Three Kingdoms Eschatology

In the palace of Tanjiawuer City, there was a roar of the king of Zhuluo, Karikala: "Our entire army, two imperial fleets, were defeated by the Liang army on an expedition across the sea. The two What a fleet, the entire army was wiped out! Are they really that powerful? I see, it’s not like that, but you are too useless! You are all a bunch of useless!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Karikara felt a surge of blood in his chest, and he spit out a mouthful of old blood, his figure was wobbly, and he was about to faint.The servants in the hall hurried up to support him.All the ministers in the hall also knelt down, begged Karikala to calm down, and prayed to the gods to protect the health of the king.

Prime Minister Sheraya persuaded: "Your Majesty the Supreme King, please calm down. It is too early to say goodbye. Our First Fleet should be on the way to Sawadi now. If they can build a plan to capture Sawadi With the miraculous achievement at the end, the Liang army on Ceylon Island will completely cut off their backup and retreat, and if we concentrate our forces on a massive counterattack, we will be able to turn defeat into victory."

Karikara raised his obviously sickly pale face, and said in a heavy tone: "Now, we can only place our hope on Mosuo. He is the best admiral of the king. The king is not feeling well. Today's meeting That's it for now."

After finishing speaking, the servants beside him understood and helped him to the harem, and all the officials dispersed one by one.

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The west coast of the northern part of Hongsawady.There were overlapping sail shadows on the horizon in the distance. The first fleet led by Mosuo set off from the mouth of the Ganges River, went south along the west coast of Hongshawady, and headed straight for the port of Sawaddy.

Today, although Hongshawadi has become Myanmar State of Liang State, the northern coast of Myanmar State is separated from the Dajinsha River, that is, the Inowady River basin, which is two to three hundred miles wide and nearly two thousand miles long. Huge mountains.

This mountain range is not only huge, but also covered with wild jungles, making it difficult for humans to pass through.So up to now, there are only a small number of refugee settlements formed by the Mon, Ailao, and Pyu on this coastline, and there are almost no Han immigrants living here, let alone the cities and ports directly under the management of the Burmese government.Therefore, Zhu Luo's first fleet went south, and it has not been discovered by Liang Guo so far.

On the Zhu Luo battleship, stood a middle-aged general with many wrinkles and deep decree lines.The difference between him and general Zhu Luo of the same age is that he shaved the beard on his chin and lips cleanly, exposing his livid chin.He is Mosuo, the commander of the Chola First Fleet.

Shaving does not conform to the customs of Chola, so Chola men often grow beards after they are 25 years old.But Mosuo was sent to the far west by his father when he was young to serve in the navy of the Roman Empire.The Roman Empire was not good at the navy, but at least it was much stronger than the Zhuluo Kingdom at the time, especially after Rome annexed and occupied the maritime power Carthage.

Mosuo kept scanning the sea, and suddenly said to the lieutenant soldiers beside him: "From tomorrow onwards, our fleet will travel day and night, so as to avoid Liang Jun's eyes and ears."

A lieutenant general asked puzzledly: "General, there is no Liang army stronghold eight hundred miles south from here. There is no need for us to be so cautious, it's a waste of time."

Mosuo sneered: "How can we underestimate an army that can shake the world in just a few years. Although Liang Jun has no garrison on the western coast of Hongshawadi, it is difficult to cross the mountains from land to reach the coast. But who can guarantee that the chief officer of Liang Jun will not send a small group of troops to this coast by boat to set up secret posts? Remember, they know us much more than we know them.”

The lieutenant immediately corrected him and said: "Thank you, General, for your guidance, it's the subordinate who thinks he's smart."

Mosuo was right. Zhuge Jin, who was in Shawadi Port, thought carefully that if Shawadi and the nearby military port of Tenglong City were attacked by Zhu Luo’s army, Zhu Luo’s enemy could only come from two directions. Tuo took the Shushen Poison Road, then turned back and went down the Dajinsha River, and one was to go south along the west coast of Myanmar by sea.The former is almost impossible to achieve, not to mention the heavy siege of Liang Jun, the long logistics supply line is difficult to transport and can be easily cut off by Liang Jun.So they can only come by sea.

Therefore, the first thing Zhuge Jin did after taking office was to send out several groups of troops, take Viking warships, bypass the southern bay of Maine, go north along the west coast, and set up several secret posts along the way. One thing is to monitor the possible arrival of the Chula Navy day and night at sea and on land.

The night was dark, and on a cliff on the west coast, two Liang Jun scouts looked out to the sea.The surface of the sea was pitch black, like a moon hanging in the sky on a silver plate, and a large area became sparkling due to the reflection of the moonlight.

"Look, what's that?" A scout screamed at his companion.His companion followed his fingers and looked intently.In that shimmering area, there was a tiny black silhouette moving slowly, one, two... Finally, a large overlapping area drove into this area.

He stammered and said, "It's a ship...it's a fleet. It must be the ship of the Cholas...the Churo people." Before he finished speaking, his companion ran to the stronghold hidden in the jungle on the hillside, Report to their team leader.

When Zhuge Jin got the news that Zhu Luo's fleet was going south, Mosuo's fleet was less than a hundred miles away from Sawady Port.At this time, Zhuge Jin was preparing the delivery of supplies for the army on the front line of Ceylon Island.

After he heard the news, he ordered the fleet, which still needed to be loaded for many days, to set sail for Ceylon immediately, and asked them to detour south as much as possible.

This supply fleet included all the few ocean-going galleons left in Sawady, as well as some galley warships. After they left, there were only a few small and medium-sized offshore ships left in Sawady and Tenglong City, and The number is not large, and it is difficult to compete with the elite Chora First Fleet.

Liao Hua, who was assisting Zhuge Jin, was puzzled and said, "Ziyu, now that the enemy is coming across the sea, we just need warships. You should have left the boats to fight, so why did you send them away?"

Zhuge Jin shook his head and said: "The supplies on the front line of Ceylon must be tight now, and we need to support them in time. As for Sawady, keeping these ships will not play a decisive role. Someone has sent an order to Andaman Port to let them Dozens of warships returned to aid Sawady."

Liao Hua asked again: "How about Zhu Luo's army attacking Andaman?"

Zhuge Jin said with a bitter smile: "Now we can only focus on the important and avoid the less important. The current focus is to first ensure the supply of Ceylon Island, and second, to keep the port of Sawady and Tenglong City. As for Andaman Island, even if the Zhu Luo army occupies It also poses no threat to our army's supply fleet with long-distance sailing capabilities. Moreover, even if we leave these dozens of small boats on Andaman Island, it will not be of much use. Zhu Luo's army can still capture it if they want to."

Chapter 419 The Confrontation in the Andaman Sea

Seeing that Liao Hua was still worried, Zhuge Jin said confidently, "Yuan Jian, don't worry, Sawady Port will be safe and sound."

At dawn on the third day, the heavy sails of the Chola First Fleet appeared on the sea outside Sawady Harbor.More than two hundred ships of various types are densely distributed on the ocean outside the port.Standing on the deck, facing the rising sun, Mosuo squinted his eyes and looked at the distant Shawady Port, only to see that the whole port was unusually quiet.

He murmured to himself: "No, even if it is early morning, Sawady Port shouldn't be so silent." As soon as he finished speaking, he found dozens of Liang Army warships breaking through the early morning mist and appearing in front of him. in sight.They came out of the military port of Tenglong City next to Sawady.

A sneer appeared at the corner of Mosuo's mouth, and he ordered: "Pass on my military order, and sink these dozens of Liang Army warships first." Following Mosuo's military order, more than two hundred Zhuluo warships turned around and headed towards those Liang Army warships , Liang Jun warships started to shoot with ballistas, and the stone bullets stirred up waves on the sea surface. After they threw hundreds of stone bullets at Zhu Luo warships, they returned to Tenglong City Naval Port.

After the Zhuluo warships saw their opponent hiding in the water gate of Tenglong City, they had no choice but to stop advancing, waiting for Mosuo's new order.

Mosuo carefully observed the military port of Tenglong City. Different from ordinary ports like Sawady Port, Tenglong City and the military port are integrated into one, and a section of the city wall extends into the sea to enclose the harbor in the city.The military port actually became part of the city.Mosuo thought about it for a while, and then let more than a dozen small and medium-sized warships try to approach Tenglong City.

As a result, before they got close to the city wall within a hundred battles, they encountered intensive fire from the ballista on the top of the city.These fixed giant ballistas installed on the top of the city not only have an extremely long range and great power, but also have an extremely fast rate of fire.

It turns out that they are not driven by manpower, but by water power, and can be ejected automatically.The water power comes from the huge water tower in Tenglong City, and human and animal power is used to fill the water tower with seawater on weekdays.When the sluice is activated in wartime, the water flow drives the water turbine, drives the reciprocating mechanism of the ballista, and plays the function of automatic winding and loading.Soldiers operating ballistas can also use the clutch to pause shooting, aim or change the magazine before launching.

Huge and dense stone bombs slammed into the approaching Chula ships like hail.Countless water columns several feet high were stirred up on the sea surface.Amidst the crackling and crackling noise, several Zhuluo ships had been shot and wounded. The powerful stone bombs scattered the wood chips smashed by these wooden ships in all directions, and the beams and columns were broken.Some soldiers were directly smashed into a pile of meat paste on the deck.

Mosuo observed for a moment, then said expressionlessly: "Let them withdraw, so that they don't have to sacrifice in vain."

After these ships withdrew, Mosuo took the entire fleet and sailed to the nearby Shawady Port again.The harbor is still as calm as a dead harbor.Mosuo pondered for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "Pass my military order, all of them will be divided into three groups, and two groups will land on the flanks of Sawady Port. Seize the Sawady Port! One group will monitor the movements in the nearby military port."

Mosuo was worried that the Liang army would set up an ambush in the port, so he dared not let the fleet directly rush into the Shawady port, but instead launched attacks from both coasts.

As Mosuo's military order was issued, the ships of Zhu Luo's army launched an attack on Sawady Port.This attack was extremely smooth. When the generals of the Zhu Luo army who landed from the coasts on both sides rushed into the Sawady Port with shouts, they did not see a single boat in the huge harbor, nor did they see a single figure on the trestle pier.They all suspected that Liang Jun had some tricks, and carefully searched every corner of the entire port.

At last they finally believed that they had indeed captured Sawady Port, and they all jumped up for joy.Only Mosuo's face was ashen, he now understood in his heart that the people of Liang Guo had already evacuated all the civilian ships and merchant ships in Shawadi Port, or transferred them to the military port of Tenglong City.

Zhu Luo's army now only occupied Sawady Port in a narrow sense, but Sawady City, which is adjacent to the port, is still in the hands of Liang Jun.If the city of Sawady is not captured, it is impossible for the First Fleet to gain a foothold in Sawady.The sailors of the fleet can't be allowed to abandon their ships and set up camp on the shore, and garrison this airport with no defensive facilities.

Mosuo didn't get off his flagship, and carefully looked at the Shawadi city wall not far away.The city wall was tall, and there were a large number of defenders on it. He knew in his heart that it was impossible to capture this fortified city with his own navy sailors.

Mosuo ordered in a cold voice: "Pass my military order, the whole army retreats to the ship."

Some of the subordinates next to him asked puzzledly: "General, we are not going to attack the city of Sawady anymore? We are not occupying the port of Sawady anymore? Isn't our mission this time..."

Mosuo interrupted his words coldly and said: "Do you think we can capture this strong city of Sawady, which is defended by many troops? In addition, when our soldiers landed to attack the city, the enemy warships in the nearby military port The ship will be idle. Can our empty ships be their match?"

The subordinates were choked speechless by his words.After a long silence, a lieutenant general said: "What the general said is correct, but we have not given enough consideration. Then dare to ask the general, what should we do next?"

Mosuo pointed to the southwest direction: "The general has his own strategy, first we have to go first..."

On Tenglong City, Liao Hua saw Zhu Luo's fleet withdrawing in batches, and said excitedly: "The Zhu Luo fleet withdrew so easily, it seems that it is in vain. Ziyu, what you said is indeed right. If they don't lose against Tenglong City, they will naturally retreat."

Zhuge Jin was not as optimistic as he was, and replied: "No, the Zhuluo people did not retreat. It seems that they are heading towards Andaman Island. Wa Di slowly figured it out."

Zhuge Jin guessed right. Mosuo saw that Sawady could not defeat him in a single battle, so he immediately turned to attack Andaman Island.Such a large fleet cannot float on the sea, and the land in Hongshawadi is not suitable for them to camp, because Liang Jun's army may come to sneak attack at any time.Only the Andaman Island is the most suitable place for the First Fleet to station, as long as the fleet is used to blockade the nearby waters, the Zhu Luo army on the island will be safe and sound.

What Mosuo didn't expect was that Liang Jun in Andaman Port, like Sawady Port, abandoned the port without any resistance.When Zhu Luo's army approached, there were only a dozen small boats for patrol and transportation in Andaman Harbor, and there were only more than [-] old and weak soldiers left behind in the shore camp.

As soon as they saw the Zhula army's fleet approaching, they burned the camp, hurriedly boarded the remaining ships, and fled to the Andaman Sea.

The First Fleet occupied the Liangjun military port and camp on Andaman Island without bloodshed.But if one of the large camps had been burned to the ground, the Choluo people had no choice but to build a new camp by themselves.So far, Liang Jun and Zhu Luojun have formed a confrontation across the Andaman Sea.

Chapter 420 In the Angkor Palace

In the mansion of the governor of Myanmar in Sawady, Zhuge Jin stroked his newly grown beard, as if he was thinking about something.Liao Hua asked carelessly, "Ziyu, what are you thinking?"

Although Liao Hua's position is lower than Zhuge Jin's, his qualifications are much older than Zhuge Jin's, so he doesn't have to speak to Zhuge Jin in a respectful tone like other subordinates.

Zhuge Jin said with doubts: "Although I was sure that the Zhuluo people would not withdraw their troops, but occupied the Andaman Island. However, it has been more than half a month now, but there has been no movement. I can't figure it out. They have traveled a long way. The sea is coming, and if we continue to consume us like this, it will only benefit us and not the Chola people. It should be noted that once our army on Ceylon Island consolidates the situation on the whole island, the main fleet will come back and cut off their sea power. The supply channel will be their doomsday at that time. So what is their master thinking, and what are they waiting for? I have never been able to figure this out."

Liao Hua laughed and said: "I said Ziyu, you are usually such a smart person, why are you confused now. Naturally, they will wait for more reinforcements to come, and then join forces to attack Sawady Port."

Zhuge Jin shook his head and said: "According to the news from Ceylon Island in the past few days, our army defeated the two major fleets of the Zhu Luo Kingdom more than half a month ago, and took advantage of the momentum to defeat the Zhu Luo's support team on the Ceylon Island. I believe that the Zhu Luo commander on the opposite side must have known about this. It is impossible for the Zhu Luo people to have more fleets and soldiers to support him. To be more precise, their main fleet is the only one left in the Zhu Luo Navy. "

Liao Hua just tore off a large piece of meat from a chicken leg, wiped his greasy mouth, took another gulp of wine and said, "This Zhuluo man has no soldiers or generals, but he has nothing to do with us. Like the Great Han Dynasty, there are still some kingdoms of subjects. Perhaps they are calling these vassal states and subordinate states to come to serve the king?"

Zhuge Jin smiled wryly again, shook his head and said: "Zhu Luo did have many vassal states back then, but after our navy general Lin Tao opened up the route to Daxizhou, those Zhu Luo vassal states have all belonged to Liang State. Now Zhu Luo There are only a few vassal states with large boogers, such as the Smoky Country with a population of tens of thousands on the west side of Ceylon Island. These are impossible..."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Jin suddenly paused, and then he slapped his thigh with surprise on his face and said: "Understood, I understand, I know what Zhu Luo's plan is. Hahaha, Brother Yuan Jian, I understand Thank you for your reminder." Not to mention the other people in the hall, even Liao Hua, who didn't care about trifles, was taken aback by him.

Liao Hua stammered and asked with some doubts: "Zi...Ziyu, what do you understand?"

"I know who they want to wait for reinforcements, they are waiting for reinforcements from Funan Kingdom!"

"However, although Funan was a vassal state of Zhu Luo in name in the early years, in fact, it has long been separated from Zhu Luo. It is said that in the past two years, it has been very close with Sun Wu, but it has a lot of enemies with the Cochin family. It is very interesting. The true tradition of our long-distance and short-range attacks in China and Turkey."

Zhuge Jin smiled and said, "I didn't expect Brother Yuan Jian to know so many things."

Liao Hua glared at him pretending to be angry and said, "You mean that someone is not a person with a lot of knowledge!" Seeing that Zhuge Jin still just smiled but didn't answer, he changed his words and said, "I'm not as good as you guys in these respects." I am a scholar, but I have never eaten pork, so I have seen pigs run away. When I was serving as the guard of the king, our well-learned king often chatted with XX during his break, so XX also knew a lot of miscellaneous knowledge."

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In Angkor Thom, the capital of Funan King, King Mo Hun sat lazily on the throne made of hard mahogany, rubbing his temples with both hands, as if he was preoccupied.Two Funan women fanned him.Mo Hun's great-grandfather was Mo Kun who led hundreds of poisoned warriors to conquer Funan and forcibly married the Queen of Funan, Liu Ye.So Mo Hun's great grandmother is naturally Liu Ye.

The name of the Mo Hun family itself is of course not the Mo surname, but his ancestor Mo Kun changed his surname to Mo after he conquered Funan, following the naming habit of Funan with the first name and the last name.In fact, Mo Kun didn't care about this, because the surname he used at the beginning was actually a fake surname pretending to be a Brahmin caste.As for which ethnicity and caste he came from, it is unknown.

After a while.A petite woman with a fairer complexion than other Funan women came out from the backyard.Seeing Mo Hun's sad face, she also sat on the wide throne, snuggled into Mo Kun's arms, and said delicately: "My lord, what is it that makes you so sad."

Mo Hun sighed and said, "What else could it be? Mosuo, the admiral of Zhuluo, sent a messenger to urge me to send troops to attack Hongshawadi by land. Queen, do you think I am helping you?" Are you still not busy? This gang must have formed a relationship with Liang Guo. It’s okay to say that Zhu Luo won the victory and drove Liang Guo out of Hongshawadi. Otherwise, it would be the disaster of Funan. It’s not just Liang. Yue, a scholar family in China, may also form an alliance with Liang to attack us. Even the Sun family Wu, who we have been friends with for a long time, may turn against us! But if we are still a vassal state of Zhu Luo in name Well, back then, this king swore to Lord Shiva to be loyal to His Majesty Karikala forever. If this king breaks his promise, the entire Kshatriya class in Funan Kingdom will be shaken in their beliefs. This is secondary, but more important It’s because a lean camel is bigger than a horse, even if Chula cannot regain Hongshawadi in the future, if a fleet comes over and enters the mouth of the Mekong River, it will be enough to deal a devastating blow to us.”

The queen of Mo Hun replied: "Your Majesty, my concubines don't understand state affairs, and it is inconvenient to interfere in the government affairs. But why didn't Your Majesty summon my father and brother to discuss this matter?"

Mo Hun frowned slightly inadvertently, and thought to himself: "If I call your father and brother to come to discuss matters, wouldn't it make me plan and implement a long-term plan to weaken your family's power and prestige to be abandoned halfway?"

The queen of Mohun's surname is Fan. The Fan family she was born in was a family of three dynasties in Funan, and in her father's generation, the power is even more powerful.After she married Mo Hun, the Fan family had the actual status of being under one person and above ten thousand people.This Mohun is not a jerk, of course he knows it well.

But he couldn't attack the Fan family directly.Not only because the Fan family is powerful, but also because although the Fan family is powerful, they have not done anything rebellious. At least they have shown incomparable loyalty and respect to Mo Hun on various occasions and details.Moreover, he also showed great favor to Queen Fan, and he didn't want to make Queen resent him in order to eliminate the threat from the Fan family.

Therefore, Mo Hun thought of a way to deal with it coldly, not to discuss any major court affairs with the Fan family, and then find opportunities to slowly weaken the power of the Fan family.Such a long time will wear down the power of the Fan family in the ruling and opposition parties.

At this time, Mo said to Queen Fan calmly: "Queen, don't worry about this matter, this king will discuss a countermeasure with the ministers."

Chapter 421

Queen Fan suddenly realized that she shouldn't have said that sentence just now, she smiled awkwardly at Mo Hun, and hurriedly backed out.

Mo Hun lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said to the servants beside him: "Go, summon the prime minister Fan Man and the general Fan Tuo, and call all the other officials above the third rank, especially the one who was just appointed by the king. National Advisor and Deputy Prime Minister."

After a while, the small Funan Palace was full of people.Only then did Mo Hun explain the reasons for calling them here.

As soon as Mo Hun finished speaking, Fan Man immediately remonstrated: "Your Majesty, we must not be driven by the Zhuluo people to attack the Kingdom of Liang. Otherwise, it will be the day of catastrophe for my Funan Kingdom."

Mo Hun didn't raise his eyes, and said calmly: "Master Prime Minister, this king naturally knows this truth. But if we don't listen to the request of the Chola people, it will violate the oath we made before Shiva. And the Chola people What if they attack us because of this?"

Fan Man sighed and said, "I know your Majesty's dilemma. We offended the Zhuluo people, and the biggest consequence was that the Zhuluo people attacked us from the sea and caused us great losses. But they have no foundation on land. Hongshawadi, Langyaxiu and other places are still separated from their mainland. They will never go ashore and go deep into the hinterland of Funan. If they do, the old man and the old man's son will be able to easily eradicate them for Funan and for the king. As for That violated the oath, and there was a reason. The king was willing to surrender to Chola, because the king of Cholo, Karikala, was blessed by Lord Shiva, and represented the will of Lord Shiva. Now Karikala is obviously favored by God Shiva. Abandoned, the original conditions are not established, the king does not have to abide by this oath. Please think about it, my lord, is it not common to have such an oath and breach of oath, whether in the Shendu mainland or the Southeast Islands? Please, my lord. Look at the Liang Kingdom’s navy marching all the way to the east in the past few years, except for the Gandali Kingdom, which occupied the magpie’s nest, which of the countries along the way that had kept saying their allegiance to Karikala didn’t turn around and join the Liang Kingdom?”

Feynman said so much in one breath, he had to stop to catch his breath.An old man with a goatee with triangular eyes next to him wanted to speak, but Mo Hun stopped him with a gesture.Feynman continued:

"On the other hand, Liang Guo, I have heard that Liang Guo's soldiers are strong and powerful, and they control thousands of miles of territory. It is unstoppable. In the past few days, Liang Jun defeated Chu Luo on Ceylon Island, and the news of the destruction of Zhu Luo's two major fleets has spread to Funan. Just think about it. Even if I join forces with the current Zhu Luo, how can I shake Liang Guo’s power in Hongshawadi? In the end, the Zhu Luo people will definitely retreat in spite of the difficulties and retreat to the Zhu Luo land. They can just leave , but what should we do in Funan? Can we resist Liang Guo’s tiger and wolf army with the power of one country? The harm between the two powers is the lesser. Therefore, we should not pay attention to the request of the Zhuluo people.”

As soon as Fan Man finished speaking, the hall suddenly became noisy, and all the officials expressed their approval for Fan Man.

It's just that Mo Hun didn't speak and remained silent. In fact, he also thought that Fan Man's words were very reasonable. He just wanted to issue an imperial order according to Fan Man's suggestion, but he heard the praise and flattery of the officials. The words on the lips were swallowed back.

In the end, he just raised his eyelids and glanced around the group of officials.Finally, his gaze rested on the old man with triangular eyes and goatee.This old man is none other than Chupipon, the prime minister of Gandhari who escaped from Gandhari when he asked Funan for help.Back then, he fled to Funan with a boat full of treasures and several concubines. After meeting Mo Hun, the latter did not agree to his request.

Chupi Peng lived in Funan according to his plan in advance, and then Chu Pi Peng lived in such a daze for several years, only a while ago Mo Hun suddenly thought of him again.Re-enable it.In fact, Mohun wanted to use him to contain Fan's influence.

At this time, Qiupi Peng noticed that Mo Hun was staring at him, and knew that it was time for him to speak, so he said the words he had prepared.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think the Prime Minister's words are wrong. Although Liang Guo looks powerful, it is also in danger."

"Oh, Liang Guo is in crisis, tell me about it."

Chupi Peng coughed twice and cleared his throat: "First, Liang Guolao's expedition to Ceylon Island, the territory...at least the Hongshawadi territory is empty of troops, and the navy has no ships. The Han Empire was actually torn apart. Those vassal states that respected the Han court seemed to be the brothers of Liang, but in the eyes of the veterans, they were always holding sharp knives against Liang. As long as we make use of it a little, we can receive miraculous."

Fan Man said with a smile: "Master Zhangyi wants to use others, but I'm afraid that others will also want to use our Fu Nan Kingdom."

Chupi Peng laughed a few times, and then said with a straight face: "The Prime Minister is right. Those brother countries of Liang Guo also want us to be enemies with Liang Guo. This just shows that Liang Guo has many actual enemies. Since there are common enemies , have the value of mutual use. If you have no value to the other party, but want to use the other party, then this kind of use cannot be reassuring."

Chupi Peng's words were strict, and Fan Man couldn't find any flaws. He continued with a livid face, "Then, my lord, how do you want these vassal states of Han to help us?"

Chupi Peng said expressionlessly: "Didn't I make it very clear just now, if you want to take advantage of the other party, you must first let the other party see that you can use your own value. Our Funan way to let the other party see that you can use your own value is to --Accept the request of the Zhuluo people and send troops to attack Sawadi. As long as we win a victory, we can let Wu, and the distant Linjiang, Wei, and even Yue, which is often our enemy Let's attack Liang together. At that time, it is impossible not to drive out Liang, who is under the enemy's back and forth. From then on, our Funan Kingdom will become the master of the entire peninsula and even the southeast islands, and the sea trade route will bring us a steady stream. wealth..."

While Chupi Peng was looking forward to a bright future for Mohun, the general Fan Tuo, who had been silent for a long time, said: "However, all of this is based on the conjectures of Master Zhang. Even if we send troops, we will not be able to defeat Shawadi Port." What about the Liang army? If we defeated the Liang army, those countries you mentioned still did not support us and attack the Liang country? At that time, the battle situation in the Zhuluo people would be reversed, but the Liang army would not withdraw from Hongsha Wadi, you will concentrate your strength to deal with us. My lord, do you want to abandon our Funan Kingdom just like you abandoned Gandhari back then? Also, I would like to ask my lord, is your suggestion like this for the sake of Funan Kingdom or out of revenge for Liang Jun? What about the personal vendetta of killing your family in Palembang?"

Chupi Peng's face turned ugly, and he suddenly sneered and said, "I am thinking of Funan Kingdom, as for why I can be sure, as long as we agree to the Zhuluo people's request to start war against Liang Kingdom, those princes under the name of the Han Empire will China will help us because the old man has dealt with them."

Chapter 422

In the royal palace of Angkor Thom, Fan Man asked puzzledly: "What is the meaning of this, my lord? Who have you dealt with?"

A teasing smile appeared on the corner of Chupi Peng's mouth and said: "To tell you the truth, Prime Minister, a few days ago, a certain person met with the envoy of Wu State who is stationed in Angkor Thom, and yesterday he met with the envoy of Wei State. It was not easy for the envoys from the Kingdom of Wei to come, they traveled through the Kingdom of Wu, crossed the border of the Kingdom, boarded a ship on the northern coast of Jiaozhi, and arrived at Angkor City after nearly half a month of sailing."

Fan Man's expression darkened suddenly and he said: "Qupipeng, you are guilty. You will be executed for colluding with foreign envoys without permission!"

But Chupi Peng showed no fear, with a complacent and mocking smile on his face.Mo Hun, who was sitting high on the throne, said: "He didn't collude with foreign envoys privately, it was my king who asked him to do so."

There were whispers in the hall, and Fan Man's heart sank. Mo Hun didn't even give him a word of anger beforehand for such a big matter. Hun has taken precautions against himself.

Thinking of this level, Fan Man swallowed back the words he intended to ask Mo Hun why he didn't discuss with him, and continued to persuade: "My lord, no matter what, no matter what those foreign envoys say, we must not take the initiative Provoke Liang Guo."

Mo Hun ignored Fan Man, but asked Chupi Peng: "Then, what is the attitude of these two families?"

Chupi Peng replied respectfully: "My Majesty, the attitude of Wu Guo's envoys is that if we attack Liang Guo, they will remain neutral. But if in the future, my Fu Nan Kingdom controls the southeast waterway channel, then Wu Guo Willing to share the benefits of this maritime trade route with us fifty-fifty."

"Fifty-five splits? Wu Guozhen's original intention?" Mo Hun opened his eyes wide and asked in disbelief.

Chupipeng said confidently: "Even if it is divided [-]-[-], Wu Guo can get much more income than now. Why? Because many western goods from Ceylon Island are currently taken by the inland of the Great Jinsha River. The waterway has been diverted. When there was no such commercial route before, the goods from this sea route would enter Zhongtu from the territory of Wu State. But now only [-]% of the goods continue to enter Wu State through the traditional commercial route. So once we drive Liang State After leaving Hongshawadi, the waterway of the Great Jinsha River is actually closed, and the goods that come from the sea to Zhongtu have to be sold as before, and can only be sold to various parts of Zhongtu and Hanjiang after passing through Sun Wu’s territory. .So even if Wu Guo divides it with us in half, it will be much more than before."

Mo Hun nodded and said: "So that's the case, but I'm afraid it's not the only reason. In addition, after those sea merchants bypassed the peninsula, they had to pass through the waters controlled by the Yue family. Is the share decided? Can the Tashi family watch the fat pass by and not eat it?"

Chupi Peng immediately flattered: "Your Majesty Shengming, although the envoy of the Wu Kingdom didn't say it clearly, I can see that they, the Wu Kingdom, don't want to see Liang Guo grow stronger. This is why they are willing to sit back and watch us attack Liang Guo and remain neutral. One. As for the Yue Kingdom, don’t worry, Your Majesty, the envoy Wu said that if we can really drive the Liang people away from Hongshawadi, they will help us get rid of the scholars.”