Bright Spring

The envoy of Manchuka came in, and he looked at Queen Isuva, who was sitting on the top seat, and then at her younger brother, An En, who was standing proudly at the bottom.There was a slightly dazed expression on the messenger's face.

"May the Lord protect the noble king." After bowing his chest, the envoy immediately said in Zhenla dialect: "The second strategy of war and peace prepared by your monarch and ministers earlier, it seems that the strategy of peace is not possible at present." He then pretended to be calm and made a little joke, "Unless Your Majesty wants to ask the Ming Dynasty to punish him, and openly cede all the land north of Saigon to the Champa Kingdom."

King Benhaya responded calmly: "You know you can't."

The envoy said: "As for the battle strategy, the current situation is not very good. Siam is standing still and should wait and see."

An En looked at the envoy, his hands were clasped together, he was polite, but there was a mocking expression on his face: "I am only interested in one thing, why does Manchuka (the Sultanate of Malacca) still reuse you, and let you Are you going to various countries? Is it just because, how many languages ​​do you know?"

The messenger froze for a moment.

An En went on to say: "I heard that you once went to Java as an envoy to persuade Java to resist the Ming Dynasty; in the end, the king of Java obediently handed over 6 taels of gold. Now you are going to Siam, and you have achieved nothing again. You are full of thorns. Won't King Jia blame you?"

The messenger showed no signs of shame, and raised his head and said, "I just did my duty, and the result is the Lord's will."

Almost all the people in Chenla believe in Buddhism, and they obviously disapprove of the Lord of Islam.An En just asked indifferently, "Really?"

The envoy said: "Besides, what the Siamese are doing is very reasonable. They may not want to see the Ming Dynasty coming to point fingers, but they are even more unwilling to form an alliance with the losers. Your Majesty and you should also see my contribution. Now Siam People have stopped attacking the Chenla Kingdom, they have at least started to wait and see; our coalition forces will not be attacked by the enemy."

King Ben Haya turned his head, looked at An En and other nobles, and asked, "Without the Siamese fleet, do we have a chance of winning on the water?"

Without waiting for the ministers and nobles to answer, Queen Isuva suddenly asked the envoy: "Your fleet of Manchaka will not wait and see like the Siamese, will you?"

The messenger said: "Of course not, the fleet is already on the way. Our king has prayed at the Lord's feet. The Lord's servant will never deceive him, and will definitely keep his promise."

He paused for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty seems to have no choice. When I heard the news of the Ming Dynasty fleet, I also heard some wind. The Ming Dynasty Fleet encountered a hurricane. The hurricane did not stop them from going south. See They seem to have made up their minds; as long as they are slightly dissatisfied with your country's peace terms, war will break out."

The king sat silently on a high chair.A ray of sunlight made his clothes look resplendent, but it still didn't wash away the gloom on his face.

An En gritted his teeth and said: "When I see that scene with my own eyes, the Ming people's fleet is burning, and their corpses are filled with woods and river banks; then I will be very excited|excited. It must be better than torturing Ming people alive Envoys

|Death is more joyful than peeling their skins and putting them into the woods to feed mosquitoes!No matter how cruel the result is, it is their cause. "

An En's body was covered with a red and yellow robe, and her strong chest was bare|exposed.He had just done the ritual with palms together, which was a gift of kindness, but in a blink of an eye, he showed cruelty on his face and exhaled hostility in his mouth, which attracted extra attention.However, the Dharma in Chenla Kingdom is very different from the Dharma passed down in Han Dynasty. The people of Chenla really pay more attention to retribution and punishment.

The general of the Chenla Kingdom said at this time: "I believe that until now, we still cannot completely give up the possibility of peace talks; but at the same time, we should prepare for war and not be careless."

King Ben Haya said, "Go ahead."

The general said: "When the Ming fleet approaches, we will first send envoys to negotiate a peace. If it is possible to negotiate a peace, that is the best result; even if the negotiation fails, it will not anger the Ming people."

King Ben Haya nodded.

An En and the general had always had different political opinions, but at this time he also echoed: "The general is right. The people of the Ming Dynasty underestimated the enemy. Seeing us send envoys to seek peace, they must be more careless. Our coalition forces are just in progress. Well-arranged strategy.

We will arrange the main force on the Dong Nai River (near Saigon), and make great fanfare to lure the Ming army to attack.When most of the Ming army went ashore and the ships were empty, the allied forces raided the sea with fleets, captured and burned the ships of the Ming people.

The Ming army, who became angry after falling into the trap, must want to find the coalition army to fight and take revenge on us.At that time, we will retreat to the northwest again to lure the enemy deep.The hot and rainy jungle and the constant harassment day and night will definitely make life in the Ming Kingdom worse than death! "

Upon hearing this, Queen Isuva showed a proud smile on her face.

Her brother, though often reckless, was not stupid.More than one nobleman praised An En's strategy and wisdom.

Although the Ming Empire was huge, the reason why they were able to threaten the Chenla Kingdom thousands of miles away was nothing more than relying on that fleet.As long as their fleet is gone, the Ming people will not be able to rely on them even if they have a strong national power.So try to destroy the enemy's ships first, and you can weaken their greatest strengths.

However, the coalition forces lured the enemy to go deep and relied on the climate and terrain, but they played to their own strengths and took advantage of the weaknesses of the Ming army.

Yisuwa and many nobles believed that it would be very difficult for the Ming army to escape from such a scheme.

At this time, the general's voice said: "I still insist on a safe proposition. Angkor City (near Siem Reap) is deep inland, far away from Saigon. As long as we ignore the Ming army, the Ming army will have nothing to do with us at the seaside."

Yisuva frowned suddenly.

She didn't support the peace faction before, mainly for the sake of her brothers; because once the peace is established, the king may sacrifice An En and use him to please the Ming people.After all, An En is not the king's real brother, let alone be compared with the whole kingdom in the king's heart.

But now, even if Yisuva doesn't think about the safety of her own family, she agrees with her younger brother: the king is surrounded by cowards!

Yisuva couldn't help but speak up herself, participating in the dispute: "I'm afraid things won't go as the general wishes.

The Siamese stopped fighting for the time being, nothing more than to wait and see for the time being, waiting for the victory or defeat between us and the Ming Dynasty.If at this time we table

Now that they are afraid and retreat, will the Siamese resume fighting?

The new kingdoms of Siam and Champa attacked Angkor Thom from east and west, and the king already had plans to manage Phnom Penh and abandon Angkor Thom.In case we want to move our capital to Phnom Penh in the southeast, the land in the Dong Nai River Basin where Saigon is located will be particularly important.If the power of the Champa Kingdom is allowed to expand westward, and the power of the Ming Dynasty is allowed to stand firm on the Dong Nai River; the eastern part of Phnom Penh City will face the threat of powerful enemies for a long time. How will the kingdom last forever?

Don't you only worry when the fire is imminent? "

The general said: "The queen is very knowledgeable. But if we are unfortunately defeated, the above-mentioned crisis will still be faced, and it will be more serious. The army of the Ming Dynasty is aggressive, and it doesn't seem like it is just here to scare people. We intend to enmity with the big country, we must Be cautious."

Yisuwa said disapprovingly, "Since there is a chance of winning the war, and the chance of winning is not small, why do you choose to sit and wait? I don't know what you are afraid of. Are you afraid of Ming's vast territory and strong national strength? But those are all thousands of miles away. , for us, there are only 2 people in Ming Dynasty."

It is against the rules for the queen to talk about military affairs in front of nobles and foreign envoys.However, King Ben Haya never stopped her, apparently the king was a little tempted.

The envoy of Manthaka said: "Under the glory of the Lord, women cannot participate in military affairs. Maybe it is different in Chenla country; but I still want to express my respect. The queen is really beautiful and wise."

Yisuva looked at the messenger with a smile and nodded slightly.

The general said: "The Mancijia people are just thinking about themselves, and they intend to let the Chenla country hold back the Ming army and not attack them."

The envoy was a little angry and said: "The Mancijia Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty had a good relationship, and they could have negotiated a peace, but they still had the duty to send a fleet to support the Chenla Kingdom. We are not for ourselves, but for everyone. Can't you see? The Chinese are devouring everyone's benefits and trying to control everything. In the long run, that's hell."

Yisuwa said: "Our country has no grievances or enmities with the Ming Dynasty. The king even sent envoys to send gifts thousands of miles away, but they treat us like this? How can the king turn a blind eye?"

King Ben Haya sighed: "The people of Chenla killed the entire mission of the Ming Dynasty."

Yisuwa said: "The mission is just here to oppress us. They don't want to pay anything. They just want to cut off the land of Chenla and win over Champa. The people of Ming are just doing their own crimes and suffering, karma."

Ben Haya turned his head and said, "Ming people don't think so."

Yisuwa pondered for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty is a wise monarch. If you defeat the powerful Ming army, it will surely be passed on to the people of Chenla for 1 years, and the surrounding countries will also respect you, Fear the king. You will be the greatest king who ever lived."

The envoy of Mancijia took the opportunity to bow and said: "You are a wise king!" All the people present had no choice but to praise together.

Although Ben Haya has been criticizing the Queen's opinion, he has already been tempted, otherwise he would not continue to consider those details.Ben Haya didn't say a word for a while, his expression was very serious, but his eyes suddenly froze, and there was a decisive brilliance in his eyes.And those little brilliance are especially eye-catching on his preoccupied face.

Chapter 886 Perfect

The calendar used by the people of Chenla is relatively close to the Gregorian calendar used by the Ming Dynasty.After entering November (October in the lunar calendar), the climate enters the cool season; this is the season subdivided from the dry season with the lowest temperature.

Even the people of Chenla, who are used to the hot and rainy climate, like the cool season very much.

In this short period of three or four months, the temperature is mild and pleasant, neither hot nor cold, and the rain is relatively minimal.Although it often rains at this time, the usual rain is very short. After the ground is wet, it will evaporate quickly, and the road will not be muddy.

But the army of the Ming Dynasty did not arrive at the beginning of the cool season.When the Ming army approached the Saigon area, it was already late November (October in the lunar calendar), and almost a month of good days was wasted.Both the Chenla people and Mancijia people speculated that it might be because of the storm that delayed the timing of the Ming army's advance.

Therefore, the envoys on the Chenla warship were very satisfied with this.

The general of Chenla can guess the mood of the messenger at this time: the time left in the cool season is running out; even if the people of Chenla fail to win on the battlefield, they will drag the Ming army in Chenla throughout the cool season. country.The Ming army will not be able to continue southward for at least this year, and perhaps within a few years, it will not continue to invade south at all; because after the war is exhausted, the Ming army is likely to return.