang Jinghong said: "Yalie, we are not seizing the palace, but accepting your kind invitation. You have repeatedly asked me to come here to make a trade alliance, and you also told me that an alliance ceremony has been held in the palace. Now, The envoy came as promised."

Ariel Kunel said coldly: "My eldest son Nayan and General Parada are still outside with [-] soldiers. If they know that I have been caught by you, they will definitely come to rescue me. If you If you are sensible, let me go now, otherwise when they come in, they will definitely kill you all, leaving no one behind!"

Wang Jinghong said: "What kind of treatment did the Ming fleet receive in this harbor and land? Our ships were attacked brutally, and we carried gifts up the mountain, but you set up an ambush and wanted to annihilate us all in one fell swoop. Even so. , I still performed an act of benevolence and righteousness, released the prince, and repaid evil with kindness. Ariel Kunel, what else do you have to say?"

"Stop talking nonsense, kill if you want! The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit!" Yalie Kuner said.

Wang Jinghong said: "I have been ordered to patrol the Western Seas and will never seize an inch of overseas land. However, the king attacked the Ming Dynasty fleet twice and even attempted to dominate the sea. Today's defeat is the king's own humiliation. Although the king is guilty It’s hard to forgive, but after all, I am the king of a country. I am an envoy of the Ming Dynasty and have no right to deal with the king."

Ariel Kunel asked: "General Wang wants to take me to the Ming Dynasty and hand me over to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty for disposal?"

"This decision must be made by the king's mother." Wang Jinghong said coldly.

At this moment, Yabanina, the royal sage of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom, appeared in front of Ariel Kunel, supporting the old lady holding a gold box in her hands.

The old lady bowed and said in the language of Mount Ceylon: "General Wang, I am willing to pay another 5 taels of gold and 100 million taels of silver. Even if I use all my national strength, I still have to compensate for the losses of the Ming Dynasty fleet."

Then, she bowed deeply, raised her hands, and presented the gold box and said: "If these gold and silver are not enough, I can present the national treasure of the Buddha's Tooth from Mount Ceylon to His Majesty the Ming Emperor."

Ariel Kunel shouted: "Mother, this Buddha's tooth is the national treasure of Mount Ceylon. It cannot be used!"

"Shut up! If you hadn't acted recklessly, how could you have committed this crime?"

The old lady glared at Ariel Kunel and scolded.

Wang Jinghong helped the old lady with white hair and beard, and said specifically in the language of Ceylon Mountain Country: "Queen Mother, I think you misunderstood. I led the fleet to sail thousands of miles, which lasted for several years, and visited more than 30 countries. You Have you ever heard that wherever my Ming fleet went, I took away other people's treasures?"

The old lady looked surprised and asked, "What does Mr. Wang mean?"

"The Buddha's Tooth is a priceless treasure of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom, and the Ming Dynasty will not take it by force. I have long said that the Ming Dynasty fleet patrols the Western Ocean in order to connect the four seas, and there is no greed."

Wang Jinghong said: "Queen Mother, there is an old saying in the Ming Dynasty, debts must be repaid, and murders must be repaid with lives. For his own selfish interests, your son used weapons recklessly and brutally killed hundreds of officers and soldiers of our fleet. If it were the case in our Ming Dynasty, it would be The guilt cannot be evaded until death. Because hundreds of mothers on our side have lost their sons forever."

The old lady cried and said, "What a sin! What a sin! How dare you do so many evil things?"

"Mother, it's all my fault that my son was not thinking well for a moment, so he--"

Ariel Kunel spoke quibly.

"shut up!"

The old lady looked at Ariel Kuner and Yager, and said to Wang Jinghong: "These two evildoers have committed extremely heinous crimes. Since they have caused a big disaster, they should bear the responsibility. Wang Zongbing can take them to the Ming Dynasty and hand them over to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty is in disgrace. Whether he is killed or beheaded, I will never complain."

"The Queen Mother understands the great righteousness, and I am very grateful to you."

Wang Jinghong bowed in salute and said: "Queen Mother, I believe that the Ming Dynasty and the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom will still become good friends after their hostility turns into friendship."

"Yale cannot represent Mount Ceylon. I hope to see that day come as soon as possible." The old lady said with her hands clasped together.

Wang Jinghong said: "Queen Mother, I have something else to ask of you."

"Please speak," the old lady said.

Wang Jinghong said: "I, the Empress of the Ming Dynasty, have a wish. I hope that I can worship Buddha treasures on her behalf, donate to temples, and erect stone tablets to remember her."

"If the Buddha heard the envoy's request, he would definitely agree. Of course I have no objection. Please ask the envoy."

The old lady understood the righteousness well and bowed and made a gesture of invitation.

PS: Come on!I cheer myself up!

(End of this chapter)