Jiaozhou, with its warm climate, has come to turn from the dry season to the rainy season again.

With the arrival of the rainy season, the hottest months of the year have also begun.

For several days in a row, the sun hung in the sky, whether it was the natives or the old and new immigrants, all of them were bathed in bright sunshine, the sky was blue, the sun was dazzling, and the whole weather seemed to be a sunny day.

Outsiders will not understand why there is so much sun and rain in this place. She comes and goes as fast as she can, like teasing you.

Hongji Port. A newly developed port in the middle of Jiaozhou.

With the development of Hongji Coal Mine, Jiaozhou's economy has once again found a new growth point. Although this is far from the industrial age, the value of coal and the economic benefits of transportation are far from enough to become the backbone of the economy of a place.

But the coal resources of Hongji Coal Mine are too abundant and too easy to mine.

In large coal fields, you can mine in the open pit by simply peeling back the layer of soil that covers the surface.

Easy to mine, high quality coal mines, huge reserves, closer to the coast, easy to transport, and even in the current era, the coal industry can still flourish.

At the same time, Hongji Port is also a military port, and a large number of 'mercenaries' who have been evacuated from overseas feudal countries are placed here to recover their spirits, and then deployed to defend various places. At the same time, there are also many local and Lingnan native soldiers gathered here.

Being a mercenary is quite lucrative, so everyone has to take turns. The army has always been practicism, and it is not necessary to eat alone!

Soldiers patrolled the streets.

From time to time, people will be inspected and questioned by soldiers, and although the atmosphere is not grim, there is also a hint of tension.

Because the time for the Jiaozhou army to rotate again is coming.

Angkor and other countries are not fools, and they will definitely send people to investigate.

Because the next time is the rainy season, and the team that can fight in the rainy season will definitely not be a large number of Han troops from the north, but more of the native soldiers from Jiaozhou and Lingnan.

But as we all know, the number of native soldiers recruited by the Song army in Jiaozhou is not too much.

How many local natives are willing to eat this war meal, and how many people and horses can be raised, until the last moment, even Xu Huiyan can't say for sure.

Sitting in Jiaozhou for many years, Xu Huiyan's prestige is relatively high among the natives.

Now a large number of natives gathered under him, whether they are from Jiaozhou or Lingnan, even if they have a rough temperament and may have old enmities between them, but under his hands, they can maintain military discipline.

The Great Song Dynasty also had local officials in Jiaozhou, although the number was not large, and the size was smaller than that of the Lingnan native officials. But these local officials are not afraid of the local officials in Lingnan at all.

And the soldiers and horses brought by these local officials in Jiaozhou, combined with all the local soldiers of the Song army itself, plus the local soldiers from Lingnan, that is all the mercenaries that King Wu and King Xu could hire in the next few months.

In fact, the situation facing King Wu and King Xu is much better now than it was at the beginning.

The Angkor people almost acquiesced in their occupation of the other place, and the Angkor army had already tasted the power of the iron fist of the Great Song Dynasty in the previous encounters, and they relied on it as elephant soldiers of the Great Wall, and they became so vulnerable in the face of medicinal powder and strong bows and crossbows.

Defeats in several head-to-head battles made Suyavarman II understand the final result.

If the combat effectiveness is not as good as that of people, then no matter how long the war drags on, what improvement can it have?

The Hengzhu Song people occupied the remote places of the Angkor Dynasty, and there was still a long way to go from the essence of the Angkor Dynasty, and Suyavarman II could breathe a sigh of relief for the time being.

In other words, the Bagan dynasty (Burma) in the west and the Champa dynasty in the east each shared part of the pressure of the Angkor dynasty.

A mere Angkor dynasty could not accommodate two Great Song vassal kings. According to the pre-feudal definition, although Wu settled in the central plain of Siam, its main target of attack was not Angkor in the east, but Bagan and Burma in the west.

In the later generations of the Mekong Delta, the king of Xu, Zhao Yan, after defeating the conquest of the Angkor army, turned his eyes to the north of the city.

Myanmar is a good place, although there are mountains and hills on the east and west and north sides, but the alluvial plains in the central and southern parts are enough for tens of millions of people to thrive. Not to mention that Myanmar also borders Tianzhu!

Zhao Huan was a thousand envy, jealousy and hatred for the princes of Tianzhu Land, and that place was simply the paradise he dreamed of.

Of course, Zhao Huan never hoped that he could swallow the benefits of Tianzhu alone, but he thought that he could take advantage of the east wind of the Great Song Dynasty to develop Tianzhu.

As for whether the Song army will march towards Tianzhu in the future, Zhao Huan is not worried at all. According to his 'cognition' of Zhao Gou, he even felt that he didn't have to wait at all.

It is not certain that his Great Wu Kingdom has not eaten Bagan, and the Song army has already entered Tianzhu.

After defeating the expeditionary army of the Angkor Dynasty in several battles, Zhao Huan did not march to the elite of the Angkor Dynasty at all, but turned around and annexed his western tribes.

The Bagan dynasty had already sent secret envoys to Angkor several times to negotiate an alliance with Suyavarman II. The towns on its borders were also on standby to defend against the inevitable invasion of the Wu army.

Zhao Yan and Zhao Huan here also have the same thing, the soldiers abandoned Angkor, and on the grounds that they secretly helped Angkor, the army pointed to the city. This is in a sense the same appeasement of the Angkor people!

Although the Champa State has sent envoys to Bianjing several times to cry.

But the moment Zhao Gou separated Zhao Huan and them overseas, he had already wiped his face off and put it in his trouser pocket.

Now the situation in the Indochina Peninsula is that the Angkor Dynasty and the Wu and Xu vassal states have gradually calmed down the war, and the spearhead of the battle has turned to Bagan and Champa.

However, whether it is Bagan or Champong, one of the two countries has a vast territory and a long-lasting state, and neither of them is a low-hanging fruit.

After all, the vassal country is not its own country, and when it comes to strength, Wu and Xu cannot talk about the wealth of the country and the strength of the people. The reason why the troops are sharp is because Zhao Song is exerting his strength behind him.

But the country's help is not without a price, in a short period of time, Zhao Huan and Zhao Yan have already spent most of the wealth in their hands? If they can't regain their health as soon as possible, the help from their home country will soon say goodbye to them.

And the strength of Wu and Xu's troops will naturally not be there.

Therefore, the current mercenary exchange is very important for the two feudal states. Because this is most likely the last chance for the two feudal states, if they can't burn the war to the point of abundance in the 'enemy territory' and make great gains in the next few months, the mercenaries will be gone forever.

For ordinary native soldiers, that kind of result is just like that, they just lose a chance to earn extra money. But the impact on the two feudal kings and on Xu Huiyan himself was huge.

Xu Huiyan's task is not just to provide mercenaries for the vassal state, using this opportunity to completely eat the city is where his real merit lies.

Otherwise, it would be his job to be a mercenary.

Soldiers, with military exploits, soldiers and generals can be promoted and rich, and only then can they return to their hometowns.

Xu Huiyan is also unwilling to stay in Jiaozhou Lingnan all the time. He also wants to go to the Northwest!