From a 21st-century map, Sriwijaya is located in the southern part of Indochina, Sumatra and Java. It controls the Strait of Malacca, a very important shipping channel.

This area is also a relatively historical area, and there are records of local countries paying tribute to China in 647. By 1280, that is, the 320th year of the Great Song Dynasty, there were more than 600 years.

However, on the 7th day of June in the year 320 of the Great Song Dynasty, the bronze cannons on the Song warships spewed thick white smoke, and each time they spitted, a cannonball weighing ten Song catties was fired at the wall of the Three Buddhas Water King City. For the Song army, the reason why they fought here was to destroy this place and make Srivijaya history.

Of course, Song Jun also forgot one more thing. The supreme commander of the Song army, Zhao Guanjia, had ordered the introduction of a metric system in the army based on the size of the earth and the temperature of pure water from 320 onwards. The current unit of measurement of the ten-pound cannon will also become history.

None of the Song army that attacked the Srivijaya royal city and the Juban team of the Wa Kingdom, which was a vassal of the Song army, felt that they were attacking an ancient civilization, and no one felt the changes in the world. Such a small and fresh literary and artistic model has no room for the battlefield.

Hu Yuelian stood at the bow of the boat, watching the boat cleaving the waves, heading towards the continuously expanding gap. Compared to the water kings that stretched for miles, these small boats looked so insignificant.

"The boat is small, and the rowing is too slow!" Hu Yuelian sighed.

Zhao Naruto next to him nodded yes, but he could only nod yes. If it is a standard river boat like the Song Army, each boat has 20 oars and comes with a small sail. A one-pound cannon in the bow. Such a ship could cram 40 people into it, and could move three or four times as fast as the current landing boats. However, this kind of river boat can't run this way. You can only use small boats from large boats to get to the city.

After nodding yes, Zhao Naruto said, "Your Highness, Sasuke has already led the team up. Let's go too! ”

"Let's go." Hu Yuelian replied.

"Your Highness......" Zhao Naruto instinctively wanted to dissuade him. However, looking at Hu Yuelian's unpretentious expression, Zhao Mingren said loudly: "It is my honor to follow His Highness!" ”

From the big ship to the small boat, the perspective of the whole ship has changed completely. It would have been possible to condescendingly watch the actions of the fleet, but now it can only be on the same plane. All the actions can only be done by looking at the flags on the big ships, and according to the training on weekdays.

The small boat filled with the members of the Juban team moved forward, surrounded by ships that were also struggling forward, and in front of it was the walls of the tall water royal castle. At this time, the shelling of the Song army had gradually stopped, and the edge of the huge breach was uneven, looking like a giant mouth of a monster.

Hu Yuelian sat firmly in her place, carrying a shotgun on her back and holding a sword with both hands. She had uneasiness in her heart, and at the same time used it to expel all other distractions. In the eyes of outsiders, Hu Yuelian went to the front line of the fight calmly with a posture of ignoring all dangers on the battlefield. Such courage made the young people around him awe-inspiring.

Ignoring the reactions of the people around her, Hu Yuelian was still watching the battle situation. Sriwijaya still uses trebuchets to throw stones outward, much less frequently than before, perhaps as evidence that the Sriwijaya are running out of stones. The guns on the Song warships could not destroy the water royal capital of Srivijaya, but it could very effectively cut off the communication between the water royal capital and the land.

After a while of further advancement, an empty ship appeared in front of it that was going in the opposite direction. With the scabbard of the bayonet sword propped up on the board of the ship, and with both hands pressing the hilt of the sword, Hu Yuelian stood up and looked over. It wasn't one ship, it was several. Although the Song flag had not yet been seen in the gap, it was clear that the empty ships had returned to the side of the big ship to continue transporting new Song troops to the Srivijaya royal capital. The previous personnel of these ships must have entered the Srivijaya Royal City.

Sure enough, as Hu Yuelian expected, not long after she stood up majestically, someone planted a red Great Song flag on the damaged position of the Three Buddhas King City.

The distance between the boats is more than ten meters or even more than twenty meters. The cheers around were already faintly audible. There was only one such banner, which made everyone immediately feel that the huge royal city on the opposite side was no longer exclusive to the enemy.

When the ship reached the gap, he saw that several small boats were connected head and tail, forming a passage into the royal city. The Japanese people are short in stature and light in weight. Jumping into these boats. Hu Yuelian followed everyone to the royal city first, and then carefully looked at this water city.

The foundation of the Intramuros is nothing more than huge bamboo poles and timber buried deep in the underwater sand. In addition to anchoring, many bamboo rows were also erected on them to form passages. It's just that the Song army bombarded like this, and many bamboo rows were damaged. The water surface full of burrs and debris is very unfriendly to people wading through the water. So far, I haven't seen anyone pass through the water. What's more, there are already a lot of corpses soaked in the water.

Further afield, the royal city is relatively complete. This kind of high bamboo row passage is the road in the city, and on both sides of the road are all kinds of boats and all kinds of elevated houses. At this time, there were no corpses on the road, only faint traces of blood. Moreover, the boats and bamboo huts were wet, and there was no possibility of setting fire to them.

The Great Song Dynasty also once sent envoys to the royal city of the Three Buddhas, and the Three Buddhas did not allow the Great Song envoys to go inside. According to the rules of Sriwijaya, all ships passing through the strait have to sell their goods here in Sriwijayaya. Then buy goods from the other end of the strait that Sriwijaya sells. Through this forced buying and selling, Sriwijaya has accumulated a huge fortune.

The Great Song Dynasty broke the maritime monopoly of the Three Buddhas by force, so the Great Song envoys could only consult with the Three Buddhas at the Water Gate. According to the information and the little things you can see, the royal castle you see is limited to the narrow 'streets' on the periphery and the boats and bamboo houses on both sides of the streets.

"Your Highness, what next?" The guard next to him leaned in and asked. I could hear that this person's voice was very anxious.

"Anyway, we can't assemble anymore. Just rush inside! Hu Yuelian said happily.

"But wouldn't that be even more chaotic?" The guards answered uneasily.

"Huh." Hu Yuelian laughed.

This is war. A lot of times people don't know what they're going to encounter, and then they have to make decisions based on this unexpected situation that they don't know the effect.

Originally, Hu Yuelian felt that the interior of the Three Buddhas King City might be different, and there might be room to reorganize the team. As far as the eye can see now, there are such narrow 'streets'. This meant that there was simply no room for the Song army to reorganize its troops. Moreover, everyone originally came by small boat, and in order to stuff more people in, the establishment of various units was also chaotic.

After laughing a few times, Hu Yuelian showed a confident expression on her face, and she said loudly: "The road we encounter is narrow, and the road encountered by Sriwijaya will not be wider." When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, and I think that if we fight head-on, the Srivijaya people are not as good as us. ”

After speaking, Hu Yuelian drew her sword and strode forward. Put a sentence behind, "If you're not afraid of death, follow me!" ”

The guards thought that Senior Colonel Hu Yuelian, who was very disciplined and organized, would be angry because of this messy situation, but they didn't expect Senior Colonel Hu Yuelian to admit the reality so readily. Seeing the colonel's free and easy back striding forward with a bayonet sword in hand, everyone shouted: "Rush!" He followed Hu Yuelian forward.

At this time, the gap had already been killed by the landing force, and even a few fish that had slipped through the net did not dare to probe out again. After walking inside smoothly for a while, I began to hear more intense shouts and killings, and I saw that there were many people on the road ahead. The Juban team dressed in khaki and the Srivijaya dressed in various colors are fighting on the narrow road.

Although the muskets of the Great Song Dynasty were sharp, they had to rely on a row of guns. Several wounded people had been carried down in front of them, and there were blood stains near the wounds. One of them, who was not seriously injured, said angrily: "Who fired the shot?" Stand up for Lao Tzu. If Lao Tzu died, he would not spare the shooting even if he was a ghost. ”

Hu Yuelian sighed in her heart. At a distance of seven or eight meters, even if you aim at it, you may not be able to hit it. And on such a trembling bamboo row road, how accurate is the aim, which is also a big problem.

Although it is not known whether the Sriwijaya did this purposefully, at least they did not instigate and attacked the Juban team head-on on the road. When it comes to getting tall and weighing, it's hard to say who is worse on both sides. In addition, the Sriwijaya people are familiar with the environment, and they have played back and forth with the Juban team.

Seeing that the battle situation was stalemate, Hu Yuelian shouted: "Get out of the way, get out of the way!" ”

is a member of the Shiban team who is not familiar with Hu Yuelian's voice, and he also knows that the only woman in the team who dares to shout like this is Her Royal Highness Hu Yuelian. Everyone gave way. A moment later, Hu Yuelian had already appeared in the front row with a shotgun. Poked the stabbing sword into the gap in the bamboo row, Hu Yuelian moved the shotgun, and shot three times, hitting the three guys in front. Seeing this, a group of mentally ill-conceived Juban team members remembered how to solve it.

The musketeers got on their bayonets and forwarded to replace their brothers in pure hand-to-hand combat. There was a burst of gunfire, and the Srivijaya were either killed or scared back. The road was opened in an instant.

Hu Yuelian withdrew the paper cartridge case from the shotgun and filled it with bullets. Once loaded, she put the shotgun back on her back and drew her bayonet again. In this process, many soldiers of the Shiban team had already run past Hu Yuelian and began to rush forward to kill.

As I strode forward, I saw that the soldiers of the Juban team became more and more proficient as they fought. The musket-led tactics drove the Sriwijaya away from the road. Especially the group of people who rushed in front of Hu Yuelian, they felt that their battles were all seen by Her Royal Highness Hu Yuelian, and this glory was already very unusual.

Then from the inside of the few buildings on the side of the road, which looked like they were empty, someone quickly slid down the bamboo ladder. They had short knives in their hands, and when they rushed into the crowd, they stabbed and slashed. The ranks were in disarray, and the weapons of the Juban soldiers were either spears or bayonets, all of which had a certain length. was close to the closer, and many people were injured at that time.

"Jump into the water with the enemy!" Hu Yuelian shouted angrily.

I don't know if someone obeyed the order, or if it was subconsciously pulled before I was squeezed into the water. In short, after shouting, most of the Srivijaya who rushed into the line fell into the water with the Juban team. Clearing the room, the few remaining Srivijaya with short knives were stabbed to death by the Juban team who pulled away.

And some of the clever shooters were already holding guns on the surface of the water where the drowning man was. The earthy yellow military uniform is conspicuous in the water, and the Sriwijaya people in variegated clothes are equally clear in the water. It is not easy to aim at a distance of seven or eight meters, but there is no problem at a distance of one or two meters.

The musket was extended forward and fired at close range. With the sound of a gunshot, the Sriwijaya either floated up in a large stream of blood or sank in a large stream of blood. On the contrary, the soldiers of the Juban team who fell into the water did not continue to be injured.

Forward, forward, forward. Every street that wants to take a step forward has to be fought. On the battlefield, those very useful tactics can easily be spread. In this life-and-death battlefield, everyone's ingenuity has to be used in battle.

Those who dared to lead the team were the best and bravest people in the army, such as Hu Yuelian. By the time the battle had reached half an hour, the advancing troops had become groups of three, groups of three. The rifle group, the spear group, and the bayonet group take care of each other and cover each other. Combat efficiency has been greatly improved. The Sriwijaya are still fighting, but their effectiveness is decreasing.

Another crossroads were passed. The musketeers held their positions, the swordsmen held steady in front, and the pikemen suddenly poked under the bamboo pipes that were erected on the side of the road. The surface of the water immediately churned, and streams of blood gushed out from underwater. Then the water ghosts lying in ambush below were also forced to move. As soon as they surfaced, the musketeers opened fire on the heads of the group.

A few streets ahead, the Sriwijaya people ambushed them by such means. Inflicted certain losses on the officers and men of the Juban Brigade. It also made the pikeman, an embarrassing-looking combat unit, immediately have a new role. Before, their biggest role was to stretch out their spears and let their comrades who fell into the water hold on to the barrel of their guns and climb up from the water.

The team dealt with the enemy on this side and moved on. Suddenly, a few more people rushed out from both sides and looked very decently dressed. These guys are obviously taller than ordinary Srivijaya people, and they are also very athletic. He was wielding not a spear or a sword, but a genuine sword.

The pikemen used their guns to force them back. Unexpectedly, the long sword of the leader swung and the spear was cut into two pieces. The riflemen in the back did not have time to reload, and met them with bayonets. Then the leader swung his sword like a windmill, and with a few clicks, the head of the musket was cut off.

At this moment, the swordsmen hurriedly rushed up to resist him. Fortunately, the sword of the Great Song Dynasty was not made of iron, but the steel produced by the mixing furnace, and it was finally barely able to carry it. Seeing that this man was so fierce, the troops behind immediately went up to the five musketeers, and directly stuck out the barrel of the gun through the crack of the Juban soldier, and hit this one at close range. When the people behind saw that the Srivijaya warrior was knocked down, they shouted and immediately dispersed.

Hu Yuelian stepped forward, first looked condescendingly at the bubbling and bloody mouth on the chest, and then drew her sword and slashed a few swords on the bamboo tower next to her.

Everyone didn't understand what Her Royal Highness Hu Yuelian meant. Hu Yuelian didn't bother to use the idiom of 'carving a boat for a sword' to explain. Fang Cai was injured, and the sword in his hand also fell into the water. The water looks deep enough that you can't see the bottom at all. Hu Yuelian left this mark in order to salvage the sword after the war.

Hu Yuelian is very confident in the metallurgical technology developed by Zhao Guanjia. Originally, the sword was considered a sharp weapon, but after the mixing furnace was introduced, the sword made of steel was made by mixing pig iron juice with wrought iron juice to make it sharper than the sword. And the price is much lower than that of the sword. The price of a sword of the same quality is only 10% of that of a sword.

The butt of the rifle is made of good wood, although the barrel is made of wrought iron, which is relatively soft, and the barrel of the long gun is of good quality. It is the Japanese sword and the Song sword, which may be able to cut off the barrel of the gun, but there is no way to cut the rifle. Such a sharp guy, it is completely necessary to fish it out and study it carefully. But not to salvage it now.

The battle goes on like this, in the labyrinthine water city, the battle goes on and on. Even if the spirit is as strong as Hu Yuelian, you have to do your best to do your best.

Outside the royal city, the Song army only knew that troops were constantly entering the city from the gap. And the Srivijaya people in the royal city are still resisting, and the troops are not making much progress. The siege began early in the morning, and now we see that the sun has passed through the middle of the sky, heading west. If you continue like this, that is, for three or four hours, it will enter the evening. In a city familiar to the enemy, this is a time of crisis.

The commander of the fleet had already begun to give orders not to send any more troops over, and was prepared to hold the area that had been steadily occupied at night. At this moment, the prospect suddenly rushed in. Immediately after entering, he saluted, and then shouted, "Report to the commander." The water gate of the Srivijaya King City was wide open, and ships began to break through outside. ”

At this time, the faces of the people who were in the meeting showed a look of surprise, and the commander asked, "Are you sure?" ”

"The flag over there clearly means it's confirmed."

The commander immediately ordered, "Good! According to the plan, don't block them inside and can't get out. Let them out, and then hit them back! ”

Tactically, this is a very vicious choice. The Song army was fully capable of making it impossible for the ships of the Sriwijaya to get out of the water gate, but it was of little use to do so. just forced the enemy to resist stubbornly and fight to the death. Let them come out first, and get a chance that seems to be able to break through. Then the rest of the fleet in the city will start to flee as well. Ships don't sail alone on the road, they have to go how they want.

It takes time to get on the boat, and it takes a lot of power and a lot of time to support the boat and sail. When a large amount of manpower is invested in this, the pressure on the Song Army's marine troops will be greatly reduced. At this time, the navy will fight back those fleeing ships, which will cause chaos in Sriwijaya.

Such a battle plan was the experience accumulated by the Song army in a long period of water warfare, which was of course based on the understanding of the enemy, but also on the confidence of the Song army's fleet.

Time passed like this, minute by minute, and the Song military ship didn't have a fierce reaction, but in fact it wasn't. They had to use their actions to make the Sriwijaya fleet think that the Song army's movements were not fast, and that the Sriwijaya ships had the possibility of escaping.

At this time in the city, Hu Yuelian also felt that the pressure of the attack had dropped sharply. Along the way, I met more and more Srivijaya people than before. But most of these people were old and weak, women and children, and it was completely different from the situation before when all men were able-bodied. Judging from the performance of these old and weak women and children, they gathered on the boat or in the bamboo building, clearly hiding from the war.

Hu Yuelian ordered: "Pass the order, if there is harassment and killing of these old and weak women and children, it will be severely punished!" ”

At this time, the Japanese were not the later Japanese devils. Let them engage in indiscriminate massacres, these people really can't do it. Moreover, there were still captives alive, which showed their exploits in battle, so immediately someone went down to guard them.

The troops continued to rush forward, and it didn't take long to see the vision in front of them suddenly open. This is located in the more central part of the city, and it is also a road with bamboo rows, which are five or six times wider than those on the periphery. Of course, in Hu Yuelian's eyes, such a width is not wide in the old city of Fuzhou, and there is no way to compare it with the spaciousness of Mawei New District. However, rushing in from the narrow places on the periphery, it is so wide that it is eye-catching.

What's more, at the end of these wide bamboo row roads, there is a large house that looks very tall and bamboo-and-wood structure. Seeing that a lot of paint is used on it, it should be similar to the existence of a royal palace. Next to the palace was a huge pier-like water, and the water was empty, and in the distance you could see boats escaping, and the people on board were rowing hard. Hu Yuelian recalled the pictures she had seen, which contained the types of ships of the Sriwijaya people, and the ships that escaped were considered medium ships in Sriwijaya. Combined with such an empty water, it is probably certain that the Srivijaya escaped by boat.

Hu Yuelian did not have the slightest urge to pursue, and after several hours of fighting, she only felt exhausted. There was a stake next to it as a support, and she sat down on it, and then ordered, "Send someone to see if there is anyone in there." If the people inside are willing to surrender, don't hurt their lives! ”

"Hey!" The soldiers of the Juban team were ordered to go.

It wasn't long before they dragged some people out of what might have been the palace's big bamboo tower, with a burst of crying. Looking at the appearance, it is not a good match for this kind of big bamboo building.

Not long after, someone came back and forth, "Your Highness, it has been emptied." It should be an important place. ”

"Ordered all units to stop for the time being and start reorganizing their establishment. Our headquarters were located here first. After speaking, Hu Yuelian stood up and walked towards the big bamboo building. She only felt that her stomach was very hungry, and she felt a little weak under her feet when she walked.

The old lady is also in her forties, and she is no longer young! Hu Yuelian sighed in her heart.