Smuggling Daming

"Surrender, we surrender!" With the two armies attacking from the front and the side of the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese couldn't stand it anymore, shouting surrender one by one, and at the same time threw their weapons on the ground, so that even if the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty listened I don't understand what they are saying, but I can understand what they mean.

For those who surrendered, Zhou Zhong had already ordered Shenying to keep these prisoners of war. After all, he had captured so many Portuguese warships and needed these soldiers to teach Ming's soldiers how to operate these ships. In addition to being able to fight, soldiers probably also know some other skills. Even if they don't understand, they have a lot of strength. It just so happens that Shuangyu Port is currently in the peak period of construction, and there is a great demand for manpower. These prisoners of war can just be used as free soldiers. labor.

It was precisely because of Zhou Zhong's order that those Portuguese soldiers who surrendered were lucky enough to survive. You must know that the Ming army has always judged military merit by the head, so the Ming army has never had the habit of keeping prisoners. They have to consume food, and they may also resist, but after cutting off their heads, they won't have so much trouble.

Those Portuguese soldiers saw that those who surrendered were not massacred by the Ming army, which made many people dispel their last worries. One by one, they dropped their weapons and squatted down to surrender, which made more and more people surrender. In the end, except for those who died in battle, everyone else surrendered. After all, in a place like Malacca, they would die if they escaped.

As early as when he was flanked by two armies, Alfonso already knew that the defeat was doomed.Therefore, he did not make unnecessary resistance. When Daming's army rushed in front of him, Alfonso ordered the soldiers around him to put down their weapons and surrender. This also marked the complete defeat of the Portuguese army. Under Alfonso's order, he gave up resistance, and Zhou Zhong immediately sent his navy to take over the four warships.

With the takeover of the last four warships, the entire war has come to an end, and Zhou Zhong's preparations for the first half year have not been in vain.The whole sneak attack operation can be said to be extremely smooth. What's even more rare is that he not only took over all [-] Portuguese warships, but also wiped out the Portuguese army. This was the result he most hoped for at the beginning.

But although the war is over, things are far from over.The first is to clean up the battlefield and count their own losses. Although the previous ship seizure and the final land battle went smoothly, Zhou Zhong’s side also suffered some losses. At least nearly a thousand people were killed and injured. The exact number can only be obtained after counting Know.In addition, the number of prisoners of war and the weapons captured and so on.These also need to send someone to check one by one.

In addition to cleaning the battlefield, there is another very important thing.That is the situation in the city of Malacca.Originally, Alfonso had led the army into the city, and even ordered the massacre of the city, which caused countless casualties in the city. When Zhou Zhong and the others entered the city, they saw corpses and blood all over the place. The survivors also looked terrified Looking at them, I wonder if the army in front of me will treat them like the Portuguese?

Zhou Zhong originally wanted to find the king of the Malacca Kingdom.Then let him organize people to clean up the dead bodies in the port and the city, but when he arrived at the palace.But it was found that there was no one at all. It was not until later that an injured palace guard was found, and it was learned from the other party that when Alfonso attacked the city, the king of Malacca fled from another city gate with his princess and children. It is estimated that they have fled hundreds of miles away by now.

In fact, Zhou Zhong should have thought of this situation a long time ago. According to the original history, after Portugal occupied the city of Malacca, the then king of Malacca, Sultan Mahmud, fled to Pagok and other places. Later, his descendants also established Johor. The kingdom continues the royal lineage of the Kingdom of Malacca.

The king of the Malacca Kingdom was not there, and those ministers fled desperately. There was no one in charge. In the end, Zhou Zhong had no choice but to push out the emissary Baman, and asked him to appease the residents of the city while organizing people to clean the battlefield. , especially the port, strive to resume normal operations at the port of Malacca as soon as possible.

The statistical results of the war did not come out until the next day. When Zhou Zhong saw the statistical results, his heart sank, because at the beginning it was the loss of his own side, and the losses of those ships and weapons were trivial matters, and he would add it later. , but the loss of the army soldiers made Zhou Zhong feel distressed. In this battle, the Ming army killed 370 people and 27 people were missing. These missing people fell into the sea when they seized the ship.

As for the injured, there were as many as 530 people, of which more than 60 were seriously injured, and among these wounded, nearly a hundred were physically disabled. This incident made Zhou Zhong very sad, and at the same time he made up his mind to arrange these disabled soldiers well.

Compared with Zhou Zhong's heavy heart, Shenying looked very excited and said: "My lord, this battle went very smoothly, especially the previous sneak attack was exactly as we planned, so the casualties were very small, but after the land battle At that time, many soldiers were injured or injured, but compared with the past, this casualty ratio is already very small, and it can even be called a big victory!"

Shenying has been fighting on the battlefield for half his life, and he has long been indifferent to life and death. In his opinion, the casualties of hundreds of people are nothing at all, but Zhou Zhong is a first-time brother on the battlefield. The loss of a life just like that made him feel like something was stuck in his heart, and it didn't make him feel better until he saw the statistical results below.

Although there were losses on one’s own side, the results of the battle were brilliant. Among them, there were 500 Portuguese. Except for more than 400 people who died in battle, the others all surrendered and are now being held in a temporary prisoner-of-war camp on the beach. There are also [-] warships as spoils of war. The artillery, food, and weapons on board are all well preserved. These alone are a considerable amount of income.

However, compared with the Portuguese warships, the bigger harvest is yet to come, and that is the city of Malacca.After the king of Malacca escaped, Zhou Zhong took over the city of Malacca on behalf of Daming, which is the suzerain of the Kingdom of Malacca. What he did not expect was that the warehouses in the city and the palace were full of food and gold and silver. The king's private treasury found in the palace was like a pile of treasures, filled with all kinds of property, and even Shenying and the others found a few valuable calligraphy and paintings in it, and they were also famous artists from the former Song Dynasty. It is estimated that it can sell for a lot of money.

The city of Malacca was originally the capital of the Kingdom of Malacca, and it is also an important sea traffic route. The ships that come and go have to pay taxes to Hong Kong. Therefore, the city of Malacca is naturally very rich. It is not surprising that Zhou Zhong and the others found so much property in the city. , but in this way, Zhou Zhong's determination to control the city of Malacca was further strengthened.

In addition to the statistics of the army and property, the Baman envoy also quickly counted the losses of the city of Malacca in this war. It has a population of 10, but when the war ended, there were only more than 3 people left in the entire city. Of course, many people fled out taking advantage of the chaos of the war, but there were also many people who died in the flames of war. There were [-] to [-] buried corpses. Except for the army who died in battle, most of the rest were civilians massacred by the Portuguese.

For the atrocities committed by the Portuguese, the surviving Malacca people were extremely resentful towards them. Every day in the prisoner-of-war camp by the beach, there were Malacca people wielding knives to kill those prisoners of war for revenge, but they were all stopped by Ming soldiers.

In the POW camp, accompanied by Chang Xiao, Zhou Zhong met Portuguese commander Alfonso.But what surprised Zhou Zhong was that even though Alfonso was captured, he still maintained a neat appearance, his face was washed very clean, and although the military uniform on his body was a little damaged, it was neatly arranged, except that he had no weapons. , It is hard to believe that the other party is a captured general.

"Your Excellency, Admiral of the Ming Dynasty, I represent the Kingdom of Portugal as the Governor of India, and I lodge a serious protest with you, Ming Dynasty!" Just as Zhou Zhong was sizing up the other party, he did not expect that Alfonso would suddenly take a step forward and look at him seriously. he protested.

Zhou Zhong couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and immediately glanced at him with great interest and said, "General Alfonso, I don't know what you want to propose to the Admiral on behalf of your kingdom?"

"Your Excellency the Admiral, you Da Ming used despicable means to attack our warship without declaring war in advance, and later when we proposed the terms of surrender, you went to war without any reply. This is immoral, so I represent Portugal. The Kingdom protests to you and demands that you release the prisoners of war as soon as possible, otherwise our Kingdom of Portugal reserves all means of retaliation!" Alfonso protested again with righteous words on his face, in his years of war career, this is no longer his He was captured for the first time, so Alfonso was not nervous at all, and even hoped to use the deterrent power of his kingdom to get the admiral of Ming Dynasty to release him.

Regarding Alfonso's protest again, Zhou Zhong sneered and said: "General Alfonso, please remember that this is not Europe, and Ming is not one of those small countries in Europe, so I advise you to take your European country Put it away for me, in the region of Southeast Asia and Asia, we Ming are the bosses here, and the rules here are also up to us!"

Zhou Zhong took a long breath when he said this, and then sneered again: "The tens of thousands of innocent souls in Malacca city are still wandering around us, and they all died at the hands of you beasts. You have the face to talk about morality with me, are you all so shameless in Portugal?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. )