Chapter 718: Sapphire's Revenge, the Island Situation(1/5)
Sultana's deadly scissor kicks are indeed powerful, but Zhu Ying is not a vegetarian either.
What Zhu Ying didn't expect was that Sultana hoped that the Ming Dynasty would mediate the war between the two countries instead of sending troops to assist Chenla.
It seems that this cheap brother-in-law has quite a lot of ambitions.
He obviously felt the remaining decay of Chenla's six hundred rule and wanted to reform.
With the help of the dangers of other countries and the help of the Ming Dynasty, the cleansing of Zhenla was completed.
I just don’t know if it can be successful.
"Don't you want Xiao Wenzhen to become the king of Zhenla in the future?"
Zhu Ying naturally still remembered the original promise. After all, he had promised several concubines that this was also a policy of the Ming Dynasty towards overseas vassals in the future.
These sons, except for Xiao Wencheng, will be sent to the Ming Military Academy for training when they grow up.
How can a vassal king be a good vassal king if he cannot command troops?
"Perhaps my eldest brother can manage Zhenla very well." Sultana said after a slight hesitation.
Zhu Ying nodded without any intention of forcing him.
There are some things that cannot be said now, and in the end, it is not Sultana who has the final say.
Xiao Wenzhen is still young. When he grows up, he may have his own pursuits.
"Since you have made up your mind, then I will listen to you." Zhu Ying said with a smile.
When Sultana heard this, she felt that the man in front of her really loved her.
In this case, it is of course a more violent response.
At this moment, Zhu Ying was in the wind and rain, and Lan Yu, who was thousands of miles away, was also in the wind and rain.
The heavy rain poured down on the primitive jungle, and it was impossible to see anything in the dense woods.
Thousands of Ming soldiers were lurking less than 500 meters away from the enemy.
Lan Yu looked coldly at the Siamese soldiers on duty in front of her in the rain.
For these cities in Southeast Asia, the cities are usually only in plain areas, such as these jungles, where it is difficult to build city walls.
Lan Yu touched the scar on his face.
This was the injury he sustained when Siam raided Chenla two months ago.
The sharp arrow came straight towards Lan Yu's face. He had no time to react and dodge, and tilted his head slightly. The arrow pierced the left side of his face and drew a long mark.
The siege of 100,000 people caught Lan Yu by surprise.
Under such circumstances, Lan Yu could only run away desperately.
Fortunately, these Siamese troops were not strong enough, and after leaving thousands of corpses behind, they were broken out by Lan Yu.
However, this time, out of the 14,000 people, only 8,000 survived in the end.
A total of six thousand veterans died in this siege.
What a shame!
Lan Yu has been fighting all his life, and when has he ever suffered such a defeat?
There is no need to say anything more. The eyes of the surviving soldiers flashed with devouring eyes.
This is not a failure, it can only be said to be an accident.
It was just this accident that cost the lives of six thousand soldiers and almost killed me.
Because I was preparing to go to Angkor to talk to King Chenla, so I wanted to congratulate you.
First of all, he brought many gifts, which was also what the grandson meant.
The second group of people did not bring many firearms and weapons, and most of them stayed on the ship. After all, they were not here to fight.
It can only be said that Siam does not respect martial ethics and makes sneak attacks.
Fortunately, Lan Yu survived.
Naturally, all the gifts originally given to King Chenla to congratulate him were lost.
For Lan Yu now, the best choice is to return to the Ming Dynasty and then ask Taisun to send troops.
But this coming and going, plus the army preparations for war, will take more than half a year at least.
How can you accept that you are as proud as a sapphire and have suffered such a big loss and have to endure it for at least six months before you can get revenge?
Lan Yu returned to the ship with the remaining soldiers. After the entire army swore an oath, they would launch a crazy revenge against Siam.
"My lord, the rain is getting lighter."
Jingchuan Hou Cao Zhen walked to Lan Yu and said.
Lan Yu nodded: "Inform the brothers to prepare. When the rain stops, the whole army will attack."
In front of the army is a military camp in Siam.
Lan Yu has already pulled out three military villages like this, and he is already familiar with them.
The rain stopped and the massacre began.
Dozens of cannons that had been wrapped in oilcloth were carried out.
The distance of three hundred meters almost puts most of the military camp within the shooting range.
The dense woods are the best cover, and in the heavy rain, those patrolling Siamese are a complete fool in front of the elite detective horses of Lan Yu Bai Zhan.
In the military camp, the number of people began to increase, as if they were out doing business because the rain stopped.
The sentry seemed to have noticed something was wrong and started shouting loudly.
The military stronghold seemed to be shaking, and Lan Yu could see many men gathering with weapons.
Probably the sentry's death was discovered.
But it's too late now.
"The whole army listens to the order and fires!"
Lan Yu shouted sharply.
The next moment, a rumbling sound echoed throughout the rainforest.
Dozens of artillery pieces all fired towards the military stronghold.
The so-called truth is within the range of a cannon.
This is the crushing from the civilization level.
The Ayutthaya Dynasty also had firearms and cannons, but they were all equipped in the ace army, not in the military stronghold near the border here.
The wooden structure cannot withstand artillery bombardment at all. There are about thousands of people in this military camp.
The military system of the Ayutthaya Dynasty is somewhat similar to the guard system of the Ming Dynasty.
Thousands of people form a military camp, working in the fields, and are self-sufficient.
This greatly reduced the burden on the Ayutthaya Dynasty and allowed it to develop its army on a large scale.
The founder of the Ayutthaya dynasty, King Ramadi Bodhi of Uthong, was the king of the Lohu Kingdom and was not an aborigine of Siam.
After conquering Ayutthaya, the capital was moved here.
The military system made the Ayutthaya dynasty extremely powerful, but it contained huge hidden dangers.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Ayutthaya Dynasty, it basically inherited the political system of the Sukhothai Dynasty, with no separation between military and civil affairs and decentralized central power.
Many military villages are more like autonomous small countries.
The reason why it can maintain its strength now is naturally the personal majesty of King Uthong Ramatibodhi.
However, he was several years older than Zhu Yuanzhang, and it was obvious that Ramadi Bodhi, King of Utong, would not live long as he entered his old age.
Ayutthaya City.
The prosperity here is beyond imagination, and it is more lively than Champa, which is close to the Ming Dynasty.
Ramati Bodhi, King of Uthong, had great foresight and moved his capital here.
The development and growth of Ayutthaya benefited from the favorable environment in which it was located, and King Uthong was good at learning from surrounding countries and ethnic groups and establishing a system suitable for their development.
When he was still the king of Luohu Kingdom, King Wutong longed for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, because the most valuable things here were porcelain, silk and other high-end luxury goods from the Ming Dynasty.
These goods from the Ming Dynasty are almost directly equivalent to gold and silver.
When the envoy passed by, it happened to be the third year after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the third year of Hongwu.
When the envoy who had stayed in the Ming Dynasty for two years returned to the country, he was received with high standards by King Wutong.
The envoys also recorded many customs, systems and rules of the Ming Dynasty.
The military village system originally had some rudiments, but King Wutong did not copy it, but made some improvements based on local conditions.
Ayutthaya became even more powerful after reducing the pressure on the army.
To be continued...