Next, the Tang army launched devastating battles in various islands in the central Philippines.

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Under the combined pressure of artillery and steel knives, one island after another was cleared, one stockade after another was conquered, and in just over three months, all the islands in the central Philippines were conquered by the strong and elite Tang army.

These native villages, because they have less contact with the civilized world, so there are many tribes in the whole village that resist together, which makes the Tang army fierce and massacres.

According to the statistics of the Department of Supervision and Care, nearly 100,000 natives were exterminated and slaughtered by the Tang army in the entire central Philippines, which is two-thirds of the natives in the central Philippine archipelago.

Because the killing was too tragic, many years later, Tang Jun Luo Zheng, among these remnants of the natives, there is still such a legend.

That is, because the natives do not worship the gods, the heavens sent Luo Zheng, the messenger of the devil, to slaughter all the ungodly natives.

Although in later years, most of the natives converted to Buddhism, and a very small number believed in Catholicism, the legend of the incarnation of the devil in Luo Zheng, the commander of the Tang army, has been handed down.

After conquering the islands in the central Philippines, Luo Zheng left garrisons on the islands, and led the main force of the second battalion of Pingnan Town, as well as all the artillery troops, to return smoothly on the ships of the naval division.

Li Xiao personally went out of the city to greet the triumphant soldiers, personally set up a banquet, and rewarded them to comfort the soldiers of the whole army.

The reason why Li Xiao was so happy was because he knew that the combined area of these islands in the central Philippines was nearly twice the size of Taiwan, and most of the islands were fertile and rich in resources.

Even if it is not a small island, it is absolutely more than enough to settle one or two million Han immigrants on each of the large islands.

Land, as the most precious non-renewable resource on the earth, is far more precious than all gold and silver treasures in Li Xiao's eyes.

Subsequently, Li Xiao asked Luo Zheng's troops and horses to take over the battalion of Pingnan Town to garrison Luzon, and then gave Cao Bianjiao, the commander of the battalion of Pingnan Town, a battle plan for attacking the Sultanate of Sulu.

The Sultanate of Sulu was founded in 1380 and has since expanded in size to include a series of islands such as Basiland, Tawitawi, and Palawan, as well as the northeastern region of Borneo, in addition to the island of South Kalutan, which is the main body of the state.

At the height of the country, it also invaded Mindanao in the south and competed with the local Maguindanu state.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the king of Sulu also came to the Ming Dynasty in person to meet Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty.

Later, he died of illness in Dezhou, Shandong, except for the eldest son who returned to the country to inherit the throne, the rest of the sons stayed in Shandong, and their descendants became one of the sources of local Hui people in Shandong.

However, since the beginning of this great maritime age, the Sultanate of Sulu has been getting worse, first defeated by the Dutch, completely lost the territory of Borneo, and then defeated by the Spanish, such as Basilan Island, Tawitawi Island and other lands, all taken away by Spain, and finally, the entire Sulu Sultanate, only part of the land of South Kalutan Island remained, which can be said to be a candle in the wind, surviving for a long time.

If Li Xiao had not traveled into this time and space, the country of Sulu would have barely struggled until the beginning of the next century, and finally died at the hands of the Spaniards, and finally became part of the territory of the modern Philippines.

"Bianjiao, that Sulu country, was a vassal country of my Ming Dynasty, and he was quite yearning for China, and he also paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty. With this vassal affection, it is not easy for our army to be too ruthless. If possible, try to persuade you to surrender as much as possible, and do not use swords unless necessary. ”

Li Xiao pointed to the map and gave an order to Cao Bianjiao: "If he is willing to surrender, then all the Sulu royal family personnel and their royal property can be preserved by our army, and all the royal family personnel can be moved to Taiwan to settle down, so as to ensure that they can enjoy the rest of their lives in peace and their descendants will be forever." Cao Bianjiao nodded: "What the Lord said is very true, I will definitely follow Lord Li's plan in the future, but what if the Sulu Kingdom stubbornly resists to the end and vows not to surrender?" "If this is the case, then it is like the story of the natives in the land of Luzon, the whole country slaughters men and keeps women as punishment." Li Xiao said coldly: "If they dare to confront our army to the end, then Bengong will not mind exterminating his clan to show the might of our Tang army." Cao Bianjiao clenched his fists: "Okay, I'll make a note below." Three days later, Li Xiao arranged for the soldiers and horses of the C battalion in Pingnan Town, 2,000 musketeers, all the artillery troops, as well as 1,000 Xuanhu heavy cavalry, 1,000 flying harrier light cavalry, and 1,000 rampant sentinel soldiers to form an expeditionary force to the Sultanate of Sulu. This unit, headed by Cao Bianjiao, commander of the C Battalion of Pingnan Town, and Li Wanqing, deputy commander of the C Battalion of Pingnan Town, as the deputy general, rode on more than 300 ships of the Navy Division and headed straight to the southwest. Due to heavy rain on the road, the expeditionary force was delayed for two days on the road, so that the original four-day journey took six days to reach South Kalutan Island. Hearing the news that the Tang army fleet was coming, the Sulu royal court located in the capital and Lecheng was surprised. "You, can you see clearly?" Unurura, the king of Sulu, looked shocked and asked the soldiers who reported the news. "King Yu, you can see it clearly, the densely packed, as many as hundreds of Tang warships, all flying high with a Tang military flag with black characters on a red background, are galloping towards the coast of our Sulu country?" When Unurura heard this, the Sulu king's face was filled with hesitation. The prime minister on the side, Wen Hara, also frowned, he muttered for a while, and then immediately reported to the Sulu King Unu Lulayu: "Your Majesty, the Tang army has come from afar, and it is very strange, but it is important to send someone to visit quickly. Unulula nodded and said: "You are right, the Tang army is the soldiers and horses of the Heavenly Empire, since they have come to our state from afar, there must be something important, you quickly send people to the coast to meet them." Prime Minister Wen Hara nodded, and was about to go down to handle it, but at this time, a shout suddenly came from outside the palace: "Father, since the Tang army dares to come far to invade my border, why don't your father quickly raise troops and horses to meet the enemy and destroy the enemy when he goes ashore?" Hearing this, Unurura, king of Sulu, frowned. The prime minister next to him, Wen Gula, was also embarrassed. It was his eldest son, the heir to the throne of the Sultanate of Sulu, who shouted this. This eldest prince is a burly and powerful man, with a strong and fierce personality, and his subordinates have collected a number of people who serve the dead, and he is very important in the Sulu Kingdom, and he relies on the favor of his father, and even dares to send troops privately. Today, he also heard the news of the arrival of the Tang Army, and he was so shocked that he hurriedly came to the palace to see his father. Soon, he hurried into the palace, pounced, and knelt down before Unurura. "Father, the Tang army has come to invade our borders, and it has not yet reached the coast, but our army should be ready to attack immediately!" He Gu Ma also reported with an anxious face. Unulula coughed lightly and replied: "Child, the Tang army is the army of the Heavenly Empire, and this time from afar, there must be a saying, how can we and other remote vassals resist the heavenly soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom?" "Father! The Tang army came to invade our borders without making a sound, is it a move of the kingdom? Father, it is better that you are not too weak to punish such a person who has invaded my borders at once, but to treat him with courtesy? "He looked anxious." Shut up, national affairs, how can you be allowed to talk nonsense here! Unulula shouted: "How to deal with the Tang army, my father has his own opinions, why do you need to say more, don't retreat quickly!" He got up in hatred, and with a pair of eyes full of resentment, he glanced at Unurula, then stomped his foot fiercely, turned around and rushed out of the palace. Looking at the back of the eldest prince who was angry and gone, Unurura let out a long sigh of loss. However, he casually ordered Prime Minister Wen Gula, who stood up awkwardly on the side: "Wen Gula, don't take care of him, you quickly go and arrange personnel, and get ready to meet the Tang Army." Wengula answered, but as he had finished picking out the messenger to greet him, he heard terrible news. That is, after the prince Wengula who left the palace was drunk back by the king, he was so angry that he personally commanded an elite army of about 2,000 people and went to the outer coast of Hele City to prepare for a battle with the Tang army that came ashore. Hearing the news, Wengula almost collapsed on the ground in fright. When he came to his senses, he immediately hurried back to the palace to report to Unurula, the king of Sulu. And when he heard that the eldest prince Tagu Mamo led two thousand elite soldiers of the Sulu Kingdom to meet the Tang army that came ashore, the Sulu king Unulula was so frightened that his face was almost like earth. "To die! Die! He was so bold, violated my emperor's order, and led his soldiers and horses to meet the heavenly soldiers of the kingdom, which is really the way to death! Quickly send someone to recall them, and then ask for forgiveness from the commander-in-chief of the Tang Army. Unurula hurriedly conveyed the edict to the Ungula. Wengula replied like a rabbit and rushed out of the palace. It's just that with the king's order, before he left the city, the eldest prince had already led his army to confront the Tang army, which had come ashore. He saw coldly that the Tang army had just come ashore, and it was when the people and goods were mixed and the military array was chaotic, and he suddenly thought in his heart, hum, you dare to violate my borders, this prince is now taking advantage of this opportunity, I must give you a little bit of color. He immediately ordered the whole army to attack the Tang army, striving to defeat these Tang troops who came ashore in one fell swoop. Standing on the side of the ship, I saw from the clairvoyant mirror that a large number of Sulu soldiers dressed in bamboo and wood armor and holding scimitar shields were shouting and killing their own soldiers and horses, but a cold smile flashed on the face of Cao Bianjiao, the commander of the Tang Army Expeditionary Force. "Damn, these southern barbarians are really hateful, and they want to take advantage of our army's unstable foothold to make a surprise attack. I don't want to think about how your little trick is the opponent of our army! It was still the foresight of Battalion Commander Cao, and the rampant general infantry who went ashore in the early stage was enough for them to drink a pot. Li Wanqing, the deputy general on the side, wiped the thick beard on his face and said with a sneer. Cao Bianjiao also had a sneer on his face, and he secretly thought, as expected, this Sulu country really took advantage of the fact that he had just come ashore to attack his own soldiers and horses. Unexpectedly, the first batch of soldiers he arranged to go ashore were the most powerful and capable general soldiers in the Tang Army, which was just a good time for these sneak attackers. It's just that if you just defeat this Sulu army, it will be too cheap for them. 'The general ordered the general army to run rampant on the shore and immediately meet the sneak attack of the Sulu country, and at the same time sent all the flying harrier light cavalry to surround and destroy all the Sulu soldiers and horses. "Order!" The drums of war rumbled, and the rampant general army on the coast quickly fought with the Sulu army that rushed wildly. Compared with the Sulu army, who was dressed in bamboo armor and armed with a scimitar and a bamboo shield, when they saw the Tang army rampant in front of them, everyone's eyes widened. They were horrified to see that these rampant general soldiers, the most elite and capable heavy infantry in the Tang Army, were all dressed in three layers of armor, all of them were protected to the point that only a pair of eyes were exposed, and everyone was armed with tiger guns, tiger knives, long-handled knives, heavy military sickles and other weapons, these heavy infantry like mecha monsters, compared with the poorly equipped Sulu army, it was simply the difference between a tiger and a monkey. When the two armies met, the rampant general army was like a mad tiger, and they jumped into the Sulu army formation and slashed and killed, blood burst out, stumps flew everywhere the swords and guns went, and the enemy army screamed miserably, and quickly fell behind. Seeing that his subordinates were twice the number of the Tang army on the opposite side, and he still took advantage of the chaos to sneak attack, but he was quickly defeated by the Tang army. The eldest prince was almost angry. "Everyone, don't be shocked, kill me!" The eldest prince shouted loudly and cheered up, and he took the lead and fought hard with the rampant general soldiers of the Tang army. It's just that while the Sulu army was struggling, he Guma had already heard the sound of rumbling horses' hooves from both sides of the military formation. His face quickly turned pale. It's over, the cavalry of the Tang Army is wrapping up, and he is about to be wiped out! He didn't hesitate any longer, a ruthless color flashed on his face, and he immediately shouted an order to his next group of escort cavalry, asking them to immediately abandon the Sulu infantry that was struggling to support and flee back to Hele City. He Gu Ma Mo took more than 50 horse guards, like a group of wild dogs fleeing frantically, and rushed into the gate of Hele City. And just as they fled, the Flying Harrier cavalry, which had been divided into two parts, was already screaming and killing from the back of the Sulu army, like two sharp steel knives, and at the same time fiercely back-charged. The Sulu army, which had lost its main general and was flanked by the front, finally collapsed under the fierce impact of the Tang cavalry this time. They wept and threw their scimitars and shields, some fled in madness, others fell to their knees and begged for mercy, banging their heads on the ground. When he did, all these actions had no effect on the red-eyed Tang Jun. In a miserable howl, Tang Jun raised his sword and fell, killing a person's head. Soon, these nearly 2,000 soldiers of the Sulu Army were all killed by the Tang Army, and none remained. The originally white beach was quickly soaked in blood, and with the messy corpses, it was shocking at a glance. After this short but fierce battle, at this time, the prime minister of Sulu, Wengula, with several officials, happened to be detouring here from another city gate, and he couldn't help but gasp when he saw such a tragic situation. And when they saw Wen Gula and them coming out, the red-eyed Tang army rushed over with a roar, intending to kill them all. Seeing the Tang Army's fierce killing, Wen Gula was almost so frightened that he peed his pants. "O Heavenly Soldiers! Don't kill me, I'm the Prime Minister of Sulu, Ungula, and the battle just now was all a misunderstanding! The Tang army, who was screaming and killing, Wen Gula, whose face was pale, used all his strength to shout at them.