YongleOn September 13, 5th (October 13, 1407), Zheng He fleet ended its first long-distance ocean operation to the West and returned to the capital of the Ming Dynasty at that time, and was also the most prosperous and greatest city in the world at that time. The envoys of various countries visited by Zheng He during his first voyage. They want to see The true face of the Eastern giant, the moment when envoys from various countries set foot on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, were shocked by the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, especially the tall and mighty Nanjing City, which made them deeply impressed by this great country. They were eager to report the true situation of the Ming Dynasty to the country so that they could better contact the Ming Dynasty in the future. In view of this political purpose, Zhu Di issued an edict to launch the second voyage to the West at the end of that year.
Because of haste, the scale of the second voyage to the West was much smaller than the first time. Even so, the strength of Zheng He's fleet is still unimaginable to the Western countries. Zheng He led envoys from Zhangjiagang base with various countries. After a brief pause at the old port base to replenish supplies, he advanced westward along the Strait of Malacca and entered the Indian Ocean Sea. Finally arrived at Guli (an ancient kingdom in the southwest of the South Asian subcontinent , which is a transportation hub in the Indian Ocean. ). King Guli was impressed by the mighty military power of Zheng He's fleet, so he sent envoys to submit to the Ming Dynasty. In view of the importance of Guli's strategic location, Zheng He established a supply station in Guli and left some of the Ming army to garrison and maintain it. He then led his return to his country to rest.
Two years later in September of the seventh year of Yongle (October 1409), Zhu Di used Zheng He as the commander of the fleet, Wang Jinghong and Hou Xian as the deputy commander, and led a huge fleet of more than 27,000 people to launch his third voyage to the West. The departure point of this voyage was selected in Liujiagang, Taicang, and along the way, they passed through Southeast Asian countries, South Asian subcontinent countries, and island countries in the Indian Ocean, and reached the farthest along the coast of West Asia. During this voyage, the vassal state of Siam (Thailand), Malacca, was dissatisfied with Siam's exploitation and exploitation, so he decided to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. Zheng He accepted the request from the King of Malacca and gave the King of Malacca on behalf of the Ming Dynasty two silver seals, crowns and robes, erected monuments and established the Manlacca Kingdom. Siam never dared to invade Malacca again, and Malacca also became an important base of the Ming Navy on the eastern coast of the Indian Ocean.
When returning on his third voyage, Zheng He visited Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Because of the important geographical location of Ceylon in the Indian Ocean, Zheng He tried to establish a peaceful diplomatic relationship with it. However, Ceylon King Yalie Kurnel was greedy for the property of Zheng He's fleet and lured Zheng He to the middle school. Zheng He only brought more than 2,000 Ming troops to land in Ceylon. After Zheng He and his party got ashore, Yalie Kurnel concentrated all the elite troops from the country to besiege Zheng He, and blocked Zheng He's return with huge trees and rocks as obstacles, trying to capture the king first.
At that time, Zheng He had only 2,000 people while Ceylon had 50,000 people. The strength was very different. In addition, it was a away game, the terrain was not familiar with it, and the main fleet was far away from the ocean, so it was unable to contact. This was undoubtedly a very passive situation. Yalie Kunail was also full of confidence and imagined the scene of threatening the Ming army to use money and property to redeem it after seizing Zheng He. But he forgot what kind of master his opponent Zheng He was. Thinking about the Zhengjiaba Battle back then, Zheng He defeated the masses with a small number of people. Their current status was not obtained because of the emperor's favor, but because they earned military merits with one sword and one gun. Zheng He, who had rich combat experience, was not nervous at all when facing the Ceylon Army dozens of times his own. He quickly ordered the soldiers to form a square formation to attack and advance. Although the Ceylon Army was large in number, he had never seen such a formation. In front of the Ming army, they were a group of mobs. Zheng He quickly highlighted the encirclement of the Ceylon Army.
Yarkunaier thought Zheng He would go to the port to join the main force of the Ming army, so he threw all his mobile forces into the direction of the port. After learning about the deployment of the Ceylon Army, Zheng He quickly changed the marching route and took advantage of the empty opportunity of the Ceylon National Middle School to lead 2,000 troops from his troops to raid the royal city of Yalikunail at night, attacked the palace, captured Yalikunail and his family alive, and staged a story for Yalikunail what it means to capture the thief first. Yalikunail really shot himself in the foot. After the war, Zheng He took Yarekunaire back to the Ming Dynasty. In order to show the benevolence of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di did not punish Yarekunaire, but did not let him return home. Instead, he chose a friendly person to the Ming Dynasty as the king in Ceylon. Since then, Ceylon has become an important partner of the Ming Dynasty in the Indian Ocean, and the Ming fleet can be freely anchored at the port of Ceylon.
The Battle of Ceylon greatly shocked the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asian countries. In this battle, Zheng He defeated 50,000 armies on other countries' territory with only 2,000 people, and captured the king alive. It was the main force of the Ming army that had not yet been dispatched. The terrifying combat effectiveness of the Ming army shocked all the countries, and since then, people have been submitting to the Ming Dynasty. Shortly after the Battle of Ceylon, Zheng He commanded the fleet back to the Ming Dynasty, ending his third voyage to the West.
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