C3095 Ancient Sulu Kingdom

The modern Sulu was founded in the fifteenth century, but it was already recorded in the historical records of the fourteenth century, when the Sulu Islands were not unified but ruled by many kings.

In the fifteenth year of Yongle, the king of the east, Padugha, Maharajime, the king of the west, and his wife, Papalabou, led their three hundred and forty leaders. The floating sea paid tribute to their leader, gave him golden carvings, and offered him pearls, precious stones, and tortoiseshell.

The Sulu's visit to Da Ming this time was entirely due to Zheng He's promotion of the Haoyang large project. At that time, the countries of Southeast Asia were all amazed at Da Ming's power and sent ambassadors to pay their respects.

But this Sulu King was the most enthusiastic one, so she directly came herself.

Emperor Yongle saw that this guy was really understanding, praising him like this was giving him too much face, and in the end he gave the order to receive him with dignity.

After all, this is not your home. When King Sulu returns to the country, he might be reluctant to part with the wealth here, but she really doesn't want to go back to Tropical Island to eat bananas.

This fellow died of a disease in Shandong with just a sound of "ga beng"!

If I'm alive, I can't stay in Dazhi. Even if I die, I'll die here … This pengci method is really high, I'm really willing to part with it!

Emperor Yongle lamented endlessly and ordered a burial on the spot. This was Shandong Province's famous Sulu King's Tomb. It had always been there!

The eldest son of King Sulu returned to the throne, and the second son and the third son left directly to join the people of the Ming.

The descendants of the second son changed their surname to Wen in China, while the descendants of the third son changed their surname to An!

Due to the late Ming Dynasty's policy of closing down their country, the connection between the Sulu and the Great Ming Empire had gradually decreased. It was also at this time that the Western powers started to infiltrate into the country.

By the time they reached the Qing Dynasty, it was getting harder and harder for the Sulu to fight against the Spaniard. At this time, they had no choice but to start looking for external help from the north.

During the years between Yongzheng and dryad, Sulu had sent envoys to Beijing to seek protection, but they were all rejected.

Even in the 18 years that dryad had existed, Sulu's "Please receive this version" meant that I am not fit to be a Subordinate States anymore, and directly contributed the soil and merged it into China.

All the lands and people have been created and presented to the Great Qing Empire.

It was a pity that the dryad Emperor believed that the Chinese were all "traitors of the country" and that death was not worth lamenting over. It was more beneficial for Daqing for the colonists to kill the Chinese.

From then on, the Sulu had given up all hope, until the moment the Spaniard broke into the capital city in 1851.

What was worth mentioning was that the year of the rebellion happened to be the year of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Jin Tian!

Sulu had been separated from China's vassal state system for twenty years, which was not a short period of time. Even Spaniard had forgotten about this.

One had to know that the Sulu King had not been crippled yet. They were still in control of the land of the Ancient Sulu, but their vassal force had already moved to Spain.

At this time, the King of Sulu was a king under the title of the royal family of Spain. She was a small Subordinate States under the rule of the Kingdom of Spain.

Could twenty years of belonging really wipe out the thousand years of Central Plains civilization? Just as this thought surfaced in Governor Bai Tila and Major General En Mu's minds, cold sweat began to drip down their backs.

"My God! This is indeed the case, the offering made by the Lanfang Republic is an omen, these Chinese are planning to eat up the Philippines and the Kalimantan Island from the south to the north! "

"My God! Too terrifying, it is truly too terrifying, Xiao Letian's ambition is just too big! "

The Governor was wiping his sweat with a handkerchief as if his life depended on it, while Major General En Mu felt her calves tremble slightly.

Pushing away the map, the Major General said with a trembling voice, "The Brunei is the center point. There is political significance for the Chinese people to gather heavy troops here!"

"Why did you gather the fleet of the Ryukyu in the Brunei? "They're trying to save their strength to cover the landing of the army from Manila!"

"These Chinese people even want to fight against us on the sea. Our navy is too weak right now. Once the 12 main battleship are destroyed, the remaining dozens of offshore gunboats would not even be able to match up to the Chinese navy."

"En Mu... My General... How many Chinese warships? Do you have any information? "

General En Mu shook her head: "God knows how many warships there are in China, we don't even have a clue about the Ryukyu, and the British and French people don't want to share their information with us …"

"But it will definitely be more numerous than ours! Because they've been buying and selling these past few years, and they've captured a fleet of French and Russian warships during the war … "

"God knows if it has been repaired. I can only pray for God's blessing!"

En Mu massaged her numb cheeks and said, "I should be clear about the Chinese people's plans by now. I will first gather the navy here in Brunei and then gather the army here to prepare for battle."

"I am not sure how many troops the Chinese are able to gather. Right now, we know that there are more than 30,000 troops that can be mobilized in Brunei, and at the very least, there will be 30,000 thugs in the north of Luzon!"

"How much support can the Ryukyu itself provide? From what the British businessman has said, the Chinese newspapers already reported that the distant Far East King had dispatched twenty thousand Dragon Cavalry! "

"At least a hundred thousand soldiers! This is the most conservative number... I estimate that the final number of Chinese warships will surpass ours, and exceed twelve! "

"I'm talking about the large-scale battleships that will be able to fight in Blue Water, not those small gunboats!"

"Governor, please change your strategy. The biggest threat at the moment is not the north!" but our South! "

Governor Bai Tila was already scared silly. In his entire life, he had never fought in such a large-scale war before.

Even if one hundred thousand soldiers landed in Manila, their entire Philippine army combined wouldn't be enough!

Although the natives could provide a portion of the army, but could those monkeys fight? How could they compare with the Chinese army that was fighting against France and Russia!

"Change... Change Change... I'll listen to you. We'll change our strategy immediately! "

"Dear God, please save me. If I can safely survive this ordeal, I'd be willing to build a Church of Gratitude in Manila!"

Major General En Mu sighed in her heart, "The Empire is really going down, to think that someone as weak and incompetent as him could become the Governor?"

"The only thing we can do now is to concentrate our limited forces to the north of Manila and build a defensive line. We can temporarily give up on the north side of Luzon and focus on protecting Manila's safety …"

"Then... Then let the Navy go! Before the Chinese fleet is fully assembled, attack the Brunei and kill as many as you can … "

"Right now, the Brunei only has four Chinese battleships. As long as we take advantage of the fact that the six Chinese battleships are not here yet, we can make a comeback!"

"The fleet is descending rapidly from the south, eating all four of the Brunei's warships, and then heading north to the south of the sea to block the support fleet of the Chinese … "First it's twelve against four, then it's twelve against six …"

"No matter what, it's still our win!"

The Governor's eyes widened in confusion. "Really?" Are you sure? Will it definitely succeed? "