Zhao An said: "We have been here for a while, and everyone knows what the power of these major families is. Not to mention the other families, but the Morley family, which occupies the entrance to the strait, has no less than 20,000 men in charge of an army, and is very proficient in land and water warfare, and those soldiers are not afraid of death, and I have heard that as long as they apply secret ointment on their bodies, their swords will not hurt them in the slightest. We only have 8,000 men at full strength, and only 4,000 people can fight, and these 4,000 people should we use them to fight hard, if we fail, the fleet will have to stay here, and whether we can go back is a question, so I still think that we should consider it carefully. ”

Tang Xun said: "The Morley family occupies the entrance to the strait, and the fleet has to pay heavy taxes when it passes, which we can't accept." The Three Buddhas are tributary states of the Great Song Dynasty, according to Lord Huang, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty has canonized several envoys of the Three Buddhas who went to pay tribute as generals, including General Huaiyuan, General Ning Yuan, etc., the relationship between the Great Song Dynasty and the Three Buddhas royal family is quite close, we want to help them regain power, don't they have to contribute? I think we can get in touch quietly first to see what the king thinks, and if he wants to take back power, he must have a certain strength himself, otherwise we will definitely not be able to do it alone. Either way, it's better to be prepared. It's definitely not okay to pay that much tax. ”

Yang Congyi said: "What Brother Tang said is that whether he can help the king get back power depends on whether he is qualified to get the help of the Great Song Dynasty." My suggestion is also a backup method, let's see if Lord Dai can bring back good news today, if we persuade the Morley family to let the fleet leave smoothly, everything is easy to say, if not, we will have to use force to open the sea route. What do you think? ”

Everyone had no objections, but Zhao An frowned.

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "General Zhao doesn't have to worry so much, the people here can fight well, and my Great Song Xuanwei Army is well-equipped, and it will not be worse than them if it really fights." As for the problem that their swords can't hurt after applying medicine, it's just an exaggeration to coax outsiders, and it's very simple to crack it. ”

Zhao An shook his head and said, "I saw a soldier before smearing potion on his body, and a sharp sword slashed over him, but he was not injured at all, and the sword was not injured, which is not an exaggeration." ”

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "The reason is also very simple, that medicine should not be medicine, if I expected it to be good, what they smeared was actually a kind of tree sap, that kind of tree sap was smeared on the body, and after drying, although it was only a thin layer, it was just like our leather armor, it was very tough, and the sword naturally could not be scratched." ”

Zhao An was slightly stunned: "Tree sap? And this sap, how I've never heard of it before. ”

Yang Congyi said: "I also saw it in the jungle of Annan, there are several kinds of sap with this effect, and it is easy to restrain it. At this point, he paused, and after attracting everyone's attention, he continued: "Once the sap applied to the body melts, it has no defensive power and can easily defeat them. As long as the sap melts at high temperatures, hot water can be used, and fire can be used to roast, so it is enough to deal with them as long as the fire attack is sufficient, and when the defense disappears, they are all naked, just lambs to be slaughtered. Therefore, the well-equipped Xuanwei army does not have to worry about these pretending to be ghosts at all. ”

When Zhao An heard this explanation, although he still had doubts, he was not as worried as before.

Everyone has the same opinion, just wait for Lord Dai to come back, and then make a final decision.

A few hours later, Dai took the lead in making a major decision to help the king of Srivijaya regain power by force and open the sea route to the west.

After the decision was made, everyone went their separate ways, and Lord Dai first went to the palace to negotiate with the king and have a secret chat, asking the king himself about his wishes and how much strength he could have.

The king's power was divided by the five major families, he himself was powerless, and now the Great Song Dynasty was willing to help him recover power, he was naturally very happy, and immediately promised that if this matter could be done, not only would the Great Song Dynasty merchant ships be able to come and go freely in the strait without paying taxes, but the Great Song Dynasty could also garrison troops in the Three Buddhas, and the royal family would go to the Great Song Dynasty every year to pay tribute!

The king's offer was very generous, but when asked how many troops he could contribute, the king said that in recent years the royal family had declined, and the number of troops under his control was only 5,000.

Although the number of troops is small, but the king's heart is quite firm, and he is not incompetent, Lord Dai immediately reached an agreement with him, his 5,000 troops should closely cooperate with the Great Song Dynasty envoy escort, as long as the Morley family occupies the entrance to the strait, the king must fulfill his promise.

Master Dai brought the news back, and everyone immediately began to deploy quietly.

First of all, all the sea ships were concentrated in one bay, and the 3,500 reserve troops and 500 Xuanwei troops guarded the safety of the sea ships, and the two vehicles and ships were outside the bay, so that no locals could approach. The 4,000 Xuanwei troops began to quietly practice naval warfare with eight warships, and weapons and equipment were also transferred from the supply ships to the warships.

Five days later, taking advantage of the darkness of the night, eight warships quietly set out, and in the second half of the night, they came directly to the port controlled by the Morley family at the southern end of the strait.

There are 100 ships in the port, which is the sharp weapon of the Morley family to control the strait, if there are passing ships who do not pay taxes to him, his ships can block the sea hundreds of miles wide as soon as they are dispatched, and the merchant ships that resist taxes can only pay taxes obediently, as long as they dare to resist, the merchant ships will be directly detained, and the goods will naturally become the things of the Morley family.

The warships blocked the harbor at night, and two vehicles and ships rushed into the harbor under the cover of the warships.

An earth-shattering explosion shocked the entire port in the flames, and before the other party could react, one after another burst of thunderbolts flew from the Great Song warship to the Morry's warship moored in the harbor, and the entire port was plunged into a sea of fire in a short time.

The Xuanwei army brought enough thunderbolts, and not a single ship in the port could be left, and all of them had to be burned, which was an order issued by Yang Congyi.

The enemy ships that were surrounded in the harbor were not guarded by many people at night, and when they heard and saw the light of the fire on the ship, they could do nothing but watch them burn all night.

Just when the Morley family was furious at the destruction of the warship, and they could not find an enemy and had nowhere to vent, they heard news that drove them crazy.

After destroying the Morley family's warship, the Great Song Dynasty Huiyi fleet suddenly announced that the Morley family did not respect the king's order, privately blocked the strait, blocked the exchanges between the eastern and western countries, and conspired to rebel.

As soon as this news came out, the five major families were shocked, and the Morley family was furious, and directly declared that they were inseparable from the Song State, and vowed to kill all the Song people.

Then the Morley family mobilized their forces and went south, straight to the bay where the Great Song fleet was located.

A hill, the garrison of the Xuanwei Army.

"General Zhao, the enemy is menacing, and there are no less than 30,000 entangled troops, it seems that there are many people, but they have lost their minds now and are unprepared, so they hurried to kill us, it is impossible to have much combat strength. According to our deployment, it is possible that 10,000 people will be wiped out of them. ”

Zhao An nodded, he led 2,500 people in this battle, responsible for cutting off the enemy's rear route, the disparity in strength, whether he could cut off the enemy's retreat, it was really difficult to guarantee, only desperate.

Yang Congyi continued: "You must lay an ambush at the mouth of the valley, and you must not expose your whereabouts, once the enemy is all introduced into the valley, the general must immediately cut off their retreat, and cannot let all the soldiers exit the valley. The victory and defeat of the Xuanwei army are all thanks to the general! ”

Zhao An said: "Don't worry, even if I fight to the death, I will block the enemy in the valley, and I will never let them come out!" ”

Yang Congyi said: "General, don't talk about life and death, without you, who will lead the Xuanwei Army?" While there is still some time, some ambushes can be set up at the mouth of the valley. I will kill and wound them as soon as possible in the valley to relieve the pressure on the general. ”

Zhao An hugged his fists and said, "Okay, I'll make some preparations again." With that, he turned and left.

"Commander Xue, your battalion is also very responsible, be sure to lead the enemy into the valley, after entering the valley, quickly reach your position, firmly attract the enemy army, don't let them see the flaws, wait for all the enemy troops to enter, I will use the fireworks as a signal, you listen to my order to retreat." Remember, don't retreat too soon. Yang Congyi continued to deploy.

Xue Wang hugged his fists and replied: "Don't worry, my lord, Lao Xue has also fought for more than ten years, and he also knows the truth that military orders are like mountains, if the trumpet does not sound, the brothers will not retreat even if they die!" ”

Yang Congyi said: "We are far away from the homeland of the Great Song Dynasty to fight, don't talk about life and death, it is the wish of all of us to go back well, but the premise is that we can win, if we lose, it is the defeat of the Xuanwei army, the defeat of the Hui Yi fleet, and the defeat of the Great Song Dynasty." The Great Song Dynasty could lose to the powerful Liao State and the more powerful Jin State, but it could not lose to a family force of the Great Song Dynasty tributary state, and the Great Song Dynasty could not afford to lose this face. Remember, the first is to complete the mission, and the second is to save the lives of your brothers as much as possible! Go ahead, familiarize yourself with the terrain and route a few more times, and don't go the wrong way. ”

Xue Wang said in a loud voice: "Order!" With that, he turned and left.

Yang Congyi himself led a thousand Xuanwei troops and a thousand reserve troops to ambush on both sides of the valley, and launched an attack when all the enemy troops entered the valley, relying on * weapons to severely punish the enemy army.

The king of Srivijaya himself led his army, a total of 5,000 men to ambush at the other end of the valley, and if anyone escaped from the valley, the king would not be merciful and let anyone go, because this was his war, and this was his opportunity. Without the help of the Great Song Dynasty envoy guards, the power of the royal family would only decline more and more, and it would not be long before his throne would be snatched away by people from the five major families, and this was his only chance to turn over and regain power.

Through the narration of Lord Huang, Tang Xun, Lord Dai and others, Yang Congyi is very clear about the current situation of the king of the Three Buddhas, so he dared to give him the heavy responsibility of robbing and killing the deserters of the Morley family.

In order to regain the power that belongs to him, he will do whatever it takes, even if he uses up all the 5,000 loyal elite soldiers.