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When Sun Kewang received the news, he was a little moved, but also a little hesitant.

He is in his forties, has a lot of sons, and owns a lot of land in the mountains of Taiwan. Although he is poor, he is the boss here, and he doesn't want to bother anymore because he is old.

But that is the creation of a new territory and the founding of a country. Once successful, he will be a founding hero, no better than being a village chief in Taiwan?

After pondering over it for a month, after the Lantern Festival, Sun Kewang set off with his second son.

After waiting for a while in Guangzhou, Jin King Zhao Kuanglui arrived, and three hundred retired cavalrymen also arrived. Although he is a retired cavalryman, his war horses come from Nanjing Racecourse, and they are all excellent horses selected from the best. Moreover, the armor is fully equipped, and the armored monster is scary.

There were also a number of doctors, craftsmen, veterinarians and other personnel, as well as a few low-level officials who volunteered to go to sea.

As for Zhao Kuanglui's classmates, six of them came, and among them was Wang Chongxi, who had been cheating on him all the time.

The three dilapidated battleships were Zhao Kuanglui's naval team. Most of the sailors, sailors, and handymen were drafted from the coast.

When everyone arrived in Quang Nam Province, a thousand Datong troops boarded the ship and were escorted by five naval warships. When they arrived at Palembang, they were joined by two more warships and accompanied by more than a dozen merchant ships. These merchant ships were loaded with grain and spices. The grain was for Jin Wang Zhao Kuangli, and the spices were shipped to Ceylon to be sold to the Dutch.

When passing Malacca and Chittagong, they were joined by two more warships each, sailing to Tanjore in a mighty manner.

When the ship reached Mesulibadam, the Dutch discovered them. Finally, near the port of Pulicat, the Dutch fleet came to intercept, but did not choose to start a war because the Dutch fleet lacked certainty of victory. Zhao Kuangli was escorted by eleven battleships, as well as three old-fashioned battleships given to him by the emperor, and more than a dozen armed merchant ships accompanying the army for trade.

During the negotiations between the two parties, Zhao Kuangyi did not say where he was going. He only said that the Dutch fleet could follow him, and he would know what the Chinese army wanted to do by then.

When passing by the capital of Jinji Kingdom, Zhao Kuanglui docked for supplies and sent several envoys into the city to have friendly exchanges with King Jinji.

A few years ago, an envoy fleet passed by here. King Jinji was very discerning and sent several female slaves to the Chinese envoys.

This country will be Zhao Kuangyi's neighbor in the future, and we can first establish good relations with it. Because even if it wants to expand, it will not be to attack Jinji State, but to bully the weaker Madurai. After taking Madurai, they went to attack Mysore, which was a Hindu country ruled by a sultan. No one would come to help when attacking there.

King Jinji did not ask where they were going, thinking they were visiting Europe again.

When he heard that the Chinese prince had arrived, King Jinji was very happy and cordially invited the prince to a banquet. At the end of the banquet, he also gave Zhao Kuangli two female slaves.

The Dutch fleet followed them all the way to Tanjore, and then the commander was stunned.

"Boom boom boom!"

Not only did the Chinese warships fire at the city wall, but the accompanying armed merchant ships also fired shells into the city (China's armed merchant ships can be equipped with up to six artillery pieces, and the caliber of the artillery pieces is also limited).

This port city was obviously defenseless.

When they discovered the arrival of the Chinese fleet, they thought they could do business and opened the port to collect entry taxes.

King Ashwin, who was as fat as a pig, was enjoying himself in the palace when he suddenly heard the rumble of cannons. He started to panic and asked, "Are the Dutch coming?"

Soon, a minister came and said, "Your Majesty, China and the Netherlands are jointly attacking!"

The Dutch fleet watching the battle was mistaken for an accomplice of the Chinese fleet.

"Run!" Ashwin was so flexible that he ran like a ball of meat.

The minister quickly shouted: "Your Majesty, the army should be summoned to defend the city. I have gathered a group of soldiers, but many nobles are fleeing, and the soldiers are also fleeing. I need you to comfort them at this time!"

"The Netherlands and China are difficult to deal with alone, let alone two together. We can't defend the city," Ashwin shouted anxiously, "Where is my horse? Bring my horse quickly."

This king was a pure coward and was destroyed by more than a thousand exiled remnants in history. The remaining defeated generals, who did not even have heavy firearms, captured the city and encountered almost no decent resistance.

Just as Sun Kewang was landing with three hundred cavalry, he saw the city gates everywhere were wide open and countless soldiers and people were fleeing.

The battle has just begun and the siege is already over?

"Take off the heavy armor and charge with me!" Sun Kewang made a prompt decision and ordered the cavalry to take off the heavy armor so as to increase mobility.

In such a situation, heavy cavalry is useless, and light cavalry is more effective.

After a while, the infantry was already running forward, and Sun Kewang led the cavalry to catch up quickly.

Three hundred cavalry rushed to the nearest city gate, killing anyone in their way along the way. But the city gate was in chaos and had long been blocked by a crazy crowd. Sun Kewang led the cavalry around the city, and there was traffic jam even after passing two city gates.

All the way to the third city gate, there were no refugees there, but there was actually an army.

But the princes and ministers wanted to escape but were reluctant to part with their belongings, so they asked private soldiers to guard the city gates, kill all the people who dared to approach, and then transport carts of belongings out.

Seeing Sun Kewang coming with his troops to kill, the slaves and infantry there dispersed in a hurry.

Upon seeing this, the princes and ministers fled with their personal cavalry, not even taking care of their wives, children, and children behind them.

Sun Kewang chased those cavalrymen. This fellow had not forgotten his riding skills. He hit the enemy cavalry in front with one arrow. I don't know if he hit it by luck.

After chasing for several miles, the enemy's cavalry did not resist, but only galloped wildly.

There were only a hundred or so of these fleeing noble cavalry. They scattered in various directions and fled. Sun Kewang only managed to kill a few dozen riders, and then he turned around and headed towards the west of the city to kill.

King Ashwin was blocked by the fleeing people, and he let the palace guards kill them indiscriminately, and finally rushed out from the city gate.

At this time, a thousand Datong infantrymen had entered the city, and headed straight for the palace under the leadership of merchants who had been to the city. When they reached the door, the king had already run away, leaving only some palace servants who took advantage of the chaos to grab things.

Sun Kewang was intercepting and killing the fleeing nobles in the west of the city when he suddenly saw an army approaching.

They were the king's palace guards, and they were pulling more than twenty carts of goods.

When King Ashwin saw the Chinese cavalry, he was immediately frightened and shouted: "Hold the enemy off."

Then, he took more than a dozen palace knights and ran away on horseback. The rest of the palace footmen stood there in a daze, not knowing whether to run away, chase the king, or risk their lives to block the enemy.

Sun Kewang led his troops to kill, and all the palace infantry kneeled down and begged for mercy.

Seeing this situation, Sun Kewang was too lazy to pay attention and led his troops to pursue the king. After they left, the palace footmen stood up one after another, swarmed to grab the king's treasure, then took off their armor and planned to flee.

Suddenly, Sun Kewang came back with twenty horses. Those guys stopped running away and took the initiative to put the treasure back into the carriage.

Although the king's mount is a magnificent horse, it is too fat. In terms of pure weight, it is considered a heavy cavalry. Sun Kewang caught up soon, and the palace knights fled when they saw this, leaving the heavy cavalry king behind to struggle.

Sun Kewang didn't know that this was the king, but he must be an important figure in this situation, so he was immediately captured alive.

"Is it so easy to open up new territories?" Zhao Kuangluo stood at the gate of the palace, always feeling like he was dreaming.

The commander-in-chief of the Dutch fleet who was fighting outside the port also put down his telescope at this moment and muttered to himself: "The city of Tanjore was so easy to defeat?"

The Netherlands also has a colonial port in Tanjore, which was snatched from Portugal, and it is the Nagapatam port that the Portuguese value most. When I married a princess far away, all other ports were willing to give her dowry, but this one port refused to hand it over.

After seizing the Portuguese port, the Netherlands did not expand further. Instead, it negotiated with the King of Tanjore and forced him to hand over his commercial privileges across the country.

Knowing the Chinese target, the Dutch fleet immediately left and ran to report the situation to the governor.

A few days later, the Dutch governor sent an envoy to negotiate as the protector of Tanjore.

Zhao Kuanglui was not yet on a stable footing and was unwilling to provoke the Netherlands. The two sides quickly reached an agreement:

First, the commercial privileges of the Dutch in Tanjore should not be revoked.

Second, Chinese merchants have the same privileges as the Dutch.

Third, Nagapatam Port is still ruled by the Dutch.

Wang Chongxi is now Zhao Kuangli's adviser: "Your Highness, we will have a war with the Netherlands sooner or later, and we will have to ask China to send troops to help."

"I know that we must occupy the entire Tanjore area now." Zhao Kuangyi said.

Wang Chongxi said: "The richest land along the river must be controlled in our hands and given to officials and soldiers. All the landowners there will be killed, and the people will be tenants of those who receive the land. As for places farther away, send people to the nobles Send an order to the landowners that as long as they are loyal to the new king, everything can continue as before."

Zhao Kuangluo nodded: "I think so too. Once the city is stable, we will send troops to occupy the fertile land along the river."

These two people were kind enough. In another time and space, the more than a thousand remnant soldiers came to kill them, but they used the land that was harvested twice a year, including the landlords and farmers, as slaves. And they were slaves for generations, and they were not "turned over" until the British came.

Island of Ceylon.

Dutch Governor Joan Matsolko, who had successfully negotiated, was not happy at all.

Tanjore is the closest state to Ceylon. Once China can immigrate here calmly, they can cross the sea and directly attack the Governor's Palace. This makes Governor Qiao An feel like a stick in his throat.

But he didn't dare to start a war. Even if he could defeat the Chinese navy, with the poor infantry of the Netherlands, could he take down the tall and solid city of Tanjore? Chinese soldiers are not cowardly Tamil soldiers.

A few days later, Zhao Kuanglui sent a diplomatic document, officially informing the Governor of the Netherlands: The Tanjore Kingdom will be renamed the Jin Kingdom from now on, and the king will be His Highness the King of Jin of China. The capital city of Tanjore (Thanjavur) was renamed Taiwu City.

Governor Joan was very speechless. If he had known that Tanjore could be easily captured, he would have sent troops to capture it long ago.

But who could have expected it?

The city wall is tall and strong. There are more than 2,000 defenders inside the city, as well as muskets and artillery. Tens of thousands of people can be recruited for defense at any time. The king actually abandoned the city and ran away!

The governor did not expect this, nor did Zhao Han who was far away in Nanjing. He thought he would experience a fierce battle.

The Indian region has an excellent matching mechanism, but its combat power becomes weaker as you go south.