The common people who want to be Tang people do not have decision-making power, and the attitude of tribal leaders and nobles who have decision-making power is more ambiguous.

The people who were originally close to the Tang Kingdom and had received satisfactory guarantees were very positive, and immediately announced that they agreed to attach it.

There were quite a few of them, and there were twenty-six of them, and these tribes were basically gathered near the royal city.

Therefore, the area around Wangcheng quickly changed color, and it was waiting for the Tang State to send a liuguan to take over the power.

Most tribes chose to wait and see if they could reap more benefits.

There were only seventeen who directly rebelled, but most of them were large tribes, including the Fan clan, the largest force in Funan.

Under the leadership of the Fan clan, these seventeen tribes attacked themselves first, drove the people away, forcibly recruited young and strong people to join the army, and formed an army of more than 80,000 people.

Then they divided their troops into two routes, one to 30,000 people in Wangcheng to contain the Tang army and the Li clan, and the other to burn and loot in Funan.

Villages and towns were destroyed, tribes were exterminated, men were killed or forcibly conscripted into the army, and women and children were driven into the mountains.

The tribes that agreed to be attached had already received the news and migrated to the vicinity of the royal city one step ahead of time to avoid being killed, and the ones who were destroyed were all neutral tribes riding on the wall.

At first, they also accepted surrender, and if they joined them on their own initiative, they would be protected from plunder.

Later, these people killed red-eyed, no matter who was in front of them, and no matter whether the other party surrendered or not, they grabbed it first.

The destructive power is several times greater.

Faced with this situation, those neutral tribes no longer have room to wait and see, and they can only flee if they are not willing to be killed.

One is to flee to the mountains, and the other is to flee to the royal city, and most people unconsciously choose the latter.

is still the same sentence, from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift is difficult. These people have become accustomed to a stable farming life, but they are reluctant to return to the mountains and forests if they have the slightest way.

And these fleeing people also spread the brutality of the Fan clan and his allies to the entire Funan, and for a time the Funan country fell into panic.

More and more people changed their minds and agreed to accept the protection of the Tang State, and the royal city was soon filled with refugees who had fled, at least three or four hundred thousand.

Fortunately, the land of Funan is fertile, and there is no shortage of food if everything is lacking, coupled with the materials transported by the Tang fleet, it barely supports the situation.

However, it was not long before the neutral tribes found a third option, which was to join the alliance of the Qiao Chen Rubu.

Taking advantage of this turmoil, Qiao Chen Rubu quickly formed a coalition army, neither expressing opposition to the Tang army nor supporting Fan's rebellion.

Their slogan was to form a village for self-preservation, which did attract many small tribes to join.

In a short period of time, it absorbed eleven or twelve small tribes and formed an army of 50,000 or 60,000 people, becoming the third largest force in Funan.

Fan's raiders avoided them and continued to plague the small tribes.

Like locusts, they turned into scorched earth everywhere, and the achievements of the six years of construction in Funan were burned.

At least 200,000 people have died in the unrest and hundreds of thousands have been displaced.

It wasn't until they couldn't see any larger villages and towns in the territory except for Wangcheng and Qiaochen Rubu that they stopped.

At this time, the ranks of the Fan rebels had swelled to 150,000 people, and with it, the ambitions of Fan Zhen and Fan Ming's father and son were also expanded.

"We have 150,000 people, plus the 30,000 people who contain the Tang army, that is 180,000. The Li clan and their eagle dogs were only 50,000 men, and the Tang army was only 7,000. ”

"180,000 against 60,000, the advantage is mine...... So I decided to march to the royal city to defeat the Li clan and drive out the Tang people. ”

The confidence of this group of red-eyed tribal leaders and nobles was also unprecedentedly strong, and they shouted: "Defeat the Li clan and drive out the Tang people." ”

So 150,000 men made a detour and marched in the direction of the royal city.

……

In the direction of Wangcheng, the people who got the news immediately became chaotic, this is an army of 150,000, how to stop it?

Even Li Xixing couldn't sit still—in fact, he couldn't sit still for a long time.

Tang Jun has been hiding in the barracks since his arrival, ignoring Fan's behavior. Seeing that Fan's power is expanding day by day, it would be hell if he could sit still.

He suggested that the Tang people should also quickly send young and strong people to form an army to fight against the Fan coalition army, but the Tang State was still indifferent.

Just when he was panicking, the appearance of a man calmed him.

That's the constant wish.

Chang Zhu's identity is naturally clear to him, this intelligence leader must be completely sure that he appears here in person, what else does he have to worry about?

But now he had to wonder if he trusted Chang Zhu too much.

That's an army of 150,000.

The Tang army was only 7,000 people, and the Li clan was only about 10,000 people, and the balance of strength was too great.

The Tang State neither recruited troops nor mobilized troops from within the country, so it wouldn't be preparing to use this amount of troops to resist Fan's coalition forces, right?

However, the Tang army told him with practical actions that he had guessed correctly.

After determining the movements of the Fan coalition army, the Tang army, which had always stood still, finally dispatched.

Five hundred cavalry were divided into dozens of units to find out information.

15,000 infantry with 10,000 Lê troops maintained law and order.

The remaining 5,000 men, a brigade that had just been transferred some time ago, chose an open field, dug a trench on it, and placed a repelled horse.

Twenty-four carriages of various sizes were also dragged out of the barracks and placed in the rear. It's just that these carriages are covered with cloth, and you can't see what's underneath.

They were really ready to fight 5,000 against 150,000...... No, it's the 180,000 Fan coalition army?

Not only Li Xixing, but everyone around Wang Cheng thought it was incredible.

Is the Tang people really so strong, or are they too arrogant and don't take the Funan people in their eyes at all?

Also shocked was the Qiao Chenru coalition army.

When they learned that the Fan coalition army was marching towards the royal city, they also sent 50,000 people to the vicinity of the royal city, preparing to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

Whoever wins, they will support whomever they want, and if they lose, they will benefit.

But they were also puzzled by Tang Jun's behavior.

Five thousand versus one hundred and eighty thousand, everyone knows that it is impossible, can't Tang Jun see this? Or is there something they are prepared for?

Everyone's eyes couldn't help but look at the unique weapons in Tang Jun's hands and the carriages covered with cloth.

Is this what they rely on?

When the Fan coalition learned the news, they first couldn't believe it, and then they became angry.

Fan Zhen's face was gloomy, and he said, "The people of the Tang Kingdom are too arrogant, this is completely ignorant of us...... Ladies and gentlemen, can you bear this humiliation? ”

"I can't."

"Then today we will use the knives and guns in our hands to teach them a profound lesson, and let them know the fate of underestimating the Funan people."