Chapter 34 Expanding the Territory
According to what Mulan said, it is not so easy to fight a war elsewhere, first of all, Annan is not good. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Because this place was originally within the Chinese cultural circle, even if it was used as a base to fight against the Meng people, the Han people would still suffer. Moreover, Annan had previously received many Han Chinese from exile, and Su Le planned to temporarily ally with them.
Su Le led the fleet to stop here for a while, absorbing some of the fighters who fought against the Meng people, and at the same time sent people to hire some shipbuilding craftsmen in southern China at a great deal of money, and then continued to sail south into the South Seas.
Once in Sumatra, head west through the Strait of Malacca into the Indian Ocean, then head north and stop at the mouth of the Ganges River, where there is a large area of undeveloped land where Sule plans to establish a base again.
There are Himalayas to the north as a barrier, so that the Mon people can not attack directly, and to the west can plot the land of Tianzhu, and to the east can support the Annan Kingdom against the Mon people's attack.
When Su Le passed by there before, he had already established a good relationship with Annan, and the other party would help him put down roots in the tropics. Because this is a tropical rainforest climate, there are too many snakes and insects, and at the beginning, the army led by Su Le could only live on a boat.
Soon after, Su Le built Tianlu City not far from the sea, and soldiers, sailors, and shipbuilders moved to the city one after another.
The name of Tianlu City comes from an ancient Chinese unicorn-like creature, which is similar to Pixiu, evil spirits and hedgehogs.
Pixiu is a kind of mythical beast in ancient Chinese myths and legends, with a dragon head, a horse body, and a lin's feet, shaped like a lion, with gray and white fur, and can fly. Pixiu is fierce and mighty, and it is responsible for patrolling the heavens, preventing demons, demons, plagues, and diseases from disturbing the heavens.
Just like the name of the phoenix, the male of this beast is called "Pi" and the female is called "Pi". Originally, this kind of Rui beast was divided into one horn and two horns, one horn was called "Tianlu", and the two horns were called "evil spirits". After the legend was passed on, it was not divided into one or two corners, and it was mainly based on one corner.
The pig is a famous divine beast produced under the ancient Chinese god system, also known as the "law beast". Legend has it that its body is as big as an ox, and its small size is like a sheep, and its appearance is roughly similar to that of a unicorn, and its eyes are bright and bright, and some may have wings, but most of them have no wings, and usually have a single horn on their foreheads. The pig has a high level of intelligence, can understand people's speech, and will use its horns to resist those who are dishonest and disloyal.
Su Le built the city and built the country, of course, he wanted to establish a just society, so he also had this consideration in the name of Tianlu, of course, the main reason was that the blood of the unicorn in his body was boiling, and there was also a one-horned antelope breeding here, which was really a coincidence.
Although the area is very underdeveloped, it does not mean that there are no people, it is just sparsely populated and there is no strong state apparatus.
Su Le first sent the ninja army led by Athena to scout around, and then led the troops to go around to conquer, so that the locals quickly surrendered. Su Le then brought in more Han Chinese exiles in the area, and at the same time helped the indigenous people to increase their productivity, so that they would not have to eat entirely from their savings and fiefdom income in the East China Sea.
This place is not too far from the birthplace of Buddhism, so there are many people who believe in Buddhism, and this moderate religion makes it easy for believers to go against the grain, and Su Le thought that it might be used against the Meng people in the future......
Soon after, Su Le got the news that not far from the southeast of this place, there was still a government called Pugan State, and the king was named Yindarati.
Due to Sule's expansion, the king sent a general whose name he couldn't tell was to attack Sule's Tianlu City with some troops.
Su Le won consecutive battles, originally he didn't care about these local amateur soldiers, plus the weather was hot, so Su Le directly sent his subordinates to deal with the invading Pugan army, but he was defeated!
It turned out that the Pugan army had a war elephant army, and the cavalry troops sent out by Su Le saw so many armed elephants for the first time, and as a result, both men and horses were frightened, although the losses were not large, but the battle formation could not be maintained at all, and the result was, of course, a big defeat.
"How can this be true? I'm going to deal with these honest Nanbans and make them surrender immediately! ”
"Husband, you have been supervising the construction of Tianlu City recently, you are too tired, let Sister Shanzi go to this matter."
Athena hurriedly persuaded Su Le not to go and let the Mushan Zi lead the army. Not just before, Izuki Shanzi was only a female general under Su Le, and as time went by, she didn't go through the wedding, so she directly ranked herself and Athena as Su Le's wife.
In addition, Athena originally looked about the same age as Izuki Shanzi, but later because Athena was nourished by Su Le, and although Izuki Sugi often shared the bed with Su Le, she didn't get any benefits, and gradually she looked much more mature than Athena.
So Izuki Shanzi is now called a sister, and Su Le also feels like a sister when she looks at her...... Even that aspect is more sensitive~
"The matter of the increase is almost over, and if our army is defeated again, it will have too much impact on morale, so for the sake of prudence, it is better for me to go with Ah Shan. Against elephants, with my rockets should be the most effective. ”
Su Le didn't bother to use any means, and directly led the troops to prepare for the battle with the Pugan army. The other side did not use any complicated tactics, that is, they used elephant cavalry to charge in front, and the infantry followed behind to pick up leaks.
It's just that this time Su Le was prepared, he released rockets continuously, and the elephants were frightened and ran away one after another, and some were even blown down directly. The leader of the Pugan Army, who didn't know what to call it, suddenly panicked, in fact, Su Le was also taken aback, it turned out that the wood fir was self-taught, and he could also release rockets, this woman was really a genius!
After driving away these pesky elephants, Su Le let the cavalry rush to the front from the rear, and he also took advantage of the ink cloud to launch the final charge against the Pugan army, and soon the Pugan army was rushed to pieces, and the main general was also captured by Su Le.
Su Le then continued to lead the army to attack Pukan City, and under the continuous destruction of the ninja forces led by Athena, Pukan City did not last long, and King Indarati Kaecheng surrendered.
Su Le changed his own people to be the lord here, and then led the troops back to Tianlu City, sure enough, Buddhism is really good, it makes people very kind, and the locals did not carry out a strong resistance, and soon obeyed Su Le's rule.
Of course, Su Le also promoted Cham rice and agricultural technology, which improved the living standards of the local people, and it is estimated that this is also the reason why there was no large-scale rebellion. Moreover, Su Le did not encroach on the land of the locals, but reclaimed new land for the Han Chinese who had migrated here.
Tianlu City is located in a tropical rainforest, and there is no need to consider environmental factors at this time, so Su Le ordered his men to cut down wood on a large scale to make large ships, and the reclaimed land can be used to build houses and grow rice.
Creatures in the rainforest are culled in large numbers, meat is used for food, and fur and ivory are used for export. Su Le did not want to carry out the production on a large scale, mainly using warships to transport furs and ivory out and sell them to make money, and also to carry out some other trade to raise military funds.