Three Kingdoms Eschatology

After making up his mind, he said to the pirates: "We are the heavenly army sent by King Liang of the Great Han Kingdom. If you submit to my Great Han Liang Kingdom, not only will you be spared, but you will also be rewarded."

Several people hurriedly kowtowed and said, "We are willing to submit to the Heavenly Army, to the Great Han, and to the King of Liang..."

Lin Tao said again: "Then the first thing you need to do is to take us to Malacca...er, Malajia."

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The sunset had already set on the sea level, and Du Sang was lying on a bamboo chair placed on the beach, holding a fresh coconut and sucking it with a reed.Next to him was a brown-skinned "scrap" female slave who beat him with a banana leaf.

Du Sang is the leader of the Malajia pirates. A day ago, they discovered that Lin Tao's fleet entered the strait from the Andaman Sea.The ships were so large and strange that Dusan was immediately intrigued.

He immediately sent three ships to follow each other.But the whole day has passed, and the three ships dispatched should have heard back.But no one came back.

Du Sang waved his hand, and a short Maroyu man rushed forward and asked, "What orders does the leader have?"

Just when Du Sang was about to send two more boats out to check what was going on, he sat up from the bamboo chair because he saw the shadows of several sailboats rising from the sea level.

Chapter 313

Dusang stood barefoot on the beach, his eyes were as big as copper bells.For the ships approaching the shore were not the dhows he had sent out, but dhows of a kind he had never seen before.These ships are actually Viking ships of the Liang Kingdom.

"Quick! An enemy is coming, call all the brothers!" Du Sang shouted loudly.Despite his yelling, he showed no sign of panic.

After all, he has been in this sea area for many years, and he is the only surviving pirate in this sea area. He has seen all kinds of world situations.He even looted the warships of small countries, so how could he care about these small ships.

Pirates were blowing conch shells on the watchtower of Malajia Village, and a large number of pirates came to the beach with guns and knives.When they were almost assembled, the five Viking ships were less than fifty battles away from the coast, and they would run aground on the beach any further.But the five Viking warships have all stopped.

With the sound of arrows piercing the air, more than a dozen large arrows were shot from the Viking ship.Three of them were shot by longbowmen, and there were a few longbowmen in Lin Tao's fleet, who had seriously violated the military law in Liang Zhong, and joined the ocean expedition team to atone for their crimes.The rest of the big arrows were shot by a kind of crossbow.The latter has a slower rate of fire than the former and is less accurate.

Dusang only heard a few screams, and before he could react, seven or eight pirates fell to the ground with arrows.Another pirate was shot through a wooden shield by a heavy arrow and pierced through his forearm, screaming in pain.The pirates also stretched their bows and strings, and shot back with arrows.But their arrows have a limited range and cannot reach each other at all.

What surprised Du Sang was that these uninvited guests just shot at them and did not land to attack.Du Sang waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Attack!".Immediately, dozens of pirates waded towards the opponent's warship, but one after another fell under the opponent's heavy arrows, and the sea water was immediately stained red with blood.

When the pirates tried their best to get close to each other, the other party actually drove these strange boats back into the sea for more than ten battles.If the pirates wanted to pursue them again, they would have to swim instead of wading.

Du Sang screamed angrily, and shouted: "Send our boat over..." Before he could finish his words, there was a commotion among the pirates.

A young Malayu pirate pointed at the village, and shouted to Du Sang in panic: "Boss, our camp has been...occupied!"

Du Sang followed his direction and saw that there were indeed several banners flying in the village, and several pirates were still desperately running towards this side.One of the Mon-Khmer pirates was soaked in blood and ran a few times. It is not known whether it was due to excessive blood loss or physical exhaustion. He fell down on the beach and did not get up again.

Then, a group of men rushed out of the village.In terms of numbers, this pupa is not dominant, there are only about 60 people, and the crowd gathered by Du Sang's side has [-], no. [-] people, more than double that of the other side.

But the 70 people on the other side seemed to be well-armored and well-armed, as if they were vicious.What was even more frightening was that there were six or seven of them riding horses.

That was no ordinary horse, but a giant iron horse with a shoulder height of six feet and a body of iron armor.Du Sang felt hairy just looking at it.Not to mention the rest of the pirates, some of the natives have never even seen a war horse, and the fear in their hearts can be imagined.

Naturally, this brave man came from Lin Tao's fleet.In order not to startle the snake, Lin Tao used the Viking boat to attract the attention of the pirates, but the big ship landed from the south of Malajia.

Then they came to Malajia along the coast, and first attacked Dusang's village.There were only a dozen pirates in the village, so they were defeated in one blow.

At this moment, before the Liang Guo sailors approached, the heavy arrows fired from the longbow and heavy crossbow rushed towards the pirates. With several screams, more than ten pirates were shot to the ground.

It's not that Du Sang doesn't know how to run.But all his money is still hidden in the village of Malajia.And Malajia is his foundation.He once planned to take Malajia Village as the center, and after conquering some surrounding tribes, he lied that he was also a Brahmin nobleman and established a Malajia Kingdom here.

So asking him to give up Malajia is the same as asking him to die.

The corners of his mouth twitched, his eyes were red, and he roared suddenly: "Brothers, we will inevitably die if we flee to the jungle like this. Instead of dying from the plague of wild animals, it is better to fight them. Kill!"

All the pirates also shouted loudly, cheered each other up, and brandished their weapons to kill Liang Guo sailors.Some crossbowmen also began to shoot at the enemy with their bows and arrows.

When the arrow shot across the sky, the sailors of the Liang Kingdom raised their three-foot tiger-headed round shields to protect their vital parts.These arrows either plopped on the tiger shield, or fell on the sailors' calf greaves.Only one sailor was accidentally shot in the thigh by an arrow.

As for those armored heavy cavalry, the arrow clusters had no effect on them, leaving a few shiny scratches on their armor plates, and then bounced to the ground.

The pirates hadn't fired two arrows before the seven heavy cavalry rushed into the crowd.With the continuous muffled sound of bang bang bang, the mace they swung, using their horsepower, instantly knocked the seven pirates into the air.

Then, those huge war horses knocked people to the ground one after another, some of them were unfortunately trampled to pieces by the horses' iron hooves.All the pirates have no fighting spirit now, so they don't have extra ideas, including Du Sang, they all want to run away with their heads in their hands.

The Liang Guo sailors who were on foot had come up from the two wings, shouting in unison in the language of Mo Luo: "Disarm and don't kill!".Several pirates still wanted to resist, but before their weapons touched the opponent's shield, they were stabbed down by the steel knives of the rest of the Liang Guo sailors.

At the same time, the five Viking ships in the sea drove towards the shore again.The sailors on board jumped into the sea one after another, wading towards the shore.

Most of the pirates were already out of their wits, abandoning their weapons and surrendering one after another. Only Du Sang and a few cronies spread their legs and ran away desperately.

Those cavalry and war cavalry chased after them unhurriedly. The sailor on the war horse used a mace and stabbed them forward slowly, knocking them to the ground. They immediately tied up tightly...

Du Sang, who was tied up, was taken to the hall of the bamboo house he was familiar with.He found that these outsiders were enjoying their own food, as well as women.

A young man was sitting on the grand master's chair that he had bought from Handi with a lot of money, eating and drinking.A slave girl is fanning him with a banana leaf.

This young man was Lin Tao, and he said a simple Moluo language: "Are you Dusang?"

Du Sang snorted coldly, but was kicked in the crook of his leg, and fell to his knees with a plop.He just raised himself up, when a pair of cowhide boots soaked in sea water appeared in his sight, and he heard a voice: "We are the heavenly soldiers of the Liang Kingdom of the Han Dynasty, and we are ordered by the King of Liang to take over this place!"

Chapter 314 Langyaxiu and Gantori

Kneeling on the floor, Du Sang looked up at Lin Tao and said tremblingly: "So you are the army of the Han country, but we have never looted the ships of the Han country, and we have no grievances or enmities with the Han country. Why are you making things difficult?" I wait?"

After listening to the translator's translation, Lin Tao knocked on Du Sang's forehead with a gnawed chicken thigh and said, "Whoever said that I will embarrass you, I will tell you again. Listen clearly, I am waiting for the King of Liang And the order of the governor of Maine State to take over this place."

As soon as he said this, more than a dozen Liang Jun sailors carried three large boxes into the hall, and said happily: "Head, look what good things we found!"

When the box fell to the ground, it made a muffled thumping sound, indicating that it was full of heavy objects.As soon as the lid of the box was opened, it turned out that there were three big boxes full of gold and silver treasures.The eyes of all Liang Jun sailors present looked straight.

Du Sang on the side seemed to be bleeding from his heart, and secretly said: "You guys want to rob my territory and my gold and silver, isn't that embarrassing?".

But he didn't dare to show this emotion on his face, and replied respectfully to Lin Tao: "Okay, since the heavenly army is here, I will offer this spicy armor and these gold and silver, and I implore the general to spare my life." .”

Lin Tao waved his hand and said: "Untie this person! Seal the gold and silver, and no one is allowed to touch it. Otherwise, there will be no mercy!".Several Liang Jun sailors immediately untied Du Sang from the rope.

Lin Tao went on to say to Du Sang: "We don't want your gold and silver, we just want you to join me, the great Han Liang. And I promise, as long as you do things for us, your future will be much brighter than that of being a pirate. Your money is also much more than these three boxes of gold and silver, and the territory you are in charge of is also much larger than this Malajia. Of course, you can not agree, but in that case, you can only go to one place... "

Lin Tao's eyes glistened at what he said, but he quickly came to his senses. In this world, how can there be nothing in vain?He quickly replied: "I am willing to serve the general, the Liang Kingdom, and the Han Empire. Dare I ask the general, how can we serve?"

Lin Tao then said unhurriedly: "To tell you the truth, I was ordered by the King of Liang to open a route to the Far Eastern Continent. You should know that our Liang Kingdom has been at war with the Zhu Luo Kingdom on the other side of the ocean for the past two years. And there are many vassal states of Zhu Luo on both sides of the strait. Therefore, I need to surrender these countries first, so as not to cause trouble in the future."

Du Sang suddenly realized: "The general wants to use this Malajia as a stronghold, and also wants us to be the main army... to provide the heavenly army with detailed information on those Brahman states?"

Lin Tao glanced sideways at Du Sang and said, "Exactly! But what you have to do is more than that, that's a later story. Tell me about the situation of Langyaxiu and Gantuli first."

When Du Sang was about to ask Lin Tao what else he wanted to do, he saw Lin Tao's sharp eyes and hurriedly told Lin Tao the details of the two countries he knew.

The Langyaxiu Kingdom is located one hundred and fifty miles north of Malajia, and it is a city-state.The king is a family from a certain country in Sudu. Long before Zhu Luo controlled the southeastern islands, this family established the Langyaxiu country.

This family claimed to be of the Brahmin caste, and the first batch of poisonous people who came with them became the ruling class of the Langyaxiu Kingdom.But the citizens of Langyaxiu Kingdom are mainly brown-black people with curly hair.

Langyaxiu is a city-state, and the territory of the entire country is Langyaxiu City, but they attack the brown-black tribes in the surrounding jungle from time to time.Raid the brown-black race as slaves.

But Gandhari is a "big country". Its borders cover the southeast corner of Sumatra Island on the other side of the strait, and it controls seven cities. More than 50 nearby Marayu tribes and jungle black tribes are subject to the country.But most of its population is concentrated in the capital - Palembang.

Gandhari was established more than a hundred years ago, and it was founded by a native Malayu tribe.But the current King Gandhara was a Kshatriya general in the Chola fleet when Chola invaded the southeastern islands.

After this Kshatriya general led his troops to attack Gandhari, he was canonized as the king of Gandhari by Karikala.

After listening to these, Lin Tao was not satisfied, and asked Du Sang to tell the history and current situation of some other small countries.They are all similar to Langyaxiu and Gantori.And now they all have one thing in common, that is, they all surrendered to the Zhu Luo Empire.

Unknowingly, Du Sang and Lin Tao talked for nearly an hour.Du Sang was already sitting cross-legged beside Lin Tao, like his subordinate.

Lin Tao finally said: "Well, the next thing we have to do is to conquer Langyaxiu and Gantori. What you have to do is to cooperate with us."

Du Sang flattered: "It's natural. When the main force of the heavenly army of Liang Kingdom arrives, I'm willing to be the vanguard to surrender Lang Yaxiu and Gan Tuoli."

Lin Tao smiled slightly and said, "To deal with the small country, I will be enough to wait, and there is no need to send more troops from Main Prefecture."

Du Sang was taken aback, but immediately thought that the other party had five large ships. If estimated according to the loading capacity of traditional ships, how could these five large ships be able to carry thousands of soldiers and horses.What's more, the opponent's armor is so elite.Dealing with Langyaxiu can be completely crushed, and dealing with Gan Tuoli is not a problem as long as the strategy is right.

Back then, didn’t these small Brahmin countries in the southeastern archipelago conquer and establish a country with hundreds or thousands of people?

But in order to reassure himself, Du Sang asked, "I wonder how many soldiers the general brought here?"

Lin Tao rolled his eyes and said, "Not many, I brought five warships and more than [-] people here."

In order to reassure Du Sang, Lin Tao deliberately doubled the number of people.Du Sang's jaw almost dropped from shock, "Ah!" After a cry, he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.Du Sang didn't know that Lin Tao's multi-masted galleon looked big, but it was built for ocean sailing.

Most of the space on the ship is loaded with fresh water food and other supplies, and at the same time, enough living space must be reserved for the crew members who live on board for a long time.Therefore, it is impossible to load people as densely as traditional sea ships of Chola.

"General, you can't. You only have 300 people to attack Lang Yaxiu and Gan Tuoli, that's... well, to use the proverb of the big man, it's like throwing an egg and throwing a stone!"

Lin Tao laughed, thinking that Dusang knew a lot about this, and comforted him: "You should know the history of Funan Kingdom. Who is bigger between Funan, Langya Xiu, and Gan Tuoli? With seven warships and hundreds of crossbowmen, didn't they easily conquer the vast Funan Kingdom?"

Of course Dusang knew about this allusion. The "superpower" in the Funan Kingdom had similar history to other Brahman states.This allusion cannot be described by the destruction of a country in World War I...

Chapter 315

More than a hundred years ago, Funan was originally ruled by a queen named Liu Ye.The national border covers the entire southeastern part of the Southeast Peninsula.Suddenly, one day, a man named Hun Du came from Sidou, who claimed to be of the Brahmin caste, and got an oracle to rule Funan.

With a few boats and hundreds of archers, he went up the Mekong River and went deep into the interior of Funan, defeating the Funan army in the first battle.He captured the Queen of Funan, Liu Ye, and "married" her.As a result, the entire Funan Kingdom was mixed and owned as a "dowry".

When they were training in Tenglong City, Lin Tao and the sailors naturally deduced that the so-called "marriage" must be the "forced marriage" of the overlord after hearing the story taught by the master.

All the rough people laughed loudly, and one of them laughed and cursed: "Grandma, it's good luck to play this bastard. Others will succeed in everything. He rolled on the couch and rolled into a country."

Everyone roared with laughter again, the teacher only frowned, but did not refute.After all, this curly-bearded man just spoke the truth in a rough and unreasonable manner.

Just as Lin Tao finished recalling, Na Dusang yelled in blunt Chinese: "This can't be compared, it can't be compared... It was a coincidence. But now... No matter how you say it, these 300 people are not enough, and we are not enough. Ah! It is difficult to deal with Langyaxiu, let alone Gandari."

Lin Tao cursed in his heart, it turns out that you, an old boy, can speak Chinese, and you have been pretending here for a long time.In fact, this Du Sang can only speak a few simple Chinese.

Lin Tao still calmly comforted: "Don't panic, I know that I can subdue these two countries. You just need to do what I say. After that, you can also establish a country here and become king. If necessary, Langyaxiu can also be placed under your rule. The premise is that you must be loyal to King Liang."

After Lin Tao finished speaking, Du Sang didn't respond for a long time. He guessed that his Chinese level was only capable of simple communication, so he gestured to the translator.

After hearing the translation of these words, Du Sang was so surprised that he couldn't believe his ears, and quickly confirmed: "Support me to establish the country as king?"

"Exactly!"

Dusang, who is of the Vaishya caste, still murmured unconfidently: "But... But I am not a Brahmin, and I will not be recognized by other countries when I found this country, so it is difficult to gain a foothold."

Lin Tao laughed and said, "What Brahmins are not Brahmins? The entire Southeast Islands, including Funan, will be ruled by our Kingdom of Liang. At that time, Brahmanism will not be the mainstream sect in this area. Who cares whether you are a Brahmin?"

Hearing this, Du Sang was elated. Founding a country and becoming a king was something he only dared to think about but did not dare to do. Now that he has the powerful backing of the great man Liang Guo to endorse him, this dream has obviously become much more realistic.

He immediately bent down, put his hands together and swore, "Dear General, I swear here that I, Dusang, will always be a loyal servant of His Royal Highness King Liang. Dou Sang dare not obey the order of King Liang and the order of the general." .”

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A slightly curved triangular sailboat was bumping on the sea. Lin Tao sat on the bow and looked at the endless jungle along the coast. Du Sang kept chewing on the leaves of a kind of plant. He needed this thing to calm his emotions.

At a fjord, the triangular sail turned around, and the ship dived into the fjord at one end, and sailed for less than a quarter of an hour.A castle of wood and stone appeared in Lin Tao's vision.

"The wolf tooth is repaired!" Du Sang shouted, and the emotion on his face became obviously tense.Instead, Lin Tao comforted him and said, "Don't be nervous, our fleet is following behind!"

The boat quickly docked at the pier, and an official with the appearance of a Meng person walked over with two brown-skinned, bearded, upper-body soldiers holding spears.

The Meng official was about to ask questions, but he met Du Sang face to face.He said with a smile: "It turns out that Master Du Sang is here, and what good things do you bring to us in Langyaxiu?"

When he was talking, he found Lin Tao next to Du Sang again. Because Lin Tao's appearance stood out among these people of all kinds, he couldn't help but take a second look.

Du Sang laughed dryly and replied: "We got a lot of good things at sea this time, and there are a few treasures among them, which I want to dedicate to King Reyaba."

It turned out that although Du Sang was a pirate, he was a frequent visitor of Langyaxiu.Because Dusang's stolen goods were basically resold through the market in Langyaxiu City, King Reyaba also received a huge tax income.This tax income even accounted for a considerable proportion of Langyaxiu's income.

The Meng official heard what Du Sang said, so he didn't dare to ask any more questions, stepped aside, and made a gesture of invitation to Du Sang and Lin Tao.

Lin Tao and Du Sang strolled towards the city gate of Langyaxiu, followed by twenty of the most elite Liang Guo sailors dressed as pirates.Their sackcloths were covered with refined armor, and the weapons in their hands looked inconspicuous, but they were all made of wootz steel, which was better than the hundred-refined steel.

It may be that the peace has been going on for a long time, or it may be that Langyaxiu relies on commerce and trade as its economic pillar, so there are few restrictions on vendors, so the city defense of Langyaxiu seems to be very lax.Just like this, more than [-] people carried weapons and several boxes, and entered the city in a grand manner.

Lin Tao kept looking at the streets in the city, this city is not a big city.That is, the prosperity of a county when the Han Dynasty had not yet fallen due to war.But it is said that it is already the largest city on the coast of this sea area besides Ganlituo Palembangang.

Most of the shops on the streets in the city are hotels, taverns, and shops that provide food, fresh water and other sea supplies.It seems that the main function of this city is to provide a relay place for ships passing in the strait.

In fact, ocean voyages in this era basically sailed along the coastline.A fleet like Lin Tao can sail non-stop without seeing land for ten weeks, and no one else can do it.

After walking for a while, it was almost time to reach the palace.Lin Tao suddenly discovered a strange thing.He asked Du Sang: "Didn't you say that most of the subjects of Langyaxiu are black? How come I didn't see many black people in this city. The faces I saw were basically Meng people. Only in the slave market and Some servants saw black faces, and there were not even black soldiers in the city.”

Dusang immediately replied: "The general doesn't know that, decades ago, the Reyaba royal family did conquer several black tribes here and established the country, but they classified these indigenous blacks as the Sudra caste. Therefore, the vast majority of blacks who are free citizens cannot enter the city. The royal family of Reyaba mainly relies on one of the Mon people-the Jimee as the middle class to rule."

Lin Tao said with a smile: "These blacks are classified as the lowest caste, can they still be willing to support Reyaba as king?"

Du Sang curled his lips and said: "This is much better than our Jurona. We also have such blacks in our native Zhuluo, who are classified as untouchables. The Kalabola people have the blood of these blacks."

As they spoke, they came to the gate of the palace.Several Meng guards in front of the gate blocked the way, and Du Sang explained his purpose.After a while, the guards who entered the notice came back and said that Reaba was willing to receive them.But the twenty followers they brought could not enter the palace, and they were not allowed to bring weapons into the palace either.

After Lin Tao whispered some instructions to the twenty attendants, he strode towards the palace together with Du Sang...

Chapter 316 The Conqueror

Lin Tao, Du Sang, and an interpreter entered the main hall of the palace, and found that a person at the head of the hall was already waiting here.