The 100,000 mountains at the junction of Jiaozhou and Guangzhou are undulating mountains that stretch for hundreds of miles.

A large area of dense jungle covers this mountain, the jungle grows tall trees that stand for tens of meters, shrubs and climbing plants are interspersed with high and low scattered shrubs, climbing vines, and the phenomenon of parasitic and killing of tall trees occurs frequently, which is a very common rainforest in Lingnan and even the whole Nanyang.

The whole forest looks lush and full of life, but in fact the interior is densely packed with murderous machines, countless poisonous snakes, poisonous spiders and other poisonous insects hide in the middle, waiting to deliver a fatal blow to their prey, and thousands of people die here every year.

Even the Jiaozhou natives who have always grown near this jungle are not willing to easily pass through the jungle unless necessary, and the last time the Jiaozhou aboriginal army was able to attack Ninghai County as quickly as possible, they lost more than 10,000 people before and after crossing the jungle.

So after crossing the jungle, they set up camp at the foot of the hill outside the jungle, at the edge of the paddy fields that stretched for miles away.

This huge camp covers an extremely large area, and almost every different faction and tribe has its own independent camp.

The most important armies were the army of Linyi State, the army of Funan, and the coalition army of the indigenous people of Jiaozhi County in the north of Jiaozhou led by Mei, and the army led by Li Ben's generals before the establishment of the Li Dynasty during the Southern Liang Dynasty: Li Fozi and Zhao Guangfu.

It is precisely because these armies come from different forces that although there are more than 200,000 indigenous armies densely distributed in the large area west of Ninghai County, these armies are all evil spirits and cannot be completely twisted together.

The contradictions between the various forces were brewing when they gathered together, which also caused the coalition forces of the Nanyang countries, which had originally planned to continue the offensive the next day, to stop helplessly and wait for the mediation of Linyi and Funan.

For the indigenous soldiers of Jiaozhou, who were at the bottom of the social ladder, they were happy because they received news from their chiefs that both the prince of Funan and the king of Linyi had promised to support them in establishing their own state, so that they could enjoy the land, cattle, sheep and goods seized from the Han people in peace.

Although the elephant armies of the two countries, which have always been regarded as their trump cards, suffered a considerable setback a few days ago, this did not affect the trust of the indigenous soldiers in the strength of the elephant armies of Linyi and Funan, and in their eyes both countries were absolute powers.

Such an invincible elephant army was only frustrated by the tricks of the Central Plains people, once they fully exerted their due combat effectiveness, then the Chen army of less than 100,000 in front of them could soon be swept away, and the army quickly occupied the entire Lingnan, and even the occupation of the Central Plains could be expected.

Of course, this is just the thoughts of ordinary Jiaozhou indigenous soldiers, and at this time, the upper-level indigenous leaders of Jiaozhou began to welcome a constant stream of visitors or tandems.

Some of the clan leaders who have great strength, but are not yet qualified to compete for the top power seat of the Cochin Kingdom that will be established, are relatively more popular, and welcome the most visitors, which is simply a cramp in the hands of receiving gifts.

A large number of envoys from different camps came to visit these tribal leaders with the intentions of their respective masters and various kinds of capital to buy each other.

It is probably determined that the inevitable defeat of tens of thousands of Chen troops on the opposite side, these Jiaozhou natives have not yet defeated Chen Jun and have already begun to be busy with the distribution of state power after the victory.

Today, the situation in Jiaozhou is divided into about three main forces, among which the indigenous Haoqiang Mei clan, who initially raised troops in Jiaozhi County in the north of Jiaozhou, has a high prestige among the local Haoqiang and tribes, and has the support of most of the indigenous Haoqiang and tribes in Jiaozhi County.

Jiuzhen County and Rinan County, which are located in the south of Jiaozhou, are the strongest in the two places of Li Benzi, who rebelled in the Southern Liang period, Li Fozi and Zhao Guangfu, and the two occupy the north and south respectively with Guanduzhou as the boundary.

At the beginning, after Li Ben was defeated and fled, Zhao Guangfu was stationed in Rinan County (also called Dezhou) near Linyi State, just when Linyi Kingdom saw Li Ben's defeat, and the Liang army had not yet arrived, he thought that there was a cheap advantage, and Linyi King Gao Shi Tengkai immediately sent tens of thousands of troops to prepare to capture Rinan County, but was repelled by Zhao Guangfu who was stationed there.

Since then, there has been a grudge between Zhao Guangfu and Lin Yiguo, and even if Zhao Guangfu was defeated by Chen Jun, these hatreds cannot be diluted.

This time, the competition between the major indigenous forces in Jiaozhou to win over allies is of course inseparable from the power confrontation between Funan and Linyi.

For the declining Funan country, Gao Shi Tengkai, who is the king of Linyi country, really didn't take him seriously, although Funan has been the overlord of Nanyang for hundreds of years, but over the years, the kings and ministers of Funan have been content with pleasure, and the national strength is not as good as before. Fish fish

In particular, after the arrival of a large number of Tianzhu maritime merchants, the prevailing sex and hedonistic culture in Tianzhu was brought to Funan, which led to the large-scale prevalence of hedonism in Funan, and the Nanyang overlord who dominated Nanyang for more than 300 years in the past declined at an alarming speed.

For the forces in Jiaozhou, Gao Shi Tengkai openly expressed his support for the Mei family in Jiaozhi County as always, which made the Mei family, who was forced by Li Fozi and Zhao Guangfu to be in a hurry during this time, grateful, but he didn't know that Lin Yiguo was not well-intentioned.

Originally, Zhao Guangfu and Li Fozi had a grudge against Lin Yiguo at the beginning, if Lin Yiguo really supported these two guys regardless of his previous suspicions, I am afraid that the aid sent out would be meat buns and dogs, and if there is no return, it is very likely that they will be sold by the two of them when they turn around.

In addition, the current territory of these two guys is mainly located in the southern part of Jiaozhou, which is close to Linyi State, even if they support these two people, Linyi State will not be able to gain any benefits from their war to unify Jiaozhou.

On the contrary, if he supports the Mei clan in the northernmost part of Jiaozhou, Lin Yiguo can also cooperate with the Mei clan to jointly attack Li Fozi and Zhao Guangfu in the south of Jiaozhou.

After defeating the two of them in this way, Lin Yi Guo can not only take the opportunity to occupy the southernmost Ninan County, but also turn against the Mei clan according to the situation, attack and weaken the strength of the Mei clan a lot, so as to merge the entire Jiaozhou coveted by Lin Yi State into his own territory.

Compared with Lin Yiguo's final choice to support the Mei family, after some investigation, the prince of Funan, Ba Vabanan, finally quickly determined his final support object, that is, Li Fozi, who was once Li Ben's nephew Li Daquan's general.

Li Fozi was selected as the object of support for the Funan Kingdom, not only because the Mei clan was getting closer to the Linyi Kingdom with the support of the Linyi State, but also because Bavabanan believed that Li Fozi was not only young, but also had a strong combat army.

Although the strength of this army is still very weak, as long as it has sufficient support, it will become a good counterweight to the Linyi State, and there is only a long and narrow mountain between Li Fozi's territory and the territory of the Funan State, so it is easy to obtain the assistance of the Funan State.

Now the decline of the Funan Kingdom is not only felt by others, but also the Bavabanan, as the prince of Funan, is even more profound, and the Funan Kingdom needs a strong country and the Linyi Kingdom to contain and confront each other.

The two most important Nanyang powers each chose their supporters, but Zhao Guangfu, the only one qualified to compete with both sides, was bitter because the king of Linyi, Gao Shi Tengkai, and the prince of Funan, Ba Vabanan, openly entered and exited the camp of Mei and Li Fozi, whom they supported.

As a result, a large number of indigenous leaders who were originally ready to get close to Zhao Guangfu left one after another, and even Zhao Guangfu's own army also had a large number of defections.

After getting angry, Zhao Guangfu drank wine alone in the middle of the night, but the next morning, the strong and healthy Zhao Guangfu died very mysteriously in his big tent, which caused everyone's infinite reverie.

Of course, in order not to cause panic among the soldiers of the indigenous coalition army, the news announced by the coalition army to the outside world was that General Zhao died because he was worried about the strategy of breaking the enemy.

In the original history, Zhao Guangfu and Li Fozi have been fighting non-stop, no one can help anyone, until eight years later he will die of illness, and then Li Fozi was soon taken by the Sui Dynasty army.

This time, Zhao Guangfu died unexpectedly because of the intervention of Funanguo, which can be regarded as an early death and early superbirth, but a large part of the nearly 20,000 troops he left behind took refuge in Li Fozi, but it greatly enhanced the power in Li Fozi's hands.

Originally, after Zhao Guangfu's death, the king of Linyi, Gao Shi Tengkai, also sent a large number of lobbyists to lobby Zhao Guangfu's generals to persuade them to take refuge in Linyi or the Mei clan of Jiaozhi County.

But what Gao Shi Tengkai didn't expect was that Zhao Guangfu's army and Li Fozi's army were originally from Li Ben's army, especially most of the middle and high-level generals of the two armies had friendships, and they were not easy to get along with each other because they were their masters.

This time Zhao Guangfu died suddenly, and Li Fozi was the object of Funanguo's support, obviously taking refuge in him not only has a large number of friends here, but also can hug Funanguo's thighs.

In this way, after several days of fighting, less than 5,000 of Zhao Guangfu's 20,000 troops were willing to defect to Lin Yiguo or Mei's family, and most of these were soldiers and generals who joined Zhao Guangfu's army later, so it didn't matter if they left or not.

The other more than 16,000 people completely surrendered to Li Fozi's men, and suddenly Li Fozi's army expanded from only more than 18,000 people to nearly 35,000 people, which can be said to have doubled its strength.

When the dust settled on the whole incident, Bavabanan proudly glanced at Gao Shi Tengkai, the king of Linyi, who was leaving in a huff, this time it was obviously Funan who won.