It seems that no one owes anyone anything. Wu Shengjun worked hard and the court owes neither honor nor glory. Niu Da doesn't understand the deeper meaning. He just simply feels that Wu Jielang, whose brother sacrificed his life for bullshit, seems to have suffered a loss. It seems that what the brothers wanted to fight desperately was not the military attaché of the Thirty-eighth Festival. Such a reward seemed completely different from their own wishes at the beginning of the battle.
Yun Zheng was very troubled. After Hot Spring Pass became a smelly city gate, Wuchao City also became like that. There were only countless pigs and sheep going in and out of the city gate, and there was no trace of anyone. .
Fortunately, it is not far from Guangzhou. Yu Jing brought a large amount of kerosene and finally put it to use. The trebuchet threw the kerosene into the city gate, and then threw the fire in, and Wuchao City became a burning city. …
The fire burned for six days and then gradually extinguished in a drizzle. The first one to enter the city was Jiaziying. Like ghosts, they entered the city carefully, wearing white clothes and trousers. The whole city had turned into coke. It's just that there are many white bones on the ground that have not been completely burned.
The suspension bridge had been completely burned out and was hanging in a mess on the other side of the cliff. Jiaziying searched the city and found no living creatures, and then burned the things that were not burned through again. After such a fire, , even if there are still germs in Wuchao City, they will not cause any harm to people.
Wu Shengjun began to rebuild the suspension bridge, but the suspension bridge they built was much stronger than the vine bridge built by Nong Zhigao. The iron chains and fasteners had become Wu Shengjun's standard equipment, so in less than half a day, the cliff was A suspension bridge formed by twelve iron chains appeared on the bridge. As long as wooden planks were laid on it, such a bridge would be enough for the entire Wu Sheng army to pass.
Everyone else is busy, only Yunzheng is playing with the elephants. These elephants have been well trained by the Liao people. They are indeed very smart. Under the temptation of Yunzheng's various delicacies, they can already be beaten by the grooms in Wu Shengjun. They were manipulated to do simple tasks, and although the scars on their bodies still hadn't healed, it didn't stop them from swallowing various fruits and grains.
Elephants have no resistance to the temptation of sugar cane. In order to get a piece of sugar cane, they would rather use their trunks to roll thick wood between the woods and the construction site.
There were only twenty-one elephants alive. This number made Yun Zheng very satisfied. Even after being ravaged by gunpowder, no matter how serious their external injuries were, they all recovered quickly. Most of the dead elephants They were all elephants with injured internal organs and eardrums. Looking at the dead elephants with pus flowing out of their ears, Yun Zheng felt very sorry.
There are still twelve baby elephants left. This is simply a miracle. These injured elephants began to care for the remaining baby elephants as soon as they could survive. Because of the existence of these baby elephants, the elephants Xiang's panic was quickly appeased.
Elephants play a very important role in Yunzheng's battle plan. It is unimaginable to cross some forest paths that have long been covered by vines without elephants opening the way.
The reason why Li Dezheng, the king of Jiaozhi County, dared to blatantly support Nong Zhigao and sent his younger brother to show off his power and extort money in the Song Dynasty was because there was a vast virgin forest between Guangyuan Prefecture and Shenglong Prefecture.
Since the Han Dynasty, the Central Dynasty has ruled Jiaozhi. After many years of renovation, four roads have appeared in the forest that can be used by armies. However, these roads need to be constantly repaired and the overgrown vines can be cut off before they can be called roads.
Since Li Dezheng came to power, he has ordered the closure of three of these roads, leaving only one road that is most beneficial to the defense of Cochin. The remaining three roads have been swallowed up by the jungle as quickly as possible.
Some people may not believe it, but vines in tropical jungles can grow more than one meter overnight. As long as no one walks on the road with a machete for more than a month, the road will become no different from other parts of the forest.
There is only one road marked in the official documents of the Song Dynasty, but in Cui Da's commercial traffic map, there are three thick black lines in the middle of the forest.
No matter how ruthless Li Dezheng's decree was, it could not stop Jiaozhi merchants from wanting to do business with the Song Dynasty and being unwilling to pay taxes. Yun Zheng didn't need to expend much effort or even come forward. Cui Da had already made this happen.
The three roads were neatly marked on Yunzheng's march map.
Today Cui Da no longer has a fat figure, and he is already a capable businessman standing behind Yun Zheng. He looked at Yun Zheng feeding sugar cane to the elephants and said with a smile: "General, are you really planning to use these elephants in the forest?"
Isn’t it possible to open a path in the middle?”
Yun Zheng stuffed the last sugar cane into the mouth of a female elephant with only half a tooth and said: "Compared to people, I trust elephants more. The elephant's request is very simple. As long as I give it sugar cane, it will
They will help me work, working one sugar cane at a time. They are no bullies. Now they are used to asking for their own sugar cane after working. I am also used to them asking for sugar cane from me after working. This kind of cooperation
Very good, both the elephant and I are very satisfied.
Those Khmer people you mentioned have too many demands. It is difficult for me to agree to their conditions. I am even almost unqualified to agree to their conditions.
The Chenla Kingdom has perished, but they still want to recreate the glory of Chenla. This is actually very stupid. Why must they fly the flag of the Chenla Dynasty and make Li Dezheng hate them? You must know that as long as it is related to
The change of country and the handover of political power often leave no chance for symbiosis. Unless one party disappears completely, a new balance will emerge."
Cui Da helped Yun Zheng move a bundle of sugar cane from the feed store. He used his waist knife to cut the sugar cane into small sections. The ones who came to eat the sugar cane were all baby elephants.
After Yun Zheng had fed all the baby elephants, he saw that there were two pieces of sugar cane around him, so he handed one to Cui Da, and the two of them talked while peeling the sugar cane.
"General, since the Khmer people are willing to lead us and help us deal with Li Dezheng, why don't you agree to their request? Anyway, we can just agree to them all and then overthrow them."
Yun Zheng shook his head with a smile and took a bite of the sugar cane. The sugar cane was good and full of sugar. After spitting out the dregs in his mouth, he looked at Cui Da and said, "Do you think the Khmer people are fools? What ideas can you think of?"
Wouldn’t they have thought of it? Cui Da, don’t you often break your promises when doing business?”
Cui Da smiled and said: "Of course I keep my word. How can I do business with others if I don't keep my word? But these Khmer people are different."
Yun Zheng sighed and said: "It's the same, Cui Da, remember, they are all the same. Since God gave us the same head, our differences are not that big.
Go and tell the Khmer elders that it is impossible to give Guangyuan Prefecture to them. It is not possible at all. This is already the land of the Song Dynasty. They cannot get involved. It is impossible to help them build an army. This is giving the Song Dynasty
If you are looking for trouble, you have to tell him that after Shenglong Mansion is conquered, the wealth in the city belongs to us and they cannot get involved, but I don't mind if they form an army to attack the city next to Shenglong Mansion."
Cui Da said in embarrassment: "Such an answer will definitely lead to a split. The Khmer people won't be able to help us pass through the three hundred miles of forest without enough benefits."
Yun Zheng smiled strangely and said: "You are not an elder monk of the Khmer tribe. Why do you help them make decisions? Let me tell you something. The more stringent my conditions are, the Khmer people are serious about dating.
Discuss with us, don’t you believe it? Just ask those monks. Anyway, the leaders of the Khmer people are all monks. Maybe they will like this answer."
Cui Da angrily slapped the sugar cane he had cut into Yun Zheng's hand and walked angrily towards the canyon. The leader of the Khmer people was now waiting for news in the canyon not far away.
A baby elephant swung its limp nose and came close to Yun Zheng and made a childish sound. It seemed to be very unskilled in using its nose. Yun Zheng saw this guy trip over his own nose more than once.
Seeing that it finally learned to use its nose clumsily, Yun Zheng put the sugar cane peeled by Cui Da as a reward into its growing mouth. The newly grown deciduous teeth were still unable to bite the unpeeled sugar cane.
The elephant in the distance leisurely picked up food with its trunk, stuffing the broken branches into its mouth. In a short time, the trees there were damaged and covered with bruises.
After the baby elephant finished eating his sugar cane, he actually stared at the remaining half of the sugar cane in Yun Zheng's hand, moaning in his mouth, and his eyes were full of desire for delicious food. The female elephant who was eating leaves over there looked towards this side warily.
Look, Yun Zheng reluctantly stuffed the sugar cane in his hand into the baby elephant's mouth, and then the guy shook his fat butt and walked towards his mother.
Cui Da was very efficient. He came to the military tent again during dinner and looked at Yun Zheng as if he were seeing a ghost. He said, "You are right. Those Khmer people seemed to be relieved and promised me that everything was fine."
After discussion, we will always come up with a result that everyone is happy with."
Yun Zheng also breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I now believe that the Khmer people really want to obtain their own interests through us. This is the attitude of discussing things. If they dare to propose to hand over Guangyuan Prefecture again,
If I give them governance, I want to kill them all. I will not march towards Thang Long until I have cleared the Khmer people from this land.
You go and tell the Khmer people that I will meet them at the mouth of the canyon tomorrow. At the same time, this matter must be kept secret. If the matter is leaked, I may be very unlucky." (To be continued)