While the generals of the Song army in the tent of the southern frontier of the Song Empire were telling the battle plan, there was also an argument going on in the palace of the Angkor Dynasty, which was different from the situation in the court of the Goryeo Kingdom, where their emperor and their ministers were all full of iron-blooded passion and thirst for war, but this time they chose the wrong opponent

"This time we raided the vanguard camp of the Song army, which caused great trauma to the Song army, and the main weapon of the Song army, artillery, was almost destroyed by us, which shows that the Song army is not invincible, and you recall that when our army entered their camp, many Song troops only fled bare-chested, and it seems that many years of peaceful life have made those Song people's big soldiers become some useless young master soldiers. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" said a minister of the Angkor dynasty with a smile on his belly, and after he finished speaking, there were many answers.

The generals of the Angkor Dynasty who participated in the raid on the Song army's vanguard camp that night did not agree with what the Angkor Dynasty minister said, because they had their own deeper understanding, which was portrayed with swords and blood that night, and an Angkor general who was closest to the Song army's camp that night stood up and said: "Lord Luolan, what you said is a bit too much, you said that the Song army has lost their strong combat effectiveness, This kind of idea is completely an unrealistic idea that you have come up with in your own reverie, those soldiers of the Song Dynasty are not some of the young master soldiers you said, their combat effectiveness is strong and you can't imagine it anyway, in this battle, we dispatched a total of 69,000 people, while the Song army only has less than 30,000 combat troops, our number is more than twice as many as theirs, you say that they are just running away shirtless, this is even more nonsense, the lower officials are very close to their camp, and the situation is naturally the clearestThe Song soldiers were indeed shirtless, but they were not fleeing, but were fighting us to the death with their swords, guns, bows, and arrows, and you know, with more than twice their strength, we launched a surprise attack on them while they were still asleep, and in this battle, we only killed about 3,000 of them, and do you know how much we ourselves lost in that battle? On that victorious night alone, we left more than 20,000 corpses in the camp of their Song army, and the loss ratio was almost 1 to 6. ”

"This is also very likely to be a loss caused by the improper command of your front-line commanders, and this does not prove the combat effectiveness of the Song people." The Angkor minister named Lo Lan said

And the generals who participated in that battle were naturally very unhappy when they heard Luo Lan's words, so Angkor General Nathdulla, who participated in that night's battle, stood up and debated with Luo Lan and said: "Lord Luo Lan, you didn't come to the scene of that night's battle, and you are not very involved in military affairs, so you may not be so clear, the army of the Song people has a strong sense of battle, and their soldiers can pick up everything that can be used as a weapon around them in a very fast time when they encounter a sudden attack, and fight, and, Their officers at all levels are also able to organize quite strong counterattack forces in a very short period of time, and their ability to cooperate with each other is quite proficient, the ability to switch between offense and defense is extremely proficient, and the division of labor is extremely clear under the leadership of their own commanders, and among the more than 20,000 people we have lost, many soldiers have been cut, surrounded, and even eliminated by them between their offensive and defensive transitions, and even more, They can quickly seize any point of counteroffensive opportunity to launch a powerful counter-charge against our attacking troops, and through the infantry battle formation that has been coordinated between their soldiers for a long time, they can kill our soldiers to the point that it is really like chopping melons and vegetables. Lord Luolan, the Song army is really not as fragile as you said, if you still don't believe in the general, then in the next battle, the general is willing to take the adult with him to feel the feeling that death is in front of his eyes. ”

Luo Lan did not accept Tedulla's words, but the emperor of the Angkor Dynasty, Aquino, said to Natdullah: "Natdullah, you have repeatedly emphasized how powerful the Song army is, do you think our soldiers do not have that kind of strength?" In other words, can our soldiers also be trained to be as strong as the army of the Song people? ”

Nathdura clasped his fist at Aquino and said: "Your Majesty, the training of soldiers takes time, and if we want to train like the Song Army, we will not be able to complete it without a year or two, and as for the sense of battle, I am afraid that this is something similar to the military spirit formed by the Song Army for decades or even since its founding, so, I am afraid...... Through careful reconnaissance of the territory of the Song State, the soldiers of the Song State are much stronger than our soldiers, and the combat strength of our soldiers is really worrying against them. ”

For Natdulla's words, Aquino is still deeply touched, he knows that the gap between his country as a whole and the Song Empire is too big, not to mention economic strength, just in terms of population and land area, it cannot match the Song Empire, so Aquino knows that his battle, if he does not make good use of his geographical advantages and advantages, he will inevitably be defeated with the Song State, but the young Aquino is also a ruthless man, so he immediately said to his ministers: "Since this war is inevitable, Then even if we break our front teeth in this battle, we have to bite a hole in the bodies of those damned Song people, and order the world, from me down, the people of the whole country are all engaged in the war against the Song State, and I want to let the Song people leave a mark of blood every step forward. ”

It has to be said that as an emperor, Aquino's words are very uplifting, and it is not difficult to see the power of his words from the appearance of those ministers in the main hall of the Khmer Palace. This is a point that Zhao Xu really did not think about, since the Song Empire entered the war with the Angkor Dynasty, the army of the Song Empire began the most difficult war since Zhao Xu ascended the throne.

The convoy rumbled forward, this was a 10,000-strong team of the Song army to transport supplies to the vanguard army, but it was unexpectedly quiet for some reason on this road that seemed to have been cleared by the vanguard army and Lin Chong's wolves

The person who carried out this transportation task was Zhang Ding, the commander of the rear army, and Zhang Ding was originally in command of the whole way, his personal force was extremely powerful, and his combat experience was extremely rich, and he was recruited by Zhao Xu to the imperial military academy's imperial general class a few years ago for a more systematic study of strategy and tactics, so Zhang Ding's strength in the war is completely incomparable.

"Stop moving." Zhang Ding, who was riding on a war horse, seemed to feel that something seemed wrong with the environment here, so he immediately ordered his generals.

And Zhang Ding's heralds faithfully carried out the orders of their commanders, "The whole army stopped advancing-"

As the heralds shouted, all the Song soldiers stopped in unison, and immediately formed a straggler formation to guard around the transported supplies. The material transport vehicle of the Song army is very large, not the two-wheeled cart used in ancient times, but the six-wheeled cart with a box body, pulled by four bullocks, its transportation capacity is really not the same as that in the past, and the wooden planks made of these carts are all soaked in tung oil, fireproof and strong, after letting go of the bullocks that pull the carts, the carts can be connected end to end into a solid bunker, in order to be used to resist the enemy

"Herald." Zhang Ding said in a low voice

"General, humble duty."

"Quickly and quietly spread the word to the whole army that this place is not peaceful, let them all retreat into the chariot formation, take the tail of the cart, hasten out of here, and order all the soldiers, swords unsheathed, bows wound, ready for battle."

After Zhang Ding's order was issued, the herald immediately passed the general's order to the ears of all the soldiers, and the soldiers of the Song Empire, who had undergone strict military training, immediately prepared for battle according to their general's orders.

This supply transport line across the jungle was still surprisingly quiet, without the slightest noise, except for the convoy that continued to move forward, as if everything had become still, but all the Song soldiers in this convoy knew that maybe the battle was about to happen around them (to be continued). )