Chapter 332: The Ambition of the King of Champong

Starting from Dayuan, it took four days to arrive at Champa.

When King Zhancheng heard that King Yong personally arrived with 5,000 soldiers this time, he hurriedly went out to greet him, but when he saw Zhu Houhuang, he was stunned, and then he was overjoyed, and bowed down and said, "I have seen His Royal Highness King Yong." ”

Zhu Houhuang smiled and said, "The king of Zhancheng doesn't have to be polite. You and Lone are old friends. ”

The joy in the heart of the king of Champa could not be suppressed.

Between Champa and Annan, it has been hundreds of years since they loved and killed each other, but in recent times, the Li clan of Annan has become stronger after the war against the Ming Dynasty. Day after day, the territory of Champa has been annexed little by little. Even Xinzhou Province, which was originally the capital of Champang, became the territory of Annam. For so many years, how could the king of Champa not want to take revenge.

And Zhu Houhuang's previous visit proved that he attached great importance to the city. And what can be valued by Zhu Houhuang and Zhancheng, and Zhancheng has self-knowledge, isn't it the peep at Annan.

And now revealing his identity is originally a statement.

How could Zhancheng not understand Zhu Houhuang's thoughts, and couldn't help laughing: "His Royal Highness King Yong and Xiao Wang are indeed old people. ”

Zhu Houhuang and Zhancheng entered the capital of Zhancheng side by side, and the Buddha swore in the city.

The king of Champa said, "Your Highness, how about my Buddha oath city? ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "It is a good place for outstanding people and people who believe in Buddhism. ”

Champa said: "Although this place is good, it is not my hometown. There is not a day when Xiao Wang does not want to recapture Xinzhou, the old city. This Buddha oath city is not the original Buddha oath city, although the city is small, but there is also a heart of humiliation, His Royal Highness is willing to help Xiao Wang? ”

Zhu Houhuang laughed and said, "If Lone doesn't want to help the king, Lone won't be here." ”

"Please speak inside." No matter how excited the king of Champa is, he knows that such a confidential matter cannot be discussed in public. Immediately ask Zhu Houhuang to enter the secret room.

Although it is said to be a secret room, it is not secret at all, but a pagoda, Zhu Houhuang and the King of Zhancheng are on the pagoda, and there are more than 100 guards standing opposite each other, half of them are the guards around Zhu Houhuang, and half of them are the guards of the King of Zhancheng.

Zhu Houhuang's identity made him never leave the sight of his guards.

King Zhancheng said: "As long as His Royal Highness helps me recapture the old city of Xinzhou, then Dongyong's food supply will be fully covered by the city." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "His Royal Highness the King of Zhancheng, Lone is not the imperial court, and it is not for a little food, and the laborers are mobilized to fight for overseas. ”

The king of Champa moved in his heart, and then calmed down the restlessness in his heart, and said, "What does Your Highness want?" ”

Zhu Houhuang took out a roll of maps from his sleeve, gently spread it out on the table, and said: "For kings like us, what is most important is naturally the land." ”

The king of Champa said: "Your Highness's price is too high, and you will not give up an inch of land in Champa." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "What you want is not the land that occupies the city? ”

The king of Champa hesitated and said, "Not the land of Champa?" ”

"King, please look," Zhu Houhuang pointed to the map and said: "Haiyun Pass is the focus of the contention between Champa and Annan, if Haiyun Pass is in the hands of Champong, then Annan will not dare to go south easily, but if Haiyun Pass falls into the hands of Annan, then even if the king recaptures Xingang, is His Highness confident that he can hold it?" ”

"This?" Champa hesitated for a moment.

Champa has been bullied by Annan for so many years, and he has long had a fear of Annan. The king of Champa also knew that unless he gathered several times the army of Annan, there was no chance of victory in a war with Annan. Especially in such an important place as Haiyun Pass, the king of Champa himself has no confidence to defend it.

Hai Van Pass is the first Xiongguan in Vietnam, of course, this reputation is only available in later generations, but it is not Hai Van Pass in later generations to enjoy the world's fame, here has long been the center of the battle between Champa and Annam, the key point of repeated contention.

As we all know, the terrain of Vietnam is a long strip, and Hai Van Pass is between the north and south of Vietnam, the narrowest place, once this place is locked, if the north and south want to fight, unless there is a naval battle, it will not work at all. It can be said that it is a lock between the north and the south. But because of this, the offensive and defensive battles of Haiyun Pass were always particularly brutal, and once the city was lost in Haiyun Pass, it would be a smooth defeat below.

Zhu Houhuang brought up this matter again at this moment, which made the king of Zhancheng very entangled. He wanted to say that he could hold Haiyun Pass, but he was not 100% sure of his army.

Zhu Houhuang said: "This time the troops, with the meaning of loneliness, should be emphasized. "Even if Zhu Houhuang gathers 10,000 horses, it is all the combat power of Dongyong, compared to Mo Dengyong's strength, it is still lacking a lot, so he needs to be assisted by troops. And no matter how bad the strength of Champa is, it is also a big country in the South Seas, and compared with Bo Ni, these countries in Sulu are more than twice as powerful. Zhu Houhuang has the meaning of borrowing the city to occupy the city, and some words must be said to the king of the city, he said: "The city of Zhan and Annan want to compare, Annan is strong and the city of Zhan is weak, it is absolutely impossible to eliminate Annan in one fell swoop, so the intention of this battle is to eliminate the lord of Annan." It's about exterminating Mohs. And cut a piece of fat in Annan. ”

Champa said, "Your Highness wants to eliminate the Mo clan? ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Gu has already sent someone to contact the Zheng family and the lord of Annan, and with the support of the imperial brother, he can mobilize the troops of Guangxi, and the strength of the wolf soldiers in Guangxi, the king has also heard of it." It's just that His Highness wants to get a piece of the pie, but he doesn't know how much he can send troops? ”

The king of Champa gritted his teeth and said: "The lone general has a hundred thousand soldiers of the country, and he will go on a northern expedition with His Highness?" ”

Zhu Houhuang smiled lightly and said to the King of Zhancheng: "Your Highness, you can tell a little real number, but the people who were temporarily brought in are not counted." ”

Zhu Houhuang still can't fully understand the strength of Zhancheng, but he knows that Zhancheng must not send 100,000 troops. Guy Champa is probably the number of the country's soldiers, but there is Zhenla behind the city, and if the city dares to empty all the troops in the south, Zhenla dares to make the concept of the south of the city history.

If Zhancheng really sent 100,000 troops, then it would either be to fill the number of Zhuang Ding, or to falsely report the number, which was not what Zhu Houhuang wanted, the strength of the Zhancheng army was originally good, if it was tossed like this, could it still fight?

Zhancheng hesitated for a few moments and said: "The minister can only send 50,000 elites from Zhancheng, and there is really no more." ”

"That's enough." Zhu Houhuang said. He secretly said in his heart: "I'm still worried that there won't be enough auxiliaries. There was a Champa army, which was enough as an auxiliary. With our army as the front and the Champa army as the reserve, it is enough to fight with Mo. ”

The king of Champa was a little relieved, and said, "How much can Your Highness send troops?" ”

Zhu Houhuang laughed and said: "Lone is just a partial division, the real troops are the Guangxi wolf soldiers, and the Guangxi wolf soldiers go south from Liangshan." Lonely, the Zheng clan attacked Shenglong in the west, and Lone led the main force to attack Shenglong Mansion by boat. And the king led the Northern Expedition. Annam has always regarded the south as a reckless land, and most of the battles are near Thang Long, and His Royal Highness's northern expedition, south of Haiyun Pass, should not be able to stop the king's army. After waiting for the new lord of Annan to be alone, with the intention of stabilizing the peace between the two countries, the land of several prefectures south of Haiyun Pass was turned into a place where the Ming garrison was located. After that, even if Annam prospered again, he must first attack Gu before he can capture the city, and he can sleep in peace when he occupies the city. ”

What Zhu Houhuang said, true or false, false and real, the wolf soldiers all the way, are completely apocryphal, and the contact between the Zheng family and the little emperor is really true, but this one thing, whether it is good for the little emperor or bad for the little emperor, I don't know.

Zhancheng was moved by Zhu Houhuang's words. The current Champa is not as good as the original Champang, the original Champa boundary is near Haiyun Pass, but for the current Champang, Haiyun Pass is already a very distant memory, but to be able to capture the old city of Xinzhou, it is enough to see the ancestors of Champa after the death of the king of Champong.

Because Xinzhou is relative to the old city, the old city and Xinzhou are both the capitals of the city, but they are the capitals of different time periods, and the two cities are not far from each other, and they are horns of each other. It was after Haiyun Pass was captured by Annan that the city occupied the city to resist Annan's attack on the second line of defense. As long as you can take two places. It was already a dream for the king of Champa.