Some of the local Ming people's firearms were abandoned when they went south and some were taken away by Guangnan. Basically, the army lacked artillery, and there were very few decent firearms.

Chinese businessmen are also helpless. After all, Sihai is not an East India Company, and they can't change so many muskets and cannons. Of course, even if there are, Yang Yandi can't afford it.

After staying in Meidi for several days, the Ming Shang set off for Dongpu.

"Is Mr. Ding leaving so soon?" Yang Yandi insisted.

"Sir, we have to go to Dongpu to meet Lord Chen Shangchuan, and to Hexian." Seeing that Yang Yandi was trying to stay, Ding had to inform Yang Yandi of his itinerary.

"As these days, Zhenla Shengfan is ready to move, and the border is not peaceful. If you go to Dongpu, I can send deputy general Huang Jin to go with you." Yang Yandi glanced at Huang Jin.

Huang Jin walked out with a tactful look, "The last general has been to Dongpu and has been to and from five or six times, so he can protect the Chinese merchants."

"I can't wait for a maritime businessman, how dare I bother Master Wang?" Brother Ding hurriedly refused.

Yang Yandi quickly clasped his fists and said, "We were originally pirates, and we established ourselves on the island. Later, we followed Zheng's army, lost to the Qing army and fled south to Zhenla. We originally thought that we would not have a homeland in this life. If the Ming court would accept us today, we would be the front guard of the Ming court and would never refuse to die."

Yang Yandi's words expressed the voices of many wise generals present.

Most of the Ming people who fled south to Luzon were Han people in southern Fujian, while most of the Ming generals and soldiers in Annan were from Guangdong and Guangxi, especially the Han people in Guangxi.

The reason why he left his hometown was because of the failure of the anti-Qing Dynasty and was unwilling to join the Qing Dynasty and therefore went south.

Now the Ming people in Luzon have established themselves as governors and are in charge of the Nanyang Niuer. These Ming generals who lived in Zhenla, Annan were naturally willing to come and surrender.

"If Lord Yang does this, it will be better for Lord Liu Yu to do his best."

Brother Ding is just a businessman. As for Yang Yandi's willingness to submit to the Ming court, he has no right to agree, and he can only be a messenger and pass the news back to Luzon.

"When I return to Luzon, I will tell the Ming court about Lord Yang and Meidi Ming. I believe Lord Liu Yu will also be loyal and brave, and reward the generals."

Ming Shang did not stop anymore. In order to complete this mission as soon as possible, Ming Shang finally chose two actions.

Except for the two lucky ships left behind at the mouth of Meidihai, they were preparing to receive the 8,000 stone of military rations prepared by local Ming people, the remaining six lucky ships headed to Dongpu along the coastline.

Ding Ge, the merchants, and the Huben Town soldiers who escorted them, set off on the road and walked to Dongpu.

Deputy General Huang Jin also brought a hundred soldiers to guard the Chinese merchants to Dongpu.

"General Huang, we are not very familiar with Dongpu for the Chinese merchants in Southeast Asia. Now this is the realm of Zhenla, but why is it so chaotic?" Along the way, the Chinese merchants walked on the official road. They could always see hungry people along the way, and there were hungry corpses on the road.

There were even many thieves passing through the mountains and forests. If it weren't for the escort of more than a hundred soldiers, they would have been robbed by the bandits long ago.

"Mr. I don't know that more than ten years ago, the princes and nobles of Zhenla, Mie Neng fled to Guangnan and borrowed Guangnan troops to occupy the area of ​​Zhenla Dongpu and Chaibang. However, although Mie Neng proclaimed himself king, he was controlled by Ruan Zhu. Even Dongpu and other places were oppressed by Ruan Zhu to be classified as land of Ming people for the Ming people to rest and recuperate. The northern part of Wei Neng always wanted to unify Zhenla and even become enemies with Guangnan, so wars continued. Although there was no war, there were constant turmoil between the various tribes, and even affected the Jiading area where the Ming people lived." Huang Jin explained to the Chinese businessmen the current situation of Zhenla.

"I heard that because Lord Chen Shangchuan of Dongpu contacted the Ming court of Luzon, he angered Lord Ruan in Guangnan. Lord Ruan was furious and wrote a letter to Zhenla, asking Zhenla to drive troops to destroy the Ming people of Dongpu." Brother Ding frowned and said.

This incident is no longer a secret. It has long been known to the Chinese merchants in Hoi An and the nobles of Zhen La. Even the Chinese merchants in Luzon have heard of these days.

"Sir, don't worry, you have arrived at the boundary of Dongpu. This is the land of the Ming people. The people in Zhenla dare not cause trouble." Huang Jin said when he saw the Chinese businessman beside him showing sorrow.

After hearing that they had arrived at the Dongpu area, the Chinese businessmen present also breathed a sigh of relief.

But Lin Xu, who was walking in the front of the team, smelled a strange stench.

He is very familiar with this smell, it is the smell of stinking and rotting corpses.

Lin Xu raised his right hand upwards, and the Ming soldiers of three squads instantly dispersed.

Two squads are from Huben Town, and one squad is from Fubo Land War Association. They are both obeying Lin Xu at this moment.

"What are you doing?" Huang Jin just made a promise with these Ming merchants that he had entered the Dongpu territory and there would be no danger.

As a result, in the next breath, more than 30 guards were ready for battle.

Ten sword players formed a shield formation and protected seven or eight Chinese merchants behind the shield.

The musketeer also skillfully took out the medicine bag and the projectile.

"Didn't you smell the stench coming from the wind?" Lin Xu glanced at Huang Jin.

The more than a hundred soldiers under him were still walking around the team as if nothing had happened, and they were still interested in watching the tactical movements of the Ming army officers and soldiers.

At this time, Huang Jin suddenly reacted.

There was indeed a strange stench in the wind. As a Ming general who had fought bloody battles with the Qing army, he naturally knew that this was the rotten smell of a large number of corpses piled up and rotted for several days.

"The whole army is on guard." Under Huang Jin's order, more than a hundred soldiers reacted.

"Tell Ding Gehua merchants to stand in the middle. If these soldiers flee in scattered at that time, they must not be disbanded by the defeated soldiers." Lin Xu told Zhao Shen.

Zhao Shen nodded, turned around and took several young soldiers to guard the Chinese merchants.

At this time, more than a hundred people had already walked out of the official road.

The water is fertile and the fields are thousands of miles away, and the hills and paddy fields are everywhere.

But in the huge fields, there was no ghost.

"There is a Ming people's village ahead. We contact Ming people in Dongpu. We often pass by this village. There are dozens of Ming people, and there are many foreign people, about three or four hundred people." Huang Jin said with a serious expression.

Obviously the odor in the wind is even stronger.

It was not until dusk that everyone arrived at the village.

This has long been transformed into a ruin. Apart from several broken fences, there is no trace of people's life.

It was not until the Ming army scout found a large number of bodies in the paddy fields behind the village.

Looking around, hundreds of corpses were scattered in the huge paddy fields.

White bones can be seen everywhere, and mosquitoes are in large numbers not far away. From time to time, white worms are turning out from the rotten meat, and the rotten stench is everywhere.

Even the stream in the fields had already turned into a dirty dark red. Under the dim sky, the huge fields actually gave people a creepy feeling.

"Vomit, Vomit..." Due to the stench smell of the road when we set off this morning, no one present had lunch at noon.

Now seeing this scene, many soldiers started to retching until they finished vomiting soreness in their stomachs.

"Who did it?" Huang Jin's eyes widened, and his hand holding the knife handle was trembling uncontrollably.

Lin Xu pressed his shoulder and stabilized Huang Jin, whose body was trembling.

"The corpses fell into the fields in a scattered manner, proving that they were suddenly attacked and killed while farming at noon. It was probably three or five days ago. If they were ordinary bandits, they would have already escaped."

Huang Jin looked at the Ming caravan guard in front of him with disbelief.
Chapter completed!