Zheng He led a team of more than 2,000 brave and heavily armored cavalrymen and arrived at the capital of Ceylon in a mighty force.
They received a warm and grand welcome ceremony from the local people.
Wei Luo seemed to have completely forgotten the past grievances and entanglements with Zheng He. With a sincere smile on his face, he knelt down respectfully and humbly in front of the Ming envoy to accept the imperial decree from the Celestial Empire.
Not only did Vero receive Zheng He and his party with great etiquette, he also presented them with a wide variety of tributes.
These include dazzling pearls, corals and various rare gemstones.
There are crystal clear stones, Sahara treasures, delicate and soft Western fabrics, as well as various precious spices such as frankincense, wood fragrance, and tree fragrance.
There is also no shortage of precious medicinal materials such as sandalwood, myrrh, rattan vine, aloe, etc.
In addition, there are ebony handicrafts, condiments such as pepper, practical utensils such as bowls and stones, and rare trained elephants.
There are many varieties, all of which demonstrate Ceylon's respect and sincerity towards the Ming Empire.
The price paid by the Ming Dynasty seemed so insignificant, just some porcelain, silk and tea.
Hou Xian, who was helping to count the tribute, said with his supernatural powers, "If Ceylon itself did not produce good horses, I'm afraid horses would be indispensable in this tribute list."
While Huo Xia was carefully checking the list, he casually asked, "Is Daming in great need of horses?"
Hou Xian smiled mysteriously and responded again through telepathy: "One of my main tasks in places like U-Tsang is to urge the local chieftains to present horses as tribute to the imperial court on time."
"Not only U-Tsang, but also Liaodong, Korea and even Ryukyu are required by His Majesty to hand over a certain number of horses every year."
Huo Xia asked with interest: "What if they don't hand it in?"
Hou Xian smiled even more meaningfully and continued to respond telepathically: "Then I have no choice but to ask them why they built their house inside our Daming Guard Station."
It is really not easy to be a small country around the Ming Dynasty.
Huo Xia complained in his heart.
Seeing that Huo Xia was very interested in the Ming Dynasty's tributary diplomacy, Hou Xian also told Huo Xia about his diplomatic experiences over the years and some hearsay.
Huoxia also chimed in with a few words at the appropriate time.
After spending some time together, Huo Xia was certain that Hou Xian, who practiced the silent meditation, was a chatterbox.
After completing the imperial decree and paying tribute, Huoxia enjoyed a meal cooked with unique spices in the royal city of Ganboro. It was the most delicious meal he had tasted during this period.
The only pity is that there is not much meat.
After all, both Buddhism and Brahmanism advocate vegetarianism.
After lunch, Zheng He and other senior generals were arranged to visit the nearby Mount Ceylon to pay homage to the Buddha's tooth relic.
Huo Xia was there too of course.
After this period of training with Zheng He and learning Qigong, Huo Xia's physical strength has been greatly enhanced, and he is not afraid of the towering mountain road at all.
Walking and humming a song.
Huo Xia admired her body in her heart.
It’s better to have a healthy and strong body!
Thinking of his body that was almost broken three months ago, and the pain of losing even his brain, Huo Xia couldn't help but touch the life and death order on his waist.
There was a big word "生" written on the token.
But the number behind it has become four hundred and thirteen.
There are more than 400 destiny numbers, which is the destiny power of kings, princes, generals and ministers whose names will be recorded in history.
When he first came to this world, after the previous game calculation, Huo Xia's fate was two hundred and thirty-three.
After learning the "Six Gods Secret" and cultivating a wisp of Qi in the Dantian, his power instantly increased to three hundred, and then increased to more than four hundred.
However, according to Li Leshan and others, the apprentice Taoist children, Sand Onmyojis, and Knight squires among psychics also have a fate of more than one thousand, and they are considered to have graduated only when it reaches more than ten thousand.
Only those with more than 100,000 are first-rate masters.
Huo Xia is only slightly better than ordinary people now.
However, the first game did give him two cards.
【Spell, beat the horse.】
【Touching a life's head can knock it several steps away.】
This is a spell that was a reward from the previous game.
The other is the characteristic of the Life and Death Order, which should be considered a spell or incantation.
You can consume your fate to increase your strength.
Fate is the power of destiny. Unlike curse power, curse power will naturally recover after being consumed, but fate is one-time and cannot be recovered naturally once lost.
With these two trump cards, Huo Xia felt that he should be able to survive until the end of this war.
Thinking like this, before they knew it, they had arrived in front of the Buddhist temple.
This was not the first time Zheng He had come here, so he introduced it with great interest: "This temple not only houses the tooth relic of the Buddha, but also a statue of the Buddha lying peacefully on the bed."
Zhu Zhen asked curiously, "The Buddha's true body, could it be the Buddha's immortal body?"
"That's not the case." Zheng He explained with a smile, "It's just a Buddha statue made of gold, silver and other treasures, imitating the body of the Buddha. It is said that it can be driven by Buddha's power, just like a benevolent king."
Hearing this, everyone present showed their support.
Huo Xia remembered what the sorcerer among the officials of the Ministry of Rites had said about metal men made of gold, silver and mercury, which could allow sorcerers to possess and fight on them. It was said that there were eighteen such metal men in the Great Heaven Realm Temple.
The sun shines on the ancient stone slabs, and people bustle and chatter as they walk into the solemn and dignified lobby of the Buddhist temple.
They were either sharing recent interesting events or discussing Buddhist teachings in a relaxed and harmonious atmosphere.
However, the moment they stepped into the lobby, everyone's laughter and conversation froze.
For a while.
There was only silence in the lobby.
I saw many Buddhist treasures displayed in the hall.
Buddhist instruments such as the nine-ring staff and the golden bronze bowl are shining brightly, and on the walls next to them are carved various lifelike Buddha statues in various shapes.
However, the agarwood bed inlaid with various gemstones located in the center of the lobby, which should have been carrying the most noble things, is now empty, which is shocking.
Faced with this sudden change, not only the officers and soldiers present were busy, even the monks in the temple looked at each other in bewilderment.
Huo Xia frowned slightly and said to the monks here: "Did you move the Buddha's real body away?"
"No."
The monk was confused.
After a brief moment of daze, Zheng He quickly came to his senses.
He took a step back, lowered his eyes for a moment, then raised them again, displaying the wisdom of a bodhisattva.
In an instant, Zheng He's eyes became as sharp as the brightest stars in the night sky, penetrating the towering beams of the lobby and looking directly at the secrets hidden above.
Sure enough, when Zheng He's eyes fell on the enshrinement area at the top of the hall, his expression changed drastically in an instant.
The Buddha's tooth relic that was originally enshrined there had suddenly disappeared without a trace.
"Not good! This is a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain!"
Hearing this, Huo Xia's expression changed slightly. He quickly and quietly walked to Mobahu's side, while giving orders to his left and right with gestures.
The well-trained Ming soldiers immediately understood and cut off Mobahu's retreat route without leaving any trace.
Vero obviously saw through their plan and was afraid that there was a traitor in Daming's team.
The Ming people cannot be traitors.
They don't even speak a different language!
Then the traitor must be someone from Mobahu's side.
Feeling surrounded by Huoxia, Moba's expression remained unchanged, but his back was already soaked with cold sweat.
He looked at Huo Xia deeply.
The young man who had been chatting and laughing with him before was now firmly on guard against him.
"What a heartless guy, he just treats people as tools." Moba secretly criticized Huoxia's ruthlessness, and at the same time felt a little worried and irritated.
However, although he had complicated emotions in his heart and logically should not feel happy, the corners of Mobahu's mouth curled up into a happy arc.
It was as if the pain had turned into happiness.
But no one cared about Moba's strange mood at this time.
Chapter 17: All Tactics Converter
In a port in Sri Lanka.
The soldiers of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom rode huge elephants and rushed towards the Ming army.
They were dressed in gorgeous golden armor and beautifully decorated helmets, and looked very powerful.
The war elephant under him was decorated with gorgeous jewels and roared fiercely as the elephant charged.
Like going crazy.
The elephant was driven by the spell and completely forgot its original docility.
About a hundred elephant soldiers appeared, enough to sweep across the Ming army in the port.
Sri Lanka’s seven gateway ports are all built in strategic locations. From a distance, they look like gates carved out by nature.
This terrain meant that the Ming Dynasty's most powerful treasure ships could not dock and could only anchor in deep waters.
There are only a small number of Ming troops in the three ports now, and most of them are sailors who come to the ports for pleasure, or officials who come to the local area to purchase goods. A few are Seljuq compradors who help the Ming Dynasty sell goods.
Vero had only one plan.
That is to seize the Ming warships docked on the shore.
This is a unique fleet in the world. If we seize it, it will be enough to dominate the Indian Ocean and even counterattack the Indian subcontinent!
Because he coveted the Ming fleet, Vero also sought out Tamils from the north and even joined forces with the enemy.
Among the pirates loyal to Vero, there are many extraordinary people.
"God of Joy, please grant your head unrivaled power!"
The Brahmin priest sitting on the elephant shouted.
"Roar----!"
Then there was a sound like an elephant's roar.
There were 60,000 men in this battle, and the enemy was less than 10,000.
The advantage is mine!
however.
In the Ming army opposite, firearms were shining.
They formed a dense array with their muskets and fired mercilessly within range.
Boom!
The sound of explosions and smoke filled the port.
As the sound of Sanskrit was rang out, the soldiers and elephants of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom retreated step by step as if they were defeated by fate.
The elephant was knocked down by the firearms, with sparks like lightning on its body.
The scene was poignant and cruel, with the port filled with smoke and cries.
Huangfu Shilang of the Ministry of Rites continuously threw metal dust to the left and right, casting Taoist magic to instantly ignite the metal dust, making it reach 1,500 degrees, turning it into a raging fire, burning the soldiers and pirates of the attacking Ceylon Mountain Kingdom to ashes.
In order to fight for the throne, Zhu Di united the Buddhist and Taoist forces.
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