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In April and May, the air seems to be burning at one point, which is unbearable, so that from the dignitaries and nobles to the common people, they all avoid the shady places in the depths of the mountains and forests to spend the summer. In this boring and uncrowded season, several exotic boats, which are strange and huge in the eyes of local fishermen, have sailed up the main channel of the Mekong River into Cambodian territory.

The Mekong River originates in Qinghai, China, and is known as the Lancang River before it flows into Myanmar, Siam, and Laos, but due to the large drop between the river and the upper and lower reaches, it is not navigable. Of course, the non-navigable area does not include this section of Cambodia. On the contrary, due to the inflow of a series of tributaries such as the Tonle Sap River, the Zeni River, the San River, the Sen River, and the Srebo River, the lower reaches of the entire Mekong River are wide and can pass large ships all year round.

In fact, even during the dry season in April and May, small boats can still travel all over Cambodia using the water systems around the Mekong River and Tonle Sap Lake, which is one of the reasons why Cambodia was called Suchanla in ancient China.

"Fifth Brother Fa," Luo Jinqiang, the commander of the Mekong River Detachment of the Cam Ranh Fleet of the Western Naval Division, who was hiding in the shadow of the sails, said to Pang Yousheng, the commander-in-chief of the 6th Jinlan Division, while wiping the sweat from his head. "The weather is too hot, the brothers of the 6th division must pay attention to replenishing drinking water, we don't have many scattered troops on the march, and it will be troublesome if we suffer from heat stroke."

"What Brother Dingwei said is," Pang Yousheng, who kept pouring water into his mouth, responded. "I've already arranged for the medical officer to go on patrol."

Maybe he felt that if he talked too much, the sweat would flow more and more, and Pan Fu became like gold, but Luo Jinqiang said without words while fanning the wind with a cool hat: "The guys in the department have to gasp like dogs, and let them taste the sun." ”

Pang Yousheng shook his head: "Let's talk about it when I have a life, now, it's hot"

Looking at Pang Yousheng, who poured water into his mouth again, Luo Jinqiang sighed: "What your brother said is also transparent, our sailor is fine on the river, and the Cambodians don't have such a great strength in mind, but if you want to go straight to Jinben, it is the royal capital of the people." ”

Luo Jinqiang smashed it: "Nine deaths, it's really hard for a brother"

Luo Jinqiang said this and didn't expect Pang Yousheng to answer, but Pang Yousheng suddenly said: "Jin Ben (Bian) just left Beijing in ruins, where did he come from, besides, my generation's fame is only taken between life and death, and the qualifications of the people cannot be passed on to future generations, doesn't my brother want to leave the name of the family in future generations?" ”

"It is said that the fifth brother is a gourd with a saw-mouthed mouth, and it is not true today." Luo Jinqiang was stunned for a moment, and then smiled knowingly. "But the fifth brother of the law is not bad, brother, I also want to fight for a wife and a son to rest with the country, the will of the saint can be described as a whip on you and me, and I can't tolerate you and I to die." Speaking of this, Luo Jinqiang shook her head again. "It's a pity that Shijue is not so easy to get, the lowest county man, you have to get the founding county marquis before you have a chance, little brother I am only the founding son now, to the founding county marquis and the founding uncle of the rank, it's not so easy to cross"

"I'm also the founder of the country." Getting the founding son is not how many meritorious achievements Pang Yousheng and Luo Jinqiang have made, but based on Zheng Kezang's inclusiveness when he founded the country, so for their middle and lower-level military attachés, it is extremely difficult to go from the founding son to the founding uncle, and from the founding uncle to the founding county marquis. "So this is the chance." Pang Yousheng took another sip of water before continuing. "As long as we can rescue Chetthaiv, you and I will have to enter the first rank."

"This is just a promise from Daduhu," Luo Jinqiang thought that Pang Yousheng's idea was just wishful thinking. "It's not something that Wuchang has promised, it's better that Fifth Brother Fa shouldn't have too much hope."

"It is true that the rescue of Chetthaiv alone does not necessarily lead to knighthood." Pang Yousheng has already been in his chest. "But if you can absorb the large plains east of the Mekong River because of this, as a merit of opening up the territory, you have to make a note of it anyway if you want to do it there, so it is the best out of ten to enter the founding of the country."

"That's just as well." Luo Jinqiang groaned for a moment and nodded slowly. "Then I wish the fifth brother of the law, and the success will be successful"

Chetthaiv, as Luo Jinqiang and Pang Yousheng, were the former kings of Cambodia, and Cambodia is now ruled by his nephew, King Angem. This was strange for the Middle-earth dynasty, which was accustomed to father-son or brother-brother succession, but it was normal in Cambodia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia, where several royal families were jointly governed.

The so-called royal family refers to the family that has the strength to inherit the throne, usually the great feudal lord of the powerful group or the noble bloodline left by the previous dynasty. As far as Cambodia is concerned, since the collapse of the Khmer Empire, the various parts of Chenla have been constantly fighting each other, and gradually formed three feudal families, Chettha, Barom, and An.

These three families successively held the throne of the god king (note: the title of emperor of the Khmer Empire), and each bloodline controlled the governance of most of Cambodia's provinces and regions, and married each other, forming an intricate inheritance relationship. However, the overly complicated succession relationship made the Cambodian throne change hands very quickly, and most of the kings only stayed on the throne of the god king for a year or two before falling due to assassination or coup, which also made Cambodia's national strength extremely internal, so that it was unable to cope with the encroachment of Siam, Laos, Quang Nam and other countries, and the country was declining day by day.

In the fourteenth year of Kangxi, Zheta IV ascended the throne, and he tried his best to increase the royal power after escaping many assassinations, and at the same time weakening the power of the princes, he used the strong royal army to block the attack of Laos and the encroachment of Guangnan, which once made the Phnom Penh Dynasty appear in a prosperous situation. Unfortunately, the good times were short-lived, and with the invasion of the Siamese Ayutthaya Dynasty, the defeated Zheta IV buried the last bit of royal army, and the eyed Ahn family found an opportunity to unite with other disgruntled princes to depose Zheta IV.

Although Zheta IV was imprisoned in the ancient capital of Jinben, how could he be willing to lie dormant after being a king for 20 years, so he actively tried to get out of trouble. However, the power of the Zheta family suffered great losses under the Siam invasion, and the princes of all parties were worried that the Zheta family would settle accounts after the autumn, so the internal and external pressure of Zheta IV could only suffer in Jinben. At this time, the helping hand of the Protectorate of the Grand Protectorate of Jinlan gave Zheta IV a chance.

Of course, because the asking price of the Grand Protectorate of Cam Ranh was too high - it was easy to pay tribute to the Chinese Dynasty, but the area east of the Mekong River was almost equal to one-third of the entire territory of Cambodia - so Zheta IV did not immediately agree to Cam Ranh's request at first, but as it was almost impossible to solve his own difficulties, Zheta IV's mentality changed. It was based on this psychology that Zheta IV, who was forced to live in seclusion in Jinben, finally agreed to the request of the Huaxia Dynasty and ceded the eastern territory as long as he could become the god king of Cambodia again.

Therefore, on April 29, the third year of Huaxia Wucheng, the Metropolitan Protectorate of Cam Ranh raided Jinben with the Mekong River Fleet to transport 500 advance troops, and under the guidance of the Huaxia Merchant Hall in the city, they killed and dispersed 300 defenders in one fell swoop, and rescued Zheta IV, who was confined in the city but was not tightly guarded, and a cadre of chamberlains and concubines.

However, the freed Zheta IV was not willing to board the ship and leave Phnom Penh, but hoped to regain control of the whole of Cambodia with Phnom Penh as the capital, so he took out a large plate of gems and said to Pang Yousheng and Luo Jinqiang: "General Pang, General Luo, this is the king's mere gratitude, and please don't be polite." ”

Pang and Luo glanced at each other and accepted the gem, seeing this, Zheta IV continued: "This king still has something to ask for"

Zheta IV's request was simple: he wanted Pang and Luo to lead their troops up the Mekong River, raid the palace of Anliang at the foot of Mount Aura 160 miles away, and capture King Angem and a cadre of princes and nobles who were taking refuge in the summer.

"This king also knows that this is difficult for some strong people, but this king has definite news, and now there are less than two thousand defenders near Anliang Xinggong." Although Zheta IV was imprisoned in Jinben City, he was still very familiar with the situation of the Cambodian royal court, obviously this was related to the power of the Zheta family, even if Zheta IV was deposed, King An En was unable and unwilling to completely eradicate such a top royal family as the Zheta family. "It's your best chance."

Although the manpower is short, Pang and Luo still look at each other a little for such a request, but Zheta IV's words are also right, if you can't solve King An'en at once, even if Zheta IV is rescued, a big war is still inevitable, and when the time comes, there will be more than these dead people.

"Huge man, Lord Luo," said the staff member Lin Dushi, who was standing beside King Zheta and acting in the name of the owner of the Jinben Merchant Pavilion. "The opportunity is fleeting, and now I can't ask Jin Lan for advice, so please ask the two adults to make a decision immediately."

Luo Jinqiang said with some hesitation: "The order we received is to ensure the safety of King Zheta. ”

"There is no waterway to go to Anliang Palace, so the boat can stay, so once there is danger, as long as King Zheta is sent to the ship, the people who want to come to Zhenla can only look at the water and sigh."

Pang Yousheng was worried about another reason: "Although the Zhenla people are vulnerable, after all, they are four times as large as me, and if they still have to leave the soldiers who operate the ship, the troops will be even more insufficient." As the saying goes, even if you can defeat the Zhenla army with a weak victory, you can still say whether you can capture King An En in the chaos of the army. ”

"The Jinben Merchant Pavilion can provide twenty people and two hundred accompanying slaves."

"This king can also organize five hundred troops and three hundred slaves."

"This"