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At the mouth of the Cauverry River, there are many wooden stakes standing in the shallow sea, the wooden stakes are five or six feet high above the sea, and a two-foot-long crossbar is pierced in the middle of the stakes, and there is an oblique rod below the outside of the crossbar to support it, forming a triangle;

Fishermen by the sea sit on the poles of these stakes every day, and they have been accustomed to this way of fishing for generations, because ordinary people cannot afford to buy boats, and the beach in this area is so gentle that the waves wash over and over again, and it is impossible to fish.

So they had to dig such a stake in the sea, swim over every morning, sit on the stake and fish, and look at it from afar.

Rochaer, Barry, father and son came early this morning, and swam to their own stake in one breath, father and son are only wearing short skirts, bare upper bodies, they live by the sea they are very watery, and the headscarf coiled on their heads is not wet at all.

Barry was only twelve years old, and his butt hurt from sitting on a stake for a while, and his body writhed from time to time. Thinking of the fleet I saw yesterday, I couldn't help but say with longing: "If only we had a boat at home." ”

"Wait until you catch more fish, and then think about it in ten years." Rochael responded to his son casually, his eyes fixed on the float on the sea.

"Father, is General Jaffna going to attack Sinhala? Father, if you want to go to the army, go to war with General Jaffna, General Jaffna wins every time, and if you follow him for your merits, the king will reward you with a lot of money, and then I will come back and buy a boat."

Luo Chaer glanced at his son, the little arms and legs, he just wanted to scold. Suddenly, he heard a faint sound of thunder coming from the sea, and Luo Chaer couldn't help but wonder a little. Overlooking the sea and sky, the wind is clear and the clouds are light. The sea is blue, it doesn't look like it's going to rain.

"Ah, it's General Jaffna who is back!" Barry stood on the crossbar like a monkey and looked out, and saw twenty or thirty sails on the horizon, so many ships, Barry thought that there would be no one else but General Jaffna's warship.

Barry guessed correctly, it was indeed Jaffner. But the muffled thunder that became clearer and clearer, as if it had been chasing Jaffna's fleet, what was going on?

"Father, look, it's General Jaffna's warship, how is the sail on it tattered?"

Can it not rot? The gunboats commanded by Shi Ran kept chasing after and bombarded, and the iron beads were like hail, and none of the thirty or forty warships that Jaffna could escape to here had not been ravaged.

"Not good. Kid run away, General Jaffna is being chased and beaten by the enemy, run, run. ”

"Father. Your fish is hooked."

"Run for your life first, or we'll feed the fish later, run away!"

Father and son jumped into the sea with two thuds. This time, you can't care if the headscarf is wet or not, and use your hands and feet together. Swim quickly to the shore in the most beautiful dog planing style.

Jaffna's thirty or forty ships rushed into the sea in a haphazard manner, followed by a group of ships in the dark. The first few ships spewed out long tongues of fire from time to time, and the soldiers of the Zhu Yuan country who were so frightened that they were scared of urine had long been disregarded and rushed towards the mouth of the river, which was miserable, the mouth of the river was not as good as the sea, so many ships competed for the river, and collided with each other in danger, and some were directly hit and sunk, and the mouth of the river was in chaos.

Seeing this situation, the sound of artillery in the back became more and more intensive, one cannon after another, as if there was no time to stop. Six or seven ships sank in succession at the mouth of the river, and the water was littered with corpses and broken planks, which alerted Jaffna, who ordered two slightly larger warships to cross and scuttle them in order to block the passage;

But it was not an easy task to scuttle a ship, and before they could achieve their goal, the gunboats behind had already been killed, and the soldiers in charge of scuttling the ship did not care about Jaffna's orders, and swam to the shore and fled.

After Yang Yi led the fleet to chase to the mouth of the river, only six gunboats and some small boats from Sinhala entered the river, and the rest were all anchored at sea, and 10,000 horses went ashore here, led by Yang Yi himself, and slaughtered the capital city of Thanjavur.

This area belongs to the alluvial plain of the Cauveri River, with thousands of miles of fertile fields and many waterways and lakes, and is the most important grain-producing area in southern India. It is this land of fish and rice that has supported the domination of India.

The Sinhalese and the Suguna were originally feuding, and after the Sinhalese soldiers came ashore, they wantonly looted the people along the way, and soon Ozawa Saburo's army of 800 servants also joined the ranks of the looting.

Yang Yi didn't bother to stop it, if he wanted these guys to obey the order obediently, it would not be good to not let them taste some sweetness. Moreover, after this plunder, the enmity between the Zhuyan State and Sinhala will be deeper, and it will be more conducive to future control.

Halfway to Thanjavul, Yang Yi suddenly noticed a slight vibration on the ground, and he who had led the army for many years immediately knew that it was not good, and quickly issued a battle order.

Soon, there was a black army in front of them, and all the elephants were in the front, and as far as the eye could see, the whole world was overwhelming, and I was afraid that there would be no one or two thousand heads, just like a tank, kicking up billowing smoke and dust, and pressing over like a mountain and a sea, and the momentum was extremely amazing. How many infantry were in the heel, it was not clear for a while.

Sinhala also has a lot of elephant soldiers, and they also know the habits of elephants, without Yang Yi's order, they have already taken out rockets, but many people are still scared and trembling, think about it, the total number of soldiers here is not more than 10,000 people, the enemy army has 20,000 elephants alone, and one person spreads two elephants, this strength comparison, it seems that it is more than a little bit worse, even Yang Yi is secretly frightened.

Note that the elephant army was so strong that he didn't stop at all, and one or two thousand elephant soldiers rushed over directly, as if they were going to crush Yang Yi's 10,000 horses into meat cakes as soon as they saw them.

Twenty thousand elephants ran, not very fast, but the earth shook, and the sound of the waves struck everyone's hearts like heavy drums, and they were sullen, their hair tingling, and their eardrums buzzing.

At this moment, the six warships on the river roared at the same time, and twelve tongues of fire erupted, and the sound of the cannon was drowned out by the sound of elephant hooves, and it was almost inaudible.

Only the whistling solid bullet smashed like a meteor into the herd of elephants miles away. Such a dense herd of elephants was full of bullets, and twelve solid bullets smashed into the herd. The elephant that was shot was smashed directly to the ground, rolling and knocking over the elephant next to it. Those who rushed from behind couldn't avoid it and also tripped up. There was a chaos on the front.

Soon, the five hundred flintlock muskets also roared, and the rows of bullets were like a network of firepower, blocking the front tightly, and one or two bullets would not have killed the elephant if they had not hit the vital point, but they could make the elephant go crazy in pain, and no longer listen to the soldiers on their backs, and rushed around;

This is more useful than shooting an elephant directly and one elephant rushing. It can often block the path of a dozen elephants. And the elephant is a very intelligent animal, the more intelligent the animal, the more contagious that fear is, and in the terrible chirping of their companions, more and more elephants begin to rush even if they are not shot.

At this time, the gunboat was also replaced with scattered bullets, countless marbles whistled away, and elephants continued to fall to the ground, and the tragic scene was no less than a landslide and a crack.

"Up!" Yang Yi shouted, and thousands of soldiers lit torches and rushed out, meeting the scattered elephant herd, rushing out of the range of the opponent's bow and arrow. Thousands of grenades were thrown at the same time, and at a distance of hundreds of paces, it was certainly impossible for the grenades to blow up the elephant. But thousands of grenades exploded at the same time, and there was a loud and earth-shattering sound. The rushing flames and smoke completely collapsed the already chaotic elephant soldiers.

Grenade bullets were thrown round after round. No animal can remain indifferent to such a massive explosion, and elephants are no exception, and the herd, whether injured or not, turned around and fled.

"Rush!" Yang Yi roared again, and the 10,000-strong army immediately rushed out and chased wildly towards the elephant herd.

The 20,000 enemy troops following the elephant soldiers, not to mention how miserable it was at this time, the frightened elephants were overwhelming, they instantly collapsed, abandoned their armor and ran for their lives, the screams were like a tsunami, wave after wave, the elephants launched a madness, people could not outrun the elephants, countless enemy troops could not dodge, were trampled into meat by heavy tank-like elephants, and the smell of blood rushed straight out of the nine heavens.

Yang Yi and they were like shepherds, chasing after Houcheng, chasing them for twenty miles, killing countless enemies, among which there were thousands of captured elephants;

It just so happened that there were many soldiers in Sinhala who could ride elephants, and Yang Yi himself sat on the back of an elephant, and the elephant was carried on a wooden basket on his back, like a small house, and it was not a problem to sit five or six people.

The Sinhalese soldiers and Saburo Ozawa were reluctant to ride the elephant, because the loot that Yang Yi didn't look down on was a lot of income for them, and besides, wouldn't they be able to loot along the way!

Yang Yi simply ignored them, and they grabbed them all the way, he took 1,500 Yang family troops, sitting on three or four hundred elephants, and quickly pounced on Tanjawu City, which was the capital of Zhuyuan State;

In the past hundred years, the country has been strong and prosperous, and many treasures have been snatched from the surrounding countries, as the most powerful and richest country on the Indian continent, how can the wealth in the capital be comparable to that of a few villages? There, that's Yang Yi's goal, and at that time, Sinhala, Ozawa Saburo, don't even think about it.

Yang Yi repeatedly urged the Sinhalese soldiers who drove the slave elephants, hurry up, hurry up, don't let Prolori I and the rich gentry in the city run away, it's all our food!

With elephants as a means of transportation, in the evening, Yang Yi's 1,500 men and horses came to the city of Thanjavur, well, and six gunboats.

The city of Thanjavur is located on the south bank of the River of the Cauveri River, with a moat connecting the river, the city is not very large, and the circumference is more than 20 miles. Yang Yi and the others arrived almost together with the rout, and he was not in a hurry to attack the city, but sent troops to quickly block the four gates.

Well, in the words of our ancestors, it's called catching turtles in the urn.

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(To be continued......)