It is said that Li Hongyuan took his apprentice Li Jian with two messengers, one in Siamese and the other in Chinese, because there was no real international language at this time, retranslation (solitaire translation) was a common practice. Hurried to the border between Chenla and Siam to stop the troops of Zhao Lu, rushed out in front and back, and hurried on the road. On the second day, I saw the camp of the Siamese army from a distance, and the guards at the gate of the camp saw that it was a Ming costume, and it was not easy to stop it, so they hurriedly reported it and followed it into the military tent.

Although Zhaolu and Li Hongyuan are old acquaintances, their own itinerary was recognized, and their faces were extremely gloomy, but they still maintained a good number of courtesies, and put their palms together in front of their chests to salute, according to Siamese habits, which represents the equality of status of both parties. The two sides sat down in the tent, and Li Hongyuan did not talk about the old at the beginning, and said, "The Ming mediation made Lord Bi Jinbi to lead the escort army into Angkor Thom on the order of Emperor Hongwu. I heard that the general was also close to the left, and the special agent came down to greet him." When Zhao Lu heard this, his face turned dark: "Lord Bi has worked hard from afar, and Xia Guan just accidentally got lost here while hunting, how lucky I am to be lucky to meet Lord Bi."

Li Hongyuan smiled slightly: "I wonder if the general has hunted what he wants this time, is it a bird or a beast?" With 100 war elephants and more than 5,000 people, this is enough to destroy the country's capital! I think I've gained a lot along the way?'

"Hey, hey, hey, our Siam primary school, our appetite is not so big, and we can go home with some small gains." Zhaolu's smug color is beyond words!

Li Hongyuan slapped his thigh and praised: "This is extremely true! Like my Ming Dynasty with troops in Mongolia, a single army is more than 200,000 horses, just to feed these soldiers, to slaughter thousands of cattle and sheep at a time, really cost money and food. As the so-called soldier, the murder weapon is also a sage's last resort. The general who was bowing his head to take notes raised his head, and Li Hongyuan smiled knowingly: "Lao Tzu's original words are not easy to translate! Let's just say that the army can be used casually, and it is easy to kill and injure innocent civilians." The generals translated as they were told.

Zhao Lu snorted, and the generals who were standing next to him had been listening to the inconsequential conversation between the two sides, and they were not angry, until the top boss snorted, and one of the young generals said a few words loudly. It turned out that this was the son of Zhaolu Xuanying, which means that things so far away in the northern desert are not very well understood by our southern countries. More than 200 years ago, the Mongols also visited the area of Annam Chenla, but suffered a great defeat in Java. The sergeant of the Ming Dynasty can defeat the Mongolian cavalry that swept the world, it must be very tight, can the young general see it today. After listening to the translation, Li Hongyuan whispered a few words to Li Jian. Li Jian also stupidly watched the master talk and laugh freely on such an occasion, and nodded violently after listening to the explanation.

Zhao Lu smiled and said, "The sword has no eyes, I can't afford to hurt the distinguished guest, why don't you compare your fists and feet?" Li Hongyuan said: "The general is right, let Gongzi practice with the apprentice, point to the end, and do not hurt the peace."

As soon as the two sides are right, they don't talk to each other. I saw this Siamese teenager barefoot and short hakama, naked body, striding over, jumping high on one foot, raising his right elbow and striking down, directly attacking the opponent's head Baihui point, which has a famous name in Siamese boxing called chopping elbow. However, the elbow chop is usually not raised too high, but the youngster is clearly not confined to the method, and has a lively move and a lot of combat experience. Li Jian didn't expect the other party to move so quickly, retreat lunge, a bully raised his head to block the opponent's elbow attack, Siamese fist was already long in the elbow attack knee collision, he circled his hands, hugged Li Jian's head and neck and the right knee hit quickly, Li Jian panicked, and blocked the combo with both palms, and the internal force could not be sent out in a hurry. Boxers who practice Siamese boxing need to hit various parts of their bodies every day to strengthen their ability to resist blows, and Li Jian has not practiced martial arts for a long time, and hitting the opponent with his palm has no effect at all. In a panic, I only heard Li Hongyuan's voice drilling into the ear hole, "Qi out of the dantian, go to the Shaoyang Sutra, and pass the Guan Chong acupoint." This is what he is used to in his usual practice, and his mind is together, and the internal force will come out, and he will break away from the other party's bear hug with both hands, turn around and slash out of the chest of the Siamese young general, he only feels a strong surge, and he has taken a few steps back behind him. After fixing his body, his throat was about to spit out a mouthful of blood, he had fought countless battles with people, and he had never encountered this kind of situation, but fortunately, this palm did not hit the acupoint, and he took a strong breath and pressed it down. At this time, Li Jian came back to his senses, and close combat was the opponent's forte, so he urged Shen Ying, erected two fingers as a sword, fast in and out, and did not let the other party get close. The Siamese teenager couldn't see the direction of Li Jian's attack clearly, his hands bent his elbows to protect his head, leaned over and retreated again and again to dodge, his shiny and smooth upper body was poked one after another by sword moves like rain, as if his whole body had red spots. Zhaolu's face darkened, shouted to stop, and said to Li Hongyuan without hiding his anger: "Ling Gaozu really hasn't seen a martial art like Gao Zu, who doesn't know whether it's swordsmanship or fist technique, admire and admire!"

"We Tang people (the common name for the Han people in the East and the West) have a saying, "The master leads the door, and the cultivation is in the individual. Dexterity changes, depending on the opponent and local conditions, why not. General, this martial arts is also competitive, why don't you come with me to Angkor Thom to meet Master Bi?"

Zhao Lu thought to himself that you were stupid, and said: "General Ben has hunted enough, quite a gain, there are still things to be done in the country, this is about to leave for China, Lord Bi will trouble Mr. to give a sentence, when you have time, you might as well go to Ayutthaya (the name of the place, that is, Ayutthaya in Thailand) to be a guest, after all, it is not easy to come to this trip, and let Ben General do his best to be a landlord."

Saying that Li Hongyuan's master and apprentice got up to say goodbye and walked out of the Siamese army tent, Li Jian excitedly said that he could talk like the master that day, in the other party's military tent, he was not afraid of its might, Li Hongyuan smiled and said that this is just a tiger skin of the Ming Dynasty, if the Siamese people really rush up, we are in the tiger's mouth, or we have to be cut into meat sauce to feed the dogs. Li Jian was terrified, thinking that Bi Jin was a good person and a good person, so he entrusted the master to take this trip.

The spies of Zhao Lu have already taken a small road to Angkor Thom to spy on whether the Daming faction has an army to Zhenla, because Zhenla once owned most of the territory of Siam, and the Siamese people speak two Chinese languages, but it is quite common to dress up as Zhenla people, and there have been spies in Angkor City for many years. In fact, these fine works are usually used as a cover for small shops, and Siamese women are more than Zhenla women in embroidery and sewing, so most of the cloth sewing shops in Angkor Thom are run by Siamese. (Note 1)

Ah Xian and Ma He followed Bi Jin and his party to prepare to take a boat to Angkor Thom every other day. That afternoon, Ah Xian and the Ba Gong brothers and sisters had nothing to do, so they went to the river outside the village to take a bath. Due to the hot weather in Chenla, bathing every day is routine, and it is natural for a family of men and women to bathe together. After everyone happily took a bath, as soon as they went ashore, they found that a team of Siamese soldiers were winding their bows and arrows, looking at them viciously, the village chief's face was pale, and the leading Siamese officer looked at Ba Huan with a squint and said a few words, the village chief nodded after talking to Xue Sheng with blank eyes, and several Buddhist village women were pulled away by the giggling Siamese soldiers, Ah Xian only hated himself for not practicing martial arts like Li Jian during this time, he would only play tricks, Ah Xian clenched his fists and watched Ba Huan being taken away by the Siamese soldiers.

Ah Xian rushed back to the village, brought a long sword, and wanted to call the senior brother, but after thinking about it, the master only brought Li Jian when he went out to run errands, and he was not really that familiar with the senior brother, so he was afraid of being disliked by Ma He, so he pulled Xue Sheng to chase after the Siamese soldiers. Xue Sheng's face turned pale, and he was about to say nothing, but Ah Xian glared and drew his sword and rested on his neck, so he had to lead the way west to follow the footsteps of the Siamese soldiers. Walking straight along the way, although Xue Sheng's figure was taller, he had never been able to boil his body, and he wanted to sneak back to the Buddha Village several times to find out and beat Ah Xian a few times, Ah Xian's eyes were bloodshot at this time, and he said to Xue Sheng hatefully: "If it weren't for your collusion with the Siamese, how could the Ba Huan girl be unlucky enough to let the Siamese soldiers tie her up?" Xue Sheng was ashamed and speechless, and seeing that Ah Xian's usual grinning expression never appeared again, his face became more and more gloomy, and he was worried in his heart, and he didn't dare to talk about it anymore, what Ah Xian wanted him to do, he greeted him quickly. The two spent the night in a small town near the Siamese border, bought two horses the next day, galloped for a day and asked passers-by for some copper coins, and finally found the traces of the Siamese soldiers who took Ba Huan.

In addition, when Bi Jin's team was about to set off, Ma and Zuo couldn't find Ah Xian, thinking that this little junior brother was too playful, so he had to say that he had to tell him that at this time, he had to tell the village chief to wait for Ah Xian to come back and find someone to lead him to Angkor Thom. The village chief snorted again and again, and didn't dare to mention Ah Xian's rescue at all.

Bi Jin was seconded from Tiancewei this time with more than 100 people, and with the division of troops to take care of the warships that could not be traced back to the Tonle Sap Lake, he really wanted to have a deterrent on the battlefield, which was not sure in naval and land battles. The warning of the invasion of the Siamese army sent to the royal city by the fast horse of the Buddha village had already reached the hands of the king, and he heard that the king was counting troops at the Elephant Terrace, and Bi Jin and his party traveled all the way, and everyone had no intention of appreciating the majesty of Angkor City. The treasurer's golden umbrella opened the way in front of him, and he hurried through the moat through the south gate, and crossed the road of the city's houses, and the open space beside the road was full of ordinary people who had withdrawn into the city, and the people were all frowning, presumably the news of the invasion of the Siamese army had already spread among the people. Seeing the team of the Ming mediator, the people had already learned that it was the Ming Dynasty who made peace with both sides, and the eyes that came at this moment were full of expectations. Ma He's heart was sour, and he couldn't help but think of the past when the Ming soldiers invaded Dali City, Yunnan.

Yang Sheng glanced at the soldiers guarding the gate of the city, his appearance seemed to be still spirited, and his face was still expressionless, riding his horse to the middle of the road and looking back at the Ming elite Tiance guard he brought this time, although the number was not large, and he had gone through the sea and rivers, but he was full of energy and armor, and he looked like a winning army. Ma He also rode his horse behind Bi Jin's sedan chair, paying close attention to the situation along the road. Angkor Thom's four walls except for the east open two gates, the rest of the open door, across the moat bridge on both sides of the stone statue of 54, like sitting in the appearance of the general in two lines, the appearance of the evil god and the appearance of the good god mixed in the ranks. The statue holds a long snake in its hand and stirs the milky sea, which simulates the stirring milk sea in the Brahmanic creation myth, and there are five large Buddha heads facing the four directions at the city gate, and a Buddha head in the middle is decorated with gold, and it is said that this Buddha statue is a smiling Buddha statue carved from the face of the powerful king of Chenla Yabalma VII more than 300 years ago. At this time, the battle clouds were thick over Angkor Thom, and the statues of the ancestors who had been around for hundreds of years were smiling silently.

Gong Lie Zhao Pingya got down from the elephant platform and quickly exchanged information with Bi Jin, to the effect that he had only gathered more than 2,000 infantry troops in a hurry, but fortunately, more than 100 war elephants were stationed outside Angkor and arrived at a moment's notice. Chenla and Siam fought against each other, and the elephant army was on the front line. King Zhenla held a golden sword in his hand, sitting on a seat paved with colorful cloth, Bi Jin stepped forward to salute, and several people who looked like palace maids next to him were busy preparing another cloth group and sat down on the side of the elephant platform. In addition to the neat lineup of the elephant army, the appearance of the infantry army can only be said to be miserable, and people who look like officers are seen one after another, driving the civilians of the squad to stand behind the infantry army. (Note 2) King Zhenla looked satisfied and kept nodding, and Gong Lie Zhaoping stood aside silently. Yang Sheng and Ma He looked at each other in the audience, and Ma He whispered, "The path to escort Master Bi's evacuation must be clarified before tonight, and this battle is about to collapse at the touch of a rabble." Yang Sheng nodded and turned his head to hand it over. After about half an hour, Gong Lie Zhao Pingya and Bi Jin got off the Douxiang Terrace, and then said that the king thought that there was an elephant army, and the original Angkor tomb defenders who withdrew into the city, plus the new infantry army was enough to fight with the Siamese army, but he was still grateful to the Ming envoys for coming away to make peace, of course, it was best not to hand over the army, but if the Siamese people insisted on fighting, Zhenla could also accompany them. The envoys of the Ming Dynasty looked at each other, and Bi Jin had to return to your country, and it was naturally best to be well prepared. The envoys withdrew from the palace and were placed to stay in the prince's palace in Gonglie Zhaopingya.

As soon as the envoys waited for the people of the prince's palace to leave, they began to discuss, and some of the staff began to suggest that it was safer to find a reason to leave Angkor Thom first and return to the warship, otherwise once the Siamese army invaded the city, it would be normal to burn, kill, and plunder, and even if the Ming banner was played in the chaotic army, these soldiers were red-eyed, so it didn't matter who you were. At this time, everyone looked at Yang Sheng, if there was really something, a cadre of civilian personnel could only rely on the protection of less than a hundred people in Tiancewei.

Yang Sheng coughed and said, "Don't panic, everyone, if something happens, Tiance Wei will definitely protect everyone's safety. Whether to go or stay, this still needs to be decided by Master Bi." Bi Jin waved his hand in a troubled mood: "You all disperse first, and wait for Li Hongyuan and Li Daxia to come back." At this time, I only heard a hearty laugh coming in: "Speaking of Cao Cao, my Cao Cao is not here." I saw Li Hongyuan walking calmly, smiling with a lovely smile, and walked into the hall. Ma and his eyes moved, and he stroked his palms and smiled, "Master came out of the horse, and he really performed his skin skills." Bi Jin's heart was relieved when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked how the situation was. Li Hongyuan smiled and said, "I have been beaten several times in vain, and the other party must have an explanation. Fortunately, the Siamese army has temporarily retreated. Everyone looked at Li Jian busily, and sure enough, his nose was blue and his face was slightly swollen, Li Jian blushed, and said again and again that it was not in the way.

Yang Sheng thanked Li Hongyuan and asked how far the Siamese army had retreated. Li Hongyuan's eyes narrowed, and he said, "The Siamese army is just pausing and waiting, their spies should be in the city now to find out how many men and horses my Ming has come. Besides, how is the mobilization of the Jinla army?' Yang Sheng smiled bitterly and said, "If I am the general of the Siamese army, I will immediately order the siege of the city." Ma and mending guns: "Chaos in the city has appeared, because the superior does not know the soldiers, Angkor City has become a dangerous state in front of him, and he needs to find a way to solve it." Li Hongyuan nodded silently, this was actually what he was most worried about. The crowd was worried for a long time, and there was nothing to do. Ma He glanced at his master, and after receiving permission, he cleared his throat and said, "Lord Bi has come to mediate between Zhenla and Siam on the orders of the emperor this time, but the timing is quite unfavorable, and there are several difficult things at the moment. First of all, we can naturally turn around and leave, but after returning to the court, we will not be able to recover our lives, and this move will be extremely detrimental to the career of adults." Bi Jin nodded and motioned for Ma He to continue.

"There are many Siamese people living in Zhenla City, and at present, their spies in the city are afraid that they have clearly reported the number of people we brought this time and the number of soldiers collected by the Zhenla army to Zhaolu Xuanying, so it is not high to directly fight the opponent outside the city with a clear sword and gun." Everyone looked at each other and nodded.

"You can't retreat, you can't fight, so how can you do it?" Yang Sheng couldn't help but interject. Ma He thought to himself, you, a hundred households, have at least been on the battlefield, and you are familiar with military books, why are you so unbreathable. Waving his hand, he continued to smile and said, "This has to start with Lord Yang's personal guards." Yang Sheng was stunned for a moment, and before he could be questioned, Bi Jin smiled and said, "Ma Guard, don't sell Guanzi." Ma He said, "Although we don't have many handcuffs this time, we will always have fifty or so handcuffs, right?" Yang Sheng snorted, "That's the guy my subordinates put on their side, you can look at it carefully." Ma He replied as calmly as possible: "Firearms, the three guards of the Yan King are also worthy of it, and it is not only Tiance Guard." He saw that Yang Sheng no longer answered, and remembered how Ah Xian said how he scared away the elephants of the Quanxiang Banquet, so he continued: "Siam has always been at war with Zhenla...", only to see Ma He lowered his voice and whispered his thoughts to everyone, Li Hongyuan and Bi Jin glanced at each other, and sighed: "The first sign is weak, and the soldiers are dangerous, this is the way to do it!"

At this time, the guards outside came to Gong Lie, Prince Zhaopingya, and invited Master Bi to the garden for a while, and Bi Jin invited Li Hongyuan to entertain the guests together. Yang Sheng and Ma He dispersed to prepare.

Gong Lie Zhaoping's lower body was wrapped in Western cloth (referring to present-day India), his hands wore gold bracelets inlaid with cat's eye stones, and his bare feet paced back and forth with a solemn face. Bi Jin didn't detour, he said a little about Ma He's strategy, Gong Lie Zhaopingya's tangled brows immediately opened, shouted a clever plan, grabbed Ma He's hand, and rode out side by side, Ma He took the opportunity to whisper to Gong Lie Zhaopingya: "If everything here is successfully concluded, Ma He has the courage to ask His Highness to borrow something." The prince smiled heartily and said, "If the big thing is decided, everything will be promised." At that moment, the two sides high-fived and swore an oath, and both horses galloped away.

Note 1: The 29th chapter of the Zhenla Wind and Soil Chronicle is a mulberry

Note 2: The 39th chapter of the Zhenla Chronicle of the Soil and Soil of the military horse: ".. Attacking the Siamese people, they all drove the people to war, and often had no other wisdom and strategy. “