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Deng Youzhang held up his telescope and said to the generals around him: "The enemy's elite main force is gathered in the central army's formation. The weapons of the soldiers are spears, and those next to the commander are equipped with swords and shields. These elite formations are neatly formed, and the rest of the troops are It’s a mess, and it’s all crooked even standing where it is.”

Xie Yuan left behind two pairs of telescopes, and He Wenpeng also observed: "It's still the same old method. The enemy army will most likely be defeated in one blow."

The two armies were about to fight, but Li Luosheng still had time to talk about administrative issues: "This country has a system very similar to ours, only the name is different. If we conquer it, we can quickly take over the rural tribes."

The system of Imelina is infinitely close to that of South India, which is what King Jin encountered.

All land in the country was owned by the king and farmed collectively by village communities. But it still retains the shadow of tribal society. Many village communities are actually tribes. The land belongs to the king in name, but the chief of the tribe has the final say.

More than 7,000 tribal soldiers, or village soldiers, were half-starved and half-full at this time, and were ordered by the king to move forward in batches.

They wear linen half-length robes, which are of Southeast Asian style and somewhat similar to India. The soldiers had bandages on their foreheads, and some officers had leather armor and were advancing in confusion with spears raised.

There is also a harpooneer in the back row, holding a short spear and something like a mace on his waist.

The first batch of tribal soldiers to go into battle was about 4,000 people. There were three thousand left, moving towards the flanks, and they actually knew how to outflank them.

King Andrea rides on an ox cart, and the white zebu represents nobility. This guy felt that he was sure to win. He didn't even plan to let his elite participate in the battle. He sat there and looked at the center of the battlefield and said to his ministers: "Our military strength is ten times that of outsiders. Not a single enemy can escape."

"Your Majesty, outsiders need to be careful with their firearms," ​​the minister reminded.

Andrea smiled and said: "Let those tribal warriors consume the enemy's firearms. I will send troops to supervise the battle, kill the tribesmen who fled back, and let them return to the battlefield to charge. There are only a few enemies, and after the firearms are consumed, Easily defeated."

This king did not regard the soldiers of the village and tribe as human beings at all. In his eyes, they were all expendable.

He was already very kind, but the Queen of Madagascar two hundred years later was truly cruel. The Queen likes to keep reptiles and sleeps with pet pythons. Tens of thousands of them were put to death in crocodile pools. During the Queen's more than thirty years in power, the country's population dropped sharply by 2.5 million (about 50% of the total population), and they died of massacres, wars, famine and plague.

Of course, the queen does not kill people randomly.

The targets of her massacre were political opponents close to Britain and France, as well as people who converted to Christianity. In the village communities infiltrated by British and French forces, almost entire villages were massacred, and the British and French armies were defeated many times.

The tribal soldiers continued to advance in disarray, and the Chinese army launched several artillery pieces.

Deng Youzhang owned more than thirty artillery pieces, all of which were moved from the shipwrecked warships. The large-caliber artillery was basically unused. The small-caliber artillery was used for the first two years. Later, it was stored due to lack of gunpowder, but there was a dedicated person responsible for daily maintenance.

Before the iron ore was found, the iron cannonballs were melted down and fashioned into swords and spears. Anyway, the cannonballs can be replaced by stones, and they can be inserted into the barrel and fired without having to polish them carefully.

This time, stone bullets were also used, and they were also gravel shot.

When the tribesmen approached to a distance of about 100 meters, the Chinese gunner lit the fuse, and with several loud noises, countless gravel flew out like flowers.

"ah!"

The enemy soldiers shouted and screamed in terror, and many natives threw away their spears and ran away with their heads in their hands.

He really ran with his head in his hands, as if his hands could block the flying gravel.

"Cavalry pursues the enemy!"

Several officers of the Datong Cavalry Division, with a group of novice adopted cavalrymen, galloped towards the defeated enemy army.

These local teenagers adopted by the Chinese have been practicing riding for more than a year and finally look like cavalry. However, he was still undisciplined. He didn't look at his teammates at all when running. He also forgot to make proper use of the horse's physical fitness. As soon as he received the order to pursue, he accelerated with all his strength.

As they chased after each other, the cavalry troops were in disarray, and no one paid attention to the officers' orders.

Such a terrible novice cavalry, to the natives, is like a magic weapon descending from heaven. Even those who had not been defeated by the artillery dropped their weapons and ran away when they saw the cavalry charging.

The king sent several elite groups to supervise the battle. The defeated soldiers who escaped first were killed by hundreds of elites. But they couldn't stop the momentum of the retreat. Instead, the several supervisory teams were scattered, and then the temporarily recruited militiamen also fled.

These soldiers had their rations deducted and their stomachs were not full. They already lacked morale. Who would still want to fight now?

"Charge the entire army!"

When the cavalry rushed out not far away, Deng Youzhang ordered a general attack, and even the indigenous auxiliary troops rushed forward in a swarm.

King Andrea, who had always had a playful attitude, finally stopped laughing at this moment. He said to the generals around him: "Hurry up!"

The native generals led the elites forward in formation. These elites were well fed every day and were invincible in fighting all over the island. It is estimated that the long-term victory has created high morale. Faced with the retreat of their friendly forces, they were still able to form a formation and move forward, seemingly not thinking that they had been defeated.

However, there were too many defeated troops. The elite formation advanced for more than ten cloths before being forced to stop and stand by. Even so, the formation was disrupted by the rout. Many elite soldiers were affected by the rout and were ready to flee at any time.

Two hundred cavalrymen followed the defeated troops. A few young men rushed the fastest and broke away from the friendly troops and rushed into the enemy's formation.

Fortunately, the enemy's formation had been disrupted a long time ago. Not only did the command system fail, but morale was gradually approaching zero.

Deng Youzhang's adopted son Deng Anshun is rushing to the front. In his hand was a waist knife, smelted from cannonballs, and he charged into the battle alone and killed several of them one after another.

The elite enemy troops standing in front of him had spears in their hands. As long as they are all raised, they can stab him over randomly. But when those elite natives saw the cavalry coming, their first reaction was to run away, because they had never encountered such a "monster" before.

Decades ago, the Portuguese also fought with the indigenous people, but they did not have many matchlocks. Most of the Portuguese soldiers still used cold weapons. As for the Portuguese cavalry, there was none.

Deng Anshun's blood was boiling. He didn't need to use any force anymore. He only had to hold the knife diagonally downward and use the charging speed of the war horse to drag the knife to death and wound the enemy.

As more than forty cavalry rushed into the formation, all the indigenous elites were finally defeated.

"Let's go!"

King Andrea urged the driver, who immediately pulled the reins and turned the zebu to escape.

How can an ox-cart outrun a war horse?

Deng Anshun himself didn't know how many enemies he killed. He just dragged his sword and rushed forward, leaving many broken soldiers behind. In other words, he was surrounded by defeated soldiers, many of whom were so frightened that they jumped into the river.

There were corpses all along the way, and most of them were not beheaded, but fell down while escaping and were trampled to death by the rebels.

"Quick, faster!"

Andrea kept urging.

The crazy cow actually ran very fast. Under the crazy whipping of the opportunity, the zebu dragged the cart and ran wildly. Unfortunately, the road was bumpy and the quality of the car was worrying. One of the wheels shook during the bumps.

The king fell from the car, his head was dizzy, and he struggled to get up, but was knocked down by the defeated soldiers. He struggled to get up again, but was pushed away by a defeated soldier again. He staggered and was knocked down again. Then his back and legs were trampled by countless feet. He didn't even know when he was trampled to death.

Tens of thousands of enemy troops were captured, two to three thousand more escaped, and the rest all died on the battlefield.

The priest hid behind an overturned bullock cart. When the native auxiliaries were clearing the battlefield, he knew he could not escape, so he jumped out and shouted: "I am an astrologer, don't kill me, I am willing to surrender!"

The priest was dragged to see Deng Youzhang, who immediately knelt down and said, "God bless this great outsider!"

"Are you an astrologer? Are you the greatest among kings?" Deng Youzhang asked.

The priest replied: "And the noble ministers."

This country has a position similar to the prime minister, which is held by several large families in turn. They are actually the descendants of the founding nobles.

Deng Youzhang inquired carefully and decided to kill all the big families living in the capital. He then said to the priest: "I can spare your life, but you must be obedient."

The priest quickly said: "I will definitely obey."

Deng Youzhang said: "You must always tell everyone that their ancestors came from China, because it has been too long and they have forgotten it. As long as you learn to speak Chinese, you can rediscover the roots of your ancestors and become Chinese. You are Chinese too!"

"I am Chinese!" The priest nodded hastily.

Deng Youzhang led his troops to Antananarivo, where there was indeed a large population. The city is not large, but there are countless residential buildings outside the city, and the style of the houses made Deng Youzhang feel like he was on the island of Java.

To capture the capital, the first priority is of course to seize the palace and government offices and obtain a country's documents and archives.

There is indeed a national account book here. Although it uses Arabic letters, it is different from Arabic script. It is a brand-new script based on Arabic letters, just like the difference between English and Latin.

All the men of the great nobles in the city were killed by Deng Youzhang.

He set out to move the Governor's Palace and decided to set up a school here to adopt more orphans to learn Chinese. These adopted sons are the backbone of the future, and they must be relied upon to rule various places and assist the Chinese and their children in controlling the entire island.

However, before the capital move could be carried out, local rebellions began.

The nobles he killed had clan members serving as officials in other cities. After hearing that their clan had been killed, they started to rebel one after another. They actually gathered an army of 60,000 people to take back their capital.

Deng Youzhang was not in a hurry to annihilate them. He waited for the rebels from all walks of life to converge, so that they could be easily eliminated in one fell swoop.

More than ten miles away from the city of Antananarivo, He Wenpeng led dozens of old brothers and hundreds of adopted sons in a beautiful night attack.

Several hundred elites attacked the enemy camp at night, setting fires everywhere, and tens of thousands of enemy troops trampled on each other - the country's elites were long gone, and all that came were rabble-rousers.

After completely settling the situation, the officials sent by the court were finally brought to Antananarivo.

Antananarivo has been renamed New Guangcheng because the hometowns of many old brothers are in Guangdong.