Chen Huang, the emperor of the Yue Kingdom, met with the "Song Envoy" again. This "Song envoy" was very young, named Lu Sheng, and called himself Langzhong of the Javanese Song Dynasty Army.

The corresponding letters of state and seals, as well as the head of the king of Champa, were not in the slightest, and if they were fake, they were all presented to the monarchs and ministers of Annam. After Annan's monarchs verified that they were correct, they confirmed the identity of the person who came.

“…… As soon as the foreign ministers arrived at the coast of Champa, they heard that the king of Champa had invaded Vietnam, so they could only take the strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao, landing to attack Champa and forcing the king of Champa to withdraw his troops, but unexpectedly I heard that the king of Zhaowen of your country had broken the Champa army..."

Lu Sheng spoke eloquently in the main hall, without any flaws.

"It's really hard for you to travel the sea for half a moon. Hey, speaking of which, Lu Langzhong is already the third Song envoy. The first two... All of them have been shipwrecked at sea and died at the hands of the Yuan Kou sailors. Chen Huang said with a sigh.

Lu Sheng said in his heart, those two completed the task, and after returning to Haidong, the wife rewarded the merit, so it was not glorious. It's ridiculous that Chen Huang thought the two were dead.

"My lord, the ministers have already known about this matter, and they are very sad. However, loyal ministers and righteous people, even if they die without turning their heels, they will not give up. Li Jiao and Ma Xuanli died well, and they should be role models. Lu Sheng's face was sad.

Tai Lieutenant Chen Guangqi suddenly asked: "The Great Song Dynasty is now far away on the desert island of Java, how can he go north today, actually conquer the Cham Po, and have to fight against the Yuan with the Dayue coalition army?" ”

This is where others wonder. It stands to reason that the Song Dynasty fled to a distant island, and the total number of soldiers and horses and civilians was less than 100,000, so it should be dormant as much as possible.

Lu Sheng said: "It's not a secret, the Great Song Dynasty is based on Cham and used as a place of rejuvenation." But Yuan Kou is now powerful, if your country is not protected, the Great Song Dynasty will not be able to survive in Cham. ”

What the? The Song court wants to occupy the Cham and think that it is the land of rejuvenation?

After Annan Junchen was surprised, he felt reasonable when he thought about it.

Java is far away in the depths of the South China Sea, more than 2,000 miles away from Annam, and even farther away from the Central Plains. And it is also on the island densely populated with barbarians, and it can only be temporarily sheltered, and it is by no means a place of rejuvenation.

But Cham is different. If the Song court occupies the Cham Dynasty, as long as Dayue acts as a northern barrier to block the Yuan Court, and then uses the advantages of the naval division to confront the Yuan army and the naval division at sea, then there is really a little hope of recovery by using the manpower and material resources of the Cham Po.

But if Da Yue is defeated and occupied by the Yuan Kou, then the Song court will occupy the Cham and it will be useless.

This is the reason why Song Ting is obviously unable to protect himself, but he still has to do his best to help Da Yue.

Thinking of this, although the monarchs and ministers of Annan were very dissatisfied with the Song court's occupation of Cham, they also believed in the sincerity of the Song court to join the Vietnamese to resist the Yuan.

"Your envoy, how many soldiers and horses did the Great Song Dynasty send this time?" Chen Huang is most concerned about the number of reinforcements.

Lu Sheng said: "The Great Song Dynasty originally only had 30,000 soldiers and horses, and before that, it lost 7,000 sailors in the East China Sea of your country. Now there are only more than 20,000 left. This time, 5,000 sailors and 10,000 land divisions came, and Java only had 8,000 soldiers to defend the imperial court. ”

When Chen Huang heard that there were five thousand sailors, he was even more happy.

Since the annihilation of the Da Yue Naval Division, the Great Yue has been passive everywhere, and even the merchant and fishing boats in the coastal ports have been captured and plundered by the Yuankou Naval Division, and they have really suffered enough from the loss of the Naval Division.

If there were 5,000 Song army sailors to help, contain the Yuankou sailors, and threaten the supply of Yuankou by sea, then this battle would not be so difficult to fight.

"Good! The deep friendship of the Great Song Dynasty, I must remember it in my heart. In this Yuezhong sea area, I also asked the Great Song Sailor to help guard it. I don't know when the 10,000 soldiers and horses at Hengshan Pass will be able to reach the anti-Yuan battlefield? ”

Lu Sheng said: "King, now that the Great Song soldiers are few and far between, they really can't afford to lose it." Therefore, before leaving, the official family and Chen Xianggong (Chen Yizhong) repeatedly told them that they could only help your country defend the city and important places, and could not fight with the Yuan army. Also, if it happens, in the unlikely event that the Tatars occupy Viet Namzhong, they can only withdraw their troops and go to sea, and they cannot accompany your country to fight to the death. ”

When Annan Junchen heard this, although he was unhappy, he also knew that it made sense. Otherwise, it's strange.

"Even so, I am grateful. I have written a holy decree, so please ask your envoy to return to Hengshan Pass and lead the army into the pass. As for where to use your army, Rong Zhen will think about it. Chen Huang said.

Although the 10,000 Song army is not much, it is also a big role for today's Annan. At this time, the monarch of Annan had received the news of the Hong'an defense line, and Yuan Kou had won two more battles, and was about to attack the city of Kuaizhou, remembering that it was time to attack the city.

What's even more odious is that tens of thousands of Vietnamese troops shaved their hair and reduced their yuan, and Da Yue killed and injured many soldiers and horses, and under the influence of one another, the Vietnamese army has now dropped to more than 200,000, and the main force of the forbidden army is only 1340,000, and the strength is no longer enough.

Annan's ministers were actually panicking. The north is the Yuan army, and the west is the West Fang, if it weren't for Chen Rilian's neat defeat of the Cham, there would be a Cham.

Now with the assistance of the Song army, although there are not many troops, it can at least boost morale and people's hearts.

Chen Huang wrote a holy decree at the moment, and with this holy decree, Lu Sheng could enter Yuezhong with the "Great Song Reinforcements" stationed at Hengshan Pass.

"The military situation is like fire, and the foreign minister will bid farewell to the king and return to Hengshan Pass." Lu Sheng didn't stay long in Guli City, took the holy decree of customs clearance, and hurriedly went south.

Why did Lu Sheng come here? What is his mission? Do you want to follow the example of the Tang Army's sailors and defect to the battle?

Of course not. (Many book lovers guessed wrong!) ）

Pretending to be a Song army sailor to defect at sea, you can hide the news. Neither the Yuan court nor Annan knew what was happening on the vast sea.

But not on land.

If there is another rebellion on land, Meng Yuan will not be able to figure it out at first, and he will inevitably become suspicious. Why did the remnant Song help Dayuan attack Annan? It doesn't make sense.

In this way, Song Jun's identity will be doubted by everyone. Because it was impossible for the Song army to help the Yuan army attack the Vietnamese army.

10,000 Tang troops pretended that the Song army was not here to fight, but for food.

To be exact, it was for Annan's "Chang'an Cang".

The Central Plains Dynasty has always had the Changping and Taicang systems, and Annam also has two strategic granaries. The first is the "Si Nong Cang" in the north of Vietnam, in the city of Si Nong, there are two million stones of grain stored all year round; The first is the "Chang'an Cang" in Vietnam, which also has a perennial stock of 2 million stones.

Si Nong Cang in the north of Vietnam had transferred grain long before the instigation of the southern expedition. Now there is no grain in the farmer's warehouse.

But Chang'an Cang in Yuezhong still has two million stones of grain!

Cui Xiuning sent Lu Sheng to get the grain from Chang'ancang.

Annan crops three times a year, and was originally a heavy grain producing area, and there was rarely a shortage of grain. However, because of the instigation of capital and Li Luo's successive expeditions, Annan's grain production was greatly damaged. Except for the two million stone grain in Chang'an's warehouse and the crops that have not yet been harvested, Annan has no food reserves.

If Chang'an Cang is lost, when there is such a green and yellow supply, it will be difficult for Annan to even supply military rations, and the army will definitely be in turmoil.

In the carriage returning to Hengshan Pass, Lu Sheng was talking secretly with another spy named Chang Ming.

"Chang'an Cang is only eighteen miles away from the Yellow River, and the ox cart can be transported back and forth in an hour. Chang'an Cang is equipped with 5,000 ox carts and 5,000 people. Lu Sheng frowned and said, "This is the most troublesome, the capacity is too tight." That's two million stone of grain! ”

In order to facilitate the mobilization of grain, Annam set up Chang'an Cang near the Yellow River. The Yellow River leads directly to Da'an Haikou, which is very conducive to the Tang Army to transport grain away by ship.

According to the plan of the Special Investigation Bureau, the grain was first transported to the riverside wharf, and then the flat-bottomed transport ship was used to transport it. But the question is, how to transport two million stone of grain from Chang'an Cang to the Huangjiang wharf.

Chang Ming said: "The ox cart can pull ten stones." 5,000 ox carts can pull 50,000 stones at a time. A trip in an hour, even if the cattle do not rest, it will take four days, and it is indeed too late. ”

In four days, the monarch of Annan in Guli City knew no matter what. You must know that Chang'an Cang is only more than 100 miles away from Guli City, and it will not take four days, and there will be Vietnamese troops to crusade in two days.

Lu Sheng said: "In a day and a half, we must empty Chang'an Cang within a day and a half." If the ox cart is not enough, I will go to the Cham country to search for it, and at least seven or eight thousand more carts will be built, and the carts will be drawn by the oxen, and the carts will be pushed by the people. ”

Chang Ming nodded: "Senior brother, don't worry, I will be responsible for the ox cart." Ten days... Seven days, within seven days, the ox cart must go to the Huangjiang wharf with the boat. "He is the third batch of students of Cui Xiuning, and he graduated less than two years ago, so he is called Senior Brother Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng patted him on the shoulder, "Okay, then go your separate ways." We're going to have to get to the best of times. Scatter the brothers to find out the news, especially the progress on the king's side. The teacher said that there must be more than two sets of plans for any action, so let's think of another plan. ”

The monarchs and ministers of Annan never imagined that the so-called reinforcements of the Great Song Dynasty were thieves who came to steal grain.

The two discussed for a long time, and Chang Ming got out of the carriage and rode a fast horse to Cham first. And Lu Sheng followed unhurriedly.

…………

At the moment when the spies were moving, Kuaizhou City was engaged in a tragic siege battle.

Li Luo only repaired for one day, and then launched a fierce attack on the north gate of Kuaizhou City.

"Knock knock......" The war drums of both Yuan and Yue resounded through the sky and moved the earth.

The Yuan army's hundreds of return artillery carriages and bed crossbows were lined up under the city of Kuazhou, and in a burst of tooth-sore machine brackets, every salvo was thrown, and the black pressed stones and crossbow guns were thrown to suppress the defenders at the head of the city.

Such a dense long-range attack suddenly plunged the entire city into a bloody storm.

The Yuan army's two-zhang arrow cart was also assembled, and three thousand sharpshooters who were good at three-stone strong bows stood on the arrow cart, hiding behind the protection of the arrow cart, and shooting arrows at the head of the city.

That's where the Mongol army came in. A sharpshooter who can hold a three-stone strong bow, the proportion is as high as 10%. Of these 3,000 strong archers, 2,000 were Mongol soldiers, and the remaining 1,000 were collected from the Khitan, Jurchen, and Tibetan armies. The common characteristics of these people are that they are unusually tall and burly, and their arms are thick and long.

The armor-piercing heavy arrows they shot from the archery cart could reach an astonishing 300 paces away, a hundred paces farther than the ordinary standard rift bow. And it was ruthless and accurate, and it was difficult for the suppressed Vietnamese army to rise to the top.

3,000 people shot at the city, and each shot more than 10 arrows, which could kill and wound a Vietnamese soldier from 300 paces away. When they were tired of shooting more than a dozen arrows, they actually caused three or four thousand Vietnamese casualties.

When Chen Wei saw this scene, his heart was cold. The archers of Yuankou are really terrifying, with them, where can this city be held for ten days?

Fortunately, the strong archers of the Yuan army had to rest for half a day after shooting more than a dozen arrows, otherwise just three thousand strong archers would have left tens of thousands of Vietnamese troops helpless.

Chen Wei's expression was extremely solemn, and his heart was full of worry.

The Vietnamese army was ridden by the Mongolian cavalry last night, suffering four or five thousand casualties, and most of the day today the city was defended, and nearly 10,000 casualties were inflicted. In less than two days, nearly thirty percent of the soldiers and horses were lost.

However, as the besieging party, the casualties of the Yuan army were of course greater.

After all, the Vietnamese army took advantage of the city, and the officers and students of the martial arts hall roared and urged the Vietnamese soldiers who were pressed by the bows, arrows, and stone cannons of the Yuan army to defend the city.

The stone cannons, bed crossbows, bows and arrows fired by the Vietnamese army also rained down, causing heavy casualties to the Yuan infantry troops besieging the city. Under the three-mile-wide city, there are many corpses.

In just half a day, the Yuan army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, but most of them were Vietnamese traitors who took the lead.

Tens of thousands of Vietnamese traitors were forced to be in front, 10,000 Han troops were pressed in the rear, and a full 50,000 attacking infantry, carrying ladders and crashing wood, approached the city wall desperately, but it was difficult to approach. The Vietnamese army deployed a large number of troops on this city wall, pouring out a large number of feather arrows, wood and stones, and even explosive cans, divine fire crows, fire guns, and artillery at every moment!

That's right, firearms.

Historically, Annan was the second country to have a large number of firearms.

As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, the Li Dynasty of Annam imitated a large number of firearms.

Of course, like the Yuan army, Annan's gunpowder formula was not perfect, nor was it granular gunpowder, and the purity was questionable, so it was not very powerful. Their firearms, of course, are also the first generation of firearms. For example, the artillery is a vase cannon and a trumpet cannon.

But even so, attacking the enemy at close range can be very lethal.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Boom, boom!"

"Chirp-smack!"

"Chirp!"

In the smoke of gunpowder, the Vietnamese army's firearms of all colors fired bullets, rockets, and flower canisters at the besieging Yuan army without money.

However, from time to time, there was a "boom" sound from the city, but it was the cannon exploding, or the fire gun exploding, or the explosive tank exploding in advance. Whenever this happens, the Vietnamese firearms are either killed or wounded.

Of course, the Yuan army also carried a large number of firearms, only more than the Vietnamese army. But the problem was that the Yuan army marched for days in rainy weather, and the gunpowder could not be dried and stored at all, so it was difficult to use.

However, the Vietnamese army stayed in the city, but there were conditions for dry preservation.

The Tibetan general Ma Balang stammered to Li Luo and said in Tubo: "General, such a hard attack, I am afraid that if we capture Kuaizhou, our army will also suffer 50,000 or 60,000 casualties." ”

Other generals were also a little worried. This casualty is too big, even if the main casualties are the Vietnamese traitor army, they can't afford to die.

The general said that there might be an internal response at the east gate, and that 10,000 Mongol iron cavalry and 10,000 Tusi barbarians had moved to the northeast corner, ready to enter from the east city at any time. But so far, there has been no movement.

Li Luo nodded indifferently, why did he want to attack the city at all costs? It is to create an opportunity for Chen Jian, who is preparing to surrender in Dongcheng.

Hmph, if Chen Jian didn't open the East City Gate smoothly, he would have skinned Chen Jian. In the past half a day, he has lost 12,000 soldiers and horses.

Li Luo looked at the Vietnamese army's firearms and couldn't help but laugh in his heart. Speaking of which, the firearms of the Vietnamese army are already very advanced, no worse than those of the Yuan army. But compared with the modern firearms made by Cui Xiuning, it is far worse. It's like the difference between a pistol and a big sniper.

"Kill! Kill the Tartars! Kill the traitor! ”

Chen Wei, the commander of the Vietnamese army in the city, personally served as a military judge, wielding a long sword and leading his own soldiers to supervise the battle. His ear was wounded by a heavy arrow, and half of his face was covered in blood, and he looked very fierce.

"Quick, the three cities in the southeast, west and west will each send 5,000 soldiers and horses to defend the northern city! There are more than 10,000 young people in the city, all of whom are on the city wall to defend! Chen Wei ordered.

"Steady! Kill the Tartars! The Yuan army attacked so fiercely, it will not last long! In less than three days, it will be the end of the crossbow! Kill! A Vietnamese general shouted, "Within two days, friendly troops will arrive!" Within five days, King Zhaowen's army will return! What are you afraid of! ”

He was right, such a large-scale and high-intensity siege by the Yuan army could only last for two or three days at most. At that time, the main force of the Vietnamese army in the entire Hong'an defense line will all rush to the city of Kuaizhou.

As long as you hold on to the most difficult two or three days, this siege battle will have a chance to win.

The Vietnamese army still has 30,000 or 40,000 elites in the city, as well as more than 10,000 young and strong auxiliaries, adding up to 50,000 troops, and it is not difficult to defend it for another two or three days.

Soon, soldiers and horses from the other three cities rushed over to support, and the morale of the Vietnamese army in the northern city was greatly boosted.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard a huge shout from the direction of Dongcheng, and immediately after, Chen Wei saw a large group of Yuan army cavalry rumbling towards Dongcheng.

What's going on? The voice...... A terrifying premonition suddenly grabbed Chen Wei's heart like a devil's claw.

Broken! Something happened to Dongcheng!

Who defends East City? Chen Jian and Chen Guozan. And Chen Guozan had already rushed to the north gate for reinforcements at this time, but he didn't see Chen Jian.

It's Chen Jian!

Finished!

This dog thief actually lied to me! Regret not listening to the words of King Zhaowen!

Chen Wei knew very well that the east gate was two miles away from here, and it was too late to stop the Mongol cavalry from entering the city.

However, Chen Wei still made the decision to block it as soon as possible.

"The East Gate has changed! Follow me! Chen Wei shouted loudly, snatched a spear, and rushed down the city wall like a mad tiger. The Vietnamese troops in the brigade also roared and followed.

"Chen Jian! You dog thief! Chen Guozan, who had just arrived from the east gate to support, gritted his teeth with hatred.

Before, he and Chen Jian received an order from Chen Wei to send a group of troops to Beicheng for reinforcements. Chen Jian said that the East Gate also needed a general to sit in charge, so he supported himself.

But as soon as he walked away, the dog thief actually opened the city gate!

Dog thief! In vain for the descendants of the Chen family, in vain for the descendants of Tian Heng! (Annan Chen claims to be a descendant of Spring and Autumn Tianqi)

At this time, the east gate had been opened, and the iron-like Mongol cavalry rushed into the city, and Chen Wei had not yet arrived.

"Xiaguo Zhangxian waits for Chen Jian, meet the general of Shangguo!" When Chen Jian saw a Mongolian general, he immediately threw down his weapon and knelt down in front of his horse.

The Mongolian general is Ye Sudieer, although he can't understand Chinese, but he also knows that the general of the Vietnamese army who is prostrate in front of his horse is the general's internal response.

"Hahaha, get up, you are a good Yueren! Good officer! Well, Da Yuan will make you a big official, a good official! ”

Chen Jian was happy to see the Mongolian general, and although he couldn't understand Mongolian, he was still relieved.

At this time, Chen Wei led his troops to arrive, but the Yuan army continued to pour out of the city at this time, and under the fierce impact of the Mongolian iron cavalry, the Vietnamese infantry was suddenly broken into pieces.

"Chen Jian! Dog thief! Although Chen Wei didn't see Chen Jian's figure, his eyes were still blood-red, and his voice was extremely poignant.

When Chen Jian heard this voice, he couldn't help but tremble.

Seeing the defeat of the Vietnamese army and the surging of the Yuan army, Chen Wei drew his sword in his hand, looked up to the sky with a miserable smile and said: "Chen Wei is dim, mistakenly believing in traitors, there is today!" I'm sorry for Da Yue, I'm sorry for the court, I'm sorry for King Zhaowen! Death can't atone for my sins, Jiuquan has no face to see people! ”

At the end of his words, he raised his face and destroyed his face, and killed himself with a horizontal sword.

"Your Highness!" When the soldiers saw that Chen Wei was determined to kill himself, they no longer stopped him, but just cried angrily.

Half an hour later, tens of thousands of Vietnamese soldiers in the city died and surrendered. The Yuan army completely took control of the important town of Kuazhou.

Immediately afterwards, Li Luo's black ponytail appeared at the gate of the city. Li Luo, who was dressed in white armor, rode in under the support of his personal guards.

"Chen Jian, the minister of the small country, meet the general!" When Chen Jian saw Li Luo, he was amazed at Li Luo's youth, and at the same time, he did not hesitate to bow down in the dust.

"Get up, General Chen, you've done a great job!" Li Luo said with a smile, his face full of spring breeze.

Chen Jian said with a smile: "Serving the Great Yuan and serving the Great General is a matter within the next division, what is the credit, the General has been awarded." ”

After the man finished speaking, he hurriedly stepped forward and led the horse for Li Luo, "And let me lead the horse into the city for the general." ”

"I'm tired." Li Luo did not refuse, was led by Chen Jian, and entered Kuaizhou City in the eyes of thousands of people.

The capture of Kuaizhou by the Yuan army meant that the 200-mile Hong'an defense line was finally broken.

The monarch of Annan could not have imagined that the 50,000 elite soldiers in Kuaizhou City would be broken by the Yuan army in two days!

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