Three Kingdoms Eschatology

The sun finally sank to the west, and dozens of fully armed soldiers were transported by a fishing boat.Hide in the cabin of the patrol boat.The patrol boat towed the fishing boat back towards Palembang.

The reason why Hang Tuah chose to return at this time was that he hoped to use the gloomy sky to cover up the over-drafted hull.

The patrol boat had just entered Palembang when the sun was only a ray of light on the horizon, but the gates had already been closed.

The people on the boat began to shout loudly to the defenders on the water gate: "Open the gate, we are a patrol boat, and the time to return to the city has been delayed due to something. Let us enter the city quickly!"

The person who shouted was one of the three captives, and some of the defenders at the top of the city also recognized them.One of the garrison leaders shouted loudly to the city: "Why did you come back? If you come back two quarters of an hour later, the higher-ups will count you as missing ships!"

"Hey, it's a long story. We came across a suspicious boat and chased it for a long time before catching up. After catching up, we found out that it was a fishing boat selling illegal goods. These guys were slaughtered by us. Even the boat All the goods were confiscated." The person who answered pointed to the fishing boat behind him while talking.

The defenders on the water gate didn't have the slightest suspicion, they just shouted the password in a regular manner.After the other party answered, the water gate slowly opened, and the patrol boat dragged the "captured" fishing boat slowly into Palembang City.

After entering the city, the defenders routinely inspected the fishing boat and found that there was indeed a lot of blood inside, and there were indeed a lot of "black goods" in the cabin, but they didn't notice that the draft of the patrol boat in front was abnormally deep...

Chapter 334

The patrol boat under the control of Hang Tuah was docked at the water gate.It was the captured Gandhari soldier who completed the entry registration. Of course, he was followed by Hang Tuah, whose hat was lowered to the bridge of his nose. If he made any changes, Hang Tuah's dagger would immediately stab him mercilessly. vest.

Finally, the soldiers on the boat went ashore in twos and threes, totaling more than [-] soldiers.Of course, they were all soldiers from the Liang side in disguise, including Lang Yaxiu, Du Sang's men, and Missoula's guards.There are still more than [-] fully armed soldiers in the cabin.

The group, disguised as Gandhari soldiers, flocked to a tavern off the docks where sailors hang out after their shifts.The head of Gandari who was on duty at the pier always felt that today was a little strange and strange, but he couldn't figure out what made him feel this way, and he only thought that he didn't have a good rest today.

"Boss, today our brothers are going to celebrate. We take care of everything in this restaurant." Hang Tuah dropped a money bag on the counter of the tavern.

The boss looked at Hang Tuah suspiciously. Even though the hat was held down very low, he was sure that this person was very faceless.He murmured in his heart: "It shouldn't be. For me, how could there be a sailor who is unfamiliar?"

But when he opened the purse, he saw that there was a small handful of gold and silver coins that were yellow and white inside, so he didn't think about it any more. He immediately went to prepare the food and drink with a smile on his face, and asked the waiter to hang on the door of the shop "the shop is temporarily closed." brand.

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Time passed by every minute and every second, and the night was getting deeper and deeper.Layer upon layer upon layer upon layer upon layer of black shadow warships suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea outside Jugang, there were as many as [-] ships.The fleet stopped when it approached Palembang City for nearly two hundred battles, and the defenders in the watchtower at the head of the city might find the fleet.

Lin Tao stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the sky above Palembang City without blinking.But there was nothing there except the stars in the night sky.Du Sang asked worriedly: "General, nothing will happen?"

Lin Tao was also worried, but he still pretended to be calm and said: "No, they are all good players who are one in a hundred, and they will definitely complete the task!"

After a while, there was still nothing in the night sky in the direction of Palembang, and Lin Tao became more and more worried.Suddenly Du Sang shouted: "General, look, a bright spot has risen over there!"

Lin Tao looked intently, and sure enough, he saw a little spark rising slowly over Palembang.That is the sky lantern raised by Hang Tuah and the others.Lin Tao said excitedly: "Pass my military order, the whole army marches towards Palembang!"

The Gandhari defenders at the water gate were still patrolling the city in groups, looking out of the city from time to time.A soldier inadvertently glanced at the city, and was suddenly attracted by a bright object floating in the air.

In his eyes, the Kongming Lantern is no longer the size of a spark. Its outline is as big as a fist, and it can be clearly seen that it is an oriental-style lantern.

"Look, there is a lantern hanging in the sky!" He exclaimed to his companions around him.The rest of the people followed the prestige, with surprised expressions on their faces.

It was too late to say it, but it was so fast, at this moment, several black shadows rushed up quickly.Following a few screams, these Gandhari soldiers fell to the top of the city, clutching their bleeding necks.Those black shadows didn't stop at all, and quickly rushed towards the rest of the people.

More figures appeared behind them, and the city of Shuimen was in chaos.However, the screams of panic and the screams after being stabbed and shot lasted only a dozen breaths, and then everything returned to tranquility.Hang Dusang looked out of the city, and his fleet was approaching Palembang.

The soldiers on night duty at the port realized something was wrong, and before they could ring the bell to warn, their throats were cut by sneaking Liang soldiers.When the fleet approached the water gate, the gate was slowly opened, and the troop-carrying ships sailed into Palembang one by one.Only Lin Tao's five galleons were still moored in the harbor outside the city.

Finally, Gandhari soldiers from other parts of the city discovered the clues. They found a large number of unidentified ships in the port, and they shouted in panic one after another.At this moment, a large number of Liang Fang soldiers rushed towards them on the corridor of the city wall. Before they could figure out what was going on, they fell under the opponent's swords and halberds.

The noisy sound at the top of the city made several patrolling soldiers in the city also notice the movement.One of them was closest to the city wall. Just as it was about to go to the city to check the situation, it was shot intensively by bows and crossbows, and a large row of people fell down.Then came seven or eight armored cavalry who stood shoulder to shoulder and swept forward in a single file.

These armored warriors were actually connected by iron chains. After they charged close, they waved their maces and smashed the trembling Gandhari soldiers at the forefront, flying several battles away.

Then the iron rods and iron chains brought these Gandhari soldiers to the ground in pieces, and rushed past them again.The place after they galloped was full of broken corpses.The surviving Gandhari soldiers had already had their livers and gallbladders torn apart and fled in all directions.

The screaming and fighting in the city became louder and louder, and Sarol in the palace was also awakened.As soon as he got up from the bed, a guard rushed in in a panic, crying, "Your Majesty, it's not good, there are enemy troops infiltrating the city!"

Sarol was so startled that all his hairs exploded, he grabbed the other party's neck and said: "How many people from the other party have come in? Who are they?" The guard replied: "I don't know how many people, but now there are people everywhere around the palace. They are all the figures of the enemy army, and the sound of fighting is everywhere in the city. It is not yet determined who they are."

Saroll scolded angrily: "A bunch of trash!" As soon as he finished his words, there was a loud bang, and a pillar of flame rose from the garden lawn outside the palace.

"What the hell!" Sarol exclaimed, but he didn't have time to think about this "strange thing", so he hurriedly summoned the guards in the palace to strengthen the defense.At the same time, he sent people out of the palace to inquire about the situation, and summoned the leaders of the main military camps scattered in several places in Palembang.

But then, more fireballs fell into the courtyard of the royal palace. After landing, almost all of them exploded into flames that soared into the sky, and then burned the nearby ground.These were fired from the ballista on Lin Tao's galleon in the port.

In addition to the fireball, there were also coconut-sized stone bullets. Sarol saw with his own eyes that a guard's head was instantly blown away.The guards who had assembled to defend against the enemy suddenly became a mess, and Sarol tried his best to keep them on their feet...

Outside the palace, the melee continued on the main streets.Liang Fang's most elite infantry were fighting hard.The longbowmen occupied the commanding heights on both sides of the street, and with the light of the torches and rockets, they continued to snipe at the generals of the Gantorians.

A small number of armored heavy cavalry galloped non-stop on the main streets of the city, and even two war elephants broke into Palembang City, followed by hundreds of shirtless black soldiers with wolf teeth...

Chapter 335 Dawn of Palembang

There was a lot of fighting in Palembang City, and it seemed that there were battles in every corner of the city.But in fact, there were more than a thousand soldiers from Liang Fang who entered Palembang City.The total number of troops in Palembang City is 4000, and the strength of the two sides is very different.As long as the Gandori army can recover from the panic and organize properly, it is still very possible to turn defeat into victory.

But at this time, the entire Palembang has become a mess, and the various tribes of Gantori are fighting on their own.The people sent by Sarol couldn't contact those generals for a while, and many messengers died on the war-torn streets.

Therefore, Liang Fang's army, which was at an absolute disadvantage in strength, gained the upper hand.From time to time, a certain brigade of Gandhari was defeated and fled in all directions.

At dawn, among the several groups that Sarol wanted to send out to the palace, three people finally found the main generals of the three barracks separately and conveyed the king's order to them.

These generals and their respective brigades rushed all the way and finally arrived at the palace.When Saroll saw them coming, he first asked them about the situation outside, and after pondering for a while, he said to them:

"The enemy army must not have many people, don't look at the fierce disturbance outside. But they have not attacked the palace for a long time, and they have not even taken the initiative to attack your barracks. If they have enough people, they will definitely not be like this. Deployment, lead their troops, launch a counterattack immediately, and drive the enemy out of Palembang!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud bang, and a stone bullet pierced through the window pane of the palace room, and shattered a table.Two of the generals fell to the ground in fright.Saroll said sullenly, "What are you afraid of? They are just catapults. Quickly follow my military order to arrange them."

The three generals immediately withdrew from the palace, and with their respective brigades gathered around the palace, according to Sarol's deployment, joined forces and rushed out along the main street outside the palace.It was already daylight, and these three generals led nearly [-] soldiers to the intersection of the first street, when they were stopped by a group of Liang Fang soldiers.

The three looked at each other carefully, and found that although the opponent had two war elephants, there were only two to three hundred soldiers behind the elephants.Moreover, half of the two or three hundred soldiers were bare-chested black spearmen with weak combat capabilities.

The three of them laughed at the same time, and one of the generals from Zhu Luotu put away his smile and said sharply: "I advise you to surrender as soon as possible, otherwise you will be killed."

There was no response from the other party, they just silently set up an army formation.General Zhu Luo snorted coldly: "This is like an ant blocking an elephant. I don't know how heavy I am." Then he raised his hand high, and he was ready to wave his army to cover him up.

When he waved his hand down, he found that the soldiers behind were noisy, but no one rushed forward.The other two generals beside him also felt baffled. They turned their heads to look around, only to find nearly three thousand soldiers kneeling behind them, still chanting.

General Na Zhuluo was taken aback, and looked forward, only to find a huge floating object in midair, and a hanging basket was hanging under the floating object.

General Zhu Luo suddenly remembered that the soldiers who escaped from Temasek Island earlier reported that Liang Jun had a device that could float in the air.However, he, the king, and the prime minister didn't believe it, thinking that it was just an excuse made up by a few soldiers for their own escape.

He immediately shouted loudly: "Everyone, don't worship, this is not a miracle, this is just a sorcery created by the pagan enemy army! Hurry up and charge the army, otherwise the military law will be used, and there will be no mercy!"

As soon as General Chula finished speaking, he heard a shout in the air: "Gandari soldiers, do you recognize this thing?"

General Zhu Luo squinted his eyes, only to see half a person's body protruding from the hanging basket, holding a scepter in his hand.General Zhu Luo naturally didn't know the meaning of this scepter.But the other two native Mo Luoyu generals knew at a glance that it was the staff of the monkey god.

The young man holding the stick of the monkey god is naturally Missoula.At this time, those Gandhari soldiers who had not bowed down to worship the miracle also bowed down.Even the two local generals knelt down and kowtowed.Only a small number of soldiers from Chola native are still standing in place.

General Zhu Luo yelled angrily: "Get up! Get up and attack the enemy! Otherwise, the military law will be followed, and there will be no mercy!" Unfortunately, these threats of his have no effect.Missoula in mid-air shouted again:

"I am Paramisura, the sole heir of the Gandhari Kingdom. Today, I am fortunate to have the help of heavenly soldiers, and I have come to Palembang to expel foreign enemies and restore my homeland. Now the king orders you to attack and kill the Chola people who invaded our land. You Once the past crimes are all pardoned, they will not be held accountable. Those who assist the king to restore the country will be rewarded by the king. Those who continue to be stubborn and treasonous and attached to the enemy will be shot and killed, and the whole family will be implicated!"

As soon as Missoula finished speaking, those who worshiped said in unison, "I will follow His Majesty Missoula's orders!"

That general Zhu Luo continued to threaten the other two local generals Mo Luoyu: "Rebellion! You are thinking of rebellion! Come, someone, take these two traitors down!"

Several Zhu Luo soldiers were eager to tie up the two of them, one of them suddenly jumped up and swung his knife at General Zhu Luo.The latter was already vigilant, he stepped back two steps, barely dodging the knife.

But almost at the same time, several heavy arrows shot in unison.Following two muffled puffs, General Zhu Luo's body was shot by two heavy arrows in the blink of an eye, and he fell straight to the ground.It was shot by two longbowmen on the elephant.Those Gandhari soldiers also rose violently, wielding their blades and beheading those Zhula soldiers who were at a loss...

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Sarol, who was waiting for good news in the palace, heard shouts from outside the palace wall, and was about to ask a sullen question.A blood-soaked guard broke into the palace and shouted intermittently: "Your Majesty the King, hurry...go away...the Maluoyu people are...rebelling! They are besieging the palace."

Sarol also didn't care about his family members in the palace, and surrounded by more than [-] guards, he hurriedly retreated towards the king.It's a pity he can't run away.The Liang Fang soldiers and those Gandhari brigades who had just turned back surrounded the palace with water.

Sarol's bodyguard is composed of [-] Chola local elite soldiers.But they have been tortured by Liang Fang's ballista bombardment all night.Under the attack of thousands of soldiers from the other side, they were quickly defeated.Large groups of soldiers poured in from the three gates of the palace.

Sarol brandished his double knives, desperately resisting, and was finally knocked to the ground by random guns.All the soldiers started to fight over his body in order to grab credit, and Saroll was divided into seven or eight pieces in the blink of an eye.

Outside the palace, this brigade composed of soldiers from various origins was also cleaning up the remnants of the enemy from street to alley, and arrested those ministers of Sarol.After hearing the news of the fall of the royal palace and the return of Missoula, more Gandhari soldiers surrendered to Liang Fang.At noon, the whole city fell under the control of Liang Fang's army...

Chapter 336

In the late spring of the eighth year of Jian'an, Yibin, the capital of Liang State, was already hot.But the snow in Beiming City, the northernmost part of it, has just melted.

Fresh green has appeared on the endless grassland.Another bald-headed falcon appeared in the sky. A Tiele tribe herdsman who was grazing horses heard the eagle's cry and looked up to find the East China Sea falcon.He suddenly panicked, rode his horse and galloped towards the camp.Before he got close to the camp, he shouted loudly: "It's not good! Beifu soldiers... Beifu soldiers are here!"

The Beifu he was talking about was the abbreviation of Liang State's North Region Chief Envoy's Mansion. The tribes and tribes within a few hundred miles of Beiming City were already familiar with the unique East Sea falcon in the North Region Chief Envoy's Mansion.Because the scouts of Beifu often wander around with this kind of peregrine falcon, looking for tribes that have not belonged to Beifu.

Sure enough, after a while, three scouts appeared behind the shepherd.Their horses were much faster than the shepherd's war horses, but the tribe where the shepherd belonged was nearby, and before they could catch up with the shepherd, a large number of tribal riders rushed out of the camp upon hearing the sound.Face off with the three scouts from a distance.

This tribe is one of the few tribes within hundreds of miles of Beiming City that have not yet surrendered to the Northern Territory Chief's Mansion.The khan of the tribe is named Wenli.

Wen Li immediately stepped forward and said coldly to the three of them: "Why are you here again! If you don't leave, don't blame us for using knives and guns!" There was a word in his words, which showed that this was not the first time that the scouts from the Beifu Found their camp.

The leader of the scouts said neither humble nor overbearing: "Wenli Khan, we are ordered by the Northern Territory Chief Envoy Jiedu to inform you again. If you don't want to be under the jurisdiction of our Liang State Northern Prefecture, you can move westward on your own."

The Khan named Wenli spit out a mouthful of phlegm and said, "Why do we belong to your Beifu? My ancestors have been grazing in this grassland for generations. Why do you want us to leave with just a touch of your lips?"

The leader of the scouts was not angry, and said with a slight smile: "Why? Naturally, it is based on the rules of the grassland. The weak should be annexed by the strong. Either surrender! Or get out! Or die!"

Wen Li sneered and said: "Those people from Yuanhe are afraid of you, but I am not afraid of you. Come, kill these three people!" After speaking, he personally rode forward and led more than a hundred horsemen to gallop towards the three scouts. .

Naturally, the three Beifu scouts couldn't be captured without a fight, so they rode their horses and fled backwards, shooting arrows at the pursuers as they fled.Those Tie Le cavalry also fired arrows at each other, shooting at each other.After the two Tiele cavalry were shot off their horses, the two sides had distanced themselves, and the arrows of the Tiele cavalry could no longer reach the former.In the end, they could only watch the Beifu scouts run away.

"Wenli Khan, these Beifu scouts have escaped, and they will definitely bring a large army to destroy us. Let's move quickly and change the camp." An elder from the Tiele tribe suggested to Wenli anxiously.

Wen Li nodded indifferently: "Yes, we have to move immediately, but there is no need to be so panic. The Beifu army is not as powerful as it is said in the legend, otherwise they should have sent a large army to encircle and suppress them the first time they approached the door. To try to persuade us to surrender twice, it must be a bluff."

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After three days of busy work, Wenli's Tiele Department finally found a new place to live and temporarily settled down.After a long period of time, the Ministry of Culture and Liberty did not see soldiers and horses from Beifu again, and the whole tribe gradually relaxed.

It is midsummer in a blink of an eye, and there is still a cool breeze on the grassland.Wen Li rode his fat and strong mount, patrolling his "territory".Suddenly, there was a roar like thunder in his ears.

He was very familiar with this sound, it was the sound of horses galloping fast.It's just that this time, he couldn't tell from the voice how many horses the other party had, because there were too many, far exceeding the largest horse herd he had ever seen in his life.

He looked into the distance, and raised a wide banner and cavalry array on a gentle slope five hundred battles away.Boundless warriors rushed in like a tide.

"The enemy army is coming! Get on your horse! Get on your horse!" Wen Li shouted heart-piercingly.The men of his tribe, and even the young and strong women hurriedly pulled out their horses, and mounted their horses with bows, crossbows, knives and guns to prepare for battle.The children hid in tents.

But even so, the war cavalry of the Tiele Wenli Department were still a handful in front of the opponent's torrent of iron cavalry.The strength gap between the two sides was so great that Wenli didn't dare to strike first, but just rode on the horse tremblingly, gesticulating with the weapons in their hands.

Tens of thousands of warriors quickly surrounded them and the entire camp.Only a small part of these war cavalry came from the iron cavalry of the Lu Bu Legion in Beifu, and the rest came from the war cavalry of various tribes in Mobei that belonged to Beifu.

A voice sounded: "Wen Li, get off your horse and accept your surrender! Otherwise, everyone in your tribe will die here today except for children and young women!" Wen Li followed the prestige, but the person who spoke recognized him. It was Yao Luo, the leader of the Yuan He tribe. Ge.

Wen Li shouted angrily: "Yao Luoge, you slave is not worthy to talk to me! I want Jiedu Lu Bu from Beifu to talk to me!"

Yao Luoge suddenly showed anger on his face, and was about to open his mouth to scold the other party, but a hand pressed his shoulder.Turning his head, he saw that it was Lu Bu, the Jiedu envoy.

Lu Bu rode his horse to the front of the battle, and said to Wen Li, "This is Lu Bu, Jiedu of Beifu, what do you have to say to me?" After the translator translated the words to Wen Li.

Wen Li immediately said: "Jiedu, I am now taking my clansmen to leave this place and move to another place, and will not return to Mobei. Can you hold your hand high?"

Lu Bu said indifferently, "I have given you and your tribe two chances. If you were the Huns or Xianbei back then, you wouldn't have given you these two chances."

Wen Li sighed and said, "Then I will bring my people back to Beifu and swear to be loyal to Jiedu and King Liang forever, is that okay?"

Lu Bu smiled lightly and said, "Of course you can, but now that you belong to the Beifu, you can only be slaves. Your people will be treated as spoils of war and distributed to various ministries for management. If you want to get rid of slavery in the future, you can only rely on your own military exploits. "

The corner of Wen Li's mouth twitched and said, "You guys are trying to drive people to a dead end..."

Lu Bu repeated: "Beifu has given you two chances...".Before he could finish his sentence, Wen Li galloped towards him on his horse, and a dozen arrows that had been prepared for a long time came in volley, shooting Wen Li into a hedgehog in an instant.

Then the boundless torrent of war cavalry poured in from all directions towards the camp.In just a quarter of an hour, amidst the sound of fighting, the war cavalry of the Ministry of Culture and Liberty were all killed.

As the sun slanted to the west, only ashes remained in the Wenli tribe camp.The women, children, and livestock had been wiped out by the various tribes who fought with Lü Bu, and returned to their respective camps.Such scenes have actually been staged non-stop in Mobei, and even the entire Eurasian grassland for many years.

Chapter 337 The Island of Long White Clouds

It was at the moment when all the grassland tribes, large and small, around Beiming City surrendered to Lu Bu.Lin Tao in the southern ocean has also completely controlled Gantry through the royal family of Missoula.

Gantori and Langyaxiu are the two most influential kingdoms among the Brahmin kingdoms in the southeastern archipelago.Driven by them, from Sumatra Island to Java Island, many small Brahmin countries either voluntarily surrendered or surrendered at the wind, willing to be Liang Guo's vassal states.

Of course, Lin Tao's control over Southeast Asia, the southeast peninsula, and the archipelago is as strong as that of the Northern Territory Minister's Office over the Mobei tribes. These Brahmin countries still maintain considerable independence and autonomy.

But as long as these small Brahmin countries can establish a friendly business relationship with Liang Guo, they can subtly replace Brahmanism with Buddhism according to Liang Wang Feng Yu's plan, and they can provide assistance to Liang Guo's ocean-going fleet within their ability.Lin Tao or Feng Yu's goal has been achieved.

In August of the eighth year of Jian'an, Lin Tao's fleet, which was reloaded with supplies, set sail from Palembang and headed for the unknown southeast sea again.This time, the crew has increased by more than [-] members, all of whom are talented people selected from the local aborigines, including Marayu people, Meng people, and brown-skinned "blacks".

Lin Tao traveled south and east along the island chain dominated by Sumatra and Java, and he did not sail blindly.A rough sea chart drawn by Feng Yu based on the memory of his previous life.But the chart also roughly marked the approximate locations of some major islands, Oceania, and South America.

Twenty days later, Lin Tao's fleet arrived at the easternmost point of Turtle Island, the big island in the east of Java Island.This turtle island is the island of Papua New Guinea.But Feng Yu, who was not very good in geography in his previous life, has forgotten the name of this island. He only knows that there is a big island that looks like a sea turtle and is bigger than Sumatra.So I marked it as Turtle Island on my self-drawn map.

To the east of Turtle Island is the vast sea, and there is no coastline to rely on for reference.But in fact, there are three island groups consisting of countless small islands in the South Pacific: Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.It's just that Feng Yu can't remember the names of these island groups, let alone their locations.Just remember that there are some islands in the South Pacific.

Across the sea south of Turtle Island is Oceania, but Lin Tao will not go there for the time being.Because the task Feng Yu gave him was mainly to arrive in South America to find cinchona trees and seedlings called rubber plants.Of course, it would be better if more useful species and resources could be obtained.

There is a big difference between Turtle Island and Java Island to the west. There are no elephants, tigers, or Maroyu people on this island. There are only brown and black black primitive indigenous tribes.After Lin Tao conquered the two local black tribes, he established a stronghold at the easternmost tip of Turtle Island, making preparations to continue eastward.

Although the Lin Tao fleet has a sextant, a compass and other nautical tools that are beyond the times.However, it still takes extraordinary courage to cross the vast ocean of tens of thousands of miles in two or three months.