The book continues from the previous text.

After witnessing the strong combat power of the Apologists, Guan Jinpan and others decided to join the church.

With the end of the battle, many family members of the rebels found Kampong Sun, and the total number of the Zhenla rebels was nearly 8,000.

Food for these 8,000 people is a problem, plus the shelter they need.

There was a heated discussion in Kampong Son about this, although the various factions were at odds over what to do with the Chenla rebels.

Some people think that the Chinla rebels should be placed in the area of the Xiangshan Mountains and let them consume the strength of the Vietnamese, while others think that they should be embarrassed and that it is better to set aside a special area for them to contribute to the construction of the territory.

But there is one thing that can be agreed upon, and that is that Guan Jinpan's team cannot be allowed to enter the city.

In Southeast Asia, there has been a belief in a saying since ancient times, princes and generals, rather there is a kind?

Now that the royal family of Chenla is in decline and the country is in tatters, I am afraid that there are not many people who have other ideas, and this kind of good use is of great benefit to the construction of Kampong Sun, but it may suffer greatly if it is not used well.

The main problem now is that there were 8,000 people in the original Zhenla army, and almost all of them had guns, and most of them were strong laborers.

In addition to the 800 Guardian Army, Kampong Xun's combat strength is the fighting brothers of the Church, but the two together are only more than 1,000 people.

If it's a frontal battle, or a defensive battle, it's fine, but if the other party engages in a sneak attack, it will be very troublesome, and once these people are let into the city, the situation will be uncontrollable at all.

The Austrians in Chenla could think of writing letters asking for help from their own countries, and at the same time conscripting the parishioners, conducting simple training, and issuing them weapons in case of emergencies to assist in defending the city and fighting.

However, this only ensures the safety of Kampong Son City, but not the entire area, and also restricts one's activities.

In fact, Franz had long thought of this possibility, and the solution he gave was to divide and disintegrate.

First of all, Chenla officials who had long-term trade dealings with Austria could enter the city.

Secondly, if you can provide treasures, information, or special people who can speak German, you can also enter the city.

Thirdly, those who want to join the religion and enter the city can be trained and selected first, among which the outstanding and pious ones can be retained and participate in actual combat, and those who have performed well in three consecutive battles can join the religion and enter the city.

At the same time, the two basic points of the Church and the German language must be carried out, the Protestants must be able to speak German, and the classes must be diluted in the city, especially among the Chenla, and the classes must be strengthened outside the city, so as to facilitate the rule.

The news of the defeat of Ren Yu and Luo Jian soon spread to the back, and the Vietnamese general who led the troops felt incredulous.

Fan Zhu and Zhang Mingjiao are both second-class generals, but they are bullied by Zhang Mingjiao everywhere, if the news of this defeat is used by Zhang Mingjiao, I am afraid that his position as a general will not be kept.

As for the words of the real army in front of him, Fan Zhu didn't believe it at all, he didn't believe that there was any army in this world that could hurt people with black smoke. On the contrary, he felt that these Khmer spies might have pretended to defect to the Da Yue Kingdom, and what they were using at this moment was just a bitter trick.

Their purpose is just to delay him, and at the same time, Fan Zhu also understands that defeat is not allowed in the army of the Great Yue Kingdom, and the loser will only end up in a dead end, so what Fan Zhu has to do now is to kill all these Khmer people, and then personally take Kampong Xun and give an explanation to the Lord of Yue.

Guan Jinpan and others were surprised by the changes in Kampong Xun, but they did not expect that the previous fishing village had become a city at this time.

The magnificence of the Gundam walls is not inferior to that of any big castle in Mala, and the large number of Western-style buildings makes people feel unreal.

Guan Jinpan also noticed a feature, the people of the local religion are actually dressed in foreign cloth, which is beautiful and sturdy compared to homespun cloth, and only a few people in Zhenla can afford to wear it.

At this time, there was less trade between Chenla, Vietnam, and the West, which is why this situation occurred.

The former officials Kim Pan and Parasu forged the edict of the former king Anzan and assigned Kampong Son and its surrounding counties to Austria.

Now Guan Jinpan was in his possession of a document of rebellion and a document granting to the Austrian Empire the provinces of Kampot and Koh Kong near Kampong Son.

Guan Jin Pan saw the strength of Kong Xun at this time in the previous battle, and now he just wants to find a good backer for his clansmen, and use the two documents in his hand to exchange one for the rest of his life.

Franz was very satisfied with the fact that Guan Jinpan forged the edict of Emperor Zhenla, after all, it is best to die without proof, which can save Franz a lot of trouble.

Of course, Franz also knew very well that this kind of edict official Jin Pan could forge one and many copies, so Franz did not want the edict, but wanted the tool to forge the edict, that is, Anzan's jade seal, so Franz was willing to give the official Jin Pan a position of bishop's assistant.

Although the assistant bishop is a priest, Kampong Son at this time is equivalent to the second-in-command, because the place is temporarily controlled by the church.

Ambrosius also returned to Kampong Thom, and he succeeded in finding the ship anchored on the shore, but it was not the French, but the spies of the Church that had penetrated into Vietnam.

Kampong Son is still nominally the Grand Duchy of Ambrosius, and he is also the supreme commander here, so Kampong Son is still very happy that he can return.

However, before they had time to celebrate, a sentinel sent back the news that more than 20,000 members of the Vietnamese army Pham Chu were trying to cross the Elephant Son mountain range.

Franz had already taught Archbishop Rauscher a lesson, and the way to deal with the situation was to attack with fire, which was written in the canon that Rauscher sent to the priests of Kampong Shon.

Ambrosius, as a genius commander, also knew that setting fire to the mountain was the best option at this time.

The purpose is not to burn the enemy to death on the mountain, but to slow down the enemy's movement and disrupt the enemy's deployment.

As for whether the tropical rainforest climate can be set on fire, please refer to the Amazon forest fires and Zhuge Liang's burning of rattan armor soldiers.

The reason why the Austrian army attacked by fire was to blame the Vietnamese for not taking the usual path, and they had to learn from Hannibal to cross the Elephant Mountains, and if they could attack from the main road in a circle, it would take them at least a month longer.

At the same time, the so-called "big road" in Vietnam in this era is not wide, and as long as a few bridges are blown up, they can only wade across the river, as we all know, "beach landing" is never an easy thing, plus the main weapon of the Vietnamese army is arquebus, once it is flooded, it cannot be used.

Austria's main weapon at Kampong Son was a needle gun that was not afraid of water, which was also a source of confidence that Franz felt that a few hundred men could hold Kampong Shon.

This is also the reason why there are thousands of guns in Kampong Son's warehouse, while the cathars have only 800 men.

Because most of the firearms in the warehouse in Kampong Son were flintlock pistols intended for sale to the Jinla, only the cathars and Austrian armies were needle guns.

Fan Zhu's team was so large that it was easily recognizable in the mountains, and Kampong Sun's scouts set fire to the mountains, which soon turned into raging flames.

In the face of the raging wildfires, Fan Zhu could only choose to retreat.

(End of chapter)