"Woo woo --- woo", when Lu Guang heard the sharp horn from the Funan coalition formation, he couldn't help but stretch his neck to look forward, it doesn't matter if he takes a breath of cool air, damn it, this Funan people really treat elephants as cattle and sheep.

I saw a large herd of elephants slowly walking out of the black pressure from the front of the Funan formation, and I saw these war elephants wearing simple leather armor under the control of the elephant slaves on their backs, taking unhurried steps, neatly and orderly lined up in a huge rectangular formation, walking directly towards the Huaxia army formation. And the elephant soldiers on their backs, wielding swords and guns, were showing off their might there.

Lu Guang secretly counted it, roughly calculated that there were thousands of elephants, and Funan really used all the old books this time. According to the information reported by the camp, this time Funan concentrated the troops of more than 20 subject countries, with a total strength of more than 50,000 people, and it seems that they are preparing to fight to the death with the Huaxia army.

Lu Guang glanced at his subordinates and saw that the tens of thousands of soldiers were still standing so calmly, and they were not at all a little panicked by the herd of elephants "showing their teeth and claws" opposite. Lü Guang was very relieved of the subordinates under his command, and he was also very lenient with the friendly forces on the left and right flanks

He has been in the Huaxia Army for more than ten years, and he, like Deng Qiang, Yang An, Mao Dang and other former Zhou generals, has been deeply integrated into this big collective. The Fu family of the Zhou State and its glory have become historical memories together, Fu Hong has become an ordinary nobleman in Chang'an City, except for a few former Zhou ministers who are still in touch, it seems that not many people still remember Fu Hong's original identity. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, a huge energy burst out due to the convergence of various cultures and ideas, and this trend finally became the tide of history under the guidance of Zeng Hua, rushing forward mightily, leaving everything in the past in history.

Since it was a battlefield, Lu Guang quickly shifted his thoughts. He turned around and calmly faced the menacing Funan elephant herd. After several years of fighting with Linyi, the Huaxia army has been tempered by the elephant herd of the Linyi army. It has long been from being helpless at the beginning to being as stable as Mount Tai today.

This Funan people still want to use the elephant array to bully us. Is it really that he came to find death, and he still regarded Huaxia Army as the "first brother" who just came to the South China Sea? However, the Funan people estimate that there is no way, except for the elephant herd, they seem to have nothing to do, and the hegemony of the Funan country in the South China Sea depends on its many soldiers and elephants. However, the Huaxia Army had already summed up a set of effective tactical means when fighting against the Linyi Army, so it was able to advance with the navy that controlled the sea power by land and water. quickly destroyed the Linyi Kingdom, and I don't know if Fan Fo, who fled to Funan, informed Funan of the situation.

In Lu Guangdi's heart, the more than 50,000 people on the opposite side of the Funan Army are not in his eyes at all, and there are also 50,000 people on his side. And two-thirds of them are Changzhou soldiers who are famous for their "fierce combat". Two years of Huaxia. Hiroshima, the direct territory of the king, was divided into four prefectures, Izumo Prefecture in the west, Tamba and Kai Prefecture in the middle, and Sendai Prefecture in the east. It's just that two-thirds of this tax goes to the state of Changzhou for escrow fees. Includes administrative, judicial and garrison costs. One-third went to the king, but Zeng Hua donated the money to the "Overseas Exploration Society" and the "Navy Sailors and Sailors' Association". In this land directly under the king, several good gold and silver mines have been newly developed, one-third of which went into the Huaxia treasury in the form of taxes, and one-third was divided among several common gold associations such as the "joint partnership" of Changzhou, the navy, the army, the church, and the school. One-third went into Zeng Hua's pocket. However, most of them were donated by him to the Hanlin Academy, the Faculty, and several common societies of Chinese studies.

In terms of the rule of the people. In order to help the people of Changzhou "get rich as soon as possible", Shangshu Province keeps up with the living standards of the people in the mainland states. We also implemented the equalization system, promoted education and parishes, and vigorously developed "industry and commerce" without discrimination. However, due to "historical reasons", the people of Changzhou still prefer the road of "getting rich with the army" and obtain more land and wealth with military merits. After comparison, the Choshu soldiers were more willing to join the navy or participate in overseas operations.

In order to encourage the development of the navy and the development of overseas development, Zeng Hua and the three provinces formulated a series of maritime regulations and overseas development bills. Huaxia divided the overseas areas into two parts, one was to be incorporated into the overseas territories in the normal state management system, such as Changzhou and most of the South China Sea, which was being managed, and the other was overseas territories, which could not be directly managed due to the distance of the sea routes, so they were entrusted with escrow and autonomy on the basis of retaining nominal sovereignty, and developed in line with the principle of "whoever invests discovers the profits".

According to the Overseas Exploration Act, when passing through these overseas territories and territories, the army and navy participating in the strategy will also receive the same generous victory reward as the spoils of the Western Expeditionary Army, in addition to enjoying the unique rights and interests of overseas economic development, such as immigrating to the overseas territories of the new economic strategy will receive certain political and economic rights.

Since the Huaxia Army began to pass through Choshu, the Choshu soldiers represented by Kumamoto and Tosa began this road of "getting rich with the army", and later added the Sendai soldiers, Kai soldiers, Owari soldiers, etc., and slowly formed the tradition and "fierce name" of the Choshu soldiers.

The elephant array walked very slowly, several miles away enough for them to walk slowly for a while, and Lu Guang and his subordinates waited very patiently in the sun, but after a while, the sultry weather made Lu Guang sweat.

Lu Guang wiped the sweat from his head, and couldn't help cursing in his heart, everything is good here, but this ghost weather kills people. Damp heat, miasma, poisonous snakes, mosquitoes, are the main enemies of the South China Sea Economic and Strategic Army, if it were not for the Chinese army with the military medical officers and medical soldiers, as well as the march and other good medicine, the rate of sick people would not be one-tenth of the current one, but the headache of malaria still took the lives of many soldiers and officers. The disease is said to be caused by mosquito bites, so dried wormwood and other dried herbs that repel mosquitoes have become strategic supplies. Zeng Hua even ordered a large reward for a type of tree, whose bark was said to cure diseases. However, Zeng Hua, who has always been "prescient", did not see anyone holding this tree to receive the reward, because the origin of the cinchona tree is in the high mountains of Peru in South America, not Southeast Asia as he remembers.

These problems are also the reason for the slow advance of the South China Sea Economic Strategy Army. In order to avoid greater losses, the South China Sea Economic Strategy Army adopted a strategy and tactics based on the navy. The navy first took control of the sea, and then looked for suitable ports and landing sites. Naval stormtroopers for landing raids. Occupy the harbor and recruit local workers to build the castle. The army then used these castles as support points, steadily advancing all the way, connecting these strongholds, and finally using these coastal ports and castles as bases to penetrate and expand inland. Precisely because of this. In addition, spring and summer are the seasons when typhoons are frequent in the South China Sea, so the South China Sea Economic Strategy Army did not continue to move south until the autumn of the fourth year of China, which allowed Funan to calmly deploy troops.

"General, the enemy's elephant herd is within range of the Divine Arm Crossbow." The adjutant of the nearby area immediately reported to the observer after receiving the report.

"Shoot!" Lu Guang decisively ordered. The adjutant, who received the order, immediately ran to the herald. Soon, as a black pennant was raised on the flagpole of the middle camp, a black cloud immediately rose over the Huaxia army array, and countless subway arrows flew towards the Funan army.

Listening to the familiar sound of iron arrows breaking through the wind, Lu Guang couldn't help but feel pleasing to the eye, and it would be better if it was added to the sound of low and shocking horses' hooves. It is a pity that in this part of the South China Sea, cavalry is useless, and can only rely on infantry to fight on foot. Cavalry. If I could lead a team of cavalry, it would be great to go on an expedition of thousands of miles, Lu Guang thought to himself.

Zeng Hua is good at commanding cavalry, and Beifu also relied on the cavalry of Qiang and Bozhou for decades. The people and young people of Beifu heard the most about the great military exploits of the Beifu Army, and the iron cavalry of Beifu was crisscrossing thousands of miles. Coming and going like a raging storm, invincible. Plus after decades of "national defense construction". Ordinary people can draw bows and shoot arrows, wield knives and guns, and can also ride horses. However, only a small number of Chinese cavalry are required to be good at riding and archery, and the cavalry is a "traditional advantage" in the Chinese army, and it is one of the worshiped arms, and even many officers and generals think that it is better to lead a team of cavalry than to lead a battalion of infantry.

According to the latest local military reports, the Western Expeditionary Army of the Northern Black Sea Province rushed all the way to a place called the Rhine, and along the way the Gepids, Skirs, Lugis, and Sarmas were all crushed by 30,000 iron horsemen, and the tide generally poured westward, and it is said that it was a foreign invasion of Rome for hundreds of years - the Macoman and Quard, the Germanic peoples, were almost wiped out by the Western Expeditionary Army, and what Lombards surrendered to the Western Expeditionary Army, expressing their willingness to believe in the Holy Religion, The most powerful Vandals fought hard with the Western Expeditionary Army for a few battles and could no longer hold on, so they had to move west to find their new homeland. The two brothers, Gratian and Valentinian II, emperors of the western part of the Roman Empire, hurriedly courted the Western Expeditionary Army, offering a rich "reward" while using the prestige and threat of the Western Expeditionary Army to recruit the elite of the barbarians as an army and expand their own power. In the autumn of the third year of China, the Western Expeditionary Army retreated eastward in accordance with the order, carrying incomparably rich booty, tens of thousands of craftsmen, scholars and beauties of various ethnic groups "captives", and millions of cattle and sheep.

Seeing the group of war elephants at the front being shot like hedgehogs by the iron arrows of the May rainstorm, and then lying on the ground in a terrifying howl, Lu Guang felt that there was no passion at all. Damn, such a heavy and slow elephant would dare to use it as a mount to fight, and if the cavalry were to fight, it would be enough time for me to shoot twice around the enemy's position.

After a silent count in his heart, the Divine Arm Battalion had already shot five rounds of arrow rain, and after the Funan war elephant herd had fallen dozens of elephants, hundreds of war elephants had already rushed closer and closer. When it was time to retreat, Lu Guang turned around and ordered the adjutant: "Start retreating!" ”

With the order, the rain of arrows like black clouds stopped, and the sound of huge footsteps showed that the Huaxia army was retreating in an orderly manner, but Lu Guang led the front army but still stood there. After the Chinese army had also withdrawn neatly, Lu Guang waved his hand and led the front army to turn around and retreat, and when they walked a certain way, everyone walked very carefully, as if there was some mechanism on the ground there.

The war elephant herd of the Funan Army saw that the Huaxia Army was retreating without a fight, and the mood that had been depressed by the black clouds and arrow rain just now suddenly improved, and the generals of each team gave orders one after another to speed up and pursue the fleeing Huaxia Army.

As the order was given, the war elephants of each team took action one after another, but due to the different places where the orders were issued, the movements of each team were also different. Soon, the neat battle elephant formation became a little messy. There were two hundred war elephants, and one "elephant" rushed to the front. They are the most elite war elephant herd in Funan led by the prince of Funan. They were originally in the Chinese army, and when they saw that there was a advantage to take advantage of, they immediately rushed forward, and even squeezed aside the herds of war elephants in Chenla and Jinlin (i.e., Kim Chen, located in present-day Ratchaburi Province, Thailand).

Soon, the Black Master saw hundreds of wagons full of goods parked in front of him. There is also the flag of the Huaxia Army on it, which seems to be the grain and grass "discarded" by the Huaxia Army.

"Leave these things alone, let's move on, catch the Chinese prisoners of war and divide these things." The black master shouted. If only you grab these baggage. But if he didn't catch a single Chinese prisoner of war, he would definitely be scolded by his father when he went back. When his subordinates heard this, they also understood in their hearts that their master was the prince of Funan, who would dare to rob him for the spoils? As long as the Chinese prisoners of war are caught and the prince of the black division is good-looking, these things will naturally belong to them, so they have driven the war elephants to continue to move forward.

But after walking a few steps, I saw dozens of war elephants in front of me "plopping" with a loud bang. Then they disappeared from the ground in a cloud of dust, and when the Black Master opened his eyes, it turned out that these war elephants had fallen into a huge pit. The pits were deeper than the elephant's back, several feet wide, and covered with planks. It was also covered with turf for cover. So it's hard to spot. In addition, the planks are relatively thin, so it is absolutely fine for people to walk over. The elephant is so heavy that it will definitely fall into the pit if it walks over.

"Oh no, fooled!" The black master shouted, to this point, he finally believed that the Huaxia army that could easily destroy the Cham country was not afraid of Funanguo and retreated without a fight, but they put a pit for you to jump.

Just as the Black Division was in a hurry and ordered to stop advancing, the Huaxia Army, which had stopped in the distance, suddenly flew out dozens of fiery missiles, dragging a long trail of flames and black smoke, smashing them on their heads, and the firebombs were followed by thousands of rockets.

These fireballs and rockets fell on the densely packed carriages, and suddenly a huge fire soared into the sky, and the black master and his soldiers realized that these carriages were full of flammable materials, not anything of value.

The flames quickly made the war elephants panic, their eyes were red with the firelight, their minds were burned to the point of delirium, and they began to run around in spite of the control of the elephant slaves on their backs, looking for the safety of their hearts, so they began to turn around and run back, rushing the following herd of elephants that could not dodge, and after a while, thousands of war elephants were like a nest of hornets that had exploded the nest, and became a pot of porridge. The Huaxia Army took the opportunity to launch an attack, annihilating the Funan Army in one fell swoop, and capturing alive hundreds of nobles from Funan and its subordinate countries, including the Black Division.

Zhu Zhantan spent a lot of effort in the rear army, and finally packed up the rear army and a part of the Chinese army, safely separated from the battle line, and then fled dozens of miles in one go. After stopping to count, Zhu Zhantan found that his troops were suddenly only more than 30,000 people.

And just as Zhu Zhantan sent envoys back to the city of Viyatabula to ask the ministers to mobilize reinforcements, a huge fleet rowed up the Mekong River, and after a short battle, less than 300 ships of Funan were scattered and disappeared on the surface of the Mekong River.

The victorious Chinese fleet lined up in a row in the river outside the city of Viyatabura. Just as the garrison of Viyatabula began to prepare for the battle, countless sparks flew out of these ships and landed in the houses and temples outside the city of Viyatabura, turning the place into a sea of fire. In the midst of the fire, these huge ships dropped countless small boats, carrying tens of thousands of Chinese sailors wielding scimitars, and landed on the river beach southeast of the city of Viyatabura. These high-spirited sailors easily defeated the defenders of Viyatabura, who had rushed out of the city to meet them, and then took control of the entire dock. The fleet approached the dock and unloaded more Chinese sailors, who slowly surrounded the city of Viyathabula like a huge tide.

The frightened city of Viyatabura immediately shrank its forces, closed its gates, and sent messengers to ask for help from their king, Zhu Zhantan. As 30,000 Chinese sailors surrounded the city of Viyatabura, the atmosphere and situation in the city quickly became tense, the ministers quarreled, the palace was in chaos, the people were panicked, and many nobles had evil intentions in their hearts, each with their own calculations.