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Chapter 42 Robbery Civilized

In this era, Hulumos was just a big city with less than 10 people, and then it had management rights in a nearby land of more than 5000 square kilometers, with a radiation range of about [-] to [-] square kilometers.

In this land, there are about 200 million people living, but it can only be regarded as a large force.

In order to avoid the coercion of Timur, they gave up their bases on the mainland and took Hulumos Island and Qeshm Island as their capitals.

In later generations, this country disappeared long ago and became part of Iran.

When Zhu Zhanji's fleet arrived at Hulumos, the western center, which had the largest trade with Ming Dynasty, was now panicked.

The Hurumos didn't run away, and they had nowhere to run. They escaped the threat of Ming's fleet, but fell into the control of the Timurids again.

And based on their past experience with the Ming people, since they didn't offend the Ming people, they are not afraid that the Ming people will drive them out.

Before Zhu Zhanji disembarked, Saifuddin, the king of Hurumos, personally welcomed a small fleet and vacated the ports of Hurumos Island and Qeshm Island.

At the port, he boarded Zhu Zhanji's flagship Zhu Zhanji, and paid homage to Zhu Zhanji as a courtier.

The two did not understand each other, but through the translation by Zheng He and others, Zhu Zhanji also learned the reason why the Timurids blocked the Ming fleet.

The power of Ming's muskets has spread to the Western Regions, which makes the Timurid people full of worry.Today's Timurids are still mainly cavalry, and their weapons are machetes and spears.

Because of the lack of raw materials, even for bows and arrows, there are not many of them.

According to their assessment, they were on land, so the grenadiers could pose a little threat to Daming.

The Grenadier is a very ancient arm in the West. Its origin can be traced back to the era of Leo III of the Byzantine Empire. Soldiers threw ceramic containers containing Greek fire to attack the enemy.

In Daming, there is also a special grenadier unit. All positions used for defense, such as the defenders of the city and the Great Wall, will use hand-throwing firearms to kill the enemy.

However, they are still different from modern grenadiers in the true sense, and they are more like an auxiliary service today.

Because they were afraid of the muskets of the Ming people, they assembled a navy with [-] warships, trying to stop the Ming army at the entrance to the sea and only allow a small number of troops to enter.

In addition to the navy, they sent a cavalry force of more than 5000 people to station on the land on the other side of the island to put pressure on Daming.

But they didn't expect at all that the soldiers of Ming Dynasty were not the polite and courteous army in the past.

What's more, he didn't expect that besides firearms, Daming also had more powerful cannons, and he almost wiped out them all before the negotiation.

The Amir led the remaining dozens of ships, not daring to stay in Hulumos at all. They traveled north along the Persian Gulf and fled to the depths of the Persian Gulf.

Zhu Zhanji asked: "Since they fled in a hurry, they obviously didn't have time to take away the commodities and gold that they wanted to trade with Daming?"

Tong Shi translated this sentence to him, his face showed a trace of panic, and finally said helplessly: "Yes!"

In order to trade with Daming, the Timur Kingdom expropriated a large amount of horses, live sheep, wool, and cotton every time, but these materials were not of high value except for horses, so they raised a lot of gold every time.

Now that the two sides are at war, of course Zhu Zhanji will not give them any more goods, and will grab the materials and gold they raised.

Although their army did not directly follow the defeated army yesterday, Zhu Zhen also led the elite soldiers to follow them directly, controlling the trading point between Hulumos and the other side of the sea.

This trading point is the foundation of the survival of the Hurumos. They have very little farmland in the country, and most of their food depends on fishing and buying from Baghdads.

In the trading point, more than 2 people make a living by working. Most of the carpets, felts, and tents here will be processed and sold to Daming, and they can also earn some price difference and wages from the middle.

Of course, this trading point is not completely controlled by Khormos. Neither Shahru nor Kumas in Baghdad will let go of the control here, so it is a three-party joint management zone.

This trading point is later Iran's Bandar Abbas.

Zhu Zhen has already been here three times, and he is very familiar with the surrounding environment here, so he, the navy coach, surrendered his status and took control of this place in the name of a forward.

The purpose is of course for tens of thousands of horses, mountains of wool, and countless gold.

As long as no one set fire to it, no one would take these materials away. When Zhu Zhanji saw that this place was not set on fire, he let go of most of his heart.

However, the problem now is that if Daming does not give the goods, he will take these things away. When the people of Daming leave, neither Shahru nor Kumas will let Saifuddin go.

So Saifuddin was terrified when he heard Zhu Zhanji's question.

But on the matter of the case, he had to obey. Shahru and Kumas were the future, but if he didn't cooperate with Zhu Zhanji today, he might not even be able to get off the boat.

The Ming soldiers landed fiercely in Hulumos and the trading town yesterday, blocking roads everywhere. It is said that most of those who fled did not escape, because the Ming people had already blocked the way to leave.

When the five thousand cavalry came into contact with Daming's army, they fled in a panic.

They were able to gallop in Central Asia, relying on the mobility and personal force of the cavalry, but now everything is useless.

The barbed wire fence brought by the Ming army was only laid out in two rows, and the horses could no longer rush through it.

When the maneuver and impact of the cavalry disappeared, facing Ming's muskets, they became targets one by one.

The 2000 cavalry lost nearly [-] men in just half an hour after dawn. They no longer cared about fighting against Daming, and fled in a hurry.

Zhu Zhen was also afraid that if he pressed too hard, his own people would lose too much, so he deliberately left a retreat for the other party and let them escape.

Although some people were able to escape through the desert and the Gobi Desert, almost all the belongings they carried were left to the Ming people.

This battle, which lasted less than an hour, shocked the Hulumos, and they no longer dared to have second thoughts. When Zhu Zhanji's flagship arrived, they rushed to see him.

If Zhu Zhanji doesn't cooperate with Zhu Zhanji's conditions now, he believes that Daming can easily deal with him, and then let their brothers or children inherit his throne.

Seeing Saifuddin's cooperation, Zhu Zhanji felt much happier, and arranged for Zheng He and Jin Kuo to check the property belonging to Shahru and Kumas.

Zheng He is a kind person, but Jin Kuo is Zhu Zhanji's trusted confidant.One has a white face and the other has a red face. He believes that large sums of money will never escape Daming's control.

Originally, a large number of goods had to be delivered in order to exchange for these goods, but the goods of dozens of ships were saved at once, how could you be unhappy?

He originally planned to continue to trade normally with the other party, although he was not going to startle the snake.But since they dared to block the way, since they had already fought, Zhu Zhanji didn't care about them.

Anyway, if we don't fight now, when Zhu Di comes over in two years, we will still go to war.

The only trouble now is that the war has already started, so it will be a little troublesome to send someone to draw a map here.

When the main fleet of Ming Dynasty arrived, there was still some resistance on the shore, but it was quickly suppressed.

Zhu Zhanji didn't give an order at all, and Xue Lu and Zhu Zhen had already killed a lot of people, shocking everyone.

Not to mention the Khurmos, those Timurid people who were originally extremely arrogant and considered themselves citizens of a big country have all surrendered now.

However, for the sake of safety, Zhu Zhanji did not land, but still lived on the boat.

Before the city was wiped out, Zhu Zhanji summoned Zhang Fengshan and other Habayashi guards, and decided to send them out with the young army to quickly draw a map in a month.

The Timurs left [-] horses in the local area, and Zhu Zhanji asked people to collect various local maps, and offered a large reward for maps from various places.