Chapter 7 The Cambodian army wants to rob Fan Jingwen and subdue the king by force

The Cambodian officers on the dock not only said that they were going to board the ship, but it seemed that they were really prepared, and the soldiers had already moved several large ladders over.

The kiln officer on the ship told him, "If you dare to board the ship, we will shoot!" ”

"Shoot? Hum! The officer on the shore waved his hand, and the rows of soldiers behind him raised their muskets and began to aim at the boat. The artillery next to the cannon on the shore also lit torches and raised them, which meant that they could shoot at any time.

The kiln officer on the ship smiled and said, "Just these broken copper and iron are still taken out? You've never seen a gun, have you? Today, if you want to try our guns, come aboard the ship and try it! After speaking, he turned around and ordered, "Prepare for battle!" There are boarders, kill! ”

The officer on the shore, looking back at his rows of soldiers and rows of cannons, felt bold again, thinking that he could still be afraid of your boat at the door of his own house, and ordered with a red face: "Board the ship!" ”

The soldiers carried several ladders and set up on the Yaogang warship, and some soldiers climbed towards the boat with knives in their mouths, and when they just showed their heads on the side of the ship, the gunshots on the ship rang out, and one by one the Cambodian soldiers were shot off the head and fell off the ladder.

The Cambodian officer on the shore was furious, "Shoot! Fire! ”

"Bumper!" Cambodian officers and soldiers, who had no experience, fired muskets at the warship. However, the soldiers of Yaogang were hiding behind the walls of the ship, and the musket projectiles fired by the Cambodian soldiers were like tickling the steel plates.

After a row of guns rang out from the Cambodian soldiers, the kiln soldiers who were exhausted threw a hand ** each, and then raised their heads, and the light and heavy machine gun automatic rifles shot at the Cambodian soldiers at the same time. At the same time, the 203 caliber and 130 caliber cannons on the warship opened fire almost simultaneously with the Cambodian artillery on the pier. Obviously, the cannon sound of the Cambodians was drowned out by the earth-shattering cannon sound of the kiln people.

On the wharf without any shelter, the Cambodian soldiers were knocked down like firewood and grass in a large area, and the frightened Cambodian officers and soldiers, who would have thought that there would be such a fierce firearm, usually feel that the sound of muskets is very loud, and when they hear the sound of artillery, they feel that it is earth-shattering, where is there such a loud noise. The cannonballs landed on the artillery positions that the Cambodians were proud of, and immediately blew up the artillery, artillery, artillery, and shells on the positions, and turned them into flying flowers.

Because the Cambodian artillery fired first, a few shells landed on the deck of the warship, injuring several soldiers, and most of the shells smashed on the side of the ship, rolled down to the dock or exploded in the river.

However, after the cannons of the warships in Yaogang fired, the Cambodian cannons never fired again. After several rounds of shelling, the positions where the Cambodians had laid out the fortifications on the wharf turned into big pits.

Many Cambodian soldiers who fell in pools of blood were not killed by bullets, but by shells, and many were shocked to death by the shock wave of shells.

The battle was very short, but the intensity was very high. The bodies of thousands of Cambodian soldiers lay on the pier. This is a group of officers and soldiers who have never seen automatic firearms at all, and they still feel that in the face of a strong enemy, there is strength in being close together. But no matter how much flesh and blood there is, there is no point in facing blazing bullets and powerful cannonballs. However, most of the Cambodian officers and soldiers who knew this were lying here.

Hearing that the gunfire outside stopped, Fan Jingwen rubbed his ears that were a little hissing with his fingers, got up and glanced at the dock, and saw the flowing blood on the dock, lying horizontally and vertically, and the broken corpses.

The captain knew that Fan Jingwen couldn't stand the bloody stimulation on the battlefield, so he hurriedly asked the soldiers to come over and clean up, gave Fan Jingwen a water cup for him to rinse his mouth, and said, "It's the same when we see these for the first time!" It's good to see more! ”

Fan Jingwen rinsed his mouth and spit out the water, put down the cup, and said: "This battle, if you can still fight it without fighting, no wonder the emperor and Zhang Dongjia have repeatedly wanted to settle it peacefully, it really should be resolved peacefully!" ”

The smell in the room was really bad for Fan Jingwen, and the captain pulled Fan Jingwen to the upper deck, but the air on the deck was full of blood, and Fan Jingwen endured it so that he didn't vomit it again.

There were also sporadic gunshots on the ship, and it was the soldiers who saw that there were still active ones on the dock to make up for it. The captain commanded: "Let them go if they are not dead!" ”

In this way, the kiln guards on the ship stopped shooting.

The sound of gunfire had already reached the palace in Phnom Penh, and the king and the ministers knew what this gunfire meant. However, this cannon sound was particularly shocking and worrying, they knew that such a cannon sound was definitely not something that their own artillery could emit, it must be the cannon sound on the kiln gang warship.

When the gunfire on the dock basically stopped, the king Zan and his ministers also knew that the officers and soldiers on the dock were finished along with those precious cannons. The officers and soldiers not only did not intercept the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, but they were all killed. What made them feel even more terrifying was that the warship of the Yaogang people stopped at the dock after the battle and did not leave, but stopped at the door of their house, and did not take the Cambodians in their eyes at all.

The officer who commanded on the dock did not come back, and it was estimated that he was killed by the Ming army, but an artillery officer who ran back said: "Our shells are useless against the Ming army's ships, but they can kill hundreds of us with one shot, and even more will be killed!" It's just horrible! The Ming army is coming from a devil's ship, and we can't fight it! ”

But the war had already begun, and it was impossible to fight it, so the king ordered: "Send the army over again, bring more cannons, and drive them away if they can't sink them." ”

Everyone also knows that such a Ming warship is parked in Phnom Penh, how can they sleep peacefully, they must first drive away the Ming warship.

But the artillery officer, who was kneeling on the ground, said: "Your Majesty, it is useless, no matter how many people there are, it is useless. Our men do not come near them, and their ships are made of the finest steel. Not only were their artillery fire fierce, but the muskets in the hands of their soldiers were even more powerful, and we were knocked down in a row of people. The battlefield was very miserable! ”

A minister's voice trembled and said, "They have one boat like this, if there are a few more, then will they have it?" ”

The kneeling artillery officer said, "Please leave the palace for the time being!" It would be dangerous if they opened fire on Phnom Penh. They can blow a large crater with a single shell. Several houses together can be blown up! "He didn't dare to say that a hall like the palace would be blown flat with a single shell! But the king could hear what he meant.

Another minister said, "What do you mean by saying that the Yaogang warship has not left?" ”

This sentence reminded everyone, and some people said: "Is it possible for us to still have peace talks?" ”

The artillery officer said: "I have heard that the officers of the Ming army on board said that they waited on the dock for the evening, and if we did not send someone to reply to them, they would be gone!" As a result, the war started, didn't the word come back? ”

When the king heard this, he slapped his thigh and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier, you dog?" Quick, quickly send someone to tell Lord Fan of the Ming Dynasty that Fang has misunderstood! We promised a peaceful settlement of Cambodia's affairs. ”

The king's decisive decision at this time won the unanimous support of his courtiers. In fact, when Wang Zan kept moving the army, his heart became more and more empty, he knew that the army transferred in this way was not very well trained, and most of them came to make up the number of people, and they could not fight at all. Wang Zan has also been hesitating whether to surrender, maybe the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can really treat himself well in the face of friendship with Cambodia for many years. But the decision to mobilize was made, and the entire kingdom was mobilized, and it was impossible for the powerful inertia to stop. Just follow the path.

The interception of Fan Jingwen, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, on the dock was agreed by the king, and they also made a decision not to do anything, they thought of the situation that Fan Jingwen did not get off the ship, and asked the officers on the dock to leave Fan Jingwen behind at any time by force. The officers on the dock were prepared and acted in accordance with the requirements of King Zan.

Wang Zan didn't expect that his seemingly powerful army would be so vulnerable in front of the Ming warships. The minister asked, what if they had a few more boats, and they would beat their army like this? I really can't imagine it, so Wang Zan still made up his mind to surrender.

Several ministers on behalf of the king came to the dock in a panic, they didn't know what Fan Jingwen would do to them, they were even more worried that they had angered Fan Jingwen and did not accept their willingness to settle peacefully.

These ministers first sent a messenger to the front of the Yaogang warship and said to the soldiers standing guard on the ship: "Hey! Brother, please inform the envoy, our king has sent someone to meet the envoy! ”

"Wait!" The soldier muttered to the report, "It's really dishonest!" ”

Fan Jingwen and the captain were chatting, and when they heard that Wang Zan had sent someone, he immediately said, "Please!" Then he said to the captain, "Well, it's right for us to stop here a little longer?" ”

"Huh! It seems that Master Fan has seen them very thoroughly! The captain said with some compliment.

The Yaogang warship lowered the gangway, and several Cambodian ministers boarded the deck of the warship along the gangway. Let's go inside! ”

Several adults saw that Fan Jingwen was very polite, and they felt a little more down-to-earth in their hearts. They also said some kind words to Shi Li, and followed Fan Jingwen to the small reception room of the ship's team.

As soon as the adults entered the small reception room, they felt very cool, and they thought that it was not necessarily uncomfortable to live on the boat. Where do they know there is such a thing as air conditioning?

After they sat down, one of the ministers pointed to the electric light and asked, "Is this what you call electric light?" ”

Fan Jingwen said: "Yes! There is no smoke at all in this electric light, and you can see that in our small conference room, there is no smell of smoke at all! ”

"And yes! What's going on with this coolness here? The other still couldn't help asking.

"Hehe, it's because we have air conditioning on board. I can't tell you about this air conditioning thing at once. But with air conditioning, we can make it hot if we want it to be hot, and if we want it to be cold, we can make it cold! Fan Jingwen explained.

One of the leading ministers said, "Ah! I'm really sorry for Lord Fan! On behalf of His Majesty the King, we have come to apologize to you! The misunderstanding that had just occurred frightened the envoy, and our majesty was very disturbed. Our Majesty also heard the sound of gunfire, and when I asked, I realized that I had a misunderstanding with you. Our Majesty was very angry and wanted to punish this troublemaker, but he was already killed by you on the docks. ”

"We really don't want this to happen, but your officer, who had to come to the ship with someone to take me away, ordered the soldiers to bring ladders to board the ship, and opened fire on us, and we were forced to return fire. With so many dead and wounded soldiers on both sides, it really shouldn't have happened. Fan Jingwen also deliberately pretended to be confused.

Several ministers from Cambodia couldn't hold back, and one said: "Our Majesty has long made up his mind to merge with the Ming Dynasty." The main purpose of our visit this time is to inform Lord Fan of this. We would also like to ask Master Fan to stay for a few more days, this matter needs some time to be studied in detail. ”

"Originally, the emperor called me back as soon as possible, and we shouldn't delay. However, since you are sincere, and such a misunderstanding has happened today, I will not personally deal with this matter, and other people will not understand the situation, and it is easy to have another misunderstanding with you. I'll delay it for a few days, finish the matter here, and I'll explain it to Your Majesty when I get back. "Pham Jingwen wants to settle Cambodia's affairs on the spot here.

"Is Master Fan coming to our inn, or is it .......?" A Cambodian minister asked Pham King Van for advice.

"So be it! I'm really not used to the heat here, so I'll just stay on board! If there is something we can discuss on board, we can also discuss it. You go back and get ready, see what we need to study, and starting tomorrow, we'll take the time to discuss it. Try to sign an agreement as soon as possible, our army can't wait outside. We have just signed an agreement with Laos, and our troops and officials who have taken over have entered Laos. ”

These ministers were surprised when they heard that Laos had moved into the Ming army so quickly.

Fan Jingwen was not polite and said: "After signing the peace agreement, our army will be stationed immediately, and if the peace agreement is not signed, our army will be stationed immediately." We'd better get everything done before the army arrives! ”

When these Cambodian ministers returned to the palace, they heard that Fan Jingwen was still willing to sign a peace agreement with them to resolve the Cambodian issue, and a hanging heart fell.

In the next few days, several ministers sent by Wang Zan discussed conditions with Fan Jingwen. But Fan Jingwen took the initiative in his hands, and the conditions agreed were not relaxed for Laos.

When negotiating here, the other side contacted Song Xiance, and the army moved closer to this side, and when the agreement was signed, the army immediately drove over and began to take over the work in Cambodia. And Pham Khanh Van rushed to Champa (a small country in southern Vietnam).

On the side of Yaogang, the radio broadcast constantly broadcast that Siam was completely occupied, that Laos was peaceful and that the Ming Dynasty was merged, and that Cambodia had also agreed to merge. When Zhang Zhimu saw this, he had a very uneasy feeling in his heart, and he knew that this emotion must be controlled, otherwise it would be very dangerous. In fact, Zhang Zhimu didn't know that this emotion was already very serious. Immediately after that, there will be a reaction at the popular assembly.

Fan Jingwen's side is going well, but Qin Peng's side is in trouble. The purity of the gold sent by the Mughal Empire was very low, and Qin Peng and they were forced to force the Mughal Empire to replace it after inspecting the goods, but the Mughal Empire deliberately delayed time, and Qin Peng and the teams they organized wanted to enter their tribal areas, but they also obstructed them in every way.

After the warnings failed, Qin Peng and his men were forced to take military action, crossing the Pajileti River, and capturing a city garrisoned by Mughal imperial troops.

This military action caused great confusion to the Mughal Empire, and although Shah Jahan tried his best to cover it up, the tribes in various places received the news that the Ming army had launched another attack, and they prepared to launch a rebellion.

Shah Jahan had no choice but to send another envoy to negotiate.

Jiang Wei was not polite this time, and when he saw the envoy, he asked: "Are you people from the Mughal Empire all cheap?" If I don't hurt you, you'll be scoundrels? ”

"I'm sorry, General Jiang. We really don't understand, why did you launch another military operation after we signed the agreement? "The envoy is still playing dumb.

"We made it very clear that if you don't keep the agreement you signed, we will take action until you do." Seeing this pretending to be stupid, Jiang Wei didn't want to say more to him, but he still endured it.

"Oops! After I signed the agreement, I didn't care about this side of the matter, can General Jiang tell me what happened? ”

"You demanded that we be paid an indemnity with gold instead of silver, but you deceived us with very low gold, but we were careful to find out what you were doing. Please change it, you still haven't done it. And those whom we have sent out to your tribal areas, which you have tried to obstruct. We're going to have to teach you a lesson. If you don't improve, we will enter your palace and speak to you Shah Jahan. Jiang Wei's words were already full of anger.

The envoy deliberately said: "Oops! This is all due to the incompetence of the people below. I will tell your Majesty about this as soon as I get back, and promise to settle it immediately. I beg you to withdraw your army at once to the east bank of the Pajileti River. ”

Jiang Wei won't spare them like this, "We won't withdraw until you fulfill your promise." Maybe we think the place we occupy is good, so we don't withdraw it. By the way, we were forced to take military action, and we spent a lot of money. I need you to pay 500,000 taels of silver. If you don't agree, we'll send an army to fetch it ourselves. ”

The envoy knew that he would not let them go easily when he came to the Ming army this time, but Shah Jahan also told him that if he could not stop the military operations of the Ming army, it was likely that the empire would be in danger. So the envoy reluctantly said: "As long as you stop the military operation, I will go back and persuade our Majesty to compensate you." ”

What Jiang Wei asked was to sign an agreement, and set a deadline for them to cash in.

Originally, Fan Chengkun and his team were going to mobilize a mountain jungle army and go back to deal with Borneo, Sumatra, and Java, but the Yaogang command center informed them that the new military operation was temporarily stopped, and invited their main military generals to return to Yaogang to participate in the people's congress, and the new military operation would be carried out after the meeting.

Moreover, the sea passenger ship sent by Yaogang to the West to pick everyone up and come back for a meeting.