In May of the sixteenth year of orthodoxy, the city of Sanggarbrah, the capital of the city of Zhancheng.

The king of Champa was discussing the next battle plan with the few remaining soldiers, and the scene was very depressing, because everyone present knew that it was impossible to confront Annam by relying on his own strength.

"Your Majesty, it's not good!"

One of the guards rushed over, gasping and saying, "The army of Annan has moved fifty miles south, and it has reached the city!" ”

This Champa King is actually the Maha Pan Tea, the son of the Champa King.

Princess Xuanzhen, whom Zhu Qizhen received, is the sister of Maha Pancha, and her full name is Maha Xuanzhen.

Maha Gui, who went to the Ming Dynasty with Princess Xuanzhen, is the uncle of Maha Pan Tea.

As for Maha Pancha's father, the old king of Champang, Mahabharaya, he had been captured by the Annam army to Thanh Hoa City for more than a year.

At first, the prince of Champong, Maha Pan Cha, acted as the government of the court, and the throne has been empty, but as the battle line continued to move south, Maha Pan Cha felt that there was no hope of rescuing his father, so he directly ascended the throne as the king and led the crowd to launch a final counterattack.

However, even if the Cham people shared the same hatred, they still could not stop the footsteps of Annam's army.

Hearing the news of the soldiers coming to the city, Maha Pancha's face turned pale, these days, he didn't know the taste of food every day, couldn't sleep at night, and was in extreme anxiety for a long time, and when this day really came, he was relieved.

Death is not terrible, but the process of waiting for death is terrible.

Although this day came a little earlier than expected.

Well, now that I finally know when I die, so be it!

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have no way out, we can only fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

All the soldiers are also ready for the last fight, if they don't succeed, they will become benevolent!

In the early morning of the next day, the king of Champang, Mahapancha, led his army to prepare for the final decisive battle.

Looking at the overwhelming Annan army under the city, he knew that this battle occupied the city and the country was more auspicious, and he was afraid that after today, there would be no more occupation of the city in the world......

"Report!"

Maha Pancha turned his head to see that it was his own personal soldier, and he looked flustered.

"What's the panic, the Annanites attacked?"

"Your Majesty, in the secret passage of the city, find the guards of Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

"What did you say?"

Mahapancha was shocked, her sister Princess Xuanzhen had been on an envoy to Daming for half a year, could it be that she had encountered an accident......

At this moment, a man covered in blood came to the front with a frame on his back.

Maha Pancha hurriedly asked, "What about Her Royal Highness the Princess?" ”

This man was already dying, and it could be seen that he had risked his life to cross the enemy's defense line and must have brought important information.

"Her Royal Highness Princess...... Bring the news, Daming...... Daming ...... Troops have been dispatched, this is ...... It's Her Royal Highness the Princess...... Handwritten letter ......"

Call!

Mahapancha let out a long breath and his expression became excited.

Da Ming has finally sent troops!

He took the blood-stained letter with a trembling hand, opened it, and looked at it with a strange expression.

It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty did not want to make a loss-making transaction, although he promised to send troops, but these terms, such as the transfer of Saigon Port, trade duty-free, free entry and exit of the occupied territory, etc., if placed in peacetime, it is really a bit excessive.

However, now that the city has reached the point of life and death, it is understandable that the princess will make concessions.

When Princess Xuanzhen was sent to Daming in person, there was also this consideration.

Because Annan is separated between the Ming Dynasty and the city of Zhancheng, it is very difficult to send messengers to travel.

Not to mention that this trip is full of dangers, if you go to the Ming Dynasty, this person must be able to call the shots.

Otherwise, the negotiations will reach an impasse, and if you spread the word on both sides, the Annan people would have destroyed you a long time ago!

Therefore, when Princess Xuanzhen negotiates with Daming, she must be able to represent Champa and make decisions on the spot.

And these conditions offered by Daming, even if you change yourself, you can only agree to it.

"Da Ming has agreed to send troops!"

Maha Pan Tea raised the blood-stained letters, and hope reignited in his eyes.

All the soldiers suddenly became excited, this news is so exciting!

Now that the Ming Dynasty has sent troops, the Annan people must divide half of their troops and horses and go north to block the attack.

No wonder the soldiers and horses on the front line attacked the city in such a hurry, and now it seems that they are in a hurry.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now we just need to defend to the death, and when the great tomorrow army arrives, the enemy army will be defeated!"

The news spread quickly, and the hope of the soldiers and civilians of the city was rekindled.

When Annan's army attacked the city, they found that something was wrong.

Whether it was a declaration of war or a scolding, the other party always cowered in the city and did not come out.

So, the Annan army pulled out its artillery and began to storm.

The artillery technology of the Annam people is not inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty, and Li Shulin and his son of the Ministry of Industry were captured when Emperor Taizong conquered Annam.

However, their artillery is still at the stage of big iron lumps.

It's not that the people of Annam don't study the flowering bomb, mainly because of the limitations of scientific and technological means, the flowering bomb of this era has its own explosive attribute, and the craftsmen who dare to study the flowering bomb basically did not survive.

Rumble!

Rumble!

With the sound of cannons, countless iron lumps smashed into the city wall, smashing out one pit after another.

However, the city of Sangabhara is a country of Champa, naturally the city is high and the walls are thick, only the city gate is wooden, but the Cham people have long been prepared for it, even if the gate is smashed, it is full of all kinds of stones, bricks, and wood......

After a day's artillery fight, the Annam army found that it had no effect at all, so they began to change tactics from the next day.

Set up a ladder and attack!

At this point, the war has become more and more brutal.

The defenders of the city used the prepared rolling stones, horizontal logs, and gold juice to stop the Annan army on the city wall, and both sides were red-eyed, and after a day of fighting, the blood flowed under the city and the corpses piled up.

On the third day, the Annan army continued to attack, and the Cham army continued to defend......

For several days, the Annan army was unable to break the city and suffered heavy losses.

Although the casualties were fewer, the resources in the city were limited, and the stones and beams had long been used up, so they had to demolish the houses of the people.

Later, even the gold juice was not enough, so it could only be produced daily, and it had to be used sparingly.

What's even more terrifying is that there is not enough food in the city, and the front-line troops begin to limit food.

Where is the golden juice without food......

"Your Majesty, when will the Ming army arrive?"

"Yes, it's been more than ten days, and the food in the city is about to run out, and when the time comes, ...... Alas! ”

"Could it be that Da Ming didn't really support, but just perfunctory us?"

"Alright, don't talk about it!"

Mahapancha is more anxious than anyone else, but he knows very well that being anxious is not the way.

In any case, it must be held out until the arrival of the Ming army......

"Pass the order, all the people, take out the grain stored at home, hand it over to the army for unified distribution, tell them that as long as they survive this hurdle, how much grain they have received today, after retreating from the enemy, they will be returned tenfold!"

"Also, continue to demolish people's houses, take bricks and stones and put them on the city wall for defense."

"Your Majesty, most of the houses in the city have been demolished, and only some mansions remain, and the heads of the families are all upper castes......"

"It's all at this time, do you care if they go up or not?"

Mahapancha said angrily: "Tell them that the house is gone, and it can be built in the future, and if the city is broken, then there will be nothing!" ”

"Yes!"