The decisive battle on Mindanao is about to begin, but the strangulation of the Moroes at sea has been ahead of schedule.

Back on December 10, 178o, Zhu Haitao's fleet finally arrived at the coast of Holo Island after several days and nights of sailing.

Holo Island is located between the Sulu Sea and the Siribes Sea, with an area of ​​894 square kilometers. There is a Holo City on the island, which is the capital of the Sulu Sultanate.

The Sulu Sultanate was established in 1457. Its borders are located in the Sulu Islands at the western end of Mindanao, as well as Palawan Island, the northeastern Borneo and the archipelago around the Sulu Sea.

The Sulu Sultanate was already in an early feudal society, with three social structures composed of hereditary aristocrat Datu, free people and slaves. The social economy in the Nanyang area has been relatively high, so it has a large population and a strong national strength.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, King Sulu came to the imperial capital Jin to meet Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty. He died of illness on his way back to China. He was buried in Dezhou, Shandong. Most of his descendants lived in China, and many Hui people there were descendants of them.

By the 16th century, with the pace of great voyage, the Spanish came to the Philippine Islands. By 1565, Spanish colonists had already conquered the Luzon Islands in the northern Philippines with guns, but most of the islands, including the man's Mindanao, had not been occupied.

However, the Spaniards have accelerated their conquest. Just a few years ago, the Spanish used the excuse of Catholic missionaries being killed by local officials and dispatched several warships to bombard Holo Island, sunk many ships, and forced the Sultan to sign the Treaty of Holo, requiring the Sultanate of Sulu to submit to the Spanish king, and to pay a certain amount of gold regularly as tribute, and also turned the city of Holo into a transit station for Spanish maritime transportation routes.

In order to save the crisis, the Sulu Sultan Kingdom thought of the Qing Dynasty in the north. In 1726, the Sulu Sultan sent envoys to rebuild his vassal relations with the Qing Dynasty. Five years later, the Sulu Sultan came to pay homage to the tomb of the Eastern King of Sulu. In 1753, the Sulu Sultan requested that the local and Dinghu be included in the Chinese territory, but was rejected by Emperor Qianlong because of the policy of closing the country.

Finally, in 1851, the Spaniards occupied the ancient capital of the Sulu Sultanate, and completely destroyed the Sulu Sultanate.

However, the above situations were all decided by the Spanish pressing step by step, threatening the security of the Sulu Sultanate. If Qianlong really agreed to the Sulu Sultan’s request at that time, even if he successfully defeated the Spaniards, Sulu Sultan would not have really incorporated his country into the Chinese territory.

There were many such situations in history. During the Yongle period, Emperor Chengzu agreed to the request of the failed party, sent troops to occupy Vietnam and set it as the Jiaozhi Administrator. However, the failed party immediately took up the anti-flag flag and dealt with the Ming army for more than 20 years, and finally forced the Ming Dynasty to withdraw its troops.

During the Wanli period, North Korea was attacked by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and North Korea was in danger. In order to request the Ming Dynasty to send troops, they still asked to support themselves. This time, Emperor Wanli remembered the lesson and restored North Korea after expelling the Japanese army, and did not fall into the quagmire.

Now, these noble elites from the Sulu Sultanate should be wary of this Chinese-compliant country.

Just half a day before the fleet led by Zhu Haitao arrived at Holo Island, Muruk, the prince of the Majingdanau Sultanate, had just arrived at Holo Island and brought a bombshell to Holo Island, which had been settled for several years.

The powerful Majingdanau Sultanate was actually attacked by a Chinese company that had just risen for a year. Not only was the city of Zamboanga occupied, but it was also terrifyingly bombarded, and the entire country was paralyzed.

After hearing the news, Mamur, the Sultan of Sulu Sultanate, immediately arranged Muruk to rest in a place, and then attracted ministers to discuss strategies.

"Your Majesty Sultan, if what Prince Muruk said is true, then the Chinese people we met, even though they only formed a company, would be so powerful. If we don't prepare, we will definitely suffer in the future!" A minister expressed his inner concerns.

"I know too, but how should we prepare?" Sultan Mamur said, "The minister who only knew how to remind him."

"Your Majesty, these Chinese people's route to the Makingdanau Sultanate passed through our country, but they did not harass us, but went north, which shows that they did not have the intention to harm us, and it would be better for us to make good friends with them, so that the Spanish might know that we are not easy to bully," said another minister.

"How do you know that these Chinese are not ambitions? Maybe they are another Spain?" the others retorted.

The ministers argued, and the Sultan had no choice but to force them to calm them down.

"Since we don't know the intentions of these Chinese people, we should go and test them. I plan to send Prime Minister Huo Huoer to Zamboyan to contact them and check the intentions of these Chinese people." Mamur thought for a while and made a decision.

But within a short time of this decision, the people on Holo Island fell into the noise again.

It turned out that on the sea outside Horo City, eight tall warships lined up in a row and rushed into the harbor straight. Some small fishing boats could not hide and were directly hit and sunk by these warships.

The news was immediately transmitted to Sultan Mamur, causing an uproar on Holo Island.

"There is such a great god! Are these Chinese going to destroy the city of Horo? Where is our fleet? Send them into the harbor to protect the city of Horo!" The Sultan immediately issued an order to the army.

Because they are in the key area of ​​Nanyang, the Sulu Sultanate has a lot of wealth, and their "navy" also has many ships, with a total of as many as thousands.

However, most of these "warships" are transformed from small fishing boats. At most, they are small-caliber cannons, some of which are just a few muskets, and a few large ships and only a few old-fashioned cannons, which are simply not comparable to the "Xia"-class warships under Zhu Haitao's command.

Moreover, a few years ago, their navy was hit by several Spanish warships and suffered heavy losses. The number is now only more than 400. After a few rounds of artillery attacks, they can be completely destroyed.

"Aim at these fishing boats and sampans, fire hard, and tell these Moroes that we are amazing!" Zhu Haitao was furious when he saw these hundreds of small shrimps that dared to shake the big tree. He immediately ordered the Moroes who didn't know how high the sky was.

"boom!"
Chapter completed!