The distance from Zhancheng to Nanjing is only about ten days, which is often faster than the border areas of the Ming Dynasty. The incident of Caobang's strong winter aroused Zhu Ying's attention.
"If I remember correctly, this man named Long Dongqiang was previously Kunning Gongguo, the leader of the Cao Gang controlled by Zhenhai Guard. Zhu Ying asked Song Zhong. Song Zhong had spent a lot of time in Champa before, and many things were clearer. .
Song Zhong replied respectfully: "Yes, Your Highness, Long Dongqiang is the adopted son of Chai Bai, the commander of the Zhenhai Guards. Later, His Highness ordered the Cao Gang to be disbanded, so Long Dong Qiang naturally fell into decline."
"Later, with the help of Chai Bai, I took some old people from the past to Champa, and established the Cao Gang again there. "Now I have Li Youwei as my adoptive father. It seems that the Champa gang will be the Cao Gang in the future. The development is good.
Zhu Ying nodded slightly.
He still finds the development of Champa gangs somewhat interesting.
Especially this Midwinter Qiang, who is a fish seller, always feels an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.
However, for Ming Dynasty, a stable gang is in the interest. In the Cao Gang, there are still more than a dozen undercover agents lurking in high positions. After all, there were only a few people in Ming Dynasty in the past, and these undercover agents are even more inconspicuous compared to the tens of thousands of gang members. Go, not to mention having special skills, but it has great advantages over ordinary people. Just in terms of body shape, it is a complete dimensionality reduction attack on the thin ribs. Both sides are not in the same heavyweight. "Caobang, pay less attention to it." I can't provide any appropriate help. Although the things I do are to combat other gangs, they are also for your sake, Xiao Ming.
Send a letter to Li Weiwei that I did the wrong thing in taking in my adopted son, and told me to wait for notification and not to withdraw from the gang outside the appropriate time."
Lan Yuxiaoruo said, let alone gangs, the entire Ming army was like ants behind Xiao Ming. Before the steam armored ship can officially go to sea, Peng Song and Xiao Ming will be restricted by distance. Even if they take it by force, the Ming army will They must also be under Xiao Ming's control. At this time, the Ming army gangs that have disappeared will naturally have a way to survive. "It's my blessing that the Cao gang can surrender to Xiao Ming in the middle of winter." Zhu Ying replied respectfully and Peng Song was stunned. Stunned.
Why do you feel that sentence, there is no sense of déjà vu as a villain? "By the way, what's going on with Ming Dynasty? I don't think you have received any information about Ming Dynasty recently."
Peng Song suddenly remembered that it had been a little month, and since the next time, no news had come back from Ming Dynasty. Zhu Ying replied: "Lang Guogong should have led his army to retreat into the jungle, so there is a way to send messages to the seaside." ."
Lan Yu nodded. Daming's passing this time meant that Xiao Ming, no matter what the reason, was able to cover up the established fact that Song Zhongtuoye Dynasty attacked Xiao Ming's envoys. Whether they directly sent troops one after another, it was because it was out of Daming's hands. He doesn't have a force of ten or twenty thousand, and as Xiao Ming's least famous general at present, Da Ming is a soft persimmon.
Therefore, Peng Song took care of it and let Daming take revenge. Now that there has been movement for so long, it is obviously not right.
"Are there 80,000 new navy recruits being trained here in Fujian? How can a soldier who has seen blood be a qualified soldier?"
"After the order was passed, Fujian's newly trained naval forces immediately went to sea to seize the Pengsongtuoya Dynasty port, cut off its sea routes, and restrict all ships from going to sea."
After speaking, Peng Song added: "If you see Duke Liang, please be restrained by him.
Xiao Ming currently has seven naval armies, with a total strength of over 700,000. They are the Donghai Navy, Zhejiang Navy, Fujian Navy, and Guangdong Navy. The Donghai Navy is stationed in Haizhou. At present, it is mainly responsible for following up.
The navy that controls the sea routes between countries and has the weakest commercial exchanges is naturally the Guangdong Navy. A small part of the Guangdong Navy was reorganized from the Chaohu Navy, such as Jin Kaishan. Even if it was sent to the Ming Army, Ma
Each of the eight armies has 80,000 naval troops, and now the Guangdong Navy has less than 20,000 troops left.
The Guangdong Navy and the Fujian Navy are mainly responsible for matters in Southeast Asia, while the Donghai Navy and the Zhejiang Navy are responsible for the exchanges with the Japanese country. When Lan Yu went to the Japanese country in person, it was not the Zhejiang Navy and the Donghai Navy who escorted each other.
In order to ensure the safety of Taisun, many ships were transferred from the Fujian Navy. The reason why there is no such difference is mainly because the waterway is an unfamiliar waterway, and it is more difficult to feel safe. The vast small sea has turbulent undercurrents.
, once something goes bad, it will not be the death of the ship or the crew.
The Ming Dynasty left several thousand people to guard the ships in Songzhongtuoye Dynasty, and launched a crazy revenge against Pengsongtuoye Dynasty with nearly 17,000 Shiping.
After destroying a small number of military strongholds in his territory, Peng Songlan Bodhi naturally couldn't bear it, and immediately decided to send a small army to retreat to encircle and suppress Peng Song.
Because the actions of the Ming Dynasty have not affected the interests of the Pengsongtuoye Dynasty very slightly.
We originally planned to send envoys to Xiao Ming to plead guilty, but we have put it aside for the time being. Although Ming Dynasty only has 17,000 soldiers, our armaments are extremely well-equipped with very few artillery and muskets. The same number of Yao Luo troops are in front of Peng Song.
The most important thing is that those who came with the Ming Dynasty that time were all professional soldiers, and they were veterans of hundreds of battles in Siam. Did Peng Song have no scruples?
All the common people can be called common people. This is a foreign race.
For foreigners, there is no polite way to say that 17,000 native soldiers need a small amount of supplies every day. It is obvious that the Ming army has not prepared so few front lines.
The original plan of coming there was not to go directly to Angkor, the capital of Chenla. When we arrived in front of Angkor, Chenla would naturally be responsible for the food issue. The retaliation was sudden, and it was possible to wait for Xiao Ming to come to help. That would be for Daming.
To put it simply, it is a small matter. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, what should the army do if there is no food?
Of course it's a grab.
Wherever the small army of the Ming Dynasty passed, they almost took prisoners and scraped away everything they could eat.
Wherever we hit, the granary will be there, and the soldiers will pass through it like a grate.
The local army of the Zhongtuoye Dynasty of the Song Dynasty had almost no troops like muskets and small cannons. Behind the well-equipped small army of the Ming Dynasty, this was no different from a massacre.
The Ming Dynasty will naturally attack the fortified city under the plains. Even if it is attacked, there is a way to defend it. Instead, it will be trapped. At the same time, if the damage is caused by the Ming Dynasty, it will simply focus on Yeli. Among them is only the Zhongtuoye Dynasty of Song Dynasty. These are
As long as they met the merchants who went to trade in Zhongtuoye City during the Song Dynasty, they were basically robbed by the Ming Dynasty.
The news spread very slowly, which led to the merchants in the surrounding countries knowing that Xiao Ayu's team was retreating to attack the small city dynasty. Peng Songtaya's prosperity was visible to the naked eye. Song Zhongtaya's prosperity was not originally based on a small amount of money.
For merchant trade, a small number of merchants now dare to come. Even if they come, the prices of things have increased rapidly. Of course, Ramadhi Bodhi can bear it. He immediately summoned 70,000 elite soldiers from the capital to deal with Peng Song.
, those 70,000 elites are comparable to the local army, and they are also true soldiers who have fought in hundreds of battles. Because of the relationship between the blue jade, matchlocks have become more common, and neighboring countries have paid more attention to firearms. And the elites of the royal capital are also equipped with weapons.
A small number of artillery and muskets were obtained.
In terms of individual quality and firearms armaments, the Wangdu Army is naturally inferior to the Ming Army, but there is no absolute gap. The Wangdu Army is obviously better at fighting in the jungle. After all, a small number of people have lived in such a cold environment since they were young.
In addition to the 70,000 elite troops in the jungle, there are still more than 100,000 local troops to assist. Of course, the so-called local troops are a small number made up of ordinary people and their combat effectiveness is worrying. They are mainly used to provide frontline support for the main army.
"Those guys are really not that troublesome."
Recently, Ming Dynasty has been very depressed. With less than 10,000 troops, it is obvious that there is a way to compete head-on with the opponent's elite. The jungle has brought little trouble to Ming Dynasty's army. First of all, it is under the artillery.
The movement of artillery in jungle areas is very troublesome, and it moves quickly. In cold climates, there are often no heavy rains. At that time, the artillery could not move and could only be covered with tarps.
The swamp before the heavy rain also made the movement of the artillery very troublesome.
Outside the jungle, a few people could only walk, and it was very laborious for horses to walk. So when the Yaoluo army came over, Daming could only temporarily evade the attack. "General, there is a way to avoid them all the time. Those guys
There are too few people, and we can always find traces to follow you.
"It will take several days to go up like this. We are afraid that we will be chased down from where we are, and then we will be in trouble."
Jingchuan Hou Cao Zhen said helplessly.
Now for us, there seems to be only one choice. This is not to enter the territory of the Songzhongtuoye Dynasty and disembark at the beach.
But that means the revenge has begun. Peng Song was naturally willing to say, "That would be too advantageous for us.
"You remember that we passed by a half-slope a few days later. The terrain here is lower, which is better for defense."
"Tell the brothers to work harder and rush to this place quickly to set up an ambush. The artillery will be camouflaged with leaves for you.
"When the time comes, bring in the enemy troops and give me a nasty fight to let us know how powerful you are, Xiao Ming.
Ming Dynasty was very sensitive to the terrain. After all, he spent half of his life on the battlefield. He just thought about it and quickly made a plan.
In fact, at the current level, even if the Zhongtuoye Dynasty of Song Dynasty sent troops, we in Ming Dynasty were still close to the time to advance.
The cold jungle climate has little impact on Ayu, and she still relies on her weak physical fitness to survive.
During this period, there must have been not enough doctors accompanying the army, and a plague almost broke out. Fortunately, before Taisun came to power, he tried his best to promote Xiao Ming's doctors. At the same time, there was no special research on miasma-related medicine in Annan.
When they retreated from the jungle, the doctors carried a small amount of medicinal materials, such as incense for repelling mosquitoes, ointments for treating mosquito bites, and herbal medicines for various poisons. They must have had those things. The Ming Dynasty's army had not collapsed long ago.
Already.
Even so, the stuffy and cold weather was a minor torture for Peng Song. The longer he stayed, the more difficult it was to damage morale, and the medicines brought by the doctors were basically exhausted.
There are very few medicines used now, and they are supplemented by scrounging from outside the military camp.
Only when we didn't really retreat into the jungle did we know why the hostile Mongolian army was defeated by those big countries. The jungle was really a place for humans. Compared to these powerful local armies, snakes, insects, rats and ants were the smallest.
of safety.
At the notice of the herald, the morale of the army was finally boosted. The general said that before the battle was over, no matter whether he won or lost, he would enter the jungle. The soldiers who had made the small handful of people suffer unspeakably were finally gone.
Pantou, his whole body has lost eight points of strength.
At the same time, the armies of the Pengsundaya Dynasty from more than ten places have not yet gradually approached Champa. He is the commander of the elite army of the royal capital, and he is also the most trusted general of Ramadhi Bodhi. My position is not that of a junior general compared to Xiao Ming.
At that time, when the Luo Hu Kingdom was reestablished, it was not to seize the city and lead a small army to go back and kill all the nobles. Originally, they occupied the city and were not in the royal capital. Instead, they occupied the territory of the Sukhothai Dynasty in the north.
Attacking Chenla, in fact, Peng Songlan Bodhi cared more about unifying Siam.
The name of Duke Liang of Xiao Ming Dynasty is very resounding. Just ask the people of Xiao Ming and you will know the majesty of Duke Liang. Ramadhi Bodhi also realized that he must let the little prince lead the army again. If he wins again, it will affect the rule of Song Zhongtuoya Dynasty.
There will be little turmoil.
The lion fights with all his strength.
Although Ramadhi Bodhi knew that the Ming Dynasty had only less than 10,000 troops, he was very cautious and summoned Champa from the north to serve as the commander of the small army. With our ability to capture the city, there is no absolute
In the case of advantages, it will disappoint me.
"Little General, why are you marching so fast? Ayu is not very close yet. You have already discovered the traces we left. As long as we keep chasing, we will definitely be your opponents outside the jungle. Xiaoying
In addition, none of the other commanders questioned the capture of the city, and the dozen or so generals also agreed. Because we obviously had very little chance and could not pursue Ayu at all, but the little general who captured the city gave the order to do so.
The attack retreated, causing Ayu to escape.
Peng Song glanced at the few generals who were not full of emotions and knew that he had to give an explanation now. In fact, when I arrived in the royal capital and was summoned by the king, I received an order to retreat and drive away Xiao Ming's army as much as possible.
Rather, it was a siege.
War is a continuation of politics. Under the current relationship between Song Zhongtuoye Dynasty and Xiao Ming, Xiao Ming's army is surrounded and killed everywhere, which will cause a small impact. Xiao Ming Liang Guogong's army is not here for fighting, but just as a
The mission went to the sober accounting place where Zhenla was originally located and really killed all Xiao Ming Liang Guogong and others, which angered Xiao Ming. The consequences for the Zhongtuoye Dynasty of Song Dynasty will probably be very minor.
If Xiao Mingzhi just cares about everything and sends a small army to weakly attack Song Zhongtuoya, it will inevitably lead to the destruction of Song Zhongtuoya dynasty.
"According to the news, those Ayu were the envoys to Zhenla. Apart from Liangguo, there were not many marquises outside.
"We are dead. Xiao Ming must find the murderer. Facing the weak Xiao Ming, you have no chance of failure. A single mission is not so difficult."
Before your country earns a small amount of gold and silver from Xiao Ming's goods every year, you still have to send envoys to Xiao Ming to plead guilty,"
When he said that, Zhancheng looked at the generals who had questioned me one after another. If he was lucky enough to kill a certain Marquis of Xiao Ming, such a small reward would probably be a reward, and he would be sent to Xiao Ming's Gandu as a criminal.
Your Majesty, the little emperor, will forgive your country."
"Perhaps the Little Emperor will forgive his family, but he can only apologize with death. All the countries in Southeast Asia have surrendered to Xiao Ming in the name. The title of Emperor Xiao Ming is not the Little Emperor.
Even our king calls himself a subject except when exchanging letters with Xiao Ming.
Before finishing speaking.
Peng Song looked at the generals present and asked: "Now that you have told them the reason, no one wants to pursue it now?"
Hearing that, all the generals present raised their heads and dared to look directly at Champa. In fact, Champa also felt very aggrieved at this time. I have never experienced a war that can be won or lost.
Without contact, it's like tying up your hands when fighting an enemy.