Three Kingdoms Eschatology

So although this is a land bridge, it is really difficult to walk across it on foot with human legs.But tall elephants can pass through the land bridge unimpeded.Hence the name Elephant Passage.If this land channel is cut off, the reinforcements from the mainland of Chola would have to go by sea if they wanted to reach Ceylon Island, and they would have to face the powerful navy of Liang State.

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There was a hint of whiteness on the sea surface. In the military port of Mango Port, hundreds of Zhuluo warships docked quietly in the harbor, without the slightest scene of war.Most of the sailors and soldiers of the Chu Luo Navy slept soundly in the barracks on the shore, and a few soldiers on duty on the ship also fell asleep in the cabin.

The commander of the Zhu Luo Fourth Fleet also slept soundly on the bed with his beautiful wife and concubine in his arms.At this time, there was a hurried call outside the door of his bedroom: "General! General, please wake up."

He rolled over and stood up from the bed to the ground, roaring angrily: "What are you yelling, disturbing my sleep, be careful I will cut off your head with military law."

The voice outside immediately quieted down, and said cautiously: "General, forgive me, because there is a special envoy from the capital to send an urgent message. I asked your special envoy to meet with the general after he got up, but he insisted on it." Immediately notify the general, and say that this is the king's will, I dare not neglect. I can only wake the general up."

Hearing this, his head immediately cleared up a lot. "Urgent mail from Wangcheng? Tell the special envoy to wait, and I'll come as soon as I get fully dressed."

A quarter of an hour later, the general of the Fourth Fleet met the special envoy from Thanjavur.The opposing general, Liang Jun, had crossed the sea to attack Zhuluo, and after being informed of the possibility of attacking Mango Port, he was relieved, and said, patted his chest, "I will order the whole army to strengthen its vigilance today. If they come, let them go, and if they come, they will come and go."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a loud noise from outside.His mansion is on the shore of the military port, and the sound came from the sea of ​​the military port.He and the special envoy rushed up to a high platform in the mansion, stretched their necks and looked out.

I saw countless fireballs in the air hitting the port like meteors. "No, Liang Jun is here. This is Liang Jun's attack on Mango Port!" The envoy was the first to react and exclaimed.

Half an hour ago, Liang Jun's super fleet finally arrived at the sea near Mango Port. At this time, it was approaching dawn, and the surrounding sky was dark.Only the mango military port and the civilian port are still dotted with lights.When Zhuge Liang saw it, he said happily: "It seems that the local Zhu Luo troops haven't received the letter yet, and they haven't made any preparations, not even blackout."

Then he turned around and said to the generals: "Don't hesitate, every minute we have every night, there is one more risk of losing the surprise attack effect. Pass my military order and immediately start attacking the Mango Naval Port. Be sure to take the Zhuluo battleship in the general port Annihilate them all."

Liang Jun's fleet used lights as a signal to send orders. All kinds of galley battleships were in the front, and more than a hundred galleons were on the periphery, pressing down on the military port of Mango Port from three sides.When the sky turned pale, all the ships were already in their positions, Zhuge Liang gave an order, and all the ballistas on all the battleships shot towards the Mango Military Port.

In a short time, many Chula warships began to burn.The Zhu Luo soldiers who woke up from the dream yelled and howled and ran on the deck of the ship and the pier trestle.Some quick-response warships untied their cables, lifted anchor and fled out of the port.

As soon as one of them reached the exit of the port, it was hit by a fireball in the middle of the mast. The fire rose rapidly and ignited the sails. After being bombed, it became a fireboat.It also blocked the exit of the waterway impartially.

When the sky became brighter, in addition to the ballista continuing to project, the longbowmen also shot arrows at various ships in the port.However, these arrows are light arrows, which can reach a range of more than 200 battles when shot by a longbow. These arrows are tied with red cloth strips. The red on this red cloth strip is very special.

The Qiang eagles hovering in the air could distinguish this color, and they also began to dive towards the chaotic Chula warships.Drop the naphtha cans they're holding in their claws.

In the port, more and more Zhuluo military ships turned into fire boats, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger. Even some ships without the fire bombs of the Zhongliang Army were ignited by the flames of neighboring ships.

Only a few Zhuluo battleships rushed out of the port, but were immediately besieged by those battleships of the Liang Army.One of them successfully escaped from the Mango Naval Port, and was about to flee westward, but was smashed in the middle by a galley warship of the Liang Army, and all the crew members fell into the sea.

When most of the Zhuluo warships in the port turned into fire ships, the entire military port became a sea of ​​flames.Zhuge Liang ordered the infantry to land on the beach on the side of the port.

Those big sailboats all sailed towards the coast on the port side, and then put down the pre-built trestle.These trestles are not long enough to fully reach the shore.Liang Jun's infantry landed along the trestle bridge, and finally had to wade ashore in waist-deep sea water.

The entire landing operation lasted for two hours. During this period, Zhuluo infantry launched a counterattack on the landing site, trying to drive Liang Jun into the sea, but they were all repelled one by one by the well-equipped Liang Jun.As more and more Liang soldiers landed, the Zhu Luo defenders also gave up this unrealistic idea.

Leading by two hundred heavy cavalry, Liang Jun rushed into Mango Port, and under the spears, maces, sticks and iron hooves, countless Zhu Luo soldiers' bodies fell down.Most of these Chula soldiers are local Sinhalese, and only a very small number are Chula natives.

By noon, the Zhuluo people's fourth fleet had been declared in ashes. Almost all the Zhuluo ships in the port were burned, and the corpse of the fourth fleet officer was also trampled to pieces by the cavalry.Only a small number of Zhuluo soldiers retreated into Mangocheng, resisting stubbornly.But that's no longer a problem.With airships and catapult soldiers, Liang Jun captured Mango City, which was stationed by a small number of soldiers, with just a snap of his fingers.

Chapter 410

The blood-red sun was about to sink into the sea. Hundreds of soldiers from the Liang army had boarded the top of Mango City, and were heading towards the city, extending their attacks on both sides of the city wall passage.The Liang Jun airship suspended in the sky cast a huge shadow on the ground and the hearts of the remaining Zhu Luobing.

From time to time, you can see burning flames at the top of the city, as well as scattered corpses, and most of them are Zhuluo soldiers kneeling and begging for surrender.Most of these Chula soldiers were not from Chula, but native Sinhalese. They were not in the same heart with the conquerors from Chula. Seeing this battle situation, they naturally gave up resistance.

When Zhuge Liang stepped into the city, it was still dark. So far, it took Liang Jun less than a day to wipe out the Zhuluo Fourth Fleet, capture Mango Port, and achieve the most important strategic goal.But there are still more arduous tasks waiting for Liang Jun, which is to wipe out the remaining Chu Luo army on Ceylon Island and prevent the Zhu Luo army from coming to help.

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Although it was still spring, the delta of the Cauvery was already looking sweltering.Under the urging of the generals, thousands of soldiers of the Chula Army Guards were divided into several groups and marched rapidly along several diversions of the Cauvery River.The soldiers who rode elephants and horses were fine, but the soldiers who advanced on foot purely on their legs were out of breath.The generals still scolded and urged them to speed up.

Rahal's face was livid, and he had missed three times in a row.For the third time, they were only able to trap the opponent's Viking fleet in a river branch, but they still allowed Liang Jun's Viking fleet to escape from a swamp with a water depth of only three feet.

This time, the elephant scouts in charge of the search found them again. He immediately led his team to come here, and at the same time notified the other teams to outflank them from different directions.A moment later, Rahal's troops came to the mouth of a river, and the river they followed divided into three.Rahal didn't know which direction to pursue.I had to wait patiently for the scouts.

After a while, the scouts in front reported back the tracking information, and Lahal continued to chase along the middle river.At the same time, he ordered the elephant cavalry to pass through the jungle and lakes, report to other troops, and continue to surround them.After half an hour.Rahal saw the shadow of the sail emerging from the canopy of the jungle with his own eyes, and he knew that the opponent was on the side of the river bend not far away, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to speed up.

After a while, news came from the other groups of soldiers and horses that they had blocked all the waterways in front of them, and it was impossible for Liang Jun to escape from the swamp again.Rahal was overjoyed in his confidence, and finally he could beat Liang Jun once.Half an hour later, he found that the opponent's Fan Ying had stopped, and thought that Liang Jun was intercepted by his own troops.

After another stick of incense, Rahal finally caught up with Liang Jun's fleet.But he was not happy, because he only saw five empty Viking ships.Obviously, he probably fell into the opponent's golden cicada's plan to escape.

When Zhu Luo's war elephant soldiers went into the water to drag the five empty boats back to the shore, dense arrows suddenly shot from the opposite bank.Immediately after being hit by arrows, the two elephant cavalrymen fell from the saddle.General Zhu Luo shouted in surprise: "There are enemy ambushes on the other side of the river!" Zhu Luo's crossbowmen immediately bent their bows and set up arrows, and the arrows shot towards the other side of the river like a shower.He only heard the crackling sound of the arrow falling into the forest, but did not hear any reaction from the other party.

The corner of Rahal's mouth twitched twice, and he snorted coldly: "What ambushes? We fell into the opponent's trick again, and were attracted by the opponent's small group of troops, and the large group of troops has already slipped away."

"Then... General, what should we do now?"

"Eat the bait of the enemy army first, and then we can count as something to gain. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing."

As soon as Rahal finished speaking, another Chula general waved his hand tacitly. Dozens of Zhula soldiers took the empty boats and crossed to the other side of the river. The shallow part is to cross the river.After they crossed the river, they searched carefully in the forest.

A war elephant walked forward under the guidance of scouts on foot.The front scouts observed the ground from time to time, carefully tracking the traces left by the enemy.Suddenly, a black thing came towards him with the sound of the wind, and before he had time to dodge, the thing embedded in his temple with a bang, splitting his skull horizontally.The Zhu Luo scout fell to the ground without saying a word.The two people next to him saw that it was a sharp axe.

The war elephants behind them have already rushed forward under the steer of the driver on the elephant's back.The huge war elephant immediately opened a path through the bushes.The soldier on the elephant's back stabbed randomly at both sides with a spear, while the other crossbowman bent his bow and set an arrow, pretending to shoot at any time, alert to the movement around him, as long as an enemy appeared, he would shoot his bow shoot arrows.

With a puffing sound, the crossbowman's bow and head were chopped off by a big axe, and the broken body fell down along with the bow and arrow.The Chula spearman hurriedly turned the point of his spear, but it was too late, the opponent had already approached the elephant, and the spear was blocked by the opponent's huge body.

This is Liang Jun's giant ape warrior. The giant ape clamped the gun barrel with his arm and flicked it lightly. The soldier fell heavily to the ground, but was pierced through by a spear from the grass.The driver of the war elephant didn't look well, and was about to urge the elephant to flee forward, but his head was chopped off by the giant ape warrior.

Hearing the screams and screams in the jungle, Rahal couldn't help frowning. These screams and screams seemed to be made by his own people. "Send more people there!" Rahal said hurriedly.

Another large group of Chula soldiers crossed the river, but at this time the jungle on the other side became quiet again.The newly crossed Zhu Luo soldiers only found a large number of mutilated corpses of their own comrades, and each of them became even more frightened.But this time, no one attacked them again. They searched for a long time, and the war elephants trampled down the jungle hundreds of battles around, and they didn't find the slightest trace of the other party.

At the same time, Liang Jun's Viking fleet was going down a certain branch of the Cauvery River, and they were not far from the mouth of the sea.Half an hour later, they entered the sea and anchored not far from the coast.

After a while, they heard the sound of rattling arrows and the long tail smoke from the rattling arrows. Several of the ships sailed to that spot immediately. After picking up the small group of soldiers, the whole fleet sailed south .According to the plan, they were going south along the coastline, then bypassed Ceylon Island from the northwest, and arrived at Mango Port to join the main fleet of Liang Jun.

As for the half-hidden and half-exposed land bridge, it couldn't stop the way of the Viking ship.They can even cross sandbars with a human tow.

Chapter 411 The Sniper Battle of the Elephant Passage

Under the blue sea and blue sky, an intermittent, wide and narrow sandbar stretches endlessly into the distance.There are countless large and small lagoons inlaid on the land along the coast and on the larger sandbars in the sea.Larger lagoons are often surrounded by a sandbar.Here is the "elephant channel" where water and land blend together.In the world Feng Yu came to, this place was called Adam Bridge.

More than [-] Liang Army infantry had landed from the large ships moored in the offshore, chose an area that was easy to defend and difficult to attack to set up defense, and sent out a group of scouts to patrol and guard along the tens of miles long sandbar in sampans.Liang Jun's battle galleys can often be seen on the nearby sea.

Although this Liang army only has more than 300 people, Zhuge Liang asked Zhang Ren to command it himself, which shows that he attaches great importance to this strategic channel.Moreover, Zhuge Liang reassured Zhang Ren, saying that once the main force of the Liang army conquered Mango Port, all of Zhang Ren's legions would be transferred to support him.

In fact, at this time, the main force of Zhang Ren's army was heading north along the west coast of Ceylon Island, rushing towards it.And Meng Huo led most of the troops of his army into the hinterland of Ceylon Island to attack the remaining Zhuluo army.In Mango City, only Zhuge Liang himself led two infantry battalions belonging to the Menghuo Army to guard.

Zhang Renben wondered why Zhuge Liang sent him such an idler, but the next day, the scouts patrolling the sea brought the news of the invasion of Zhu Luo's army. It was a whole elephant cavalry regiment with nearly 300 war elephants.Zhang Ren's heart trembled.With more than [-] people to resist the invasion of [-] war elephants and [-] Zhu Luo soldiers, even Zhang Ren, who has experienced many battles, couldn't help but beat his heart.

Following Zhang Ren's order, Liang Jun soldiers hid behind the sand wall built a while ago.The sand wall was only two or three feet high, and it was not used to stop Zhu Luo's army from advancing, but to provide cover for Liang's army.

Soon, the sound of drums and trumpets sounded from the sky, and a long line of elephants was coming across the sea. When these war elephants crossed the land bridge, they didn't have to choose a zigzag path like people on foot.Instead, it strides forward, and when it encounters water, it flows through it.Even in places where the water depth occasionally exceeds the elephant's height, these war elephants can also float on the surface of the sea.

Zhu Luojun got closer and closer, and before they could see the artificially built sand wall, there were heavy arrows roaring towards them.It turned out that some of Liang Jun's longbowmen were lying in ambush in the shallow sandbar puddles, and suddenly launched a long-range attack on Zhu Luojun.

These arrows shot from a very long distance cannot penetrate the armor worn by the elephant, but they can shoot through the Zhu Luo soldiers on the elephant's back.Following a few screams, seven or eight Zhu Luo soldiers were shot by heavy arrows, and were either injured or killed.

Only then did Zhu Luo's soldiers realize that there was an enemy ambush ahead, and the crossbowmen on the elephant's back quickly took out their crossbows and shot arrows at the puddles of the Tibetans.It's just that the distance between the two sides is too far to reach.The longbowmen fired another round of arrows before getting up and running towards their own line of defense.

Zhu Luobing did not dare to chase them directly, but stopped temporarily. Under the command of the general, hundreds of war elephants lined up in an offensive formation, the width of which almost filled the "elephant" passage, and five hundred war elephants rushed forward rushed forward.

At a distance of two hundred battles, Liang Jun began to bombard Zhu Luojun's Xiangshan with twenty portable new ballistas.Zhang Ren knew that war elephants were afraid of fire, so he started using explosive bombs.But these hot bombs did not have much effect, because there were too many puddles and lagoons on the road, the hot bombs could not be broken after sinking into the water, and the wrappings used to ignite the fire were extinguished immediately.

Liang Jun's ballista had to be fired with stone bullets instead.With a muffled bang, a stone bullet hit a war elephant's forehead, and the whole war elephant fell stiffly, and the three people on the elephant's back all fell to the ground.Among them, the crossbowman had no time to get up, and his head was stepped into the sand by the war elephant rushing from behind.The other two panicked to avoid the elephant and jumped into the sea.

There was a whistling sound in the air, and more than fifty longbowmen unleashed their bows in unison, and shot dense arrows at Zhu Luo's elephant team.The air was filled with cries like Naruto's shouts and the smell of blood.A round of arrows shot down, and more than [-] Zhu Luo soldiers were killed or injured by the arrows.But the rest of the elephants continued to charge forward.

When these war elephants rushed to the range of fifty battles, Zhu Luo's army had already lost nearly a hundred Zhu Luo soldiers.But this number is insignificant to [-] soldiers and [-] war elephants.They continued to charge forward, and the distance was now within the range of the Chola crossbowmen.

The Zhuluo crossbowmen fired their arrows together, and hundreds of arrows shot at Liang Jun densely.The latter could only crouch behind the sand wall at this time, avoiding the attack of the Chola.Only when Zhu Luo's crossbowmen had just finished shooting a round, those archers of the Liang Army Commander would show up and shoot heavy arrows at Zhu Luo's elephant soldiers.At this time, they were shooting precisely, almost one arrow at a time, and all the shots were shot at the war elephant itself.At this distance, their heavy arrows were able to pierce through the half-inch thick bamboo armor on the elephant.

One after another, the war elephants howled and rolled with pain in their hands, and the blood stained the sea and yellow sand red.Some of the Zhuluo soldiers on the elephant's back were crushed to death by the elephant on the spot, and some fell into a daze. Of course, most of them got up from the ground tremblingly to avoid the impact of the elephant behind.

Those war elephants that didn't hit the arrows spread out into the sea water on both sides, widening the distance between each other, trying to reduce the opponent's hit rate.But the archers of Liang Junchang shot with precision, and this move had no effect except to slow down the charging speed of the war elephants.

Zhang Ren saw that although his side had caused a lot of damage to the opponent, the remaining hundreds of war elephants still rushed to his front line.If he really wanted to fight with his three hundred pawns, the consequences would be unimaginable.He quickly thought about countermeasures in his mind.

After much deliberation, Zhang Ren still wanted to take advantage of the elephant's characteristic of being afraid of fire to temporarily retreat the enemy. He immediately shouted: "Quickly, open the fire bomb and splash it in front of the sand wall!"

The soldiers of the Liang Army moved after hearing the order. They prostrated themselves on the ground, opened the plugs of all the ballista bombs, and braved the enemy's arrows to splash the naphtha inside in front of the sand wall.One of them, Liang Jun, just stretched out his hand and tilted the clay pot over. With a crisp sound, Zhu Luo's arrow pierced through his bronze helmet, and the arrows clustered three points into the bone. He passed out from the pain.The clay pot fell to the ground outside the sand wall, and naphtha gurgled out.

When the war elephant finally rushed to the sand wall, Zhang Rengao yelled: "Light it on fire!" A wall of fire followed the sound, and more than 200 spears and fifty heavy arrows shot over from behind the wall of fire.

A large number of war elephants were wounded almost simultaneously.The war elephants suffered such a sudden blow that they faced a burning wall of fire.Finally frightened, they turned around and ran wildly one after another.Some even knocked the Zhuluo soldiers out of the saddle.

Chapter 412 The Court of Thanjavur

After encountering fierce resistance and sniping, Zhu Luo's war elephant soldiers receded like a tide in an instant.Only then did Zhang Ren breathe a sigh of relief, but all the explosive bombs they carried had been used up, and the three hundred strong men were exhausted.If Zhuluo War Elephant launched another full-scale attack, his 300 men would no longer be able to support them.

Zhang Ren hoped that the other party would retreat in the face of difficulties, so he withdrew.But the opponent quickly disappointed Zhang Ren, and Zhu Luo Zhanxiang regrouped after more than an hour and made a comeback.Zhang Ren's pupils subconsciously shrunk into a small dot, concealing his despair.He roared at the top of his lungs, "Ready to fight."

At this critical moment, three Liang Army patrol ships discovered the fighting situation on the land bridge. Two of the patrol ships approached the land bridge, but the other small boat ran away quickly to report to the other patrol ships.

When the battle elephants of Zhu Luo's army lined up again and pressed on Liang Jun, two galley warships began to attack Zhu Luo's army with eight ballistas and more than [-] longbowmen in the sea.Stone bullets and heavy arrows were constantly thrown at Zhu Luo's army, and the two warships were also heading in the same direction as Zhu Luo's attacking army, always keeping Zhu Luo's army within their range.

Although Liang Jun's two warships had less firepower, they harassed and bombarded Zhu Luo's army for such a long time, which also discouraged Zhu Luo's army, who had just recovered a little morale.The corpses of Zhuluo soldiers were everywhere on the sandbar nearly ten miles away, and there were even many floating corpses in the sea water of the lagoon.

When Zhu Luojun entered the range of Liang Jun's infantry longbowmen, these longbowmen stood up from behind the sand wall and fired at Zhu Luojun again.Zhu Luo's army, which was hit from the side and the front, suffered heavy losses, but relying on their strength, they still pressed within the forty battles of the Liang army's defense line.

At this time, Zhu Luojun's crossbowmen also fired random arrows, shooting at Liang Jun like flying locusts.The sand wall was full of arrows, and all the soldiers of the Liang army lay prone behind the sand wall and did not dare to move.If there is a slight mistake, you will be shot and killed by an arrow.

Zhu Luo's war elephant was getting closer and closer, Zhang Ren's palms were sweaty.But at this moment, a strange thing happened.Suddenly there was a sound of horns in Zhu Luo's army.These war elephants turned their heads one after another and fled in the direction of Shendu Continent.

Zhang Renyi didn't understand what was going on at first, but when he saw his own ship in the sea, he immediately understood.Zhu Luo's generals must have seen a large number of Liang Jun's warships approaching, fearing that Liang Jun's infantry would land from behind them in battleships and cut off their rear, so they fled in panic.But in fact, these warships of Liang Jun are galley battleships, and there are no ships carrying a large number of soldiers.Regardless, the elephant passage was held.

A few days later, the same Viking fleet that had withdrawn from the Cauvery delta also reached the Elephant Passage.Then, the main force of Zhang Ren's army also arrived at the elephant passage.So far, the elephant passage is no longer in danger of safety.

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In the palace of Thanjavur, Rahal reported to Karikala: "Your Majesty, under the protection of God Shiva, our army drove out all the Liang troops who invaded the hinterland of the Cauvery River. "

Karikara raised her downcast eyes and asked, "Driven out? How many troops did they have?"

Rahal knew that Karikala was thinking too much, and quickly explained, "His Majesty, the enemy army has more than a thousand people. Originally, our army had a chance to wipe them out, and I planned to lead the enemy army into Cauvery. The main river, and then wiped it out. But the enemy army was extremely rampant. They attacked cities and looted land in the delta area of ​​the Cauvery River, burned, killed and looted. Even the eldest son of the king's teacher, Sun Daluo, was killed by them. The humble minister feared They caused more losses to me, Zhu Luo, so they had to take the initiative to attack. But our army can defeat them, but in the area where the water network is criss-crossed, we still can't surround them and wipe them out. I can't wipe them out Enemy army, please give punishment to His Majesty the King."

Karikara nodded and said: "How can you blame you for this matter, just drive them out. Sun Daluo has fallen ill because of his son, and he is still lying on the couch. If you really don't take the initiative to attack the enemy Jun, I'm afraid that this king can understand you, but the ministers can't understand you. In addition, this king has something to ask you, so the Liang army still only has more than a thousand people, and there is no follow-up reinforcement?"

"Report to the king, I'm sure I don't have it."

Karikala murmured in his heart: "This is too bad. It shows that Liang Jun's real goal is not Thanjavur, or even the mainland of Chuluo. Then they are really for Mango Port...?"

Karikala was afraid of what would come. He had just thought of this, and a palace guard hurried to the palace to report: "I report to the King that there is an urgent military report from Ceylon Island."

Karikala unfolded the letterhead and read it, her cheeks bulging with gritted teeth.The letter said that an unknown enemy had attacked Mango Port, and the entire Mango Port was engulfed in flames. The Fourth Fleet guarding Mango Port was almost wiped out.The remaining soldiers hid in the castle to wait for help, and at the same time sent people to break through desperately and sent a message to Thanjavur.

This letter was sent by Zhu Luo's remnant army before Liang Jun successfully landed and prepared to attack the city. The messenger slipped out of Mango Port desperately and arrived at another port controlled by Zhu Luo soldiers. The news was sent back by Zhu Luo soldiers here. Zhu Luo Continent.At that time, Liang Jun's sea blockade was not yet tight, so the news was passed back to Thanjavur smoothly.

Although it was written on the letter paper that the Zhuluo defenders planned to hold on to the city and wait for reinforcements, Karikala knew that Mango City had most likely fallen now.First of all, Sheraya saw that Karikala's face turned red and white, and guessed in his heart that something happened to Fa, so he asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, but something big happened on Ceylon Island."

Karikala nodded and said: "The main target of the Liang army is really Ceylon Island. When this letter was sent, they had already attacked Mango Port and caused the complete annihilation of my Zhuluo Fourth Fleet. Maybe the entire Mango The port has been lost, and I hate that the king did not listen to your advice earlier. If we knew this, we should let Rahal lead the army to support the defense of Ceylon Island."

Sheraya's expression changed, "This matter is no small matter. Once Ceylon is lost, our Zhuluo Kingdom will lose [-]% to [-]% of its tax revenue. Without these tax revenues, we will lose the foundation of our country."

Karikala frowned and said, "How can I not understand this truth. It's useless to regret it now. The top priority... Prime Minister, what good way do you have to reverse the situation now?"

"Your Majesty, there is still time to reinforce Ceylon Island. We sent an elephant cavalry regiment earlier, and they should be guarding the elephant passage now. No matter how elite and fierce Liang Jun is, they have come from afar. As long as we quickly Mobilize the army and march into Ceylon, and they will be driven back into the sea or even wiped out."

Karikala opened his lips slightly and said: "What the Prime Minister said is that our Fourth Fleet was completely annihilated. It is too risky to use the army to counterattack the enemy forces on Ceylon Island through the elephant channel!"

Chapter 413 The King's Decision

As soon as Karikala said this, the hall, which was still discussing just now, suddenly fell into silence.Indeed, without the support of the navy, it would be risky for the army to go deep into the narrow land bridge that is tens of miles long.

But Shelaya had been prepared for a long time and replied: "Your Majesty, you forgot that last month you just transferred the Sixth Fleet from the west coast to the mouth of the Ganges River in Magadha. They were delayed for some time at the mouth of the Indus River. They should have arrived at the southernmost port of Cochin in a few days! His Majesty can order them to sail to the Mannar Bay on the west side of the Elephant Passage, where they can prevent the Liang army from landing from the sea and control the Elephant Passage. In addition, His Majesty ordered them to garrison the coast of Magadha The Second Fleet quickly moved southward and guarded the Liang army on the east side of the Elephant Passage, so that nothing would go wrong."

At this moment, another personal guard ordered soldiers to enter the palace, and Karikala frowned, thinking: "Why is there another urgent report?".This time the emergency report made Karikala even more angry. He said loudly: "Liang Jun actually blocked the elephant passage first. Our elephant corps suffered heavy losses under the attack of the enemy's sea and land. In order to avoid being cut off, No way, they can only retreat back to the mainland!"

The short-term calm above the main hall was broken, and suddenly there was another discussion.Different from just now, different voices appeared at this time. Some people were afraid of Liang Jun's strength, and tried to persuade Karikala whether he could negotiate peace with Liang Guo.Karikala didn't speak, but her face was ashen.

They are afraid that after the war with Liang Jun escalates, Liang Jun will send more troops from the mainland and Hongshawadi, and then the war will really burn to the hinterland of Zhuluo.The small Liang army took a few small boats, and the lone army could cause turmoil in several cities, and even the son of the important minister Sun Tuoluo was killed.If the Liang army entered the bandits in a large scale, how could their manor and property be preserved.

However, Sheraya insisted on the main battle uncharacteristically. His reason was very simple. Losing Ceylon Island was equivalent to losing [-]% to [-]% of the tax revenue of the whole country.He continued to persuade Karikala: "In any case, Liang Jun's expedition across the sea, not to mention their homeland, is also far away from Hongshawadi. From Hongshawadi to Ceylon, the coast is also in the sea. We are under control. So driving Liang Jun back is not as difficult as it seems."

Karikala nodded heavily, and said loudly: "This king has made up his mind. If anyone dares to make peace again, this king will regard him as collaborating with the enemy and treason." As soon as he said this, the hall fell silent again.Kari Kara paused and said: "Even if we fail to pass through the elephant channel this time, according to the current conditions, as long as we and Liang Guo continue to fight, they will be driven back sooner or later. We can't just defend and not attack. When necessary, we must use offense instead of defense. Therefore, in addition to the military mobilization mentioned by the Prime Minister just now, the king will order the first fleet stationed at the mouth of the Ganges to raid Sawady Port. If possible, we will occupy Sawady Port and give them Liang Jun is going to draw the bottom line."

Rahal praised: "The king is indeed wise and powerful. This plan is like a stroke of genius. If we can really take advantage of the false and capture the port of Sawady, then not only will the Liang army who invaded Ceylon retreat without a fight, it may even seize our lost land. The hometown of Hongshawadi."

After hearing this, Karikala felt relieved, and said to Raha: "Then this attack on Ceylon will be done by General Rahal. But you have to remember what this king said, you can't force this battle, if you have to pay The price is too high, so we will temporarily confront Liang Jun across the sea."

Rahal patted his chest in a vow and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will not disgrace the mission."

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With blue sea and blue sky, Zhang Ren was wearing a linen short-sleeved military uniform and ring armor, walking back and forth on the beach, checking his defenses.

Now there are nearly 4000 Liang Jun soldiers guarding the elephant passage.It is impossible for so many people to defend a line of defense less than a mile wide.Liang Jun built multiple sand walls on the elephant passage, fortified layer by layer.

But the one with the most troops is still at the root of the elephant channel, that is, a semi-circular defensive circle is arranged in the jungle on the peninsula over there.The Zhu Luo soldiers rushing over from the Shazhou land bridge will definitely be exposed in the center of this semi-circular defensive circle.In addition, Zhang Ren also sent a light cavalry battalion to patrol along the coast of Ceylon Island to prevent a small number of Zhuluo soldiers from breaking through the defense line of the Liang Army Navy by boat and landing from the rest of the coast of Ceylon Island.

At this time, at the other end of the land bridge, tents were spread out all over the place, and Rahal led a force equivalent to a whole large army to come here.However, these Zhuluo soldiers did not all come from a large army, but were improvised by the Grand Guard Army, the Fifth Large Army, and some local soldiers from the Chula in the Cauvery River Basin.