The sun is rising, and the sea is sparkling with gold.

The dense sail shadows outside the Buddha oath harbor are entering the port in an orderly manner, and the scene is vast and busy.

There are more than 300 ships of various types, carrying more than 40,000 personnel.

Among them, the combat units include the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th Brigades of the Eastern Guard, the Right Army of the Ma Xing Division, and the 1st Marine Brigade, a regiment in the mountains, and a regiment in the jungle, which were newly formed at the end of last year, totaling about 33,000 troops.

The 1st Marine Brigade was temporarily subordinate to the Southeast Naval Division, and its troops mainly came from the coastal areas of Fujian Road and Guangnan Road.

At present, its main purpose is to cooperate with the naval division to carry out landing operations, and when necessary, it is responsible for seizing ports and opening up landing grounds.

Therefore, the Marine Brigade arrived at the port of Buddha last night, took control of the port, and removed the ships of the Cham navy and pirates that were originally anchored in the port to prepare for the landing of the large army. new

The mountain regiment was mainly recruited from the Shan Yao, and most of the jungle regiment came from the tribes of the Ryukyu Island, so that they could be used for specific battlefields.

Of course, the generals and backbones of these newly built troops were basically transferred from Dongweili, and they were all Zhao Mengqi's descendants.

It takes a lot of time for so many soldiers and horses to land, and the dock capacity of the port is limited.

As a result, only half of the troops docked at the dock in the normal way to unload.

The other half was arranged to land on the beach next to the port, which was also considered a training program, after all, the place where the landing would need to be done in the future was likely to have no port facilities.

As the flagship, the Shenzhou was too large, so in order not to crowd the pier trestle, the landing order was ranked last, and it was temporarily moored in the bay.

At this moment, Zhao Mengqi was standing on the top of the building, holding the battlements in one hand and the telescope in the other, observing the unloading of the dock.

At the top of the landing order was a part of the right army of the Ma Xing Division.

In fact, the current number of the right army of Ma Xingsi is only left in the official military register of the Song Army, and it has actually completed the adaptation, and the same system as the Eastern Guard, the new number is the first cavalry brigade.

The brigade commander is still Cao Lie, the original commander of the right army.

The 1st Cavalry Brigade is not only a change in the organization, but also Zhao Mengqi has done everything possible to collect 1,500 war horses and allocated them.

Qu Moxuan, who was still in Lin'an, almost cried and fainted in the toilet when he learned the news...

At the beginning, Zhao promised that when conditions permitted, he would give priority to Qu Moxuan's subordinates to replenish war horses.

However, resentment is resentment, Qu Moxuan actually knows that good steel is used on the blade, and resources are of course prioritized to meet the needs of the battlefield.

Cao Lie, who got the war horse, was of course very happy, so according to the requirements of King Yan, he gathered the best soldiers with the best war horses and riding skills in the riding regiment, and also shamelessly grabbed the jobs of his subordinates, and served as the head of the regiment.

The reason why he landed first was that Zhao Mengqi needed to ride a regiment as a pioneer to arrive at the Buddha Oath City as soon as possible and announce his arrival to the Zhancheng Kingdom.

It took more than half an hour to use all the berths at the wharf, and it took a whole cavalry regiment to go ashore with men and horses, and then organize the team and set off.

Perhaps the number of war horses in the whole country of Champa can be thousands, but the scene of 1,400 cavalry marching in clusters is definitely the first time that it has appeared in the territory of Champa.

Even Zhao Mengqi himself, looking at the picture of thousands of horses rolling up in Pinggang, couldn't help but be a little shocked in his heart.

Chang Geng behind him also sighed, "It should be an honor to wait for the people of Zhancheng to see a group of horses!"

Zhao Mengqi smiled, "It's good not to be scared to pee your pants, how can you be in the mood to be honored......

"That's right." Chang Geng also smiled, and then asked puzzledly, "Your Highness, is such a small country worth us to mobilize so much?"

Zhao Mengqi shrugged, "What's worth it, anyway, we're not here to fight, it's just a military exercise, and in the end, we can make Zhancheng pay for our military expenses, why not?"

Chang Geng was stunned, very puzzled, "Don't fight? Are we not here to conquer the city?"

"Sun Tzu said, a soldier who surrenders without a fight is also a good soldier." Zhao Mengqi raised his head and looked into the direction of the Buddha Oath City, "With the current situation of occupying the city, we will probably not spend it

One soldier and one soldier can achieve the goal, we must remember that force is the guarantee, but also the last resort, only after trying other methods to fail, can we choose to do it, besides, how can we invade our own subject country by force? So don't say anything about conquering the city, our China is a country of etiquette, and we love peace by nature, and we are here to help the people of the subject country!"

Bringing an army to help?

Chang Geng didn't believe it when he heard it, scratched his head, and said incorrectly, "Your Highness is benevolent and righteous, and Ze is surrounded by the four seas."

Zhao Mengqi's ears were very sharp, and he immediately heard it, "Don't believe it, you will know when the time comes, to tell you the truth, I brought so many soldiers and horses to the south this time, but not for this little Zhancheng." o

Indeed, Zhao Mengqi put aside so many domestic affairs and personally led his troops to the south, which has a very important purpose.

For this purpose, he began to brew relevant plans more than a year ago, and Zhancheng was just a grass and rabbit hunting. c0

The geographical location of Zhancheng is very critical, and it is an important component of Zhao Mengqi's marine blueprint, and it must be firmly controlled to be safe.

It's just that from the beginning, Zhao Mengqi didn't think of directly using force to achieve this goal, but chose a more covert and low-cost means.

Now I came here, but it was just a final harvest, and by the way, it was also a training exercise, so that my subordinates could adapt to the climate and environment of the region in advance.

In addition, it is somewhat of a show of power and a deterrent to the surrounding feudal states.

Zhao Mengqi will have to wait for a while before he can land on the shore, not to mention it for the time being.

And Cao Lie's side was as fast as the wind, and he had already reached five miles away from the Buddha Oath City, and then suspended his march because Wu Qiong was waiting here.

Wu Qiong landed with the special service team before the Marine Brigade, and was tasked with cutting off any connection between the city and the port, and reconnoitring the situation outside the city.

He was waiting here, naturally, to inform Cao Lie of the results of the investigation.

"At present, the liberation army outside the east of the city is very happy, on the two thousand troops, has approached less than a mile from the wall, I don't see any reaction from the defenders in the city, it is estimated that the battle in the city is fierce, and the troops are withdrawn, outside the north city is the defenders out of the city to counterattack once, the release army has killed and injured hundreds of people, dare not make another time, the south city direction is fighting, but the fight is tepid, the west is not easy to investigate, I don't know the specific situation, and I don't know whether the liberation of the city himself."

"Two thousand people outside the eastern city?" Cao Lie's eyes seemed to be a little eager.

Wu Qiong smiled a little bitterly, "Cao Lu, Your Highness has explained, it's best not to fight with the Cham army, don't rush too quickly to confiscate the horses and flatten the people......

Cao Lie was said to be thoughtful, and his old face was astringent, "Seeing that Brother Wu said this, is our old Cao the kind of person who can't be clear? Don't worry, as long as the Champa monkey is obedient, we can't annoy His Highness, but if the Champa monkey has to find death, we can't lose the prestige of the kingdom, in case we really make a move, Brother Wu will come to His Highness later, and I have to help Lao Cao defend a few words."

Wu Qiong didn't want to get involved in this trouble, and hurriedly said, "Cao Lu, anyway, the last general has reminded you, and you can't care about anything else, okay, you continue to move forward, and the last general is waiting for His Highness here."

Seeing that Wu Qiong really had no intention of covering himself, Cao Lie could only extinguish his plan to take 2,000 soldiers to open the meat.

Immediately, he bid farewell to Wu Qiong and led the cavalry to continue to march to the city of Buddha Oath.