Near the Molva Castle, the Falcon Regiment temporarily set up camp, and the Lord of Molwa sent a lot of grain and grass, and hundreds of giant elephants as a means of transportation.

A few days later, the messengers of the new king of Zarus also arrived at the castle of Morva.

Lu Ning personally received the messenger named Nizani in the imperial tent.

Of course, Lu Ning's camp tent is not the royal tent brought by the camp of Zhenyi women, but it is just a slightly wide tent, which is divided into two parts, the front tent is discussed, and the back tent is bed.

The main thing is that Liu Dafang communicates with Ni Banni, and Lu Ning is just an observer.

Ni Ban Ni is thin and tall, and has a look of arrogance on his face.

North and South India have been separated for a long time, almost two worlds.

During the old dynasty of Shalou, it was separated from the Ring Sun Empire in North India by the east-west Naita River.

Later, the Jieri Empire was in civil strife, and was even attacked by the Tubo and Nibora coalition forces led by the Tang Dynasty King Xuance, which was originally an empire full of princes, and then completely divided, and the Baltic Kingdom was one of the powers that split out.

To the north of the Naijata River, the central region was often dominated by the Sharuqi people, and the Sharuqi dynasty was also once glorious, but it was destroyed by its lord King Rashitrakuta more than 200 years ago, and then the central part of India was the titular Rashitrakuta Dynasty.

But a few years ago, the descendants of the royal family of Chalou and the most powerful lord of Rashtrakuta, Tara, staged a mutiny, destroyed the kingdom of Rashtracuta, rebuilt the old kingdom, and moved the capital to the future location of Mumbai.

That is, the new king of the current Shalou Qi, who is considered the founder of the country, is arrogant and does not even look at the powerful Chola Empire in the south.

In fact, the area that this Tara really controls is no different from the slightly larger city-states, and in Central India, it is difficult to say that there is any unified power, and there are many kingdoms, including the eastern coast, and there is a small kingdom of Zaroch that considers itself more orthodox, which is the fief of the younger brother of an emperor of the Zara dynasty, which has been passed down from generation to generation, and its lineage is more convincing and can stand up to scrutiny than Tara.

But after all, he was a heroic figure who overthrew his master's family, and now he is also ambitious and preparing to go on a campaign? To the Qi people who suddenly appeared in the north? Full of vigilance and resistance, and does not want the Qi people to enter their nominal territory.

His messenger Nizani? It is precisely this attitude.

The name of Daqi? Naturally, he had heard of it, after all, he had covered the land? There are also Qi goods entered, and they were traded with the merchants of the Chola Empire at high prices.

But after all, it's a very distant national capital? Now suddenly there is an army of Qi people? Asking to enter the territory of Shalou, Jie Luo naturally did not allow it, even if he claimed to be an expedition of the Qi State and was a businessman with unofficial behavior? Come to Sharo for trade.

Nibani said? If there is any goods, you can list them clearly, and if they need it, they will come to this Malva and trade with the merchants.

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Lu Ning slowly tasted the tea, and Liu Dafang said indignantly? simply waved his army across the Naimota River and wiped out this small excesse.

Now how many numbers does Liu Dafang have the pulse of Tianzhu Earth? All the nominal kingdoms here are scattered? The big and small lords actually go their own way and sweep the snow in front of their own doors? For example, if you attack Killo? Except for his own real minions? Those lords who are nominally his lords, I am afraid that few will serve him.

It is no wonder that it is recorded in the Book of Tang that the former Tang Dynasty King Xuan Ce, when he was attacked in Tianzhu, recruited thousands of men and horses from neighboring subject countries, and swept through the territory of the huge Jieri Empire at that time, known as "580 cities near and far".

In the end, the booty brought back to Chang'an was "12,000 captives of men and women, and more than 30,000 cattle and horses".

The loot should not be faked, after all, it can be sent by a subject country, but the sky is a long way, and it is indeed extremely difficult to bring back this lot of loot.

But the so-called "five hundred and eighty cities near and far".

Liu Dafang thought he was bragging at first, but he didn't believe it at all.

Before leaving Beijing with the Holy Son of Heaven, Liu Dafang also did his homework well, and the records about Tianzhu in the "Book of Tang" were carefully studied.

But a lot of the content in it, he thinks is absurd.

But now, it can be regarded as an eye-opener, even if the merit book is exaggerated, but Liu Dafang also feels that it is actually normal, after all, most of the so-called cities are small villages, and the Tianzhu people like to surrender and do not like bloody battles and the style of scattering and doing their own thing, and he is now numb.

It is said that this Lord of Moraba is in the arch fire, and it seems that he hopes that this Qi army can go to attack the country of Shalou, which can be regarded as driving the tiger and devouring the wolf, and if the Qi people fail, they will no longer have time to covet his land; Second, if the Qi people win, he can also take the opportunity to grab a piece of the pie and loot some land and slaves.

Liu Dafang is full of confidence, these three thousand flying falcon regiments, defeating Sha Lou and his people, should not be a problem.

Not to mention anything else, among the three thousand flying falcon regiments, there are a hundred of the most elite warriors selected from the pro-army in front of the palace, each of whom is a brave soldier with one enemy and one hundred, and the elite of the elite is enough for a small prince in Tianzhu.

Not to mention, there are hundreds of giant elephants that can scare people's souls.

As for the rest of the ghost soldiers, they are all physically stronger, coupled with the assault training during this time, the combat quality should be several grades higher than that of the local Tianzhu soldiers, and the patchwork ordnance can be regarded as well-equipped for the Tianzhu slave soldiers.

In short, in Liu Dafang's eyes, the second battle must be won.

He said saliva all over the place, and Lu Ning just sipped the tea and smiled.

Also present were Dou Shenbao, the nominal commander of the Falcon Regiment, as well as the adjutant Tuan Lian, the regiment Zuo Kangbao, and the small shopkeeper Liu of the East China Sea Baixing, a merchant who accompanied the army.

In addition, there is also the interpreter Liu Ling, after all, he is also one of the important people who deal with the Tianzhu people, and in terms of strategy, he has a spectrum in his heart, and he knows it when he is a translator.

If it is a specific battle plan for the confrontation between the two armies, Dou Shenbao knows it in his heart, but when it comes to strategic issues, he has nothing to do, and sometimes what he thinks in his heart is always contrary to what the master wants to do, so he simply doesn't bother to use his brain.

Liu Yi is a translator, and he has no part to speak.

Kang Bao, also from the pro-army in front of the palace, was originally the head of the pro-army in front of the palace, he had a little bit of a bottom in his heart about the identity of Wen Longtu, but no one said anything to him, and he didn't dare to sit down in his heart to confirm the identity of the saint, after all, it was too much involved.

At this time, sitting upright, Kang Baoyi was also silent.

As for Shopkeeper Liu, he was even more silent.

After the Great Qi soldiers entered the hinterland of Tianzhu, they were often accompanied by the merchants of the East China Sea, not to sell military supplies, but to sell the Great Qi goods to the manors and castles in the hinterland, and at the same time to investigate the local mineral deposits and mountain products, and loot more local treasured resources.

The Falcon Regiment went south, and this shopkeeper Liu won the opportunity to accompany the army, he had more than 100 men and more than 20 truckloads of goods.

Liu Dafang finally stopped, and his heart flickered, but when he saw the funny look on the Son of Heaven, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Zhongtianzhudi, and my Middle Earth has always had few entanglements, here is easy to move, but long-term stability is difficult, or like the east and west of the country, look at how to build an embassy in Caliani, buy land to open a port and build a port, but this covers its new king, it seems very difficult to convince."

Lu Ning shook his head, and said in his heart that it really can't be done, just like Liu Dafang said, it is enough to kill the past in one go, but he still has to find a high-sounding reason.

"Long Tugong, why don't you go to Mumbai from Xiaoke." Shopkeeper Liu suddenly got up.

I always heard this Longtu Duke call Nakaliani Mumbai, and Shopkeeper Liu did the same.

Lu Ning was slightly stunned, and said in his heart that if the Daqi businessman went and there was any accident, it would naturally be an excellent reason to provoke, and this Liu shopkeeper was very shrewd, it seemed that he was really rich and dangerous, he should know that if he was killed, the future generations would have endless blessings, and if he could retire successfully, it would be a hundredfold and a thousandfold return.

Waving his hand, Lu Ning smiled, "It's too dangerous, forget it!" ”

It must be too hypocritical to have to take some life, it is better to declare war on Sha Louqi directly, is it not easy to find a false reason?

It's just that these Tianzhu kingdoms have never been monolithic, and it would be better to spend less effort or less effort, or even, if you can use the various tribes of Zhongtianzhu to put pressure on the Chola Empire from the land, it would be even better.

In the final analysis, this trip was ultimately to cooperate with the navy army and force the Chola Empire and the Great Qi to reach a fairer trade agreement.

Liu's shopkeeper's words made Lu Ning's heart move, as if he pretended to be a missionary of the Church to go to Mumbai, and at the same time find out the reality of Shalou's various forces, it would be better to exert influence on Shalou Qi peacefully, if it could not be resolved peacefully, he would anger Shalou's new king to arrest Luo, and he would not be in any danger.

Speaking of which, the missionary groups in the Southern Regions are already overstretched, and they have no time to take care of the southern part of Tianzhu for a while.

While pondering, the back tent curtain was lifted, and Dan Jia walked out and whispered a few words in Lu Ning's ear.

This time when he went south, Lu Ning's maids only brought five Vietnamese maidservants.

The further south they went, the difference in temperature was too big with the Central Plains, and there might be hardships in the war, so Lu Ning only brought the five of them to serve by his side.

In addition, there is Aishwarya, who vaguely feels that this daughter of an Indian prince may be of some use.

And Denga is saying that Aishwarya should know the chief of the guard of Shalou's messenger.

A few of them, originally went to prepare water to boil water, Aishwarya volunteered to help, just as Nashalou's envoy left from the royal tent, they looked at the back through the light veil of the tent, Shalou's messenger's personal guard chief seemed to feel something turned back, was seen by Aishwarya's face, Aishwarya fell to the ground with the basin in his hand at that time, and became extremely abnormal, and went back to cry all the time.

Danja also said that the chief of the guard of the messenger of Shalou was a young and handsome little white face.

Lu Ning was a little speechless, these five Vietnamese maids have always secretly poked and trampled on people.

The chief of the guard of the Nizani once followed the Nibani into the imperial tent, Lu Ning remembered that like Aishwarya, he was the skin color of the Tianzhu high race, and compared with him, Nanyani was like a black man, and he was indeed a young and handsome young man.

……

In the back tent, Lu Ning has a big bed, and on the other side, there is a large bunk-like mat, the sleeping is brightly colored, it is the sleeper where the five maids and Aishwarya sleep in Vietnam, but there is a low table on it, in addition to Lu Ning used to write things, it also separates the sleeping positions of Aishwarya and the five maids.

At this time, Lu Ning sat cross-legged at the desk and looked at the scriptures and meanings of the Heavenly Daoist Sect, and the place where he was actually sitting was Aishwarya's lying on the wrinkle, and the fragrant and soft crimson cushion was placed on the cool ivory bamboo mat.

The whole back tent is covered with mats, and you can walk barefoot on it.

Danjia and Jiao Guo both knelt on the mat behind Lu Ning, and used a fan to cool Lu Ning, the two of them have always been a small group, and when they first came to Lu Ning's side, they also conspired to kill Lu Ning.

But since Jiaozhou's trip, Dan Jia saw his father, Jiao Guo saw his father and brother in prison, his mood has long been different, Jiao Guo once knelt down and begged Lu Ning to reduce his father and brother's sentence, and recently Jiao Guo received a letter from home, the Holy Son of Heaven of Great Qi gave birth to three princes, and the whole world celebrated amnesty, and his father and brother have been released, so he is in a better mood.

Qu Guo, who has always been gloomy, saw his relatives killing pigs in Zhancheng, and he was rescued by Lu Ning, and now he is even more loyal to Lu Ning.

She and the hot-tempered Zhenming who was the most real and Lu Ning's original impression was Zhenming, and Lu Ning exploited the peel of the fruit.

The youngest little Lori singer has long been accustomed to this pampered and safe life, and is behind Lu Ning, combing Lu Ning's hair bun, because Lu Ning said that he wants to dress up as a defender.

The five Vietnamese maids were all dressed very coolly, like hot pants and vests in later generations, revealing a piece of pink legs and jade arms.

Speaking of which, their complexion is much fairer than when they first arrived at Lu Ning's side more than a year ago, no longer swarthy, but a mixed-race wheat-colored, which is very moving.

Aishwarya, sitting sideways in front of the table, she still doesn't like to kneel, and Lu Ning doesn't have this requirement, after all, kneeling for a long time is actually not good for her legs.

The pale gold sari wrapped in Aishwarya's slender body made this Indian, with white skin and deep eyes, even more charming.

The posture of sitting on her side makes her slender legs loom in the background, and under the sari, the soft ankles with gold rings and the flawless snow feet of the bright red kodan are even more indescribably tempting.

"Do you know the head of the guard?" Lu Ning asked suddenly.

A hint of panic flashed in Aishwarya's beautiful eyes, but she should have known that Lu Ning would have such a question, and said softly: "Yes, he was originally the head of the palace guards, and he led the enemy elsewhere to protect me, but he didn't want to meet him here again." ”

Lu Ning bowed slightly, "It seems that gold can shine anywhere, and it looks like he is still very valued by Lou Qi." ”

Aishwarya was silent, her deep brown eyes drifting through with a hint of sadness.

"What's his name?" Lu Ning asked suddenly.

"Taluro......" Aishwarya softly spat out the name, her voice trembling slightly.

Lu Ning nodded, and then stopped asking.