Chapter 3229 I Need This War

The procession of monsters outside the city walls stopped, and at this time, the most daring Quang Nam soldiers found that there were people riding on each monster, and they were holding iron hooks in one hand and a horn in the other, and it was the first person to come out of the woods just now who blew the horn.

The monster stood under the city, silently looking at the tip of the gun on the city as dense as a forest, the tip of the gun forged by black iron flashed with a cold glow in the morning light, and there were one or two people in the city shouting: "Bastard, your task is to fight, whether it is a god or a Buddha in front of you, your task is to pick up a gun, charge at him, bastard, pick up your gun, and return to your post......"

The commotion on the city wall slowly calmed down, the spear tips began to form a formation, a spear with a handle was erected outside the city wall, and then there was a rumbling sound at the head of the wall, and several rough voices shouted: "Dodge, dodge, the cannons are coming, I don't believe that they can't be killed......"

The morning air was filled with the smell of dew, and the sound of moisture was far away, and then a stern voice remembered, and he said unhurriedly: "Lift the guard!" ”

As soon as the order was given, there was silence at the head of the wall, and then a small voice sounded, as if to justify the dispute, and then the voice that had just given the order sounded again: "This is Dongmu City, and outside the city is the elephant team, they are here to carry wood." ”

There was an exclamation from the top of the wall, and then the commanding voice pointed to the outside of the castle and ordered: "Look outside the city, this is the elephant, this part of the south, it is the main mount, if we have enemies, our enemies must ride this giant beast." Order: Unsuspecting soldiers can go to the nearest group to observe the elephant work, and everyone has to come up with a way to deal with the elephant. ”

On the wall, Chen Buqun followed behind Zhao Xing and shouted: "See, the elephant has the figure of an elephant mahout sitting on his back, he is so thin and small, he can domesticate an elephant." What people can do, we can do. ”

After saying this, Chen Buqun turned to Zhao Xing again: "Teacher, we have done the right thing by coming to Dongmu City, even when I saw such a giant beast for the first time, I was so scared that my heart was about to jump out." It's simply not something that human power can resist, and look at it, with such a thick proboscis it is effortless, I can't think of any strength that can overcome it...... Hey, why are they so neatly arranged when they come to the market? ”

Zhao Xing pointed to the place where the elephant team came out and said, "That road is called Elephant Road, and the pulse of the earth you just felt is the tremor of the elephant walking." =DEBUT== DONGMUTOU CITY ACQUIRED MAHOGANY, EBONY, AND ROSEWOOD. The nearby woods have been cut down from ebony and rosewood. These people had to go further into the woods to cut down.

There are many wild animals in the forest. The wood is cut down on a tribal basis, and these people pile the collected wood in their own stockades and wait for the elephant team to come and collect it and transport it here.

Whenever the elephant team departs, several elephant slaves must be produced from each village along the way, and the elephant slaves at the front of the team are responsible for opening the way. Let the elephants pull out the small branches that stand in the way, and the elephant slaves in the rear advance in columns, so that the elephants do not have to save their strength, so that there are no trees in front of them. Over time, the road on which the elephant walked became the elephant road.

This elephant road is more than three meters wide, because the elephant's body is about two meters wide, and the wood on the elephant's mouth is a standard one zhang long. As they walked along the road, the branches of the little trees that got in the way had been plucked out. So the three-meter-wide road has no small branches in the way, and the road is strong enough to pass our small cannons. ”

Chen Buqun watched the soldiers go out of the city and began to circle around the elephant team, those elephants began to carry timber under the command of the mahout, these ancient animal cranes lifted the long logs without any trouble, causing the officers and soldiers to exclaim, many officers and soldiers are still discussing: "Ah." I was thinking about it just now in the city. The elephant lifted a piece of wood so thick that it was used to ram the city. I don't know if our walls will be able to withstand it. ”

"Teacher, these people have discovered our existence, what should we do?" Chen Buqun asked.

"The soldiers have already seen the elephants, and they will probably not panic when they see them again. We're going to go out tonight, and we're going to split it up. You take the Navy and Marines by sea, walk north along the coastline for about a hundred nautical miles, and then anchor at the sea and wait for dawn. Strike early in the morning. At noon, let 500 soldiers follow the elephants, and they will reach the city of Bintong about noon tomorrow, and then we will be able to defeat the enemy by attacking from both sides. ”

Chen Buqun looked at the elephant road and replied, "Is the teacher planning to personally lead the team by land?" I see that there are fewer land soldiers, only 500 people, at most they can carry ten small cannons, in this vast forest, how many people can't see it, the teacher still brings more people! ”

"Five hundred people are enough, there are no more than ten small cannons, five is enough, you need to travel lightly on the road, bring too many people, but it is a burden, just five hundred people, no more."

Chen Buqun hesitated for a long time and asked, "What else does the teacher have to explain?" ”

Zhao Xing replied casually: "No, retreat." ^^.Com debut^^"

But Chen Buqun still didn't leave, Zhao Xing was stunned for a moment, and immediately suddenly said: "Don't worry, everything has been planned." ”

Chen Buqun had a bitter face, and said slowly: "I'm not worried about the enemy's affairs, in the past few years, I have seen the teacher plan against the enemy, I know that as long as the teacher plans well, generally speaking, the person who is against us has no chance of turning the tables, but the teacher spares no effort in the enemy's calculations, how can we not count ourselves." For example......"

Chen Buqun took a breath and continued: "For example, on the side of the imperial court, it is a big deal to raise troops privately, and it is a war of annihilation, and the teacher is not afraid of the ...... of the imperial court."

Chen Buqun's tone changed and said: "Teacher, the argument in the court is so fierce, and now even the personnel of the New Party itself are also in danger, if they go with it, they will prosper, and if they go against it, they will die, but I know that this is just the beginning, and the more powerful ones are still to come, even Zhang himself may not be able to save the whole body in this storm."

This is like a big show, you sing and I appear on the stage, and the people who come up are not for the country and the people, but for political needs, such as Lu Huiqing, although he has embezzled a huge amount of money, which makes the Huanqing war situation slack, but he can still be promoted because of his merits, and he guards Hangzhou, Dingzhou, and Mizhou, and seeks benefits for the country and the people everywhere. Every place will benefit the people, but it is still a big crime to be relegated to the barbaric land of Lingnan.

Teacher, the world is chaotic nowadays, and I can't say what is right and what is wrong, and the teacher is now holding this official position. It all depends on the old love of the day, but is the chapter a person who misses the old love? Last year, all localities reported disasters together, and the imperial court's tax revenue was only more than 80 million, but Guangnan paid 20 million yuan. Teacher, Zhang hopes that the teacher can make money for him. If a teacher makes a mistake, can he shelter the teacher?

Teacher, Quang Nam is already our last resting place, but the teacher shelters and degrades officials. has angered the new party. Can the New Party tolerate teachers today, but will it tolerate them the day after tomorrow? Can Zhang tolerate the teacher today, and can he tolerate it the day after tomorrow? I'm worried that Zhang is so arrogant, I'm afraid he won't even be able to protect himself. ”

Chen Buqun paused for a moment, did not allow Zhao Xing to refute, and immediately said, "Teacher." I don't know how long you plan to fight this war and what it will look like, but please remind yourself ---- this is not a good time to expand your territory; At this moment, it is not a good time to anger the imperial officials. \\\\\\”

Zhao Xing looked at the west bank of the Mekong River, was silent for a moment, and grinned: "There are some things you just said that are correct, such as: Zhang now tolerates me." It's because I can collect money for him.

Do you know why officials from all over the country have reported disasters this year, and they are still reporting the land. The new law of the imperial court was unpopular, but Zhang had to implement the new law, and even if this new law was verified and proved to be wrong, he had to forcibly promote it. Because he needs the new law, he needs this political weapon. This is the reason why he came to power and the reason why he is in power. So I can't do it for the time being. Because my existence proves that the implementation of the new law can still increase taxes and revenues.

As long as I keep losing money to Zhang. He can't touch me, no matter what he thinks of me. He must tolerate me......

However, is the money that easy to earn? We have repeatedly expanded our investment in Quang Nam through deficit finance, but now the output cannot keep up, our deficit hole is getting bigger and bigger, and there must be a windfall to fill this hole, and in this world, no matter what kind of business, there is no huge profit from waging a war.

We must fight this war, it is we who need this war, not the ministers of the court who need this war, we must fight ......

On the other hand, we are well aware of the situation in the countries of the South Seas, and in order to cope with the climate here, we have recruited people who live in the mountains and forests, and after nearly a year of training in jungle warfare, we are also sure of victory. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Xing's words jumped, and he pointed to the west bank of the Mekong River and said: "Do you know what country the other side of the river belongs to, the Han Dynasty called it Funan, and the Song Dynasty called it Zhenla." They themselves called themselves the Angkor dynasty. That group of people founded the Angkor dynasty two hundred years ago, and since then, they have had their own script, called Khmer.

There are millions of builders in this country, very good at building stone buildings, it uses millions of people every year to build Hindu temples, after two hundred years of non-production, professional construction, this dynasty has declined, it is like a ripe fruit, as long as you stomp your foot under the tree, the fruit will fall. The first thing we have to do is sweep the east bank of the Mekong and go to the west bank to stomp our feet. ”

Zhao Xing salivated: "A piece of land equivalent to the size of my Guangnan East Road, one million skilled construction slaves, the soldiers of their country have no enthusiasm for military training, no intention of farming, and all their minds are devoted to building temples to worship the gods." With devotion to religion, they built one magnificent temple after another, and the statues of the gods were all inlaid with gold and precious stones, which was a very fat man......

Those slave laborers, with just a few copper plates and a few meals, can make them work for a year. You say, "If you don't take such a fruitful fruit---- you will be damned." ”

Seeing that Zhao Xing could not be persuaded by Chen Buqun, he sighed and saluted: "Teacher, I'm going down to prepare to sail." Zhao Xing waved his hand to say goodbye to the other party: "Plans always can't catch up with changes, when you get there, don't hesitate, whether I get there or not, launch an attack immediately." This sea area has not been attacked by the Marines, so let's fight fast and don't let them come back to their senses. ”

Chen Buqun bowed and retired.

This young man didn't know the cruelty of politics, he only judged from the appearance, but Zhao Xing saw the essence of things.

The current little emperor is supported by Zhang, and the little emperor who is in the period of youth rebellion is unreasonable, but he has a kind of fatherly love for Zhang, the little emperor will not die, no matter how outrageous Zhang is, he will never fall. Zhao Xing only needs to supply Zhang with money continuously. He himself will not fall to the ground.

At present, the war between the East and the West has broken out, and the road to China in the Western world has been cut off by the flames of war. No matter how hard Zhao Xing personally tries, the trade volume between the East and the West will inevitably decline sharply, and the degree of decline is not one or two percent. It should be ** into. Under these circumstances, Zhao Xing had to open up his financial resources in order to maintain the rapid development of Quang Nam and to submit taxes to the imperial court with the momentum of growth......

In the spring of 1096 AD, when Zhao Xing arrived in Dongmutou City, the first battle of the Crusades began. The peasants of all the countries who had been called to Constantinople in advance decided not to let the Knights take the honor of the first battle, and they crossed the river with their packages on their backs, and they marched towards Palestine. Not surprisingly on the other side of the river. Encountered the Mamuliuke cavalry. Fearlessly, the peasants of all countries brandished their packages and launched a decisive charge against the heavily armed Arab cavalry......

The Holocaust has begun!

None of the farmers who crossed the river in the early days survived.

After this battle, the pace of the Eastern Crusade came to a temporary halt. After this battle, the fanatical farmers of all countries were basically wiped out, and the remaining farmers were all sane types, and they decided to put the control of the war back in the hands of professional soldiers---- and let the knives be wielded in their hands. Hold the hoe and hold the hoe tightly. Since then, \\\\\ various knights have seized the initiative in the war, and the farmers have entered the knights to learn fighting skills from the knights.

In this bloody era, South Asia, which was originally calm and peaceful in history, also set off waves, and the Great Song Dynasty Guangnan East Road passed through a little pacification envoy, the city envoy, and the Liangguang garrison Qian Si all mentioned that Zhao Xing's attack on the city of Zhancheng began, and people at that time did not know that it was this undeclared war. It opened the prelude to the southward expansion of the Great Song Dynasty. From then on, the gentle-mannered gentlemen of the Great Song Dynasty opened their smiling mouths at Nanya, revealing their mouths full of fangs......

Later historians have described this march with countless flowery words, but the reality is extremely dull. At that time, the rain kept falling, and in the pouring rain, the air seemed wet and stuffy, and the continuous heavy rain made Zhao Xing, who was dressed in potato yarn, feel dull and hot. Heavy moisture has penetrated the hashtag. Let his clothes be full of water stains. He stood on the side of the road. Watching the soldiers brave their way through the rain, a Japanese man holding a broken umbrella behind him.

A small umbrella can't stop the pouring rain. Although the Japanese had tried their best to straighten the umbrella, the wind and rain were still pouring on Zhao Xing.

A widow pulled straw sandals, ran to Zhao Xing's side with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and bent his waist ninety degrees to report: "Changmen Palace, there is a flood in front, and there is no road left." ”

Zhao Xing wiped a handful of rain from his face and replied, "Cut down the tree and prepare to build the road." ”

The Japanese man hesitated for a moment and replied, "Nagato Palace, this rain is so heavy that as the saying goes: Torrential rain does not last long. Why don't we wait for the rain to stop before we go. ”

Zhao Xingyi grinned and replied: "You say that it is a common saying in Japan and a common saying in the Great Song Dynasty, but in this place, there is rain for three or five months in a row, and that kind of rain is so heavy every day, even bigger than this......

But don't worry, it's the dry season, and we're just getting a thunderstorm, which only happens occasionally, for a day or two at a time. But we didn't have time to wait, it was already the third day, and we were still trekking on the elephant road, so we had to speed up our march. ”

Zhao Xingzheng said, suddenly, the rain stopped abruptly like turning off the faucet, and the Japanese people looked at the sky in wonder, at this time, the tropical sun was already shining on the head, and the Japanese people touched their heads and said strangely: "Everything in the world is so different, this kind of heavy rain, and when it is said to stop." ”

Tropical rain is like that. As soon as the rain stopped, the soldiers cut down the trees easily, and when Zhao Xing walked to the river, he found that the river was very large and turbid, the small bridge on the river had been washed away, and several soldiers were scattered along the river to cut down trees, and a soldier pulled up his trouser leg and walked down the river, ready to dredge the river.

"Be careful!" Zhao Xing hurriedly greeted the soldier: "Come up, come up!" ”

It was late, the soldier still looked at Zhao Xing stupidly, wondering why he didn't let him go into the river, at this time, the river was boiling, and the soldier fell into the water one by one, and then he fluttered in the water, shouting for help while fluttering, with his shouting. The river turned red.

Several soldiers ran to the river to undress, and Zhao Xing was furious: "It is forbidden to go down to the river, all come up." ”

As he was shouting, the cries for help in the river had stopped, and the river was boiling like a pot of porridge, and the blood was getting thicker and thicker. Zhao Xing walked to the river, looked at the pool of blood in the river and sighed, and said, "I asked you to read the "Occupation Diary" written by the Vietnamese, but you didn't read it? ”

As he spoke, the river calmed down, and a white skeleton floated up the river, and a soldier saw the skeleton emerge and repeated the contents of the "Occupation Diary" in a trembling tone: "There are piranhas in the Champa country. Even in the stream, the Chinese people only dare to take rafts...... There is a flying head plague. There is no body, just a head that flies around and eats people. ”

Zhao Xingyi stretched out his hand and shouted: "Bring a grenade, who has no damp grenade?" ”

The person next to him handed over a grenade, and Zhao Xing pulled the grenade and threw it into the water, with a loud bang. Some small white fish in the stream were blown out of the water, and on the river, the white fish scales shone brightly, and the small fish was beautiful, but the Song soldiers saw these small fish now, but they didn't feel cute at all, and their hearts were cold from time to time.

"This is the piranha, and it's a type of pomfret. Usually hiding in rock crevices, they launch group attacks when they smell blood. The soldier must have had a wound on his body just now, so he was smelled bloody by the piranha.

That's what I asked you to do with leggings, to prevent leech bites on the one hand, and piranhas on the other...... Everyone has seen it, this is not a demon or a monster, it is just a small fish. Now let's cut down trees and cross the river! ”

The soldiers shuddered. One of the soldiers was probably from the Cheng clan, and when he was leaving, he asked Zhao Xing, "Seventh uncle." So what's going on with the flying head plague? ”

"There is no fly head plague, this is a big fly, this kind of fly is very large, it likes to lick salty things, and people will attract big flies when they sweat. The fly is large, it hurts to lick people, and it carries a lot of germs on its body, and once it is beaten to death, the germs will penetrate deep into the wound. The disease is so contagious that it is called the plague. As long as you follow my hygiene rules, take a bath every day, and wash your hands before eating, you will be fine. ”

After repairing the road, the team continued to march with difficulty, and trekked for another whole day to complete the six- or seven-hour walk at sea.

What appeared in front of everyone was a continuous farmland where people grow rice, which is the Champa rice that crops twice a year. Who would have thought that the former friends of the Cham people would now wave their knives at them.

The farmland is very quiet, Zhao Xing's team rushed out of the dense forest and repaired on the side of the road, the farmland people did not stop working, they looked up here, what should they do. After a while, not far away, the village pierced the horn, and twenty or thirty soldiers drove three war elephants to appear slowly at the end of the rice field. The elephant walks very slowly, like an old man walking. The soldiers on the left and right of the elephant were barefoot, wearing a sleeveless vest made of bamboo, and a bamboo hat on their heads, and they also walked slowly towards the group of soldiers resting on the roadside.

A Japanese soldier ran to his team with a knife, shouting for everyone to put on armor to meet the enemy, the Huainan soldiers had already begun to light torches to check whether the grenade in their hands was damp, Zhao Xing did not get up, he leaned against the tree, lazily watched the group of soldiers on the opposite side approaching them with a walking speed.

A student of Zhao Xing was very curious, and he asked in wonder, "Teacher, are they fighting, why are they so slow." ”

Zhao Xing lazily pointed to the sky and replied: "This is the tropics, people here are like this, in this kind of weather, you run a few steps and try it." ”

The student sighed, then replied firmly, "We won!" ”

The first to meet them were the Japanese soldiers, who rushed at the behemoth with fierce faces and hideous faces, and they formed a battle squad of five men, either armed with spears or swords in both hands. In such a hot weather, their armor was fierce towards the group of soldiers.

ps: The Champa State was finally exterminated by the Lê Dynasty in Vietnam, and since then, the history of the Champa State has been obscure. The "Dongmutou City" established by the Song merchants in this book, which is not recorded in Chinese history, comes from modern archaeological excavations in Vietnam, and the description of the customs and customs of the Cham country and the distribution of troops in the city are all from the "Occupation Diary" written by the Vietnamese in that year.

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