The big thing must be, An Boya, Luo Rou and I entered the palace for the second time. (This time into the palace, Mahagatha III was obviously much more enthusiastic, laughing heartily from time to time, this meeting, he agreed to send 30,000 troops, commanded by Razhendra, and our army to attack Thang Long together.) He had already ordered the mobilization of troops, which would be completed in about three days. At that moment, he ordered the Qintian Supervisor to choose an auspicious day to send troops, and the Qintian Supervisor was ordered to calculate for a while, and reported that it was appropriate to send troops after five days, and Mahagatha immediately decided that the army would go out in the early morning of the fifth day.

In the days that followed, Luo Rou and I often walked quietly and slowly through the streets of Indra, enjoying the rare tranquility and deeply feeling the exotic atmosphere. Although we don't understand the language, some complex gestures can also make the merchants in Champa understand our needs.

Inadvertently, Luo Rou and I have spent five days of leisure in Champ.

At the auspicious time that Qin Tianjian had already calculated, the king of Champa Mahagatha III personally led civil and military officials and local gentry to inspect the expeditionary troops at the north gate of Indra Buluo and saw them off.

Under the finely tuned 30,000 Cham soldiers standing in the school field, there was a killing atmosphere in the autumn wind. These Champa soldiers were mainly infantry, mixed with a small number of archers, and apart from some generals and heralds, there was no special cavalry unit.

The soldiers were dressed in cyan uniforms and black armor, and all kinds of weapons were shining and dazzling.

Mahagatta III, dressed in military uniform, stood high on the parade platform on the school ground, surrounded by a group of high-ranking civil and military officials. I, Luo Rou, and An Boya also stood beside the queen of the country as foreign guests of the ceremony, and Brother Niu led the cavalry team to stand sideways on the left side of the school field.

"Soldiers!" Mahagatta III looked at the tens of thousands of athletes in front of him and said in a loud voice (the following Champa language is directly expressed in Chinese).

The army of 30,000 led by Rajandra stood up straight, puffed up and listened to the king's words.

"Ignoring the friendship of our country for generations, the Annam Lai clan has brazenly invaded our country, mutilated our people, destroyed our homes, raped our wives and daughters, and seized our land. Sons of Champ, can we endure this qiē? ”

"Can't!" Tens of thousands of soldiers chanted in unison, and the sound shook for nine nights.

"Yes, we're fed up, we can't bear this qiē anymore, we have to fight, we want to make Annanxiao's little blood debt pay for it with blood! We want the people of Annam to know that there are no bad breeds of men in Champa, and that all men in Champa are good men, and anyone who dares to provoke us will be trampled under our feet, kiss our toes, and ask for our forgiveness! ”

After a pause, Mahagatha III continued: "You are all heroes, you are the pride of Champa, your name and your exploits will forever be engraved in the annals of Champa and will be admired and worshiped by all generations of generations!" ”

The blood of the army was completely aroused, and their eyes were red and excited, and there was no doubt that even if they were facing a demon who had come out of hell now, they would dare to wield a broadsword at the enemy.

"Now, I declare, the war has begun! I command you to destroy all enemies who dare to stand in your way, without mercy or mercy, and to go! Go and teach the Annan people a bloody lesson, let them know the consequences of violating the great occupation of the city, and you must let the Annan people in the next hundreds of years still tremble when they mention you and your battles! ”

Mahagadha III solemnly handed over the golden seal of the transfer of troops to Razhendra, and this moment heralded the official beginning of the war between Champa and Annam.

Razhendra took the golden seal with both hands and said loudly, "Order! The ministers will never dare to forget His Majesty's teachings, and they must fight bravely to kill the enemy and serve the motherland! The three armies of the ministers swore that if they did not succeed, they would become benevolent! If the enemy army cannot be defeated, no one below the self-subordinate level will return to the country half a step, and no one will survive in the world! ”

"Good! Go out! Mahagatha III said with a smile on his face.

Luo Zhendra waved his hand: "Your Majesty has an order, the army is out!" After saying that, he bowed to the king, walked down the parade platform and went to the north gate, because the military order was in his body, and there was no need to bow down according to the law of Zhancheng.

I, Lorou, and Amboya also saluted the king and followed in the footsteps of Rajandra and left.

The generals waited for us to step down from the parade platform and immediately commanded their subordinate units to follow us slowly.

The streets were filled with Cham people seeing them off, waving their hands excitedly and chanting the names of the king and Rajandra, while others shed tears, perhaps because they were excited, or because their relatives were part of the expedition and they were worried about their safety.

After the army drove out of Indra, an avant-garde force of 1,000 men crossed us and opened the way in front of the large army, and Niu Ge also led the cavalry to catch up.

A few days later, return to the foot of the Five Elements Mountain. Because they were still on the border with Annam at this moment, the troops did not have to worry about the enemy's attack, and the marching speed was very fast.

Rendezvous with He Ruitian's troops, the army camped at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain that night. That night, Luo Zhendra gathered two of his adjutant generals, me, Luo Rou, He Ruitian, and An Boya, to hold the first joint operations meeting.

The meeting mainly discussed the issue of how the two armies should coordinate command and fight. Because the two armies have different languages, behavioral habits, combat methods, and combat characteristics, this meeting is extremely important. As the saying goes, the ruler is short and the inch is long, and only when the two armies strengthen their understanding and learn from each other's strong points to make up for their weaknesses can they display the greatest combat effectiveness of the two armies. Everyone is basically familiar with each other's combat modes and characteristics, and they also have a certain understanding of the personalities and ways of leading troops of important generals on both sides, which I believe will be of great help in future battles.

Hengshan Pass is the dividing point between Champa and Annam, and is an important pass of Champa, and its importance to Champa can be compared with the importance of Zhennan Pass in China.

The terrain of Hengshan Pass is dangerous and abnormal, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Annam invaded the city several times, although it has seized a lot of land north of Hengshan Pass, but it has been clumsy under Hengshan Pass several times, and it is impossible to achieve an inch.

After crossing the Hengshan Pass, it entered the territory of Annam, and the purpose of this battle was a sneak attack, and after entering Annam, the army could not hide, and there was no way to talk about a sneak attack.

A meeting of senior generals was held at Hengguan, and after consultations, it was finally decided that the army would not take the official road and instead enter the jungle, sneaking from the jungle to Thang Long, and launching a sudden and violent attack on it.

The idea was certain, the army burrowed into the vast jungle, and the huge trees as high as several zhang or even dozens of zhang completely covered the whereabouts of the army, and the people of Annamite would never have thought that there was an unsheathed long sword hidden in this endless forest, and the blade pointed to the heart of Annam-Shenglong!

In the depths of the dense forest, sometimes there is no sunlight for several days, and at any time there are also attacks from various poisonous insects and beasts, and every day nearly 100 soldiers are killed by the kiss of poisonous beasts, or because of the mountain forest barrier, and there are boundless killing opportunities hidden under the fallen leaves, and soldiers often fall into the bottomless swamp. Poisonous insects, beasts, obstacles, swamps, and bumpy roads (perhaps not called roads, there are no roads in the dense forest, and the so-called roads are all cut out by soldiers with swords and walked step by step) all of these qiē greatly limit the speed of the army.

More than ten days later, the avant-garde troops sent back the news that the dense forest had reached the end and Thang Long could already be seen. When the army heard the news, they were all excited, and if it weren't for the strict order not to make loud noises, I am afraid that the cheers would even be heard by Shenglong, who was more than 20 miles away.

And the Mid-Autumn Festival also passed imperceptibly in the jungle march.

According to the agreement, when they were about to reach the edge of the jungle, the avant-garde troops immediately stopped and organized a defense on the spot and waited for the arrival of the army.

Three hours later, the army joined up with the avant-garde. Rajandra ordered the army to rest in place, and he led a group of high-ranking generals to the edge of the jungle to check on the enemy.

The dense forest is still nearly twenty miles away from Thang Long, and even if I have deep internal strength, my eyesight is far better than ordinary people, and I can only see a large city and a towering city wall, and nothing else can be seen. Naturally, others could not see the reality of the enemy army from this distant glance.

Thang Long was first called Guluo City, which was built in the Qin and Han dynasties. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up Jiaozhi County, and Shenglong was within its range. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the first county was set up in the Hanoi area, and the county of Changguo was governed. In the Sui Dynasty, it was changed to ** county, which was the seat of Jiaozhi County. The Tang Dynasty moved the governance of Jiaozhou to ** County, which is now Thang Long, and built the city, and later became the governor of the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate, and in the late Tang Dynasty, it became the station of the Jing Navy Jiedu Envoy. Hundreds of years ago, after the independence of the Annam people from our army, Thang Long has been the capital of Annam. After hundreds of years of exhibition, now Thang Long City is quite large-scale, although it is not as large as Beijing City, but it is also a first-class big city, the city is six miles wide, there are 98 streets in the city, and there are more than 85,000 men.

After arranging for more than 100 soldiers to monitor here, we returned to the garrison of the army.

Inside the tent, everyone spoke freely.

One of the deputy generals of Razhendra, Yasangba, was the first to propose: "I advocate an immediate attack, attack the ascending dragon with lightning speed and occupy it in one fell swoop, and I am afraid that there will be changes in a hurry!" ”

He Ruitian said on the side: "I agree with this point of view, now the people of Annam still know nothing about us, and it is a good opportunity for a sneak attack." Tens of thousands of troops are hiding under the eyes of the enemy, and I am afraid that it will not be kept secret for long. ”

An Boya shook her head: "It's not proper! Although the soldiers are noble and fast, but in the past ten days of death march, the bodies of the soldiers have been strictly overdrawn, and everyone is trapped and want to die, how can they still fight! I advocate a two-day rest and wait for the army to regain its strength before attacking! ”

"Can you guarantee that the Annanites will not show up for us in the next two days?" Yasibharva immediately objected.

"No, but we can reduce the likelihood of being revealed!" Amboya said truthfully.

Yasiba expressed her concern: "What if? In case it is revealed, the enemy sets a fire, and where are we, tens of thousands of people, running away? ”

"Now let the soldiers go to war, there is no doubt that they will send sheep into the tiger's mouth! You go out and see, how many soldiers are there to fight? Rajandra said.

"But ......," said Yasbaba, who wanted to say something.

Rajandra didn't give him a chance to continue, and interrupted, "No! Ordered the soldiers to closely monitor the movement outside the forest, and if something happened, they would immediately kill the generals. But before that, the army rested on the spot and waited three days before attacking. ”。