"Your Majesty, it's not too late to send envoys to apologize to the Song army now. There is absolutely no need to antagonize the Celestial Empire!"

Zhao En said: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely not necessary!"

Harivarman walked back and forth. He thought for a long time and then said: "Zhao En, you lead an army of fifty thousand, and the safety of the royal capital is entrusted to you!"

"I will definitely kill all the Song army!" Zhao En received the military talisman and ran out excitedly.

Because Jiang Tao said: "Your Majesty is confused. Zhao En is greedy for power, so he misled your Majesty like this. If the Song army breaks in, it will be too late!"

Harivarman had obviously made up his mind and didn't want to listen to the prime minister's words anymore. He said, "Did you accept money from Qian Yuqing a long time ago?"

Yin Jiang Tao was stunned for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, I am not like this!"

"If you still dare to quibble, someone has already come to report you here."

"Your Majesty, this is also to smoothen our relationship with the Celestial Empire."

"You don't have to say anything anymore. How can I not know about your thoughts?"

"Kings……"

At this time, the warships of the Song Army docked at the coast.

Although Zhao En had not yet had time to mobilize the total force, some of the Champa soldiers who were already patrolling were dispatched to the harbor to prepare to prevent the Song army from landing across the board.

Li Bao shouted: "Crossbowmen, prepare!"

On the deck, rows of Song soldiers immediately stepped forward to load the crossbows.

"Fire the arrow!"

Suddenly, a dense rain of arrows streaked through the air and struck below.

These occupying soldiers were obviously temporarily dispatched and did not even have shields in their hands.

In a place like Champa, which is located in the tropics, it is impossible for soldiers to wear iron armor.

As for armor, only senior officers wear it. Ordinary soldiers wear civilian clothes, short sleeves and shorts.

Of course, the Song army did not wear armor and wore red cloth uniforms.

After all, the navy is different from the army.

As soon as the first batch of crossbow arrows from the Song army were fired, the occupying troops fell in droves, and screams came one after another.

Soon the group of occupying troops who had blocked the Song army from landing were defeated and retreated.

Some ordinary fishermen at the port had already fled. The merchant ships brought from Srivijaya (Malaysia) were docked at the shore. The merchants were hiding in the cabins and did not dare to come out.

Wooden ladders were lowered one after another, and Song troops began to disembark along the wooden ladders in large numbers.

After the formation was completed, Qian Yuqing stood on the bow of the boat and said loudly: "We are just when the Zhan people kill our compatriots!"

Song Jun suddenly shouted: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The shouts of killing alarmed the surrounding areas, and even reached the royal city overwhelmingly. The Zhan people outside the royal city had become frightened and ran towards the royal city one after another.

But when they arrived at the city gate, they found that the city gate had been closed.

"Open the door! We haven't gone in yet!"

"Open the door! We are the King's people! You can't abandon us!"

"..."

Many Zhan people shouted in despair outside the city.

Some people hurriedly fled into the jungle.

Rumors were flying all over the royal city, and some people even cried loudly on the street, obviously frightened.

Zhaoen mobilized his army. He arrived on the tower and looked towards the harbor, seeing a dark area in front of him.

Zhao En sneered: "Not many people!"

After mobilizing before the war, Qian Yuqing led the army to advance towards the royal city of the Champa Kingdom.

Flags were fluttering in the air, and eight thousand Song troops were spread out on the ground, lined up neatly, like a mighty torrent.

Their steps were surprisingly consistent, making the ground seem to tremble slightly.

As they approached the royal city, the two wings of the Song army began to divide.

The Song army adopted a three-sided siege method.

The fourth side is not empty, it's just hidden.

When they got downstairs, Qian Yuqing said: "Let someone send a message, surrender and avoid death."

Li Kun immediately arranged for an interpreter to send a message: "Kaicheng surrenders without killing!"

Zhao En mocked the translator: "I have a hundred thousand elite soldiers in my royal city, but you guys dare to come and occupy my country and run wild! I advise you to put down your weapons immediately! Otherwise, I will kill you all!"

The translator came back and said: "Not only are they unwilling to surrender, they also want to attack us."

Qian Yuqing said: "Do it!"

The war drums sounded.

The Song army held crossbows, lined up neatly, and began to quickly equip the crossbows.

The officers shouted: "Fire the arrows!"

One of Zhaoen's men said: "I heard that the Song army's bows and arrows are very powerful."

"No matter how powerful they are, it doesn't matter. We also have bows and arrows. We are more numerous than them, unless their bows and arrows can shoot farther than us!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a crossbow arrow came out suddenly and hit Zhao En's subordinate in the head, nailing it directly.

He fell to the ground and died in front of Zhao En.

Zhaoen was completely stunned.

"Be careful!" someone shouted loudly from the tower.

But it was too late, the Song army's arrows soared into the sky and pressed towards the city.

That crossbow is a divine arm crossbow with a range of more than three hundred meters. Can it actually be compared to a human bow and arrow?

However, they saw one by one Zhan soldiers falling to the ground and screaming in agony after being hit by arrows, and some even fell from the top of the city.

The crossbow arrow passed over the three-meter-high tower and flew into the city.

The occupying troops on the city tower began to fight back. They drew their long bows and shot at the Song army, but the bows and arrows could not reach the Song army's position.

Seeing this scene, Zhan Jun couldn't believe his eyes.

Zhao En, who was quite magical just now, was lying on the ground, crawling and shouting loudly: "Quick! Fight back!"

After a while, the Song army stopped shooting.

After all, the number of weapons like the God Arm Crossbow is limited.

When the navy originally had only 3,000 men, only 1,000 were equipped with divine arm crossbows, and the rest were equipped with ordinary crossbows.

Later, the navy recruited in Guangzhou was even less likely to use divine arm crossbows. They only had ordinary crossbows, and many of them even did not have crossbows.

After killing the occupying army with the divine arm crossbow, the Song army's war drums sounded loudly again.

The occupying troops on top of the city all looked gloomy.

Qian Yuqing said to Li Bao: "Do you want to attack the city?"

Li Bao said: "There must be a lot of troops occupying the city. It is really disadvantageous for our army to attack the city now."

"Then what should we do?" Qian Yuqing said, "After all, we are going on an expedition with a lot of troops, and we don't have an advantage in terms of military strength. We must fight quickly and decide quickly."

Li Kun said: "Shaoqing, if we can lead the occupying army to fight in the field, our army will be victorious, but we will be unable to attack the city."

What they said was true. After all, Qian Yuqing's army was not the elite of the Song Dynasty. The only ones with some experience were the three thousand navy that had been formed before.

Even they have never fought a large-scale battle.

As for those recruited later, they are even more new recruits.

Want to attack a city?

Basically it's difficult.

If you fail to capture it several times, your morale will be greatly affected.

It's just a labor expedition. Once morale is affected, everyone just wants to go home. This is very dangerous.

But if you want to fight in the field, there is still no problem.

Why is there no problem in field battles?

Because the Zhan people were short and thin, and their weapons were not as sophisticated as those of the Song army. If the Zhan people were willing to go out to fight in the field, the Song army's crossbowmen, archers, and spearmen would all have an advantage.

Qian Yuqing asked: "How to let the Zhan people come out to fight in the field?"
Chapter completed!